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In the end, Klein didn't really go to the divination and ask God.

The reason is simple, he didn't dare.

"By the way, Crane, what is your true purpose in becoming the Lord of Mysteries?" The outer god thought of something and asked something, very casually, "I don't think you seem to be the type of savior, why do you do such a thankless job?" ”

The sun hangs silently in the sky, spreading light and heat on the ground.

Crane did not intend to say everything about this unknown god, so he said vaguely:

"To gain power."

"What is the purpose of gaining power?"

"In order to protect the people you want to protect, in order to do more of what you want to do......" Klein originally planned to say more, but he still stopped his desire to talk in time, "That's all, most people want to gain power for this." ”

The outer god nodded in agreement: "But after getting the power, how much you can do is the difference between each person." ”

Klein didn't answer.

"Some people have such thoughts when they are weak, and when they become stronger, or even a little stronger, all kinds of thoughts in their hearts begin to appear...... If you were a caterpillar, you might not be able to run out of life if you were to move from one tree to another, but when you were reduced to a butterfly, you would only need to flap your wings for a few moments...... Interestingly, human beings do not have this kind of leap in life level, nor do they produce changes in appearance and race, but they are still able to show different personalities at different stages. ”

The Lord of Withering muttered a few words to himself.

Of course he knew what Crane wanted to gain power for, and it was because of his desire that he was interested in Crane.

But the phrase "empowering humanity to choose" sounds too far too far away from saving the world in His eyes. In a way, it's even harder than saving the planet, but Klein doesn't realize it yet. - Moreover, Klein is not the kind of person who likes to save the world, but he can say such words, not about himself, even God finds it interesting.

Isn't it normal for human beings to have changes in their minds according to the environment at different times and stages?

Crane didn't hear anything, but instead he was convinced that the unknown god was definitely not human.

He asked, "Do you love the human race on earth?" ”

There's no family here, no people you love, no real relatives you have, and your sense of racial identity is so strong?

“…… It's not because you love it. ”

Klein replied calmly.

This question made him feel a little inexplicable, but it also resonated with him to a certain extent.

It is precisely because the people he cares about are no longer in the current world, and because he has the qualifications to touch powerful forces, that he will expand his horizons and try to help all human beings on the earth.

The Lord of the Blighted frowned, he hadn't expected this answer, but he was soon relieved, after all, it was unrealistic to expect an old human who had just arrived in the current world for a year and a half to have some sense of belonging to the new world.

"In this way, can you guarantee that the human beings you have helped will have a better life than before?"

This- how can I guarantee this?

There are so many people in the world, who can guarantee that they have the ability to make everyone's life better? No, but if you think about it, it's not impossible, won't you help Silver City and Moon City live better than before? If we want to improve people's lives, the first step is to liberate the productive forces. The people of the Eastern District are no better off than the previous Moon City, but as long as they have food, they can go and find work and have more chances of survival......

Klein thought seriously for a few seconds: "I'll do my best." ”

Huh, that's not what I thought?

The outer god felt a little puzzled, he thought that Crane, whose ambition was comparable to that of the ancient sun god, should be able to nod his head confidently and proudly, and then he realized that he seemed to have some misunderstanding of the logic of Crane's behavior—if Crane didn't make that decision because of his identification with humanity or his love for the earth, then what was his inner factor?

After a period of eerie silence, just as Klein wondered if he had said something wrong, he suddenly asked again:

"What if, I mean what if."

- If it wasn't his love for people and the planet that drove him, wouldn't it...... Is it similar to the mentality of "I've come here", "I can only be a mystery anyway, in that case, I might as well do more good things"?

"Klein, you don't seem to have a reason to do this, so if there is a candidate who is reasonable in terms of character and morality, at least not inferior to yours, and is also competing for the Lord of Mysteries, what will you do, will you give up?"

……

"Why did you hint to him about the Demon of Knowledge's intentions?"

Edward, who had listened to their exchange, did not approve of the actions of his other self, although it was no secret in the starry sky, but on Earth, no more people and gods knew about it.

Although the demon of knowledge may not do this, and the gods of the earth may not stop it, he still feels that it is better to hide something like this.

"I find it interesting."

Edward covered his face: "I annoy you the most, you know? ”

"I know, but you don't have my authority, it's normal that you don't understand my thoughts, just like I don't understand some of your thoughts."

The half body didn't feel that there was anything wrong with his behavior at all, but replied eloquently:

"Klein is an interesting person, and the underlying logic of his thinking and behavior is actually 'go with the flow'. Now he has a big dream, and he's been working hard for it, but part of the motivation to make it happen is driven by fate, and I'm just curious to see how Klein would change if he lost the idea of 'I have to be him' to a certain extent. ”

"After all, even if Amon is really secretive, the earth will not explode immediately, and the human race will not be extinct on the spot, will it?"

"Okay." Edward didn't bother to argue with himself, and it was impossible to distinguish between high and low anyway, "Then what did he say. ”

"His answer was quite interesting, a little more interesting than I thought."

The half-body cleared his throat and began to imitate Klein's tone:

"The first thing he asked me was who this person was. He thought it was Parles, or Zarathu, or Kotal of the Eastern Continent, but he didn't think of Bethel Abraham...... After all, the door has been whispering to his descendants, and normal people will think that he is crazy. ”

"If you really want to say it, I think Pales Soroaster is actually a very good choice, you see, his family was killed by Amun, and he himself was driven to survive for a short time, there is no anchor, but he can still talk calmly with a young man, isn't this enough to prove that Pales is a person with strong patience, humanity, and good character?"

"Don't go off-topic."

"Okay. In short, he didn't guess who might be competing with him for the Master of Mysteries, but he didn't think of giving up in the first place. ”

His answer was that even if that competitor was really better than him in all aspects, then he would give it a try. After all, according to my description, he thinks they may be able to understand each other, and they are all about making the world a better place. ”

Seeing that Edward fell silent, half of his body laughed twice, and teased himself:

"Do you find it interesting?"

"I think it's really interesting and Klein's future path up the ladder is also interesting, and I'm really looking forward to his future."

740

Colin Iliad meditated for a moment, calmed his spirit, and began to walk back before dark.

When he walked a short distance outside the Silver City, he suddenly found that in addition to the torches of the patrol near the city walls, there was also a person who should not have been standing near the city gate.

Derick Berg.

Colin frowned, he knew that it was a disaster that could not be avoided, the attitude of the "Angel of Destiny" and his sudden departure had obviously proved something, Amon in the city must have guessed - he was naturally prepared to encounter danger when he returned to the city, the only surprise was that the person who appeared here turned out to be Derrick.

This does not bode well.

Derik Berg was the oracle who had contacted the Fool, and Colin had always felt that at least he should be normal. But if the other party is driven by Amon now, wouldn't it prove that the "fool" can't even protect his own oracle now?

As for the method of expelling the "Amon clone", there are only two cases recorded in the Silver City, one is that Colin's own brother Hudel was killed at the bottom of the round tower after being parasitized for decades, and the parasitic clone was also killed, and the other is that the later Derick Berg was parasitized, he started a secret ritual when he was unconscious, prayed to the "fool", and borrowed the power of the "fool" to kill and expel Amun's clone, saving the host's life, and then the "angel of fate" drove away Amon from his body, But it didn't kill the "worm of time".

However, of course, the "Time Worm" is also a creature related to the spirit world, and the "Demon Hunter" has the means to kill spirit creatures, but Colin Iliad has never fought with spirit creatures, so he is not sure if he can successfully get rid of the "Time Worm" alone.

While thinking about countermeasures, he silently approached Silver City and appeared in front of the patrol team openly.

"Who...... Chief! ”

When the leader of the patrol team noticed that someone was approaching, Colin Iliad was already ten meters away from them, he watched the team leader nervously raise his hand suddenly, and after seeing his face clearly, he still did not put it down immediately, and the captain asked very alertly:

"Did you find any edible herbs out there?"

Colin Iliad shook his head at him, and replied in a calm voice: "No, earlier, some of the inhabitants of the city said that they had seen a huge monster outside the city by chance, and I went out in the morning to look for traces of similar creatures on the nearby hills and plains. ”

Some of the monsters that wander in the Godforsaken are capable of taking on the form of others, but most of them lack the ability to think or speak. Hearing this answer, the patrol leader finally breathed a sigh of relief and put down his hand that was ready to give instructions at any time:

"Welcome back, Chief."

"Hmm."

Colin and the patrol said a brief hello, then staggered away from them and walked towards Derick Berg, who was standing in the doorway.

"Chief."

Derik also saw him, and showed a relieved expression: "You are finally back, and I have never been able to relax when I heard that you left suddenly. After all, I've seen that monster, and its eyes are several meters above the city walls......"

Colin bowed slightly, as if unintentionally, "Is it because of this that you can't let go?" ”

Derick nodded, and shook his head again: "Chief, after you left, at noon, the Round Tower observed a strange silver-white light in the northeast, I think that light is a bit like the 'Royal Court Chaser' encountered when exploring the 'Giant Royal Court' before, Chief, are you already ......" He lowered his voice and looked left and right, as if he was wary of the ears of the partition wall, "Have you been successfully promoted?" ”

Colin looked at him quietly, no emotion on his face.

He didn't answer, but asked, "What were you wary of just now?" ”

Derik's face changed a little, and there was some real panic, and then he lowered his voice again: "Chief, I always feel like I've done something strange lately, but I don't remember what I've done. ”

"There seems to be Amon in the Silver City! I saw, I saw some people acting strangely and as if they were plotting something...... But when I get closer, they quickly unify their voices, and I sometimes lose memories of it......"

The more Derick spoke, the more nervous he became, as if he was genuinely alerting the Chief that something was wrong in the city, and as if he was also worried that the Chief would be affected.

Colin didn't say much, he nodded and walked in the direction of the city gate: "I see. ”

"Okay." Derick looked at the Chief, hesitated for a moment, and then breathed a sigh of relief. He followed the steps of Colin Iliad and asked again, half expectantly and half nervously, "Chief, did you successfully complete the ...... this time?"

"Failed." Colin replied bluntly, "I tried to get the two Level 0 seals in Silver City to give me a blessing, but unfortunately, I failed, don't ask again in the future." ”

Daerik froze and landed behind Colin.

After a while, he touched his right eye socket, frowned and muttered something to himself, and followed again.

……

Crane carried the animal skin lantern and quickly approached Moon City.

He walked alone in the twilight of the Eastern Continent, thinking about the next countermeasures, and the shadow was stretched long behind him.

"The second 'Tablet of Blasphemy' most likely originated with the Creator of Silver City and is now in the hands of Adam...... Although Amon and his brother were in charge of each other, and the relationship was not very good, they also cooperated in the past, and I don't believe that he had not seen the 'blasphemous tablet'...... In that case, he must have mastered the ritual of the 'miracle master', and he can guess that I want to take Silver City out of the God's Forsaken Land next, and when the time comes, he won't need to track me down too hard, just wait in the 'Giant's Court'......"

"Well, you can't go according to the enemy's expectations, especially since this is still a 'god of deception' and 'god of mischief', and I don't know how many accidents will come because of this...... If my participation leads to the destruction of thousands of years of hope in Silver City, it will completely defeat my original intention......

"Turning the path? This is doable, the problem with the second 'traveling mage' is that it is possible to hear the whispers of Mr. 'Gate', and it will suffer more from the starry sky and pollution than the other way of Sequence 2 angels, of course, this is not completely unacceptable......"

"Also, Mr. 'Gate' has blocked the path of the 'apprentice' path to ascent, and he has mastered at least 'Uniqueness' plus two copies of the extraordinary properties of Sequence 1, and maybe even three copies ......"

"I don't have to turn into a 'traveling mage', but I must prepare accordingly, when my choices increase and Amon wants to block, the difficulty of burying the trap will increase significantly, only in this way can I become an angel under the strong oppression of an angel king!"

"Well, I don't preset my position, I will prepare for the 'Miracle Master' on the one hand, and the 'Traveling Mage' on the other, and decide which path to choose depending on the specific situation at that time."

The train of thought must be clear, Klein's whole person is simply refreshed, his mind is extremely active, and he soon has a preliminary plan:

"For the time being, I am not in a hurry to ask Miss 'Magician' about the formula of the 'Traveling Mage' potion and the corresponding '0' level seal, which will scare the Abraham family, and I will wonder if Miss 'Magician' worships some evil god and joins some bad organization......"

"With their current state, there is a high probability that they will not reply to the letter, they will change their identities, change their residences, and directly cut off contact......

"Well, I think the head of the 'Sage of Secrets' Boutis is a good gift, and it has to be on the agenda whether or not the Abrahams give it to the 'Star Worm'...... I hope that Miss 'Justice' will finish digesting the 'Dream Walker' potion as soon as possible, I hope that Miss 'Hermit' will be ready, and I also hope that the two Miss 'Magician' and 'Judgment' can improve before taking action, the only problem is that 'Secret Sage' is now considered my colleague, I have already shot at Mr. X once, and I don't want to be the 'Secret Sage' ...... again."

Thinking of this, and thinking of his friendship with the real Creator, Klein suddenly felt a little self-deprecating.

"It's all because you can't restrain your subordinates when you're crazy...... That's not my problem, right? ”

He kept a fairly good mood and moved forward for a while, and soon, the walls of the tall Moon City were close in front of him.

At the same time, he saw a procession presumably arranged by the high priest of Nimes to welcome him.

I don't know if the observant High Priest realized that Crane didn't seem to like monocles very much, and none of the people who came to lead the way wore monocles, and they weren't the people who went to see him on the first day.

But as he approached, the inhabitants of the city raised their heads almost at the same time, as if they had been trained, and waved at him with almost identical smiles, except for one who moved a little slower, as if he had not kept up with the rhythm.

"Welcome, Your Excellency, Honorable Divine Envoy!"

TBC

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Klein's fairly good mood suddenly disappeared without a trace.

(End of chapter)