Mysteries: Arcana Wars

"I am Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun!"

As Klein tore off his cloak and put it on himself, the illusion before him immediately collapsed into a cloud of black smoke.

There is no such thing as a Heavenly Master, nor is there any Klein. There is only myself, who is mentally unstable due to various injuries.

【I】!

The cloud of black smoke had not yet broken up, but something was shaking in the vortex.

In the blink of an eye, a hideous puppet rushed out from the black smoke and raised its leg to chop at Klein.

Mad God Alice!

The unexpected development caught Klein off guard. His body tilted and the puppet's foot slammed heavily onto the ground, creating a large hole in the floor.

Wait, I have just broken free from the fantasy I was in, why is this Alice still coming after me?

Shouldn't He want me to return to reality? Then why does He still obstruct me in this illusion?

Is it because I haven't completely escaped from the illusion yet, and as long as I still exist in the illusion, He will chase me endlessly?

Or maybe He actually has other purposes and is simply unwilling to let me leave the illusion?

Perhaps, the guy in front of him has gone completely crazy, and he is just following the strong resentment that remains in his spirit, instinctively beating and attacking every outsider who enters here.

Especially me who "sealed" Him.

"Strange———Mysterious——"

Alice screamed, retracted her foot, and turned to chase after Klein.

What else is there to think about? It's certain that this guy has already gone completely crazy! !

Klein ran away, but Alice was too fast. Klein couldn't shake her off and could only dodge awkwardly.

Think about it quickly, if the one here is the complete Lord of Mysteries, what would I do?

A flash of inspiration came to Klein's chaotic thoughts. He raised his hand and tried his best to break through the shackles of the illusion, just like he struggled to move forward for Melissa before, burning all his remaining mental energy to try to summon the gray fog.

The place was filled with black smoke, and the appearance of the illusion Melissa was also accompanied by black smoke. All places where phantom smoke appeared must be related to the source material. Therefore, if one wants to fight against the existence of the source material level, gray fog is the most effective means.

Only Source can defeat Source!

As long as the gray fog comes, there is still a glimmer of hope!

The thin gray mist struggled to cross the boundary between reality and illusion, tremblingly coming to Klein's palm, and transformed into ten flying knives that were thrown at Alice.

"Quack? That's it?"

Alice raised her hand, extended her index finger and thumb, closed one eye and aimed at Klein.

"Bah!"

Ten black beams of light dropped from the sky, appearing suddenly and accurately shattering each gray fog flying knife. The thick smoke and dust mercilessly strangled the dissipated gray fog, and finally swallowed up all the gray fog.

At least in this illusion where all perceptions and extraordinary abilities are ineffective, Klein has verified the feasibility of using gray fog.

But the cost of forcibly summoning gray fog here is much greater than in reality. Coupled with the various mental injuries he had suffered before, Klein already felt a stabbing pain in his brain as if it were being cut by a thousand knives.

He gritted his teeth and raised his hands to launch a few more attacks, but he could no longer summon any gray mist.

Oops, it’s finished.

Klein turned and ran.

Give in when it’s time to give in!

run! !

“Hehehehehehehe——”

The grinning puppet raised his finger again without any explanation, and endless madness overflowed from his dark and deep eyes.

“Bang! Bang! Bang!!

"Hey! Where are you going, sly?

"Bah!"

More black beams appeared behind Klein, piercing through the entire corridor from top to bottom and quickly approaching Klein.

"Are you going to keep me here? Are you going to break your vows and continue to exile me from reality?

"Oh, Sneaky, you disgusting old liar! Hypocrite! Control freak!

"Hehehe, I'm really crazy, what did I expect from the mystery?

"—What? I was expecting a trickster god to fulfill his promise? Hey! Did you hear that? I just told a huge joke! Hehehehehe!

"Oh no, I don't expect you to really open the sealed door and let me back to reality - will you? You won't!

"But don't worry, it's okay, it doesn't matter--

"Because I will grab you, cling to you, pinch you, invade every sense of your world, and pollute every corner of your soul.

"And through you—

"Return! To! Reality!

"Jie, jie, jie, jie, jie, jie, jie, jie!"

As Alice screamed, a beam of black light suddenly came from in front of Klein, piercing through his chest and nailing him to the ground. He was unable to break free and lost all ability to move.

Klein subconsciously looked back and found that Alice had disappeared behind him. When he looked back again, Alice had flashed in front of him and pounced on Klein with a strange cry.

"I got you, Sneaky!!"

Klein raised his arms in fear to block the attack, but he was unexpectedly touched by a turbulent current of water.

The black flood softly and mercilessly bypassed all obstacles and completely submerged Klein, drowning him in the illusory torrent.

They crushed Klein's limbs, stretched his lips and teeth, and surged into the depths of Klein's soul without any explanation until he swallowed all the black torrent.

no no!

No no no no no no!

Do not! ! !

Klein woke up from the cold floor, gasping for air. There was silence all around him except for his own panting.

No, calm down, I am an angel, a mythical creature, the lord of mysteries, I don't need to keep breathing, calm down!

Did I just faint?

Or did you have a very long dream?

His emotions and spirit gradually stabilized from the panic and confusion. Klein looked around and found himself standing in a dilapidated and messy Fifth Epoch-style corridor. He could not see the beginning or the end of the corridor.

Oh, so the battle just now was real...

Am I still in a fantasy?

His memories gradually returned, and Klein stood up unsteadily from the ground. He then leaned against the wall and retched.

He put his fingers into his mouth and dug hard, but in the end all he could do was cough up tiny black clouds of dust. It was a futile effort.

What on earth did you just do to my body?

Klein gave up struggling as if accepting his fate.

There was a window next to the wall. Surprisingly, this window was not sealed with wooden boards, and the world outside the window was open to the public.

Klein raised his head and looked out the window as if possessed by a mysterious force, but he could no longer look away.

It was a huge and ferocious puppet's smiling face, blocking the entire window.

[Got you, Mysterious! ]