Lord of the Mysteries

Chapter 917 Three Choices

The strange turn of events inside the mausoleum left Klein, who had his eyes closed and his spirituality converged, completely unaware of what was happening. He had no idea if it was something good or bad. Therefore, even though he had already chanted the activation incantation, he still didn’t dare rashly use the Fate Siphon charm. He was afraid it would make things worse or that it would have the opposite effect.

Seconds passed as Klein felt the passage of time was especially slow. He felt as though an entire century had passed.

Finally, he heard Mr. Azik speak with a somewhat hoarse and uncertain tone:

“It’s you…”

Following that, an unperturbed voice that was clearly female sounded:

“You have three choices.

“First, continue proceeding forward to seek completeness. Allow Salinger to revive within your body;

“The second is to have me help you extract that half soul, allowing you to take it with you. You will think of a way to stitch it back together, but this will make you transform back to your original form. You will stop repeatedly dying and reviving, but it will not be the present you. Your past incarnations will truly recede into being dreams;

“Third, it’s to give up everything and directly leave. You will forever be stuck at your current level. You will have no way of advancing further. You will still die again and again, waking up with no memories, and repeatedly search for your past experiences.”

Klein was taken aback by what he heard. He never expected that there was another “person” in the depths of the mausoleum. Furthermore, she appeared to have absolute authority. She provided the former Death Consul, Azik Eggers, different choices that he could choose from.

This is that the “Artificial Death” that’s hiding deep in the black fog?

No, “He” originally didn’t seem to have any intelligence. It’s been so long, and it’s not like “He” has tried communicating…

Extract the half soul and think of a way to stitch it together… What does that mean? Azik’s soul was not whole to begin with?

Extract it from where? The lady speaking is actually able to do something Mr. Azik is incapable of?

Also, who is Salinger? Why would he be revived in Mr. Azik’s body? He, or “He” is Death that caused the Pale Disaster, Mr. Azik’s father or grandfather? “He” foresaw “His” death; hence, he left a seed in Mr. Azik’s body for “Him” to revive?

The first choice is definitely something to eliminate without any thought. The second and third choice each have their own problems. The former makes him not his current self. He will become an unfamiliar “him.” The latter is to suffer an undying curse for all eternity, never to receive salvation… If he’s confident with himself, truly treating all the past incarnations as an anchor, then the second choice can be considered. It allows for reconciliation and a compromise… But this involves the splitting of a half soul into half. It’s impossible to guess what developments will happen to the other half soul which didn’t experience those incarnations in the future. The anchor might not be able to resolve the problem…

Ideas flashed through Klein’s mind. He was puzzled, curious, stumped, and confused. He was so near, yet so far from a solution.

It was Azik’s life. It was a future he needed to face. No one else could make the decision for him.

And whatever Klein needed to say had been said. He stood there helpless and worried, waiting for Mr. Azik to speak again.

hooded lady in front of him without saying a word. The pale-white

feathered serpent seemed to sense a negative development. It suddenly lashed out its tail, wildly sweeping it around as it lunged its head downward and opened its gaping mouth, revealing dark red flesh and fangs that were

all of its attempts failed to be effective. It seemed to

and rubbed his temples. Calmly, he said with a laugh, “Perhaps I’m accustomed to

clenched her fist, gripping the golden bird-shaped accessory tightly. Then, she retracted her arm, pulling out the ancient item from the gap

expression distorted once again as though he was experiencing

of his blood, and in every piece of flesh, there were some parts of his

was filled with discordant and disharmonious feelings. It was because it was half gold in color, the same all the way from the brows, eyes, to the torso, and its four limbs.

golden bird-shaped accessory was extracted, Azik’s translucent soul began to disintegrate inch by inch, as though it

gasping sound once again, causing Klein’s head to spin and

of it transformed into a golden stream that infused into

were extinguished as the white feathers and pitch-black scales on his body receded. His warped expression also eased as he no longer looked as

throbbed. Clearly, he was suffering

beautiful hooded lady. He turned around

your eyes now,” Azik said with an exhausted

of madness

fog was still

that?” he couldn’t help but

reached out to grip his

to tell you, you wouldn’t be able to hear it unless ‘She’ is willing to let

he spoke, Klein subconsciously

The two men and two marionettes quickly passed through the spirit world

time in order to recover. If you have any questions, you can seek out

you alright?”

same time, he

fine having lost half his soul

me to foresee my death and arrange everything, severing ties with my original life. I’ll then forget everything and reawaken

at least you’re there, someone who knows a lot about my past. If I were

and nodded indiscernibly as

her while taking in the sun while guiding that stubborn

copper whistle and said with a

I will

out to receive the ancient and intricate

watching this scene for a while, Klein

go anywhere else from Kolain City by land, one needed to follow the spiraling path that led upwards. After passing through the

on a square at the peak, looking down at the abnormal

as she said, feeling somewhat puzzled, “Everything has been returned to normal. There’s