Lord of Mysteries: Reawakened

Leonard only stood flabbergasted as this man suddenly walked in. He didn't know who this man was, but his faint spiritual intuition had screamed to him that he was someone extremely dangerous.

After all, he had just barged in a conversation that involved at least one angel!

At that instant, Leonard's head turned completely blank. It was as if his thoughts had never existed, and he was turned into a puppet.

Amon's mouth twitched as 'He' uttered ravings with a smile:

"I know you're shocked Pallez. You never expected me to pull this didn't you?"

"With The Fool suddenly appearing in Tingen, I had a premonition that 'He' definitely had something of use here. After all, why would 'He' keep so many marionnettes in the city?"

"Ah, of course. The reason why I knew you were here was because when I tried to steal 'His' anchors, I was able to figure out a loophole that made me able to track certain things regarding 'Him'. 'He' seemed to be really interested in Tingen. I wonder why~?"

"And with the help of my zealous brother, certain coincidences were arranged to make me be able to step foot in here under the radar of Evernight. After all, isn't it reasonable that a deity appearing would cause some sort of distraction?"

"It does suck that I wasn't able to use my synchronization to find you or to take advantage of the deities, but ah well. It worked out in my favor anyway."

"And also, I knew that The Fool and Evernight had some sort of connection…"

Leonard's head swelled as the ravings pierced through his heart and mind. It was almost as if his soul was being torn apart like paper being cut by scissors. His waist and ribs bulged, like a new body was threatening to be formed from his carcass.

As for Arianna, 'She' too was affected as her mind felt like it was turning to static. It was only made worse by the fact that 'She' was rather shocked because of the fact that Amon was able to break through 'Her' concealment.

But, before the ravings could've caused Leonard to lose control, Arianna immediately used her powers as a Servant of Concealment to 'erase' Leonard and transport him and Pallez into another concealed space.

Afterwards, 'She' would've tried to stall Amon until 'She' finds an opening to leave. Even if 'She' died fighting 'Him', Arianna knew that 'He' wouldn't have been able to escape Evernight.

But Amon had knowledge of these thoughts. 'He' was also faster. Using powers of a Trojan Horse of Destiny, Amon used a loophole so that only Leonard would've been sent and not Pallez.

'He' didn't care about the puny Sequence 8.

As Leonard instantly disappeared—like he was being erased by an eraser—an ethereal Worm of Time with twelve rings shimmered, illuminating the entire room.

Gong!

At the same time, an ethereal clock tower from an infinite distance away was struck. Out of the light that came from the Worms of Time, a pure figure made out of light appeared, like it was a wingless angel.

From the pure figure of light, an old-looking man wearing a purple robe that came from the Fourth Epoch appeared as Leonard disappeared. He' had a white beard and short, white hair.

Spreading 'His' arms out and standing in front of the giant ancient clock tower inside of the concealed world, Amon said with a smile as dark feathers roamed about like a hurricane.

"How do you like it Pallez? You still haven't caught up with me yet."

"I don't need more than five seconds to deal with you, despite a Sequence 2 angel also being here."

"I'll win before The Fool and Evernight decides to descend."

Arianna didn't waste any time. 'She' knows that time is of the essence when facing a King of Angels of the Marauder pathway. Most of 'Her' abilities wouldn't be able to work on 'Him', as 'He' would be able to steal it or deceive the rules so that it wouldn't work or even backfire.

At the same time, under Evernight's orders, 'She' couldn't flee without being sure of Pallez' safety. Either way, 'Her' being here fighting against Amon would accelerate Evernight's descent.

As for 'Her' chances in fighting, 'She' felt pretty okay. 'She' was a grounded angel herself, and 'She' would be fighting alongside a Sequence 1 Angel.

Darkness instantly surged from 'Her' body as it turned the entirety of the concealed space—including the comical city—into something that looked like a void.

In it, everyone in range will be pulled into a nightmare, exponentially increasing the effects of 'Her' powers. At the same time, bits and pieces of the concealed world were being wiped away, including the Amon at the center.

Gong!

Immediately, an ethereal sound coming from an ancient clock tower with Worms of Time as its hands resounded an infinite distance away.

The darkness that had surged, the eraser effects, all of it had suddenly stopped. Then, they began to 'withdraw' themselves.

Amon had reversed time to prevent 'Her' from reversing the concealed space!

At the same time, at various places in the room and outside of the room, various other 'Amons' were popping up. 'They' all had a crystal monocle on 'Their' right eye.

However, as each of them were popping up, most of them were getting erased instantly as if by an eraser.

At that moment, Arianna's eyes widened as 'She' felt as if 'Her' mind was turning to static. At the same time, 'Her' movements were slowing down, as if they were controlled.

Amon was stealing 'Her' thoughts and attempting to steal 'Her' fate!

But before 'He' could've done that, 'Her' figure vanished into a dark part of the room, using 'Her' concealment authority to erase 'Herself', along with the attempted parasitization.

In the darkness, as 'She' was erasing the avatar Amons, 'She' felt 'Her' body shrinking.

'She' was turning into a child!

Gong!

Immediately, another ancient clock tower with Worms of Time as its hands had been struck from an infinite distance away.

Arianna's stolen lifespan was now turning back to normal!

This was Pallez coming into the action.

"Perfect." Amon said with a smile, as 'He' used Arianna's powers of darkness to enter the domain. However, this was only a Sequence 2 avatar.

The avatar's crystal monocle gleamed. However, the monocle was on a beautiful, tranquil woman that had black hair and a simple linen robe and a tree bark belt.

Then, there were multiple monocles with identical women.

All of 'Them' surrounded Arianna, uttering useless ravings to target 'Her' mental state. 'They' smiled as they tried to parasitize 'Her'.

Using the powers of a Horror Bishop, 'She' manifested thousands of long bone-swords that had indescribable patterns on it. They all pierced at the Amons fhaf roamed the darkness, trying to search for the 'main' Amon avatar.

Whoosh!

Immediately, due to the swords of darkness, Arianna's powers in the domain had grown even stronger.

Despite the Amon's threatening to steal 'Her' fate or parasitizing 'Her', 'She' was able to use the darkness to find the main avatar, infecting it with the concept of the darkness itself.

It was as if 'She' had become one with it, despite the Amon's trying to deceive the rules of the darkness.

Outside of the darkness domain, Pallez instantly tried to find a 'loophole' inside of the concealed space to exit it. At the same time, with many avatars, 'He' tried to use 'His' powers as a Mentor of Deceit to confuse Amon's thoughts to buy 'Him' some time.

'He' knew that as a weakened Sequence 1, going against a King of Angels of the same pathway was basically a death wish. As in, if 'He' tries to attack Amon in any way, all of the powers that Pallez can muster can and will be suppressed by Amon, especially the higher sequence ones.

Thus, 'His' best bet was to allow for Arianna to stall as 'He' tried to escape, also using stalling techniques.

But Amon had not only expected this, 'He' had planned for it.

It was for this same reason—Pallez' goal to escape and Arianna's goal to stall—that Amon had forced Arianna into a domain where she would be advantageous.

Using the power of concealment that 'He' had temporarily stolen from Arianna, 'He' had partial control of the hidden space.

As for the other angels who controlled it, 'They' were Arianna and Pallez—who had stolen Arianna's concealment powers.

So, as if it was a tug of war, Arianna and Pallez were trying to fight with Amon over control over the concealed space!

Whoever had gained control over it in the end had the advantage!

Pallez had turned into a vortex filled with Worms of Time in order to increase 'His' control over the concealed space in order to leave.

However, for some reason, Pallez' form as a mythical creature suddenly stopped. He returned back into 'His' original form with white hair and a purple robe, somehow losing partial control of 'His' Worms of Time.

Baffled, Pallez' spiritual intuition pointed 'Him' towards a mystical, mythical figure that somehow entered the concealed space.

It was a man dressed in a white robe and a golden beard. 'He' had a cordial and calm expression, holding a silver cross in one hand, and a book in the next.

'He' looked like a priest in a church who was about to preach in an angelic voice.

"The Angel of Imagination, Adam?" Pallez almost cursed as he blurted out 'His' name.

Then, undisturbed, Adam spoke as if he sang, "Due to Pallez being weakened, 'His' mental state wasn't strong enough to withstand Amon's attack on 'His' psyche and 'His' avatars. This caused 'Him' to collapse 'His' mythical creature form, surrendering near full control of the concealed space to Amon."

"Indeed, this was a reasonable development."

In truth, Amon was never trying to gain control over the concealed space. Rather, 'He' had used that as a misdirection from 'His' main goal: trying to bring Adam into the fight!

Now against two King of Angels, this fight was completely lost. Pallez had almost no hope of escaping. Unless a deity had descended, 'Their' defeat would be inevitable and immediate.

Seeking to escape, Pallez tried to deceive reality's rules to make Adam's fantastical powers of an Author apply to either Amon or 'His' avatars instead of 'His' true body.

However, Amon had predicted this. Amon had stolen Adam's powers of an Author.

This was because Pallez had only deceived reality's rules regarding Adam, not 'Himself'! This was a loophole that Amon had found instantly.

This was because Adam had wrote beforehand, "Due to Pallez' weakened state, Amon's mental attacks were especially effective, weakening his predictive abilities and reasoning skills of a Marauder."

Now, with a smile, Amon straightened 'His' crystal monocle as 'He' spoke, "Amon's feeling really good today! Due to this, 'His' abilities were strengthened, making the 'Theft' of Pallez' characteristic more effective."

At this point, all sorts of concepts regarding theft whirred as Amon's body turned into a vortex containing many ringed Worms of Time.

At this point, an indescribable darkness with many hidden symbols infected the room and the city, instantly invading the space and threatening Amon's mental state.

And, using the authority of concealment, all sorts of concepts regarding concealment were combined with the darkness, 'erasing' Adam and Amon.

Gong!

Instantly, an ancient stone clock resounded from an infinite distance away, sounding the bell for the time reversal. At the same time, Pallez' body had also froze.

Then, Amon, who had turned into a twisted vortex that resembled a clock, had begun forcefully vacuuming Pallez' characteristic as 'He' tried to use another strategy to escape.

This was all 'He' could've done, and 'He' was completely at the mercy of Amon.

Not long after, Pallez' body disappeared as Amon's previous figure outlined itself.

'He' held a crystal pillar formed of glamorous light and creeping shadows. It had many twelve-ringed Worms of Time flowing inside, but time outside of it seemed to stop.

Smiling, 'He' looked at Adam that suddenly arose from 'His' 'seat'.

Then, from the darkness, Arianna's figure coalesced by the windowsill as everything seemed to come back to normal.

Holding 'Her' forehead with a slightly bothered expression, Amon and Adam both gazed at 'Her', their expressions unreadable:

Amon had a teasing, almost smug smile on his face,

Adam had a calm, stoic look.

Then, strangely, Arianna's lips curled up as 'She' muttered, "Praise the Lady."

Before 'She' could've erased 'Herself', 'Her' spiritual intuition flared up.

A great door of light suddenly appeared behind 'Her'. It was about as large as the crimson moon in the sky, almost taking it over.

It was made out of opaque worms and maggots that formed an outline of bluish-black. Through the door of light were many squirming tentacles that looked as if they were threatening to cover the entire city.

Out of it stepped a man dressed in a silk top hat, a vested suit with a black jacket draped over his shoulders.

He had a staff in his gloved hand as he adjusted the top hat on his head with his other hand.

The Fool had finally arrived.