Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1118: Deep Into the Shadows
It seems that the connection between the "Blood Flag of Salinger" and me has not been cut off... Angel secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and turned to try to grab another "0" level sealed object, the "Sword of Glory" hidden in the underground memorial hall of Patis in the Dream City, but found that the world in the mirror had completely disappeared from his perception.

You know, the "mirror world" in the God-Forsaken Land is not connected to the outside world of the North and South Continents. Angel can summon the mirror projection of the sealed object from here entirely through the control of the mirror world through the source of "City of Disaster", which is equivalent to building a bridge between the God-Forsaken Land and the outside world.

This connection was not interrupted even in the area deep in Chernobyl that was affected by the Chaos Sea, but problems arose in the place inside the Giant King's Court where the "Dark Angel" was sleeping.

I'm afraid that the reason why "0-01" can be summoned is because it is essentially the uniqueness of the "Red Priest" path. It seems that there are also differences between level 0 seals... Angel muttered, and turned to look at the Silver City team who were also vigilantly watching the surrounding dark area.

"Chief" Colin held two swords in his hands, his eyes calm and steady, giving people a sense of security; Lovia's full body armor made of black material reappeared, making her look more like a knight than the "Silver Knight" beside her; Derrick looked a little flustered, obviously not used to the gap from the bright outside world into the dark hallway.

After silently grading the combat power of the three people, Angel looked back at the huge main entrance that the five people entered, but was surprised to find that the doorway that was scattering dots of light and completely isolated from the outside sunlight had been swallowed up by darkness, and no outline could be seen at all.

Klein, who was standing by, also saw this scene and couldn't help but laugh out loud:
"It seems that the owner here doesn't want us to leave."

He originally wanted to leave the building where historical projections could not be summoned, summon the projections of the messenger Renette or other angels again, fill his three "summoning" positions, and then come back here. He didn't expect that he would have no way to retreat now.

"It seems we can only move forward."

Colin Iliad nodded slightly, and Derrick beside him also calmed down. He raised the hand that was not holding the hammer, and let circles of golden light bloom from the palm of his hand, illuminating the darkness around the five people like a little sun.

Stone pillars so tall that their tops could not be seen appeared around them, and a large door shrouded in shadows appeared at the back. The darkness in front was so deep that even the light could not penetrate it.

Without communicating, they all knew which way they should go. Angel took the lead again, and the "Silver Knight" Colin followed beside her, ready to take over the defense at any time. The rest followed... wait?
Just as Angel felt relieved by Colin's tacit cooperation, she found that the figure who was taller than her and gave her a sense of security disappeared from the corner of her eye!
Neither her spirituality nor her other senses detected anything unusual.

She turned around suddenly and looked at the other three people. She found that Klein's smile became even more pronounced, and Derrick looked at an empty space in astonishment - there originally stood the believer of the "True Creator", the "Black Knight" Lovia.

In just a moment, two people in the five-man team disappeared silently.

"What did you see?"

As Angel asked, he made a divination pointing to himself rather than the missing person to avoid being contaminated by the other person's experience, but there was no doubt that he got nothing.

She looked at Klein again and noticed that his expression and movements were stiff for a moment, and then he shook his head, indicating that he didn't notice anything wrong either.

Could it be related to the out-of-control divine power in the Forsaken Land that disappears in darkness? But Derrick has illuminated the surroundings... Or maybe it's some kind of "teleportation" or mirror magic, but I'm sure I can sense the latter...

Angel's thoughts raced, and just as he was about to speak, he suddenly discovered that the shadow under Derrick's feet, cast by the sunlight in his hand, expanded as if alive, and enveloped the "One Without Darkness" from bottom to top like a curtain, swallowing up the sunlight he emitted, and blending into the surroundings.

This caused Angel's vision to fall into darkness that even the "Assassin"'s ability could not penetrate. She immediately drew out several high-temperature blue-purple flames to make the surroundings bright again.

There was no one in front of her. Even Klein disappeared in the darkness of that moment. Only the "Silver Knight" secret doll, whose spirit was controlled by him and was now standing still, was left.

This strange feeling was like five people making an appointment to go on an adventure, but as soon as they entered the forest, he was the only one left. Angel's hair stood on end, and he reached out to pull "0-01" out of the mirror world.

But she saw from the silver knight's shiny armor that her own reflection was also enveloped by a layer of black shadow. She didn't even have time to enter the "mirror world" to escape, and she merged into the darkness just like the "sun" Derrick who she had seen disappear with her own eyes.

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When he regained his vision, Angel found that he was still standing in the same place. The huge stone pillars around him had not changed their positions, but the impenetrable darkness had receded, and only shrouded the ground, walls and stone pillars like a faint shadow.

The positions of Colin, Lovia, Derrick, and Klein, who had disappeared one after another before, had not changed. They looked around cautiously, as if they had just arrived here a few seconds ago and had not had time to explore the surroundings.

It was like a mirror image of the hall just now, no, it should be said to be a shadow. According to my performance when I "disappeared" just now, I was obviously swallowed by the shadow and came to the invisible and dark interior... Is it the power of the "Dark Angel"?

While Angel was analyzing the situation, the others also communicated briefly and confirmed that everyone was swallowed by their own shadows and came here, while the secret doll was unable to keep up for some reason.

Afterwards, the five of them once again turned their gaze towards the direction they had planned to explore. The darkness there also receded, leaving only a faint shadow. They could vaguely see semicircular cascading steps and a huge black throne in the back.

The moment they watched, the shadow dissipated, revealing a figure sitting leaning on the throne.

The giant-like man rested his left elbow on the armrest, his chin resting on his palm, as if he was sleeping. He was wearing a black robe with intricate patterns and silver threads, with a pair of black wings hanging down behind him like a cape, his black hair was slightly curled, his features were blurred, and his eyes were shrouded in an impenetrable shadow.

A name appeared in everyone's heart:
"Dark Angel", "Vice Prince of Heaven", Sasriel.

The few of them looked at each other and tacitly retreated to the door that was still closed after the darkness receded.

Angel asked in a low voice that could only be heard if one was close:
"Dark Angel?"

She did not dare to pronounce the name, fearing that at such a close distance the same result would occur as chanting the names of Adam and "Leodro", awakening the King of Angels.

"I can sense an aura somewhat similar to my Lord's."

Lovia's face was almost as gray as her hair, and she spoke word by word. Obviously, it was not just "a little" similar... Angel glanced at her and confirmed that the huge figure was Sasriel.

The chief of the City of Silver also came to the same conclusion. He turned his head to look at the Dark Angel who had his head hung down and showed no reaction to their appearance. His eyes suddenly stopped on a pair of gray-blue double doors behind the throne that happened to be opposite to the entrance they came in through.

That might be the way out of here, to the sea. Is it possible to bypass the Dark Angel directly?... He had such a thought, and then he laughed at his own naivety and whispered:
"Don't alarm Him yet. Try to get closer to gather intelligence."

After exchanging a few more words, they returned to the place where they were just swallowed by the shadow. Having barely recovered from the oppression of the breath of the superior, Lovia used the "Black Knight" to manifest the ability to herd souls, summoning a demon with many parts of its body rotting, and drove it slowly towards the throne where Sasriel was sleeping.

It has an innate intuition about danger, and can detect abnormalities in advance, avoiding actually alarming the Angel King on the throne, making it more suitable to take the lead than other living people.

With high expectations for everyone, the demon with horns on his head and bat wings on his back approached the circular steps. A web of silver-white lightning appeared beside him and a sacred beam of light smashed down on his head. Under the attack of multiple forces, he turned into ashes before he could even struggle.

This is the power of the "sun" and the "storm"... plus the shadow that brought us here, could it be that the dark angel Sasriel is really an evil spirit with the Sequence 2 characteristics of the five paths? But the "City of Disaster" can grant the power of hunters and witches. Can the "Sea of ​​Chaos", which is also the source of essence, allow the negative personality of the sun god to have a certain degree of ability to mobilize the power of the path?
Various thoughts kept flashing through Angel's mind. When he saw Lovia pursed her lips and a tall shadow in armor appeared behind her, as if she was going to summon the strongest soul she had herded to try to approach Sasriel, he quickly stopped her from doing this "wasteful" thing and said:
"I'm afraid the Silver Knight is powerless and may even be affected by the Corruption and become our enemy.

"I'll do it."

As the only angel present, the follower of the source "City of Disaster", and the "disaster" witch who can be resurrected in the mirror world, no one is more suitable than me... She muttered in her heart, glanced at Klein who was looking at her worriedly, and walked towards the throne of the dark angel step by step.

Angel stood still for a moment beside the pile of demon's ashes. Before he could be baptized by lightning and holy light, he found that the shadow under his feet, which was reflected by the light in the hands of the "Sun" behind him, moved and suddenly expanded.

Snap, Angel stepped on her own shadow, and the flame of destruction swept across the shadow in an instant, killing the shadow that had just "fallen" and had not yet taken shape, and had not yet taken away part of her spirit, flesh and abilities.

Sure enough, if that "Silver Knight" came over, it might not belong to us... She looked back at Lovia who was standing there in a daze, smiled at her, walked forward a few meters, and stood on the first step of the stairs leading to the throne.

Klein stared at Angel's back nervously, using his "virtual personality" to suppress his worries, so as to avoid letting his wild thoughts trigger the power of the "Star Staff" projection.

Suddenly, he noticed that the thin layer of shadow on the floor, pillars and walls had cracked into gaps, like eyes opening, revealing brass-colored eyeballs within.

Those eyes that almost made people suffer from trypophobia were fixed on Angel in front of the throne, outlining a graceful figure in front of her.

She was like the person in Angel's mirror, with the same long light blonde hair and deep purple eyes, her expression twisted and changed, gradually becoming ordinary and no longer possessing infinite charm.

No, that was Angel Granger during the Tingen period, who had not yet become a true witch... Klein was shocked to realize that the brass eyes around him were manifestations of the power of the "Reader" path, demonstrating the authority of "omniscience."

Suddenly, he held his breath and stared at the shadow whose features were constantly adjusting.

"Angel" of the Tingen period changed again. His hair became thicker and longer, like long snakes with eyeballs extending from the ends. His appearance also became extremely beautiful, even surpassing the "disaster" witch Angel, attracting the attention of everyone present, including Angel himself.

This is... the secret of Angel's mirror figure being able to use the "Yesterday Reappearance" spell. Is it the memory hidden by Adam? Just as Klein had a guess in his heart, the shadow that was constantly exploring Angel's past secrets stopped.

Then it exploded into pieces and scattered on the ground, fading and disappearing as if it had never existed.

This sudden change stunned Angel and Klein, who were waiting for the shadow to change again and were expecting it in their hearts.

Angel, in particular, was more looking forward to this power being able to reveal the experience that both she and the person in the mirror had "forgotten" than worrying about being watched by the brass eyes around her and being prying into her privacy. However, she did not expect that the omniscient authority of the "Dark Angel" was still unable to see through the source of power for herself and the "Doomsday" witch in the mirror.

Before she could react, the eyes behind the surrounding shadows narrowed and a vague voice uttered:
"This is... the aura of 'City of Disaster'."

The sound seemed to come from ancient times, making everyone tremble in the depths of their souls.

Soon, Klein, Colin and the others realized that it was because some of the brass eyes were also looking at them, staring at their hearts and memories.

"There are also traces of my blood, another believer of mine, a citizen of the Silver Kingdom... the aura of 'Source Castle'?"

The ethereal voice asked the question hesitantly.

His blood? Is it Derrick, the "Sun" who was promoted by using the restored characteristics of the "Darkless Cross" after it was shattered? Could the other "He" be the "True Creator" who inherited some of the characteristics of the ancient Sun God? The believer is naturally Lovia... The people of the Silver Country refer to the people of the Silver City, especially the "Chief" Colin...

Angel connected the characteristics pointed out by the voice with the people behind him one by one, and confirmed that the source of the voice was the spirit left behind by the sleeping "Dark Angel" Sasriel, which was most likely the self-defense of the Angel King.

But she immediately turned back to look at Klein, with Sasriel's last words echoing in her mind.

The aura of "Source Castle"?

The "City of Disaster" already has a corresponding character, which is herself. What about the "Source Castle"?

The aura of "Source Castle" belonging to "Tianzun" and Mr. "Fool" corresponds to Klein?
(End of this chapter)