On Friday afternoon, Klein, who feigned illness and didn't go to the literary salon, arrived above the gray fog once again.
In front of him was a palm-sized, bronze-green notebook. Its cover looked very hard, and it was none other than Leymano's Travels, which Magicians Fors had provided.
He flipped to one of the pages of the book that was actually more like a spellbook. Looking at the charred yellow color, he raised his hand to summon the Sea God Scepter from the junk pile and held it in his palm.
As he injected a portion of his spirituality into Leymano's Travels, causing it to light up with a blurry glow, he made the blue gems on the white bone staff's tip emit a bright light.
Amidst the jarring sizzling sounds, silver bolts of lightning appeared out of thin air. They were thick and ferocious as they bared their fangs and claws. They interweaved together, forming a storm-like scene.
Meanwhile, on the charred yellow page of Leymano's Travels, complicated symbols and labels were quickly outlined. They overlapped and fused with each other, gradually taking form.
Just as the page was about to be dyed with a silvery white color, electric snakes burst out from within and destroyed all the patterns in an instant!
I failed again … Klein sighed silently as he repeated the process.
This wasn't his first attempt. Ever since he obtained Leymano's Travels on Wednesday night, he would occasionally head above the gray fog and use the spellbook to record the powers of the Sea God Scepter. He repeated it until his spirituality was nearly drained and he had no choice but to return to the real World to rest.
During this process, there were failures and successes. Through repeated attempts, Klein finally reached the final step. It was to record the Lightning Storm that he had coveted for a long time!
This was a demigod power of the Sailor pathway!
Before the previous failure, Klein had failed nearly twenty times. His luck could be said to be rather bad.
He failed, failed again, and failed again. On the fifth try, he was overjoyed to see that the silver-white color had dyed the burnt yellow paper, causing the ancient, mysterious, and complicated symbols to shrink inwards at the same time, connecting into a strange pattern that made people feel like they had been struck by lightning just by looking at it.
Phew … I've finally succeeded. Klein stroked the paper with his fingers as he heaved a long sigh of relief.
He flipped through Leymano's Travels and admired the fruits of his labor.
Over the past two days, he didn't completely focus on Lightning Storm. He also recorded two other demigod-level powers. One of them was Paper Angel, which he formed by stirring a tiny bit of the mysterious space above the gray fog. This could be used to interfere with divination and prophecy. The other was Tornado, which also originated from the Sea God Scepter.
When recording them, Klein's luck was relatively good. One took nine times, while the other took twelve times.
As for Beyonder powers that weren't at Sequence 4 like Flight, Glide, and Lightning Strike, they only needed to be used once or twice. Therefore, Klein had almost filled up the entire book.
This spellbook isn't particularly useful to unaffiliated Beyonders. It requires a long period of time and patience to record a sufficient number of useful powers. Furthermore, the failure rate for powers that exceed Sequence 6 increases. It's not that easy to obtain them … However, there are twenty-two pathways in the mystical domain. As long as the powers of the first few Sequences are matched well, it wouldn't be strange for one to kill a Sequence 5 … Klein closed Leymano's Travels and sighed inwardly.
From his point of view, this spellbook was equivalent to half a divine artifact to unaffiliated Beyonders. Although it was more difficult for it to take form in the early stages compared to Creeping Hunger, once it was matched well, it was normal to challenge someone of a higher level. However, in the hands of a Beyonder with the support of a major faction, the effects of Leymano's Travels were even more exaggerated. It was akin to a bug. This was because it could record the powers of a demigod!
As long as they were willing, a demigod could demonstrate it again and again. As for Creeping Hunger, there's a high chance that it wouldn't be able to devour a demigod. Even a genuine Shepherd would find it extremely difficult to Graze a High-Sequence Beyonder. Firstly, there aren't any resources, and secondly, it's easy for one to lose control. That Elder Lovia from the City of Silver was extremely lucky to be able to Graze an evil spirit that's equivalent to a Sequence 4 … With this in mind, Klein cast his gaze at a dark blue stone beside him. It was uneven, and its surface was filled with burn marks. It was none other than the Spirit World Traversing Stone provided by Magicians Fors.
With Leymano's Travels and this stone, as well as the Fate Siphon charm and Wraith marionette, it's not impossible for me to complete the mission and leave calmly even if Mr. X has a saint watching over him … Klein rubbed his temples and returned to the real World. He set up a bestowment ritual and produced the corresponding items.
After making these preparations, he walked to the full-body mirror and looked at himself. He adjusted his appearance to look a little more haggard.
After dinner, Klein used the excuse that he wasn't feeling well to return to his room.
After watching the night scenery for a few minutes, he took out a palm-sized mirror from the drawer and placed it on the soft and bouncy pillow.
Following that, Klein approached it and made the mirror reflect the deep blue eyes and white sideburns of Dawn Dantès.
Following that, he slowly straightened his body and took a step back. Suddenly, there was another Dawn Dantès on the bed!
This gentleman was dressed in dark-colored silk pajamas. He was leaning against a pillow with a book in hand. His eyes were half-closed as though he was resting and thinking.
Not bad. A mirror illusion isn't inferior to a paper figurine illusion … Klein returned to his desk, picked up a fountain pen, and drew a strange symbol that was a mixture of concealment and prying.
After a brief silence, the Dawn Dantès on the bed suddenly opened his eyes and smiled obsequiously.
"Great Master, your humble and loyal servant, Arrodes, is here!"
I have to say that even Dawn Dantès's face can't hold back such a smile … Klein sighed inwardly as he nearly turned his head to the other side.
"Very good." He nodded slightly and praised him.
Without giving any further instructions, he wore his half top hat and slid down from the balcony to the first floor. Following a secluded garden path, he flipped over the outer wall of 160 Böklund Street from a corner. During this process, he didn't forget to close the windows.
With his right hand pressing down on his top hat and his feet firmly planted on the street, Klein slowly raised his head. At some point in time, his facial features and outline had changed. He had black hair and brown eyes. His face was thin and angular.
This was the crazy adventurer, German Sparrow, with a bounty of 50,000 pounds from a single country!
The hunt was about to begin.
…
Cherwood Borough. Xio was just about to head to East Borough to participate in Mr. X's Beyonder gathering when she was stopped by Fors.
"You're heading out to gather ingredients?" Xio deliberated as she said what her good friend often used.
Fors combed her hair and said,
"No, it's to earn money!
"I previously accepted a mission to help people find the dust left behind by dissipating ghosts. As you know, there aren't any ghosts in the cemetery. They have long been sent to their respective deity's kingdoms by the priests and bishops. Therefore, I can only head to East Borough to seek out undiscovered targets who have died due to various reasons.
"Can you bear to see a beautiful and frail lady like me enter such a chaotic place alone?"
"But, can't it be pushed back a day?" Xio said hesitantly. "I'm planning on participating in Mr. X's gathering."
Fors immediately shook her head.
"No, I have to hand in the mission tomorrow. It's a whole 50 pounds!"
"If you have to hand it in tomorrow, why didn't you do it in the past few days?" Xio looked suspiciously at her friend.
Fors chuckled.
"Did you just get to know me?
"Don't you know that I have a serious case of procrastination?
"Besides, you don't have any money. What's the point of going to Mr. X's gathering? You don't even know what Beyonder ingredients you need! "
"That's true." Xio was convinced as she said with a smile, "Does every author have a case of procrastination?"
"Probably." As Fors brushed her off, she secretly heaved a sigh of relief.
…
East Borough, in a cheap hotel. Klein entered the room that Miss Magicians had booked under a fake name.
Here, it was a luxury to have a room with a bed and a person. But even so, such a room only cost 12 pence a night. Of course, many cheap hotels in East Borough didn't have a single room. The best was a "cubicle" that cost 5 pence a night. It only had a bed and a board that could block the view of others, making it easy for one to change clothes.
As for the basement with about twenty bunk beds, a bed cost 1.5 pence a night. One's belongings were safeguarded by themselves, and they weren't responsible if they were lost.
There's actually a mirror. Not bad … Klein put down his top hat and stood in front of a full-body mirror that was filled with cracks. He put on the hooded robe that Miss Magicians had prepared for him.
Right on the heels of that, his body shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye. His skin gradually turned pale with a tinge of wheat, and the bulge at his throat disappeared. His hair grew a lot longer and was dyed golden.
After Miss Magicians Fors provided an image of her disguised friend, Klein immediately recognized that the person he was imitating was Miss Xio!
However, with the hooded robe concealing him, he didn't really change into a woman. All he did was deal with areas that were easily seen by others.
I really can't do anything about a height of 1.5 meters. At the very least, I have to completely digest all the potions in my body before I can reach this limit … Thankfully, Miss Xio has a height enhancement disguise, so I don't have to worry about this … Klein looked at his 160-meter self in the mirror and changed into the pair of leather boots in the room. They looked flat, but they were in fact flat.
After putting on the disguise, Klein pulled up his hood and silently left the single room through the window. He came to the alley in East Borough and circled all the way to the house where Mr. X had gathered the Beyonder gatherings.
Recalling the knock signal that Miss Magicians had given him, Klein bent his finger and knocked on the door with three light and three heavy knocks and two long and three short knocks.
Ten seconds later, the door opened without a sound. A waiter wearing an iron mask first looked at the newcomer a few times before stepping aside.
Klein didn't panic at all as he calmly walked past him and entered the house.
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