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"Key of Light?" Leyton was stunned; he hadn't expected the other party to suddenly mention the Key of Light.
Connecting it to the wheel of fortune card that the Knowledge Moor had asked him to collect among the blasphemy cards, Leyton had some guesses.
The blurry figure answered every question:
"The fate on your body bears traces of modification and concealment. This level of modification and concealment can only be achieved by high-level Beyonders of the Fate pathway."
"Currently, in this world, only Ouroboros and the small snake He is pursuing, as well as the Key of Light, which is also sealed in the Western Continent like the Knowledge Moor, can be considered True high-level Beyonders."
"Why don't you think Will Auceptin did it? He still holds the Uniqueness of the Fate pathway."
Leyton rubbed his chin with his right hand, casually asking a question, while inwardly pondering the alliance between the Key of Light and the Knowledge Moor.
"If it were Him, then the game between Ouroboros and Him would have already ended!"
The blurry figure replied, then immediately asked:
"Do you intend to go to the Forsaken Land of the Gods?"
"The Forsaken Land of the Gods? The Giant King's Court?"
Leyton asked in confusion. The only place in the Forsaken Land of the Gods that he could think of needing him was the Giant King's Court, where the first blasphemy slate was located.
"Yes, Sasrir's evil spirit sleeps there. If I can fuse with him, I can restore my identity and status as a Dark Angel."
"Since you already know Adam's identity, this is no longer a secret. I hope to fuse with Him in a rational state, which will minimize the internal friction between us."
Leyton's right hand, which was rubbing his chin, paused. He gazed at the blurry figure before him, his truest thought at that moment being to refuse to help the other party.
Ever since he came into contact with the other party, a thought of preventing God Almighty's appearance had been lingering in Leyton's mind.
After a moment of silence, Leyton spoke again:
"The True Creator is currently just a normal Sequence 0. Can He still separate authority and Beyonder Characteristics for you?"
The blurry figure shook his head slightly in response:
"If it were just the Hanged Man, naturally not. But if I fuse with Adam in a better state, I won't need three complete Sequence 1 Beyonder Characteristics and Uniqueness, which will also be more beneficial for controlling the Chaos Sea."
The blurry figure's answer was quite unexpected. Leyton looked at the other party with surprise:
"You plan to let Adam take the lead?"
"I am Him, and He is me." The blurry figure did not deny Leyton's words.
The scene fell silent again. Leyton didn't know whether what the other party said was True or false. The other party had been parasitizing him in a flesh-and-blood form, perhaps already discovering his inner unwillingness for God Almighty to appear.
"It's almost dawn."
"You don't have to give me an answer now. When you become a Sage, I will ask for your opinion again. Adam has not yet become a Visionary, so you have enough time to consider."
After the blurry figure finished speaking, the surrounding scene blurred and gradually disappeared, and Leyton's consciousness re-entered a state of sleep.
The sky outside the window changed from dark to light, until the sunlight streamed through the window onto the bedroom floor, and only then did Leyton wake up from his dream.
He glanced at the bright sky outside the window, then unhurriedly climbed out of bed.
He subconsciously looked at the crimson Hanged Man tattoo on his left forearm. The crimson color seemed to have deepened, giving a feeling of deep red, almost like blood.
"His state is constantly improving?" Leyton murmured to himself.
After a quick breakfast, Leyton returned to the study on the second floor and took out another spoils of war he had obtained from Turner earlier: two beast-tooth daggers, about twenty centimeters long.
During this time, Leyton had already analyzed all the Beyonder abilities of the beast-tooth daggers and developed them into secret arts.
"Corresponding to the Seafarer, Sequence 7 of the Sailor Pathway, it's not of much use to me. Should I have Mr. Hughes pulverize it into Beyonder Characteristics, or sell it?"
Leyton played with the two beast-tooth daggers in his hand, thinking about how to deal with this Mystical Item.
"Click~"
The study door was pushed open from the outside. Klein, who walked in from behind the door, looked at Leyton with a blank expression, then looked at the "Door" that had already closed behind him.
"Lost?"
Seeing Klein's confused state and the Master Key in his hand, Leyton could guess what had happened.
"Uh..." Klein gave an awkward laugh and put away the Master Key.
"The Master Key really can't be used casually. This 'getting lost' effect is a bit too strong. Thankfully, I got lost here at Al's. If I had directly trespassed into a stranger's house, I would have had to ask Lawyer Jurgen to bail me out of the police station again."
Klein muttered to himself for a while, then his gaze fell on Leyton's rolled-up sleeve. There was a dark red Hanged Man tattoo on his left forearm.
"What is this?" Klein asked, staring at the tattoo on Leyton's left forearm. That dark red tattoo gave him a very bad feeling, as if it was full of corruption and defilement.
"That mass of flesh carrying the True Creator's divinity that I got from Lanevus before. He is now parasitizing me."
"He? He really came back to life?"
Klein keenly caught Leyton's choice of words and asked with a slightly worried expression.
"Mm." Leyton nodded lightly, then waved his arm, indicating that there wasn't much of a problem, and then said:
"It houses a part of the True Creator's conscious mind that He separated, considered one of His avatars. He calls himself Sasrir. I have temporarily reached a certain cooperation with Him."
"What cooperation?"
Klein's brows gradually furrowed. Cooperation with an evil god, no matter how he thought about it, wasn't a good thing.
No, the Hidden Sage is also an evil god. If you really count it, the The Fool above the Gray Fog could also be included. Has this guy fallen into a den of evil gods?
Not noticing Klein's wandering thoughts, Leyton explained his cooperation with the part of the True Creator's conscious mind residing within him:
"The Aurora Order has a plan to bring about the True Creator's descent. Our cooperation is to let the Aurora Order's plan succeed, and then kill the descending part of the True Creator."
Klein stared at Leyton with wide eyes. He somewhat suspected that the other party might have been subtly corrupted by the True Creator, otherwise, why would he agree to such cooperation that would allow an evil god to descend?
"Are you serious about this cooperation? Killing a descending evil god!"
Klein stared intently at Leyton, trying to discern something from his expression.
Leyton nodded: "Of course, the True Creator will cooperate in committing suicide, and I will also bring in enough helpers."
"Helpers?" Klein immediately thought of the previous time the other party had allowed the Hidden Sage to briefly descend: "Do you want to have a War of Gods between the Hidden Sage and the True Creator?"
"How is that possible? The Evernight Goddess and the Lord of Storms would not allow such a descent of an evil god to happen again in Backlund."
Leyton waved his hand and said.
Upon hearing that it wasn't a battle between evil gods in Backlund, Klein breathed a sigh of relief, but a hint of wariness appeared in his gaze towards Leyton.
He deliberated for a long time before speaking: "Do you feel that your state isn't right? For example, your actions becoming more extreme?"
Leyton was silent for two seconds, then looked at Klein, who was cautiously staring at him, and said with a sigh: "You suspect I've been corrupted?"
Before Klein could shake his head to deny it, Leyton continued on his own:
"I'm definitely corrupted, probably even marinated by the Knowledge Moor, but your point about my actions becoming extreme should be influenced by the Sage Beyonder Characteristic within me."
"This is the inherent madness and instinct in divinity and Beyonder Characteristics eroding humanity. I don't have anchors like other angels, so it will be more severe."
Klein's brows furrowed deeper and deeper. He found that his fellow countryman had quite a few problems. It was a miracle that the other party hadn't gone mad and lost control yet.
"My not losing control isn't a miracle. It should be that the corruption left by the Knowledge Moor has suppressed all of that."
Leyton raised an eyebrow. He miraculously read Klein's inner thoughts.
With a wry smile, he said: "Just like this, even if I do nothing, that Sage Beyonder Characteristic will constantly fuse with me, pushing my Sequence upwards."
Klein was silent for a moment, seemingly struggling with something internally. After a while, he spoke:
"Your problem seems to be getting more and more serious. This is how I've felt during our time together. Is there a way to solve it? Or, do you need an anchor?"
"Actively advance before passively fusing with the corresponding Beyonder Characteristics," Leyton said without much worry.
"Mm." Klein just nodded silently after hearing this, then hesitated for a long time before saying:
"If Mr. Fool were to offer you a position as one of His angels in advance, would that be able to become your anchor and alleviate your current situation?"
Leyton was momentarily stunned. He hadn't expected Klein to say that. He was silent at first, then burst out laughing:
"Haha, that's a good idea, but does Mr. Fool have any believers?"
Klein hesitated for a moment, wanting to say that there would be in the future, but then he froze: "How do you know Mr. Fool doesn't have any believers?"
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