Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1121 Light and Shadow (End of this Volume)
In the northern part of Rhun, in the Amanda Mountains, outside the Tranquil Church.

After discovering that most of the High-Sequence Beyonders of the Church of Evernight had gradually withdrawn here, most of the saints and angels of Feysac and Feynaport turned to launch a fierce attack on this church known as the "Holy Church".

Under the deep night sky, long spears of fire streaked across the black velvet curtain and flew towards the Gothic spire of the church, but before they landed on the ground, they were wiped out without a trace; on the ground, all kinds of strange plants grew wildly, absorbing all the vitality around them, and in the blink of an eye they were shrouded in deep black and disappeared quietly.

Next to the cliff in front of the church, a huge tree that seemed to have been poured with oil and covered with black sticky liquid kept wriggling. Its branches were made up of strange arms with eyes and mouths.

These arms stretched out quickly, some approached the saints of the Church of Night who were guarding the Tranquil Church from the ground, some pointed to the sky as if praying, and some simply smashed directly towards the church's bell tower.

thump—

A crisp sound spread out, and a shield composed of faint morning light appeared between the pitch-black arm and the church. It blocked the attack of the "evil god" Sua, and seemed to be shaky, but it never broke.

If this evil god had not learned before the war that the Church of Night had a seal with the characteristics of the "Glory One" that had been lost for a long time from the Church of the God of War, he would have almost thought that it was the angels of the Church of the God of War who were temporarily in the same camp as him who were blocking him.

Seeing that the attack was ineffective, the cracks on all the arms of this strange tree opened like a bloody mouth, and it let out a roar that pierced the spirit body.

This "curse" that can bypass the obstacles of reality passed through the defense formed by the Level 0 seal and penetrated into the interior of the Quiet Church, causing the bodies of those demigods who have not yet reached the level of angels to stiffen and their souls to tremble.

The invisible barrier inevitably changed, as if it was about to be destroyed from within.

On the other side of the Quiet Church, Daly Simone, who had become an "immortal", was dressed in a black robe, surrounded by the breath of death that had seeped into reality from the underworld. High above her head, a bronze door covered with mysterious patterns stood open, and countless underworld creatures rushed out and dived into the pale white but impenetrable mist in front of her.

There were many shadows in the fog, and it seemed that there were many figures hidden.

This is the fog of war of a certain "War Bishop".

Just when Daly was about to use the underworld creatures to consume the fog and reveal the extraordinary person hidden inside, a spear made of blue flames pierced through the fog at an extremely fast speed and flew towards her.

The spear was pointed directly at her weak spot when she was summoning the gate to the underworld, making her feel like she couldn't dodge it no matter what.

boom--

The spear landed in front of Daly, and the huge explosion engulfed several strange-looking underworld creatures, but did not cause any damage to Daly.

The "War Bishop" seemed to have fallen into some kind of doom.

A dark figure suddenly appeared beside Daly. He had black hair and gray eyes. His windbreaker was tattered and his top hat had flown away, revealing his receding hairline.

"Dunn?" Daly shouted in surprise, "What about the situation at the main entrance of the cathedral?"

"Her Highness Arianna is there."

Dunn answered softly, his eyes locked on the "War Bishop" who had accidentally revealed his whereabouts by throwing the spear. His eyes turned deep black, instantly pulling him into a deep dream.

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At the main entrance of the cathedral, Arianna, the ascetic who had just escaped by using the seal from Pope Dabomachi of the Church of Night, stepped out of the church and was immediately noticed by a "Glory One" and a "Mistress of Desolation". A silver-white sword blade instantly appeared in her body, and the weeds under her feet seemed to have their own life, piercing her bare feet and sucking the angel's blood.

But the silver sword was like cutting an invisible phantom, and the plant with its own life also found that it had hit nothing.

The two angels had entered a secret world without knowing when.

In the night sky above their heads, the crimson moon was huge and holy; the ground beneath their feet and the church before their eyes had turned dark, as if they had lost all other colors.

This is the world of red and black, the secret world of Arianna, the "Secret Servant".

The two angels immediately understood their situation. The "Gloria" who was clad in silver-white armor and as burly as a giant raised the Sword of Dawn, causing a storm of sword blades composed of orange-red light to rise around him. Beside him, the "Mistress of the Desolation" who looked petite but exuded maternal radiance inserted the thick wooden scepter in her hand into the ground, and the surrounding false vegetation immediately turned withered and yellow, and all vitality was destroyed.

They will use brute force to destroy this secret world and quickly return to reality.

But the next second, the entire illusory and bizarre world collapsed from the outside, and two angels belonging to the Church of the God of War and the Church of Mother Earth reappeared in front of the door of the Tranquil Church.

Without bothering to look for Arianna's trace, the two of them raised their heads as if sensing something, and looked southwards, towards Backlund, through a distance of hundreds of kilometers.

The deep night covering the Winter County where the Quiet Church was located was partially invaded by the orange-red dusk in that direction, forming a strange celestial phenomenon with darkness on one side and dimness on the other.

The invisible impact made all the extraordinary people present feel fear in their hearts, and as if they were bathed in an exhausting light, they all stopped attacking.

Only the entire giant tree of Suea was covered with an invisible barrier, and hundreds of strange arms kept flapping, trying to invade the Quiet Church.

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The outskirts of Backlund, close to the west district.

Leonard Mitchell's windbreaker had long been burned by the flames, and the shirt inside was torn, revealing his charred skin. His handsome face was covered in blood, his teeth were protruding and becoming sharp, and the natural spirit that was living above him had long been consumed.

Next to him was a woman in a Loen officer's uniform, her long black hair draped behind her in a messy pattern, and her round face was filled with fatigue.

This is the royal demigod, the "Lawmage" Georgina Augustus.

The two were facing an "Iron-Blooded Knight" from the Intis military, and ten Sequence 5 Beyonders under his command.

Some of them have died at the hands of the powerful spirits controlled by Leonard, and Georgina has also killed several of them with "execution", but the rest can still form a team and provide corresponding support to their captain.

Such confrontations took place on every piece of land outside Backlund. The coalition forces of Feynaport, Feysac, and Intis, as well as the Mother Earth, the God of War, and the Beyonders of the Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun had an absolute numerical advantage. The Beyonders of the Church of the Storm and the military demigods who came back from colonies such as Bayam were blocked and could not join the battle in time, which further increased the difference in numbers.

I'm afraid the royal family, the military and the church can't hold on for much longer... Leonard clenched the "Word of the Sea" in his hand as he watched the figures who had temporarily retreated to a distance approaching quickly.

Suddenly, the old voice of Pales came to his mind:

"Look in the sky!"

He sensed something and looked up. Georgina beside him and the Iron-Blooded Knights in front of him all made the same move.

The sky above their heads was a mixture of the orange-red dusk in the northwest and the deep night in the east, looking as brilliant as fire.

According to the old man's previous "popular science", he already knew that the strange phenomenon above his head was not caused by the collision of angels' power, but the projection of the war of gods that was happening in the astral world in the real world. This meant that the "God of War" of the Feysac Empire had felt that the time had come and had taken action against the Goddess of Night, whose believers had suffered a serious blow and whose "anchor" was no longer stable!
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In the astral world, which is separated from the real world and the spiritual world, there is an endless expanse of deep darkness filled with plants such as moon flowers and night-blooming herbs.

But part of it was already shrouded in an orange-red light, stained with the color of dusk, and the flowers and plants inside were quickly withering and dying.

The light soon occupied half of the darkness and had a tendency to continue spreading deeper. At the boundary of dusk, a figure like a mountain slowly walked towards them. He was wearing a silver full body armor that looked shabby, with only his eyes glowing orange above his face. The heavy sword in his hand drooped naturally, and the tip of the sword scratched the ground where the plants had withered, making the space formed by darkness tinged with the color of decay.

In the direction He was heading, in the deep night, a similarly huge figure floated and appeared. This was a woman wearing a long dress with the night as the base and countless bright stars dotted on it. But in addition to the normal limbs, He had two arms covered with dark short hair extending from his ribs and waist. Two of these six arms held a scarlet moon, two held a black giant sickle, one held a golden bird-shaped ornament, and the last one was empty.

As soon as He appeared, the dark dusk encroaching around Him stagnated, and was stopped by the sudden appearance of pale flames, and even had a tendency to be swallowed up.

The God of War who invaded the Kingdom of the Goddess of Night was not surprised by this. He dragged his heavy sword that was constantly emitting bits of morning light and began to charge towards the goddess with six arms and two legs and holding a sickle. The orange-red light behind him surged, boosting him.

At the same time, on the side of the two gods, the night-blooming herbs and moon flowers on the ground suddenly grew rapidly, and instantly became like a primeval forest, covering half of the sky.

The dusk light carefully bypassed the forest, and also bypassed a plump woman as tall as a mountain who walked out from the depths. Her dress fluttered, and she held an illusory baby in her arms. She followed the God of War and flew towards the Goddess of Night.

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The moment the "Angel of Time" Amon appeared, Angel called out to the man in the mirror in his heart.

Angel had anticipated that the Angel King had ill intentions and might be waiting for their arrival in the Giant King's Court. After all, the other party frequently revealed information and instructed the two to find the "Dark Angel". This was not to help them rescue the Silver City, but he must have his own purpose.

Now the situation is clear. His purpose is the same as that of the "True Creator". They are both controlled by the evil spirits of the dark angels. They have the "blasphemous slate" that even the gods find difficult to deal with, and it is the first slate from the "Sea of ​​Chaos".

Looking at the sky, which was gradually getting stronger as the surrounding shadows continued to disintegrate, and surging with a corrupt and evil aura, as if a giant hand that could trigger a divine descent at any time, and looking at Amon who had a smile on his face, as if everything was under control and reached out to press his monocle, Angel summoned the projection of the "Blood Flag of Salinger" in the mirror world again, and grasped the cold hilt of the "Sword of Glory", allowing invisible and colorless flames, gray-yellow death mist, and morning light to appear beside him.

She didn't know why Amon wanted to snatch the "blasphemous slate" formed from the Chaos Sea, which had nothing to do with His path, but as long as the Angel King wanted to do something, Angel would not let Him succeed easily.

Behind her, Klein, who was a little stressed when he saw the monocle and almost went straight into the hole of history, quickly waved the "Star Staff" in his hand, manifesting the ability of Ms. Arianna that he had seen before, and made Colin, Lovia, and Derrick, who should not be involved in the current battle, enter the "stealth" state, and disappear from the hall of the Giant King's residence, which was still surrounded by a little shadow.

Then, Klein quickly recited the name of the Goddess of Night in his mind and reached out to grab at the air.

He wanted to summon the divine vessel of that deity, the historical projection of "Mother of Heaven".

When Klein took action, Angel, holding the "Sword of Glory", had "teleported" the blade storm composed of the flames of destruction, and it exploded in Amon's body with the help of the "Harvest" ability. As long as it hits the target, regardless of whether the one in front is the original body, this attack can use the connection between the clones to kill all of Amon's clones around and injure His original body at the same time.

But this all-destructive fire erupted inside the giant hand above that was gradually taking shape and expanding, igniting its increasingly strong aura of corruption and transforming it into a black torch.

This is a mistake.

When the hand of the True Creator was weakened by the black flame, Amon's right hand had already dropped from the monocle and reached out to the gray-white slate, ready to use "steal" to take it into his pocket.

At this time, the person in the mirror that Angel had been calling finally responded:

"I'm here."

"Send the 'blasphemous tablet' into the mirror world!"

She shouted in her heart.

The stone tablet engraved with all the potion formulas and rituals disappeared from reality in an instant.

This sudden change even stunned Klein, who had just pulled the hooded lady with a dazed look out of history, and Amon, who had a smile on his face. The latter immediately turned his gaze to Angel, and stretched out his hand to grab the blasphemous slate.

Angel's ability to control disease and frost was immediately stolen from her mind, and her several consecutive thoughts of attacking in a queue also disappeared. This made her stand still for a while, holding the flag in one hand and the sword in the other, looking around in confusion.

But fortunately, her ability to control the mirror world was not stolen, otherwise the blasphemous slate sent in would immediately fall back to its original place.

Lucky... Angel thought to himself and no longer paid attention to the giant shadow hand above his head that attracted the attention of the "True Creator" and made Him meet the conditions for God's descent. Instead, he waved the blood flag of Salinger in his hand, pointed directly at Amon who was smiling with interest, and commanded the invisible and colorless flames to gather and surge towards Him like waves.

She herself used the "Flame Flash" to appear behind Amon first. The bone sword formed by the remains of the God of Glory who had been wandering around Chernobyl for a thousand years instantly went in and out of the Angel King's body countless times, almost stabbing Him into a sieve.

But all the attacks seemed to pass through the air and did not cause any harm to Amon who was standing there.

He seemed to have taken advantage of some mistake again.

At this moment, the "Mother of Heaven" that Klein had just summoned cast a blank gaze at Angel behind Amon. The latter's figure holding the banner and bone sword disappeared bit by bit as if being erased by an eraser.

But the next second, the real Angel appeared on the side.

The Mother of Heaven, whose ownership was stolen by Amon at some point, is secretly just a mirror projection of herself.

This, I am simply sending Him a helper... Klein, who was about to summon the projection of Reinette, stopped his action. He guessed that the goddess did not respond to him. The reason why the god descended into the container was probably because the war between gods in the outside world was at a critical moment. Otherwise, Amon would not dare to steal the "Mother of Heaven" no matter what.

As if stealing his thoughts, Amon, wearing a pointed hat, turned his head and smiled at him.

This smile made Klein, who had been deceived by Adam and Amon in turn, tremble in his heart. Just as he was about to change his mind and return to Sefirah Castle regardless of exposing his identity in front of Angel to improve his status and fight against the Angel King, the shadowy giant hand above them finally dispelled the black flames on their bodies, and an extremely evil and corrupting aura gushed out.

With the help of this hand, the "True Creator" brought some of his power to the Giant King's Court.

Amon's hand that was reaching for his monocle froze. Klein, who had stood up and was about to return to Sefirah Castle, was stunned. The projection of the "Mother of Heaven" that had changed hands several times was simply shrouded by the shadow under his feet. It turned into a shadow with no specific image and only the outline of the shadow left.

Angel, who had avoided the secret of "Mother of Sky" and was about to use his "disaster" ability to summon meteorites to attack indiscriminately, was enveloped by this breath. He immediately found that his ability to control the "mirror world" became weak, and his connection with the person in the mirror was greatly reduced.

This power seems to restrain me, whether it is the "connection" or the cooperation with the person in the mirror... As soon as this thought flashed through her mind, the "blasphemous slate" hidden in the mirror world returned to reality with a sharp sound of broken glass, and returned to the bottom of the huge throne of the dark angel.

That is exactly where Amon is. He would rather avoid various attacks with "mistakes" than leave!
At this moment, the giant shadow hand had melted into a huge upside-down figure. Without any movement from it, the gray-white stone slab that appeared again jumped up from the ground and flew towards it quickly.

This is the natural advantage of the real creator formed by integrating the negative emotions of Sasriel, who once held the "Blasphemy Slate", with the path of "The Hanged Man"!

Seeing this scene, Amon smiled without surprise, and finally touched his monocle with his raised right hand. The surface of the lens made of crystal immediately became dark, and an ocean of all colors, both virtual and real, emerged inside.

Angel immediately determined from the familiar breath that it belonged to the "Chaos Sea", but it was not the power of the source, just a breath of it.

Chaos Sea, Amon... Lightning flashed through Angel's mind, and he remembered the Amon clone he had seen beside the deep pit deep in Chernobyl, the clone who claimed to have gone deep into the Chaos Sea and was contaminated.

That clone was lying. He had not actually come into contact with the Chaos Sea. He had only conducted some research on the dangerous edge of the source material, stole a trace of its aura and returned to his original body, saving it for use at this moment!
Attracted by this breath, the blasphemous stone tablet that was originally running towards the "Hanged Man" stopped in the air with a buzzing sound, then turned around and turned towards Amon, as if throwing itself into the arms of a familiar person.

Oops... Angel used "Flame Flash" without hesitation, appearing between Amon and the blasphemous slab, mobilizing the power of his own "City of Disaster", allowing this breath of destruction to pass through the mirror world and appear in the Giant King's Court.

This effectively blocked the trace of "Chaos Sea" aura released by Amon and stopped the blasphemous stone tablet in the air.

If the other party released the real source power, she would not dare to do so. However, based on the cautious character of the Angel King, Angel judged that it was impossible for him to have really come into contact with the "Chaos Sea". Otherwise, he would not have to instruct Angel and Klein to deal with the "Dark Angel" and could have easily taken away the blasphemous stone tablet.

"Tsk..."

The smile on Amon's face faded, and he adjusted his monocle, letting the breath dissipate, leaving only the shadow of the deep ocean in the lens, and returned to normal, then reached out to grab Angel again.

His target was the object that was blocked by Angel.

"theft!"

The Angel King, who possessed the uniqueness of the "Thief" and the three copies of Sequence 1, took action personally. The "blasphemous slate" that was deceived by Angel's source essence aura flashed a faint light and disappeared in front of her. When it reappeared, it was already...

…came to the inverted figure formed by the “True Creator”.

The "Hanged Man" expanded his body without hesitation and swallowed up the gray-white slate. The evil and corrupt aura was instantly restrained, as if he was using all his strength to contain and control the "blasphemous slate" and had no time to care about anything else.

A delicate dressing mirror appeared in Amon's hand. The surface of the mirror seemed to contain a vortex of all colors that faded away. A wisp of deep red breath hit the mirror surface, as if trying to escape from it.

That was the mirror that Angel and the man in the mirror used to seal the aura of the "Fallen Mother Goddess". It was thrown out of the mirror world together with the first "blasphemous slate", and under Angel's deliberate control, it successfully replaced the blasphemous slate and fell into Amon's hands.

Almost at the same time, the violent lightning above the God-forsaken Land subsided, the eternal darkness temporarily retreated, and a huge red moon appeared above the heads of the few survivors.

The light on its surface flickered continuously, forming eye-like wrinkles, and it quietly turned towards the location of the Giant King's Court.

It sensed its own breath and looked here, but found nothing.

A few seconds later, the dark sun filled the entire sky again, and lightning flashed as usual, as if nothing had happened.

Angel and Klein, who were watching everything happening, slowly looked at Amon, who was holding the dressing mirror in his hand. For the first time, the latter showed a sense of surprise in front of them, and his smile froze on his face.

The next second, he turned around without hesitation, and used the "door opening" ability that he had stolen at some point to open an illusory hole in the exit gate of the Giant King's Court, then he went in and disappeared.

The shadow of the Hanged Man floating in the air also completely enveloped the "blasphemous slate". A gaze that seemed to come from an infinite height, filled with madness and evil, lingered on Angel and Klein for a moment, causing them to feel the urge to not confront it.

Then, the shadowy figure completely dissipated in the air, the orange-red dusk light of the Giant King's Court sprinkled on the earth, and peace returned to the hall where the dark angels and evil spirits slept.

A twisted mass of flesh and blood fell from the air and landed in front of Angel.

That was the seed planted in Klein by the "True Creator". It was the culprit that attracted the power of this evil god, but at this time it was emitting a dim light, as if some characteristics were about to emerge.

Without further prompting, the two knew that this was some extraordinary characteristic left behind by the "true creator" and was His reward for obtaining the "blasphemous tablet".

It's like alms... Although this thought flashed through his mind, Angel still picked it up swiftly and put it into the mirror world temporarily to deal with it later.

A gift from a true God can't be bad.

After doing all this, she looked at Klein, who had relaxed completely, with a hint of a smile on her face.

Although the "blasphemous tablet" was obtained by the evil god whom they had offended many times, at least it did not fall into the hands of the Amon and Adam brothers.

Although the "Dark Angel" Sasriel was just an evil spirit, he was successfully eliminated by them. The Giant King's Court was no longer blocked by it, and the door to the outside world was right in front of them.

The three saints of Silver City had all been prepared to sacrifice themselves, but none of them were killed, which was the best outcome.

Oh, right, Derrick and the others... Angel then realized the reason why he felt so empty inside, and reminded them:

"Let Mr. Sun and the others out."

Before he finished speaking, the "Star Staff" in Klein's hand flickered and disappeared because the summoning time reached its limit. "Chief" Colin, who was holding two swords and had some marks of holy light burning on his armor, Lovia, who had not yet been completely retracted into the body of the Silver Knight Evil Spirit, and Derrick, who looked a little excited, also appeared in front of the two.

Finding that all the shadows around him had disappeared, the giant hand above his head and Amon at the door were nowhere to be seen. Colin Iliad looked at Angel as if to confirm and asked:

"Is it all over?"

Angel nodded and said:
"Although the result is not perfect, but... today's battle is over."

As she spoke, Lovia's gray eyes slowly swept across the hall with countless traces of battles, and finally fell on the gray-blue double doors behind the huge throne. Her expression changed uncontrollably.

The same expression appeared on the faces of the other two Silver City residents. They looked at each other as if to confirm, and finally looked at Angel, as if waiting for the final instructions.

"Go and see the world outside."

Angel smiled and made way for Klein.

With a clang, Colin dropped the sword in his hand, walked around the throne, and led the way to the door with a dusk scene painted on it, followed by Lovia and Derrick.

Arriving at the door, Colin stood for a moment, bent down, put his hands on both sides of the door crack, and pushed hard with his muscles tensed.

"I can't push it anymore, you guys come together."

A smile appeared on his scarred face, and he looked around and said.

Lovia pressed on the left side of the door, while Derrick pressed on the right side. The three of them shouted slogans like children and pushed open the door that had been closed for a thousand years.

Through the crack in the door, a ray of golden sunlight, different from the frozen dusk light in the Giant King's Court, shone on Colin's face, causing him to subconsciously squint his eyes, and then force them open to look outside.

It was a sea with golden light, surging waves, and...

Silver City has been looking forward to the light for two thousand five hundred and eighty four years.

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In the divine realm covered with flowers and plants that were so tall that they reached the sky, on the boundary between dusk and darkness, the heavy sword of the dusk giant and the giant sickle of the humanoid demon wolf crossed in the air, as if frozen.

Swish, the Goddess of Night retracted her scythe, and the heavy sword fell to the ground, making a dull sound.

The doubtful and painful voice of Badhair, the god of war, rang out at the same time:

"Li, Li, Si?"

He did not look at the enemy in front of him, but turned his head to look behind him, looking at the Mother Earth who was holding an illusory baby in one hand and a huge wooden staff in the other.

One end of the wooden staff pierced through the solid armor from behind and stabbed into his divine body, madly absorbing the life of the divine spirit.

At this moment, Badhair understood everything. He knew that his plan, which had been brewing for a thousand years, to unite mother and son to deal with the Goddess of Night was simply impossible to achieve, because his mother, the Earth Mother Goddess Omybella, had long been replaced by another deity.

That was Lilith, the ancestor of the blood clan who died in the Second Era.

The "weakness" that the Goddess of Night deliberately concealed, the unusually smooth progress of the mortal war, the angels of the Church of Night retreating to the temple to give up the Backlund Line of Defense, and even the witch angels who had repeatedly obstructed the advancement of the front line suddenly disappeared. It turned out that these were all conspiracies to deceive the God of War and lure Him into the other side's kingdom to launch a war of gods.

Just as he figured this out, the Goddess of Night, who was wearing a long dress dotted with stars and had a female human body and the arms of a demon wolf, chuckled, raised the bird-shaped ornament in her hand, and inserted it into the only opening on the God of War's mask.

At the same time, He threw the crimson moon in His hand to Lilith, the Earth Mother.

The uniqueness of this lunar path returns to its original owner.

Watching the body of the Dusk Giant, as tall as a mountain, collapse, and the light representing the Beyonder characteristics penetrate the darkness and return to reality, falling like meteorites all over the world. The plump lady holding the fake baby and the scarlet moon was about to leave. The Goddess of Night asked in a tone as soft as a lullaby:
"Is everything still normal?"

Lilith turned her head slowly, nodded slightly, said nothing, and then her figure disappeared into the depths of the giant trees like a primeval forest.

The overgrown night-blooming herbs and moonflowers were immediately covered by deep darkness, leaving only the goddess standing in the darkness, watching Lilith's disappearing back with an indifferent look.

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Deep in the turbulent sea, on an uninhabited island.

Wearing a pointed hat and a black robe, Amon sat against the rocks by the sea, playing with a small dressing mirror in his hand.

He looked up at the crimson moon in the sky and asked in a low voice:

"Each of us gets what we want? But how can I trust you and them? After the plan is completed, you can regret it at any time, and I can't do anything about it."

After a moment, He chuckled and asked in surprise:
"You said you had a guarantee?"

PS: I will not divide it into chapters and just post it directly. There will be no more tonight. I may take a day off tomorrow to sort out the outline for the rest of the post.

(End of this chapter)