Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1136: Deep in the Underground Palace
While waiting for the elite team of "Mechanical Heart" to open the seal and enter Trier in the Fourth Epoch, Angel strolled around this city known as the capital of art, deliberately relaxing himself and taking it as a break from his busy life.

During this period, she tried to approach the Church of the Eternal Sun in the market area to confirm that the god would not really burn herself to death with a holy flame, and then went to look for Laura, the female college student she met when she first came to Trier.

A year and a half later, this student of Trier Higher Normal College has graduated, but still lives on the same street and is still interested in the characters invented by Roselle. Angel's arrival surprised her a little, and she excitedly showed the diary of Emperor Roselle that she had collected during this period, as well as the research progress on deciphering this difficult-to-recognize text.

Of course, Laura was so enthusiastic, in addition to their common love for Roselle, Angel's appearance, although disguised but still with witchy characteristics, should have played a big role.

After flipping through the diaries collected by the other party, Angel was disappointed to find that most of them were "fake diaries" with disrupted order or even randomly written. The real few pages were also collected by Klein the Fool.

The diary owned by the latter has been gradually handed over to Angel, allowing her to learn all the mystical knowledge left by the great emperor to future generations while practicing Chinese, making up for the mistake of deceiving her before.

"These pages, and these, are all fake diaries."

Angel kindly pointed out the useless diary to Laura to prevent her "research" from being misled. Then, as he was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something and turned back to ask:
"Where's Pierre?"

"Which Pierre? The one from the medical school or the one from the mathematics department?"

Laura asked with a confused look on her face.

How do I know which academy he is from... But Pierre should be Intis's common name, so it's normal to have the same name... Angel muttered, shook his head and said:

"The one who first brought me to you to buy Roselle's diary, had short black hair and was thin."

"The first time... the time when you bought a few pages of rubbings? Weren't you the only one there?"

Laura in front of him replied, with an even more confused expression.

At that time... Angel was about to speak when he suddenly realized something and forced a smile.

"I remembered it wrongly, sorry."

After saying goodbye to the confused Laura, Angel came to the entrance of the catacombs in Purgatory Square in the Observatory area. He looked at the huge stone doorway with the inscription "The Empire of Death Ahead" from afar, and watched the visitors holding white candles walk into the darkness.

After a few seconds of silence for Pierre, whom only she remembered, she left.

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At noon the next day, a team of "Mechanical Hearts" that were blessed and could resist all kinds of pollution to a certain extent entered the underground Trier with all the seals and extraordinary weapons.

They stopped beside an abandoned mine that was under strict guard by the Church of Steam and the Church of the Eternal Sun, with saints on duty at all times, and waited for the time for the action to begin.

This was a weak seal point in Trier in the Fourth Epoch long before the construction of the catacombs. Pollution leaks had occurred there. After being reinforced by official Beyonders, it became the "door" for them to enter that dangerous place.

To open it, the power of the "God of Steam and Machinery" or the "Eternal Sun" is needed as a key to remove the additional seals on the nearby stone pillars dedicated to these two gods. This will not only cause changes in the weak points of the seal here, but will also simultaneously affect all similar locations in Trier, so it is rarely activated.

After checking his pocket watch, the leading senior deacon of the Mechanical Heart, a Sequence 4 Alchemist, nodded to the guarding team guarding the seal and said:
"let's start."

Under the watchful eyes of these on-duty personnel, this team of "Mechanical Heart" members bowed their heads and chanted the honorific names of their gods.

White steam overflowed from the cracks in the rocks, filling the underground quarry. Bright red blood slowly flowed out from the depths of the abandoned mine. It flowed to the mine entrance and stopped in front of the "Mechanical Heart" team. It quickly filled the entire hole, but as if blocked by some force, not a drop left the mine.

This made the entire pool of blood almost like a calm mirror, standing in front of the guard team and the members of the "Mechanical Heart", reflecting their blurred outlines.

Passing through this "Well of Blood" will lead you into Trier of the Fourth Epoch, but this is not a simple matter. This blood from an unknown source will cause serious pollution. The higher the sequence, the more dangerous it is. If the sequence is too low, it will be difficult to survive in the dangerous Trier of the Fourth Epoch, even with the blessing of the gods!
Therefore, the four members of the "Mechanical Heart" who participated in this operation were all carefully selected Sequence 4 Saints. They also carried three "Level 1" seals with complementary abilities and negative effects that could offset each other. As long as they did not encounter real angels, they would be able to fight against any enemy.

After sorting out their equipment for the last time, this elite team of "Mechanical Heart" entered the "Well of Blood".

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In the Erato district of Trier, Angel had just left the mirror world when he felt a scorching sunlight enveloping him.

It was early August, and the sun should have been strong, but at this moment it gave her a sense of spiritual alertness.

Could it be that the god "Eternal Blazing Sun" was watching Trier? This was not surprising. The loosening of the seal of Trier in the Fourth Epoch would definitely attract His attention. And the out-of-control "Conqueror" could be properly handled by me, which was good for both the seal and Trier. So He did not interfere, but just prevented possible accidents?
Glancing at the Sacred Heart Monastery not far away with its onion-shaped dome and golden exterior walls in the sun, Angel recalled the roar of the Dark Angel before he went crazy:

"Pure white! Osekus!" I might as well let Audrey hypnotize me and make me forget about it, otherwise I will offend that god one day... She muttered, retracted her gaze, and entered the "mirror world" again, approaching the beige castle not far away.

According to the information she found, this "Red Swan Castle", which has a history of hundreds of years and has been repeatedly renovated and expanded, has hundreds of servants alone. Including guards, cooks and other miscellaneous staff, it is almost equivalent to a village.

But at this time, there was no one in the castle.

Angel went directly into the lobby of the six- or seven-story main building of the castle, and emerged from the mirror world with the help of the mirror formed by the huge crystal chandelier.

In this hall with a gold-inlaid spiral staircase, a large number of exquisite paintings and sculptures, Glade Soren was standing in the center with his hands in his pockets. He had changed out of his trendy clothes and put on a black windbreaker. His slightly long red hair was tied into a ponytail behind his head, making him look capable and neat.

Seeing Angel appear from above the chandelier and slowly descend, the ancestor of the Soran family nodded as a greeting, and then said:

“After regaining control of the family, I asked everyone to temporarily leave in the name of repairs, so as to prevent the changes in the seal from causing some abnormalities that would affect them.

"Oh, it only took me half a year to control almost all the family members of those branches. I also have people in the elders' council of the main family. If I hadn't been worried that the Intis military would find out that the Soran family gradually had a common goal, this castle would have belonged to me long ago."

You care about your subordinates... But it seems that most Beyonders in the Hunter Path are like this. Because of the experience during the promotion process? As a "War Bishop" and the title of "Family Ancestor", if you can't control the situation in half a year, then I and the person in the mirror will think that you are not focused on the mission at all... Angel muttered, his eyes swept across the magnificent castle hall again, and said:
"Where is the weak spot in the seal? The Mechanical Heart should be taking action soon. If I don't take this opportunity to get in, I can't guarantee that anyone will help me next time."

"In the core of the underground area," Glade Soran replied. "Originally there were only cellars, prison cells and secret passages, but after hundreds of years of continuous expansion, it has become an underground maze. And because it is close to the seal and the power of Trier in the Fourth Epoch, it is somewhat dangerous to enter the spirit world or the 'mirror world'."

It means we can only rely on our feet... Angel nodded and motioned for the other party to lead the way.

The two walked one after the other through a corridor covered with thick crimson carpets and decorated with armor. The walls were a bit mottled and seemed to have been in disrepair for a long time. They walked down the narrow stairs one level at a time and soon entered the depths of the damp underground.

This place has indeed become a maze as Glade said, with corridors of different styles, as if built in different eras, leading to all directions. The ancient candlesticks and advanced gas lamps on the wall are well maintained and can be used at any time.

But Angel has dark vision, and Glade Soren still has certain "evil spirit" qualities and can see things in the dark. The two of them went directly into the dark passage and walked deep into the underground palace.

"They raise a lot of extraordinary creatures here, as a hunting ground for family members to improve their strength," Glade introduced as he led the way, "In addition, they also made a lot of steel puppets, and made the bodies of the dead into wax figures to meet the requirements of the seal."

"The dead?" Angel asked curiously.

"The roar of that idiot Fomonda not only makes the members of the Soran family lose control and lures them into the depths of the underground palace, but also affects ordinary people living in the Red Swan Castle. From time to time, servants and guards will walk into the underground maze on their own and be killed by extraordinary creatures or traps."

The ancestor of the Sauron family replied with disdain, seeming to be dissatisfied with this approach.

"The family's decline is not only due to the curse on their bloodline. Their hunting behavior is not a comprehension of the true meaning of the Hunter Path... On the contrary, the family branch members who were forced to go to sea have the hope of being promoted to a higher sequence and becoming the masters of iron and blood and war."

"So, you plan to change this situation?"

Angel asked casually, looking around but finding no trace of the "supernatural creature" the other party had mentioned.

Either He had cleaned up in advance, or these creatures, who were likely to be hunters, had a premonition of danger and saved them... She thought and followed Glade into a huge space.

There were many white candles burning on the ground, surrounding a bronze coffin placed in the center of the hall.

Under the rusty coffin was a circle of iron-black rings embedded in the ground. Inside the rings was not the floor, but sticky blood.

As the blood continued to surge, withered black hearts floated up and down like a pot of boiling soup.

"Yes, I plan to change this situation."

Glade replied, his eyes resting on the withered hearts.

Without asking, Angel knew based on his spiritual intuition and the reaction of the Sauron ancestor that these hearts belonged to members of the Sauron family. They were sacrifices that they had offered voluntarily or passively from generation to generation to strengthen the seal.

But even so, the inside of the bronze coffin with a tightly closed lid exuded a superior, maddening aura, making the light of the surrounding white candles dim.

Is it the breath of Fomonda Solon? Angel was about to speak when the heavy coffin lid was pushed open by a huge force and fell to the ground with a clang.

Inside the coffin, a purple illusory flame suddenly surged.

(End of this chapter)