Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1127 Future Goals

Lord of Mysteries, God, the Old Ones, the Pillars...

Klein heard a series of terms he had never heard of before, causing him to be distracted for a moment. These names, which seemed to represent a new level of knowledge, kept lingering in his mind.

"...I thought 'God' referred to the one from the old times, Grisha, the researcher who walked out of Chernobyl, who was brought to this era by the ancient sun god, and who imitated his act of creation, calling himself the omniscient and omnipotent God..."

Klein murmured, instinctively feeling that there was more to it than that.

He immediately remembered what Angel had always emphasized: "Information that cannot be known unless you are promoted to an angel," and asked:
"Is this the dangerous 'starry sky' knowledge you were talking about?"

"Yes, you have now been promoted to Sequence 2, so you can learn about these things safely."

Angel nodded in answer, then sorted out the contents about "The Old Ones" and "The Starry Sky" in his mind, starting from the split and slumber of the original Creator, to the formation of the barrier outside the earth, where the Outer Gods gathered, eagerly waiting for the barrier to dissipate and the end of the world to come, and finally turned to the level of "above the sequence" and the relationship between the true God and the Old Ones.

As this knowledge, which contained power in itself and could drive people crazy, entered his brain, Klein's expression gradually became more and more surprised, and then dull.

He had previously made some guesses about the corresponding contents. For example, the ancient sun god who had mastered many paths might be at a level stronger than the true gods. For example, the "Mother Tree of Desire" that was hated and resisted by all the righteous gods, the "True Creator" and the "Original Witch" might be in a strange position.

But when all the secrets were revealed by Angel, he found that everything was more terrible and desperate than he had imagined.

"There is another level above Sequence 0, called 'The Old Ones', which requires mastering all adjacent pathways and the corresponding 'Source Essence'... and there are nine 'Outer Gods' of this level outside the Earth...

"If it weren't for the barrier left by the original creator, the Earth would have been divided up by the Outer Gods long ago...

"Earth doesn't even have an 'Old Day'. This is why the gods risked their own death when the end of the world was approaching and launched a war of gods. The goddess of night and the god of war, the gods of storms, the sun and wisdom, and even Adam, all had the same goal...

“No wonder the Seven Gods acquiesced to George III becoming the ‘Black Emperor’. Regardless of his nature, he at least has the opportunity to become a true god, or even go one step further and increase Earth’s combat power… The competition for other paths that do not yet have Sequence 0 will become increasingly fierce, and ‘Source Essence’ will surely become the focus of competition…”

The emotional part of Klein's mind instinctively wanted to refuse to acknowledge these horrific facts, but the rational part had already accepted everything.

On the one hand, this was because Angel would not lie to him. On the other hand, after Klein learned about the information about the Old Ones, the Outer Gods, and the names of the nine Outer Gods, Sefirah Castle spontaneously resisted the prying eyes of certain high-ranking beings on him.

This gaze from outside the barrier was immediately cut off by the power and person of the source material, but it also proved the accuracy of this knowledge.

After taking a long breath, Klein asked with a somewhat stiff expression:
"So, the end of the world refers to the time when the barrier is broken and the foreign gods invade? So all kinds of divination and prophecy point to the time point of 1368?

"If, as you said, the gods moved the kingdom of God to the astral plane at the end of the Fourth Era to strengthen the barrier, then... the fall of the God of War, will this moment come earlier?"

"I'm afraid only the gods know this..." Angel said in a dull tone, "But according to previous speculation, the goddess has already mastered the power of the 'God of Death' path, and this time she defeated the 'God of War', and has mastered all the power of the adjacent paths. She should be quite close to the 'Old Ones'..."

"Are you still short of one source substance?" Klein seemed to be asking a question, or supplementing it.

"Yes, the essence of the three paths of darkness, death, and war should be the legendary 'River of Eternal Darkness' flowing deep in Calderon, the City of the Dead," Angel nodded and said, "But this is another problem. Most of the essences needed by gods to ascend to the 'Old Ones' are sealed in the Western Continent. Only some power has penetrated from our world, which is unlikely to meet the conditions for advancement."

"seal……"

Klein murmured and repeated, remembering that Angel had mentioned this before, and asked tentatively:

"Did that 'Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun' do it?"

"Yes, and He is most likely one of the 'pillars' mentioned by my mirror man, on par with 'God' and 'Fallen Mother Goddess', and His status is higher than that of ordinary old days."

Angel explained.

Although she had no direct evidence to prove that one of the personality aspects of the original creator, the "Lord of Mysteries", was the Celestial Lord who controlled the "Source Castle", but considering the threat of the awakening of the "Origin" faced by the ancient sun god, and the fact that Sasriel, created by His negative emotions, called himself "God", Angel believed that this possibility was not small.

After all, the only unsealed source essence, apart from the "Source Castle" of the Heavenly Lord, is the "Chaos Sea" controlled by the ancient sun god, and they are likely to belong to the two pillar-level Old Ones, the "Lord of Mysteries" and "God". Angel thought that this speculation would be denied by Klein, but he didn't expect that after pondering for a moment behind the gray fog, he actually nodded and said:
"This possibility is very high... After I got the Darkless Cross you sacrificed, I tried to divine its origin and saw the ancient sun god. He looked up at me as if he had foreseen it and shouted 'mysterious'...

"At that time, I thought it was a name for a certain power, but now it seems that He believes that the one who used the power of Sefirah Castle to divine Him is the 'Lord of Mysteries'."

This is the result of being both Klein and Mr. Fool... Angel muttered inwardly, then asked worriedly:
"Then He who controls the 'Sea of ​​Chaos' is in danger of awakening. Will you be in the same danger?"

"I might be worse than Him. Now I suspect that the various arrangements of being suspended above Sefirah Castle and 'resurrecting' at the right time are probably the resurrection methods of the 'Celestial Lord'. He used the influence of 'Sefirah Castle' on the adjacent pathways to make me choose the 'Fortune Teller' pathway involuntarily. Due to various coincidences, I was promoted quickly, achieving the effect that the higher the sequence, the closer I am to Him..."

Klein frowned and whispered his concerns.

"After taking the 'Miracle Master' potion and examining myself, I found that most of the potion at this stage had been digested because of the early role-playing and the 'miracle' of resurrection; and the 'Ancient Scholar' ritual was also completed naturally because I was suspended in the gray fog for a long time... It all seemed to be arranged.

“But what’s strange to me is that after I was promoted to Sequence 2 and completed the transformation to become an angel, He did not awaken in my body. There was not even a trace of awakening. Only the spiritual imprint contained in the Beyonder characteristics itself had an impact on me…”

At this point, he recalled the reminder from the "True Creator":

Don't use a feature promotion that wasn't accommodated.

There is no doubt that He is worried that the velvet "curtain" thrown out by the gray fog has never been contained before and contains the spiritual imprint of "Tianzun", which will have an adverse effect on me... Klein pondered, and was somewhat curious why the evil god, who is also the "true creator" with the negative personality of the ancient sun god, wanted to help him in this regard.

Could it be that He doesn't want the "Tian Zun" to awaken in my body? Klein had a guess.

With this understanding, he thought that when promoted to Sequence 1, it would be better to use the "Secret Servant" feature that Zaratul or the "Half Fool" Antigonus had contained, rather than directly using the one in the curtain.

There is no doubt that compared to the Angel King who possesses the uniqueness of a "Fortune Teller", Zaratul is an easier target to "bully". Klein has now been promoted to Sequence 2 and has a combat capability similar to his in Sefirah Castle. With Angel's strength, it is possible for him to hunt down the archangel who had ambushed him before.

Thinking of this, he looked at Angel and found that he seemed to have the same idea.

No matter what, I have to make all the preparations first... I can also ask some beings about the "Lord of Mysteries", such as Arrodes who saw my peculiarity early on, and the Seven Lights of the Spirit World... He made up his mind, and the fear of "The Celestial Lord awakened in my body" was finally alleviated a little.

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In the dark and gloomy mirror world, Angel quickly shuttled through the passages and soon returned to the Iris Winery on the outskirts of Backlund.

Because of its remote location, this winery with a large area of ​​vineyards was not affected by the war. The food and self-defense weapons purchased at the beginning of the war also helped the servants and workers of the manor survive the chaotic period and persist until the end of the war. They even persisted in planting and harvesting grapes and produced a batch of war-time wines.

Of course, most of the manor's income had already been taken away by Angel. Part of it was used for charitable activities, and part of it was used for the construction of the "Dream City" and the maintenance and expansion of the East District factory. There was almost no surplus.

Listening to the much older butler Li Buck reporting on the recent situation, Angel nodded from time to time to signal him to continue, but his mind had already flown to other places:
Although the siege of Backlund was over, the damage to the city was far more than just rising prices and unemployment. The growth of plants caused by the war of gods had turned many areas into almost primeval forests. The time required to repair the area would probably be calculated in months...

After the sea blockade was lifted, the factories in the East District regained their supply of raw materials. The industries that Angel had Sherman acquire at low prices during the war were now more valuable...

Leonard told me that both Dunn Smith and Daley Simone survived the defense of Tranquility Church...

What the True Creator left behind in the Giant King's Court was actually a Sequence 2 Beyonder characteristic. His inexplicable generosity made Angel and Klein feel a little guilty about their previous experience of repeatedly opposing the Aurora Society...

Angel collected her thoughts and glanced at the clock in the study. She realized that three o'clock in the afternoon was approaching, so she sent away the butler who was reporting on matters with a thick notebook, and sat down on the single sofa next to the balcony, waiting for Klein to pull her up into the gray mist.

No, it’s the respected Mr. Fool… Angel raised the corners of his mouth slightly, silently reminding himself.

After a moment, a crimson light surged out, gently surrounding Angel.

(End of this chapter)