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Lord of the Mysteries · Chapter 1367

Chapter 1357 Urgency

September 29, 2021 · 6 min read · 1,138 words

After stabilizing the anchor, the Celestial Worthy's will, and the fragile balance of his own consciousness, Klein leaned back in his chair and began to examine the various abilities brought by the Mystery Pryer Beyonder characteristic.

Among them, there were three main ones, all of which Klein had already grasped with the help of Sefirah Castle and the Curtain, but whose specific names he hadn't known: The first was "Regeneration": If the material an object was composed of once had a spirit body, the Mystery Pryer could use the "Regeneration" ability to awaken the corresponding "Spirit Body Threads," turning the object into their puppet, and also naturally transforming any living being that had established a deep connection with that object into a puppet.

In simple terms, a Mystery Pryer could not make things that originally had no "Spirit Body Threads" generate "Spirit Body Threads," but they could regenerate the "Spirit Body Threads" that certain items had once possessed but had long since disappeared. Examples of the former were steel products, gold coins, pounds, etc., while the latter were mainly foods like beef, fish, etc.—once a human ate food that had turned into a puppet, they would also be transformed into a puppet, as if suffering from intense corruption.

The second was "Reorganization," also known as "Tampering": This could recombine many physical objects or abstract concepts together, achieving incredible effects, much like tampering with definitions, logic, references, or rules.

The third was "Mystery Realm": This was an ability used to create a prototype of a divine kingdom, which could grant a certain degree of concealment.

"Reorganization" embodied the Authority of the "Change" domain, "Mystery Realm" focused on the "Concealment" domain. Both elements of The Fool's symbol were now complete... However, "Reorganization" and "Tampering" weren't very pleasant to the ear, nor were their meanings clear enough. The term I came up with, "Grafting," was much better and more intuitive... After muttering a few words to himself, Klein cast his gaze around him.

Now, he had an even greater grasp of Sefirah Castle and could directly borrow abilities close to the Sequence 0 rank of the Seer Pathway. He could also use most Beyonder powers below Sequence 0 of the Marauder Pathway and the Apprentice Pathway, similar to the Dark Angel back then.

Of course, the Dark Angel Sasrir could only indirectly use the power of the through the first Blasphemy Slate. In contrast, Klein was the master of Sefirah Castle, even if he hadn't fully grasped this origin substance yet. Therefore, his rank was higher than that of the Dark Angel Sasrir.

As for strength, in theory, he was also a bit stronger, but strength was affected by too many factors. Having entered the Beyonder path only a few years ago, Klein couldn't guarantee that he would definitely win against the former Vice Lord of Heaven, the Left Hand of God.

In short, he was now considered the King of Angels among Kings of Angels, very close to the rank of a True God.

"After gaining a deeper grasp of 'Sefirah Castle,' the various gaps between being here and in the outside world have almost disappeared. I won't be in a situation where I'm a King of Angels on the outside but a True God upon returning to 'Sefirah Castle'... The greatest advantage here is providing a defensive barrier that even a True God cannot break. Hmm, whether the Outer Deities can or cannot is hard to judge for now..." Klein slowly exhaled and shifted his attention to the current situation.

He currently had two main sources of worry: First was the "Primordial Moon," also known as the "Fallen Mother Goddess." Although She hadn't managed to fully descend into the real world by taking advantage of Mr. Door's return, She had still managed to force in a bit of Her power and had held on for several seconds under the attack of five True , including the Goddess of the Night and the . Whether this would have some degree of influence on the surrounding environment, the corresponding pathways, and some things remained to be seen.

Second, the "Angel of Time," , had already stolen Mr. Door's ritual and become Sequence 0 "Error" of the Marauder Pathway. He would be Klein's most direct and most formidable enemy.

"I wonder if Amon managed to conveniently accommodate Mr. Door's Uniqueness and a Sequence 1 'Key of Stars' Beyonder characteristic. If He has completed this step, then He will be the most powerful True God in the real world. Hmm, I wonder how He compares to the 'Goddess of the Night.' No one knows to what extent the Goddess has accommodated the Uniqueness of the 'Death' pathway and the '' pathway.

"Normally, Amon shouldn't have had time to accommodate the Apprentice pathway's Uniqueness. Although Mr. Door's return was the ritual itself, the most important thing for Amon at that time was to replace Mr. Door, allowing His three Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics and the Marauder pathway's Uniqueness to converge and undergo a qualitative change. He didn't have the time or the capacity to accommodate the Apprentice pathway's Uniqueness. Besides, such an operation would have a very high probability of awakening the 'Celestial Worthy.' Amon wouldn't take such a risk...

"In other words, Amon's next focus will be on accommodating the Apprentice pathway's Uniqueness, becoming a True God of two pathways. Otherwise, under the watchful eyes of the other True Gods, it will be very difficult for Him to deal with a King of Angels like me.

"Moreover, even if He did take the risk and succeeded, and has now accommodated the Apprentice pathway's Uniqueness, He will still have to slowly adapt and stabilize His own state. He won't be able to deal with me in the short term.

"I must hurry up and become 'The Fool.' Only then, with Sefirah Castle and my own rank, can I stand against Amon.

"Time is running out for me..." After silently mocking himself, Klein leaned forward and lightly tapped the edge of the mottled long table.

He was analyzing the possibility of becoming "The Fool" in a short time: The digestion of the Mystery Pryer potion was relatively simple. Once Klein could suppress the awakening will of the "" with his anchors and his own consciousness, preventing himself from losing control and going mad or turning into another person, he could use Sefirah Castle to create a clone, similar to what Amon did. Then, he would have this clone draw upon the power of Sefirah Castle to steal the undigested Mystery Pryer Beyonder characteristic from that was still in his main body.

At this step, Klein would immediately turn the clone into a puppet to prevent it from mutating.

End of chapter 1367