"Destiny!"
As the drawn-out, difficult Ancient Hermes word echoed, the location of the Spirit World Plunderer and Klein suddenly dimmed.
It was so subtle, like a cloud just passing overhead without stopping.
But as the illusion-like shadow vanished in an instant, the "Formless Man" wrapped in a translucent white robe was already frozen in place, with traces like insects wriggling uncontrollably emerging on the surface of its clothes—stiff, slow, difficult.
Opposite it, Klein's eyes had completely cleared, and the flesh buds under the shadow of his triple crown had disappeared.
It seemed as if just now it wasn't the Spirit World Plunderer manipulating Klein's "Spirit Body Threads" and nearly succeeding, but rather Klein manipulating the Spirit World Plunderer's "Spirit Body Threads," and about to turn it into a puppet!
The "Fortune Stealer" Charm: swap fates!
This high-level charm made from "Time Worms" could steal the target's subsequent fate and graft its own near future onto the target, thus completing the exchange.
Therefore, Klein and the Spirit World Plunderer instantly swapped situations: one went from death to life, the other from imminent victory to desperate peril.
Having confirmed that the Spirit World Plunderer was intelligent, extremely difficult to deal with, and not easy to hunt, Klein had been feigning retreat, seemingly reckless but deliberately letting himself fall step by step under the Spirit World Plunderer's control, luring it out, and ready to use the "Fortune Stealer" Charm at the critical moment!
That way, no matter how ruthless the Spirit World Plunderer was to its enemy, its own situation would be just as desperate!
Of course, if the "Fortune Stealer" Charm didn't work, or if the Spirit World Plunderer's main soul didn't appear and relied on other means to control the situation, Klein also had a final means of self-preservation: directly end the summoning, return to the Gray Fog, and trade the loss of two puppets and a few magical items for his own safety.
Not having time to be amazed at how miraculous the "Fortune Stealer" Charm was, and how terrifying an angel of the "Marauder" pathway could be, Klein unhesitatingly raised the "Scepter of the Sea God" high while the fate swap was still in effect.
His deep blue papal robe fluttered in the wind, the golden triple crown reflected interwoven cyan-blue and silver-white light, and the top of the bone-white scepter instantly erupted with bolt after bolt of lightning, weaving into a ball that fell upon the Spirit World Plunderer!
Silver-white blazed up intensely, engulfing the target and turning everything around blindingly white.
Once, twice, three times, Klein continuously unleashed terrifying ball lightning, not sparing his spirituality.
Finally, he heard a roar that seemed to come from the depths of the soul, and intuitively sensed that the target had collapsed and dissipated.
Only then did Klein lower the "Scepter of the Sea God," watching the silver-white lightning scatter in wisps.
At that moment, his entire spirit body had become quite illusory, even with the "Tyrant" enhancement, it seemed unreal.
As the lightning faded, the "Formless Man" in the translucent white robe appeared in Klein's eyes again.
Lights of varying brightness welled up from inside, and the entire Spirit World Plunderer suddenly split apart, transforming into countless illusory bubbles that burst one after another.
The "Tyrant" successfully hunted.
Just then, a violent tremor suddenly occurred in the deeper areas of Calderon, as if some behemoth had awakened due to the death of the Spirit World Plunderer, or countless dangerous creatures had poured out from it.
That indescribable feeling actually merged into a stretch of illusory gray-white, like a flood, rising layer by layer from the lower part of the region.
Other Spirit World Plunderers? No, it seemed like more terrifying and horrible creatures, objects served by the Spirit World Plunderers? And in the core area of Calderon, at the end of the deep pit, it was still so quiet, not a sound came out, which was even more frightening... Klein pulled himself together, while distractedly paying attention to the movements in the inner layer of Calderon, and anxiously waited for the characteristic of the Spirit World Plunderer to precipitate and gather into materials.
He temporarily had no joy of successful hunting, only the tension of hovering on the edge of the abyss.
During this process, Klein had "Winner" Enzo and "Hell Admiral" Ludwell move closer to him, and tossed the "Scepter of the Sea God" to the former to hold, so that he could shake off his irritable and impulsive state, and think more calmly about how to deal with possible changes next, and whether any other details were missed.
A thought flashed, and Klein suddenly remembered one thing:
When he had the magical item sing, "Creeping Hunger" had praised the "True Creator" and recited its complete honorific name.
Although that human-skinned glove did not use languages like Ancient Hermes that could leverage natural forces, but Hermes, the latter could also play a role in the field of sacrifice! This meant that the "True Creator" might have heard the praise of "Creeping Hunger" and noticed the commotion here.
In addition to the rising "gray-white flood" and the terrifying creatures in the city depths, there were other dangers... Wait, I am now a spirit body, roughly equivalent to a wraith, not a normal state... As soon as this thought crossed Klein's mind, his inspiration was suddenly triggered, and he instinctively looked toward the entrance of Calderon.
There was a flash of light there, and a figure entered.
The figure wore a simple and plain linen robe, with long silver hair.
He was a male, with soft features, a beautiful face, and eyes gentle yet with a hint of aloofness, as if observing fate and every person in the world as a bystander.
Behind him, ray after ray of light formed pure wings stacked illusorily, spreading outward, blocking the entire entrance area.
"..." Klein almost forced a hissing sound through his teeth, and a series of names flashed through his mind:
"Uroreus!"
"Ouroboros!"