Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1120 Unity is Strength (Two in One)

The moment the unique projection of the "Red Priest" appeared in Angel's hands, invisible and colorless flames appeared in the entire residence of the Giant King covered by shadows. They spread along the shadow curtain on their own, trying to expand their own territory and make other forces surrender.

If Angel only relied on the "War Bishop" bestowed upon him, the connection between team members would be limited to the sharing of some physical injuries, and they would be powerless against the power derived from the "fallen" authority, and would not be able to save Lovia's life from the hands of an angel king.

In particular, the "Dark Angel" controls the power of the Chaos Sea and is at the top of the five paths including the "Hanged Man". Naturally, it has a stronger influence on Lovia, the "Black Knight".

But with the addition of the "Red Priest", the uniqueness becomes different.

Even though the "Blood Flag of Salinger" is just a projection, it has long been contaminated by the "City of Disaster" and has a natural fit with this source. This makes the power that Angel borrows from Morola through the authority of the source almost equivalent to the uniqueness itself, enough to elevate her to a level close to that of a "conqueror".

This is why she is confident that she can defeat a Sequence 1 Archangel if she is well prepared.

Unfortunately, she was facing an Angel King who had existed since the Second Era. He shared all the extraordinary characteristics and uniqueness of the Hanged Man with the Ancient Sun God and mastered the power of the Source… He was simply the Angel King among Angel Kings, and was definitely not comparable to someone who simply possessed multiple copies of Sequence 1 characteristics…

Even though he held the banner and was full of courage, Angel couldn't help but fall into despair rationally.

The reason why she had not included other people in the team and had not summoned the "Sword of Glory" in advance before entering this shadow was because she was worried about disturbing the "Dark Angel" and causing the worst to happen. However, the memory of the "Feast of Betrayal" seemed to have touched upon the deep trauma in Sasriel's heart, causing him to wake up directly.

Not to mention that she is an angel and four saints. Even if her own mirror figure can break through the blockade of the shadows and appear, and is not afraid of the power of "Fallen", and even through "Yesterday's Reappearance" to briefly reproduce the "Doomsday" power of Sequence 1, there is no way that she can defeat a being with three copies of Sequence 1 characteristics and uniqueness of the "Hanged Man"... wait!
After Angel entered the battle, his mind was working quickly and he discovered the unreasonable state of the "Dark Angel".

Before the Redemption Rose assassinated the Ancient Sun God, His negative personality, Sasriel, had already returned to his body. Based on the ending of the Feast of Betrayal and the current situation of the Fifth Era, the True Creator is the true God of the Hanged Man Path. The characteristics and uniqueness of Sequence 1 should be controlled by Him, as should the negative personality that separated and returned.

If that’s the case, then what is this “Dark Angel” in front of us?
"This is not the real Sasriel, but an evil spirit that is a combination of his remaining spirit and will and the power of the 'Sea of ​​Chaos'!"

The message conveyed by Klein appeared in everyone's mind, and they instantly understood what he meant:
The one before them was not the "Angel King among Angel Kings", but just a remnant soul that they could defeat.

In a flash, two balls of dark flames ignited in his eyes. Sasriel, who had awakened from his slumber, had stood up from the throne. His height was almost the same as that of the giants of ancient times. The black wings behind him continued to stretch, and thick silver-white lightning appeared out of thin air in front of him, as dense as an ocean of thunder, splashing towards everyone.

He instantly found a way to deal with the connected enemies: attack each target equally.

This hit Angel's soft spot. Even if she could accurately distribute the damage to each team member, the saints could not last more than a few seconds under such indiscriminate attacks.

What's more, the connection between them is undergoing the test of "degeneration" under the watchful eyes of Sasriel!

The state of becoming a whole, being able to communicate with each other in the mind as if by the use of one's own arms and fingers, seemed to be blocked by a curtain and would soon be interrupted.

Without time to think, Angel waved the flagpole in his hand, letting the blood-stained flag flutter. The invisible and colorless flames around him gathered instantly, facing the oncoming lightning.

The silver-white lightning and transparent flames collided with each other, like two armies charging at each other, and soon disappeared into thin air. A little lightning penetrated the wall of fire and landed behind Angel, forcing Colin, Lovia, and Derrick to dodge in a hurry, so that they could regroup and launch attacks one after another.

The tall "Silver Knight" evil spirit behind Lovia leaped up and swung the giant sword in his hand from top to bottom, bringing up a terrible storm composed of the light of the morning sun; Colin's double swords chopped vertically and horizontally, and a cross-shaped silver-white sharp edge "flashed" on the surface of the dark angel; a dazzling light shone in Derrick's hand, and a blazing white "Spear of No Darkness" took shape, which he threw out, emitting a series of explosions.

Klein raised the "Star Staff" and recreated in his mind the "Realm without Darkness" created by the "Sun Saint" that Enuni had split off before. The blazing light illuminated every corner of the hall, and even the shadow curtains covering the ground and stone pillars retreated.

Under the shining light, the huge body of the "Dark Angel" became a little brighter, but most of it was still shrouded in darkness. The "Black Knight" Lovia was also affected by the sunlight, but Klein cleverly stood on the extension line between her and Colin. Most of the light was blocked by the "Silver Knight" and did not cause too much damage to his teammates.

Even if I really hurt her, about one-fifth of it will come back to me... Feeling that everyone was "connected" together, and their abilities and spirituality were shared with each other, Klein muttered in his heart, and with the notarization ability of Derrick, the "No Dark One", he announced:

"God said it works!"

The scorching sunlight in the Darkless Realm suddenly surged, causing everyone, including himself, to feel their skin being burned. This was only part of the feeling conveyed to everyone by Lovia. The "Dark Angel" who faced the sunlight directly would inevitably suffer even greater damage!
After the invisible flames ignited by Angel canceled out the lightning storm, a small amount of it fell on Sasriel's pair of black wings, instantly igniting them. This angel king among angel kings showed a painful expression, and his whole body turned into a pitch-black shadow, melting and falling to the ground, freeing himself from the entanglement of the invisible flames.

This allowed Him to dodge the "Storm of Light", "Silver Rapier" and "Spear of No Darkness" at the same time, but also exposed Him to the fierce sunlight of the "Realm of No Darkness" in the form of a fragile shadow.

Continue to strengthen the Realm of No Darkness… Just as Derrick was about to summon a new “Spear of No Darkness”, Angel’s voice came into his mind.

This is the order issued by the team commander!

Without any hesitation, he dispersed the light that had just condensed in his hand and shouted:
"God said it works!"

"God said, it doesn't work!"

An ethereal voice that seemed to come from all directions overwhelmed Derrick's "notarization", causing the sunlight covering the entire hall to disappear like a lamp being extinguished, and darkness returned to everyone in an instant.

At this moment of transition from light to darkness, the shadows under their feet came alive, rising like a surging tide, about to engulf their respective masters.

And Sasriel's figure appeared again in the shadows, and the silver-white lightning that could destroy everything appeared on His chest again. His eyes burning with dark flames swept over each enemy one by one, and the breath of "corruption" instantly filled the "connection" between them.

The team that Angel had built around himself fell apart, and the "connection" of sharing abilities and spirituality and sharing each other's injuries was transferred to their shadows.

The "teammates" who instantly disappeared from their minds made everyone hesitate for a moment. The shadows sweeping over from under their feet deepened the feeling of loneliness, making them unable to fight against their own fallen shadows for a moment, and they were almost shrouded in darkness.

The fear of not being able to defeat the "Angel King" resurfaced in everyone's heart.

Was this some kind of hint, or the influence of the mental plague... A flash of lightning flashed through Klein's mind. Before he was completely surrounded by his own shadow, he moved the "Star Staff" in his hand and reproduced another extraordinary ability in his mind.

when--

A distant, illusory bell sound echoed inside the hall, and before Sasriel's eyes appeared a mottled, ancient stone clock. Its gray, white, and blue-black dial had three twisted pointers made of "time worms".

That was the ability Amon had used in his prayer vision when Klein was hunting the Dark Wolf.

As the bell rang, all the shadows' movements slowed down, almost stopping, and the silver-white lightning condensed on Sasriel's chest was also solidified into a brilliant light.

Taking advantage of the moment when everything was stagnant, Angel's hand that was not holding the flagpole reached out into the air and grasped a "Flame of Destruction" that was pitch black and seemed to contain all colors.

The flame was immediately stretched into a straight sword and slashed towards the shadow under her feet that was swallowing up her legs.

The flames that could destroy both the body and the spirit, bringing complete "destruction" to the target, instantly engulfed Angel's fallen shadow that had not yet taken shape.

The same flames also appeared on the shadows at the feet of Klein, Colin, Lovia, and Derrick.

The "connections" that were stripped from their original bodies by "corruption" now became their weaknesses, allowing Angel to use the connections between all the shadows to destroy them as a whole.

The death of the shadow caused everyone to feel the pain of their souls being torn apart. Fortunately, unlike the previous "Shadow Klein", these shadows had not yet taken shape and had not taken away their power in time, so the damage was not great. Most importantly, as the fallen shadow dissipated, the "connection" returned to them.

"attack!"

This thought flashed through everyone's mind at the same time and was passed on to everyone.

Derrick opened his arms as if to embrace, and the "Realm of No Darkness" appeared in the hall again, illuminating every corner and dispelling the shadows under everyone's feet to prevent the shadows from betraying them again.

Lovia commanded the Silver Knight Evil Spirit to attack the tall Dark Angel Evil Spirit with a silver-white rapier, tearing open wounds on His body protected by wings that were surging with black energy, interrupting the "invalid" that He was about to utter.

Sasriel's eyes, burning with black flames, once again fixed their gazes on the believer of the true Creator. The black flames in his eyes were replaced by a miniature sun, and a ray of light wrapped in sacred flames shot out from his raised palm. The target was not Lovia, who was protected by the "connection", but the Silver Knight evil spirit she was herding.

boom--

The sacred flame burned on the Silver Knight, but it was not the evil Silver Knight who would be reduced to ashes under the holy light, but the "Silver Knight" Colin who jumped up from the side and blocked in front of him with his two swords crossed.

As a true Silver Knight, he is not afraid of the holy flame whose "purification" is more powerful than the actual damage.

Seeing that the attack was blocked, the sun in Sasriel's eyes immediately dimmed and turned into golden vertical pupils. A violent and illusory storm emerged beside him, carrying all kinds of emotions and was about to blow to every corner of the hall.

"Mind deprivation!"

Klein clenched the Star Staff in his hand again.

The mental storm that had not yet taken shape dissipated immediately, and Sasriel's eyes in the shadows were momentarily dazed.

He was pulled into a dream by Klein.

Taking this opportunity, Angel raised the "Salinger Blood Flag" in her hand and pointed the end of the flagpole at the "Dark Angel" who was standing there in a daze. The invisible flames gathered again and merged with the black flames in her palms, forming a destructive flame on the iron-black flagpole that was enough to melt everything.

She threw the flag violently, causing the flaming spear formed by the unique projection of the "Red Priest" to pierce through the black wings that Sasriel was protecting, piercing into his chest, and nailing the giant-like evil spirit to the throne on top of the platform.

Black flames surged up instantly, almost turning the entire throne into a huge torch, and the fuel was the evil spirit of the "Dark Angel" that had been sleeping on it.

Looking at Sasriel with a flagpole on his chest and black flames burning on his body, Angel breathed a sigh of relief.

It ended just like that... As soon as she expressed this idea in "Connection", she felt an ocean appear before her eyes, which was both illusory and real, and seemed to contain all colors and secrets.

That was the power of the "Sea of ​​Chaos" that caused Klein's secret puppet Enuni to betray him and his shadow to fall!

A dark and sticky ocean of illusion gushed out from the "blasphemous slab" under Sasriel's throne and instantly filled the entire hall, making everyone's thoughts almost explode. Layered whispers were heard in their ears, and their bodies and minds were almost out of control.

If they were not still "connected" to each other, this pollution from the source would have been borne entirely by Angel, and Colin, Lovia and Derrick would have long since turned into corrupt monsters.

But even so, they could only kneel on the ground at this moment, resisting the madness that spontaneously emerged from the divinity in their bodies.

The one who was least affected at this time was Klein. He opened his eyes with difficulty and looked at Angel, who was standing in front of everyone. The ends of his long light golden hair turned black and tied into thick snakes. He was struggling with a painful expression. His gaze turned to Sasriel on the throne.

The former "Angel King" had not completely dissipated. Instead, he moved in the black flames. His eyes were stained with a brass color, and an illusory river appeared in each of his eyes, connecting from beginning to end, surrounding the burning throne and himself.

He simulated the "restart" ability of the Serpent of Fate!
Klein, who had seen this scene before, realized that in just a few seconds, the Dark Angel in front of him would recover to the state it was in not long ago without any damage. He raised the Star Staff without hesitation and manifested another ability:
"steal."

By recreating Amon's stone bell just now, Klein knew that the Angel King at the top of the "Thieves" would allow him to reproduce his abilities at least for the time being, so he immediately reached out and grabbed the gray-white stone slab under the Dark Angel's throne.

The invisible connection between the "Profane Slate" and the "Dark Angel" was immediately transferred to him, as was the "Chaos Sea" aura that filled the hall but was blocked by Angel.

With a bang, Klein's thoughts exploded. It was as if a black ocean that contained everything appeared before his eyes. The skin on his body disintegrated into transparent worms, which quickly spread deep into his body.

But as the aura of the "Chaos Sea" was stolen and it was polluted, Angel, who was fighting against it through the "City of Disaster", regained consciousness. Her gaze stayed on Klein, who was on the verge of losing control, for a moment, and then turned to look at Sasriel, whose eyes were surging with the river of destiny and who was about to "restart" his body.

The weaknesses of this evil spirit were clearly visible to Angel, who still possessed some of the power of a "conqueror".

She shook her wrist slightly, and the silver-white rapier from "Silver Knight" Colin, carrying her fusion of the flames of the witch and the hunter, the black flame that could destroy everything "flashed" into Sasriel's body, shuttled through every inch of his body, and took away his last will and spirit.

The pair of brass eyes with an illusory river connected end to end dimmed, and the huge body covered with black wings, which had become tattered at this time, quickly dissipated as if blending into the surrounding shadows.

Without its controller, the aura of the "Sea of ​​Chaos" that filled the hall disappeared, and the shadow curtain covering the walls, floor and stone pillars began to disintegrate, revealing the dusk light that turned orange again.

This shadow area hidden inside the true Giant King's Court and coexisting with reality finally lost its maintaining power and began to communicate with the outside world.

The gray-white "blasphemous slab" at the bottom of the huge throne also emerged from the shadows, with fine text on it that seemed to be the common origin of all languages ​​clearly visible:
The Twilight Giant Path...

The “White Tower” route…

Angel didn't have time to take a closer look and quickly turned to Klein's direction. He found that the transparent "spiritual worms" that were wriggling on his face and the back of his hands had gradually returned to his body. The signs of loss of control slowly disappeared. Only then did he feel truly relieved.

At this moment, the clothes on Klein's chest were torn apart, and a mass of dark flesh and blood shot out like a bullet, rapidly expanding and growing in the air, and transformed into a giant shadow hand.

That was the "seed" that the "True Creator" planted for Klein in the ruins of the Dark Wolf's castle. It was one of the motivations that prompted him to come to the Giant King's Court.

It cut off all ties with Klein without any regrets and headed for its real target:
The first "blasphemous slate"!
This was the purpose of the evil god. He used Klein, who possessed the power of the source, to push open the door of the Giant King's residence, eliminate the "Dark Angel" evil spirit that contained part of his spirit and will but was polluted, eliminate the breath of the "Sea of ​​Chaos" that all gods avoided, and then snatch the "blasphemous slate".

But he is not the only one who has the same goal.
While the giant shadow hand was still growing and taking shape in the air, a faint light appeared in the corner of the double doors behind the Dark Angel's throne.

Then, a black-haired young man wearing a pointed hat and a classical black robe walked through the closed door and appeared in the hall gradually enveloped by the dusk light.

He adjusted the monocle in his right eye socket, looked at the "blasphemous slate" that happened to appear in front of him, and the corner of his mouth curled up slightly.

PS: Two chapters in one.

(End of this chapter)