Due to the City of Silver's previous exploration, Klein knew which places were dangerous and how to avoid them. It didn't take long for him to follow the small path, passing through the Waning Forest, the Barren Tunnel, and the ancient elevator to arrive at the place where the Keepers lived.
After waiting for a while, when the "curtain" above the gray fog split into two and separated the Attendant of Mysteries Beyonder characteristic, Klein reached out and dragged his past self out.
He wasn't sure if the other divine kingdoms would isolate the fog of history, but at the very least, the Giant King's Court, which had lost its owner and no one to maintain it, didn't pose any obstacles to his attempts.
Unfortunately, this matter involves too high a level. I can't get any results from divination. Otherwise, I would feel more at ease … Klein shook his head and muttered silently to himself.
He wasn't in a hurry to jump into the fog of history. He first took out two items and handed them to his projection.
One of them was a dark black wooden box. Inside it was the ashes of Giant Guardian Ge Rosell.
Klein had never forgotten his promise.
He had originally planned on handing Rosell's ashes to Little Sun on his second exploration of the Giant King's Court and get him to help bury him. However, due to various matters, Klein had come directly to the Forsaken Land of the Gods and entered the Giant King's Court.
As for the ashes of the ascetic, Snowman, Klein planned on scattering them into the golden sea when he left the Forsaken Land of the Gods. It was the divine blood of the ancient Sun God.
After handing over the urn and the black iron key from Vice Admiral Iceberg, Klein followed his usual routine and jumped into the fog. He ran to the fragment of light from before the First Epoch, allowing his consciousness to naturally shift to the projection he had summoned.
This projection didn't hold the Staff of the Stars, only Creeping Hunger. As there was still quite a distance from here to the palace where the Giant King lived, and there were many giant golems obstructing him, Klein couldn't guarantee that he could reach his destination in five minutes.
Right on the heels of that, he made the glove on his left hand turn transparent, and he vanished from the spot.
In the next second, Klein appeared outside the guard's residence with the huge black iron key. He didn't teleport too far away.
Yes, most of the powers in the Giant King's Court have clearly declined … Only the guards recognized by the divine kingdom can produce a relatively normal standard? Uh, Beyonder powers similar to Teleportation are also suppressed. I can only Blink in a relatively small area … From the looks of it, even if I summon the Staff of the Stars, I won't be able to use the corresponding scene outlined in my mind to directly descend outside the Giant King's palace … As expected of a former divine kingdom of an ancient god … Klein seriously observed the effects of the environment.
After making a preliminary judgment, he turned around and walked back to the inside of the guard's residence. He opened the wooden box in his right hand and spread the ashes of Ge Rosell to every corner with a solemn expression.
According to the scene he saw in Ge Rosell's dream, this guard's residence was where the giant had lived for a long time. It was the "home" he had the deepest impression of and was most fond of.
It could be imagined that back in ancient times, Ge Rosell and the other rational Giant Guardians would rest here, fooling around, exchanging rumors, discussing music, and pondering over fun games. They didn't have to worry about food or illness, and they lived every day happily …
As Klein's hand trembled, the dust scattered, landing on the walls, ground, bedside, tables, chairs, and stone pillars.
The orange-red light outside the window shone eternally, making everything appear peaceful.
When Klein scattered the last bit of ashes, the dusk suddenly thickened a little, making the dust in different spots fuse with the orange-red color, becoming a part of the divine kingdom.
Klein closed his eyes, as though he could sense Rosell's joy.
A wanderer who had been forced to leave his hometown for more than three thousand years had finally returned to the place he missed day and night.
The dusk's light softened, making Klein feel that he was no longer being rejected.
Eh … It's equivalent to being acknowledged to a certain extent. I've become a partially accepted guard. Klein emanated his spirituality and confirmed the changes.
He didn't stay any longer. Using Creeping Hunger and the path that the City of Silver's expedition team had previously explored, he constantly "Flashed" around, sometimes taking a detour, and sometimes dragging out the Unshadowed Crucifix. He passed through the secret hall without any difficulty and arrived beside the Giant King's residence. On the left was a row of huge stone pillars that formed a railing. Outside the railing was an orange-red cloud and the gently surging deep blue sea.
Taking a deep breath, Klein returned to the hall he had just come out of. He reached out and dragged out his marionette, Enuni, who had once belonged to him and had yet to be "Parasitized."
Even if he used a historical projection, he didn't want to open the door himself!
Looking at the slightly dazed Enuni, Klein handed the gigantic black iron key under his armpit to him and controlled him to leave the hall. He walked along the railing formed by the stone pillars and walked all the way to the tallest and most magnificent building in the Giant King's Court.
The dusk's light seemed corporeal as it covered the surface of the palace, bringing with it a strong sense of decline. It was as if everything in the world was about to come to an end.
On both sides of the palace, there was a steeple on one side and a round tower on the other. The main door was grayish-blue in color and was covered in symmetrical mysterious symbols. Its overall height exceeded ten meters.
On the left side of the door, at a height of three to four meters, there was a pitch-black hole about the size of an adult's fist.
Enuni stared at it for a few seconds before raising the black iron key that resembled a seven-stringed instrument and placing it into the deep hole in front of him.
They were so compatible that they didn't leave any gaps.
As the gigantic black iron key sank into the deep hole, Klein, who was in the nearby hall, held his breath, prepared to remove his existence at any moment.
With a click, the black iron key in Enuni's hand touched the bottom.
It suddenly turned soft, as though it had fused with the hole as it emitted grayish-blue beams of light.
The various symbols, labels, and patterns on the door lit up and protruded.
All the light quickly intertwined and pressed down heavily, causing the grayish-blue palace's main door to slowly open.
The gap in the door widened as Enuni's eyes suddenly reflected a turbulent, pitch-black, viscous, and illusory sea.
Not good … Klein's heart stirred as a strong sense of danger surged in his mind.
Without any hesitation, his consciousness returned to his body and severed the connection with his Historical Void projection.
In the next second, his vision suddenly darkened as he felt a sharp pain in his left head. It was as though someone had stabbed a red-hot iron rod into it and kept stirring it.
At the same time, indiscernible ravings echoed in his ears. They seemed to come from an era even more ancient than ancient times.
Klein's expression instantly contorted, making him look abnormally ferocious.
He could still barely maintain his rationality, but he no longer had the strength to stay in the historical fragment.
Silently, Klein landed back in the residence of the Giant King's Court's guardian. With a thought, he was about to enter the world above the gray fog.
Before planning to do such a dangerous thing, he had no doubt found reasons and excuses to arrange for the members of the Tarot to pray in order to awaken Sefirah Castle's automatic summoning ability. This allowed him to return above the gray fog without taking four steps counterclockwise and reciting the incantation in times of danger.
However, just as Klein's Spirit Body saw the grayish-white fog and heard the familiar roar, he felt the repulsion from Sefirah Castle. It was unknown whose orders it had received, but it had actually stopped Klein from entering.
This … In Klein's astonishment, he realized that a black shadow had passed him and was heading straight for Sefirah Castle!
This wasn't Amon, but a shadow that had an aura that was completely identical to his own!
Subconsciously, Klein influenced Sefirah Castle and gave a thought of rejection.
Then, he succeeded. The shadow was also blocked by the grayish-white fog.
Right on the heels of that, he and the shadow fell back into the real World.
After his Spirit Body returned to his body, Klein bent his back in pain like a curled up shrimp.
Pa! The half top hat on his head fell to the ground.
After a few seconds, Klein finally recovered. He slowly straightened his body and cast his gaze at a glass window made of orange gems.
The window vaguely reflected his current appearance.
With the bridge of his nose as the boundary, the right side of his face was the same as usual, while the left side of his face had countless things crawling in and out.
Klein's eyes narrowed slightly.
He hurriedly took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and regained his control as a Clown.
A clear image of his appearance appeared in his mind.
Dressed in a black trench coat, the black-haired, brown-eyed, angular German Sparrow's right face remained the same. The left side of his face had already turned translucent, formed from twisted maggots.
Looking down, his neck was in a similar state. It was the same for his body that was covered by his clothes.
On the verge of losing control … Hiss, I need to resist the strong inclination towards madness … W-why is this happening? Klein suddenly sensed something and instinctively lowered his head to look at his feet.
It was empty, lacking the shadow that should have existed.
The orange light of dusk shone in from outside the window, but it failed to create any shadow beside Klein.
"Haha, I understand." Klein bent his back and let out an uncontrollable laugh.
He suspected that the "seawater" that surged out from the Giant King's palace had not only "drowned" his marionette and historical projection, but it had also used the latter to slice off his shadow, causing his spirit to lose its integrity. He was unable to completely suppress the inclination towards losing control.
And that shadow was equivalent to a fraction of him. It could also affect Sefirah Castle, so it resulted in a situation where neither side could reach above the gray fog.
As long as I get rid of that shadow, the problem will be resolved … The right side of Klein's forehead twitched as he straightened his back.
At this moment, the orange-red light that shone in from outside was dyed gold, turning rather resplendent. This made the entire Giant King's Court seem to return from dusk to noon.
Klein's heart stirred as he cast his gaze out the window. A scene vaguely surfaced in his mind.
In front of the tallest and most magnificent building in the Giant King's Court, Marionette Enuni stood there, facing the open door.
It was dark inside the door, and he couldn't see anything clearly.
Suddenly, Enuni turned around and looked down.
His face was covered in a shadow, and his hair had turned dark black. It draped over his shoulders and was slightly curled.
Pairs of illusory black wings spread out from his back.
In a nearby hall, a pure shadow with its lower body stuck to the stone bricks and its upper body upright swam out.
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