Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1112 The Shadow of Betrayal

Angel easily returned to reality from the "mirror world" and appeared in the ruins of the uninhabited village on Sorna Island deep in the violent sea.

Half a year ago, she was ambushed by the "Blue Witch" of the Witch Cult. The fight between the two resulted in the complete destruction of the only port on the island. The residents rescued by Angel also settled elsewhere under the arrangement of the Storm Church, making this place a no-man's land.

But Angel discovered that many people had secretly returned to the island recently and rebuilt a pier near the huge pit created by a trace of divine power emitted by the original witch Chick, to accommodate more people, seemingly intending to turn it into a new port city.

She guessed that these people might have returned to this island with a good environment and fresh water in order to escape the war in the Rorsted Archipelago.

"Fortunately, they didn't come to this abandoned village. Otherwise, any power leaking out of the 'City of Disaster' would be enough to drive them crazy or kill them, or even turn them into monsters with their bodies and heads separated..."

Angel muttered to himself as he came to the basement leading to the "God-Forsaken Land". He stood on the altar painted with complex patterns and symbols, but he did not "cross over" immediately. Instead, he whispered the honorific name of Mr. Fool.

This was a task that the being had specifically instructed after the last Tarot meeting, requiring Angel to report the war trends she had learned in the form of prayer in the near future. And she learned from Klein that he had also received a similar task.

Could it be that, just like when George III was promoted, this resurrected god will intervene in the war between the seven gods again?
She pondered, summarizing the information she had received from Elaine and Sherman in her mind and whispered:
"... Bayam's rebels who believe in the 'Sea God' have reached an agreement with the local colonial government and the Storm Church, and have peacefully transferred governance. The military and church forces have returned to the northern continent to support Backlund, and the rebels will form a temporary government to ensure the safety and interests of the Loen people who remain in the area...

"…Backlund's defense line has retreated to the suburbs. The armies of Feysac and Intis have joined forces near White Cliff Town. Feynaport has cut off the estuary of the Tussock River from the south. The war may soon end with Loen's complete defeat.

"...The only good news is that the Church of Steam did not get too involved in this war. Their church in Backlund has always remained neutral. But with the fall of Backlund, this neutrality may not last long..."

After reporting the recent news, Angel waited for a moment, but did not receive a response from Mr. Fool.

"It feels like a routine prayer. Perhaps not only Klein, but all Tarot Club members need to do this... Is it some kind of special ritual?"

She sighed a few times, thinking that the time was almost up, and used her own blood to activate the runes on the ground. In the sudden darkness, she arrived at the "God-Forsaken Land" and appeared in the basement of the abandoned giant village.

After many trips back and forth between the outside world and the God-forsaken Land, this area that Angel had to pass through had long been cleaned up by her. Those who were still alive also regarded this village as a place of death and did not dare to approach it at all.

She lit a lantern, left the basement and walked onto the quiet street, waiting for Klein's "summon" under the dark night sky with lightning flashing continuously.

Angel had made sufficient preparations for this exploration of the Giant King's Court. He communicated with Archbishop Heraberg of the "City of Exile" Morola in advance and obtained permission to borrow the power of "0-01". Another level 0 sealed object, the "Sword of Glory", was also in the underground memorial hall of Patis, surrounded by mirrors and ready to be projected at any time.

She simply didn't bring other demigod-level magical items, such as "Angelica's Blade", "Rose Necklace", and "Wings of Death". On the one hand, the mirror space of the God-Forsaken Land was not connected to the outside world, and Angel needed to bring them here one by one, which was very troublesome; on the other hand, in several battles with angels, she found that these magical items equivalent to "level 1" seals were no longer very useful.

"If the 'Rose Necklace' herded a certain traveler, it could be of some use. Otherwise, all kinds of bans and executions will have little effect on angels. I might as well just go up and chop them down..."

While feeling the popularity of the Apprentice Path, Angel summoned the cursed black flame of the witch and the purple-blue scorching flame of the hunter in his hands, watching them merge into a pure black "Flame of Destruction" that seemed to contain all different colors.

Then, this flame that could destroy everything condensed and took shape in her hand, turning into a black sword with a straight blade and sharp edges on both sides burning quietly.

In the process of constantly playing the role of the master of "disaster", creating disasters on the battlefield and calming disasters on the ocean, Angel has digested some of the Sequence 2 potions through corresponding feedback. The war that affected the world was caused by her preventing the promotion of George III and ending this quasi-god, and she also received more feedback in the process of development.

This enabled her to have a deeper understanding of the corresponding power of Sequence 2, and she understood the name of the potion. The meaning of "disaster" was not only to bring disaster and control disaster, but also to point to corresponding authority and some abstract concepts.

The "weakness detection" of hunters of adjacent paths is the manifestation of this authority in terms of ability. Angel, who has integrated the power of both paths, can use the enemy's "connection" to destroy it as a whole as early as Sequence 3. After becoming an angel, he can directly control the "flame of destruction" and completely kill the enemy physically and spiritually, even if the attack is only a substitute, mirror image or secret puppet.

No matter how many "Level 1" seals there are, they are not as direct as this "disaster" to the enemy.

"Unfortunately, as a Sequence 2, I am still unable to use the authority of Chaos outside of the City of Disaster. Perhaps that is an ability that can only be exerted after mastering the power of Sequence 1 or even the uniqueness of a witch..."

Angel sighed, dispersed the black flame in his hand, and turned to evaluate the strength of the "Dark Angel" Sasriel who was sleeping in the Giant King's Court.

According to Amon, this Angel King was actually an "avatar" created by his father, the Ancient Sun God, in order to separate his negative personality. He possessed some of his extraordinary characteristics, authority, and consciousness. However, after Angel learned about the means controlled by the source substance "Chaos Sea", he felt that this was unlikely.

As a god who is not crazy and is sane, the ancient sun god must have only mastered the power of his own and adjacent paths, which means that he can only have five paths at most: "Sun", "Storm", "Audience" or "Visionary", "Secret Prayer" or "Hanged Man", and "Reader". After the sun god fell and his body and characteristics were eaten by several angel kings, the sequence 1 and uniqueness of the three paths of "Sun", "Reader" and "Storm" were in the hands of the three true gods respectively, "Hanged Man" obviously belonged to the "True Creator", and "Visionary" was collected by Adam, the descendant of the sun god.

This means that the legacy of the god who may have gathered all the adjacent paths, had some control over the source substance "Chaos Sea", and almost reached the "Old Days" status above the sequence has been divided up, and nothing is left.

How could the Dark Angel Sasriel possess additional Beyonder traits? Unless He was simply a collection of traits of Sequence 2 or lower, the equivalent of a mad evil spirit with multiple abilities...

But if it was just an angel with multiple abilities, the "true creator" of the God-forsaken Land, the seven gods outside, and the two angel kings, Amon and Adam, would not have to wait for Angel and Klein to push open the door of the Giant King's Court. They could just send down a little power to solve the problem.

"There is only one possibility. Sasriel can master the power of the Chaos Sea to some extent, or has been contaminated by it. He is equivalent to an angel who masters the power of Essence. This is why the gods who are Sequence 0 but do not have Essence are troubled... If we judge the power of the Dark Angel to this extent..."

Angel muttered, then suddenly smiled.

Because she herself is now equivalent to "an angel who has mastered the power of source essence", and is even worse than the "Dark Angel", because the other party controls the "Chaos Sea", which is the only source essence that has not been sealed in the Western Continent except for the "Source Castle".

At this moment, Angel felt her spirituality touched, and an "ancient scholar" pulled the projection of her past out of the historical gap, making her a "mirror double" with entity.

It began... She took a deep breath, disappeared into the mirror world, and then exchanged places with her double.

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Outside the Giant King's Court, an orange flame suddenly rose up, and Klein, wearing a black windbreaker, flew out of the fire and landed on the ground in a somewhat embarrassed manner.

He looked as if he was cut in half with a knife, with both sides showing completely different appearances. The right side of his face, neck and body under the clothes were the same as usual, while the left side was made up of translucent worms entangled together, constantly twisting as if trying to separate from the other half of the body and exist independently.

“Haha, ha.” Klein, who was half Germann and half worm-like, held his stomach and laughed dryly. His laughter was crazy and exaggerated. “The secret doll was contaminated, and the shadow was taken away. Now I can’t even get into the ‘Source Castle’…”

Amidst his exaggerated laughter, Klein's mind remained calm. He did not spend any effort to stop his uncontrollable negative emotions, but instead quickly assessed his current situation.

When exploring the "Giant King's Court" just now, he had taken sufficient protective measures. He first replaced the original body with the historical projection, and then let the projection pull out a new projection. He used Enuni, the "winner" who was previously his secret puppet and died in the "City of Dreams" because he was separated from the spiritual line for too long, to hold the huge "Key of Death" to open the door of the Giant King's Court.

But he didn't expect the surging power that emerged from the crack in the door, like an illusory ocean mixed with all colors, instantly swallowed up Enuni, corroding him into a strange appearance with wings on his back and a shadow on his face. It also used the connection between the secret doll and the projection, and the projection and the original body to cut out Klein's shadow and make it an independent existence.

Therefore, part of his power was taken away by the shadow, and he is currently in a state where his spiritual body is not yet complete. Although he can think normally and use his extraordinary abilities normally, the negative emotions in his heart are difficult to suppress, and he sometimes becomes crazy and reckless.

Using the Joker's abilities, Klein transformed the crazy emotions that would affect the battle into exaggerated words and actions, minimizing the harm to himself. However, he still found that because of the appearance of "two Kleins", he was currently unable to climb up to the Source Castle, return to the gray fog, and exert his greatest strength.

Fortunately, the shadow over there was also blocked by him and could not enter the Source Castle, so both sides were on the same level.

I'm afraid I have to completely get rid of the separated shadow before my spirituality and strength will be complete. Before that, I will not be able to deal with the "Dark Angel" at all... But that shadow should have my memories, thoughts, and strength. If I want to fight him, it will be equivalent to fighting myself, and I have to add that corrupted secret doll. Really... Klein's heart kept pouring out all kinds of dirty words. After a while, reason prevailed and suppressed his crazy emotions.

It was only then that he noticed that he had forgotten something important.

Since Shadow has the same thoughts and powers as him, he will definitely do one thing now...

The half of Klein's face that belonged to German turned pale, and the other half of the transparent worm began to wriggle faster. He stretched out his right hand wearing a black glove, tentatively grabbed a handful in the air, and slowly retracted it.

His palms were empty.

Angel's historical image did not respond to the call.

(End of this chapter)