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As Klein was dragged out of the water, he "flashed" directly to the boat - the matches on his body were completely wet by the water, and there was no way to light them or use "Flame Jump".

He turned around and saw that the entire death notice system was gradually collapsing.

What happened? Klein thought subconsciously.

He saw the High-Dimensional Overlord standing in front of the Undead King Agaritu, watching the Undead King's body gradually collapse. It was as if a wall was blocking the Undead King, preventing him from taking another step forward.

Klein looked at Gao Wei and saw that his eyes were gentle, but deep inside them there was a hint of extreme coldness.

Is this... divinity?

Looking at Gao Wei, whose expression was quite different from his previous impression, Klein took two steps forward and shouted in Loenese:

"Gao Wei!"

The high-dimensional observer, who was watching the Undead King's breath weaken step by step and gradually return to a weak Sequence Five, turned around and looked at Klein after hearing Klein's words.

His eyes regained their gentleness, and he said to Klein,

"The battle is over."

So soon? Klein was immediately shocked: "Are you done already?"

"After all, I was originally a demigod."

The High-Dimensional Overlooker responded casually, "I am naturally familiar with the special situations that arise in battles between demigods. Although this body can only withstand the gifts of Sequence 5, the combined abilities of three Sequence 5s do not mean there is no chance of killing a 'real' demigod."

A true demigod... Klein nodded secretly, and suddenly he was somewhat envious of the gift from the High-Dimensional Overlooker. However, after noticing the doubt in the High-Dimensional Overlooker's words just now, he immediately said:

"You mean that the Undead King Agaritu is not a true demigod?"

"That's right."

The High-Dimensional Overlooker nodded. "He was originally supposed to be a Sequence 5 Beyonder of the Abyss Path, but he was temporarily elevated to the level of a demigod under the infusion of his flagship, the Death Announcement."

"In a sense, this can also be considered a gift. However, this gift is corrosive. It is a process in which a high-sequence Beyonder forcibly injects his own power into the body of a low-sequence Beyonder, turning him into his puppet."

High-Sequence beings force low-Sequence beings to become puppets... As I learn more, I feel that this world's extraordinary system is becoming more and more twisted and bizarre... If this were placed in any novel in the world before I traveled through time, this would be called "evil cultivation"...

Klein thought subconsciously in his heart. He looked at the High-Dimensional Overlooker:

"Then should we leave this sea area now?"

"I'm afraid we can't leave now. Look over there." The High-Dimensional Overlooker turned his gaze and guided Klein to look at the location of the Lost Homeland. Klein turned his head subconsciously and found that the shadow covering the huge "body" of the Death Announcement seemed to be absorbing some of the extraordinary characteristics of this ship into its body and using it in some way.

Is this "herding"?

This word subconsciously emerged in Klein's mind. He looked at the Lost Homeland and seemed to feel that this scene was similar to the scene when he used "Creeping Hunger" to herd Mr. X's spirit.

"If nothing unexpected happens, your fleet will have one more ship."

The High-Dimensional Overlooker said to Klein leisurely, "The Lost Homeland should absorb a large part of the Death Announcement's power and expand its own hull. And the remaining residue after grazing will become another ship following your flagship, allowing the pirate group you lead to truly become a 'fleet'."

"In this way, with your strength greatly expanded, you can openly appear in front of others as Gehrman Sparrow. Generally speaking, the Church of Storms will not take the initiative to launch a large-scale siege against the 'King of the Sea', and now that the True Creator has become the tacitly recognized god by several gods, you don't need to hide like before."

"Similarly, as your team grows, more and more pirates will come to work on your ship, and there should be some adventurers among them. Of course, the only drawback is that you will need more money, but with the interest compounded, you will be able to go out to sea to find more treasures and earn more money."

A look of pain flashed across Klein's face. He suddenly felt that the treasures looted from the Death Announcement should be squandered like water.

The current situation forces Klein to continue looking for crew members with extraordinary abilities, because now that he has killed the Undead King, he will be designated as the "Pirate King" as long as he appears in the outside world.

Unless he abandons the Death Grievance now and stops the Lost Homeland from improving its strength, the news that he killed the Undead King Agaritu will never stop spreading.

He could see the mismatch between strength and title no matter whether he was at the Tarot meeting disguised as "The Fool" or from the experience of the Undead King being killed by him - the Undead King being killed by them in front of him was the most obvious example.

Klein had already vaguely considered whether he should rob more evil pirates before heading to the southern continent, and at the same time support a person of normal status to collect the bounty.

He looked at Agaritu, who had not yet died completely but had already lost the form of a mythical creature, and a bold idea came to his mind.

"Lao Gao, what do you think about me turning him into a secret puppet that I can use for a long time?"

Klein lowered his voice and spoke to the High-Dimensional Overlooker. With the Sefirah Castle, he thought of a trick that could help him quickly digest the extraordinary characteristics of the Secret Puppet Master.

…

Northern Continent, Loen Kingdom, Backlund New Queens District.

"Dad, is this our new home?"

A young girl with bright dark brown eyes looked at her father and asked him softly.

The disaster in Backlund caused a new division of classes in the entire country. A large number of people who were already ill died, and the laborers in the East District had basically either died of illness or fled from the disaster area and left Backlund to make a living in other cities.

For some of the lower-class civilians who had long since been unable to resist Backlund's cruel social rules, the pensions issued by the Kingdom of Loen this time gave them a chance to escape from this suffocating city.

Of course, batches of workers also poured in from other places, coming to this "City of Hope" with hope in their hearts.

- Because after the disaster, the labor force here decreased sharply, and factory owners and entrepreneurs had to increase workers' wages, raising the already low remuneration to 20 to 30 percent higher than that of factories in other places.

When the labor force is saturated, the wages here will inevitably fall. At that time, the more savvy people with savings will leave the city and go to other places where there is a shortage of labor to make a living again.

Those with slightly mediocre vision or civilians who could not afford the steam train tickets could only stay here and continue to endure the same exploitation as the previous group of workers.

Of course, this is without any supervision.

"Praise to His Majesty the Emperor, he has given us the opportunity to live a better life."

Senator Mori Macht, dressed in formal attire, said to his daughter. He had a slight smile on his face, because he was once a soldier in East Balam and had served as a major in the Loen Kingdom's army.

However, he shook his head slightly and said with some disappointment: "You know, Hazel. Although His Majesty the Emperor announced that he would re-plan the urban structure of Backlund and improve the workers' treatment - there are still many people who do not understand His Majesty the Emperor's foresight."

Congressman Macht's words were actually quite euphemistic. In fact, even he didn't understand why George III had to legislate to stipulate the minimum hourly wage and maximum daily working hours. This led some entrepreneurs and factory owners to openly oppose George III's bill and prepare to secretly organize people to march.

Although this won the support of many lower-class people and made them worship George III as a god, what good did it do?

Congressman Macht thought silently that these lower-class people were not even eligible to participate in the election, and he believed that this bill was doomed to fail.

However, as a member of the House of Commons who was pushing for the bill to control air pollution, Mori Macht did not understand why the Emperor pushed for the bill on a whim. Perhaps he was stimulated by the large-scale evil god worship incident that happened in Backlund before.

But this did not prevent him from praising His Majesty the Emperor, because it would also help the implementation of the bill he was promoting to control air pollution.

Praise His Majesty the Emperor.

Morimacht muttered silently in his heart. After Backlund's replanning, he was able to live in an area closer to the center of power, and the war and turmoil allowed him to occupy a more important position among the congressmen.

"At least the air will be better this way."

Hazel said to her father casually. Behind her, a servant was holding an exquisitely crafted cage with a soft cushion inside. On top of it, a mouse with shiny fur was lying quietly.

Before leaving the carriage, a layer of red cloth was covered on the cage to prevent others from seeing what kind of pet was kept inside. To be honest, in Mori Macht's eyes, the mice that his daughter liked to raise were certainly not decent enough pets. But since his daughter was happy, he, who had experience as an officer in East Balam and was relatively open-minded, naturally would not stop her.

But no matter what, he would naturally not let his daughter take the mouse outside for others to see.

"Yes." Congressman Macht walked towards his newly built house. He looked at his daughter and suddenly said to her,

"Hazel, I found a tutor for you."

"Tutor?" Hazel frowned slightly, but didn't say anything. After all, she had to take many classes every day, including etiquette and other knowledge that every noble had to know - having another tutor was not something that needed to be paid much attention to, but Hazel felt that it was strange that her father specifically told her about this matter.

As a Sequence 7 "decryption scholar", Hazel subconsciously felt that this matter was definitely not as simple as she imagined. She thought about it for a moment, and then asked her father about recent events:

"Is it because of the unusually high status of Miskatonic University in Backlund?"

"That's right." Mori Macht nodded. "The Duke Abraham was the president of this university before, so many nobles are proud to study in this university - of course, they invite special teachers from this school to teach themselves or their children."

Needless to say, there is nothing more to say after that.

Although this would not bring him closer to the principal, it was at least a way of showing his loyalty to the Loen Emperor. This duke was, to some extent, a founding hero of the Loen Kingdom—now the Empire. No one knew whether his sudden announcement that he would serve as the principal of Miskatonic was at the emperor's behest.

For them, such abnormal behavior often contains more problems. Regardless of whether these teachers are directly under the emperor, they can show the emperor that they are "willing to be supervised by the emperor."

After all, becoming an emperor already represents a lot of things.

"Okay, I understand." Hazel sighed and nodded reservedly.

"When will this teacher come?"

She was confident that she was a Beyonder who was different from ordinary people, and even had the strength of Sequence Seven. She was still confident that she could handle the tutor.

"Well..." Congressman Macht smiled awkwardly: "We were a little late when we moved today. Your teacher should be here soon."

As soon as Congressman Macht finished speaking, the doorbell rang. After a moment, a young man in formal attire came in with a servant and greeted the two with elegant etiquette:

"Mr. Macht, I am the tutor you hired."

A smile appeared on the young man's thin face, and his tone changed slightly: "I wonder when we can start teaching?"

"I hope you can meet my daughter first." Senator Macht showed a gentle and somewhat majestic smile. The young man opposite nodded as expected. He pushed his monocle and bowed gently:

"Hello, Miss Macht. My last name is Jacob, you can just call me Mr. Jacob."

Amon smiled gently, looking at Hazel in front of him.

——Amon

before learning about human nature: Father, I can't learn something as meaningless as human nature.

Amon after being led astray by the Outer Gods: The humanity of the Outer Gods is just perfect!

　Miskatonic University (this book)

　　The principal is a high-dimensional person, and most of the board of directors are high-dimensional, and a small part are Amon.

　　There is also a professor named Sherlock Moriarty who is in charge of raising dogsA New King is BornChapter 275 A New King is Born

"Breaking News, a new pirate king is born!"

A voice rang out. It was the voice of a newsboy who was selling a new issue of a daily newspaper on the streets of Backlund. The voice was crisp and bright, like a flower that had just grown out of the soil.

The midday sun shone on the newly built streets of Backlund, and then shone into the living room through the Macht family's mansion. The newsboy's voice came from outside and reached the ears of the people in the room.

"A new pirate king is born?"

Hazel immediately became interested in this. She looked at her parents and the young teacher beside her who was smiling gently. She regretted what she had just said: this was not something she would usually be interested in.

Fortunately, the teacher with monocles and her parents across from her did not seem to notice that Hazel's behavior was different from before. Before Senator Macht spoke, the teacher said to her:

"I heard that this is a pirate from the Aurora Society. He killed the long-famous 'Undead King' Agaritu, and appeared at the port on the border of Loen a few days ago. Anyone who sees him can recognize the ship he is on. The ship following him is a smaller version of the 'Death Announcement'."

"Aurora Society? The evil sect that caused the Backlund disaster?" The lady next to Senator Macht gently covered her mouth, showing a little surprise. Senator Macht nodded and said with a slightly serious face:

"This is not good news. After he becomes the pirate king, I'm afraid he will cause even greater disaster to the kingdom."

After finishing speaking, the officer who once came from East Balam shrugged his shoulders and said with a bit of helplessness in his tone: "Fortunately, His Majesty the King did not announce that Loen should withdraw from the colonies in the southern continent, otherwise the people in these colonies would have no way to resist the pirate attacks."

Senator Macht's tone was relaxed and sincere, as if he was speaking from the heart, but Amon just looked at Senator Macht quietly, with a smile on his face:

"Indeed."

He clapped his hands lightly and said sincerely to Senator Macht in front of him: "This is all thanks to His Majesty the Emperor. We have brought civilization to the Southern Continent."

"Well, it's getting late." Mori Macht nodded seriously and nodded slightly to Amon in front of him: "Mr. Jacob, shall we go over there and talk first?"

"good."

Amon pushed his monocle, smiled, and followed Senator Macht to the small room next door.

"He" looked at the cage covered with red cloth not far from him. The one who came here was Amon, who was a Sequence Two. He came to Backlund to "play a game" at the request of his original body.

According to the original body, this was an attempt to verify the feasibility of human nature, and Amon was happy to be free - it was more comfortable than hiding in the God-forsaken Land and playing hide-and-seek with his father. Moreover, Backlund had a piece of information about the Sequence Four characteristics of the Jacob family from a certain Outer God who had nothing to do.

Therefore, looking at the hypocritical look of this human, the God of Deception couldn't help but think:

"Human nature is really amazing."

"Outer Gods can also possess human nature, but they are more honest and unwilling to lie."

"And this human being uses lies so naturally to cover up what he has seen, and is happy to make others and himself believe it - is this the way for such a weak creature as human beings to survive? Interesting..."

It was precisely because he felt his own insignificance in front of the Outer Gods that the extremely cautious Amon finally chose to pick up the human nature that he had previously disdained to understand.

In his opinion, the High-Dimensional Overlooker's attempt to invade the Earth was almost certain to succeed, and how far he could achieve in the end depended on the responses of his two fathers and other gods on Earth. But no matter what, he had already invaded the Earth, and the outer gods had already invaded the Earth, and this was a certain result.

So, Amon was afraid.

He was afraid that the Lord of Mysteries would return in some way, just like when he awakened in Antigonus' body; he was afraid that Mr. "Gate" who came back from heaven would become the Fallen Mother Goddess; he was afraid that the Outer Gods adjacent to his own path would project power into the earth and kill him to obtain the uniqueness of the "wrong" path and the extraordinary characteristics of Sequence One.

Therefore, in Amon's view, being able to maintain the humanity of mankind in that turbulent era is of vital importance. Their strength is obviously weak, but they can defeat some powerful races that are born as mythical creatures; even his father and the ancient sun god admire humanity and hope that he can learn humanity.

——It's ridiculous. A natural god would actually advocate human nature?

Amon also thought about whether he really needed to listen to his father and learn the so-called human nature.

Although his brother Adam always thought that Amon's actions satisfied him, Amon did not think that Adam could be considered his father. In his view, Adam was closer to God than the person who sometimes said some inexplicable and weak words and gave birth to him.

After gaining the faith of Moon City, Amon felt that this was actually a very strange thing:

They simply switched from believing in the ancient sun god to believing in themselves, all because they had saved themselves - was such belief really solid? Did they really need it?

They believed in their father - was it just because they needed him to protect them or was it a spiritual entertainment? Was it the same as the enjoyment he had when he tortured these "bugs"?

Amon's pride made him reject these anchors and separate the gods these people believed in from his own. He wanted to destroy Moon City directly, but in the end he felt that keeping the believers of Moon City would be useful to him.

Under the control of absolute power, Amon felt that he was no different from those weak creatures he looked down upon - in the eyes of the Outer Gods, he was just a bug.

He even missed the time when his father was still intact and he played pranks on the Medici and others without any worries.

…

"Hazel, try to find out the identity of your tutor. He may be a member of my family."

The mouse demigod of the Jacob family spoke hastily to Hazel, who was holding a cage beside her. She was not in a good condition and could not even tell whether this person was a surviving demigod of her family or a low-level member of the Jacob family. However, the arrival of this "thief" was also good news for her.

If it was the demigod of the family, then her current state would most likely be saved, at least she could leave the city; if it was the weaker members of the family, the mouse demigod would not mind parasitizing him and letting him make a little contribution to the revival of the Jacob family.

After all, sacrificing one's life for a noble demigod is a supreme honor for such people.

The mouse demigod thought as a matter of course, and couldn't help but begin to look forward to what the identity of this young teacher would be.

After a while, there was a knock on Hazel's door. Hazel was silent for a moment, and said to the servant at the door:

"Bring him in."

The mouse demigod, who was lying in a cage covered with a red cloth like a pet of a noble family, moved his body slightly and glanced at the young man who came in with the servant.

Yes, this feature is indeed a member of the Jacob family... The mouse demigod told Hazel the news according to the previously agreed code. Hazel paused for a moment, raised her head slightly and said to her servant:

"You can go out."

The servant nodded, not daring to disobey his lady's order, and closed the door and walked out. Amon, with a smile on his face, bowed slightly to Hazel and said,

"Miss Hazel - your father has told me your name. I feel that there is a friend I know here. I wonder if you can ask her to come out and meet her?"

Amon's tone was sincere, and he glanced at the cage behind Hazel out of the corner of his eye. This made Hazel, a "decryption scholar", more certain that the sincere young man in front of him was a member of his teacher's family.

Although she was reluctant to leave her teacher, Hazel still hoped that her teacher could lift the seal and escape from the mouse's current state.

But, I don't know if I will have the chance to meet my demigod teacher again…

Hazel was a little sad and dazed for a moment, watching the setting sun, the slightly reddish sunlight shining into her room. The afterglow painted a layer of blush on her face and the teacher in front of her. She nodded and looked at Amon with a smile on her face:

"Teacher Amon, have you finally escaped from the seal?"

"Thanks for asking me to bring you here." Amon's mouth curled up slightly and he pushed his monocle. "My strength has been restored now. I can teach you formally as your tutor."

"Well, okay, I understand." Hazel nodded, feeling a little excited, as if it was not her teacher who lifted the seal, but herself: "Teacher, about the pirate general and pirate king mentioned in the news this morning..."

"If you are interested, I can talk to you about this in detail during my next class, Hazel. The world of mysticism is still very vast, and you still have a lot to learn."

Amon smiled gently and said, "It's just that we don't have much time today, so I will first tell you about the 'King of Aurora' who has just become the king of pirates."

"He is a member of the Aurora Society and a follower of the True Creator. For a Beyonder like you who hides your identity and has your own family in the city, you will be in great danger once the 'King of Aurora' approaches this city..."

"Because..."

——

"How did you find me? How are the other members of the family doing now?"

The mouse demigod spoke hurriedly to Amon in front of him. After the member of the Jacob family in front of him demonstrated his "parasitism" skills, the mouse demigod knew that the person in front of him was one of the few demigods left in the Jacob family.

She naturally ignored her previous idea of ​​parasitizing him, and instead asked other members of the family in a sincere tone.

"I heard that there is a treasure left by my family here. I wanted to look for it, but I didn't expect to find you." Amon said to the mouse demigod, with a little sadness in his tone: "Flora, you disappeared before, and we all thought you were captured by Amon, but why are you here in this state now?"

"It's a good thing you didn't go - that treasure was a trap left by Amon!"

The mouse demigod Flora Jacob completely let down her guard after Amon said her name, and said with a somewhat annoyed tone:

"I was sealed there and could only parasitize rats, but Amon failed to find me, so I took the opportunity to train a Beyonder of this path here. If you hadn't come, I would have parasitized her."

"So now you are not going to parasitize me anymore? Are you soft-hearted?" Amon looked at Flora and seemed to be suddenly interested. As far as he knew, demigods were the first dividing line between humans and gods, and also the first threshold on the road to becoming gods.

He really wanted to know what the young demigods' views on human nature were like now.

"How is that possible?" Flora smiled a somewhat hideous smile with her ugly rat face. "Although Hazel is very talented, it's a bit early to harvest her now. But I don't plan to stay in this city any longer and give Amon more opportunities."

What she meant was that she would not waste this extraordinary characteristic and was ready to "parasitize" it and take it away.

"That's what you think..." Amon nodded thoughtfully and pushed his monocle: "Why don't you give her to me?"

"Do you also want her extraordinary characteristics?" Flora hesitated for a moment, and said to Amon as if cutting flesh:

"Well, as long as you can take me out of this city and keep me away from Amon, I can give you this 'cryptographer'."

Wait... why is he wearing a monocle? My family should hate it...

Flora watched Amon's movements and suddenly felt something was wrong. Her pupils shrank slightly, and she wanted to take advantage of her smaller size to escape directly from here.

But the next moment, a white circle was directly imprinted on her right eye, causing her body to stop obediently.

The next moment, she and Amon looked at each other and smiled, revealing the same weird smile.

"I gained a demigod's extraordinary characteristic, but I don't feel any difference between her and me in terms of humanity. Is this the norm for demigods? I have never experienced this stage…" Amon pursed his lips slightly and fell into a state of deep thought.

He was like a child who had found a fun toy. After a brief moment of dissatisfaction, the corner of his mouth curled up again:

"It seems that I need more demigod samples... I also need to thank the High-Dimensional Overlooker for giving me such a great gift."

He looked at the rat demigod in front of him and sneered,

"Great, great."

"When did you develop the illusion that you were far away from me?"

　I feel a little strange about Amon's status. If you say He has some humanity, He has some, but it's basically the same as the ancient sun god; if you say He doesn't have any, He doesn't dare to let the Heavenly Lord, who is the divine will in the path of Sefirah Castle, revive in Him, and He is also timid in all kinds of ways.

　　I always feel that the squid's definition of human nature is probably something like a positive word?How to Play the Role of "Master of Secret Puppetry" (4k5)Chapter 276 How to Play the Role of "Master of Secret Puppetry" (4k5)

"You have already taken your ship to the port of Loen before - are you considered one of the pirate kings this time?"

The High-Dimensional Overlooker looked at Klein in front of him with a slightly teasing tone. Klein twitched the corners of his mouth, rolled his eyes and said to the High-Dimensional Overlooker,

"I don't think there's anything good about this - I'll have to spend a lot of money to recruit crew members later. Although I don't have to pay the zombies, I can't have all the sailors be zombies."

Thinking of the special dishes provided for the zombie canteen, Klein couldn't help but twitch his mouth slightly: This devilish dish is probably only comparable to Frank's mushrooms.

Rather, these zombies are the few crew members on the ship who can eat Frank's mushrooms.

"Money earned must be spent."

The High-Dimensional Overlooker patted Klein on the shoulder and said, "You don't need to save money to buy real estate now. You need to increase your strength a little bit."

"I know all this." Klein said to the high-dimensional overlord in front of him, with a somewhat sad tone, "I just feel a little distressed. Besides, I feel that the method I thought of before may not be so practical. After all, the Church and the Aurora Society are unable to support me with the Beyonders I can trust."

To quote the famous "quote philosopher" Russell Huangtao Gustav: "If I have never seen the sun, then I can endure the darkness" - Klein has seen the various treasure maps and mountains of gold coins in the cabin of the "Undead King". Now, when he thinks about losing them, Klein can't help but feel a little painful.

——He would use this money to improve the strength of his team. And according to Klein's character, he would not look for those evil pirates to fill his team.

Therefore, Klein would have to spend more money on personnel selection. Since the relationship between the True Creator and the Goddess of Night was not public, he had no way to seek support from the Church of Night.

After Klein contacted the Aurora Society, he felt even more depressed. According to Mr. Z, who contacted him, the situation in the southern continent was not very good, so the Aurora Society could not spare anyone to assist him as the Pope.

Since Loen declared war on Intis, the Republic of Intis began a fierce military campaign in the southern continent. Starting from West Balam, they attacked the colonies controlled by the Kingdom of Loen in East Balam again and again. Many Beyonders from the "Hunter" and "Fortune Teller" paths also appeared, causing great damage to local facilities and order.

The latter came from the secret order and its special operations department in the Republic of Intis, while the former, according to the speculation of the Aurora Society, came from the "Iron Cross".

At that time, Mr. Z denounced the Iron-Blooded Cross Society for betraying the Lord. Who could have thought that the Iron-Blooded Cross Society, which openly believed in the True Creator, would launch an extreme attack on the Aurora Society, which also belonged to the True Creator?

The Aurora Society naturally launched a counterattack - when the Aurora Society was still an old cult, they had always surrounded the seven major churches. This was the first time they were surrounded like this.

Therefore, the Aurora Society is fighting towards the south while fighting against the Rose Cult in the north and the Intis Navy that is constantly landing.

"And in this situation, if I rashly accept those adventurers as my partners, first of all, I can't tell whether there are spies from Amon or the Rose School among them. Once this happens, I will most likely be in danger at a critical moment."

Klein paused for a moment. "And even if I spent a lot of money to recruit many Sequence 7 or even Sequence 6 Beyonders, it wouldn't be of much use. I don't plan to rob other people's merchant ships, so I don't need so many people."

"On the contrary, these people would be wiped out by an attack from a Parasite or a high-level Beyonder, which only adds to my guilt. As long as I become a demigod, or even a higher level, Sequence 3 in a short period of time, most of the threats can be easily resolved, and the only threats left to me are the schemes from high-sequence beings."

"You are right." The High-Dimensional Overlooker "thought" for a moment: "If you have already made up your mind, then follow your own decision - how much has your 'Secret Master' digested?"

"I've probably digested more than half of the extraordinary properties of the Puppet Master. Now I can control one or two puppets. If I digest all of this potion, I can probably increase that to three. I have a feeling that if I take other potions from the Puppet Master, it won't be possible to increase my control limit."

"So, I plan to complete the ritual of the 'Strange Mage' directly after I finish digesting the current stage. After the ritual is completed, I will return to Loen to exchange the next sequence of potion formulas with the Goddess of Night."

With the "Antigonus Family Notes", Klein naturally did not need to bother looking for the potion formula of the fortune teller's path. He only needed to collect extraordinary materials.

However, in response to the free gift from the Goddess of Night, Klein was ready to help her get in touch with the source essence she needed. The Goddess of Night's current gift was probably for this purpose.

Klein analyzed, "I feel that with my current digestion progress of playing two roles, I will be able to digest the potion of the 'Master of Secrets' very quickly. Perhaps this is a kind of advance role-playing of the 'Trickster'. With Sefirah Castle giving me advance power of a higher sequence, digesting the previous sequence is a natural thing."

"That's true, but you need to be careful. This may be caused by the guidance of the former Lord of Mysteries."

The High-Dimensional Overlooker said to Klein sternly, "In the 'memories' stored in my source essence, that Heavenly Lord was able to deceive even the Outer Gods. It was also thanks to His strong strength and His sudden death in the battle with the Gods that I did not encounter the will that was supposed to be there after being brought to heaven by my source essence."

What the High Dimension Overlooker said was true. The current Him was not the same Him who had taken turns to control the "Veil Garden" before. Although they were both High Dimension Overlookers, there were some subtle differences between them.

Each incarnation is composed of half the will of the higher-dimensional overlord itself, one quarter of the higher-dimensional will from another timeline, and another quarter of the will of the replaced person. All incarnations are within the boundary of replacement and being replaced.

This is also one of the core powers of the Veil Breaker, whose status is close to that of the Fool.

"Are you saying that my rapid promotion now might be an illusion created by Him?"

Klein was suddenly startled, and then he twitched his lips. "But it's useless for me to think about this now. I can clearly feel the traces of my digestion. If "He" can even cheat on this, then unless I continue to advance, I will have no way to deal with the deception of the Heavenly Venerable."

"I'm just making a guess." The High-Dimensional Overlooker said to Klein calmly,

"From what we can see right now, He should not have awakened yet. Even if He awakens, He will not awaken in your body first. Even if you have the Sefirah Fortress, He is more likely to awaken in Mr. Door or Amon's body. Because your body does not directly contain the Beyonder characteristics of His will, He must be at least Sequence 2 to awaken, and only at Sequence 1 can He be complete."

After all, the Demon of Knowledge and God have not awakened in my body. The High-Dimensional Overlooker added in his mind that he had only reached Sequence 3 in the Path of God, and the Demon of Knowledge was most likely still sealed in the Western Continent - if he awakened after the seal was lifted, we would talk about it then.

"Haha, I'm not as worried about this as Amon right now." Klein nodded and said self-deprecatingly:

"I can only survive in this world by digesting the potion step by step. To be honest, if I don't plan to become the 'Lord of Mysteries', it is very likely that the two fellow countrymen, the Goddess of Night and the True Creator, will not continue to provide me with help."

"By that time, I, who hold Sefirah Castle, will be nothing more than a piece of fat meat in Amon's eyes. Even those who have divine power will send me directly into Amon's hands. After all, only when the Lord of Mysteries appears can we resist the disaster in the sky. If Amon threatens me with someone I care about, then I will have no power to resist."

The High-Dimensional Overlooker thought about Amon now, and suddenly felt that after gaining humanity, He might really help Klein protect the people he cared about in exchange for the fate of Sefirah Castle. He couldn't help but look at Klein a little more, and felt that according to Klein's character, he might really agree to Amon's request.

The High-Dimensional Overlooker secretly congratulated himself on having done enough to discredit Amon, leaving Klein with an extremely bad impression of Amon.

"But who is your friend?" Klein lowered his voice and said to the high-dimensional looker in Chinese: "He looked at you several times just now."

"Him? He is from my family and is now my... um, subordinate." The High-Dimensional Overlord looked at Bethel who was staring at him, and said without hesitation: "Don't worry about him. Talk about what you haven't finished talking about just now - have you figured out how to perform the ceremony of your promotion to demigod?"

"I've almost got some clues."

Klein nodded slightly and said to the high-dimensional overlord in front of him with a smile,

"I have currently identified two targets. The first one is Ince Zangwill, who tried to arrange for us in Tingen before. He was seriously injured at that time, and his current condition must not be very good. With that feather pen constantly trying to write him to death, he should be weaker than an ordinary demigod."

Klein smiled. "And Mr. Azik has already found his whereabouts in the southern continent. Although he used the quill to cover up his whereabouts, Mr. Azik still found him. He is now entangled with the Rose School of the southern continent and trying to hunt down a saint of the Church of Evernight. Now we can settle the old and new grudges together."

"The only question is whether Ince Zangwill will be targeted by that person when he possesses the Beyonder characteristic of 'Writer'. And in the final battle, will He come personally and take me away to feed His son Amon?"

After all, the true Creator has come. Haha, let's call Him the "mysterious man" whose name cannot be mentioned. Maybe He can also... Klein thought silently in his heart.

"Another option is the demigods of the Rose School, but the Rose School's headquarters is in the southern continent, and the demigods among them are even harder to kill than Ince Zangwill. And I can't tell whether they are Sequence Four or Sequence Three. I will only consider this if I can't find Ince Zangwill or if he is in serious danger."

"A wise choice, but you shouldn't worry too much about the writer."

The High-Dimensional Overlooker reminded him cryptically, "When you have divinity, you will know a little bit about their behavior patterns. They will not clearly spread hostility towards you at this stage. They may even give you some gifts and help you complete your ascension ceremony."

"He will invest in you and Amon at the same time. If you defeat Amon, He will probably only protect Amon in the end, and will not help Amon take back Sefirah Castle. And if Amon becomes a true god and needs Sefirah Castle but cannot find you, He will launch a general attack on you together with His brother and son."

"I still don't quite understand the feelings of mythical creatures. If I were to become like this, I might as well die." Klein sighed and changed the subject, saying with a hint of sarcasm in his tone, "Don't mythical creatures care about anyone? If a person has nothing important in the world and only cares about himself, then isn't he just a walking corpse?"

"You might as well say that the nature of mythical creatures is selfish. The desire for possession, importance, and desire combined are the deepest emotions of mythical creatures. The most important thing to Amon is his father, which consumes most of his emotions."

The High-Dimensional Overlooker paused for a moment and said, "This is a trait engraved deep within the extraordinary characteristics of mythical creatures. They want to get more and want to gather more characteristics. This is an instinct like a person eating and drinking. Sometimes, their ability to suppress such instincts is already a precious manifestation of their humanity."

"So I can tell you thankfully." The High-Dimensional Overlooker looked at Klein,

"Our paths are not adjacent, and even the overlap between the domains represented by our source essences is not much. Otherwise, after you and I both become true gods, we will most likely fight each other because of our Beyonder characteristics."

"——If the Goddess of Night and the True Creator were on adjacent paths, then even if we were both 'Lost Homelanders', we wouldn't have such a strong alliance as we have now."

"...The malice of this world's Beyonder abilities is too great. It's like a curse." Klein sighed. He felt the message his secret doll conveyed to him and turned to look at the High-Dimensional Overlooker.

"We're here."

"Are we there yet?" The High-Dimensional Overlooker was slightly "startled" and said, "It's pretty fast. Let's get ready to go down. I will use flesh and blood magic to make myself look like German and help you drive the Lost Homeland away, creating the illusion that you and your secret doll are not together."

"I think you will be able to digest the potion and be ready to be promoted to 'Trickster' before the next Tarot meeting."

"I hope so."

Klein smiled, and his face suddenly became older, with some traces of his travels in the southern continent.

He thought about what a middle-aged man should look like, and he bent his back slightly, as if he had assumed the posture a middle-aged man should have.

Klein smiled a gentle yet slightly dignified smile, like an elderly Loen gentleman.

"Hello, I am Dawn Dantes, a merchant from the Southern Continent."

——

[After discovering the whereabouts of Ince Zangwill, Azik Eggers headed to the northern part of West Balam, intending to capture this third-rate writer who had committed many crimes to comfort the soul of his child.]

"Ince Zangwill used his magical item to disguise himself and sent his double to the north—"

"And Klein Moretti, who was favored by the gods, went to the south of West Balam with his friends, and ran into Ince Zangwill, who was secretly planning to be promoted."

"Do you accept this ending?"

　By the way, I have been writing the manuscripts in the past two days, and I should be able to maintain the update schedule at 12 noon in the future