Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1092 True and False Ritual
When touched by Angel's gaze, the "Blasphemy Card" with a picture of Emperor Roselle wearing women's clothes and with a rather funny expression emitted a faint deep purple light and turned into an illusory book.

Inside, pages with words like "Assassin" and "Witch" and beautiful illustrations of Russell's role fluttered, finally stopping at the page with "Despair".

A woman named Roselle, wearing a silk dress, holding a black flame in her hand and with a look of despair on her face, appeared in front of Angel, and the corresponding formula and ritual gradually emerged below:

"…killed a demigod or an equivalent supernatural being mainly by his own strength, and consumed a magic potion in despair before his death."

Angel looked a little dazed as he saw the method that was so different from the ritual Elaine used when she was promoted.

"The ritual that Elaine got from Heraberg was to let more than 30,000 people get involved in the plague, and then take the potion in their despair... This is essentially the same as the ritual on the 'Witch' card, but one relies on a large number of ordinary people to form a desperate emotion to anchor itself, while the other uses a demigod who possesses divinity as a substitute...

"It's not that anyone is wrong. After all, I succeeded, and Elaine also succeeded... And Heraberg, the 'God of Wisdom' Herabergen, would not let Elaine, who has been recognized by the 'Blood Flag of Salinger', die in Morola. This does not conform to the purpose of "He" giving me the information of '0-01'...

"So, I asked Elaine to find Him with the Beyonder characteristics of the Witch of Despair. He would definitely predict all of this, prepare the correct ritual in advance, and provide the corresponding auxiliary materials... So, the Witch card in my hand records the wrong ritual?
"The promotion of 'Pain' was relatively smooth. He survived a quarter of an hour of burning pain, and also used the pain to anchor himself to avoid losing control.

"but……"

As his thoughts turned, Angel turned the illusory book to the next page, his eyes fixed on the "ageless" witch promotion ceremony that appeared below Roselle, who looked much younger in women's clothing:
"After a long time, I took the potion with a different mentality than my age."

This ritual requirement required almost no deliberate preparation for Angel, because she herself was an "old survivor" from ancient times, whose mysteries had just been revived and the old world had not yet been destroyed. From her memory to her mentality, she was naturally incompatible with her young body.

Therefore, after she digested the "despair" and gathered the characteristics and materials, she directly prepared the potion and took it. She relied on the memory of a long time to stabilize herself, withstood the erosion of the remaining spiritual imprints in the extraordinary characteristics, and successfully promoted to the "immortal" witch.

"No, I actually had some accidents at that time, and was almost swallowed by the cold touch. The 'Man in the Mirror' helped me and calmed my emotions. He allowed me to successfully merge the memories of my previous life with my current self, so that I would not lose control...

"Could it be that something went wrong with this ceremony that I initially thought was almost tailor-made for me, but ended up with so many twists and turns?"

With the same question as before, Angel looked at the promotion ceremony of the "Disaster" witch, which was also the one she had completed recently.

"Create a disaster that affects a conceptually 'complete region', and take the magic potion when it reaches its peak."

She had already accomplished this requirement by preventing George III from becoming a god and creating a disaster that destroyed an entire area in his "Black Emperor" mausoleum. And because it involved a being who was about to become a god and the area was closed off by the "twisted" authority, the effect of the completion was quite good.

...so good that Angel almost felt like he was being "arranged".

Of course, it was Angel's own choice to stop George III, and she took the initiative to attack the main mausoleum of George III's deification, "Relic No. 1", after Bernadette reminded her that this matter could be carried out as part of the ritual. If someone "arranged" it, it must be someone who could influence her thinking and affect all preparations for George III's deification...

Adam, the "angel of fantasy"?
Suddenly, a face with blond hair and a golden beard and clear eyes appeared in Angel's mind. Angel's expression changed and he shook his head and looked around involuntarily. He realized that this was the depths of the mirror world and was near the "City of Disaster", and then he felt relieved.

"If it is said that He 'arranged' everything, then it makes sense. After all, George III's deification was also facilitated by Him, and my 'travel' was almost always arranged by Him..."

Angel muttered, his hands and feet feeling a little cold, as if he had returned to the day when he learned the "truth" that he didn't really exist.

Taking a deep breath, she continued flipping through the illusory book and looked at the promotion ceremony of the "Doomsday" witch:

"Promote at the end of an era or the beginning of the next era; promote at the sign and process of the end of the world; promote when participating in an event that leads to the fall of a god. Choose any of the three, all are valid."

This was a ritual requirement that Angel had never seen before. It was not difficult, and could even be said to be somewhat simple, because only one of the three conditions had to be chosen instead of completing all of them.

And... according to many prophets, the end of the world is approaching, and there is only less than 18 years left. It can almost be said that it has entered the "premonition" stage; and if the world is to be destroyed by the end of the world, then it is naturally the end of the Fifth Age.

In addition to the fact that no gods died in the events Angel participated in, two of the three conditions were met. As long as she obtained the extraordinary characteristics of the "Doomsday" witch and completed the role of "disaster", she could be promoted to Sequence 1 at any time. Unfortunately, the three copies of Sequence 1 characteristics were all in the "Original Witch"... Angel curled his lips and stopped trying to confirm the authenticity of this ritual. Instead, he turned to the last page and found the description of Sequence 0 under the image of Roselle with a chaotic face and an attractive figure:
"Sequence 0: The Witch, also known as the Original Witch, the Chaos Witch. She is the source of disasters, the symbol of doomsday, the Witch who controls chaos, the ruler of the mirror world, and the feminine side of the original Creator.

"Potion formula: three parts of the extraordinary properties of 'Doomsday' and the uniqueness of 'Witch'.

"Ritual: Use the power of 'chaos' to create your own kingdom of God that corresponds to reality in the void."

How could the ceremony of advancement from Sequence 1 to Sequence 0 possibly involve the "Kingdom of God" of the gods?
If the ritual is correct, is this why the "Original Witch" is also called the "Chaos Witch"? Is this the source of her "chaos" authority?

Angel was clear about the concept of "Kingdom of God" and knew that it was a unique space that belonged to the gods and was opened up with their corresponding authority, such as the "Kingdom of Dark Heaven" of the Goddess of Night and the "Abyss of Storms" of the Lord of Storms.

When the gods still walked on earth in the Fourth Epoch, these kingdoms of God had corresponding areas in reality, separated from the real world by only an illusory gate. It was not until after the Pale Disaster that the gods moved their kingdoms to the astral realm, and the corresponding areas became the headquarters of the church, without the concept of "kingdom of God".

But these should be spaces that were opened up after the gods became gods. Do Sequence 1 have this ability? This is not some kind of "arrangement"... After Elaine completed the promotion through the "correct" ritual, Angel instinctively doubted the various rituals on the "Witch" card.

However, the "Red Priest" card obtained from the City of Disaster was exactly the same as another blasphemous card left behind by the "Red Angel" evil spirit when it fled in a hurry. This made Angel's suspicion of the ritual spread to Emperor Roselle who left behind a whole set of blasphemous cards.

"It's not difficult to verify the authenticity. The Red Priest can ask the evil spirit Soran to confirm. He became a Sequence 1 in the Fourth Epoch and even planned to become a god. He must be familiar with the corresponding rituals. The Witch can ask Katarina or Wenza to get all the correct rituals before being promoted to an angel..."

Having made up his mind, Angel put away the blasphemous card whose authenticity he was not sure, and turned to think about the impact of the situation in the "City of Exile" that he had been paying attention to for the past two months on himself.

Although the "Blood Flag of Salinger" continues to be sealed in the underground mausoleum of Morola, with Elaine as the "agent" who grants her power and controls the City of Disaster, Angel can borrow the unique status of the "Red Priest" to a certain extent and use the power that will not allow it to completely awaken and break free from the seal.

Taking advantage of the descent and departure of the "Original Witch", Angel has controlled the special mirror world around Morola's underground mausoleum through the City of Disaster, and left several mirrors contaminated by the power of the source there.

As long as the "God of Knowledge and Wisdom" Herabergen agrees, Angel can indirectly use his relationship with the "agent" Elaine to borrow "0-01" to the outside world in the form of "mirror projection" through the special mirror world.

This does not involve the problem that the mirror world cannot replicate "uniqueness", because the borrowed power is the power of the "Blood Flag of Salinger" itself, which is just transmitted through the mirror world.

Just like I placed the "Sword of Glory" in the underground memorial hall of Patis, and then transferred the power to Morola through the mirror to suppress the "petrification" power of Lisa, the vessel of God's descent... Angel thought, raised his right hand forward, and his spirituality spread. He sensed the mirror placed in Morola's special mirror world from a distant location.

Surrounded by them, the blood-stained flag in the darkness and absolute silence suddenly fluttered, and invisible and colorless flames ignited all around, causing an instinctive resistance to this user who had certain mystical similarities with his "agent" but had a slightly different aura.

But the next second, it sensed the familiar power of the "City of Disaster", and the fluttering flag slowly fell down. It was still a little dissatisfied, but no longer retained its own power.

If there were not another force representing death and eternal sleep that continued to suppress it, the uniqueness of this "Red Priest" would probably not surrender so easily, but would show the symbol of "war". No matter who tried to control it, they would have to fight first to see who was superior!
Just like a wild child with no one to take care of him... Angel laughed secretly, clenched his right hand and retracted it. In the squirming mirror space in front of him, the blood-stained flag hanging on the iron-black flagpole slowly appeared, and the surroundings were suddenly filled with the atmosphere of war and destruction.

Even the "City of Disaster" in the fog below seemed to have sensed something. The fog suddenly deepened and spread to Angel's position, as if to wrap and contain this translucent flag with a somewhat illusory outline.

Snap, the mirrored object was finally completely fixed and was grasped in Angel's hand. The flag stained with countless dangerous dark red blood spots fluttered in the wind and rustled above Angel's head.

At this moment, she was like a general holding a battle flag, a "red priest" of war.

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On the last Monday of June, crimson lights flashed through the palace shrouded in gray fog.

All members of the Tarot Club gathered again for a regularly scheduled meeting.

(End of this chapter)