After returning to Biles's home, without waiting for Roy and the others to ask anything, Klein pulled a chair over and sat down. He made a rather pious wish to himself.
He made a rather pious wish to himself, "I wish for my spirituality to be restored."
As soon as he said that, he raised his right hand and snapped his fingers, making his wish come true and allowing his spirituality to return to its original state.
Right on the heels of that, he reached out his left palm, preparing to end the historical projection of the "curtain." Then, he summoned another piece to continue sealing off the spirit world region corresponding to Belltaine, preventing the chief shepherd of the Church of the God of Combat, Larrion, from escaping.
"There's no need. There's always a next time." At this moment, Arianna slowly shook her head, indicating that Klein didn't need to summon the "curtain" that originated from the Dark Demonic Wolf.
One of the limitations of the "Wish" ability was that a Miracle Invoker couldn't grant the same supplicant multiple similar wishes in a short period of time. In other words, in the next hour or two, Klein couldn't use such a self-fulfilling wish to recover his spirituality.
Of course, for a qualified angel of the Seer pathway, there was a way to circumvent this restriction. For example, he could get Pasha, Roy, Phil, Biles, and Arianna to take turns to make a wish for Klein Moretti to recover his spirituality, and then, as a Miracle Invoker, he would fulfill them.
However, the problem was that even if he could recover his spirituality so many times, he wouldn't be able to maintain the "curtain" with a Sequence 1 slot for more than an hour. As for 0-02, erasing the rules and rewriting it would take an hour.
Klein deliberated for a moment before nodding slightly and replying with a smile, "I'll give it a try first.
Anyway, I'm rather free now. I'll give it up after I recover my spirituality one last time. Yes, this will purely depend on the chief shepherd's luck. Perhaps during this process, 'He' will lose control because of his anxiety, frustration, and nervousness? "
As he spoke, Klein removed the maintenance of the original "curtain." His left hand tightly pulled forward, pulling out a new "curtain," allowing it to appear in the spirit world corresponding to Belltaine City.
In the area where the colors overlapped, Larrion, who was wearing a black robe with white edges and a square hat, felt the restrictions disappear. Just as he was about to shuttle away, he saw a new "curtain" descend, once again isolating the area.
The smile on his face froze.
Phew … Several seconds later, Larrion slowly exhaled, adjusted his mental state, and continued to wait calmly.
In the next dozens of minutes, the Grand Patriarch of the Church of the God of War experienced the frustration and pain of having his hopes dashed several times.
He tried to find the pattern and figure out the corresponding time interval so that he could seize the fleeting opportunity to rush out of the barrier before the old "curtain" disappeared and before the new "curtain" was formed.
However, he eventually realized that there was no pattern to the time interval. The obstructor didn't only recover when his spirituality was about to be exhausted. Sometimes, he would recover much earlier.
If it wasn't for the fact that Feysac didn't force its citizens to change their faith to the God of Combat, and that the news of Larrion's apostasy hadn't been widely spread, this Grounded Angel might've lost control on the spot.
As time passed, Larrion once again sensed the collapse of the old "curtain."
However, no new "curtains" were produced this time.
"He" has finally reached his limit … Larrion was delighted. Without any time to consider other problems, he rushed out of the collapsing embryonic divine kingdom without any hesitation.
In the next instant, "He" saw a headless woman wearing a dark and complicated dress while holding four blonde, red-eyed heads. He saw an unknown existence wrapped in bandages with a yellowish-brown liquid flowing all over its body. He saw many strange-looking but abnormally powerful spirit world creatures …
The "curtains" that Klein had summoned previously were the Historical Void projection that had been tainted with the aura of Sefirah Castle. Naturally, it could attract things that were sensitive to it. He wouldn't be surprised even if Amon appeared in this team!
The smile on Larrion's face froze again.
…
Belltaine City, in Biles's rented apartment.
Klein suddenly looked up into the sky and muttered to himself, "That's right.
He muttered to himself, "He's still very powerful …"
He then fell silent again until the magic mirror emitted a blurry aqueous light, reflecting the current state of the noticeboard.
The rules on it were disappearing from the back according to the order in which they appeared.
This meant that 0-02 was beginning to erase the rules it had previously set and was preparing to do it again.
When the "curfew" was abolished, the highly focused Klein immediately pulled Ma 'am Arianna and used Flaming Jump to appear outside the shrunken Belltaine City Library.
At a glance, he discovered that the speed at which the rules were being erased on 0-02's brass page had become extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, the second half of the page was only left with the clause "The following rules are invalid."
Right on the heels of that, the clause disappeared, and a new rule rapidly appeared:
"The Tren Sostel Brass Book is the most precious item. No living being or object is to touch it without its permission …"
Before this rule could be completed, Arianna's figure had already appeared beside the rectangular table. She used her finger to touch the brass page.
With a crack, the ascetic leader of the Church of Evernight's neck suddenly tightened, as though she was being hung up by an invisible rope.
As an angel, "She" actually had her bones fractured and found it difficult to breathe.
Hanging!
However, as Arianna's finger slid across it with some difficulty, the first new rule was erased by "Eraser" before it could fully appear, entering a "concealed" state.
And all the rules set by 0-02 had to be publicized or informed before they could take effect!
With a whoosh, Arianna grabbed the Tren Sostel Brass Book and threw it to Klein who was outside the floor-to-ceiling window.
In the previous hour, Klein had already imagined the various possible developments and had the corresponding discussions with Arianna. At that moment, he wasn't nervous or flustered at all. While 0-02 was still in midair, he dragged out his human-skinned glove from the void.
Then, he grabbed the Tren Sostel Brass Book and used his historical projection to "Teleport" away.
After his figure vanished, Arianna landed on the ground with a thud, leaving a deep strangulation mark on her neck.
In just a few seconds, with 0-02 in hand, Klein appeared at the top of the Hornacis mountain range's main peak. Using his Spirit Vision at the angel level, he saw the dilapidated ancient palace with collapsed walls that were shrouded in fog.
Without any hesitation, Klein made his historical projection take the Tren Sostel Brass Book and "Blink" to the main entrance of the palace before reaching out to push it open.
What appeared before him was a hall with many corpses hanging from it. Every corpse was different. There were men and women, and their clothes were either gorgeous, simple, exquisite, or casual.
Behind these hanged corpses was a transparent and slippery tentacle with complicated patterns. They all came from the depths of the hall, from an ancient stone chair.
On the gigantic stone chair, transparent and twisted maggots huddled together as they grew wantonly, extending out strange tentacles one after another.
This was the Half-Fool of the Antigonus family, the Half-Fool who had lost control and gone mad!
Sensing the door open and the approach of Klein's historical projection, the maggots left the stone chair and violently waved their slippery tentacles, making them surge towards the door as though they were being affected by some invisible suction force.
Similarly, at the bottom of the stone chair, the tarot card with the image of The Fool Rosell and words written with starlight also flew towards the door.
Just seeing this scene made Klein's historical projection show signs of collapsing. Thankfully, he didn't have any sentience. He was being controlled by Klein, who was hiding in the distance. He didn't experience any confusion in his thoughts or the negative effects of having his mind mutate. He also didn't stand rooted to the ground, unable to do anything.
Before he dissipated, the historical projection threw the Tren Sostel Brass Book at the terrifying maggots.
The transparent and slippery tentacles sensed danger and instinctively responded. They wrapped around the Sealed Artifact 0-02 at the same time.
Amidst such interference and the invisible "gale," The Fool card arrived at the door before the strange tentacles.
Klein's historical projection had mostly collapsed. Upon seeing this, he mechanically reached out his right hand, grabbed the Card of Blasphemy, and threw it behind him.
In the next instant, the slippery tentacles that had once again extended to the door, but they were blocked by the fog and unable to burrow out. All they could do was frantically lash at the barrier.
The open door closed bit by bit, hiding the scene.
Klein, who was hiding somewhere on the mountain peak, frowned slightly. His heart was filled with joy and relaxation, but he couldn't help but feel a strong sense of doubt.
In other words, I used 0-02 to exchange for The Fool card? The Goddess doesn't need me to head to Calderón City to find clues to the River of Eternal Darkness for the time being? Klein silently muttered to himself, walked out of his hiding spot, and came to a spot not far from the ancient palace. He bent down to pick up the Card of Blasphemy.
On the surface of the card was Rosell Gustav, who was wearing a gorgeous headdress and colorful clothes, carrying a cane and luggage. His eyes were filled with longing for the future, and behind him was a puppy.
And on the upper left corner of the card, the resplendent starlight outlined a few words:
"Sequence 0: The Fool!"
…
Inside the ancient palace, the Tren Sostel Brass Book landed on the ground and automatically opened to the first page of the second half.
The new rules began to form:
"… The Tren Sostel Brass Book is the most precious item. No living being or object is to touch it without its permission. Violators are to be sentenced to death!
"… You are not to change the state of the Tren Sostel Brass Book in any way. Violators are to be sentenced to death!"
Just as these two rules appeared, before they could "inform" the owner of the place, a line of words suddenly appeared in the gap between the first and second half:
"The following rules are invalid."
An hour later, the two rules were erased, and new rules were written. But just after the two rules were written, there was an additional clause in front of them: "The following rules are invalid." 0-02 seemed to jump from a basically blank state to a state where the pages of the book were already filled.
Again and again, the Tren Sostel Brass Book fell into an endless cycle.
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