1206 Sly Old Foxes, Everyone of Them (2/2)

At this moment, a slightly-aged voice suddenly echoed in his mind:

”What are you sad about? I haven't died yet!”

”Ah?” Leonard released his hands and said in a daze and pleasant surprise, ”Old Man, you haven't died yet?”

His eyes were already slightly red.

”Look at you, what are you saying!” Pallez Zoroast's voice was clearly weak. ”Ahem, to put it simply, I've died once, but not entirely yet.”

Leonard finally heaved a sigh of relief and looked around. Seeing that no one was paying attention, he lowered his voice and said, ”Did you successfully deceive Amon?”

”I can't really call it deceiving.” Pallez Zoroast sighed and said, ”All these years, the thing I've thought about the most is what I should do if Amon's true body finds me. After repeated experiments, I've also 'created' a technique. After my true body dies, I can revive in my avatar. However, I will lose the Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristic and passively lower my level. Heh, I haven't been left behind by the times either.”

”In other words, Amon killed you once and obtained your Sequence 1 characteristic while you resurrected at the Sequence 2 level?” Leonard had a rough idea of what was going on as he asked in confirmation.

Pallez Zoroast sighed and replied, ”Something like that. Actually, it's not like Amon didn't notice it. 'He' didn't do anything to stop it when I pushed you out of the corpse cathedral. 'He' just wanted to leave some hope for me, and make me lose my will to fight to the death in the upcoming battle. Sigh, if not for that, I wouldn't have been finished by 'Him' so quickly. After all, I'd basically recovered after absorbing the treasure trove's Beyonder characteristic…

Leonard blurted out in surprise, ”Old Man, you pushed me out of the corpse cathedral because I have your avatar in me?”

Pallez immediately scoffed.

”What do you think? Do you really think I'm treating you like a grandson?”

”…Don't you have other avatars?” Leonard muttered.

Pallez grunted and sighed.

”Amon actually lied to 'His' avatar. I must admit that 'He' pulled a fast one on me.”

If it wasn't for the fact that ”He” learned that the Angel of Time didn't know the exact situation of the Jacob family's treasure trove back when ”He” absorbed Amon's avatars, ”He” definitely would've taken more caution on the matter, and would've made more adequate preparations for Amon's appearance.

This was the most important reason. As for the other matters regarding the Jacob family's ancestor or Klein Moretti playing hide-and-seek with Amon's true body in the Forsaken Land of the Gods, none of them were key in ”Him” making up ”His” mind.

Leonard thought for a moment and consoled, ”Old Man, you would've fallen for this most fatal of traps in the treasure trove regardless, so it isn't bad for you to have survived it.”

”That's not it,” Pallez immediately refuted. ”If I had a premonition that something dangerous would happen, I would've directly taken up the faith of a true god and become 'Their' Grounded Angel. With 'Their' protection, I would head to Jacob family's treasure trove. Sigh, after I absorbed the characteristic and regained the strength of a Sequence 1, I was considering this problem. Should I join the Church of Evernight, or work with The Fool of yours, or remove the Parasitizing and hide from Amon like before.”

Upon saying this, ”His” emotions became very complicated again.

…Old Man really has quite a plan… Why are you so familiar with seeking refuge from a deity… Leonard sighed inwardly as he focused his attention on the most important matter.

”Old man, after Amon obtained your Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristic, will 'He' be preparing the apotheosis ritual?”

”Yes.” Pallez replied in a deep voice, ”This means that, for a very long period of time, your former colleague and ourselves would, at most, be harassed by Amon's lower-level avatars, or nothing at all.”

”What is the requirement of 'His' apotheosis ritual?” Leonard pressed.

Pallez fell silent for a second before saying, ”To replace someone during 'Their' apotheosis ritual.”

At this point, Pallez laughed self-deprecatingly.

”Amon's next focus will definitely be the apotheosis ritual. This will be our last moments of peace and quiet.

”Once 'He' becomes a god, 'He' will definitely come to you to deal with The Fool through you.

”Although I can abandon you and run ahead of time, I have to worry that 'He' has the intention of retrieving all the characteristics at the angel level.

”Gain control of those rare spirits as soon as possible, digest the potion, and become a demigod. Wield a Holy Artifact, and obtain the favor of Evernight.”

Leonard's expression turned serious as he slowly nodded.

He immediately found a quiet spot and informed Mr. Fool through a prayer of the key information.

…

Someone else's apotheosis ritual? The only one who seems to be able to become a god anytime soon is Adam… It's good if the two brothers end up fighting… The final period of peace… I hope that the avatars that Amon leaves behind to interfere with me won't be too strong. I hope that I can find traces of the Dark Demonic Wolf as soon as possible. I hope that Dorian will agree to the deal… Klein sighed and returned to the real world. He continued walking in the dark with his lantern raised.