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"Okay," Klein nodded lightly, then asked another question with some curiosity: "Why do you call me Master?"
The mirror's surface rippled with water light, and then lines of silver words appeared: "Great Master, the moment I saw you, I understood that you are the Master I need to follow, just as it is the meaning of my birth!"
"Are you satisfied with this answer, Master? Can I still call you Master?"
The monotonous silver words in the mirror inexplicably conveyed a sense of apprehension and flattery.
Klein frowned and pondered for a long time. He really couldn't understand why the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery's mirror Arrodes would have such an attitude towards him, almost as if it was humbly trying to curry favor.
With the thought of first stabilizing this mirror Arrodes, whose intentions were unknown, Klein nodded lightly and replied, "Okay."
"Okay, Master! No problem, Master! ^ω^"
A layer of water light quickly rippled on the mirror's surface, revealing new text, followed by a happy emoticon.
This is a mirror Arrodes that keeps up with the times!
Klein sighed silently, then saw new words appear on the mirror Arrodes in front of him: "My dear Master, the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery asked me today for some information about the Desire Apostle. Do you want to know? o°ω°o"
"Yes," Klein nodded lightly, answering very honestly.
The mirror's surface rippled with water light again, and a series of images appeared.
There were scenes of Ikanser asking about the person who instructed the Desire Apostle to assassinate Duke Negan, and Arrodes's answers, as well as his inquiry about who killed the Desire Apostle, and another Machinery Hivemind member asking about the Desire Apostle's collaborators.
Finally, the image on the mirror Arrodes froze on a blurry figure in the darkness, and then lines of silver-white words appeared one after another:
"Dear Master, you must be careful of the fellow who killed the Desire Apostle who was beside you at that time. He has an unclear relationship with the True Creator worshipped by the Aurora Order."
"He has something extremely terrifying on him, which even prevents me from peeking at him. Besides that, he also has a very high-level hidden blessing on him!"
"He—"
The text appearing on the mirror's surface paused, and the unformed characters dissipated one by one, re-condensing into a new sentence:
"Master, the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery is summoning me. I need to leave first."
"Goodbye, my great, supreme Master. Your loyal servant is always at your command!"
Lastly, there was a waving emoticon.
One or two seconds later, all the text on the mirror Arrodes disappeared, reflecting Klein's figure again.
It left just like that? Why does it feel a bit rushed? Was it trying to say something just now but was stopped?
Klein frowned and pondered for a moment, then turned and left the washroom.
Deep in the Spirit World Depths, inside a magnificent Library.
Leyton, who had already digested the Mysticism Magister potion, was preparing to ask Mr. Hughes for the Prophet characteristic he had promised him before.
Mr. Hughes, seated on a high-backed chair, had a fleeting glint in his eyes, then softly murmured, "This mirror Arrodes really dares to say anything. It has the authority of the Omniscient Eye, but not enough Beyonder characteristic to support it, and it doesn't know how to restrain itself..."
"Uh..." Leyton's mind suddenly conjured the image of that flattering mirror Arrodes, and he spoke thoughtfully, "Mirror Arrodes? Is its Omniscience authority very powerful?"
Mr. Hughes's gaze became distant for a moment, then he said meaningfully, "If it had enough Beyonder characteristic to support it, it could also be roughly equivalent to an Omniscient Eye."
Enough Beyonder characteristic... Above the Gray Fog? A sycophant gets everything in the end!
"Don't have any ideas about it. Even an Omniscient Eye cannot see through its True origin. They only know it is related to the Chaos Sea. Most likely, it was a contingency left by the former God Almighty to prevent Celestial Worthy's resurrection."
Mr. Hughes warned Leyton in a serious tone.
Embarrassed for a moment, Leyton quickly reined in his thoughts and asked with some curiosity, "If one possesses the Manipulator's virtual personality ability, would it be possible to achieve multi-casting?"
This was the ability Leyton, whose primary combat method was casting, most desired. After all, casting was not as convenient as the Beyonder abilities that came with potions; it required a certain, irreducible casting process.
This was also why Leyton preferred to use the Constellations Master's Beyonder abilities in combat rather than the Mysticism Magister's.
Even with self-developed arcana, at most, familiarity would only speed up casting somewhat, but it couldn't achieve the convenience of one's own Beyonder abilities.
Mr. Hughes nodded slightly, then shook his head slightly, saying, "If you become a Sage or a Wisdom Angel, you can easily possess this ability."
"Although the Visionary pathway's virtual personality can achieve multi-casting to a certain extent, it puts an enormous burden on your spirituality and mind, and it will also cause the strength of the spells you cast to decrease."
"Multi-casting causing spell strength to decrease... That's true, after all, it's not an external brain."
Leyton sighed softly.
"External brain?" Mr. Hughes murmured in confusion, then began to think seriously.
Leyton stood quietly by the side, waiting for Mr. Hughes to finish thinking.
He didn't have to wait too long. Mr. Hughes finished his thoughts and said with a rather happy tone, "Completing spellcasting through external existence is not impossible. It's just like using a mystical item, but replacing the mystical item with something else."
Mr. Hughes's gaze fell on the statues at the Library's entrance, his eyes filled with pure white light.
Leyton followed Mr. Hughes's gaze. Beside the statues of the figurines he had created at the entrance, a semi-illusory mirror image appeared simultaneously.
These mirror images looked rather rigid. The next moment, they all shattered, turning into specks of light that converged in mid-air into a pattern composed of distorted symbols.
In an instant, these patterns appeared next to Leyton, as if a force wanted to brand them onto his Spirit Body.
After a tingling sensation, he saw several tattoos appear on his Spirit Body.
"This is?" Leyton looked curiously at Mr. Hughes.
"Imprints for storing spells. They contain part of the will of those statues you made. They have the instinct to use Beyonder abilities and will accumulate spirituality on their own. When you need them, they can be activated to directly release the corresponding spells."
"These imprints are not permanent; each can only be used once."
"Remember to write a report to me afterward about your experience and feedback from using them. I will then make some adjustments, and then this method of storing spells can be distributed to the Church."
Mr. Hughes said in a calm voice, as if he had done an insignificant small thing.
"I understand."
Leyton glanced at the several tattoos on his Spirit Body. He didn't expect them to be test versions.
"The Prophet characteristic you need, just pray to me directly when you go back... If you need the Insight characteristic later, you will need to exchange it for something of equal value, preferably other Sequence characteristics from interchangeable pathways."
Leyton nodded lightly, not very surprised. Even the Seven Churches wouldn't have too many Saint-level characteristics.
Then he felt his vision blur, and the surrounding scenery rapidly receded. When he regained his senses, his consciousness had already returned to his physical body in reality.
After moving his body slightly, Leyton rummaged out the necessary materials and quickly set up a ritual to pray to Mr. Hughes.
Soon, a perfectly spherical, crystal-like object appeared before Leyton's eyes. Within the crystal, many shifting threads intertwined, forming a symbol similar to the Omniscient Eye.
Holding this crystal in his hand, Leyton felt something formless appear in his eyes. They burst forth from every object around him, densely packed and interwoven, together forming a vast, long river whose beginning, end, and boundaries could not be seen.
"...Some kind of manifestation of the River of Fate?"
Murmuring softly, Leyton took out the small iron box he had prepared earlier, placed the crystal inside, and sealed it with a wall of spirituality.
Green graveyard in the western suburbs.
Fors walked quietly beside a member of the Abraham Family. The other party was Dorian Gray Abraham, the teacher Lawrence had introduced to her. She was accompanying him to sweep the grave of Mrs. Aulisa and her husband.
In the secluded, peaceful, and chilling environment, Fors and Dorian walked to Lawrence, who was already waiting by the tombstone.
The few of them remained silent for a long time. After a good while, Lawrence finally sighed, "I should have died some time ago..."
"...What happened later?" Dorian could probably guess why Lawrence would say that.
Lawrence was silent for a moment, his voice somewhat helpless and tinged with a tragic meaning, "A strange Beyonder saved me. He knows a lot about our ancestors. He proposed to provide some help to the Abraham Family, but the price would be paid by our ancestors upon their return."
"I can't discern the truth of his words... However, I felt that I was going to die anyway, so it wouldn't matter to gamble with my life... I won't let this matter implicate the Abraham Family."
He sighed slightly, his voice weakening as he continued, "I didn't want you to come. Backlund is not a safe place."
"I contacted you because I wanted to recommend Miss Fors to you. She is a kind, good-hearted, and loyal lady. She gained Aulisa's approval, and now, she has gained mine as well. It was Aulisa who led her into the Beyonder world."
"I hope you can continue to be her teacher in mysticism, guiding her to continue forward on the Apprentice pathway."
The eyes that watch all living beings, the Stigmata from the Primordial Land, the Omniscient One who serves The Fool, the great Arrodes.
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