"Mr. Door," the silhouette formed from the collapsing ball of light, stood frozen, apparently engaged in a fierce inner struggle.
The layered doors inside him were nearly completely aligned, just a hair's breadth away.
Amid the illusory clatter, the crimson tide that could still barely squeeze through the gaps in the "Gate of Flesh and Blood" surged even more violently. The blood-red robe descended heavily, intent on enveloping
But as it descended, the surrounding figures—the bronze eye with wings, the young man in fiery armor, the blurry light barrier with ghastly features, the earth that had opened its eyes and closed its mouth, and the shadow-like woman—vanished without a sound from this world.
In an instant, a blazing, blinding sun appeared over the forest. Day replaced night, and all shadows rapidly receded.
This forced the blood-red robe to lift again, releasing more crimson moonlight to send the incoming disturbances back into the mother's embrace.
Seizing the opportunity, "Mr. Door"'s light-and-shadow figure closed its slightly illusory eyes and lowered its head.
"Good..." He uttered with difficulty and pain, the first words since returning to reality.
His form solidified completely, then raised his right hand to his face.
The next second, "Mr. Door" lifted his head, and on his right eye was a crystal-ground monocle.
A flash of light burst from the monocle, illuminating the entire world.
In that moment, all errors from failed seals were corrected, all seemingly normal actions became mistakes, and all clocks jumped forward by several seconds.
The ritual for Sequence 0 "Error" of the "Thief" pathway is:
To take the place of another during their apotheosis ritual!
And "Mr. Door"'s return seemed to directly trigger his own apotheosis ritual.
The light converged, and "Mr. Door" had transformed into
In the hand of this "Blasphemer" was a slightly archaic key forged from pure starlight.
Above him, the blood-red robe descended to embrace him; behind him, the crimson tide angrily squeezed through the remains of the "Gate of Flesh and Blood" to fully enter this world.
In that instant, the crimson moonlight surged, blocking out the sun, the night, the earth, the blurry clear light, and the strange white tower.
Faced with the erosion from the Outer Deities, Amon curled the corner of his mouth, extended his right hand, and from somewhere produced an ancient stone slab with a mottled surface.
The First "Blasphemy Slate"!
Then he took the slab, born of the "Chaotic Sea," and pressed it against the remnants of the breach in the "Gate of Flesh and Blood," using it as a substitute to receive the descending blood-red robe.
The First "Blasphemy Slate" instantly turned illusory, as if connected to an endless sea containing all colors and all possibilities.
This sea surged, swallowed the blood-red robe, and blocked the crimson tide from the cosmos.
The already collapsed "Gate of Flesh and Blood" shrunk rapidly and soon disappeared. An enraged, terrifying roar echoed and resounded.
The next second, the red moon reappeared in the sky, quickly losing color to become bright, and upon that brightness seemed to be a huge, twisted crimson silhouette.
Amon in his pointed soft hat and classical black robe adjusted his monocle, waved at the crimson silhouette and bright moon that watched him, then with a smile slightly bowed, making a gesture to his surroundings.
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Inside the bone church, where a huge cross stood and countless skulls stared with hollow "eyes."
Then he turned and walked toward the Second "Blasphemy Slate."
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The first figure summoned by
For this "Mystery Servant," in his long life he had known many angels he could summon, but only a few were stronger than Sequence 1 "Knowledge Emperor": the ancestor of the
But in the current situation, Zaratul considered it safer to first summon the historical phantom of Roselle Gustav:
The Antigonus ancestor, before becoming half a "Fool," was also a Sequence 1 "Mystery Servant," who would be suppressed by an enemy that had further grasped the "Castle of Origin," with a status surpassing most Kings of Angels and approaching that of a True God;
After Zaratul chose to cooperate with the "Rose School" and Adam, the success rate of summoning the "Fate Angel" Urolius would undoubtedly plummet, making it unsuitable for a critical moment;
The high-ranking "War Red" officers who could borrow power from the past "Red Angel," because they did not directly possess that ability, would not actually perform any better than the "Knowledge Emperor" Roselle Gustav.
Comparatively, Zaratul would certainly first choose the historical projection he was most familiar with and could most easily summon.
His plan was, seizing the chance that Gehrman Sparrow had directly "traveled" over without preparing a historical phantom in advance, to entangle him with the "Knowledge Emperor" Roselle Gustav, the high-ranking "War Red" legion officers, and the "Divine Plague" Sneah, buying enough time for a miracle to occur.
The moment Roselle's figure appeared, complex and illusory symbols began coalescing in his eyes, ready to pour a massive amount of chaotic, useless knowledge into the target's mind and burst his head.