As he sent the message to the Mandated Punishers, Alger had already quickly formulated a plan in his mind.
He would make the best use of his time to pray to the Lord of Storms, hoping to receive the Lord's blessings or help. Then, he would immediately rush underground and use his Beyonder powers to forcefully suppress the three Grade 1 Sealed Artifacts, including the Blue Door.
During this process, if the Lord of Storms responded to his prayers or the abnormality of the seal's failure ended in time, there was naturally no need to consider other countermeasures. However, if neither of these things happened, and he began to find it difficult, he would seek help from Mr. Fool.
To Alger, once he had to do so, no matter what method he used or how he tried to hide it, it would be difficult for him to escape the fate of being suspected. After all, suppressing three Grade 1 Sealed Artifacts with his own strength was indeed inconceivable.
When the time came, his only choice was to immediately abandon his position and flee after the abnormality ended and the seal took effect again. He would waste all his years of hard work, and he would lose the position of cardinal that he had painstakingly obtained.
However, compared to his own life, this was a price and sacrifice that he could pay.
As for the consequences of his chances of obtaining the Book of Calamity plummeting, Alger didn't care about it at the moment. He was still far from the level where he needed to consider such problems. Of course, as a demigod and cardinal of the Church of the Storm, he believed that he was definitely under the watch of the Lord of Storms. After abandoning his position and fleeing, he had to obtain the blessings of other existences to survive. Otherwise, the outcome would be unimaginable.
And on this matter, he could only rely on Mr. Fool.
Taking a deep breath, Alger quickly chanted,
"The King who rules the sky, the Emperor who rules the sea, the great God of Storms, I pray for your attention and your blessings."
After chanting, Alger grabbed his hand and flew underground with a gust of wind.
About ten seconds later, outside the Church of Waves, the tide that was crashing against the embankment rose and surged into the air.
The blue seawater poured down, enveloping the church like a thick barrier.
Inside the barrier, silver lightning flashed and drilled into the ground.
…
Rumble!
Lightning struck down like a storm, illuminating the entire Utopia and half of the Berserk Sea.
At this moment, a pitch-black cathedral with many skulls embedded in it suddenly appeared in the air.
It was located in the sky above Zaratul's area, attracting all the lightning around it, causing countless pale skulls to leap with twisted electric snakes, causing the stained glass to reflect bright light.
Rumble!
In the places that Adam's corpse cathedral couldn't hide, Zaratul's marionette, Abomination Suah's historical projection, and Klein's marionette were instantly shattered by the violent lightning. Then, they either vanished or shrunk into traces.
Even the historical projection of Rosell Gustav, which had turned into a torrent of information, was not spared at this moment. A strong electromagnetic storm wreaked havoc in the city, destroying all information structures.
While the Visionary was blocking the Tyrant, Zaratul took a step forward and walked into the void in front of him.
And this void was connected by "Him" using the Beyonder powers of an Attendant of Mysteries to another island in the Berserk Sea that "He" had located ahead of time. The distance between the two was reduced to zero.
Zaratul's black-robed, hooded figure quickly disappeared into the void illuminated by lightning. But in the next second, "He" didn't appear on the distant island, but above Utopia's Irises Hotel.
Just a moment ago, when Zaratul was stunned by the might of the storm, Klein, who was in Sefirah Castle, seized the opportunity to use the "curtain" draped over his body and mobilized the power of the sefirah. He forcefully "Grafted" the void in front of the target to Irises Hotel, silently changing Zaratul's key setup.
This was the suppression of a King of Angels of the same pathway against a Sequence 1 angel.
Rumble!
The never-ending lightning struck down, enveloping Zaratul, who had a long and dense white beard.
Zaratul's pitch-black eyes didn't show any change in expression. His body rapidly faded and disappeared amidst the bolts of lightning.
"He" had only come as a Historical Void projection.
"His" true body was hiding in a certain fragment in the fog of history.
Sitting in The Fool's seat, Klein immediately cast his gaze at the grayish-white fog below, at the countless spots of light in the fog.
He was temporarily unable to find Zaratul because "He" definitely had a secret history that only "Him" or a few existences knew. However, being unable to find "Him" didn't mean that Klein could only watch and patiently wait for "Him" to reach his limits, making it difficult for "Him" to remain in the fog of history. As the owner of Sefirah Castle, an existence that had reached the level of a King of Angels, even if Klein could only make initial use of this sefirah, he could still accomplish many things.
In the next second, Klein opened the box, summoned The Fool card, and contained it in his body.
In an instant, he turned into The Fool, who was dressed in colorful clothes and a gorgeous headdress. Amidst his deep and terrifying aura, he exuded a comical and absurd feeling. The entire Sefirah Castle shook gently.
Thud!
The Fool Klein used the end of the Staff of the Stars in his right hand to prop it against the edge of the long, mottled table.
In the real World, the grayish-white fog appeared. An ancient palace stood above it, faintly discernible.
In the ancient and majestic palace, a strange light formed from countless balls of light rapidly outlined itself, emitting an invisible and terrifying suction force.
The fog of history immediately boiled. In a spot that Klein didn't light up, Zaratul's figure quickly appeared, uncontrollably cast towards an infinite height.
The law of Beyonder characteristics convergence!
With the help of Sefirah Castle, Klein projected the convergence power of Beyonder characteristics into the fog of history!
At this moment, Zaratul's black-robed and hooded figure collapsed, thinning into a pale paper figurine.
"His" true body then appeared on another island in the Berserk Sea. "He" quickly used the Beyonder powers of an Attendant of Mysteries to connect the convergence tendency to the paper figurines.
Seizing the opportunity created by the paper figurines, Zaratul quickly made a wish:
"I wish for my Beyonder characteristic to temporarily calm down."
Just as "He" said that, "He" clasped "His" palms together. "He" had already made "His" wish. This allowed "Him" to escape the suction force from Sefirah Castle, The Fool card, and the Attendant of Mysteries Beyonder characteristic.
At the same time, "He" took a step back and accurately stepped on a milky-white stone.
And this stone had long been connected to a certain spot by "Him" and had been solidified to a certain extent.
With Zaratul's stomp, "His" figure instantly vanished. It was unknown where "He" had gone, but the stone seemed to be weathered as it disintegrated.
The Fool Klein cast his gaze down from an infinite height and scanned his surroundings, but he couldn't find Zaratul's figure.
This meant that "He" had left his line of sight.
Without any hesitation, Klein immediately focused on another matter.
He had already made the various gems on the Staff of the Stars light up, simulating the Marauder pathway's ability to deceive the rules. He changed the location of his body's resurrection to a marionette that wasn't in Utopia.
Previously, a few residents of Utopia had gone to other cities and other places for various reasons, so as to further deepen their interaction with the real World. Klein had now chosen a travel enthusiast, and he was now in a certain mountain range.
As the second half of his "resurrection" progressed, Klein took out The Fool card and summoned the nine spirit world specialties that he had previously prepared. He then stored them and the "curtain" into his body.
Right on the heels of that, he used the Staff of the Stars to mobilize the power of Sefirah Castle and once again simulated the Marauder pathway's ability to deceive the rules. He made the nine spirit world specialties and the curtain "become" a part of his body.
In the next second, countless fragments of light appeared around the marionette that was halfway up the mountain.
And inside the marionette's body, a Worm of Spirit flew out and constantly disintegrated, fusing with the fragments of light.
Soon, the fragments of light condensed into a ball of light. The ball of light stretched and solidified into Klein's figure.
Just as Klein's figure finished outlining, he transformed into transparent and twisted maggots that spread out in all directions, causing the "curtain" and the nine spirit world specialties to fall to the ground.
Then, the Worms of Spirit completed their reorganization. A portion of them transformed into a half top hat, a shirt, a vest, a formal suit, and trousers.
Klein didn't waste any time. He immediately picked up the "curtain" and the spirit world specialties and seriously concocted the potion.
To him, this was the best opportunity to advance to Attendant of Mysteries.
On the one hand, the ritual's effects had already been completed with the help of the Genie, and it wouldn't be maintained forever. It would gradually disappear. On the other hand, Adam, who was most likely to destroy his ritual, was being suppressed by the Lord of Storms, preventing him from interfering.
If he were to consume the potion and advance to Sequence 1 normally, Klein was really worried that Visionary Adam would use the sea of collective subconscious to secretly give him negative emotions at the critical moment. If that happened, losing control was inevitable.
The main goal of him shouting "Leodero" wasn't to deal with Zaratul, but to hold back a true god like Adam!
When holding the Attendant of Mysteries ritual, there was no way to use the power of Sefirah Castle to distort a nascent divine kingdom in advance to isolate it from the outside world, allowing Klein to advance inside. This was because it would cause the ritual to be unable to establish a connection with the corresponding region of the spirit world, causing it to fail.
In less than ten seconds, a potion that was as dark as the night sea appeared in Klein's palm. At the same time, the figure he left behind in Sefirah Castle snapped his fingers, satisfying the prayer light and the small number of wishes accumulated in the crimson star, allowing the last bit of the Miracle Invoker potion to be completely digested.
The figure in Sefirah Castle then faded away, allowing Klein's body to become complete, allowing him to consume the potion in his best state.
When the lightning illuminated the sea once again, Klein raised his right hand and brought the bottle from his marionette to his mouth. He gulped down the potion that was as light as air.
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