Chapter 37: In Your Name

Chapter 37: In Your Name

Snap!

The tumbling gold coin fell into Klein’s palm, but he did not look to see whether it had landed heads or tails, because an image had already fixed itself inside his mind:

Towering trees stood among shrubs. The thin clouds high above failed to cover the many stars adorning the “black velvet” sky. The chirping of insects carried far through the quiet night, mixed with the commotion from Elk Manor after the two “explosions.”

Klein immediately used his knowledge of astrology to roughly determine the specific area corresponding to the image. Then, in a flash, he appeared beside Winner Enuni, who had taken the appearance of Gehrman Sparrow, and grabbed his shoulder.

During this process, Klein retrieved the transparent Worms he had implanted into the rat and insect marionettes, then severed the two-way connection through Spirit Body Threads.

In only one or two seconds, he took Winner Enuni with him and vanished from the increasingly panicked and noisy Elk Manor, teleporting to the area symbolized by the image in his mind.

Just as the revelation Klein had received suggested, this place was exceptionally quiet. One could even hear the sound of the wind brushing through leaves and shrubs.

One illusory black thread after another surfaced in Klein’s eyes, representing every living creature with spirituality in this area.

There were far, far too many of them—far beyond what could be described by a few dozen. If Klein wished to locate each one, match it to a corresponding creature, and distinguish the problematic one among them, it would absolutely not be something that could be completed in a short time.

However, he did not feel anxious, because he could at least confirm one thing:

As long as the demigod of the Marauder pathway did not possess an item of an especially high level, his divination result should be accurate. After all, after becoming a Bizarro Sorcerer, not only had his corresponding abilities improved again, but the amount of power from the gray fog seeping into reality had also increased. With the two combined, even without going above the gray fog, his divination ability was absolutely outstanding at the level of a Saint. It probably would not be inferior to that of Beyonders of the same Sequence from the Fate pathway. As for that demigod of the Marauder pathway, his condition was worrying, and his strength had already fallen to its lowest point.

Therefore, Klein believed the other party was hidden within this small shrub-filled wood and had not escaped farther away.

For that reason, he trusted that patient waiting was the best method.

That demigod of the Marauder pathway was already extremely weak, his condition highly unstable and close to losing control. After going through such an intense battle and then abandoning the rat’s body, his situation would only become worse. It would not improve in the slightest. Under such circumstances, if “he” could not obtain replenishment or recovery, problems would sooner or later arise. Thus, Klein could afford to wait, while he “could not.”

The chirping of insects continued in waves. While waiting, Klein seized every moment to convert marionettes. He had Winner Enuni leave this area and hide nearly one kilometer away. At the same time, Klein remained on guard against having his own Spirit Body Threads manipulated, because he remembered that the enemy had “stolen” this Beyonder ability from his marionette.

Suddenly, a gasp that seemed to come from the depths of the soul sounded beside his ear.

Immediately afterward, a hysterical voice came from a large tree diagonally ahead of him.

“Why are you forcing me?

“Why are you forcing me?

“Why are all of you forcing me!”

Amid the venomous, shrill voice, the bark of that tree rapidly peeled away, revealing the wood beneath. On the wood, holes split open one after another, and strange insects with seven or eight segments crawled out.

In their transparent portions floated many…