Chapter 205: The Blatherer

Chapter 205: The Blatherer

Picking up the slender blood crystal and smelling the faint scent of sulfur, Klein vaguely sensed the corrosive power hidden deep within it.

“Legend says the Abyss is the most contaminating place. Even angels can fall and lose control there. Those who guard the Abyss will ultimately be assimilated by the Abyss… The traits the Death Knell displayed do fit that rather well. Mm, a deepening of the Apostle of Desire?” Klein let his thoughts wander.

Very quickly, he noticed one detail: Gilchies had sworn loyalty to the Death Knell, not to the Undying King Agalito!

“Does that mean the true Undying King is actually the Death Knell, while Agalito is only its representative—or perhaps the manager of those it contaminates? Heh, rumor says Agalito isn’t a demigod and hasn’t reached Sequence 4, that he relies entirely on the Death Knell to become one of the Four Kings. If that’s true, then his actual condition may be even worse than I imagined. He may have no autonomy at all…

“Of course, I can’t rule out the possibility that he is Sequence 4 and that he has a cooperative relationship with the Death Knell. Devils are always cunning and fond of misleading others…”

Klein pondered for a few seconds, then once again attempted divination to see whether he could obtain a revelation regarding the use of the slender blood crystal.

He was not worried this would bring him great trouble. Or rather, he was already prepared to face great trouble. Even if this connected him to that demon king in the Abyss, at most it would be equivalent to another backlash from the True Creator or the Eternal Blazing Sun. Klein believed the gray fog could still block and suppress it.

This is the first time, so I won’t be locked onto. The problem shouldn’t be too serious… And I already divined its origin just now. There was no danger, so the Death Knell definitely isn’t a Sequence 0-level demon… Huh, isn’t that obvious? If it were truly a Sequence 0-level demon, or a Sealed Artifact at the level of the King of Angels Amon, there would be no need for it to avoid the combined forces of me, the Queen of Mysteries, Admiral of Stars, and Anderson… Klein suddenly realized he had frightened himself for no reason, and he seriously began dream divination.

In the gray, hazy world, he saw a world filled with viscous black fog.

A monster composed of huge dark lumps of flesh wriggled closer. From inside its cavity burst a furious roar:

“Blatherer!”

The scene shifted. An altar of ancient style appeared, drenched in blood. Upon it were carved one filthy word and symbol after another, as though they were calling out to something.

The gray world then shattered, and Klein slowly opened his eyes, sitting upright.

He tapped the edge of the mottled long table with his fingers and silently said to himself, “Does ‘Blatherer’ mean that before the Death Knell became a Sealed Artifact, it was a Blatherer from the Abyss? Or does it mean that the enormous monster made of dark lumps of flesh was killed by a Blatherer and became a Sealed Artifact?

“Heh heh. Either way, a ship must have participated in the end. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have solidified into its current form.

“Mm… Judging from that laughter that nearly made people lose control, the Death Knell is more likely to correspond to the Blatherer. I can preliminarily judge that it isn’t a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact. Otherwise, the Undying King would be the foremost of the Four Kings… Probably Sequence 3? And Agalito’s match with it is clearly not ideal. The degree of power it can display isn’t especially high—Sequence 4 at most…

“That altar with a sense of filth and calling out symbolizes that this blood crystal can be used to summon a high-ranking demon? For example, a Blatherer?”

Klein, who had no idea how to summon a high-ranking demon and had no intention of doing so, casually threw the slender blood crystal into the junk pile together with the glowing crystal—the Beyonder characteristic left behind…