nownovels Chapter 209 Klein's Actions, Backlund's Actions
Chapter 209 Klein's Actions, Backlund's Actions
Chapter 209 Klein's Actions, Backlund's Actions
Because of an emergency operation, Dunn Smith needed to notify the other members to suspend today's routine meeting. As he informed all the team members who were preparing for the meeting that the meeting was canceled due to the emergency, Klein quietly opened the sleeping pills that Evan had prepared for him in advance.
The colorless and odorless drug spread, and whether it was the Night Watchers, who were extraordinary individuals like Frye and Cohenley, or the civilian staff like Rosanne and Oriana, they all fell down without realizing it, without any power to resist, and without even being triggered by their spiritual warnings.
Klein, who had taken the antidote beforehand, showed no signs of fainting.
Looking at his teammates lying dead all over the room, Klein marveled at the potion that Evan had brought him.
After tidying up his teammates' sleeping positions, Klein, without delay, brought the sleeping pills to Charnis's door.
A gentle knock was made, and the guardian inside opened the door. It was Siga Teon, a part-time writer with white hair, black eyes, and a calm demeanor.
"What do you need?"
"There's an operation today. The captain sent me to retrieve the sealed artifact." With that, Klein handed her a piece of paper with writing on it that he had just grabbed.
Sega Teon had no doubts and subconsciously looked down at the paper in her hand, but then lost consciousness for a moment. Klein quickly caught her and gently put her on the ground.
Klein then took out a lidless box of sleeping pills from his person, threw it behind the Charnis Gate, and after waiting for about ten seconds, he entered the Charnis Gate, which he had never entered before.
Although it was daytime, darkness lurked behind the Chanis Gate. Even the burning candles, each carved with silver patterns, could not completely dispel this feeling; the eerie blue flames only made it more terrifying.
At the same time, Klein felt invisible things scraping against him in the darkness, making him feel unusually cold and irritated.
Klein turned away indifferently and closed the door behind him, to prevent Ince Zangwill from suddenly appearing.
After all, because of him, no one else in Blackthorn Company was left standing, and its defenses had reached their lowest point ever.
With the Charnis Gate closed, the outside world is isolated from what lies behind it. The place is as quiet as a deathly realm, making one involuntarily think of their deepest fears.
No wonder the goddess is known as the Queen of Fear; is this a high-sequence ability of the Sleepless Path?
Klein lit the lantern beside the door, and its dim yellow light poured out, illuminating the area.
By the dim light, Klein discovered rows of shelves resembling bookshelves, on which were displayed bottles and jars made of extraordinary materials and possessing extraordinary properties.
Klein ignored them and went straight to the deepest part. Halfway there, he found an elderly guard lying on the ground, holding a list and checking various items.
After Klein was promoted to Sequence 7 'Magician', his strength increased, and he directly dragged the guard to sit in the chair that was already there.
Klein paid no attention to anything else and walked straight into the depths. When he reached the end, he saw a square urn about the size of a palm on a platform.
The box felt like it was made of pure silver, yet it also had a bone-like feel to it. It was covered with mysterious patterns and the emblems of the night. The closer Klein got to it, the colder he felt, a chill that could penetrate straight to his bone marrow.
When Klein picked it up, he felt as if the blood in his body was about to freeze, and he was trembling all over. He couldn't help but curse Evan in his heart for having no practical experience and giving advice so casually.
But Klein didn't panic. He knew that the reason he felt this way was because Saint Selena's ashes were the core of the entire Charnis Formation, and he was currently under the influence of the entire formation, which was why he had this feeling.
Klein carried Saint Selena's ashes as he left Charnis Gate, and as he left, he didn't forget to drag the old ward off the cold, even taking the mutated Sun Badge with him to help him ward off the cold.
Without the suppression of Saint Selena's ashes, the other sealed artifacts will become active one after another. After knocking the guardian unconscious, leaving him behind the Charnis Gate is no different from murder.
Once outside Charnis Gate, Klein no longer felt the biting cold he had experienced before, and he set the old caregiver aside.
Just as Klein was about to leave, he suddenly felt himself entering a dream, and standing opposite him was Dunn Smith, who should have been unconscious.
"I've been trying to convince myself, but I still can't quite believe it. How could Klein, who's friendly to his colleagues and loves his family, possibly be a traitor?!"
With brown hair and gray eyes, Dunn Smith did not make a move immediately, but waited for Klein's answer with a serious expression.
Klein's heart sank. He had already retrieved Saint Selena's ashes, and Ince Zangwill would not stand idly by. He must be nearby. If he was trapped here for too long and Megos appeared, Tingen would surely be destroyed.
So he had no time to think, no time to doubt, and no time to hide the fact that he was able to be awake in his dream. He hurriedly and loudly explained:
"Captain, let me leave! The mastermind behind all these events in Tingen is the traitor Ince Zangwell and the top-tier sealed artifact 008 that he stole."
His goal was Saint Selena's ashes, which he wanted to use to ascend to demigod status. To this end, he used Lanius to make Megous pregnant with the child of the true creator, and used Tingen's resentment and pain to hasten his growth!
"I must take Saint Selena's ashes with me; only then can Tingen be spared destruction!"
Dunn Smith looked at the anxious Klein in his dream, paused for a moment, and then said:
"Awaken me! Only those extraordinary individuals who have attained the Sleepless Path can unleash the full power of Saint Selena's ashes!"
After Dunn Smith finished speaking, Klein returned to reality, still in the same position, but he knew he had indeed been dreaming.
Klein originally wanted to follow Evan's advice and use the "teleportation stone" he sent to reach the designated battlefield and face everything alone with Mr. Azik. However, the captain's words just now made him hesitate. After all, if Saint Selena's ashes could be used properly, they would be a great asset.
So he made a swift decision, took the ashes to the office as fast as he could, used the antidote to wake Dunn Smith, and said to him:
"Leonard hasn't gone far. Captain, use your 'Nightmare' ability to tell him to come back quickly. I'll leave the antidote so he can wake everyone up!"
With that, Klein placed the antidote and the letter he had prepared in advance on his desk, and Dunn Smith didn't waste any words and directly closed his eyes to inform Leonard.
Klein had originally planned to fire a couple of shots to lure Leonard back. He couldn't leave his defenseless teammates at the company; that would be irresponsible. Now that Dunn Smith had come to tell him to come back, it was safer.
A few breaths later, Dunn Smith opened his eyes, nodded to Klein, and Klein, knowing that the matter was settled, directly put the ashes of Saint Selena in his right hand into the captain's hand, then put the mutated sun badge into his pocket and took out a greenish stone.
Grabbing the captain's arm with one hand and tightly gripping the 'Teleportation Stone' with the other, he chanted in Hermes:
"Door!"
The light blue "teleportation stone," with its bluish-green color and uneven surface covered in burn marks, emitted a pale blue light.
Dunn Smith and Klein's figures then blurred, almost disappearing from sight.
They saw indescribable shapes and beams of different colors, radiant with boundless knowledge.
They entered a phantom spirit world, a realm beyond reality. Once inside, Klein, guided by his intuition, pulled Dunn Smith in one direction.
After a few breaths, I returned to reality and arrived at the outskirts of Tingen City.
Dunn Smith looked at the coffin before him with a questioning gaze, while Klein explained:
"This is the secret chamber of the castle in the town of Ramd. The skull of the owner of this coffin was taken by Ince Zangwell."
"Baron Ramd from a thousand years ago is still alive. He is my mentor, Mr. Azik. He is a high-sequence powerhouse. The one lying in the coffin before was his son. He is willing to join us in fighting Ince Zangwill."
Klein explained to the captain as quickly as possible, while anxiously looking around. According to Evan's previous plan, he was supposed to inform Mr. Azik that he should have been waiting here yesterday, but now there was no one there.
Looking at the urn in his hand and listening to Klein's confession, Dunn Smith completely believed that he had plotted against the entire Night Watch team to protect Tingen, so he added an extra explanation:
"I discovered your and Leonard's secret investigation a long time ago, and I also noticed your unusual behavior with Leonard a long time ago, but I didn't do anything about it. In addition, there have been too many unusual things happening in Tingen lately, so I wanted to see what you were up to."
Klein blushed, realizing he had underestimated his captain. More had happened in Tingen in the past two months than in the previous two years, so it was impossible for the captain not to have suspicions.
At the same time, Klein also had questions in his mind. He had been pulled into a dream by the captain and thought that Evan's drug had not worked on the captain. So, in order to persuade the captain to let him leave, he hurriedly told him everything.
But then he realized that the captain needed an antidote to wake up. He hadn't had time to think about it before, but now he wanted to ask.
"Captain, how did you resist that drug before?"
Dunn Smith, holding the urn in both hands, explained as he and Klein left the castle's basement:
"I was unable to resist the drug. This is a deeper application of the 'Nightmare' ability. When I noticed your movements and saw Frye and the others fall, I quickly pulled myself into a dream."
Although my physical body was drugged, my spirit was protected by the dream because I pulled myself into it. I wasn't drugged and could even watch you enter the Chanis Gate.
To be honest, if I hadn't discovered that you had brought the old Warden out, I would have attacked you the moment you left Charnis Gate with the ashes!
A few days ago, I successfully advanced to the rank 6 "Soul Soother" thanks to my merits over the years. To be honest, the reason I was able to digest the "Dream Demon" potion so quickly was because of the chaos in Tingen some time ago.
I think this might be why the church doesn't publicly perform the law.
By the way, where is that high-sequence powerhouse you mentioned?
Klein felt a surge of relief. Luckily, he had thought things through and hadn't forgotten to bring the old caregiver along; otherwise, the captain would have targeted him as a true traitor.
"I don't know. Logically, Mr. Azik should be here waiting for me!"
Klein is very nervous right now. Since the implementation of the plan, although the general direction is fine, there have been constant small problems, but fortunately, it is veerging in a positive direction.
The addition of a "Soul Master" capable of unleashing the full power of a Level 1 sealed artifact to their side's fighting force seems like a good thing.
"Tell me everything you know!" Dunn Smith and Klein stepped out of the secret chamber, cautiously looking at the towering castle.
Klein held the "Sunfire" talisman he had created through various means during this time, and explained his plan in the most concise language possible, but he did not mention Evan. This was not because he did not trust Dunn Smith, but because he was wary of Ince Zangwell in the shadows.
At the same time, he was no longer afraid that Ince Zangwell would find out about the plan, because now everyone's cards were out in the air.
On the outskirts of Tingen, there is a house with green grass and a red chimney.
An ordinary quill pen, without anyone holding it, is diligently writing on a notebook on a desk.
"Klein Moretti received a signal from Ince Zangwell that he was willing to cooperate through the ticket issue, but he firmly refused the benefits because he saw through the underlying scheming."
"Ince Zangwill was puzzled about what Klein Moretti would do, because he couldn't discern his plans through the Pen of Alszukhod!"
"The mysterious Azik's appearance in the town of Ramud is practically an open secret. They've chosen Ramud as the location to settle things. How will Ince Zangwill respond?"
(Written by Ince Zangwell).
"Megos's unborn child is becoming more and more active, and Megos is becoming weaker and weaker. Her family decided to send her to the countryside to recuperate. Coincidentally, they have a relative in the town of Ramd, where Megos will stay temporarily."
"Megoos's recuperation in the town of Ramd can temporarily interrupt the feeding of Tingen's resentment on the offspring of the true creator, slowing down his arrival and making it easier for Ince Zangwell to control him."
"An 'undead' from the Southern Continent's Spirit Cult, influenced by a mysterious aggregation effect, has been drawn here to prepare for a ritual to sacrifice to the 'artificial Grim Reaper' in the town of Ramd."
"Azik, unable to bear the killing of his former people, intervened to stop it, but was thrown into a daze by Brendan the Undead's address of 'Your Majesty,' and fled the town of Ramd. The Undead followed him, and this unexpected turn of events will become a loophole and a failure in Klein Moretti's plan."
"Klein Moretti seemed to suddenly realize Ince Zangwell's identity and the conspiracy of the Pen of Alszuhod."
He drugged the entire Night Watch squad with a drug of unknown origin, then entered the Chanis Gate, retrieved Saint Selena's ashes—something Ince Zangwill had long coveted—and caught Ince Zangwill completely off guard.
Ince Zangwell wanted to take advantage of the Night Watchers' unprecedented weakness to quickly storm Blackthorn Corporation and seize the ashes.
But Klein Moretti's caution didn't give him that chance.
"The fact that Dunn Smith was not completely drugged delayed Klein Moretti's departure from Blackthorn Corporation, giving Ince Zangwell the opportunity to quickly head to the town of Ramd."
(008 wrote this himself on Ince Zangwell's robe).
"Klein Moretti, using a 'teleportation stone' he obtained from an unknown source, arrived in the town of Ramd ahead of Ince Zangwill."
"After arriving in the town of Ramd, Megas felt uneasy. She sensed the unease of her unborn child, so she avoided the care of her relatives and took a walk alone toward the abandoned castle."
Just as Klein was telling Dunn Smith everything he knew, he suddenly noticed a woman walking towards them.
The woman was not old, at most in her early twenties. She wore a loose dress, had a smooth forehead, long golden hair, and emerald green eyes, and exuded a melancholy and serene aura.
She used to be a very attractive woman, but now she is extremely thin, skin and bones, and has lost a lot of weight, with a large, round belly.
Dunn Smith was listening to Klein's story when he suddenly noticed that Klein had stopped talking. So he followed his gaze and looked at Megas, who was walking slowly towards him.
"she is?"
Dunn Smith had never met Megaoth before, so he didn't recognize her, but the surge of spirituality that had risen after becoming a "Requiemr" still reminded him of the terrifying presence of the girl walking towards him.
"She is Megos, who was deceived by Lanluus and became pregnant with the child of the true creator."
Klein's voice trembled violently as he spoke through gritted teeth, though he knew he would inevitably face the offspring of the true creator and was mentally prepared.
But when he actually faced it, he realized that he, a mere Sequence 7 Extraordinary, was so weak and powerless when facing a divine being, completely trembling like a lower being facing a higher being.
Only the "Sunfire" talisman he held in his hand could give him a little courage, preventing him from fleeing in panic. It was this courage that allowed Klein to enter a semi-meditative state, abandoning all useless emotions.
Meanwhile, Dunn Smith, standing to the side, regained his usual calm and determination thanks to the coldness emanating from the urn containing Saint Selena's ashes.
Dunn Smith and Klein exchanged a glance, both seeing the determination in each other's eyes. They took a deep breath and walked towards Megalos together.
Leonard Mitchell returned to Blackthorn Corporation and found the company eerily quiet. As if realizing something, he rushed to the room where they had their Monday meeting and found his colleague lying on the floor, along with an envelope and the antidote on the desk.
Leonard rushed to the desk and quickly tore open the letter on it, discovering it was written to him by Klein.
In the letter, Klein confessed that he already knew the mastermind was the traitorous Archbishop Ince Zangwill, and that the one manipulating Tingen was the sealed artifact 008 that he had stolen from the sanctuary.
Ince Zangwell's ultimate goal is the ashes of Saint Selena behind the Chanis Gate, while the evil god's offspring in Megoos's womb may cause the bloodshed in Tingen.
In the letter, Klein confessed that he had used a drug to wipe out the Night Watch team, take Saint Selena's ashes, and wanted to lure Ince Zangwill and the evil god's offspring away in order to save Tingen.
Finally, he hoped that Leonard would use the antidote he left behind to revive everyone and work together to deal with the inevitable riot of the sealed artifacts that would occur behind the Charnis Gate due to the lack of Saint Selena's ashes for suppression.
In the end, Klein couldn't resist teasing Leonard, saying that the "old man" behind him wasn't as powerful as him, but if he died, he would have to rely on Leonard to avenge him.
Leonard's hands trembled as he looked at the letter Klein had left behind. Then he clenched the letter tightly, his eyes bloodshot, and he growled in a low voice at the "old man" on top of him:
"You knew all along, didn't you? Why didn't you tell me sooner!"
Although he didn't know what Klein's trump card was, the thought of having to face the offspring of an evil god and a top-tier sealed artifact alone amplified Leonard's unease to the extreme.
"Old man, have you found out where Klein went?"
Leonard pinned all his hopes on the seemingly impressive "old man".
"I sensed the aura of extraordinary items from the Apprentice Path. My perception is limited by your body, so I cannot determine where they have been transported to!"
"them?"
Leonard then noticed that the captain wasn't among his colleagues who had collapsed in the office, and he breathed a slight sigh of relief, but then his heart tightened again, because the enemy they were facing was too powerful, and having one more "Requiem Master" wouldn't make a significant difference.
Leonard had no choice but to use the antidote to wake everyone up. Just as everyone was asking Leonard what had happened,
Leonard sensed the unusual activity coming from Charnis Gate, and immediately demonstrated that he had been promoted to "Nightmare," quickly gaining command of the Night Watch squad.
He then directed the civilian staff to leave the company and telegraphed other church extraordinary teams for assistance. Finally, he led the other members to Charnis Gate to suppress the sealed object riot.
Almost simultaneously, on the outskirts of Backlund, a man with gentle features, a beautiful face, and eyes that were both tender and indifferent appeared in mid-air.
He wore a simple and plain linen robe and had a head of beautiful long silver hair.
Behind him, beams of light formed illusory, layered wings that expanded outwards, almost blotting out the sky and dazzling in their brilliance.
At the same time, a middle-aged man with a square face, black hair, blue eyes, a high nose, a thick beard, and a serious expression appeared in the sky above Backlund.
He was William Augustus I, the "founder," "protector," and first king of the Kingdom of Rune.
At the same time, an archbishop appeared above the three major churches located in various parts of Backlund. They each held a sealed artifact and looked solemnly at Urolius, who appeared in the distance. Their expressions were cold and fierce.