What a terrifying intuition. He clearly didn't realize that the "German Sparrow" in front of him was just a substitute, but he still felt that something was wrong … Klein, who was hiding in the house far away, hissed in his heart. His mind raced as he quickly came up with a countermeasure.
He controlled Wraith Señor and made the marionette say in a deep voice,
"I'm a little worried too.
"After opening the 'door', if you leave first, you can ambush me outside when I go out. You don't even have to ambush me, you can just wait.
But before that, you need to return my flesh, blood, and hair to me. When the time comes, you can be closer to the Door. This way, you will have enough time to pass through the Escape Door before the Spirit Body Threads float to the top of the cathedral. "
Panatiya listened in silence before returning with a question.
"Then how should I prevent you from destroying the Escape Door after you get out?"
"That's also my problem." "When I obtain that special symbol, I'll show it to you. That way, even if I close the Door of Escape, you can open it again."
Panatiya shut her mouth again, as though she was pondering over the details. However, she appeared rather irascible and unable to calm down, as though her mind was filled with maniacal tendencies.
After about ten seconds, she spoke again.
"I feel that a pure curse might not be able to harm you. Seers have no lack of ways to avoid harm, just like the Paper Figurine Substitutes you used previously."
You really don't leave any loopholes. Fortunately, the person in front of you is completely fake … As Klein lampooned, he got Wraith Señor to take out paper figurines from his pocket and burned them all in front of the Demoness of Despair.
"I can't be sure if you're hiding another one." Panatiya was still somewhat skeptical.
"German Sparrow" expressionlessly twitched the corners of his mouth.
"You can do divination. Aren't Witches good at that?"
Panatiya smiled impatiently.
"There's no way to communicate with the Spirit Realm here, and my spirituality …"
She didn't finish her sentence, and her eyes became dangerous.
Klein knew very well what the Demoness of Despair meant. He knew that her spirituality had been corrupted due to the past six months of "eating." She was a little chaotic and crazy, unable to give a sufficiently reliable "answer," especially when facing a Beyonder who was best at divination.
The two of them stood there in a deadlock, unable to solve the problem of how to build trust.
At this moment, a hoarse and muffled voice came from the roof on the left.
"I can be a 'witness' for you."
"German Sparrow" and Panatiya turned their heads at the same time and saw Mr. A "grow" out of the shadows. His hooded robe was blood-red.
"How do you 'witness' it?" Klein made Wraith Señor ask.
Mr. A pulled down his hood and chuckled.
"I'll use flesh and blood magic to drill into your body and monitor your condition. Once you no longer control your Spirit Body Threads or wish to use Paper Figurine Substitutes, I'll immediately give a warning or attempt to stop you.
"Once the Door of Escape you mentioned opens, I'll leave your body and enter the door before my Spirit Body Threads are affected."
Do you think German Sparrow is a fool? Klein made his marionette curl the corners of his mouth.
"According to what I know, Rose Bishops can indeed hide in the bodies of others, but when they drill out, the host will die on the spot."
"No, using such a method is to avoid detection. Therefore, I have to fuse with the host's flesh and blood. And there's no need for that this time. I'll quietly stay in your stomach," Mr. A explained in detail.
No, it's not my stomach pouch. It's my marionette Senor's stomach pouch … Klein made "Gehrman Sparrow" take out a gold coin and pretended to attempt a divination.
This crazy adventurer kept muttering as the gold coin in between his fingers began to jump.
With a clang, the gold coin flew into midair and landed in his palm.
"German Sparrow" took a careful look and said,
"From the looks of it, I'm not lying.
"However, you have to leave my body before I show that special symbol to Lady Despair."
Otherwise, "German Sparrow" might very well be murdered by the duo. If Panatiya obtained the door-opening symbol and had the obsidian stone, and had plenty of time, she wouldn't need to worry about the mutation of her Spirit Body Threads. Then, she could completely ignore German Sparrow's help. Mr. A's existence would prevent the use of Paper Figurine Substitutes.
If Mr. A were to come out ahead of time, "German Sparrow" wouldn't have to worry about this. He didn't even need to be afraid that Panatiya would turn hostile after learning of the door-opening symbol. When the time came, he could rely on Paper Figurine Substitutes to avoid the fate of certain death. As for Panatiya, she wouldn't pursue him in the cathedral. This was because, with the passage of time, she would definitely be hung up. She had to seize the opportunity to escape immediately!
On the other hand, the obsidian stone couldn't be taken away. This meant that "German Sparrow" had a chance of subsequent escape.
Although this plan had some flaws in the details, it had considered the situation of all three parties. Panatiya raised her hand to grab at the strands of hair that had fallen to her temples.
She suddenly asked, "If I were to escape first, aren't you afraid of being ambushed?"
This was also a problem that German Sparrow was worried about.
Klein immediately made his marionette curl the corners of his mouth.
"I'm afraid.
"But I still have a way to escape. I can take a gamble."
Panatiya paced around in frustration before finally saying, "Let's do it then.
"Let's do it then."
After making up her mind, her smile became extremely relaxed.
"You really are a special man, a man who makes me see hope. Once we leave this place, if you aren't afraid, I don't mind letting you experience what's called extreme pleasure."
"German Sparrow" moved his eyes away with great difficulty and turned his head to look at Mr. A.
"I have no more questions."
With a gust of wind, Mr. A flew down and landed not far from "German Sparrow."
His body, along with his "clothes," rapidly melted, turning into a sticky blob of flesh and blood.
Right on the heels of that, the flesh and blood constantly overlapped and compressed, turning into a "stream" the thickness of an arm that flowed towards "German Sparrow."
In a distant building, Klein retched in disgust before making "German Sparrow" open his mouth.
The "flesh and blood stream" climbed up the marionette's body and drilled into his mouth. The slightly warm but slippery feeling passed through his esophagus and into his stomach.
It's heavy … However, Mr. A's flesh and blood are helping to hold up the stomach pouch, preventing it from sagging too much … Klein checked his marionette and made him look up at the crimson moon that was obscured by the fog in midair. He then said to Panatiya, "That's right.
He said to Panatiya, "Let's begin now."
"Alright." Panatiya, who had long been unable to hold back her urges, eagerly walked to the cathedral's entrance.
Klein made "German Sparrow" follow by her side. First, he casually pulled out a handful of hair before making two flesh sprouts grow out of his arm. He then pulled them off, leaving them dripping with blood.
If someone who knows me very well is here, they'll definitely notice a problem. This is because I can't so decisively harm my body … Hmm, the crazy adventurer, German Sparrow, should be able to easily do such a thing in the eyes of others … As Klein discovered the problem and summarized his experience, he made his marionette pass the hair and flesh to Panatiya when he crossed the ancient cathedral's ajar door.
Panatiya slowed down and took out an ugly palm-sized puppet. She smeared the flesh and blood over it and wrapped the hair around its thin neck.
With the cursed puppet in one hand, she finally crossed the cathedral's door. Klein immediately made "German Sparrow" control their Spirit Body Threads. As for Mr. A's, it wasn't that troublesome since it overlapped with the marionette's.
Uh, even I can do it. With Zaratul's abilities, "He" can completely help Beyonders who aren't of the Seer pathway resolve the problem of losing control of their Spirit Body Threads inside the cathedral. This way, as long as "He" thinks of a way to let the Demoness of Despair enter, "He" could have long opened the door … Why didn't "He" do so? "He" can't communicate with the cathedral's exterior, and even his powers are limited to the vicinity of the pitch-black altar? Therefore, Beyonders who aren't Marionettist or above of the Seer pathway can't come in front of "Him" at all? Klein used his marionette's senses to analyze the situation from afar.
And inside the cathedral, the corpses were still hanging in midair. Their heads were hung low, and their eyes were rolled back. From time to time, they would sway gently in the wind, producing the ravings of "Hornacis … Flegrea …"
Upon seeing this scene, Panatiya's body immediately stiffened, but she quickly adjusted herself. Together with "German Sparrow," they walked through the "Overlook" of the hanging corpses.
Before long, they saw the pitch-black altar and the statue of the ancient god's descendant.
Zaratul remained sitting diagonally behind the stone statue. He wore a hood and had a white beard.
When "German Sparrow" and Panatiya approached, "He" slowly raised "His" head and chuckled.
"Very good. Beyonders of the Seer pathway need to know how to use their brains and not always think about combat."
"He" seemed to have foreseen that "German Sparrow's paper figurine would be nearly completely destroyed." He "extended his withered palm and grabbed forward, grabbing a yellowish-brown goatskin, a quill covered in ink, and a bottle of ink.
This made Panatiya's brows twitch involuntarily.
Zaratul picked up the quill and scribbled words and symbols on the goatskin. Then, he rolled it up and handed it to "German Sparrow."
"That door-opening symbol, as well as the Bizarro Sorcerer potion formula that you want.
"They can only last for forty-five minutes. There's no way to take them to the outside world."
Klein avoided the Demoness of Despair and unfurled the goatskin, allowing the potion formula and door-opening symbol to appear in his eyes.
Suddenly, his pupils constricted as he froze.
The door-opening symbol was similar to the complicated symbol provided by the Antigonus family's notebook through the Misfortune Cloth Puppet. It was a vertical eye formed from many mysterious patterns and hidden symbols!
However, there was a slight difference in the details. A crescent pattern and a folded line symbol had swapped places!
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