"I am Antigonus who was forced to accept the memories of the past by you."
"And this is the Kingdom of Night that was destroyed by you and the 'Dark Night'. It is also an unknown mountain peak when this planet was still called Earth."
Upon hearing Antigonus's words, Klein's first reaction was one of astonishment.
If it were normal, whether it was hearing an angel announcing his name or the various questions containing a huge amount of information mentioned by Antigonus when he vented his anger, it would be enough to shock Klein. But now, in
All this becomes insignificant before more important news.
In the face of this news, even Antigonus, the angel who caused the real death of Crane, revealed his true face, and it became no longer important.
"You...what are you talking about?"
For a moment, Klein forgot that he was still bound to the ground by an inexplicable weight, and could only use dry laughter to ease the impact in his heart.
How could this be the earth?
Are you kidding me? Where on earth are there the gods of the stars, where are there so many damn dangers, where are there... extraordinary abilities...
"What's wrong, you don't want to believe it?"
Antigonus looked down at Klein on the ground, a trace of compassion flashed in his eyes that were condensed with vicissitudes of life and darkness.
She looked at the small town in the distance that was swallowed by the fog and slept forever in silence and tranquility, and a hint of bitterness slowly appeared at the corner of her mouth.
"It's just that I can't go home. Is it that important?"
"But! But how can I believe you? There is nothing similar between this place and the earth. Even if it is 'mysterious'..." Klein struggled in a panic. Before he could finish speaking, he was struck by the intense eyes of Antigonus.
His mouth was blocked by grief, and he gradually lost his voice.
"Didn't she tell you anything?"
Antigonus released the restraints imposed on Klein, turned around and walked towards the direction where the illusory figures were densely packed.
His brain shut down, leaving only a dazed and shocked Klein who stood up and followed him without thinking.
He ran hard behind Antigonus, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't really touch the angel. He could only hear the sound coming from the front.
"I have imagined it countless times, but I never imagined that it would be like this when we see each other again."
Antigonus, who was walking in front, slowed down and waited until Klein ran to his side before continuing to look at the illusory figure not far away from him and said:
"You should know the deeds of the Creator?"
Klein lowered his head and nodded slightly.
"Then when you saw her scriptures, her deeds, and her image, didn't you have any guesses at all?"
Recalling the series of operations performed by the Creator of the Second Age that could be called the "Example of God's Imitation," Klein opened his mouth, still with a wry smile on his face.
"She may have been a devout religious believer before traveling through time."
Without waiting for Antigonus to reveal any more fatal news, he tried to escape from his superficial understanding of the Creator to find arguments that could support himself.
"If you really accept the 'mysterious' memory, then you should know that there are no gods in our world, and all myths and stories are just people's imagination and fabrication. After gaining similar power, you can ask yourself
The most familiar image imitation is not incomprehensible."
Antigonus couldn't help but snorted as he listened to Klein's self-comfort.
"Then do you think the 'God of Mystery''s description of her own authority and the other gods' fear of her are also imitations?"
"But Roselle! There is almost a two-thousand-year difference between the time when 'Mystery' and the Creator traveled through him..."
I did go back, even if it was only for a second... As he spoke, Klein suddenly fell silent, but he still held on to a glimmer of unrealistic hope, hoping that someone would tell him that this was a lie.
"Lord of Time and Space, King of Thousand Faces, these should be honorific titles that have appeared in the holy scriptures," Stopping in front of a gray-white mill, Antigonus watched a petite figure struggling to lift a bucket, his eyes couldn't help but He moved down, but when he saw the empty eyes of the figure, he still felt like he was stabbed and couldn't help but close his eyes.
She breathed a sigh of relief and continued:
"The 'God of Mystery' is the entity closest to the concept of time and space. Even if he has not fully grasped the uniqueness of the 'Stealer', he can still realize the reversal of time to a certain extent, and the 'Soothsayer'... "
"The third sequence of 'divineers' is called 'ancient scholar'. Do you know this?"
"Ancient scholar"... Klein chewed on this term and nodded silently.
"I've probably seen 'Mysterious' use the corresponding ability."
"Very good." Antigonus stared at Klein for a few seconds, and his palm, which was as pale and lifeless as "Mystery", stretched out into the air beside him.
Her wrist suddenly exerted force, and the blue blood vessels bulged slightly, as if it was dragging something non-existent but extremely heavy.
Something familiar is coming... As soon as Klein had such knowledge and understanding, a piece of gray mist silently appeared in front of his eyes.
Immediately afterwards, a large number of fragment-like light spots lit up in the mist, some as close as a few feet away, while others were scattered far and far away, like islands drifting in the vast ocean.
But before he could clearly see the scene hidden behind the dazzling white light spots, an invisible wind had already lifted him and Antigonus, carrying the two of them quickly towards the astral realm. Fly forward.
This thrust was getting faster and faster, so fast that Klein could no longer see the gray surrounding him clearly. For a moment, all the light spots rippling in the mist were distorted by the absolute speed and turned into pure colors.
These colors change rapidly, showing Klein all the history he has experienced and understood in a flashback manner.
Between the high-speed models and the lake, he saw Sherlock Moriarty being desperately protected by Azik.
I saw the angelic projection summoned by the vortex of the embracing worm.
I saw the clown with an ugly smile who killed Lanreus.
I saw Dunn who collapsed in the Blackthorn Security Company and Crane Moretti who listened to the baby's cry and was taken away from his life.
I saw Benson and Melissa, Old Neil, Cornley, and many ordinary people in Tingen.
I saw three young men with dull eyes gathered in front of a simple notebook and a college graduate who raised the revolver, aimed at his temple and pulled the trigger.
Finally, the flow of history began to accelerate, the great voyage of colonial evil began, Russell proclaimed himself emperor, the Battle of Broken Oaths, the White Rose War, the Pale Age...
Immediately afterwards, a burst of murmurs similar to what Klein heard every time he climbed into the gray fog came, and more memories that did not belong to him rushed into his mind, and countless scenes flashed through the lake in a hurry.
They include pitch-black figures that cover the sky and the sun, familiar women sprinkled with bright red blood, extremely luxurious asymmetrical palaces, and dilapidated towns destroyed by invisible auras.
The information contained in these pure colors pushed Klein forward, until it spanned thousands or even more years, bringing him to a past that he could no longer go back to.
While traveling at high speed, Antigonus suddenly covered Klein's eyes, and when she let go, Klein was already standing in front of a vast sea of solidified fog.
"Where is this?"
Klein stared at the endless gray that seemed to bury the huge outline, his voice trembled, and he seemed to have an answer.
Antigonus did not answer, but raised his hand. An invisible wind blew by, and the solidified sea of fog began to melt. The gray-white fog opened up layer by layer, revealing the stacked urban ruins.
There are tall skyscrapers erected in them, various cars are heard, and pedestrians come and go.
These cities are one after another, covered with gray dust. Many buildings have collapsed, with broken steel bars sticking out. Some cars are dented, some collapsed, and some were squeezed into discus. Pedestrians are lifeless, like a statue. wax figure.
I did go back, even if it was only for a second... Seeing this scene, Klein's legs suddenly lost strength, and without any struggle, he fell to the ground, his face twisted and twitching due to excessive emotion. As he stood there, his brown eyes, which had turned back to Asian features at some point, were staring at everything in front of him, as if he wanted to see through the falseness of this scene and deeply ingrain this ruin into his mind.
He already knew it very well.
This world is the earth.
Suddenly, all the gray and white as far as the eye could see disappeared, and Klein returned to the town that was also shrouded in fog.
He covered his face with both hands, his fingers only clasping the flesh and bones that had begun to melt. The pain was fighting against the signs of losing control caused by the violent emotional ups and downs.
"ah!"
Wails, cries, and laughter that were concentrated with rich sadness rang out. Antigonus tried hard to taste the small pleasure of revenge, but he couldn't be happy anymore.
She looked at the completely unrecognizable Kingdom of Night, and remembered the fleeting glimpse of the happy and healthy scene just now in the fog of history, and the slight arc of the corner of her mouth sank.
"I'm sorry, but that's the truth."
Antigonus shook his head. She could not be like Amon, who could pretend to be fine and pursue victory while uncovering the scars shared by others and herself, and could still smile and continue to add fuel to the painful memories. .
In this regard, she liked Bethel better, that guy would never make such a bad joke.
Taking a deep breath, Antigonus picked up Klein and dragged him forward stubbornly.
"Stop crying, you coward!"
"Your home is gone, but I still have my sister, and I'm still waiting to get out of here!"
He dragged Klein past the girl who was still struggling to carry water, and walked into the dense crowd. The still mist in the sky slowly dissipated, revealing the red moon behind him.
Glancing upward, Antigonus used his free hand to pull in the air. An equally thick darkness covered their bodies, and Klein gradually stopped his emotions in front of this gentle tranquility. , the paralyzed legs regained some strength and staggered with difficulty.
While climbing to the top of the mountain, he finally raised his head and looked at the dead town again with his empty eyes.
"To be honest, I have never been able to understand the logic of you remnants of the past."
Antigonus glanced at Klein, who had almost recovered his thinking, let go of his hand, pointed to the cliff next to him and said:
"You have seen what the old city looked like. Compared to those who died inexplicably, aren't you still alive?"
"What's wrong with this?"
"If you really want to go home and don't want to accept the reality, just jump out of here, and you will end up with a similar ending to your original family!"
Klein looked at the cliff with numb eyes, stared at it for a while, and then suddenly smiled.
Although he was still bitter, and even with the paleness of his cheeks, there were not many signs of life, he still smiled.
"'Mystery' won't let me die. As long as she is still alive, I can't die."
He actually made a joke.
When Antigonus heard these words, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch, and he actually raised the corners of his mouth in an angry and funny way.
"Then you kill her. Since you are the same person, it is not difficult to deceive fate and complete the ritual."
As she spoke, she pointed to the steeple church that was only a hundred meters away, with a sense of seriousness that was absurd.
"There now lies a sequence, characteristic and uniqueness of the 'Fool' path."
"The current state of 'Secret' is just an empty shell. It only retains a copy of the Sequence One characteristic that is not fully contained. As long as you master the uniqueness, you can kill her at any time."
After hearing these rebellious words, Klein's smile grew a little wider and he shook his head slightly.
"I'm not a fool. You just said that 'mystery' connected you with a ball of crazy meat. If I guessed correctly, the one lying there should be an out-of-control mythical creature, right?"
"I am only Sequence Six. Even if I commit suicide, there is no such stupid way."
He dusted himself off, stood up and walked to Antigonus.
"And after looking directly at the mythical creature, I will most likely lose control. I don't want to die as a monster."
"At least from beginning to end, you have to be a human being."
...
Backlund time, 2:55 pm.
In the eternal gray fog palace, "Secret" sat at the top, silently flipping through the simple diary pressed by Klein on the corner of the table, and raised his head.
"Did that guy forget to notify us about canceling today's party?"
She counted the time, a trace of dissatisfaction appeared on her cold and handsome face, and she clicked her tongue.
"Haha, aren't you worried about what Antigonus will say to him?"
Here we go again, Tianzun is talking trash again.
"Secret" changed to a more casual sitting position, and Tianzun's murmuring voice became clearer in his mind.
"I didn't expect that you and 'Hei Ye' actually acquiesced in that 'Servant of Secret' sending him there."
"Do you really have the confidence to believe that a person who has not experienced the baptism of time can withstand the blow of time?"
The fog surrounding the corner of the long bronze table became a little thicker, covering the high-backed chair at the top.
"Secret" took the time to respond while controlling his spirituality to touch the crimson stars on the dome:
"He has to know anyway. What's the difference if it's earlier or later?"
Tianzun's babble suddenly stopped for a moment and he couldn't help but smile.
"I remember that you were already a Sequence One angel when you heard the news. He is still a Sequence Six angel now."
Sequence six seems a bit slow... "Secret" thought for a while, then tilted his head and said:
"You didn't regard me as an equal being who could be traded at the beginning. The gap between Sequence One and Pillar seems to be not much different from the gap between Angel and Mid-Sequence."
Tianzun stopped talking, and "Secret" also seized the rare leisure and inspired the crimson stars distributed in different corners.
The enchanting brilliance rose from each of the simple stone chairs. She looked at the little guys who bowed and said hello to her with a mellow voice, and looked at the seat closest to the "world".