Mysteries: Arcana Wars

"Anyway, it happened very suddenly. When I woke up, I found that I had suddenly become a Sequence Two. Then, a few months later, the Lord of Mysteries suddenly reappeared in the world. After the end of the world, the Church of Evernight inexplicably threw my sister and me to the Rorsted Archipelago as slaves."

Antigonus shrugged. In this process, he was just a commodity. It would be hard to ask him to answer the details of the contract.

"I guess you made some kind of deal with Hei Ye, and my sister and I were part of the deal.

"As for what you traded with Hei Ye, I don't know. Maybe it was the spoils of the Outer Gods gained in the Doomsday War, or maybe it was some other promise. In short, I know nothing. After all, this is not something I should understand at my level.

"As for why the Mother of Heaven is also part of the deal, maybe part of the reason is to use Her as a lever of power so that I can work illegally for you without any worries."

Klein looked away. Although he had gradually gotten used to Antigonus's way of speaking, which was as natural as breathing, he still felt guilty and uncomfortable when he heard him say that, but he didn't dare to admit it.

It seemed that the so-called Antigonus or the Mother of Heaven were both pawns in his hands, a piece of merchandise, an object that could be traded at will, a means to achieve a goal, but not an angel, a demon wolf - a [living thing] with a soul and self.

This feeling frightened Klein.

Under some kind of planning, all the elements in the eyes of the [Lord of Mysteries] seemed to fade away like a rainstorm, leaving only the pale essence, the cold and equal chips...

no no……

I will never become like this... That must not be me...

Klein took a deep breath and rubbed his temples, trying to use an action that imitated that of a human to give himself enough psychological hints to ease these messy and wrong thoughts, and to calm his fluctuating mood by changing the subject.

If Antigonus just wanted to influence himself so that he could once again examine his nature as the "God from Heaven", then he did it again.

"So do you love Rothdart?"

Klein asked.

The strange question made Antigonus frown, and he seemed more dissatisfied with the question.

"Why do you keep saying no to each other all day long?

"Can you ask me some questions that are more closely related to my work? You are making my job as a janitor meaningless.

"...Forget it. Indeed, the greatest significance of working for you is simply working for you...

"First of all, I'm not human. Don't try to judge me with human love. It's meaningless. It has no meaning other than satisfying your false paranoia about simulating humans.

“Secondly, if you were a normal human being, would you love a prison that would endlessly erode you?

"Of course, except for those bastards in the Virtue Society. I'm afraid they won't feel good even if I slap them twice more."

At this time, He changed the subject.

“However, Mother of Heaven, you are both a means for you to control me and a line of defense for the Night to monitor you. As long as Mother of Heaven is still asleep, the Night cannot connect with Her. On the contrary, as soon as Mother of Heaven wakes up, the Night will sense it.

"So, in such a tense situation, your church, which is suspected to be the Lord of Mysteries, has objectively gained an angel-level combat force that can be used...

"Guess, will Hei Ye think that you, the Lost God, are indeed the Lord of Mysteries, and now you have finally revealed your ambition to increase your combat power to conquer the world and achieve full convergence? Or will you believe that I accidentally fell and inexplicably released the seal of an angel's sleep?"

"So... now, Mother of Heaven is your strategic deterrent to me?"

Klein roughly understood where Antigonus's confidence came from. A large part of it came from the mentality that "He is fine when he is alive and fine when he is dead". The rest was that "He really has the means to check and balance him".

"At least, in front of Mother Sky and Dark Night, you will think a little more before dealing with me."

Antigonus replied.

"If you had come here to destroy Rorsted just now, I would have used that obsidian dagger to take your life and your Beyonder characteristics. If you want to attack me now, I will immediately awaken the Mother of Heaven and make all the gods in the cosmic barrier your enemy - at least you are no match for me now.

"If you want to control and destroy me as the Lord of Mysteries after you have fully recovered, I will flee with the entire Rorsted Archipelago. If I can't escape, I will kill everyone on the Rorsted Archipelago.

"If it really comes to this, it means that I am no longer valuable in your eyes. But Rorsted is different. As the only base of your faith outside the Western Continent, it must have extraordinary strategic significance. It will be more valuable than me, and taking it as a hostage is truly meaningful. But -

"If I can't get it, then you can't get it either."

"..."

Klein didn't expect that "He" would use human lives as a threat.

"Why? Are you starting to feel like I'm a real mythical creature now?"

Antigonus was no longer willing to give Klein any more glances. He picked up the electric lantern and walked towards another exit of the stone chamber.

"So do you think, now that it has come to this, you will let the humans of Roside go?

"Even if these humans are still alive, following such a mysterious master, they will definitely live a cruel and torturous life. It is better for them to die with me. I will ensure that no one survives, and then I will commit suicide."

"However, for the extraordinary world, death is not the end." Klein pointed out what Antigonus had missed. "The souls of ordinary people can easily be destroyed in the extraordinary world. But as an angel, you are an angel who can be resurrected from the dead. Your death only represents the beginning of more possibilities. You may even receive more torture while awake."

"...Yes, I know this, so I have already made preparations. I will completely disperse my swarm and abandon it in every corner of the world. The disconnected swarm will destroy my personal consciousness, but will not let me fall into true death: do not try to torture me while I am alive, and I will not give you the opportunity to awaken my will and destroy me after death.

"Without birth or death, without any spiritual consciousness, there will be no more pain."

"But I still think that your plan is not right and has a lot of loopholes."

Klein pondered.

“For example, I have become the powerful and terrifying Lord of Mystery that you mentioned, who will give you divine instructions that you cannot resist.

"Then will I have a chance to control you before you commit suicide, and then come up with a way to keep you awake while torturing you to punish you for your act of betrayal?"

Antigonus turned around and stared at Klein. He was silent for a long time and finally sighed deeply.

"Glib, you are a real beast!"