641 Your Show and Mine (1/2)
”What are you talking about?” The monster did not attack after it stopped laughing but looked at Lucien solemnly.
Lucien pushed his monocle and said, ”Mecantron, the Angel King, is an incarnation of Thanos, and the six seraphs are made from six legendary sorcerers at the beginning. Based on all the clues, we can conclude that the mastermind behind the curtain is Viken, the Sovereign of Disasters, who was the first to go missing.”
'King of Calamities' was both Viken's legendary class and his nickname, meaning that he caused disasters to the world, life and people.
”And?” The monster seemed really interested in Lucien's deduction.
”Since the platinum staff, an important item that Thanos left behind, is in the hands of the pope instead of the Realm of Gates, it suggests that somebody did leave this place with the platinum staff that can master the power of Mountain Paradise.” Rhine helped Lucien go on.
Lucien nodded. ”Therefore, without other clues, we may consider the pope as the schemer Viken. However, there is a paradox in our deduction.”
”Oh, what is it?” The monster asked very cooperatively, showing no sign of launching an attack.
”As the victor at the beginning who crafted six legendary sorcerers into seraphs, he was actually betrayed by the Angel King and Sard. What does it indicate? It indicates that he could not control Mountain Paradise and the Realm of Gates effectively.” Lucien had no doubt that Viken was an out-and-out demigod now.
”Viken lost control over Mountain Paradise when the situation was entirely manipulated by him, which means that something else had happened back then, and that a certain being here which was strong enough to resist him prevented him from coming to the Realm of Gates often. However, if he didn't come often, his control over the Angel King and the seraphs would be gradually weakened. Also, the being that resisted him would surely try to influence the Angel King. As a result, betrayals were inevitable.”
Lucien talked casually, as if he were not in a life-and-death battlefield but on a podium giving a speech.
”Are you implying the existence of the World of Souls?” The monster chuckled.
Lucien looked at the monster with a smile. No. Waiting for his resurrection and return in the pathway of immortality, he was obviously unable to shoulder such an important responsibility. I was talking about you. It was you who scared Viken, making him dare not to come to the Realm of Gates often.”
Before the monster replied, Lucien raised his left hand despite Rhine's surprise and pointed at the monster. ”If it weren't for you, why would the paper scraps, puppet parts, magic notebooks and experiment logs been kept intact without being destroyed by Viken?”
”If it weren't for you, why would we have run into so many clues so easily and coincidentally?”
”If it weren't for you, why would Sard have happened upon the Angel King?”
”If it weren't for you, why could he have left the Realm of Gates safe and sound?”
”If it weren't for you, where would the mysterious piece inside Sard have been from? Why would he have intentionally directed us to this place, allowing us to watch the magic circle?”
”If it weren't for you, why would you have wasted so much time talking, giving us the chance to escape, in our previous battles?”
One coincidence was acceptable, but there must be other reasons if there were too many of them!
Rhine realized what was going on and looked at the monster. ”You did that in order to reveal Viken's real face and look for helpers to deal with him?”
The monster fell into unusual silence and did not talk.
Lucien looked at the monster solemnly. ”I don't think you are guarding the Realm of Gates willingly. In fact, you are controlled by Viken and implanted with many restraints. That's why you cannot leave and why you need external help.”
”I think the experiment did not go wrong when Mr. Maskelyne and his partners created you with ghosts. In fact, it was Viken who tricked them with the devil transformation methods that he inherited from the Sun King. So, you had to follow his instruction after you were born and help him capture the other six legendary sorcerers.”
”I think you would've been another method of resurrection that Thanos left behind if Viken hadn't seen through it. That's why you are a demigod-level being and why you could 'help' Sard to perform God's Arrival!”
”I think that Viken's restraints must've been flawed since you are also a demigod. That's how you got out of his control when he left the Realm of Gates to develop the Saint Truth. However, the restraints do exist, forcing you to kill every creature that enters the Realm of Gates and forbidding you from telling everything to us. That's why you remind us in different ways and give us a way of survival by useless talks.”
Staring at the monster, Lucien declared, his words shooting like cannonballs:
”I think that the battle in Thanos' laboratory was between Viken and you. You didn't fail, and he didn't win. You got to preserve part of the experiment logs!”
”That's why Mr. Maskelyne and McLeod were reminded by you in the end and recognized who the real culprit was. That's why he told me that the enemy we think may turn out to be our best ally!”
”Am I right, Mr. Monster?”
After a brief silence, the monster suddenly chuckled, ”You're wrong in some parts. For example, until you found Thanos' laboratory and identified Viken, I could only demonstrate the strength one or half a level higher than the target's, or I would lose the ability or memory retrieval and mimicry. That's a natural limit.”
”So, you have admitted the rest of my theory, Mr. Monster?” Lucien smiled.
The monster laughed, ”You are very smart, but it's a pity that I still have to kill you.”
The monster didn't really have a choice.