Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1137 Return to Trier in the Fourth Epoch
Deep in Trier in the Fourth Epoch, on a street surrounded by thick fog.

The saints of the Mechanical Heart walked carefully between the black asymmetrical buildings. They all wore special glasses that gave them a certain degree of dark vision, but it was still difficult to see through the fog that blocked their vision and spirituality. They could only barely recognize their companions and the nearby environment.

But even so, the buildings in their sight seemed to melt into the surrounding darkness, revealing only a portion of the wall that was splattered with blood or was higher on the left and lower on the right, like a crude theatrical set.

"Be careful, don't go too deep, especially into that huge building. If you get close, you will die."

The leading "alchemist" Edgar Gibson whispered to his companions and pointed to the huge hazy mountain deep in the fog.

He had read the relevant documents before setting out and knew clearly that it was not a mountain but a collapsed palace. During the previous cleanup operations deep into Trier in the Quaternary Period, there were several times when the palace was witnessed due to the thin fog, and the witnesses often ended up losing control or going crazy.

Of course, the dangers of Trier in the Fourth Epoch do not end there. On the outskirts of these abandoned streets, there is a giant shrouded in storms, fire, and smoke that constantly wanders around. As long as you get within a thousand meters of it, even with the blessing of the gods, you will be controlled by the violence in your heart, and either lose control or surrender to this giant and become a part of it.

From time to time, blurry figures flashed by in the street, as if secretly peeping at them; faint light occasionally appeared on the surface of the broken glass on the ground, as if someone's eyes were observing from the inside out; before they went a few steps deep into the street, another "alchemist" whose body had been partially mechanically transformed began to show symptoms of a cold, and his mechanical parts became stiff and his movements sluggish.

This reminded Edgar of the church's description of the abandoned city:

The remains of the "Four Emperors' War", where many angels and even gods fell.

The divine power and pollution here must be extremely complex. When the seal became weak or a cultist tried to open the seal, the church would indeed go deep into Trier in the Fourth Epoch to clean it up and reinforce the weak points. However, it was usually carried out together with the Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun, sending a large number of saints to carry the seal into the seal... But this time the operation was very hasty, and the "Purifiers" of the Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun were not contacted. It seemed that it was initiated at the last minute...

Thoughts flashed through Edgar's mind, and he began to have some doubts about this dangerous operation.

But the order was given by St. Benoit, the patron archangel of Trier, and was confirmed by the Pope, so it is absolutely correct.

Maybe we are just part of a big operation, and there are similar teams entering from other locations... He comforted himself in his heart, and raised the seal in his hand, which looked a bit like a porcelain bottle filled with ashes, but the surface emitted a light that could purify all evil and corrupt things, causing the shadows that were peeping at them in the corner of the street to instantly burn and turn into ashes.

"Keep going. Exchange the seals in five minutes to avoid the accumulation of negative effects."

he ordered.

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Deep in the underground maze of the "Red Swan Castle", Angel stood at the door of the hall where a bronze coffin and a large number of white candles were placed, quietly watching the illusory purple flames emerge from the coffin.

The flames did not spread upwards, but were absorbed by the iron-black metal ring below, blending with the sticky blood inside the ring, as if boiling them.

At the same time, the bloody and crazy aura inside the coffin spread out more and more, quickly filling the entire hall, enveloping Angel and Glade Soren, hovering around the two of them, but more around the red-haired "War Bishop", who avoided Angel in fear.

This is undoubtedly the crazy aura of the "Count of Champagne" Vermonda Solon, so it is closer to the ancestor of the Solon family who reshaped his body with the flesh and blood of family members... Angel felt the breeze formed by the crazy aura blowing past him and asked:
"Has the seal been broken?"

Glade shook his head:
"It will take a little more time. This scent is not strong enough yet."

He pointed to the bronze coffin, the iron-black ring, the bloody water containing the withered heart inside, and the white candles around it, and continued:

"These should be the measures they took to strengthen the seal hundreds of years ago after the seal became weak and pollution leaked. The white candles represent the extraordinary creatures in the underground maze, mainly the 'Hunter' path. The iron-black ring means the entrance to the seal, and being pressed down by the bronze coffin symbolizes the reinforcement of the seal.

“But when it came to Fomonda’s generation, when He became a ‘conqueror’ and hoped to go further, in order to obtain the ‘source’ power of Trier in the Fourth Epoch, He conducted corresponding research in Red Swan Castle for a long time. As expected, He was affected by the source and forced His way into the seal. His body turned into what you call a disaster giant, wandering around the abandoned city, while his spirit remained at the seal, affecting everyone in Red Swan Castle and all the Sauron bloodline with his painful roars.

"My descendants nourish this blood-colored spring with the hearts of family members who have become Beyonders. On the one hand, they continue to strengthen the seal, and on the other hand, they use their spirits to merge with the out-of-control Fomonda Soran to neutralize his madness and control the impact on family members to a certain extent, thus avoiding the destruction of the entire family."

Angel listened to Glade's narration, and after a moment he sighed and said:

"A great sacrifice."

Of course, she knew that the Sauron family's action of strengthening the seal was mainly to prevent the blood curse from making everyone as crazy as the Abraham family, but it also contributed to sealing Trier in the Fourth Epoch and protecting Trier in the present.

"Oh, sacrifice?"

Glade sneered and said with disdain:
"If they had contacted Steam or the Church of the Blazing Sun to cooperate, penetrated deep into the seal to kill the 'Disaster Giant' and retrieve the Beyonder characteristics while the 'Weather Warlock' in the family had not yet been affected by Fomonda and lost control, why would they have come to this?

"Just because they didn't want outsiders to know and were worried that their Beyonder characteristics would be taken away, they secretly hid the fact that the seal had become weaker and tried to solve it themselves. In the end, they ended up in this situation. They have completely disgraced Soran."

The ancestor of the Sauron family made a few sharp comments on the weakness of his descendants, shook his head, looked around, and nodded:

"Almost done, let's go in."

As soon as he finished speaking, a low roar came from deep inside the bronze coffin, as if it came from far away.

The sound quickly spread along the complicated corridors of the maze, causing the entire underground area to begin to shake. The crazy, bloody aura became stronger and stronger, almost visible to the naked eye. Even though Glade Soran still had the status of a "conqueror" in his lifetime and was now a "war bishop" of Sequence 3, his body inevitably trembled, and his expression was slightly painful.

Glancing at Him, Angel kindly advised:

"How about you stay here and I'll go down and deal with that 'disaster giant'?"

She was a little worried that as soon as she entered the seal, the "War Bishop" beside her would merge into the Disaster Giant and become a part of the other party. That would be really a rebellion against the Heavenly Gang, and the descendants would devour the souls of their ancestors.

Glade chuckled and replied:

"I can resist this influence on my bloodline. After all, I am the source of my bloodline. He is just my descendant, and that extraordinary characteristic originally belonged to me. Moreover, this is the business of the Soran family. How could I not be present when Fumonda was being dealt with?"

Was He planning to take advantage of this opportunity to snatch the "Conqueror" attribute? Angel kept a watchful eye, nodded, and said nothing more.

Seeing that the crazy and bloody smell was becoming more and more obvious, and the blood under the bronze coffin was almost gushing onto the ground, Glade did not delay any longer and took the lead to walk to the center of the hall, passing the white candles surrounding the coffin and coming to the illusory purple flame.

Taking this opportunity, Angel left the man in the mirror outside and dived into the mirror world himself, chanting the name of the Fool, praying to Klein, and telling him what happened here.

Of course, judging from the last experience, after going deep into Trier in the Fourth Epoch, even the Fool would not be able to cast his gaze upon it, so this “notification” was only an insurance policy.

Afterwards, she chanted her own honorific name, letting her “man in the mirror” know everything so that he could provide help at any time. In the City of Disasters that could connect to the “special mirror world”, the man in the mirror could provide certain help and was much stronger than Mr. Fool.

Before she knew Klein's identity, she never dared to criticize the "Fool" in her heart. But now she can face the "reviving god" with a relaxed attitude.

Humph... She chuckled and came back to reality, just in time to see Glade step onto the bronze coffin and prepare to jump inside.

The illusory purple flame is the sealed entrance... Angel thought for a while, and when Glade's figure quickly disappeared into the coffin, he followed and lay down lightly, like a dying person who voluntarily entered the coffin.

Then, her figure suddenly fell, deep into the dark hole made of flames and blood.

……

Angel's sight fell rapidly, through the gray mist, and landed on the edge of the wilderness, next to the black stone brick floor.

In the distance, a huge, magnificent but dilapidated city was hidden in the fog of war, with only a vague outline of the mountain-like palace in the center. Not far away, a giant several dozen meters tall was shrouded in storms, lightning, and flames, moving slowly, as if wandering.

That is Fomonda Soren, who went crazy and lost control underground. He was once an archangel and the "conqueror" who was only one step away from the throne of "Red Priest".

Beside Angel, Glade Soren, wearing a windbreaker and with red hair fluttering in the scorching air, had already stopped, his eyes fixed on Fomonda. There was no madness in his eyes when facing a mythical creature, nor was there enthusiasm or fear, only deep disappointment.

It was as if he was lamenting how the incompetent descendant of the family had ended up in this situation.

Angel also looked around and confirmed that his position was far from the last time he was brought into Trier in the Fourth Epoch by the man in the mirror of Syrio Soran. He was almost at the two ends of the old city of Trier.

The two were only a few hundred meters away from the "Disaster Giant", and the high-temperature air waves and roars of lightning were very close.

This made her suspect that the location after entering "Fourth Epoch Trier" corresponded to the weak point of the seal in the real Trier.

If Angel, who was still the Witch of "Despair" at that time, appeared here, in a few seconds she would probably become crazy under the influence of the "Disaster Giant" and involuntarily approach it, becoming a part of this "Conqueror".

Fortunately, I have become the "Disaster" witch... Angel straightened up, puffed out his chest, and glanced at Glade Soren.

The latter did not wait for her to speak, and said in a low voice:
"Begin now and end the curse on my family's descendants."

As he spoke, his body instantly grew taller, his skin became covered with cracks, and flames gushed out from within, transforming him into a flaming giant.

whoosh-

Glade transformed into a spear of fire and flew towards the "Disaster Giant" with an unstoppable momentum.

Angel opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, the flaming spear turned around and flew back. Glade's somewhat puzzled voice came:

"Why don't you come?"

I thought you were going to duel with Vermonda first... Angel sneered, stretched out her hand, and an iron-black metal flagpole and the flag fluttering on it appeared in her palm.

(End of this chapter)