Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1114 Virtual and Real

"Soon after I opened the door to the Giant King's residence, the dusk light that originally covered this place changed into what it is now. Perhaps this means that something strange has happened in the Giant King's court, which led to my shadow betraying me."

While explaining the source of the ubiquitous midday sunlight, Klein led Angel through a small path and into the depths of the Giant King's Court.

All the buildings here are not built for normal-sized humans. The huge stone towers are hundreds of meters high. Every window of the magnificent palace is as spacious as a double door. The stairs require hands and feet to climb. It is hard to imagine how prosperous this city full of giants was before the giant king Ormir fell.

"Soon this false sun will set and turn into dusk, then night and dawn, entering a cycle. The unchanging 'dusk' has been transformed by that power, and my shadow has fallen, the puppet has betrayed me... Enuni can also use the power of 'Storm', 'Reader' and other channels. This is a mixture of at least four or five different abilities, and the only connection between them is..."

"Chaos Sea." Angel took over the conversation.

“…That’s right,” Klein glanced at her in surprise and continued, “The power that enveloped Enuni and affected me seemed to contain all colors, but it was all chaotic and empty. Perhaps it was the power of the source that was equal parts reality and nothingness.”

The two of them kept communicating as they walked past tall but dilapidated buildings, passed through stairwells that looked as if they had experienced battles and were pierced with arrows as thick as trees, and came to a city wall with a lot of burn marks on it.

"We can't go forward. There are two 'Silver Knights' guarding the gate."

Klein stopped cautiously and pointed at the double doors several dozen meters above the stairs.

The heavy wooden door, which was obviously designed for a giant, had the same gray-blue tone as the giant's skin and was inlaid with golden nails. It had not changed color after thousands of years and was still shining.

I wonder if it's pure gold... Angel glanced into the distance and found that there was indeed a guard over six meters tall standing on each side of the gate, wearing exquisite full body armor, holding a giant axe and a big sword respectively. There was an orange-red light shining through their silver-white visors, like the single eye of a giant examining the outside world.

If they were really just Sequence 3 "Silver Knights", Angel believed that she could handle them on her own and it would take only a little time. However, if she started a battle in the quiet Giant King's Court, and her opponents were Giant Silver Knights whose every move would cause huge noise, she was a little worried that it would attract the attention of other forces, especially the "Dark Angel" Sasriel.

Klein, who shared the same idea as her, continued:

"I have tested them. As long as we don't walk up the stairs and come to the gate, these two knights won't react at all. They are probably not living Beyonders, but devices with Beyonder characteristics, similar to golems or puppets.

"Leave it alone for now. Once I have found my shadow and dealt with the hidden dangers on my body, I will come here to deal with them. This way, I can turn the Silver Knights into puppets with your help and let them die peacefully. I can summon them repeatedly in the historical pores, and the Beyonder characteristics can be sold to the City of Silver in exchange for permission to borrow '0' level seals. As long as I touch them for a moment, I will have their historical images in the future."

A very cautious and reasonable arrangement. Tsk, it's impossible to tell whether he is the real Klein or not... Angel frowned slightly and nodded in agreement. He followed Klein around the ascending stairs and came to a rugged path from the left. On one side was a towering cliff and on the other side was a bottomless abyss. It was shrouded in clouds and mist, like a fairyland.

Combined with the magnificent building of the Giant King's Court on the cliff, Angel immediately found another perspective of this scene in his memory:
That was the huge palace on the other side of the clouds that she and Klein saw after falling into a dark dream when they followed "Admiral of the Stars" Cattleya to explore the ruins of the God War!
She immediately looked towards the clouds below the abyss, trying to find the black monastery and the sea leading to the outside world. However, even with her eyesight enhanced by both witch and hunter, she could not break through the fog that seemed faint but was actually like solidified light, let alone find the surface of the deep Sonia Sea.

"Remember the adventures and discoveries at that time?" Klein suddenly asked. "I remember that the 'Mysterious Queen' called the palace in the dream the Giant King's Court, and Silver City also discovered a true believer of the Creator who had crossed the sea, the little boy Jack... Maybe when we open the seal of the Giant King's Court, we will see the vast world of the Sonia Sea."

Hearing his words, even though he still had doubts about his identity, Angel couldn't help but imagine the scene of helping Silver City get out of the God-forsaken Land, letting them bathe in the real sunlight and enjoy the sea breeze, and he felt a little excited.

Because "Sun" Derrick had been to the Giant King's Court once with the Silver City expedition team and shared his experience at the Tarot Club, Angel was familiar with this path. He quickly passed through the "Decay Forest" where the Giant King's parents were buried. When the midday light that enveloped the Giant King's Court switched to dusk without any warning, he walked past the murals of the Giant King, his queen, and his offspring, and came to a platform where he could see the orange-red clouds and the deep blue sea, and stood in front of the Giant King's residence that towered into the clouds.

During this period, the giant statues used as decorations inside the Giant King's Court occasionally came to life and attacked the two invaders. These "puppet soldiers" whose combat power was only equivalent to that of a mid-sequence extraordinary person died from the fierce mystical plague without Angel even having to do anything, even though they had no flesh and blood and were not afraid of the harm of infectious diseases.

Bathed in the sunlight that made people feel weak, as if they had walked into the twilight of life, when looking at the clouds and the sea in the distance again, Angel finally discovered the difference between the fog and the fog beside the cliff below.

You can hear the sound of the waves here!

She looked out from under the huge fence and saw that there was a dark sandy beach below where the sunlight could not reach. The deep blue waves were beating against them but no sound was made.

It seems that the sound of the waves comes from far away... The sea in the distance is real, and the beach below is illusory? In this way, even if you bypass the Giant King's Court and come to the seaside, or jump directly from this high platform, you can only land on a fake beach... Only by truly passing through the Giant King's residence where the "Dark Angel" is sleeping can you leave the God-forsaken Land and touch the real sea?

Angel was thinking and was about to exchange a few words with Klein when she suddenly felt an inexplicable attraction from the depths of her body and spirit coming from the other side.

She turned her head and found that on the opposite side of the railing overlooking the ocean, the tallest building in the entire Giant King's Court, which could be seen from the foot of the mountain, seemed to be coated with a layer of metal shell with orange-red light, showing an obvious sense of decay.

It has a twin tower shape with a pointed roof on one side and a round roof on the other. The front has a gray-blue double door, which is taller than the city wall gate guarded by two "Silver Knights". However, it has been opened inwards at this time. The doorway is pitch black, and Angel's dark vision cannot see even one centimeter.

It is exactly the same as the main building of the City of Silver, only on a larger scale... Is this the door to the Giant King's residence that Klein pushed open after double isolation through historical images and secret dolls, but is still eroded by internal forces? Angel glanced at Klein and asked:
"Do you want to keep going?"

“No!” Klein said immediately. “The power inside is corroding me and taking away my shadow. If you enter rashly, you will probably encounter the same thing.”

Angel was a little surprised. In fact, she had long suspected the identity of the "Klein" in front of her, and thought that he was a shadow in disguise. However, not only did he not lure her into fighting the guardians of the Giant King's Court, he also prevented her from contacting the power of the "Chaos Sea" that could cause harm, thus clearing her suspicion to a certain extent.

Not sure, let's wait and see... She made up her mind and was about to say something when the dusk light above her head disappeared instantly like a lamp went out, and the entire Giant King's Court fell into pure darkness without the light of the stars and the moon. The next second, the darkness was replaced by the morning light. At the same time, below the Giant King's residence, at the gate guarded by the silver knight, there was a sharp sound of weapons colliding and armor tearing.

Someone is breaking through the protection of the "Silver Knight" head-on... or is the traitorous secret puppet "Enuni" fighting with the Silver City team? Angel guessed and looked down.

Klein beside her seemed to be thinking about something, and a faint smile appeared on his face that was covered with human skin and not covered by transparent worms.

"One way or another, this 'split' will soon be over."

He said in a low voice.

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In front of the huge city gate in front of the Giant King's Court, a short and fierce battle is coming to an end.

The two "Silver Knights" were puppets that were sealed with Sequence 3 Beyonder characteristics but did not possess true consciousness. Compared to Beyonders who truly grew up in battle, they were almost mentally retarded. Under Klein's plan, they quickly became spoils of war for himself and the summoned projection of Reinette. Although Enuni, who arrived later, had black wings on his back and possessed a certain power to "corrupt" people and objects, and could separate into old and young heads, taking one-third of the flesh and blood from each to become three independent saints, he was still no match for the well-coordinated Silver City team and Klein.

What's more, there is a real angel among them.

The power of the dark evil was restrained by "No Darkness" Derrick, the "Audience Saint" who turned into a dragon was seriously injured by "Silver Knight" Colin, and the "Sun Saint" was attacked by "Black Knight" Lovia who sacrificed himself against the restraint and was at a disadvantage.

In the end, at the moment when Angel raised the "Blood Flag of Salinger", they were influenced by some all-conquering power and betrayed their original bodies again. They were chopped into pieces by the "Silver Rapier" of Klein's secret puppet Silver Knight and returned to the nothingness of history.

Looking at the messy battlefield, Klein covered his left cheek and calmed down the squirming "Spirit Bugs". He looked at Angel beside him, but found that he had put away the blood-stained flag and whispered thoughtfully:
"It seems that '0-01' can restrain the power of 'corruption'. This is enough..."

As she spoke, she turned to look at Klein, a rare smile showing on her cold face, and continued:
"When she exists in reality, I can't move freely for a long time. From now on, it's up to you."

Ah, I have to fight the "Klein" who is with Angel's real body by myself?
He looked down at the soles of his feet where there was no shadow, and at half of his body made up of wriggling transparent bugs, and felt a little unsure.

After a moment, Klein raised his head and looked at Angel, whose figure had become illusory, like a shadow in a mirror, and asked:

"Any suggestions?"

"Believe in yourself, and then, believe in her."

The person in the mirror smiled sweetly, but did not show any charm, and then disappeared in front of Colin, Lovia and others.

Before they could wonder, the double doors that had just been cleared out of the "Silver Knight" guards and had not yet been opened were opened from the inside. As the morning light poured out, two figures against the light appeared in front of the four people.

One of them was wearing the same dark dress as the witch angel who had just disappeared, with long light golden hair draped softly behind her. One of them was wearing a top hat and a windbreaker, with a cold human face on the left side and a wriggling transparent insect on the right side.

That's another Crane and Angel.

What was going on? Two Mr. Worlds and two Miss Queens? Derrick's eyes, which had seen through the sunlight, were somewhat bewildered. Colin and Lovia beside him also tightened their weapons. They didn't know for a moment whether the person who followed them into the Giant King's Court was the real "German" or some shape-shifting monster.

But I think this witch is more like the angel who spent some time with me that night... "Black Knight" Lovia's gaze briefly lingered on Angel's much gentler purple eyes. Just as she made a subconscious judgment, she heard a crazy laugh in her ears.

The voice came from Klein, who had always been in a bad mood and had been provoking everyone and using rude words. The right side of his face, which had remained in human form, was distorted, and it was unclear whether it was anger or self-mockery. He held his abdomen with both hands and bent over with a smile.

“Haha, hahahaha, you actually turned into my appearance, and you dare to appear in front of me with her, huh?”

He suddenly stood up and pointed at another Klein who was exactly the same as him except that the twisted worm was on the right half of his body, and asked frantically.

Become his appearance? Is this the negative impact that Mr. "World" said would be caused by the opening of the Giant King's residence? Derrick suddenly became clear in his mind, knowing who was his teammate and who was his enemy. He raised the lightning-wrapped "Thor's Roar" hammer in his hand and headed towards the other "world" that appeared from the inside of the royal court.

Except for Lovia who was still a little hesitant, "Chief" Colin also raised his two swords and locked his eyes on the other German Sparrow who appeared after opening the door. It was obvious that he had more trust in the one who met first and helped them defeat the "Silver Knight" and Enuni.

Facing the hostile gazes of several people, Klein beside Angel just shook his head slightly and said in a calm tone:
"It seems that your plan is to go to Afternoon Town to get help? To meet them before me, so that they will think that you are the real person, not the split shadow?
"No, maybe you really believe in your heart that you are the real body. After all, you have all my memories and your way of thinking is exactly the same as mine... But why do you think her 'person in the mirror' decisively abandoned you and returned to the mirror world instead of helping you kill me, the 'shadow'?
"Because she has long noticed that you are the false shadow. She accepted your call only to prevent you from feeling that the gap in strength is too great and you dare not enter the Giant King's Court and flee to the depths of the God-Forsaken Land. Now that you have come before me, her mission has naturally ended.

"Is that right?"

(End of this chapter)