Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1195 Disrupting the Blood Emperor of the Underworld
The moment he saw the figure of the "Blood Emperor", Angel thought that this god had been resurrected underground in Trier where he had fallen a thousand years ago.

This is not unimaginable. After all, in her experience, the "God of Death" and the "Ancient Sun God" both had their own resurrection plans, some of which failed and some of which had major problems. But with them as examples, it is not surprising that the "Blood Emperor" would pop out from any corner.

But after a little identification, Angel found that although the figure in front of him only occupied a corner of the spring, the tall and mighty figure in front of him was just a translucent phantom, not even as good as the "substitute Tudor" summoned by Antigonus.

Of course, His aura was real enough, and the sight that instantly ignited the fighting desire, crazy thoughts and violent emotions in the people around him was hard to resist. But Angel had activated the "City of Disaster" mark in his body before entering the cave. The power of this source essence dispelled the aura around him that made living beings quickly enter death and eternal sleep, and also blocked the influence of the figure who exuded a violent and vicious aura that was no less violent than that of the "Blood Emperor" on her.

There is no doubt that without the protection of the source, the illusion of the "Blood Emperor" in the "Samaritan Woman Fountain" alone would be enough to make a saint lose control, as if he had seen the complete mythical creature with his own eyes.

Angels can resist this force, but they will be infected by the omnipresent and pervasive aura of the "River of Eternal Darkness" and quickly face inevitable death.

So, this spring water is the power leaked from the River of Eternal Darkness? But it is connected to the fourth floor of the catacombs, guarded by an old man who seems to be unable to perceive the arrival of the High-Sequence Beyonders. Isn't it too careless... Angel's mind kept bursting with thoughts.

Perhaps these springs were just polluted by the power of the "River of Everlasting Darkness", or perhaps they were the projection of the authority it represented in reality, such as the fog of war outside the "City of Disaster" or the gray mist attached to the "Source Castle"... Just as she had made some guesses, she discovered that the figure of the "Blood Emperor" Tudor standing in the spring had moved.

This figure, which gave the illusion of being as massive as a mountain, stepped one foot after another into the muddy substance beside the deep spring. The magma-like liquid on its body fell down and was extinguished by the dim spring water.

He walked to the edge of the spring with difficulty, stretched out his huge hand covered in colorless flames, and grabbed Angel.

Angel did not dodge or try to fight back, but quietly watched the movements of the "Blood Emperor" phantom.

Because she noticed that the spring water beneath the shadow was surging, chasing and restricting the movements of the god.

The spring water spread like a rising tide, quickly catching up with Tudor who was about to reach the edge of the wet, dark mud, and gathered together, making it difficult for him to move. Grayish-white mist filled the air and rose to his waist, pulling his body like an invisible giant hand, dragging him deeper into the spring.

"..."

The unwilling shadow of Tudor raised his head, and an indescribable strange sound surged from his rotten lips, like a roar or a wailing.

Driven by the roar, the figures beside him, some with bone wings, some wearing golden crowns, and some covered in pus, bypassed the huge "Blood Emperor" and pounced on Angel.

They were also restricted and unable to go beyond the range of the "Samaritan Woman's Fountain", but they took advantage of the moment when the spring water was struggling with Tudor to come to the edge of the wet mud, and stretched out arms of various shapes to grab her, as if to pull her into the spring.

A bunch of wandering ghosts without any extraordinary characteristics, enslaved by the phantom of the "Blood Emperor", want to drag me down with them?

Angel sneered, and the anger that was suppressed by her reason surged into her heart under the actions of these monsters and the stimulation of the "Blood Emperor" Tudor. She reached out to the air, and a mirror image of a "level 0" sealed object appeared in her hand.

She did not try to summon the "Blood Flag of Salinger" because the uniqueness of this Red Priest's path had shown signs of losing control when facing the substitute Tudor. And facing the phantom in the spring whose temperament was more like that of the god, the blood flag might even help him deal with herself.

Appearing next to her was the "Sword of Glory"!
The gray-yellow mist instantly spread to the entire underground space, and the flickering orange-red light enveloped the festering woman, the crowned corpse, and the winged monster with oily feathers who had struggled to crawl in front of her and stretched out her arms, bringing their movements to a near standstill.

Immediately, they straightened up, turned their heads, and stared at the "Blood Emperor" Tudor who was struggling in the spring water with unfriendly eyes.

Because Bradl was cursed by the power of "death", the "Sword of Glory" can control the undead creatures corroded by the gray-yellow poisonous fog, which naturally includes the monsters wandering in the Spring of the Samaritan Woman. If the "Blood Emperor" himself did not have the status of a god, His shadow might also be affected.

Seeing that his temporary subordinates betrayed him in an instant, the tall shadow surrounded by the spring water and almost being dragged into the depths was stunned for a moment, then shook again and let out an invisible roar, and those pure black eyes filled with madness revealed undisguised madness.

The strange undead creatures around were about to assist the spring water in pushing Tudor back into the depths of the spring when they received a new "order". They turned to look at Angel and changed their camp again.

It felt like two "Masters of Secret Dolls" were fighting for the thread of the spirit body... Angel chuckled secretly and stopped wasting energy on winning the loyalty of these fence-sitters. Instead, she swung the bone sword in her hand, allowing invisible blades mixed with the breath of petrification, sluggishness and death to pass through the distance between her and the "Blood Emperor" and merge into the surging spring water.

Swish—they exploded inside the huge figure, tearing apart the invisible flames and magma-like liquid on its surface. Handfuls of flames and magma fell into the pale spring water, making hissing sounds and emitting illusory smoke.

At this moment, more spring water gushed out of the "Samaritan Woman's Fountain" again, rushing towards the "Blood Emperor" and those monsters who were wavering and didn't know whose orders to obey, sweeping them back into the dark hole in the center.

Only the tall figure of Tudor bent his knees unwillingly, holding the mud at the edge of the spring with his hands, and his black eyes stared at Angel.

What are you looking at? You've been dead for more than a thousand years, just go back and lie down obediently... Angel muttered, raised the "Sword of Glory", and was about to give Him the final blow, when suddenly the scene in front of him went dark, and a ray of light with a dark red rust color broke through the cover of the spring water and the fog, and shot straight at Angel.

She had already guarded against the opponent's counterattack and blocked the "Sword of Glory" in front of her, but she found that the dark red rust passed through the bone sword like an invisible force and fell on the mark of grace that she had revealed when she unbuttoned a button before.

With a loud bang, Angel's suddenly stiff figure turned into pieces of mirror fragments that fell to the ground. Her figure emerged from the side and she grabbed one of the pieces.

Inside the fragments, dots of dark red kept flashing, and a violent aura and a burning sensation emanated from them, causing Angel's anger, which had subsided due to the retreat of the "Blood Emperor", to surge again.

At this moment, a pale hand suddenly appeared behind Tudor, who had been dragged to the depths of the spring, with half of his body sucked into the dark hole and was still struggling.

The skin of this palm was as crystal clear as jade, but pale and dull. The fingers were slender and the nails were even, but there were cracks on the back of the hand, from which either yellow pus flowed out or a few oil-stained feathers were squeezed out.

It climbed directly from behind towards Tudor's face, which was so rotten that the metal bones were exposed, and concealed his roar and crazy eyes in his palms, and pressed him into the dark hole in the center of the spring.

The dark hole that seemed to lead to the depths of the earth absorbed all the spring water, leaving only moist mud around it. Angel looked closely and noticed that the crystal white arm inside the hole was connected to a figure that was about to disappear into the darkness.

He was an old man wearing an iron crown and a black robe. The skin on his face and arms was as white as jade, his eyes were as black as ink, and a wisp of pale beard floated on his chin.

Angel was deeply surprised by this figure that was completely different from Tudor and his temporary subordinates. He took a few steps forward and came to the edge of the area previously covered by the "Samaritan Woman Fountain". He was only one step away from stepping into the dark mud.

As she was observing the old man's figure, his dark eyes turned towards her, and the hand covered with feathers, oil and pus stretched forward slightly, with his slender index finger pointing at her.

The cold, deathly aura that originally enveloped the entire underground area but was repelled by Angel's "City of Disaster" power became condensed, gathering around the spring like a substance, and then shot towards Angel... the "Secret Holy Emblem" on his wrist.

The dark red light in the mirror fragment in her hand and Tudor's violent and crazy aura stagnated and were attracted to the dark holy emblem, which was covered with a layer of mist that alternated between pale and dark black.

The burning sensation transmitted to Angel immediately turned cold, giving her a sense of familiarity.

Is it the feeling when the "Secret Holy Symbol" is activated... the power of the "Darkness" path? No, it is the "River of Everlasting Darkness", and the power it emits is the "Spring of the Woman of Samaria", where Alistair Tudor fell, eroded and sealed by the power of the Source, and kept trying to escape but was dragged back to where he was...

But who is this old man? The "Archon of Death" Leus who fell here? No, the rotting corpse wearing the golden crown just now should be "Him". Corresponding to him is the figure of the former Pope of the Church of Evernight, Marianne, and the souls of many other angels... The one who can restrict the phantom of a god is likely to be another god, or a follower of the "Source"...

Angel's mind raced with thoughts. He hesitated for a moment, and when the figure of the old man who helped him seal the aura of the "Blood Emperor" was about to disappear, he asked:
"Who are you please?"

She spoke in ancient Hermetic language, just as she had spoken with Christine, but the old man simply put his hands back into the wide sleeves of his robe, sat cross-legged, and sank into the dark hole with the pale, illusory spring water.

A brief but rhythmic answer floated out from the hole, echoing repeatedly in the underground space.

That was a language that Angel had just learned and was not very proficient in yet.

That's a Chinese sentence!
(End of this chapter)