910 Monster Pathway (1/2)
A few minutes later, Daly Simone and Leonard Mitchell, who had repeatedly made errors in judgment, finally arrived at the top of the steep staircase.
They proceeded down the steps at a very slow speed, cautious of their surroundings, and they were ready to enter combat at any moment.
However, they failed to encounter any abnormalities even when they reached the bottom of the flight of stairs. They didn't even find any useful clues.
Daly grabbed onto the wind, cupped her hand to her ear, and listened carefully.
A few seconds later, she looked around her and said, ”There was a gunshot. A weapon once dropped around the street bend. Th-that man named Enzo is d-dead…”
”Who did it?” Leonard asked in surprise.
From his point of view, due to the repeated failures they had encountered, Enzo had easily escaped their pursuit. The possibility of a Rose School of Thought monitor silencing him and wiping away any clues was zero.
If that were the case, who could've killed that Beyonder who was suspected to be a Sequence 5 or 6?
It needed to be mentioned that the Red Gloves had used a Sealed Artifact to implement anti-divination before they carried out tonight's operation. It was unlikely for anyone to predict it ahead of time and wait there to hunt the escaping Enzo.
Daly shook her head.
”Those little guys didn't see anything. It's likely a Beyonder who's good at anti-divination…
”Perhaps it's Enzo's enemy, and they had been planning to act tonight.”
She simply offered a guess of hers, and the duo began independently searching the nearby streets to see if they could find any missed clues.
Taking this opportunity, Leonard circled to a fence in a particular street. Suppressing his tone, he asked, ”Old Man, did you discover anything?”
Inside him, Pallez Zoroast replied after three seconds, ”You should have heard a tragic scream and had used that to correct the direction of your pursuit effort.
”It was let out by Enzo. He had apparently seen something extremely terrifying and indescribable, something that could directly cause damage and corruption to his Soul Body.”
Leonard was taken aback for a moment. He narrowed his eyes as he repeated softly, ”Extremely terrifying and indescribable…”
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Inside the inn, Klein Teleported back with his new marionette.
He then made his marionette stand to his side as he sat down. As he sized up his marionette, he sighed.
A Beyonder of the Monster pathway. But he's still inferior to Senor. There's no way for him to hide in a gold coin for ease of transport. I can only let him follow beside me…
From his Beyonder Sequence, he isn't a core member of the Rose School of Thought, but his Sequence isn't too low. Some importance must've been placed on him. That also means that if I don't disguise him, it's very easy for me to be targeted by the Rose School of Thought…
On the contrary, I can probably use him as bait to fish for another Wraith. When the time comes, he can walk alone while I hide 200 meters away to wait for the bait to be hooked.
No, I can't. I mustn't let greed get to my head. The Southern Continent is where the Rose School of Thought is active. Once I expose my location, with how much importance the Mother Tree of Desire places on me, not only will a saint come, even an angel might appear!
Yes, it's better if I disguise this marionette. As a Faceless, I'm quite skilled at disguises…
Then, I'll continue using mystical methods to find my next marionette. I'll wait for Danitz to finish his investigation and for Mr. Azik to come find me.
Klein quickly made up his mind. Using a myriad of means, he gained an understanding of his new marionette's level and Beyonder powers.
He was a Sequence 5 Winner of the Fate pathway!
In this pathway, a Sequence 9 Monster was one who had super high spiritual perception. They often heard sounds others couldn't hear, and also see things others couldn't see. This allowed them to occasionally see the future and have an acute intuition for danger.