Lord of the Mysteries

Oh no! I’ve been controlled by the puppet!

Captain and company are either unconscious… or have yet to recover. They can’t even get up… They will not be able to… wake me up in time…

No… I have to… save myself!

Everything before Klein’s eyes was happening in slow motion. All his joints and his brain seemed to have been coated with an ever-thickening layer of glue.

He had no interest in becoming a human-version puppet, so he seized the opportunity of not being fully controlled by trying his best to seek a way to save himself.

I definitely can’t… hit myself… There must be an… external force…

External force… I’ll give it a try… There’s no time for hesitation… Without the luxury of time to think through things, Klein came to an idea in less than three seconds. He moved his “rusty” knee joint and took a counterclockwise step.

At the same time, he did not try to escape the invisible rope that “hung” around his throat. All he did was recite inwardly.

Blessings Stem… From The… Immortal Lord of… Heaven and Earth…

He wanted to use the mysterious world above the gray fog to awaken him and escape Sealed Artifact 2-049’s assimilation!

Creak! Creak! Creak! Klein’s knees and ankles let out an involved ear-piercing sound. With a slow contorted step, he took another step counterclockwise.

Blessings Stem… From The Sky Lord… of Heaven and Earth.

Klein’s thoughts turned increasingly sluggish as he felt as though he was a computer that had all sorts of bloatware and every antivirus software installed. He lifted his left foot in a jerky manner as he took another step in the required spot.

Blessings Stem… From The… Exalted Thearch…

Klein’s thought processes turned more and more rigid and sluggish. He took the final step purely out of instinct.

At that point, he knew he was almost fully under the puppet’s control. Even if Aiur Harson could get up in time to save him, he would probably be unable to be awakened.

But his strong desire to live made him chant the final line of the incantation.

Blessings… Stem… From The… Celestial… Worthy…

Just as he finished his incantation, the extremely chaotic and hysterical shouts and murmurs sounded. They quickly took over every corner of Klein’s sluggish thoughts, shattering them in the process and reducing them to thoughts he had no control over.

Klein’s brain became a boiling pot of potpourri as his stiff body turned light while his spirituality lifted.

Endless grayish-white fog and the dark red stars of varying distances appeared once again before his eyes. It was vast, mysterious, vague, and blurry.

Klein’s confused mind quickly settled down as he finally regained his ability to think, only to see the magnificent palace.

“Phew… Thankfully, it worked.” he whispered with a lingering fear.

According to his previous observations, he knew that once someone fell under the control of Sealed Artifact 2-049, it was equivalent to death. Normally, there was no medicine that could save the victim.

world above the gray

pacing a few times, Klein began considering the situation he

stay here the

up and gather over, I

have the shell of my body, nothing more zombielike than a

the risk and return, there’s no way to guarantee my safety… What if I get controlled by 2-049

…

suffering from his dilemma, Klein suddenly smacked himself in the forehead and could not help but chuckle

I haven’t gotten used to my status as a

appeared at the seat of honor in front of the long bronze table, sitting on the high-back

extended his hand as a fountain

scribbled a sentence on an

to the real world is

few Gatherings, he discovered that the items he brought on him were projected above the gray fog, but they were

chain with his left hand as

half closed his eyes. He calmly repeated the words on the piece of

the real world is very

…

to the real

…

seven times, Klein

topaz slowly oscillating, guiding the silver chain in a clockwise

negative… Returning to the real world is very safe… Klein heaved a sigh of relief as he habitually

original position. He saw the brown puppet,

about to try to move his arm to determine his

You can be saved as long

to help

if you agree. I know you are still

control me… That’s right. It will not repeatedly influence the same person. There will be a break… Klein

know that the Church of the Evernight Goddess does not have Sequence 8 that succeeds Sequence 9. But

If not, I wouldn’t have dared return. To show you my

did

made the connection between Seer

to become the head honchos of

The voice sounded with the wind again. The distant Dunn and Lorotta were still unconscious. Borgia seemed heavily injured as he moaned without moving. Aiur Harson

me? The Secret Order… Is it that suited clown from before? After he escaped, he secretly returned in a bid to fish in troubled

Seer, Klein attempted using the thought processes of a Seer to

that Monster Bieber would

himself or deal with us directly because he likely divined that it would contain immense risk. Therefore, he is suspecting Captain and Madam

might not have the time. If he waited

escape the puppet’s control… He is using me as

that the luck

Klein felt that his line of reasoning was clear. He was quite confident of the thoughts and goals of the

for the clown’s promise, he believed not one bit of it. Cannon fodder did not have any