Chapter 31: Conceptualization

Chapter 31: Conceptualization

Hearing Amon’s words, Klein’s heart sank.

Before this, he had not been worried that Amon would turn the Lamp Genie against him, because Amon was a top-tier “swindler.” None of His promises could be trusted. Meanwhile, the Lamp Genie had suffered at the hands of the previous Lord of the Mysteries, and could be considered a victim of similar matters. He would surely deal with Mr. Error with the greatest possible vigilance.

This was the consequence of lacking credibility.

Sometimes, lies, fraud, and shameless refusal to honor promises could indeed raise short-term gains. But in the long run, honesty and trustworthiness still brought greater returns.

Yet now, the Trunsoest Brass Book had just formulated the rule: “Fraud is forbidden here.”

And after Amon made His promise, He had not been punished!

At the same time, neither Klein nor the Lamp Genie had discovered that He had exploited any loophole in this matter.

This powerfully proved that Amon’s words just now were true and valid. They came from His heart and were not fraud.

The Lamp Genie could even rely on his own status and special traits to distort that sentence to a certain degree, changing “I can promise” into “I promise,” making it impossible for Amon to go back on His word. If He did, He would suffer damage from rules at the level of a Great Old One.

This made Klein wonder whether the clause “Fraud is forbidden here” had been quietly guided by Amon to be formulated by the Trunsoest Brass Book, or whether the Lamp Genie had deliberately made it so, in order to make every existence who might become the Lord of the Mysteries promise to send him back to the stars.

To the Lamp Genie, this was a guaranteed profitable deal, because Klein himself already owed him a promise.

In some other situation, Klein would still have had time to communicate properly with the Lamp Genie and rebuild trust. But now, Amon’s threat was right before his eyes and would not give him any opportunity to resolve this problem.

If he chose to continue trusting the Lamp Genie, it would be equivalent to placing his life in the hands of this Outer Deity and allowing the other party to manipulate it. In the battle that followed, as long as the Lamp Genie used the Trunsoest Brass Book to formulate rules that looked fine on the surface but were actually biased toward Amon, Klein—already at an immense disadvantage—would swiftly lose and die, with no chance to reverse the situation.

In the blink of a thought, Klein made his choice in this contest.

A semi-transparent dark cloak instantly surfaced around him, and a strange, twisted mask covered his face.

The Fool!

Invisible ripples spread outward from within him, instantly enveloping the Lamp Genie, the Trunsoest Brass Book, the entire wilderness, and Amon.

Authority of “Blind Stupidity”!

The monocle of Amon’s true body briefly lost its luster, as if He had lost His sight. His gaze grew dull along with it.

The Trunsoest Brass Book’s speed in writing new clauses noticeably slowed, as though it would need fifteen minutes, or even several hours, to figure out what rule it should formulate next.

The Lamp Genie’s blurry, twisted, pale-gold figure wavered, then abruptly withdrew into the golden kettle-like lamp. No one knew whether he was avoiding something or simply reacting by instinct.

Seizing this opportunity, Klein attempted to leave Sefirah Castle while preparing to graft himself together with a certain thing.

The instant his consciousness began to sink, the monocle ground from crystal appeared at the edge of Sefirah Castle, blocking his “path.”

Even after briefly suffering reduced intelligence, Amon still seemed to remember to prevent Klein from leaving Sefirah Castle.

His eyes quickly regained clarity, though they remained tinged with darkness. His mouth widened little by little, and He laughed uncontrollably.

“I ‘wrote’ this matter into my instincts. That is a very good way to resist the effects of Blind…