paranoianovel Chapter 418 Robert and the Uncertain Fog
Chapter 418 Robert and the Uncertain Fog
Chapter 418 Robert and the Uncertain Fog
So far, Klein has seen far too many higher beings through the gray fog.
There are seals like 008 that can only block and interfere with his secondary voyeurism, as well as the true creator and the eternal sun that caused him severe backlash and almost made him lose control, causing him unbearable pain.
However, the only time before that the gray fog had caused such a violent reaction was when Evan first entered the gray fog.
The gray mist clashed violently with the phantom of the mysterious city on Evan's body, and in the end, neither could gain the upper hand, so they stopped fighting.
"Could it be that the lady also possesses something of a higher level, similar to the gray fog and the mysterious city?"
No, it doesn't look like that. It looks more like the situation I previously used to clean up the pollution from the werewolves' extraordinary traits that I harvested, using the gray fog.
If she truly possesses anything related to the Gray Mist and the Mysterious City, then it's impossible that I could have inflicted such a severe injury on her simply because I used the Gray Mist to divine her fate.
If that's the case, is that lady from the Tamara family just like the werewolves of the Rose School, someone corrupted by higher-level things?
Because of the mysterious city on Evan's body, Klein had long lost the arrogance of having the Gray Mist cheat, after all, he was not the only one in this world.
"If we divide it into 22 more detailed paths, there are at least eight other things in this world that have the same status as the gray fog. The mysterious city on Evan's body is one, and the Mother Tree of Desire may also represent one."
Was the thing that polluted Ms. Tamara one of them? Due to the limited information he had, Klein could only draw this vague conclusion and could not make any further guesses.
But this single discovery was enough to set off alarm bells in Klein's mind.
The fact that the Mother Tree of Desire discovered the existence of the gray fog, sent Jax to Backlund to find him, and almost captured him left a deep impression on Klein.
If that Lady Tamara was indeed a demigod corrupted by something higher, like the gray fog, does that mean a malevolent god, like the Mother Tree of Desire, has come knocking? The primordial moon? Or the dark side of the universe?
The target could be him, or it could be Evan, who carries the burden of the mysterious city.
Knowing that Evan was still unprepared for this and even suspected that the other party's target might be his brother, Klein felt a little anxious. In the end, he decided to risk exposing his identity and send the image of the divination he had just performed to Evan.
However, when Klein tried to materialize the scene he had just dreamed of, he was unable to fully recreate the fleeting grayish-white mist he had seen in the woman's pupils.
This phenomenon did not discourage Klein. He believed that as long as he gave Evan a little more hints, he would understand his meaning and take the corresponding precautions!
This further convinced Klein of his previous guess that the woman had been contaminated by something of the same level as the gray fog.
Shortly after projecting the image onto the red star represented by Evan, Klein saw Evan thanking the Fool.
The Master gave a prayer of revelation.
During his prayer, Evan stated that he understood Mr. Fool's warning and would be prepared to respond.
After Klein removed the screen, he breathed a sigh of relief and then thought about what other channels he could use to continue investigating the Tamara family.
There is very little record of the Tamara family in official organizations, especially the branch that continues to follow the path of "arbitrator" and "lawyer".
"Edwina Edwards is backed by the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, and the authority of the 'Reader' pathway in mysticism seems to represent omniscience." Should I ask her for some information?
Or perhaps we could ask Arodes? He too can detect the presence of the gray mist, but Arodes's origins are also highly suspicious—
Klein was furious about the woman's advances toward Benson, but it also served as a wake-up call for him.
The fact that the Mother Tree of Desire sent a demigod to his door is likely not an isolated incident in the future, which means that his previous plan to conceal Klein's identity and protect Benson and Melissa may have failed.
Klein was feeling more nervous than ever before, as if he had a ticking time bomb sitting on his backside that could explode at any moment, and he was powerless to defuse it. This feeling was absolutely terrible.
After finishing his prayer for the "Fool" and expressing his gratitude, Evan recalled the scene he had just witnessed.
The woman, dressed in strange clothes, suddenly looked up, and then her eyeballs popped out.
This indicates two things: the woman became aware of Klein's spying for unknown reasons.
When she noticed Klein's spying and even stared directly into the gray fog, she didn't lose control. She merely popped her two eyeballs out. This small price saved her from the most terrible loss of control.
Meanwhile, under the protection of the gray fog, no abnormalities could be detected on the woman, which actually spoke volumes.
Klein transmitted this image to himself, which means that Klein may have "seen" the source of the matter. The absence of any abnormalities means that Klein was unable to fabricate a complete picture.
All signs indicate that when Klein was spying on Tamara, a force of equal strength was interfering.
What Klein could think of, Evan could naturally think of as well, and he even directly focused on the top of the two paths of "arbitrator" and "lawyer".
However, in this regard, since the second half of "Lord of Mysteries" was not deciphered at all, he didn't know much more than Klein.
Evan understood why Klein had sent him this image; he was worried that the evil god would also come after him.
Although Evan couldn't deny the possibility, his intuition still told him that the woman's target was Robert, not him.
"What should I do?" Evan looked at the piccolo in his hand, feeling very conflicted.
After thinking for a moment, Evan had his left-hand Amon clone spit out the blasphemous card that sealed the aura of the City of Calamity. Then, holding the blasphemous card in one hand and the mysterious piccolo in the other, he carefully brought the two into contact.
As Evan had expected, Piccolo, which had remained silent until now, was immediately stimulated and transformed into an unusually dense, yet persistent, grayish-white mist.
When Evan removed the Blasphemy Card, the dense, grayish-white mist automatically reverted to the unremarkable piccolo it had been before, but the aura of the City of Calamity preserved within the Blasphemy Card was significantly diminished.
This piccolo is indeed not that simple. It is not formed from the aura of that higher level, but more like the phantom of the mysterious city on my body, a passage directly to that higher level! After becoming a demigod, Evan's control over the City of Calamity has been further strengthened, which is why he has a deeper understanding of the current situation of the City of Calamity.
Simply put, he does have authority over the City of Calamity, but the power he can mobilize is actually not much. The entire City of Calamity seems to be suppressed by an unknown seal.
Therefore, the City of Calamity he entered during meditation was actually a projection of the real City of Calamity, and he could only mobilize the power of the seal that seeped out from the real City of Calamity.
At this moment, Piccolo's sensations for Evan could not be explained by so-called pollution; rather, they were somewhat like a projection on his body.
Evan could probably destroy the piccolo completely if he used all his strength, but the price might be that the power projected by the City of Calamity through the seal would be completely consumed. However, the price would be that he might temporarily lose control of the City of Calamity, which is something Evan absolutely cannot accept.
But if we don't destroy this piccolo, then what should we do with it?
Previously, Evan had wanted to use this piccolo to subtly probe Robert's secret, but now he dared not do so.
Just as Evan is effective against Beyonders of the Hunter and Assassin paths, this piccolo might be just as effective against Beyonders of the Arbitrator path.
Don't be fooled by the fact that this piccolo doesn't seem to be reacting now; it might not be the same when it's in front of Robert.
Without knowing the extent of the danger, to joke about Robert's safety is simply reckless; he's not that careless.
However, at the same time, Evan thought of another question: what exactly did the person who gave him the piccolo want to do?
First of all, it can be seen from the images transmitted by Klein that the woman could not possibly be the owner of that grayish-white mist; she was a person who had been corrupted.
Therefore, her logic of action is not her own, but the logic of action of that unknown higher-level entity; in other words, she is merely an agent.
This piccolo is, in a way, a switch, a switch that might allow people to access that higher level of things.
Just like how I can control the authority over the City of Calamity through the phantom of the City of Calamity!
So if this piccolo really ends up in Robert's hands, it's possible that Robert could use it to control the power behind the piccolo!
Of course, this is just the most optimistic guess. In fact, it is more likely that the piccolo is a bait. The thing it represents has been activated, but it has not truly come to life, so it needs to find a host, which is why it found Robert.
Or perhaps it has indeed become fully activated, but is dissatisfied with its current proxy and wants to find a new proxy, etc. Evan shook his head, feeling that all sorts of guesses were possible, making it really difficult to make a judgment.
"Forget it, I'm not an exceptional individual who can act as an 'arbitrator' or 'lawyer.' Any speculation is like looking at flowers through a fog; I can't figure it out at all. I'll just inform Robert about this and let him assess it himself!"
Evan was unwilling to bring the piccolo to Robert and thus harm him, nor did he want Robert to miss a possible opportunity, so he could only let Robert make the decision himself.
Evan quickly wrote a letter, recounting how he acquired the Piccolo. He covered everything except for the gray fog and the city of calamity, using the goddess of night as a shield for any inexplicable points.
After finishing the letter, Evan checked it over from beginning to end. Feeling there were no problems, he went straight to the street, found a newsboy at random, tore off a one-pound bill in front of him, handed him half, waved the other half in front of him, and then said with a smile:
"Within two hours, deliver this letter to the security office of the Parliament building, and make sure the security personnel see what I wrote on the envelope. Then hand the letter to them, and you can come and collect this half, understand?"
The newsboy, whose face was still relatively clean, looked at the half-finished banknote dangling in Evan's hand, then at the banknote in his own hand, swallowed hard, gritted his teeth, and said:
"Please hold on, I only need a little time to get to the parliament building!"
With that, he took the envelope from Evan's hand and ran towards the Parliament Building.
Watching the newsboy's departing figure, Evan smiled. The witch's intuition told him that the newsboy would dutifully deliver his letter to Robert.
In fact, Robert already had his own name after becoming the "Chaos Hunter," but he never used it and rarely told others.
As a price for joining George III’s inner circle, Robert had to recite George III’s name and become his follower upon entering the inner circle, ostensibly entrusting his fate to George III.
This means that anyone who recites Robert's name could be discovered by George III, and might even be simultaneously targeted by him.
This would not only expose all secrets, but would also directly reveal that Robert has already been promoted to Sequence 3 Chaos Hunter.
The fact.
It should be noted that in George III's eyes, Robert was always a Lawful Mage who possessed the recipe for the "Chaos Hunter" potion.
Therefore, Robert was never on George III's list of people to eliminate Catherine Pelle and Panatia.
Even if Robert's promotion could be covered up, and George III didn't pursue how Robert concealed his promotion, Evan's side couldn't escape suspicion.
Because in George III's eyes, Evan was a safeguard for controlling Robert, similar to the relationship between a military supervisor and a general.
The military supervisor not only knew that the general was secretly plotting something, but he also failed to report it afterward.
Not only did they fail to report it, but they also secretly colluded with the general. Even an emperor couldn't tolerate that.
Therefore, communicating by reciting Robert's name was a very risky act for both Robert and Irwin, so they never used this method to contact each other.
Robert knew the risks, but he still told Evan his name so that Evan could ask for help in the most urgent situation.
This could also be considered the last way Robert and Evan communicated.
Back in his apartment, Evan sat on the large sofa in the living room, closed his eyes to rest, and waited for Robert's reply.
Less than an hour later, Evan's heart stirred slightly. He opened his eyes and found Robert, dressed in a sharp suit, standing directly in the living room.
The piccolo in Evan's hand flew directly out of his palm and towards Robert, like a fledgling returning to its mother's embrace.