Secret: The years I served as a foreign aid for the Aurora Club

Chapter 287 Gathering Here
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"Why is their resistance so passive?"

Inside Berens, Tang En felt the situation was getting more difficult as he saw the city center approaching. "What happened to Prince Grove? Is he an idiot? What on earth is he doing? Why didn't he show up from beginning to end? Did he give up because his own Sonia Navy couldn't come?"

Is it non-resistance, or is there something dangerous hiding that makes it feel like resistance is unnecessary?
After hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and opened the mind link:

"Trena, I'm going to attack the administrative office area in the city center. I suspect that Prince Grove has a mental disorder. If he doesn't, he might have a level 0 seal..."

"If I can't beat you, remember to rescue me!!!"

……

"You got the 'Sun Bird' and the 'Holy Radiant Stone'? Thank you very much. Please pass them to the Dark Saint. I will go and get them myself."

Ms. D, who was still in the southern continent waiting for news from Klein, finally received the letter brought by Renette Tinicole. After seeing the content of the letter, she happily read the letter twice. While praising Mr. X's connections and abilities in her heart, she sat down at the desk and prepared to write a reply.

She already knew that this powerful messenger of Mr. X would only deliver letters in exchange for gold coins. Therefore, in order to save time, she usually did not summon him, but directly gave Renette Tinicole ten more gold coins and asked him to wait until she finished replying to the letter before leaving.

"Messenger, it's really convenient..."

When writing the letter, Ms. D couldn't help but imagine that she also had such an assistant, but her family resources were completely tilted towards her two brothers, who didn't have their own messengers, let alone her as the third daughter.

"Alas, I'll donate more money later. The high-sequence masters I'm familiar with don't seem to be good at traveling through the spirit world. It's too dangerous for me to travel through the spirit world alone relying on the 'Gate'... I wonder when the Rose School of Thought will have similar services..."

Ms. D shook her head and wrote in her reply:
"I need to thank you again. And, I will make up the difference... Your request is 'a way to temporarily restore strength'. I can give you two spells that can borrow strength from your past self..."

"...If you have no other requests, please write back to me. I will deposit the two talismans with the Dark Saint after receiving your reply. They will exhaust their spiritual power within a year without any sequelae. Please feel free to use them. -D"

She handed the eleventh gold coin and the letter to Renette Tinicole, and watched her bite the reward and the envelope before entering the spirit world.

"call--"

"Next, I will prepare for the promotion ceremony... For the promotion ceremony, I still need to do something..."

She let out a long sigh and leaned back on the soft chair happily.

……

Klein's journey through the spiritual world was relatively smooth, and he did not encounter any danger along the way.

There was fog flowing at the coordinates that made it impossible to tell what was wrong. However, after entering a thin fog, his vision, gained with the help of the secret doll, suddenly became wider, reflecting a magnificent city that could only appear in myths and legends.

This city is different from normal ones. It does not develop upwards, but extends in circles to the end of the deep underground pit. The overall feeling of an inverted mausoleum is given to people.

The buildings inside it have various styles, but they are all equally strange. Some of them are towering pale stone pillars with huge single houses polished on the top. Some are long and square with doors on the roof and no windows. Some are built underground with a tombstone at the entrance. Some are built with bones and are messy and fragmented.

The closer to the end of the underground pit, the better preserved the buildings are, while the closer to the top, the more collapsed parts there are, filled with a sense of decay and desolation brought about by time.

Klein stopped the Winner puppet and stood at the edge of the city, overlooking everything.

Just as "Red Light" said, although the city of Calderon is very dilapidated, at this moment there are countless spiritual creatures of all shapes and sizes who are repairing broken bricks or building homes for themselves. There are also spiritual creatures settling or wandering around the outskirts of the city, making it look very lively.

After finding a safe place, the marionette chanted the honorific name and used prayers to make Klein, who was wearing the papal robes, a triple crown on his head, and the "Scepter of Poseidon" floating beside him, appear outside the city of Calderon.

This novel scene greatly interested Klein. He stopped to watch for a while, then tried to look deeper into the city. However, he could not see what the buildings at the bottom looked like. The place was shrouded in deep darkness, as if no light had entered for thousands or tens of thousands of years.

"The spiritual power here is extremely active. If a Beyonder from the Path of 'Death' or 'Sleepless' enters here, it should be able to be greatly improved, but it is also possible that they will be assimilated by this area and become subjects of the God of Death..."

Klein looked around the city for a while, then began to look for the location of the "Spiritual Plunderer".

According to the information from "Red Light", low-level spirit creatures gather on the periphery, and they become stronger as you go deeper in. The "Spirit Plunderers" corresponding to Sequence 4 materials are not too high-level, but they are also slightly closer to the center of Calderon.

Klein looked at the "Poseidon Scepter" beside him. The negative effects of the "Tyrant" card and the scepter immediately gave him the urge to rush in with a mass destruction spell. After thinking for a moment, he gave up the idea of ​​using the negative effects or "Lightning Storm" to force a way out. Both of these lethal skills are too uncontrollable, not to mention that Calderon now has a master.

Better to dive in, just like in Behrens.

Klein looked at himself and felt that the spirit that contained the "Tyrant" card seemed to be able to blend seamlessly into the creatures in the spiritual world, but it was a little conspicuous.

He used his spiritual power to slightly activate the Azik Copper Whistle he brought with him, releasing some of the aura of the "God of Death" path, trying to get closer to spiritual creatures or undead spirits in his spiritual perception. Then, Klein floated diagonally forward and merged into the shadow of the collapsed building. He followed the "Winner" secret doll stealthily, passing through various spiritual creatures, and heading deeper into Calderon layer by layer.

The spiritual creatures on the road were frightened by the aura of the "Azik Bronze Whistle" and involuntarily avoided Klein's movement path. The timid ones even gave way to Klein, allowing him to cross the outer layer of the low- and medium-sequence spiritual creatures without any hindrance.

Klein breathed a sigh of relief at first, but then his expression turned serious.

As they began to approach the core area, the spiritual creatures here were relatively powerful, almost demigods, and would no longer be intimidated by the "Azik Bronze Whistle". They might even be attracted to attack him and seize the bronze whistle.

Therefore, when the first spiritual creature appeared in his field of vision that did not give way but stared at him directly, Klein stopped supplying spirituality into the copper whistle without hesitation, allowing the aura of the copper whistle to slowly disappear, leaving only the deterrence of the "Tyrant Card" and the "Poseidon's Scepter".

He stared at the humanoid creature vigilantly, and when he saw that it just looked at him for a while and then turned away, he felt relieved, confirming that it was not the soul of the "Spirit World Plunderer".

Just as he was about to let the secret doll observe further, his body suddenly felt paralyzed and his thoughts slowed down.

He had this feeling before. When he was affected by the sealed object "2-049" in Tingen City, he was in a similar state!
In the past, Klein didn’t know the true nature of the matter. It was only after he became the “Master of Secret Dolls” that he realized that it meant that his “spiritual thread” was controlled by the seal!
This means that his "spiritual thread" is now controlled by someone!
Moreover, what was different from the past was that not only were his joints "rusty", as if they were filled with glue, he also had a strong sense of numbness from being struck by lightning, making it even more difficult for him to move.

Oh no... It was the spirit world plunderer... The way here... was too smooth... I... was careless... And the existence of the secret doll... made me... somewhat... neglect... my own... safety... Klein's mind was filled with various thoughts that emerged uncontrollably, interfering with his normal thoughts of self-rescue.

At this moment, the humanoid spirit creature that looked like a tall and thin ghost walked towards him crookedly, and its absurdly long arms went straight to the neck of the secret doll, as if to separate his head from his body and make him unusable.

The surrounding area was originally extremely quiet, but one after another, strange creatures poured out from the pale stone pillars, from the broken houses, and from the tombstones and mausoleums.

Some of them only have the upper body, some are so transparent that they are almost invisible, some are stretched and soft like noodles, some have cracked chests and abdomens with internal organs bleeding, some have dark green faces like evil spirits, some have eyes in every part of their bodies, and some are like jellyfish living in the air.

Countless eyes were cast at Klein from different places, without emotion and indifference.

At this moment, Klein opened his mouth with difficulty and uttered a word slowly and dryly:
"Sing……"

Before he finished speaking, the "Sea Words" cane that had just tripped the "winner" and allowed him to successfully avoid the attack excitedly spit out bubbles:
"Impulse! Impulse! Impulse!"

The spiritual creatures around him were severely damaged, and Klein was also severely damaged, but his thoughts recovered immediately and were no longer stagnant for a short time.

However, his body was still "rusty" and full of numbness.

Then, he, wearing the triple crown, got hot-headed and directly raised the "Scepter of Poseidon".

One after another, blue gems lit up, and brilliant silver-white lightning fell from the sky. These lightnings spread out their "branches" and enveloped the outer area of ​​Calderon, which was several hundred meters around, in the "Thunder Forest". The breath of destruction and the feeling of destruction seemed to be real!

The strange creatures that rushed out from all directions were shattered, evaporated and disappeared completely in this silver-white scene.

The violent electric snakes twisted and entangled, coming down again like huge waves, one after another.

After releasing two "Lightning Storms" in succession, Klein was much more tired and regained his composure.

His heart suddenly skipped a beat, and he remembered something:
The lightning storm is a range attack and is conspicuous enough to cause huge danger in the city of Calderon where spiritual creatures and the undead gather. Rather than continuing to look for the "spiritual predator", it seems that escaping quickly is a better option!

The lightning storm brought disaster to everything around, and the spirit creatures in the distance had not yet wandered over to fill the gap. But just as Klein was about to end the summons and flee for fear of crime, suddenly, a figure emerged from the rubble pile more than a hundred meters to the side of Klein.

It was a translucent white robe with no head, no hands or feet, and seemed to be supported by an invisible person.

At this time, its appearance was tattered, full of cracks and black marks, and it looked quite disheveled.

Klein was stunned for a moment, then suddenly understood:

"Really? I should have thought of the law of Beyonder characteristic aggregation before coming in... After I got the 'Poseidon Scepter', even with the 'Tyrant' card suppressing me, I was still a little reckless and missed such an important detail..."

Swish! A pale flame suddenly ignited on the body of the "Spirit World Predator", and in the blink of an eye, it leaped away with a flame that was countless times stronger than Klein's. However, Klein, who had already realized the extraordinary aggregation, was not in a hurry. He took out the "Azik's Copper Whistle" from his arms and let it emit spirituality. The "Spirit World Predator" that seemed to be fleeing in a panic suddenly braked, and then jumped back to Klein.

Klein held up Azik's Copper Whistle and stared at the Spiritual Plunderer running towards him, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

When the other party approached, he suddenly jumped to the side, and then smashed the "Sea God's Scepter" floating beside it! The "Spiritual Plunderer" was unable to dodge and was touched by the "Sea God's Scepter".

In a flash, its shape began to turn black and melt rapidly from the edges, and at this moment it even still maintained the posture of wanting to grab the bronze whistle.

Is this negative effect so terrible? It's much stronger than me! Klein was shocked. At this speed, the "Spiritual Predator" in front of him would be gone in half a minute. He immediately took this opportunity to control the opponent's spiritual line. The "Spiritual Predator" who reacted hurriedly dodged, but was already initially controlled by Klein and fell into death in an instant.

Then, lightning exploded, completely shattering the white-robed creature.

The hunt was successful.

At this moment, Calderon suddenly became quiet, and all the spiritual creatures seemed to fall silent at the same time. The whole city fell into dead silence in an instant as if it had died.

Klein's hair stood up suddenly. He had been throwing lightning storms here before, but the strange silence at this moment made him think of the worst answer. But he couldn't leave, so he could only wait anxiously for the characteristics of the "Spiritual Predator" to be analyzed.

This temporarily deprived him of the joy of a successful hunt, and he was left with only the tension of teetering on the edge of the abyss.

In an instant, Klein seemed to be frozen by an invisible gaze. The high status of the Tyrant Card offset some of the intimidation and prevented him from falling. But if it were in the real world, he might have been unable to stand and lost consciousness.

A faint sound of footsteps slowly appeared, as if coming from the deepest part of the world, echoing in the city of Calderon.

Deep in the darkness...

Klein's scalp tingled, and he didn't dare to think any further. Every time the footsteps sounded, he felt that his vitality seemed to weaken a little, as if he was running wildly on the road of life, approaching death at an unimaginable speed!

No, no—

It should be said that death is gradually approaching him.

The spiritual material finally appeared before his eyes. Klein threw the copper whistle in his hand to his feet without even thinking.

The copper whistle with black cracks fell on the bricks and stones. After a crisp ding sound, the city of Calderon returned to silence again.

The footsteps stopped temporarily.

In an instant, Klein felt the gaze on him shift away. He ended the ceremony without a second thought and instantly disappeared from Calderon City with the spiritual materials and the secret doll!
The moment he left the spirit world, he saw a hand reaching out and picking up the copper whistle.

The owner of this hand is a tall woman with bronze skin and brown hair. She has an expressionless face and a divine indifference.

In His eyes, there seemed to be a pale flame burning.

"grim Reaper!"

The next moment, he landed on the Fool's seat on Sefirah Castle, threw all his belongings into the junk pile, and returned to the real world after a while. When he returned to the room, he was still in shock and couldn't help but gasp for breath.

"It's too dangerous, too dangerous... The symbol of 'death' is approaching, and my life is slipping away quickly..."

"...Mr. Azik told me to bring the copper whistle, because he knew that the God of Death was there? The last time the God of Death came to Calderon, he never left? And the Seven Lights couldn't enter or spy on the place, so he thought that the spiritual creatures in Calderon had returned to normal, which was a sign that the God of Death had left? Oh, it was too thrilling, I almost became a dead spirit there forever... I don't know if I can be resurrected..."

Klein was so exhausted that he didn't have the energy to ask the secret doll to massage his shoulders and legs. He lay on the bed in the hotel for half an hour before he perked up and asked the secret doll to get him a cup of hot water, which he drank slowly.

The heat was transferred to his palm through the cup, and Klein felt the coldness that had penetrated into his bones being expelled bit by bit.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the dressing mirror in the corner. He was shocked to find that there were actually some more gray hairs on his temples.

At this time, Renette Tinicole came to Klein with a letter.

Klein paid attention to the other party's actions. When he saw that the messenger did not stop and immediately turned back to the spirit world, he knew that Ms. D must have paid the fee for delivering the letter.

"I've been really busy lately, dealing with Ms. D, dealing with the Hermit, and supporting Leonard and the others in their search for Ince Zangwill..." Klein pressed his brows together, opened the letter, and his brows relaxed. Just as he was about to write a reply, he remembered that Arrodes had told him that Will Auceptin was born, and perhaps he should be called Will Kress now.

Klein smiled, making himself feel lighter.

"Two spells should be enough, right?... Let's go to Sefirah Castle and do a dream divination first, and ask Him if it's okay... If He accepts, I'll bring the items needed by both sides and immediately complete the transaction. Hehe, I'll pass on two materials for promotion to demigod. As my sequence improves, the sequences of the Tarot Club and the people around me will also gradually improve."

"Then let's go back to Sefirah Castle first..."

Klein muttered something and was about to take four steps backwards when he felt his spirituality being touched again. He saw Renette Tinicole coming back with another letter in her mouth.

"Another one? Whose is it?"

He took the letter in surprise and found it was from Leonard. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the messenger turn around and leave again.

"Didn't we just communicate? What new clues did the Church of Evernight find?"

Klein curiously opened the letter and began to read it.

"After investigating the specific files of the demon-injured incident at Enmat Port, we found many coincidences. Through other means, we have basically confirmed that Ince Zangwill is in Enmat Port..."

"Klein, I met the guy who appeared when the true Creator's offspring descended. He is a demon. I cannot tell you his name and characteristics. He also appeared in Enmat Port. You must be careful..."

Edward Vaughn!
Klein's pupils suddenly shrank.

Leonard meets Edward Vaughn!
Why didn't he die? Was it because Pales Zoroast didn't want to change his parasite?

If Edward Vaughn was there, it would bring a lot of variables to the plan to kill Ince Zangwill!

“Can’t you tell me your characteristics and name? Why is that… because of the demon’s malicious perception? But can demons sense pure hostility?” Klein guessed. His expression became increasingly serious. He immediately stood up, took four steps backward, and headed for Sefirah Castle.

As soon as he sat down in the position of The Fool, Klein stretched out his hand and let the yellow crystal pendulum fly over, but the next second, he put the pendulum down and breathed in and out hard to calm himself.

"No, this matter involves a Level 0 Sealed Artifact and a Sequence 5 Angel. My divination will either fail or will only indicate a huge danger to a Sequence . There is no need for divination at all. I am just too nervous."

He closed his eyes, leaned back in his chair, and his breathing gradually became calmer.

For him now, Ince Zangwill showed up too early!

He still had about two months to digest the "Master of Secret Puppetry" potion. By then, he would have already gathered all the ingredients and could stage a murder of the demigod Ince Zangwill with revenge as the theme, combining Sequence advancement with the fulfillment of his wish, without having to consider a way out. However, Ince Zangwill would not "appear" after he was ready, and would not act according to his predetermined process.

Moreover, if Edward Vaughn was really there, Crane was still worried that before he and Leonard could launch their revenge operation, Ince Zangwill would have died inexplicably, due to a casual wave of the devil or a ridiculous reason, rather than any bad thing he had done.

In the brief silence, Klein had already made up his mind, which was not to force the two things together. From now on, as long as there was a chance of success, he would focus on revenge against Ince Zangwill.

He didn't want to miss this opportunity.

Although it was only about 10 months, less than a year, since the events that took place at the Blackthorn Security Company in Tingen City, Klein felt that a very long time had passed, so long that he was unwilling to wait any longer.

He immediately returned to Sefirah Castle and communicated with Will through dream divination. After confirming the content of the transaction, he immediately packed up and prepared to go directly to Backlund via teleportation.

He took the main ingredients of two potions from the Dark Saint, then left Backlund and headed towards Enmat Harbor.

He couldn't let Leonard face the terrifying demon and the even more dangerous Ince Zangwill alone!
……

After a night of traveling back and forth, when he arrived at Enmat Harbor, Klein looked up and saw the morning sun.

Today is February 6.

TBC
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Yeah, yeah. Six thousand words.

I feel like if I want to take a break at the end of the month I'll have to update twice more...

(End of this chapter)