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on Lord of Mysteries, Chapter 1380 | ||
After Klein defeated Zaratul and became a King of Angel he sought the Evernight Goddess for help in acquiring the Uniqueness and last Sequence 1 characteristic of the Fool Pathway inside Antigonus. After his preparations, Klein started to steal and accommodate The Fool's uniqueness, which later escalated into an other Gods' War in the Fifth Epoch.
History[]
Prelude[]
Evernight Goddess asked Klein to fetch the water from River of Eternal Darkness which can strengthen her ability and help stabilize Antigonus' status so that Klein can execute his plan.[1]
Before Klein headed to Calderón City, he sent away 3 of the 5 lucky coins that were contaminated by the Sefirah Castle to Azik Eggers,[2] Reinette Tinekerr and Maric,[3] after he came back with the Water of River of Eternal Darkness, he sent an additional 2 more coins to Will Auceptin and Leonard Mitchell.[4]
Lastly, Klein listed his potential allies and enemies and reached out to the Genie for assistance.[5]
Preparation[]
Klein used Sefirah Castle to create an avatar reflecting his current state, deliberately avoiding personas like Dwayne Dantès or Sherlock Moriarty, or Merlin Hermes to ensure unimpeded self-awareness. Despite repeated failed attempts, the avatar eventually succeeded in acquiring Zaratul's Sequence 9-1 Beyonder Characteristics.[Note 1]
There was a certain fluctuation in his mental state. After losing the lingering mental imprint from Zaratul, the awakening of the Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth for Blessings's consciousness began to invade his mind. Klein, anticipating this intrusion, maintains composure and resists the corruption of the Celestial Worthy's will, finding a new balance through stabilized self-awareness, strong willpower, and sufficient anchors.
The avatar was unable to withstand the madness brought about by the undigested Attendant of Mysteries Beyonder Characteristic, it lost control on the spot. Klein quickly converted the avatar into a Marionette which terminated the process of losing control. After some thought, he created another avatar which still had a blank face.
Klein retrieves Creeping Hunger from the fog of history and teleports directly to the palace on the Hornacis Mountain Range where Antigonus is situated. Then Klein "Grafted" the palace to the Astral World.
Theft of Fate[]
Klein got the Attendant of Mysteries marionette to "Graft" the starting point to the endpointwhile he retrieves the Trunsoest Brass Book from a huge stone chair himself. As the Trunsoest Brass Book has been corrupted by the Nation of Disorder, he afraid that the Trunsoest Brass Book's passive negative effects could interfere during the critical moment of accommodating The Fool's Uniqueness, potentially leading to dire consequences.
Klein borrows Sefirah Castle to utilize the powers of Marauder pathway's Sequence 2: Trojan Horse of Destiny to commit "Theft". After numerous failed attempts, Klein eventually succeeds in "Stealing" Antigonus' fate, identity, and mental imprint. Klein experiences extreme chaos in his thoughts and a complete imbalance in his mental state. Additionally, Klein receives Antigonus' fate of losing control, pushing him to the brink of collapse.
Amon had used this opportunity to shut off everything related to the concept of a door in the entire world, greatly strengthening the effects of any seals. This caused the orthodox Churches and secret organizations to be unable to use sealed items for a short period of time because no one could remove the seal.[6]
Amidst the repeated impact of the awakening of the Celestial Worthy, and Antigonus' self-awareness and mental imprint. Klein directs both wills to fight each other, resulting in a temporary respite for him.
Klein's act of stealing Antigonus' identity and fate leads to two negative effects: his personality teeters on the edge of dissociation, and he occasionally believes himself to be Antigonus, attempting to merge their mental imprints.
Despite struggling to maintain consciousness, Klein succeeds in causing Antigonus' crazy mental state and the Celestial Worthy's consciousness to fall into a deep sleep, due to the fate of being in Eternal Slumber from the River of Eternal Darkness apply on Antigonus. Klein remains awake due to the Evernight Goddess's blessings, which are augmented by Sefirah Castle, creating a special trait.
After achieving a new balance, Klein uses Sefirah Castle's powers to steal the Fool's Uniqueness from Antigonus' body.[6]
Half a Great Old One[]
The Concealment on Antigonus' ancient palace had been removed. At this moment, Adam appeared on one of the mountain peaks in the Forsaken Land of the Gods. "He" using the Chaos Sea as a source and himself and the True Creator as pillars, Adam envisions three Uniquenesses of the Tyrant, Sun, and White Tower, and accommodate them. "He" transcends the limitations of Above the Sequence, becoming Half a Great Old One, forcefully suppresses the Eternal Blazing Sun, the Lord of Storms, and the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, trapping "Them" within "Their" Divine Kingdoms.[7]
Battle[]
Amon threw the First Blasphemy Slate down from the astral world, positioning it near the Abyss entrance on the Fog Sea. This action prevents any Outer Deity from being able to have "Their" power penetrated inside for a short period. Additionally, it temporarily cuts off the Mother Tree of Desire's influence over the Dark Side of the Universe and Chained God.[8]
Amon then went to the main peak of the Hornacis mountain range that had been "Grafted" there. "His" body rapidly expanded, instantly reaching the scale of a mountain. Just as "He" was about the swallow the Palace, the Evernight Goddess who was also as large as a mountain stopped "Him." The Evernight Goddess floated above the peak of the Hornacis mountain range in the astral world as "She" focused on controlling the fog world in "Her" hand, preventing Amon's true body from escaping.
At the same time, the Primordial Demoness attacked on Klein from somewhere in the Astral World. This made the dilapidated walls of the ancient palace collapse rapidly, exposing Klein, who was in the middle of the hall, along with his avatar and marionette out into the middle of the astral world. Just as the attack was about to reach Klein, Earth Mother, who controlled the Moon's Uniqueness, fended off Primordial Demoness.
At this moment, the Hidden Sage attacked with a flux of massive and miscellaneous information. In its illusory form, it tore through the gaps between the plants, like a torrent, heading straight for Klein, who was about to retrieve the translucent mask,[Note 2] the God of Steam and Machinery arrived and used the history left behind by generations of humans that numbered hundreds of millions was so vast and magnificent. It was enough to contain the information flux of the Hidden Sage.
Without using any Beyonder powers, the Amons, who had simply created a few ravings, had thrown Klein into a state of imbalance, and he was on the brink of losing control. Under the illumination of the Magic Wishing Lamp, 0-02 actually managed to break free from the repeated cycle from before, and it set up rules that were beneficial to Klein.
As this happened, some Amon used their authority to cancel those rules.
Amon "gifted" the effects of "Eternal Daytime" to Klein which he had stolen from the ruin of battle of gods. This, combined with the ability to control the strength of seals obtained from the Apprentice domain's authority, was enough to break the state of eternal slumber. Klein relied on his own consciousness and the anchors from The Fool and the Sea God believers to balance out the Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth for Blessings's will contained within his Beyonder characteristic, just like when he separated out the Attendant of Mysteries marionette.
The Amon were still going on with their "Theft," one Amon succeeded, but because of Klein's "Grafting", what it actually stole was a drop of blood which came from the Mother Goddess of Depravity.[Note 3] Therefore, Amon was contaminated by it. Some of "Their" stomachs protruded as well. Some of "Their" eyes were dyed crimson, while others had invisible babies in their arms as "They" walked in circles on the spot. This caused the other "Theft" to inevitably fail.
Klein used this opportunity to create a Realm of Mysteries, the palace was once again concealed. Then, Klein made his avatar use the power of Sefirah Castle to successfully steal his own consciousness, fate, anchors, and most of his identities.
The only identity he left behind in his main body was his identity related to The Fool.
At the same time, he had also "Stolen" the identity, fate, and mental imprint of Antigonus. This could only succeed in a few tries thanks to his self-consciousness cooperating. He had become the main body, the main body without any Beyonder characteristics! In Klein's original body, there was only the Fool's Uniqueness, all the Beyonder Characteristics from the "curtain," the Sequence 9-1 Beyonder Characteristics from Zaratul, as well as the awakening will of the Celestial Worthy, the remnant mental imprint of Zaratul, as well as The Fool's identity.
In the next second, the collapse of his body stopped. He lowered his head and stopped extending the slippery and sinister tentacles around him. He was so quiet that he appeared to have lost his soul. Klein ignored this and shifted his focus onto Antigonus, and tried stealing the remaining Sequence 9-1 Beyonder characteristics from "Him."
Outside the Realm of Mysteries created by Sefirah Castle, Amon regained "His" consciousness from the initial chaos. Inside the Realm of Mysteries created by Sefirah Castle, Klein finally succeeded in stealing the Beyonder characteristics of Antigonus from Sequence 9 to Sequence 1, ones that had been digested! Antigonus still had a Miracle Invoker Beyonder Characteristic left in his body.
This way, Klein had once again become a Sequence 1 Attendant of Mysteries, one who had already digested the potion, with a fate that pointed towards losing control.
The Celestial Worthy had awakened to a certain threshold in Klein's "main body", "He" was attempting to influence Sefirah Castle. The Fool had become a truly great existence that was being awakened. It matched the guess of the Tarot Club and was in conflict with true history. True history clearly involved the prehistoric human soul, Klein Moretti, disguising himself as The Fool and establishing the Tarot Club. He became stronger one Sequence at a time, and eventually reached the level of the true Fool. However, the present history was that Mr. Fool was a great existence that was awakening.
Even though the will of the Celestial Worthy hadn't completely awakened, and had yet to absorb The Fool's Uniqueness and two sets of Sequence 9-1 Beyonder Characteristics, "He" could still control Sefirah Castle and use its status to direct its powers. At this moment, "His" existence and the fog of history had completed their interactions. Fragments of light began to distort as they merged into one, sometimes breaking apart, unable to completely form a piece of history.
As for Earth Mother and God of Steam and Machinery, "They" had given up on interfering with Amon's avatars, as though they wanted this Mr. Error to have the time to deal with the awakening of the Celestial Worthy. Amon, who was no longer affected, immediately changed "His" target and focused most of "His" attention on Klein's original "main body". The Amon stole the effects of "Eternal Daytime" from the target, however, in the next second, the effects of the "eternal daytime" were once again "stolen" back.
This was the Celestial Worthy's control over powers from "His" pathway. Even though "He" had yet to fully revive, "He" had already begun this process.
Klein began to snatch control over Sefirah Castle from the Lord of the Mysteries, so that it wouldn't be so easy for "Him" to make use of the level and power. Along with the Celestial Worthy not fully resurrected and having yet to accommodate The Fool's Uniqueness and the corresponding Beyonder characteristics, he can effectively reduce "His" strength.
Adam made a prophecy :
"The revival of the Lord of the Mysteries failed due to many interferences."
At the same time, the Evernight Goddess dropped the water of River of Eternal Darkness on Klein's original "main body", the aura of the Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth for Blessings, which was slowly growing, immediately receded. It stopped its fluctuation and fell into a state of eternal slumber. However, this condition wasn't very stable, as if it could be broken at any moment.
The Evernight Goddess used a gigantic sword which was the symbol of Twilight Giant, it struck Klein's "main body", which had yet to escape the state of eternal slumber.[Note 4]
The portion of the awakening of the Celestial Worthy rapidly vanished, and the body began to wane uncontrollably. It broke down along with The Fool's Uniqueness and the two sets of Sequence 9 to 1 Beyonder characteristics in his body. They also collapsed and gathered together. Klein followed his plan and used Sefirah Castle to pull down a quarter of Fog of History to envelop it. Amidst the grayish-white fog, The Fool's Uniqueness and the Beyonder characteristics fully converged. They frantically absorbed the fog of history around them, turning into a shapeless and dark liquid, The Fool's potion.
More than a thousand Amons each committed "Theft" in a bid to steal the potion, while carrying out the "Theft," Amon removed a particular seal on "His" body, allowing the Apprentice and Marauder Beyonder characteristics to release their powers of convergence. This was rather effective towards The Fool's potion, allowing Amon to increase "His" success rate to the greatest extent. However, all the Amon ultimately failed because of a new rule on the Trunsoest Brass Book:
"Acts of theft are prohibited here!"
Klein activated Sefirah Castle, creating a convergence effect on The Fool's potion. The black liquid that didn't have a fixed form seemed to be a starving beast that saw food. It immediately pounced onto Klein.
At this time, Adam made another prophecy:
"Antigonus' efforts at advancing to The Fool ultimately failed due to various reasons."
The reason why Adam didn't use Klein's own name was because he was bearing the fate and identity of Antigonus, what had Klein Moretti's failed advancement got to do with Antigonus becoming The Fool? But when the subject became Antigonus, it was like a prophecy, as if it was an arrangement that had the outcome already be decided. If Klein didn't give up on Antigonus' identity and fate, he would be restricted by those words.
But if he gave on the corresponding fate and identity, the Sequence 9-1 Characteristics in his body which he's using as the "foundation" would no longer belong to him, he had never digested them before—they were Beyonder characteristics that Antigonus once controlled. At present, it had nothing to do with Klein Moretti. All he did was forcefully devour them. In such circumstances, even with no other factors, he'd lose control on the spot.
At this moment, Amon returned Klein his thoughts of committing suicide which he had stolen before, at the critical moment of his advancement, once he had the intention to commit suicide, the outcome could be imagined.[Note 5] Fortunately, Klein wasn't only Klein, but also Antigonus. What relation did Klein Moretti's thoughts of committing suicide have to do with Antigonus? Under such a balance, Klein's mind and body were further corroded by The Fool's potion.
His thoughts were the same as when he advanced to Attendant of Mysteries—completely dispersed. But the difference was that he didn't fuse with the spirit world this time. Instead, he continued to extend, enveloping the entire planet, the entire spirit world, and part of the astral world like a gaseous body. At that moment, Klein felt that he was in the bodies of different believers, in every human's body, in every animal's body, in every living thing. Everything had godhood in them. At the same time, he was still scattered within the fog of history, scattered through fleeting time, and scattered inside the silent flow of a river of light with multiple distributaries.
It wouldn't be long before Klein completely lost himself and was led by the various mental seals in The Fool's potion, becoming a true monster. This coincided with Antigonus' crazy fate, allowing the latter to accelerate!
In the fog of history, there were a small number of light fragments twisting and distorting, unable to take form. It was as if there was a fundamental conflict between them. This was the result of "Fooling" history. Being imbued into everything, Klein's mind was "thrown out" due to this tiny disharmonious abnormality. He found some aspect of self-awareness again.
Antigonus' fate of losing control erupted early thanks to Adam's prophecy, with no other choice, Klein removed a portion of the "Theft" effects and returned Antigonus "His" identity, fate, and self-awareness, allowing the "Him" sitting on the huge stone chair to slowly open his eyes. The dazed Antigonus gradually regained "His" clarity of mind. And without "His" identity, the Sequence 9-1 Beyonder characteristic of the Seer pathway in Klein's body turned into something that he hadn't digested. This threw him to the edge of losing control immediately.
The Fool's potion that wrapped around his body like a cloak instantly completed the act of seeping through. The will of the Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth for Blessings was awakened once again:
"Give up…
"Leave everything to me…
"This time, I won't accommodate another sefirah…
"I won't help you protect the living creatures you wish to protect, but I won't harm them either…
"It's not that I won't keep my promises, but it's just that they're too weak and not worth my attention…
"This place is an area that is off-limits to Outer Deities…
At this moment, the Evernight Goddess gave up on controlling Amon's true body. The goddess once again dragged the exaggerated sword and slashed at Klein, he died, before the Amons took any sort of measures against him, he was killed by the Evernight Goddess before the ritual failed and before he completely lost control.
In the next second, the Evernight Goddess wore the bird-shaped, golden accessory on "Her" head as "Her" body expanded and enveloped the ancient palace. She used concealment to hide away all the other Deities along with Amon's avatars.
In the next second, Klein resurrected and returned from the Fog of History, the Uniqueness of The Fool that had already belonged to him and the three Sequence 9 to Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics rapidly returned to his body. Suddenly, Klein returned to his previous state of him "drinking" The Fool potion. The thing which was different was that characteristics which he had already digested returned first. This way, he would have a true pillar of support that could accommodate The Fool's Uniqueness and the remaining characteristics. By relying on his resurrection, Klein had completely overturned his state!
The gray fog and black liquid blended together, and the countless maggots that resembled meat tendrils sprouted on the surface. Then, they intertwined into a translucent dark-colored cloak. There was no body under the cloak, just darkness. This process was very brief. In less than two seconds, the Evernight Goddess's concealment of so many deities was clearly unable to last that long.
In an instant, a door of light traveled across the surface of the concealed world at an extremely high speed. The door suddenly opened, and Amon, who was wearing a pointed hat and wearing a classic black robe, leaped out. At the same time, "He" saw an illusory mask with blank facial features appear under the translucent dark-colored cloak.
The mask instantly outlined Klein, who had fused with Gehrman Sparrow's traits. Amon's thoughts turned chaotic as though "He" had his intelligence forcefully lowered.
The Fool was born.
Aftermath[]
The moment that Klein became the Fool, the entire world was "Fooled" for a second, people around the world forgot their original goals, including even the Gods. However, with Adam's power, the gods quickly regained their lucidity, and the Primordial Demoness and the Hidden Sage promptly left the battlefield.
Klein returned to the Sefirah Castle. While he inspected his authority and power, he found that Amon had invaded the Sefirah Castle.
- Find out what happened next: The Fool's Gambit
Trivia[]
- When Klein successfully promoted to Sequence 0: Fool, "His" authority affected the real world. E.g. Danitz accidentally sent a love confession telegram to his captain, Edwina Edwards.[9]
- All the Angels on Earth noticed the changes in the Astral World, but their gazes could not pass through Lilith's natural barrier and God of Steam and Machinery's Scroll of Civilization.[10]
- The Outer Deities outside the barrier also tried to invade to stop with Lord of the Mysteries resurrection when it was revealed to the world, but their efforts were all blocked by the world barrier.[4]
- After The Fool's uniqueness and Sequence 9-1 Beyonder Characteristics were "Stolen" from Antigonus, he was able to resist the fate of losing control. "He" is still a Sequence 2 Miracle Invoker.
Notes[]
- ↑ This is the set of Sequence 9-1 Beyonder Characteristics which Klein had gotten from devouring Zaratul, they are not completely digested.
- ↑ This translucent mask is the Uniqueness of The Fool which Klein had stolen from Antigonus.
- ↑ The blood which Klein had gotten from shattering Shaman King Klarman's Beyonder Characteristics, it was blessed by the Mother Goddess of Depravity
- ↑ This is most probably the uniqueness of Twilight Giant.
- ↑ These were the thoughts Amon had stolen from Klein back when he abducted him and took him to the Forsaken Land of the Gods.
References
- ↑ Lord of Mysteries, Chapter 1358
- ↑ Lord of Mysteries, Chapter 1360
- ↑ Lord of Mysteries, Chapter 1366
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lord of Mysteries, Chapter 1379
- ↑ Lord of Mysteries, Chapter 1372
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lord of Mysteries, Chapter 1375
- ↑ Lord of Mysteries, Chapter 1376
- ↑ Lord of Mysteries, Chapter 1377
- ↑ Lord of Mysteries, Chapter 1381
- ↑ Lord of Mysteries, Chapter 1378
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