Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 80 008: Don’t come over here

And just this morning, Klein suddenly received a notice from Captain Dunn that Leonard had discovered some clues while tracking down a fraudster named Lanevus and needed the assistance of a Beyonder of the Diviner Path.

Although Klein had a bad feeling, he wouldn't refuse the mission. He soon arrived at the mission location and found the letter left by Lanevus with Leonard.

It was this letter that made Klein realize that his bad premonition today was true. Because on Lanevus, the other party arrogantly wrote that he had placed a bomb in Tingen. Based on the context, Klein judged that the bomb Lanevus was referring to was probably some kind of mystical bomb, but he didn't know how powerful it was.

But no matter what, this was obviously no small matter, so Klein and Leonard quickly returned to Blackthorn Security Company and reported the matter to Captain Dunn.

However, just as Klein breathed a sigh of relief, he suddenly discovered a familiar visitor had arrived at the Blackthorn Security Company. It was Lanevus's former fiancée, Miss Megose.

That wasn't the point. The point was that when Klein looked at the woman's belly, he discovered that the belly, which should have been less than two months old, looked like it was already seven or eight months pregnant. But when Klein was about to use his spiritual perspective to observe the woman, a reminder from his spiritual intuition told him—

Don't look at it, you will die!

Klein froze in place. In an instant, all the coincidences and knowledge he had learned during this period flashed through his mind, finally condensing into one sentence: Do not look directly at God!

The baby in her belly is most likely the offspring of an evil god!

This is the bomb Lanevus mentioned!
……

For Ince Zangwill, today is a rewarding day.

Months ago, the former bishop of the Church of Evernight, who had defected, had brought 008 to Tingen City and begun a series of schemes to seize the ashes of Saint Selina from the Tingen Nightwatchers branch. These included releasing the Antigonus family notebooks into the market, murdering the original Klein and his classmates, taking the skull of Mr. Azik's son, and facilitating the birth of the true Creator's offspring.

It could be said that at least half of the coincidences Klein had encountered during this period were related to Ince Zangwill.

It was this arrangement related to Klein that nearly pissed off Ince Zangwill, a third-rate writer who only knew how to stack coincidences. During this period, Ince Zangwill had tried to kill Klein countless times, but every time, something unexpected happened.

In the end, Klein, who should have died in the Black Divination incident, not only joined the Nighthawks, but also met the strange Jack Jones, from whom he gained a lot of knowledge, and even avoided the death of another Nighthawk, Cornelius, who was scheduled to die.

This was no small matter. Cornley's death was originally an important step for Ince Zangwill to worsen Dunn's condition. Now that he was alive, he was only seriously injured and had to return home to recuperate. Although this could have some effect, it was obviously not enough.

Logically speaking, under such circumstances, Ince Zangwill should have slowed down and made some arrangements to ensure that everything was safe.

However, the maturation speed of the True Creator's offspring suddenly accelerated a lot. If it was delayed any further, Ince Zangwill with 008 would not be able to handle it. So, Ince Zangwill simply decided to go all out and chose to launch the attack today, arranging for Megose, who was pregnant with the evil god's offspring, to go to the Blackthorn Security Company.

In this way, when both sides are defeated, Ince Zangwill can easily reap the benefits.

Anyway, no one knows that he is hiding behind the scenes. Even if this attack fails, he can move to another place and prepare for the next attack.

As Ince Zangwill thought this, the 008 in his hand suddenly moved uncontrollably and wrote on the blank page:
“He’s coming! He’s coming!”

"I knew he was lying to me! Gods aren't good people!" 008 was clearly agitated, his handwriting a bit messy. Ince Zangwill had never seen 008 like this before, and was stunned for a moment, but the quill in his hand continued to write:

"I'm not interfering with you, and you can't do anything to me, or I'll expose your identity..."

The writing stopped abruptly as a hand gently pressed on the quill.

"Hush, I thought you should know what to say and what not to say, Alesuhod's Pen."

The deep voice contained a hint of laughter, but also seemed to contain a warning.

Ince Zangwill looked in the direction of the hand holding the quill, and the first thing he saw was a pair of golden eyes as bright as the sun. At this moment, there was no emotion in these eyes, and they looked at him as if he were looking at a dead object.

Ince Zangwill shuddered under such a gaze, and for some reason he subconsciously loosened his grip on 008 and took a step back. When he came to his senses, the strange man in front of him was already playing with 008. The quill that always played tricks in his hands was surprisingly quiet in the other man's hand.

Who is this?
Ince Zangwill's pupils constricted, and his gaze almost subconsciously fell on the words written by 008. For a moment, fear and absurdity surged in his heart at the same time.

The other party is... a god?
No, this is impossible!

Ince Zangwill was shouting denials in his heart, but his body was extremely stiff. He knew very well that as a Level 0 Sealed Artifact, although 008's personality was difficult to evaluate, there were definitely not many beings that could make it so panic.

The mysterious man, Rowling, was evaluating the effects of the personality mask in his heart. As soon as he found Ince Zangwill, he implanted the personality mask with the attribute of "fear" in him. It can be said that Ince Zangwill's series of reactions to Rowling were inseparable from the influence of the personality mask.

"As expected, compared to direct emotional manipulation, the infection of the Persona is more subtle and difficult to detect. Moreover, compared to emotional manipulation, which is only effective for a short time, the Persona can remain effective as long as I don't cancel it."

Luo Lin was evaluating the effect of the personality mask in his heart. His eyes fell on the quill in his hand again. Thinking of the assist just made by the opponent, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up, and he said in his heart:

"Are you doing this on purpose, or intentionally? Are you really scared of me or are you warning me?"

"But..." Thinking of 008's warning just now, Luo Lin lowered his eyes and smiled.

He was actually a little warned. After all, death is not scary, but social death is.

From this point of view, 008 still has something. He knows that death cannot threaten him, so he directly warns him of social death.

"But it's no use warning me. I'm not the one who wants to eat you..." Rowling shook his head, thinking that this feather pen was a magical item after all, and it was a bit stupid.

He then raised his head, looked in a certain direction, and said with a smile, "If you don't come out soon, I will take this Alesukhod pen away."

(End of this chapter)