In the north of the Kingdom of Rouen, the cool September wind was tinged with a chill. After passing through the cemetery, it felt even colder.
Klein jolted from the wind. He snapped back to his senses and muttered to himself with a wry smile, "That's right.
He smiled bitterly and muttered to himself, This transmigration really does have some secrets …
But from the looks of it, I won't be able to "resurrect" after two more times … I wonder if this regenerative ability that doesn't usually appear will still be useful if I'm chopped into minced meat …
…
After a few seconds of calming down, Klein buttoned up his shirt and realized that he was wearing his latest shirt and tuxedo, but they were both stained with dirt.
… Baansen, Melissa really doesn't know how to be thrifty … He subconsciously had this thought as he propped himself up with his hand and stood up. He realized that the Clown's powers hadn't disappeared.
Best brother … Best brother … Best colleague … Klein looked at the tombstone and silently recited the inscription on it. His heart suddenly ached, as though he could experience the grief that Melissa and Baansen felt.
This might be even sadder than me witnessing Captain's death … He sighed, retracted his gaze, squatted down, and closed the coffin lid again.
Although his thoughts were still a little scattered, Klein knew that he had to clean up the scene as soon as possible without being discovered by anyone.
Coming back from the dead wasn't something an ordinary person could do!
If the Nighthawks, Mandated Punishers, or Machinery Hivemind were to learn of this, Klein believed that he wouldn't have a good ending. Of course, if this were Earth, and he had consumed the Lawyer or Swindler potion, he could have fooled himself into becoming a God's Blessed or a Person of Redemption. However, in this World, there was a true god, a true god that could respond to rituals!
After filling the coffin with soil and covering the stone slab, Klein clapped his hands and stood up again.
There was nothing special about this scene. He was like a gentleman who had come to pay his respects to a friend in the middle of the night. The only thing wrong was that the person in the photo on the tombstone looked exactly like him.
In the process just now, his spiritual perception detected the existence of the 'Aztec copper whistle', so he dug it out and wiped it clean.
However, Klein did not plan to summon the messenger immediately. He decided to figure out the current situation first.
Raising his left hand, Klein saw the topaz pendant that was still wrapped around his wrist.
"Are these the funerary objects?" He laughed self-deprecatingly and took off the spirit pendulum. He raised his head and looked around. His expression gradually became serious. "… Captain should be buried in this cemetery as well …"
After changing directions twice, he finally confirmed the location of Dunn's grave with his spirit pendulum.
Ten minutes later, Klein saw the captain's black and white photo. He had a gentle expression, a receding hairline, and his gray eyes were faintly visible. He did not look much different from usual.
Under the photo were Dunn's name, date of birth, date of death, and the epitaph:
"A true guardian."
"The most trustworthy companion."
"Captain forever."
Klein looked at it in a daze. For some reason, his vision blurred again. He vaguely returned to that day when he saw the captain turn his head and squint his left eye at him.
He said in a deep voice and relaxed tone, "We saved Tingen."
Captain … Klein silently shouted.
He stood there like a statue for a few minutes before he suddenly laughed.
"Captain, you definitely weren't in a good state of mind that day. You even said that if Old Neil hadn't lost control, you would have been able to 'bring' him into a dream. He's a Mystery Pryer, and you're a Nightmare. There's no way for you to consume the Beyonder characteristic he left behind. Hmm … Back then, you didn't even ask me what powerful attacks I had. Did you trust me, or did you forget about it … But you must have guessed something … I only took one Sealed Artifact, saying that it was for Leonard. You should be able to figure out with your toes that I have additional powerful attacks."
At this point, Klein paused. He shook his head and sighed.
"I don't know what I am now. Maybe I'm just an evil spirit that crawled out of hell and wants revenge …"
As he spoke, he suddenly couldn't go on. Tears streamed down his face. Finally, he choked with sobs and shouted in a low voice,
"Captain … we miss you too!"
Feeling the cold wind blowing past, Klein raised his hand to wipe his eyes and pinched his nose.
Regaining his composure, he found a secluded spot, took four steps counterclockwise, and went above the gray fog.
He wanted to use divination to figure out the person who had killed him that day. He wanted to figure out the real culprit behind all of this!
Since it has already appeared in front of me, I can definitely divine some information … Klein pursed his lips tightly as he saw that the majestic palace and the ancient mottled table hadn't changed at all.
He sat in the seat belonging to The Fool and conjured a yellowish-brown goatskin and a fountain pen in front of him.
As his body was in a sparse state, he didn't waste any time. After some thought, he wrote a divination statement:
After some thought, he wrote the divination statement: "The person who killed me."
He recited it seven times and leaned back in his chair. With the help of Cogitation, he entered a dream.
In a gray world, countless specks of light fluttered and gathered, finally converging into an image.
A pair of bright leather boots, a slightly pale hand, and Saint Selena's urn in the former's hand.
As his gaze gradually moved up, Klein saw a middle-aged man with short dark blond hair.
He wore a black double-breasted frock coat, and he was obviously blind in one eye. His eye was a deep blue that was nearly black, and his facial features looked like they were carved without any wrinkles.
The scene shattered, and Klein woke up from his dream. He frowned slightly, finding his murderer very familiar.
As a Seer, he quickly confirmed why he found it familiar. It was because he had seen the person's photo and description on the wanted poster!
The murderer was Ince Zangwill! The former archbishop of the Church of the Evernight Goddess who had defected with Sealed Artifact 0-08, the Gatekeeper who had failed to advance!
It's him! Countless scenes flashed through Klein's mind, and finally, it stopped at the scene of the man picking up Saint Selena's urn.
Tap. Tap. Tap. He reached out and tapped the edge of the long bronze table, feeling that he had figured out many things.
Captain said that Beyonders who die normally will also leave behind Beyonder characteristics. When they are gathered together, it's equivalent to a potion without any supplementary ingredients.
That is to say, as long as I know the corresponding supplementary ingredients, I can advance through the 'remnant.' Of course, I can't consume it at a higher level; otherwise, it's easy to lose control or go crazy.
Hmm … Advancing to a High-Sequence Beyonder requires a special ritual. This is something mentioned in the incomplete Unshadowed formula … The subsequent advancements might also require a ritual …
"Ince Zangwill is a Sequence 5 Gatekeeper of the Death pathway. He wishes to become a High-Sequence Beyonder and become a demigod. Based on the actual situation of a Sequence swap, he has three choices. One is to be a Sequence 4 of the Death pathway, the second is a Sequence 4 of the Sleepless pathway, and the third is a Sequence 4 of the God of Combat pathway, Demon Hunter."
Saint Selena is a saint. If she's not a Sequence 4, then she's a Sequence 3. Her ashes correspond to one of the two Sequences' potions … As a former archbishop, Ince Zangwill definitely know which one it is, and he definitely knows what the supplementary ingredients are …
His true goal for plotting all this is to obtain Saint Selena's ashes and use it to advance to Sequence 4 of the Sleepless pathway?
Yes, the skull of a descendant of Death might be an ingredient needed for a special ritual. After all, it's originally the Death pathway.
From the looks of it, his target is Captain and not me … He's indeed the mastermind …
After figuring out this matter, Klein wrote the corresponding divination statement. He picked up the spirit pendulum and let the topaz dangle over the surface of the paper, nearly touching it.
After chanting, he opened his eyes and saw the topaz spinning clockwise.
This meant that there was enough information, and the divination was a success!
This meant that Ince Zangwill had indeed plotted a series of events for the sake of Saint Selena's ashes and advancing to Sequence 4!
Klein tapped the edge of the table again and thought about another problem.
Zangwill is only a Sequence 5 Gatekeeper. It's impossible for him to create so many coincidences by himself, allowing Megose to visit the Nighthawks at the right time according to the "arrangements."
So, it's the power of Sealed Artifact 0-08?
Its appearance is that of an ordinary quill … Its function is that whatever is written down is destined to come true?
No, it shouldn't be that simple … Otherwise, all Ince Zangwill needed to do was write, "Saint Selena's ashes grew wings and flew into Ince Zangwill's hands." Then, he could just sit at home and wait …
"There must be a certain limit …"
0-08 likely doesn't have any direct offensive abilities. Otherwise, Ince Zangwill would have barged into Tingen City's Chanis Gate a long time ago …
This item at the top of all the Sealed Artifacts can make people act according to its description without realizing it? Is this the reason for all the coincidences?
If that's the case, 0-08 is truly terrifying. Even Megose, who's pregnant with an evil god's spawn, followed its arrangements … It's no wonder that Grade 0 Sealed Artifacts are extremely dangerous. They have the highest level of importance and confidentiality. They cannot be inquired about, divulged, described, or spied on …
Klein stopped tapping the edge of the table and did a divination based on his conjecture. Unfortunately, the information was incomplete, so he failed.
Seeing that a few minutes had passed, he planned on returning to the real World as soon as possible. Therefore, he stopped letting his thoughts wander and wrote the penultimate divination statement.
"The city where Ince Zangwill is currently at."
Due to the existence of Sealed Artifact 0-08 and the fact that Ince Zangwill had likely become a demigod, Klein was unable to directly divine Ince Zangwill's exact location. All he could do was magnify the range and make a vague inquiry.
Of course, without the mysterious space above the gray fog to eliminate any interference, even a vague inquiry would have definitely failed his divination and left him without an answer.
Leaning against the high-back chair, Klein recited the divination statement seven times before entering a dream once again. He entered the hazy World.
The hazy World suddenly split open, revealing a surging, wide, and slightly turbid river.
There was a magnificent bridge over the river, and there were docks on both sides of the river. There were many goods and workers.
On the northeast bank of the river, there were rows upon rows of houses. Most of them had the architectural characteristics of the Rouen Kingdom. They had polygonal roofs, oriel windows, and no verandas facing the street. Apart from that, there were also many Gothic buildings.
The streets here were bustling with people. Horse carriages followed one another, and from time to time, strange machinery could be seen.
The further east one went, the more chimneys there were, and the more smoke there was. The further west one went, the higher the terrain. Houses of various colors — grayish-blue, beige, or pale yellow — spiraled upwards, surrounding a gorgeous palace and a tall Gothic bell tower.
Gong!
The bell reverberated as Klein woke up. He knew which city he had just seen.
Land of Hope, Capital of Capitals, Baekeland!
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