"Collection of fan fiction?" Upon hearing the Angel of Secrets' words, Klein's head nearly formed a question mark. It was hard for him to associate an ancient-looking tome with a fanfic collection, especially one related to the Abraham family.
"Don't be too surprised. The Abraham family members like to write things. It's their characteristic... In this regard, Miss Fors is really quite fated with them," the Angel of Secrets explained with a smile, adding fuel to the fire: "If you're very curious, I can lend you some of their books. But be warned, some of the content is... Edited, to the point where the individuals involved have protested. Prepare yourself mentally."
Klein was momentarily stunned by these words, feeling an incredible sense of disbelief. The Abraham family, this ancient lineage, had finally lifted a corner of the veil before him. However, this revelation was so unexpected that it nearly overturned Klein's original impression of the family.
"What kind of Edits?" While Klein was in a daze, Lynn took the two booklets handed over by the Angel of Secrets, casually flipped through them, then closed them with a peculiar expression. He handed the unlucky Abraham family member's diary to Klein, coughing lightly, "Ahem, you read this first."
This conspicuous behavior naturally piqued Klein's curiosity about the so-called fanfic collection. Instead of directly asking for it, he opened the diary in his hand and began reading.
"What's in it? Let me see too," Emlyn approached Klein, quickly scanning the first line of the diary, "This will be the history of a cursed family's resurgence!"
"Uh, but didn't this guy lose control at a low Sequence?" Emlyn White muttered instinctively. Although he didn't know the origin of the Master Key, he could tell it wasn't of high grade, meaning its original Beyonder was likely Sequence 8 or even Sequence 9.
'Life is hard enough, Mr. Emlyn...' Klein silently grumbled as he seriously began reading the rest of the diary.
Meanwhile, a few steps away, the Angel of Secrets, after glancing at his True Self, no longer hesitated and prepared to use the Master Key to "dial" Bethel in the cosmos.
Since it wasn't his first time doing this, the Angel of Secrets acted very skillfully. However, while "dialing," Lynn remained vigilant—not out of fear that the Mother Goddess of Depravity would follow the connection, but to prevent his True Self from glancing over like last time.
Although Lynn thought it unlikely, he didn't want to take any chances. Fortunately, this time, perhaps because True Self had already glanced at the Goddess of Depravity last time and was bored, Lynn didn't sense any attention from True Self after successfully "dialing." He sighed in relief and focused on the other end of the "call."
"Don't save me! Don't save me!" The familiar yet slightly strange voice that seemed to pierce the spirit sounded in his ears, and then, after ten seconds, the tone changed: "Save me! Help me!"
For the next few minutes, Lynn heard constant cries for help. The initial "don't save me" seemed like a fleeting disguise.
Lynn blinked, his expression unchanged, but he suddenly extended his spirituality through the connection with Bethel.
He wanted to establish a deeper connection and send something over.
Establishing such a connection with an almost completely corrupted King of Angels would be extremely dangerous for other angels, potentially leading to their own corruption. But as Lynn's spirituality spread and attached to Bethel, the feminine and depraved force that nearly filled every corner of Bethel's soul began to retreat in fear.
'As expected... I am also a form of corruption, not inferior to that of an Outer God.' Lynn wasn't too surprised; he had long suspected this and was now further verifying it.
Then Lynn frowned. He realized that while he could suppress the Goddess of Depravity's corruption within Bethel, he couldn't completely cover or eliminate it.
'If the Unknown Entity came, it could probably clear it directly. But that would likely destroy Bethel, like how Roselle's corrupted personality was blown apart, or worse—turning the entire soul into an idiot...'
Lynn had some guesses. While his power also had a corrupting nature, it was far gentler compared to True Self. Though it could only suppress and not eliminate the Goddess of Depravity's corruption, it wouldn't harm the corrupted individual.
'This difference isn't just between the main body and a clone. It's like my characteristic has been deliberately weakened...' Lynn murmured subconsciously, but his manipulation of the soul continued.
He quickly used the connection with Bethel to extend his spirituality over Bethel's entire soul. Although time was short, Lynn couldn't immerse Bethel's soul as thoroughly as the Mother Goddess did, but he could wrap Bethel up like a bubble, temporarily suppressing the corruption.
After successfully adding a "bubble" of spirituality to Bethel, Lynn sensed a change in the aura of Bethel, who was floating in the cosmos beyond the Earth's barrier. The once crazed and cold Bethel closed his eyes in pain, but when he reopened them, there was a bit more clarity in them.
Only then did Lynn feel like he was truly seeing Bethel.
However, Lynn didn't immediately greet the initially conscious Bethel. Instead, he quickly compressed some Information in his mind, and using his Knowledge Emperor pathway abilities, he sent this Information package to Mr. Door in the cosmos.
Bethel, whose consciousness was still fighting against another personality, instinctively opened the Information package, and he froze.
So did the repressed yet still stirring corrupt personality within Bethel.
"Ahhhhh—"
TN: The internet service provider place caught on fire, so I didn't have an internet connection for a week, I should get back to regular update soon.
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