Bang! As the "Shadow" fired out a blast of compressed air, Klein, as if sensing it coming, suddenly leaned back, flipped in midair, and landed steadily several steps away. Throughout the whole process, his right hand remained pressed against his top hat, making him look remarkably relaxed.
Seeing that Enuni and the "Shadow" weren't trying to pursue or attack again, Klein grinned even more broadly.
"Interrupting others is very rude.
"I originally wanted to discuss how to deal with you right in front of you, but now I'll just have to slip away."
As he spoke, his left face, made up of intertwined transparent worms, twitched twice, as if winking at his former marionette and the shadow that once belonged to him.
Then, he walked back smiling to
Colin Iliad did not underestimate this powerhouse for his flamboyant behavior and seeming lack of emotional control, because he had shown great attention to detail when dealing with things earlier. That wasn't something a demigod who had lost his mind could do.
"Alright," the Chief of the
Derrick naturally had no objections, while Lovia remained silent and didn't speak.
Thus, the four demigods plus the Silver Knight marionette returned the same way and walked out of the
Throughout this whole process, Enuni, with layers of illusory black wings on his back, and the pure "Shadow" just watched, making no attempt to stop them. It was as if an invisible wall restricted their movements.
After a while, twilight faded, darkness fell, and they waited for the light of dawn to illuminate everything.
In this quiet and dead world, a ray of light finally rose, bringing a long-lost dawn.
Just then, Enuni and the "Shadow" heard a knock at the gates of the Giant King's Court.
Tap, tap, tap.
Knock, knock, knock. After a few rounds, the gates groaned and slowly swung heavily open.
Klein, in his black trench coat, kept the right corner of his mouth raised as he entered the Giant King's Court first, walking up the steps one by one. Colin Iliad and the other demigods, along with his marionette, were a step behind, following at his side.
After climbing halfway up the steps, Klein stopped and spoke to Enuni and the "Shadow," who were a dozen meters away: "Please forgive me for not waiting for you to say 'Come in.' Perhaps it's because the door is too far away, and you couldn't hear my knocking. You see, as a gentleman, I only knock with my fingers, not with my palm."
The moment he finished, Enuni, who hadn't spoken a word since the beginning, finally opened his mouth: "You will deal with the 'Shadow' yourself, and have the people from the City of Silver hold me back."
"Hm?" Klein let out a loud nasal hum with his flamboyant smile, seeming to wait for Enuni to elaborate.
At the same time, he raised his left palm and pressed it against his face.
The transparent, writhing worms suddenly surged, some burrowing in, some crawling out, quickly completing an exchange.
Enuni, his face shrouded in shadow, his black hair slightly curled and falling to his shoulders, continued in a low voice: "You didn't summon images from the Historical Void in advance because you knew the 'Shadow' could summon a projection of the 'Staff of Stars,' simulate the ability of an 'Angel of Time,' accelerate the flow of time, and dispel your angel helpers.
"Similarly, he didn't prepare for the same reason.
"And if you summoned a Saint who could last longer, he could do the same. They would cancel each other out."
"I hate playing cards against myself!" Klein nodded emphatically in agreement, and laughed.
Enuni, whose face was blurry and hard to distinguish, swept his gaze over him and the three demigods of the City of Silver, and said: "So, you turned the guarding 'Silver Knight' into a marionette in advance, intending to use it as the weight that breaks the balance of the scale."
"The problem lies with him, not me. He just didn't have a suitable target to make into a marionette. Or, will you sacrifice yourself?" Klein asked his former marionette Enuni with a smirk.
Enuni withdrew his gaze from him and instead scrutinized Colin Iliad, Derrick, and Lovia.
"The prerequisite for you and the 'Shadow' to cancel each other out and your marionette to win is that they can manage to hold me back."
The moment he finished speaking, the marionette corrupted by the power of the Dark Angel's sleeping place writhed at both shoulders, and a head grew out of each side.
They were both shrouded in shadow, with shoulder-length curly black hair, but one felt young and the other old.
Before Klein and the other demigods could react, the right side of Enuni's body suddenly broke off, allowing that "old" head to take away a third of his flesh.
The separated body writhed rapidly, instantly becoming whole, while a pair of eyes emerged on the shadow-covered face, their pupils vertical and shimmering pale gold.