Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1142: The Brass Book of Trunsoest
All this happened suddenly and without any warning. If the pain hadn't been so real and the wound on his back was still bleeding, Angel would have thought he was hallucinating.

She frowned and looked around. The street was still very quiet, but in the distance a group of people in different clothes appeared. They seemed to be patrolling the streets for some purpose. Soon their eyes focused on Angel, with a gleam in their eyes as if they were examining their prey.

Are they not affected by the "curfew"? Is this ban only for outsiders like me, or is it only for punishing extraordinary people? Angel's thoughts raced, thinking of various possibilities.

She is not too worried about the current crisis. Ordinary citizens, no matter how many of them there are, cannot pose a threat to her. The punishment for violating the curfew should not be escalated quickly. Violators should be given a chance to correct their behavior. Otherwise, the lawmakers would not start with flogging. It would be more convenient to start directly with the "death penalty."

But based on her experience with the laws of the "City of Dreams", she believed that the group of citizens patrolling the streets in front of her were likely part of the law enforcement system, or at least had fallen into abnormality involuntarily. If she attacked them, she would probably not be caned, but a more severe punishment.

Since I can't fight and can't escape from this city, I'll just hide for now...

Before these patrolmen armed with shotguns, picks and shovels could get close to him, Angel immediately entered the mirror world, leaving a slowly disappearing mirror image in its place, causing these locals to freeze in surprise, suspecting that they had seen a ghost.

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Angel fell into deep thought as he looked in the mirror at the group of Beldan residents who had dull expressions and were obviously being manipulated by some sort of manipulation and slowly dispersed.

She first guessed that these "law enforcers" were probably not the ones who spontaneously upheld the law as in the "Dream City", but rather they became puppets under the "curfew" order of the out-of-control seal, and went out to the streets to search for people who violated the order, so that they could avoid punishment.

But then, Angel realized that he was not discovered by patrolmen when he was whipped for appearing on the street during curfew, which meant that punishment did not require the illegal behavior to be witnessed by others. The power of "law enforcement" had already enveloped the entire city, just like the Hand of Order characteristic of the "City of Dreams".

So, their target is not the people who violate the curfew, but the targets that are more difficult to be restricted by the law, such as "outsiders"? But the seal that makes the law can issue an order to make outsiders surrender or surrender directly, otherwise they will be sentenced to death... Because it cannot make rules that are too contrary to common sense and unreasonable, and cannot target specific people, it can only gradually reduce the scope of activities, leaving "outsiders" with no way out? Angel, who had "cracked" the strict law once, quickly got into the state and his thinking became faster and faster.

"So, along with the curfew, there must be rules against trespassing and staying in public places. Otherwise, I can just find a house and stay there until dawn. Even if the owner has malicious intentions against outsiders, I can circumvent them through various means...

"The world in the mirror is safe for now, because no witch has used this method to evade the restrictions of the law? But I am facing an activated seal, and the status is still very high. This loophole will be filled soon...

"Hide in the City of Disaster? No, this is just passive defense and will not help solve the problem. Moreover, Klein's loss of contact is likely due to the fact that his spirit cannot enter the gray fog of the 'Source Castle'. I will most likely not be able to enter the 'City of Disaster' projection..."

Muttering to himself, Angel tried to sink deeper into the mirror world, but found that he could not enter the black and red mirror passage. There was an invisible barrier between him and the materialized fog of war.

As expected... Angel nodded without surprise, and tried to recite his own name, but found that it fell on deaf ears as well, with no response from the "man in the mirror".

This should be the same as Klein's state. He can only rely on his own strength... However, the projection summons of "0-01" and "Sword of Glory" are not affected. They are "in" instead of "out"...

Just as she was about to try to summon the "Blood Flag of Salinger", there was a "buzzing" sound and her brain began to hurt as if it was pierced by a sharp object.

The pain came and went quickly. Angel's almost blurred vision returned to normal. She looked down and saw that the clothes on her chest had been torn like her back. Several bloodstains crisscrossed her skin, as if she had been whipped by an invisible whip. It was just that the pain in her head was more severe, so she ignored the pain of the whipping.

There is no doubt that it is no longer safe to hide in the mirror world. The seal quickly filled the loophole in the law and brought this place under curfew.

"The punishment will be much heavier than before, with an interval of about three minutes. Next time it might be direct physical harm, until it is upgraded to 'death penalty'..." Angel quickly took out the rose necklace and put it around his neck, making the whip marks on his chest and back disappear. Then he left the mirror world and appeared on the street just now.

She decided to try to circumvent the "curfew" rules within the limited minutes, and then find Klein to work together to deal with the seal. This is much more difficult than breaking the laws of the "Dream City". I can still be a good citizen there, but here I am directly classified as an outsider... Angel muttered, and just as he was about to take action, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

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In the Beldan City Library, Klein, dressed as a wandering magician, and Arianna, dressed in a patched black robe, stood side by side. They stood outside the window on the first floor of the library as if enjoying the cool breeze, looking at the books made of thin brass sheets placed on a long table inside.

The book flipped by itself, and lines of mercury-colored words quickly emerged, with laws compiled on the surface of the brass pages:

"...The only law enforcement entities can be the 'Brass Book of Trunsoest' and the people it allows. The extraordinary characteristics that Trunsoest once possessed are not allowed...

"…the definition of theft includes theft of extraordinary characteristics, extraordinary abilities…

“…the layout of buildings should follow the golden ratio and the beauty of symmetry…

"...the following crime shall be punishable by death: using the power bestowed by an individual outside the scope of law enforcement to cause destruction..."

Looking at the rapidly increasing text, Klein smiled.

After a long period of exploration and trial and error, he finally found a way to deal with the seal in front of him.

To put it simply, the "Brass Book of Trunsost", a Level 02 seal numbered "0" by the Church of the God of War, has similar properties to the "Hand of Order" in the City of Dreams, but is more active. It is a dangerous seal that is alive and capable of communicating.

The strict laws of the city of Beldan were written and implemented by it.

A few minutes ago, Klein used the "Miracle Worker" ability to summon historical pore images and summoned the "Night Emperor" Memorial Hall in the Dream City that he had seen to the interior of the Municipal Library.

The summoned asymmetrical Quaternary-style building not only has the design style that the "Brass Book of Trunsost" hates, but also comes with all the laws within the "City of Dreams". This caused a lot of conflicts between the two different legal systems and caused a stress response from the sealed object "0-02".

This can be seen from the increasingly rapid speed at which it writes new laws.

This should be able to consume most of the pages. When all the pages are used up and there is no place to write new laws, it will fall into self-contradiction... Klein just looked at the newly opened brass page with hope, and found an extra line of text on it:
"…The mirror world and its affiliated areas are all within the scope of the 'curfew'…"

Ok?
Klein was startled and glanced at Arianna beside him. He found that although the latter's expression was calm, there was a hint of doubt in her eyes.

Why would there be an additional law that has nothing to do with the current situation during this critical time for "0-02"?
Unless, the "Brass Book of Trunsoest", which has the characteristics of being alive, thinks it is very important to it.

Someone entered the mirror world to avoid curfew... Was it Angel? She came to Beldan City and entered the invisible barrier?

This thought suddenly popped up in Klein's mind.

(End of this chapter)