1252 Mr. Clown (1/2)
When they saw the figure walking out from behind the collapsed tower, the members of the City of Silver's expedition team immediately put up a defensive stance, ready to attack or provide any defense.
In their eyes, the man wearing strange clothes and a strange hat was equivalent to a monster, a particularly terrifying one at that!
Even normal Beyonders would view themselves as monsters after being subject to such a physical mutation!
Upon seeing the reactions of the half-giants, Klein grinned widely and said with a beaming smile, ”Hello everyone, I'm Gehrman Sparrow.
”All of you should be glad that I can still control myself. Otherwise, you would've lost your minds because you looked at me directly.”
As he spoke, the transparent maggots on the left side of his face and neck were still squirming slowly. Beneath the clothes on the left side of his body, there were protruding marks that gently squirmed.
A monster! The members of the City of Silver who were not demigods were increasingly certain of their own judgment.
”You are… you are The Wor—no, Mr. Sparrow?” Derrick Berg finally managed to recognize Mr. World who he had met once.
Klein raised his left palm and covered his left cheek. He smiled and said, ”Life is always about encountering the unexpected.”
Without waiting for Little Sun to respond, he paused and said, ”I have already opened the door to the Giant King's residence. This brought about some accidents, causing the divine kingdom to change.”
The door to the Giant King's residence has already been opened? The grizzled and scarred Colin Iliad narrowed his eyes. He subconsciously looked up at the magnificent buildings shrouded in golden sunlight.
However, due to the distance, he couldn't see the situation at the apex.
However, to have the frozen sunset become replaced by the blazing sun at noon had explained many things.
Klein's gaze swept across the City of Silver's Chief and Elder Lovia, who was dressed in black armor, of the six-member council. He then looked at The Sun and continued with a smile, ”This has also brought me some negative effects, just as you have already noticed.”
At this point, he clapped his hands and said in a commanding tone, like an adult instructing children, ”Alright, Beyonders below the level of demigod are to fall back. The Giant King's Court after the anomaly is not a place you can enter.”
The members of the expedition team, apart from Colin, Derrick, and Lovia, felt an inexplicable sense of fear as they cast their gazes at the Chief.
Colin Iliad remained silent for a few seconds before turning to them and saying, ”Leave the Giant King's Court and wait at the periphery. If you see the signal, immediately act according to plan.”
The handpicked expedition team members were not only strong themselves and close in strength to a demigod, but they also had different powerful Sealed Artifacts that complemented each other. Even if they were facing a saint, they weren't without hope when it came to defeating one. However, in the City of Silver's original plan, they weren't the main force. Therefore, Colin Iliad had led them here in the hope that, when he and the other demigods shaved off the hidden enemies, these team members would be able to shine. They could then use the different Sealed Artifacts to deal with different incidents, preventing the entire team from suffering from any weaknesses.
Now, with powerful help from the outside joining them, and the fact that the Giant King's Court had indeed experienced some sort of anomaly, no one knew what they would encounter if they went deeper. With the utmost caution, Colin Iliad believed that Gehrman Sparrow's suggestion wasn't a problem. Furthermore, he had his own selfish thoughts—he didn't want members other than the demigods to suffer any unnecessary risks or meaningless casualties. Therefore, he agreed to the opinion of the monster-like powerhouse.
When the time came for an opportunity to show itself, he, Lovia, and Derrick would be able to give a signal and let the team members rush over a cleared path to provide reinforcements.
As for the entire team's Beyonder powers not being able to deal with different situations due it collectively becoming relatively monotonous, Colin Iliad wasn't too worried since the former Shepherd, Lovia, was around.
The members of the expedition, who weren't demigods, exchanged looks and hesitated for a moment. In the end, they still chose to listen to Colin Iliad.
”Yes, Your Excellency!”
At the same time that they answered, they gave Derrick Berg a deep look, as though they were trying to remind their Chief to be careful of this Sequence 4 demigod.
He actually knew a living, monster-like powerhouse!
This was very suspicious to the residents of the City of Silver, who had barely seen any outsiders!
Sensing his companions' obvious distrust, Derrick's heart ached as his eyes nearly welled up in tears.
But eventually, he didn't make any excuses. He maintained his silence and straightened his back.
After the other members of the expedition team retreated from the Giant King's Court, Klein smiled and pointed at the two demigods.
”Let me guess. You must be the Chief of the City of Silver, the former Demon Hunter, the present Silver Knight, Colin Iliad. You are The Hanged Man's believer, Black Knight Lovia, who had helped 'Him' shepherd?”
Lovia's gray eyes, which were hidden behind her visor, narrowed.
”You really look like a clown.”
The Hanged Man? Upon hearing Mr. World's words, Derrick almost doubted his ears.
He even imagined that Elder Lovia had something to do with Mr. Hanged Man, but he quickly remembered the exact image of the Fallen Creator—a naked man hanging upside down on a cross.
Mr. World used The Hanged Man to refer to the Fallen Creator. Elder Lovia chided him for being impolite? Derrick, who had just exceeded two meters in height, nodded thoughtfully as he praised Mr. World's guts from the bottom of his heart.
He actually dared to give a true deity a nickname, and even said it out loud in front of ”His” follower!
Colin Iliad looked at Gehrman Sparrow and then at Lovia. Unable to tell who was right or wrong, he calmly said, ”Let's continue moving forward.”