Looking at the half of a "Fool" on the huge stone chair, scenes related to the Night Country that he had just experienced flashed through Klein's mind, and he felt a bit emotional for a moment.
He didn't know much about
What always lingered in that dream was undoubtedly one of the fondest memories of the past.
Even though he was naturally a supernatural species, Antigonus seemed to deeply miss that once peaceful and tranquil closed-off little country.
Klein slowly exhaled, shifting his gaze from the man with thick black wolf-like hair on his face to the side of the huge stone chair.
A book made of thin brass pages was silently lying there, on which three rules written in quicksilver-colored text constantly appeared and alternated.
"0-02," the "
Was the sealing done using a similar "grafting" ability? Hmm, it seemed to have gone a step further. It not only directly connected the beginning to the ending rules, but also fooled the intelligence of the "Trunsoest Brass Book," making it ignore the skipped middle parts, not attempting to make changes, repeating over and over again… Klein glanced at "0-02," silently muttering a few words as if deep in thought.
This gave him some guesses about what abilities a "Fool" would possess.
Without thinking too much, Klein had the "Servant of Secrets" marionette "graft" the starting point and ending point together, took a step to the side of the huge stone chair, and picked up the "Trunsoest Brass Book."
On one hand, this was to eliminate any possible interference, and on the other hand, it was to test Antigonus's current state.
Seeing that the half of "Fool" was still asleep, unable to escape from the eternal slumber, Klein breathed a slight sigh of relief, let the marionette holding the "Trunsoest Brass Book" retreat to the entrance of the palace, and wait there.
The reason he did not let his projection take this Grade 0 sealed artifact was that he was worried that the "Trunsoest Brass Book," which had some connection to the Primordial Substance, would display its passive negative effects at the critical moment when he was accommodating the "Fool" uniqueness, causing the situation to plummet in a bad direction.
—When it came to avoiding the negative effects of a sealed artifact, a marionette was definitely better than a projection.
This was also the reason Klein didn't bring the "Staff of Stars"; he couldn't keep a time bomb by his side.
Normally it was okay, he could forcibly suppress the "Staff of Stars" using his status, level, and abilities. But during the process of accommodating the "Fool" uniqueness, he would be very fragile, unable to interfere with the people and things around him, and a slight accident could cause him to lose control on the spot.
And to cope with the situation where the Sefirah Castle was sealed and he couldn't borrow its power, Klein had to bring a sealed artifact that could provide the "teleportation" ability, so he chose "
At this moment, facing a King of Angels who controlled a uniqueness, Klein felt the human-skin glove on his left palm instinctively trembling.
He then rubbed "Creeping Hunger" with his right hand and whispered in a joking tone: "Don't worry, you're just an image from a historical gap."
After relieving the excessive mental tension in this way, Klein looked around and confirmed that there was nothing else to deal with.
Immediately after, he placed his hand on his chest and solemnly bowed to Antigonus.
When he straightened his body and raised his head, a complex, mysterious, illusory brand emerged between his eyebrows.
This brand was like a strange door of light tinged with a little blue-black, constantly emitting a thin, greyish-white fog around it.
The next second, Klein reached out his right hand, and across a distance that wasn't near but absolutely not far, "encompassed" Antigonus's body between his five fingers.
His fingers quickly closed, his wrist twisted, completing the "steal."
He gained nothing.
This attempt failed.
Klein was not at all discouraged and began stealing Antigonus's identity, fate, and self-awareness again.
Although he was already the King of Angels among Kings of Angels, his abilities in theft came from the Sefirah Castle and were currently only at the Sequence 1 level, while Antigonus was a King of Angels contaminated by the "
Therefore, even though Antigonus had entered a temporary state of eternal slumber and was unable to resist, Klein still failed many times in a row.
He was not nervous about this situation at all, nor was he the least bit disappointed, because all this was expected beforehand. As long as the "stealing" was not completed, the "Goddess of the Night" would not lift the concealment, allowing this place to connect with the fate of reality, and thus there would be no external interference. Klein had plenty of time and a stable environment to attempt.
After failing who knows how many times, Klein suddenly had a flash of inspiration and foresaw something.
He once again reached out his right hand, closed his five fingers, and gently twisted.
Suddenly, he felt some intangible things detach from Antigonus's body and drift towards himself.
At the same time, there seemed to appear before his eyes a long river of shimmering light, impossible to describe in words, splitting into countless tributaries.