Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1173 Three Suggestions
Cunning and shameless... This should be referring to the "Heavenly Lord" who imprisoned Him in this magic lamp, that is, the "Lord of Mysteries", right?

Angel's ears were still ringing with the lamp god's magnificent laughter that kept rippling in the gray fog, but the golden figure in front of him was like a petrified person, unable to move.

She keenly sensed that this Outer God, who possessed the status of an "old man" but had only a wisp of consciousness left, seemed to be showing a hint of "fear".

The target of his fear was Klein, who was covered in the "curtain" that had been preserved in the gray fog for thousands of years before being spit out, containing the "Fool" card, and holding the "Mysterious Servant" characteristics of Antigonus, the "Half Fool".

The latter was in spirit form and contained the Blasphemy Card. He was wearing colorful clothes and a gorgeous crown. His temperament was both terrifying and funny. He was almost the same as the previous owner of Sefirah Castle. Even Angel did not dare to disobey the Fool in this state.

The genie mistook Klein for the "God of Heaven"... Angel understood and said nothing. His mind was empty and his eyes were unfocused. He sat on the high-back chair as if he had been turned into a secret puppet.

This was similar to her usual state when participating in the Tarot Club, which did not require too many acting skills, and the Lamp God's entire attention was on the figure at the head of the long table, and she did not notice the almost uncontrollable smile on the mouth of the "City of Disaster" follower whom she had just mocked.

Klein had the same guess. Although it was the first time he saw the legendary "Son of Chaos" Earth molecule, he had already learned from Angel that this being had been tricked by "Tianzun" and had his buttocks and brain separated. His body was outside the barrier, but his brain was stored in the Sealed Artifact "0-05". He hated and feared the fallen Pillar-level Old One, so he immediately used the Joker's ability to stabilize his body and opened his mouth to respond contemptuously:
"Ah."

His naturally condescending attitude seemed to mock the genie's comments about himself.

The light laughter that also echoed in the gray fog palace caused the lamp god's frozen figure to shake for a moment. After a moment, the golden figure relaxed and said:

"Long time no see. You are weaker than I thought. You are unable to even contain the characteristics of a Sequence 1. No wonder I have never heard of your name in the outside world for thousands of years."

Thousands of years... That goes back to the First Era. After this genie was locked in the Wishing Lamp, he never came out... Klein laughed secretly and continued in that arrogant tone:

"How do you know this isn't an illusion? After all, I'm cunning and shameless, and I take pleasure in deceiving and fooling others."

"Because there is no point in deceiving me, and if you have recovered, there is no need for the holder of this lamp to sacrifice me here."

The vaguely outlined genie answered immediately.

Because he had been tricked into the seal and had nothing left, there was no point in tricking him? And after the "Tianzun" regained his strength, he could directly put the Wishing Lamp into the mist of history without Bernadette's "sacrifice"? It sounded like the lamp spirit seemed to be able to grasp the situation around the seal at all times, and it was not ruled out that he would voluntarily be sacrificed to spy on the "Tianzun"'s state... Klein's thoughts raced, and just as he was about to say something, the golden lamp spirit spoke again:
"It seems that you are now troubled by how to accommodate the characteristics of the 'Mysterious Servant'. We can make a deal. You remove the seal and let me go. I have a way to let you complete the ritual and accommodate the characteristics of these two Sequence 1s again."

Help me complete the ritual? Use the "Wishing Magic Lamp" to immediately build my secret doll town and have it be born in the corresponding area in the spirit world? Klein's heart was throbbing.

It's not that he couldn't complete the ritual, but he felt that it would take too much time and there would be a lot of variables. Adam, who had already become a god, and his brother Amon, the king of angels, could appear at any time during the process and cause him to fail.

Making a wish to skip the ceremony or two "miracle workers" making wishes to each other is a perpetual motion machine-like delusion, requiring more spiritual power than a sequence 2. However, a djinn with an Old One's status and the "wishing genie" can possibly do this.

Of course, after a brief thought, Klein was not bewitched by "Him". On the one hand, he did not have the ability to release the other party and could not reach a deal. On the other hand, his brief career as a Nighthawk told him that this kind of deal would most likely betray him.

But this did not prevent him from continuing to use his identity as "Tianzun" to get some information.

“That’s not enough.”

He answered in a deep voice, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, looking a little moved and wanting to bargain.

But the golden figure in front of him suddenly shook, and a thunderous laugh came from deep within his body:
"Haha, hahaha, you are not Him!"

Huh? Angel, who was pretending to be stupid, and Klein, who was racking his brains to play the role of "Tianzun", were both stunned.

Could it be that the Lord of Mysteries is a god who never bargains? My tone is too friendly, and the Lamp God is a little uncomfortable? Should I use the Star Staff to beat him while forcing him to agree to unilateral help? Questions kept popping up in Klein's mind. While he was defensively mobilizing the power of Sefirah Castle to prevent the Lamp God from resisting, he was about to struggle with words, but he heard the Lamp God continue to speak in a magnificent voice:

"If you were Him, you wouldn't need any digestion process or rituals. Even if you awakened in an ordinary person, he would be able to immediately accommodate the two 'Secret Servant' characteristics in your hand, and then aggregate the remaining ones into his body, becoming a god again." Therefore, the ritual of the "Secret Servant" cannot be a transaction condition at all... He was just deceiving me... No, if He is the master of the "Land of Disorder", He should have the authority to distort intentions. When I was bargaining just now, He had already tried to distort my thoughts, but failed because I was not the real master of Sefirah Castle? Klein suddenly realized, but he also knew that it was because of his previous "performance" mistakes that the Lamp God was suspicious and then tested.

He then thought of the deep meaning contained in the words of the lamp god, and thought of the "curtain" draped over his body that was thrown out from the gray fog on the same day as his own time travel. He realized that if the curtain containing the characteristics of a fortune teller from Sequence 9 to Sequence 1 fell on him at the moment of his time travel, then "Tianzun" would probably return on the spot.

I don't know which god saved my life... There are not many people I can suspect, it is very likely... His thoughts diverged and converged, and he simply stopped pretending to be a "God of Heaven". Instead, he smiled and said in a softer voice:
“I may not be Him, but I can take His place.”

As he spoke, the gray fog shrouding the magnificent palace quickly gathered and settled beside him, as if submitting to The Fool sitting on the high-backed chair.

In this way, Klein reminded the Lamp God that he had already mastered the "Source Castle". If he could go one step further and become a god, he would be able to make a deal and release this unfortunate guy.

Of course, whether to do so depends on the terms of the deal He proposes.

“Heh.” This time it was the turn of the Genie to laugh contemptuously. “It’s too early for you to dream of becoming an Old One at Sequence 2, but perhaps fate will give you a chance… No matter who you become, my proposal to the Favored One of the ‘City of Disaster’ will also apply to you. As long as you can remove the seal and release me, I will grant you three wishes and return to the starry sky. The remaining ‘Miracle Master’ trait will also be yours.”

As He spoke, He turned His head and looked directly at Angel, as if to say, "I've long seen that you're not a secret doll."

Angel smiled friendly, trying to use the witch's charm to move the lamp god, but it was obvious that he hit a wall with the old person's status. The latter just withdrew his gaze indifferently and continued:
"You brought me here on purpose, it seems that you didn't just want to play the role-playing game of 'Tianzun'."

Klein, who was still wearing the curtain containing the "Fool" card, nodded and said:

"We were hoping to get some advice from you."

"You want me to get an advance payment?" The Lamp God said immediately, "This condition is not enough."

He used the words that Klein had just said when he was pretending to be "Tianzun".

This made Angel, who was already a little annoyed that his disguise was exposed, take a deep breath and his expression became serious.

"How about this condition: I will take you into the City of Disaster, and keep you company with the brass book that was once equally unruly but is now peaceful."

Angel, who had learned from Bernadette that the "Wishing Lamp" could distort other people's intentions, tried to express his threat in simple terms.

The blurry golden figure swayed a few times, turned his head to look at her again, and said after a moment:
“Three suggestions.

"First, no matter what you decide to do, you must do it as soon as possible. The end of this world will come when the barrier is broken, but the end does not have to wait until the barrier is broken."

Does He mean that the invasion of the Outer Gods will bring doom to this world before the barrier is truly broken? Angel glanced at Klein and saw that he seemed to be thinking about something, so he prepared to ask the Lamp God to explain this sentence.

But the majestic and solemn voice continued:
"I am not responsible for interpreting these suggestions...Second, the part of me in the starry sky, the part called 'Uncertain Mist', has already gained a certain degree of consciousness. He will try to unite other Old Ones and drive the believers in the barrier to find a way to restore my freedom. If he succeeds, you will have no chance to make a deal."

Isn't it what the Lamp God wants to see that the Uncertain Mist successfully breaks through the barrier and lifts the seal? Does He want to leave instead of passively waiting for the rescue of the Uncertain Mist? This will determine who will be the leader? A few more questions popped up in Angel's mind, but he knew that the Lamp God would not explain, so he just asked:

"Any more?"

"The last one," the Lamp Spirit looked at Angel again, as if to indicate that this hint was related to her, "The red of the 'Red Priest' represents the red of war, and the priest is the worshiper of the source of its power. If you can use this, you may have a chance to break through the seal of 'Tianzun' and obtain the complete source power in advance!"

After saying that, He shrank into a sticky beam of light without any hesitation and went back into the "Wishing Lamp". The wick went out with a puff, leaving Angel and Klein looking at each other in bewilderment.

(End of this chapter)