nownovels Chapter 367 Evan VS Klein
Chapter 367 Evan VS Klein
Chapter 367 Evan VS Klein
Evan chuckled inwardly at Klein before turning his attention to how he should handle the situation.
First and foremost, Klein must not be harmed. Evan still doesn't understand why he and Klein transmigrated at almost the same time.
He didn't know if there were any deeper secrets behind his simultaneous arrival in the world with Klein, but having witnessed the grand schemes of powerful figures, Evan dared not harbor any illusions.
If I have some hidden, mysterious connection with Klein, and his sudden death drags me down with him, wouldn't I be at a huge loss?
"I finally managed to transmigrate to another world; it would be utterly ridiculous to die because of this."
This is also why Evan often acts like a madman when facing Klein, swaying back and forth, at a loss. On the one hand, the "appetite" that the Gray Mist showed him when he first went up to the Gray Mist made Evan's hair stand on end, and he could only be forced to lay hidden traps everywhere to deal with the possible future betrayal.
On the other hand, he was worried about his implicit connection with Klein, that they would be a pair of people bound by fate.
Klein and Evan's time travel occurred on the same day, a coincidence that made Evan suspicious of the "Heavenly Venerable of Blessing and Prosperity," suspecting that the Gray Mist's overreaction to him stemmed from this mysterious celestial being.
There was a strong sense of destiny between him and Klein, a sense of destiny that was deliberately arranged. This made Evan wonder if he was a deliberate arrangement by the Celestial Venerable, targeting Klein, the new master of the Gray Mist.
Therefore, he cannot completely outmaneuver Klein, because if he is truly a pawn used to counterbalance Klein, then if something happens to Klein, he, as a pawn, may also lose his function, and his fate will probably not be much better. Evan must be wary of this.
So here's the trouble: he can neither destroy Klein nor sit idly by and watch Klein grow stronger day by day, without the influence he himself has exerted, so that he himself might one day be swallowed by the gray fog.
Therefore, Evan's current strategy is to do everything he can to help Klein, forge a true friendship with him, and at the same time, create a real weakness in Klein.
"This matter is somewhat troublesome. I cannot stand by and watch Klein be exposed and fall into George III's trap."
But I currently have no means to deal with George III.
The best solution would be to persuade Klein to abandon the operation, but if Klein were to watch people be driven to their deaths, would he still be Klein?
Evan rubbed his temples, feeling a terrible headache.
In this matter, Evan had no way to ask Robert for help, because it was something Robert strongly supported.
Even when George III instructed others to propose this plan, Robert immediately applauded and voted in favor, so naturally he wouldn't undermine his own cause.
Just as Evan was racking his brains for a solution, the carriage took him to Minsk Street in the Joewood district.
After paying the fare, Evan pulled down the brim of his hat and rang the doorbell.
Unfortunately, Klein is not home today.
Evan had anticipated this, after all, not everyone can completely control their own time like him; most people still have to struggle to make a living.
After checking that no one was paying attention to him, he used the huge floor-to-ceiling windows to enter Klein's house.
Evan didn't stand on ceremony when he came in. He found a high-backed chair, sat down, put his feet on the dining table, leaned back, and let the chair's legs lift off the ground, swaying back and forth. At the same time, he kept tapping his fingers, thinking about how to talk to Klein.
In winter, darkness falls very quickly; before long, it gets dark outside, and the house is pitch black.
But Evan was still too lazy to get up and turn on the light. He was a demigod-level "assassin," a friend of the shadows. The darkness of the room had no effect on him at all; on the contrary, it made him feel unusually at ease. Soon, the sound of a key being turned into a lock echoed through the apartment. Klein, carrying a large bag of Intis longbread, walked in without noticing anything. As soon as he entered, just as he was about to put down the bread and light the gas lamp, alarm bells went off in Klein's mind. He threw the bread in his hand and disappeared from the spot, leaving only a paper figure floating down from mid-air.
At the same time, a ball of flame appeared on Klein, who appeared not far away, and enveloped him.
It turned out that he wanted to leave the room by lighting a match in his pocket and using the "flame jump".
But with a crisp snap of fingers, the flames on Klein's body instantly went out, and many invisible, thread-like spider silks wrapped around his entire body, rendering him unable to move.
"The Witch of Pleasure? A witch cult or the Gnostic Society? Why are they targeting me?"
Klein, who had fought with Mrs. Sharon, instantly recognized the ability that restricted his movements. However, the difference was that when he fought Mrs. Sharon, he still had some spiritual premonition, but this time he didn't realize it until the spider silk had already wrapped around his body.
Having witnessed the flames on his body vanish instantly, Klein realized that his opponent was also adept at manipulating fire. Without a second thought, he turned his left hand and made his entire body glow with dazzling light, transforming into a being of light that illuminated the apartment as if it were midday.
The Light Priest – Purification Klein hoped to use indiscriminate attacks to make the enemies hiding in the shadows think twice, thus buying himself time to break free from his restraints.
To Klein's astonishment, almost instantly, the intense light that filled the apartment seemed to encounter something invisible, confining it to a closed space. Moreover, this space was getting smaller and smaller in his view, eventually compressing all the light into a space within three inches of his body.
Just as Klein was feeling desperate, he suddenly realized that the spider silk binding him had disappeared without him noticing.
Klein's heart stirred, and he withdrew all the light from his body, but his hands kept moving as he took out the copper whistle that Mr. Azik had given him and cautiously surveyed his surroundings.
When the light emanating from Klein faded, he discovered that he was surrounded by his own reflection; it was as if he had entered a mirror world.
Just then, another crisp snap of fingers rang out, and cracks appeared in the mirror world in front of Klein before it collapsed and disappeared. The world in front of Klein returned to his rented apartment, but the apartment was no longer pitch black; it now had a faint glow.
Klein looked toward the source of the light in the apartment and saw Evan standing next to the lit gas lamp, smiling at him.
Seeing that it was Evan, Klein breathed a sigh of relief and put down the bronze whistle, but at the same time, he couldn't suppress his burning anger and shouted sharply:
"Evan, what do you mean? Even if you want to show off your successful ascension to demigod, you shouldn't be teasing me like this!"
Klein was truly enraged this time, because he had just been genuinely desperate.
The highest quality extraordinary property in the semi-divine artifact Mr. Azik gave him, "Crawling Hunger," is the Sequence 5 "Light Ritual," whose "Purification" spell was easily broken by Evan.
Furthermore, he was ambushed and attacked without the copper whistle to contact Mr. Azik, so he had no way to call for help. Apart from the gray fog, he really had no other options.
But he is currently only a Sequence 6 'Faceless Man' and has not mastered 'Gray Mist' at all.
He wanted to invoke the power of the gray mist, but holding a ceremony and chanting the name of the deity was simply unrealistic while he was bound by spider silk.
It's fair to say that if it hadn't been Evan who made the move, Klein would have been a lamb to the slaughter in that situation.
Faced with Klein's anger, Evan laughed heartily, his laughter growing louder and more unrestrained, making Klein's face turn as red as a pig's liver.
Just as Klein's hair stood on end in anger, and he was about to explode, Evan stopped laughing, his smile fading, and he narrowed his eyes, saying sternly:
"You're unhappy now, so I'm just lying in ambush to scare you. But when you face a real enemy, you won't even have the right to be unhappy."
Although you are a follower of Mr. Fool and have his protection, aren't you far too audacious?
At first, Klein raised his eyebrows and tried to say something after hearing Evan's reprimand, but after hearing the second half of the sentence, he calmed down and said somewhat uncertainly:
"What do you mean? Explain yourself, what is the real enemy?"
Klein suspected that Evan already knew about his secret operation plan, and he felt somewhat guilty, after all, this was different from directly targeting George III.
Evan and his brother clearly did not support some of George III's actions, and therefore were able to take some actions against him.
It is clear that the government is taking advantage of this disaster to make a fortune from the national crisis. This is a consensus among the various factions within the upper echelons of Rune, and even the three major churches, which have always been supposed to check and balance each other, can only turn a blind eye.
Therefore, Klein's secret plan essentially puts him in opposition to the entire ruling class of Loen and to Count Robert.
Klein didn't inform Evan of his plans beforehand, partly because he didn't want to put Evan in a dilemma, and partly because he was worried that Evan would persuade him to give up, which would lead to a conflict between them.
It now seems that his previous worries have come true, as Evan did indeed jump out to oppose what he was doing.
Klein was also puzzled as to how Evan knew about this.
"Could it be that they found out from Miss 'Justice' and the others?"
But I already told them not to tell Evan!
Evan was unaware that Klein had begun to suspect an "insider," and even less aware that his two subordinates and a friend were conspiring with Klein to conceal the truth from him.
So when faced with Klein's question, Evan assumed Klein was still pretending to be confused, and sneered:
"You still want to hide it from me? I went to the Harvest Church today and tricked that vampire priest into revealing it."
Evan pointed out the Harvest Church and his new friend Emlyn White directly to Klein, indicating that he already knew the most important component of his plan.
That Emlyn is so loose-lipped. He said that noble vampires would never betray their friends, but he got all that information out of people so easily!
Klein cursed Emlyn White in his heart, but he could only deal with the immediate problem first and deal with the rest later.
He now has to convince Evan to turn a blind eye, otherwise Evan's strength would allow him to completely restrict his actions.
But convincing Evan is not an easy task.
Once someone like him has a goal or a decision, it's hard for him to be persuaded. Klein is also that kind of person. Although he understands that his old friend Evan wants to stop him, he doesn't intend to compromise. Instead, he wants to persuade Evan instead.
Since Evan had already roughly guessed his plan, yet still came to his door, it meant that he already had something to say about it.
He must be able to imagine the suffering and misery of the people in the East District. Trying to persuade Evan with the same reasons as Miss Justice and the others will not work. So, if you want to persuade Evan, you have to find another way.
"Okay, I admit I want to be a real outlaw, to extort some unscrupulous merchants, to plunder some medicinal herb warehouses, and to earn a way to survive for the civilians in this great riot and for the middle class who will lose countless homes in the future."
And this isn't just my opinion; it's also the opinion of Mr. "Fool"!
Klein felt that he had done a decent job of playing the role of a god during this period, and should have accumulated a lot of credibility points in Evan's mind. Now it was time to put them to use.
With Mr. Fool's golden words, even if Evan doesn't help him, he probably won't stop him anymore.
"Sometimes a single word from a deity is worth more than ten thousand words from an ordinary person." Klein was once again proud of his decision to decisively impersonate a deity on his first entry into the Gray Fog.
If I didn't know your background, I might have actually believed your lies!
Evan hadn't expected Klein to be so stubborn, actually wanting to use the identity of "The Fool" to support him. If he hadn't really known the details, he might have been fooled.
"Oh? So, Mr. 'The Fool' is implying that you deliberately walked into George III's trap? To incite a war of the gods and cause chaos in the world?"
Evan looked at Klein with a cold smile, waiting to see how he would perform next.
Klein was startled by Evan's words.
"Was this scheme to amass wealth a trap set by George III?"
Evan made no attempt to hide the mockery in his eyes as he looked at Klein and said sarcastically:
"Didn't you say this was a task given to you by Mr. 'The Fool'? Mr. 'The Fool' didn't even tell you about this? Does he really want you to go and die?"
Hearing Evan's sarcasm, Klein was also very embarrassed. He was unaware of the inside story and directly brought up "The Fool" to support him, almost ruining "The Fool's" image.
The only thing that comforted him was that he could tell from Evan's words that Evan only thought he was forging a royal decree and didn't really suspect that Mr. "Fool" was sending his followers to their deaths. There was still room for redemption. "I will ask Mr. 'Fool' for punishment afterward. What did you mean by George III's trap?"
Klein hoped that Evan would quickly forget what had just happened and return to the topic of the trap involving George III.
"You don't really think that using the Blasphemy Card to hide your identity is foolproof, do you?"
The reason you weren't discovered earlier is simply because your actions as the "Black Emperor" were often fleeting and didn't attract the attention of truly important figures.
But you were so active during the riots a few days ago, you could even say that you were the one who set everything off. Don't you really think that no one noticed you?
Don't forget that the 'arbitrator' pathway controlled by the Augustus family and the 'lawyer' pathway where the Black Emperor resides are adjacent pathways!