Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1116 White-hot

He slowly opened his eyes, looked at the gray-white color that had stopped spreading beneath his feet, and watched the black flames quickly recede as if they had never appeared. Klein laughed again.

This is not a crazy self-mockery, but a smile of relief.

He chose to believe Angel and her mirror figure, gave up escaping and struggling to face the death brought by the "disaster" witch. As he expected, Angel was not really prepared to kill the two "Kleins", but just used this to let the "shadow" who had no chance of resurrection jump out, and then through the special nature of the mirror world, directly use the black flame to completely purify him.

As the "Klein" who was split apart by corruption died, the twisted black shadow was stretched and quickly extended to Klein's body. He looked down and found that his light black shadow reappeared in the false dawn light of the mirror world. As he raised his arm, it moved synchronously, no longer having its own consciousness.

His spirit also improved a lot after a sharp pain in his head. Although the "virtual personality" created for him by the projection of "Justice" Audrey still existed, the urge to laugh at the whole world surged up from time to time, but now his spirit and body have returned to intact, and he can suppress this idea very well.

The controlled Enuni clearly demonstrated the power of "audience" and "sun", so Klein was not in a hurry to summon Audrey's projection again to eliminate the virtual personality. Although this would make his personality somewhat unstable, it would add an extra layer of protection at the subconscious level, which would be beneficial to the subsequent battle against the "Dark Angel".

After allowing the half worm-like body to quickly settle into real flesh, blood, and skin, Klein looked up at Angel with a familiar smile and said:

“I didn’t expect that the ‘uniqueness’ I thought of at the beginning was actually cracked by that shadow. He should have received a certain degree of help from the ‘Dark Angel’ to create the ‘True Creator’ curse that he has the memory of but cannot reproduce.

“If you hadn’t thought of using death to test us, perhaps this debate about who is real and who is fake would have continued… Although Shadow knew that he had one more chance to perform a ‘miracle’, the only one who would be resurrected would be the normal Klein, leaving him no chance to survive. Therefore, he was unable to face death and was exposed.

"He keeps saying that he is the real one and I am the fake one, so why wouldn't he dare to die in your hands? Haha...ha."

Klein habitually stopped laughing halfway, and ended his explanation with a non-sarcastic chuckle, then asked:
"Before you thought of the last solution, did you guess that I was the real person?"

Angel shook his head and replied:
"It's hard to judge. Although I had doubts about him a long time ago, Shadow's performance was too perfect. All the details matched my memory. Although it was exaggerated, it was reasonable considering the anxiety of losing part of the body. So my suspicion was limited to a little caution.

"It wasn't until you showed up with the Silver City team, with your spirit obviously damaged and mentally ill, that I became more suspicious of him. If you were a fake Klein transformed by the fallen 'Shadow', you would definitely not be able to convince me in this state. The best thing to do is to leave first, rather than appear in front of me."

"So my act of walking into a trap has confirmed your suspicion of him?" Klein asked.

"That's right," Angel nodded slightly. "Of course, this idea may also be used by the 'shadow' who is familiar with me and do the opposite. So I can only take the opportunity of you actively asking to enter the mirror world and threaten you with death... I believe that you will definitely not avoid it."

In fact, I really wanted to escape at that time, but I remembered the reminder at the end. Although my shadow inherited all my memories and personality, and perhaps also my trust in Angel, facing possible death, I would definitely run away first with my own caution, and then find a way to explain... Klein muttered to himself and nodded without changing his expression.

As Angel flipped the mirror and reality again, the two appeared at the main gate of the Giant King's Court, which had already become noon.

Under the scorching sun, Silver City's Chief Colin, Elder Lovia, and young Derrick were still in place. Upon seeing them appear, except for Derrick who looked surprised, the other two took a step back cautiously and looked at Klein carefully until they saw his shadow return to his feet and his half worm-made body almost returned to normal. Only then did they put down their weapons.

"Look, the abnormality in me has been resolved."

Klein spoke up, his tone still a little frivolous under the influence of his "virtual personality". The skin on the left half of his body was somewhat transparent, and a small amount of "spiritual worms" could be seen wriggling inside, but his overall condition was no longer as crazy as before.

Chief Colin looked at him deeply, nodded and asked:
“Will there be any hidden dangers?”

"No, it will be helpful for the upcoming battle." Klein didn't bother to explain the problem of "virtual personality". He simply answered and pointed to the top of the giant staircase, "Keep going. That's the residence of the Giant King Ormir and the place where the Dark Angel sleeps."

The five people continued to climb under the scorching sun, stepping on the stone stairs that were obviously not prepared for humans and required almost jumping to reach the top of the stairs. They strolled among the densely packed giant buildings and walked towards the palace consisting of twin towers with spires and domes.

On both sides of the stairs were armored statues holding halberds and giant swords. They originally had the strength of Mid-Sequence Beyonders and were puppets guarding the royal court. However, they had already died from the mystic plague on the way to this place with Angel and Shadow, and were petrified into real stone sculptures.

The "Silver Knight" puppet controlled by Klein followed behind the five people, holding a huge axe like a guard at the rear.

I didn't expect that the fantasy of "Shadow" Klein and I would be realized in another form... Angel glanced at the "Silver Knight" who had become a trophy in her mind. She noticed from the corner of her eye that the armor on her body had been damaged in the battle with Enuni, and Lovia, who had revealed the black robe underneath, was staring at her.

She slowed down her pace, walked up to the Saint of Silver City, and asked directly:

"Is there something wrong with me?"

Luo Weiya seemed to have just realized the impoliteness of her behavior, and looked away with difficulty, saying:

“I feel the breath of my Lord.”

Is it because of the curse from the "True Creator" in the mirror world just now? Angel thought thoughtfully, and after a moment he smiled and replied:
“Perhaps He is watching this quest, watching you.”

In a sense, the deity was indeed paying attention to the exploration of the Giant King's Court. Of course, He was paying attention to the Dark Angel Sasriel, not this believer... She did not speak out this speculation, but walked back to Klein's side, just like when she followed Shadow to explore the palace. Only this time, there were several more followers.

……

Coming once again to the platform where they could see the sea in the distance and hear the sound of waves, they stood in front of the open double doors, looking at the deep darkness inside and cautiously did not enter immediately.

"The power that caused my shadow to fall and the puppet to betray me has dissipated. I suspect it was the pollution caused by the dissipation of the power of the Dark Angel over the past thousand years. In this sense, I have set a trap for you. Otherwise, if you open the door now, everyone will face the same problem as I did just now."

Klein's clown-like "virtual personality" still had some influence on him, causing him to boast about himself involuntarily. He then pulled out a projection of a rabbit from the "City of Dreams", but did not turn it into a secret puppet. Instead, he used the natural connection between the "Ancient Scholar" and the projection to urge it to jump into the back of the gate and be swallowed by the darkness.

The reason why he did not summon a stronger projection, or even summon himself, was out of vigilance against the "corrupted" power within the darkness. The same was true for Angel's "mirror stand-in".

“…We lost contact.”

Sensing the rabbit's connection from reality to mysticism completely disappearing, Klein explained in a low voice, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

This situation cut off his usual practice of using historical projections to explore the way forward, and the more difficult the problem, the more the "clown" could not help but smile at himself.

"Neither plague, invisible thread, nor petrification can pass through this gate."

Angel, who was following the experiment, also made a judgment.

Colin Iliad held a long sword in each hand, standing at the side of the gate, and commented without surprise:

"This is the Angel King, even though He has been sleeping for more than two thousand years and His power is no longer complete."

"It seems that we can only enter the gate ourselves to know what is inside, open the seal of the Giant King's Court, and truly touch the sea."

Lovia Tiffany looked at the endless deep blue ocean outside the railing with her light grey eyes and spoke in a firm tone.

After finding the Giant King's Court and confirming the strength of the guards inside, Silver City tried to bypass the palace complex and come to the black beach from both sides, but found that the entire sea was illusory and forcing entry would even cause the body to dissolve.

Only on this platform can you truly hear the sound of the waves, and only by passing through this door will you have a chance to open the seal and let Silver City see the light again.

Not only her, Colin and Derrick had the same idea. When they looked at the dark and dangerous door, there was no fear or hesitation, only firm belief.

Compared to me and Klein, they who don't even have a chance to revive are the real warriors... After confirming everyone's will with his eyes, Angel nodded to Klein and walked towards the open door first.

Next came Klein, who was carrying a secret doll and holding the projection of the "Star Staff", and the three heroes of the City of Silver.

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In the suburbs of Backlund, the joint forces of Feysac, Feynaport, and Intis were attacking the capital of Loen in full swing.

The Backlund defenders occupying the high ground fired their cannons one after another, letting the shells, which were emitting deep black or dark blue light, fly in high arcs towards the enemy positions not far away.

But they failed to break through the invisible barrier that suddenly appeared and exploded in the air, bringing deep darkness or bursts of lightning.

The attacking coalition forces quickly fought back, and the invisible barrier with amazing defensive power was opened. Uniform flaming spears were thrown towards the defending artillery positions. Before they hit the ground, they disintegrated into quickly dissipating flames, as if they should not have existed in the world.

The thick fog that kept emerging and covering the battlefield was blown away by the strong wind and gathered again. A huge one-eyed human figure and a blurry figure with extra arms growing out of his ribs were looming. In the sky, the scorching sun-like light and fast-moving lightning alternated.

In a corner of the battlefield, Audrey Hall, wearing hunting clothes and having her appearance changed by a magical item, appeared in everyone's blind spot.

PS: Thanks to the leader of "永之亭" for the reward (づ￣ 3￣)づ~☆

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