Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1218: The Ruler of the Spirit World and the Lord of the Star World
Facing Angel's questioning, Antigonus smiled faintly, shook his head and said:

"To be honest, neither I nor the other Angel Kings know much about this matter. It was not until the outbreak of the Four Emperors' War that we confirmed that the cooperation and research between Your Majesty and Chick involved the power of the source material, and more than one kind. This will undoubtedly arouse the vigilance of the gods, but it does not seem to be something to panic..."

I've known this for a long time, and I know more than you do, such as the Western Continent, and using the symbol of 'Priest of the Creator' to try to attract all the sealed essences, just like the original Creator attracted the essences of several Outer Gods when he woke up... Angel muttered, and was about to make a comment, when Antigonus continued:
"...But, I have discussed this matter privately with Amon and Bethel. Amon once tried to sneak into the mirror world, and Bethel has a special feeling for the space created by Him. They all think that Tudor and Chick are studying the method of becoming the 'Old Ones'. This seems to be the special nature of the two paths of the 'City of Disaster', symbolizing the negative and positive sides of the disaster respectively. They cannot go further by simply accommodating and devouring each other, but need true fusion."

There is Yang in Yin and Yin in Yang, and when Yin and Yang combine, all things come into being... Thinking of the reminder of the "Heavenly Master", Angel nodded and agreed with Antigonus's guess.

At the same time, she noticed that the Blood Emperor Tudor's men had cleverly gathered the Angel Kings from the three paths of the Sefirah Castle, namely Antigonus from the Seer path, Amon from the Thief, and Abraham from the Apprentice.

If the pillar-level Old One who houses Sefirah Castle is the "Lord of Mysteries", then is the "Blood Emperor" considered a loose Lord of Mysteries?

The last person who had a similar situation to him was the ancient sun god, and then God awakened in his body... Angel felt his thoughts drifting away, so he quickly gathered them and continued to ask:

"Did they succeed?"

"Bethel believes that it was partially successful, because His Majesty quickly became more insane after the changes in the mirror world, even more so than when he first became a 'Red Priest' and the conflicting characteristics in his body had not yet been eliminated. Of course, His power was also more mixed and significantly enhanced."

Regardless of whether it was good or bad, Tudor had undergone some changes, so Mr. Door believed that their experiment was partially successful... Of course, information obtained from other channels proved that Tudor and Chick ultimately failed, and caused the disaster of source power leakage... Angel pondered and asked casually:
"What about Chike? Has He also changed accordingly?"

From Christina, Angel learned that the "Original Witch" also underwent many strange changes at the same time, such as going from being dissatisfied with female witches to hunting down all female witches, even her own daughter.

Under her earnest gaze, Antigonus nodded slowly and replied:

"Chike's condition has also deteriorated. He claims from time to time that he is the true successor of the original creator. He has been hiding in the mirror world for a long time, as if he is hiding something... Those secrets should be hidden in his other two names, but no one knows what they are... Your Majesty should know, but he never says it. Perhaps only the 'writer' hiding in the dark can see something. After all, he cannot even hide what he is thinking."

The other two honorific names?

Angel immediately recalled the three honorific names of "Original Witch": the source of all disasters, the symbol of destruction and doomsday, and the witch who controls chaos.

Although this honorific name encompasses the important abilities of the "Witch" path, it lacks a key piece of the puzzle: the mirror world.

However, the description of the Sequence 0 Primal Witch and Chaos Witch on the "Card of Blasphemy" clearly states that they are "the rulers of the mirror world, corresponding to the negative side of the original creator."

Now that he knew that the "Original Witch" had two hidden names, Angel felt as if everything had been enlightened and all his doubts had been answered.

"Would those two names involve the authority of the 'Mirror World' and the 'Feminine Power'?" she asked.

"I don't know," Antigonus admitted honestly as the thick wolf hair on his face trembled. "Apart from the fallen Majesty, there should be only a few high-ranking members of the witch family, um, they are now called the witch sect... who know the truth. And they must be important figures who have a close relationship with Chike and will trigger the descent of God when attacked."

"But I guess that is closely related to their partially successful research in the mirror world. Just treat it as a prophecy from a 'fortune teller.'"

Important people? For example, his son Yuris, also known as the "Gray Witch" Judith... Unfortunately, he must be under heavy protection, so it is difficult to get him... The name of a true god is related to the research of "The Old Days"? Angel sighed secretly and changed the subject:

"What else do you know about the Old Ones' powers?"

Antigonus did not hold back and told them everything he knew about the Source and the Outer Gods, just like naming a dish. Unfortunately, it was no different from what Angel knew, which disappointed her.

Fortunately, this demon wolf who had lived through the Second Age and followed the Ancient God and the True God quickly turned to the topic that interested Angel:
"...In my spare time, Bethel and I have discussed the existence of the two Pillar-class Old Ones and the reasons why they fell in the First Era. Amon occasionally joins the discussion. Of course, given His personality, He would prefer to hide in the air and eavesdrop. It is very likely that the writer wanted to speak on his own initiative, so we will carefully consider His opinion."

It sounds like you have a good relationship with Mr. Gate, and with Amon as well... That's right, as the angel kings of the three paths of Sefirah Castle, they are naturally in a delicate relationship of confrontation and cooperation. However, compared to becoming gods, the biggest threat to them in the Fourth Epoch is the will and spiritual imprint left in the Beyonder characteristics by the Original Creator and the Lord of Mysteries. They have the motivation to cooperate and find a way out... Angel's thoughts quickly diverged and converged, and he asked curiously:

"I heard that they both fell because of fighting each other?" Antigonus nodded first, then shook his head and said slowly:
“That’s just the surface and superficial understanding.

“We first confirmed that the original creator who created everything also had his own will, and was not just an existence with the instincts of aggregation and division. Otherwise, the extraordinary characteristics he left behind would not have such a strong spiritual imprint.

"This is also the reason why He left a barrier after falling asleep."

Angel nodded as if he understood something and responded:

"Because He, who has his own will, wants to be resurrected again, but if the essence and characteristics are divided and taken away by the Outer Gods, this will be impossible?"

Antigonus smiled, his eyes were unusually calm, as if answering what He said about the "discussion time":
"Yes, this is the premise of everything, and there is a lot of evidence. For example, the aggregation law of Beyonder characteristics is the embodiment of the aggregation and resurrection instinct of the Original Creator. The higher the sequence, the more obvious this tendency is. And once a certain threshold is exceeded, even if the mind is completely normal and not crazy, it cannot resist the instinct of aggregation. It will start to attack each other, devour each other's characteristics, and try to re-aggregate into the Original Creator."

Combining the other party's previous topic, Angel immediately guessed the upper limit of this "threshold":

"Old times?"

"To be precise, it is the Pillar-level Old Ones," Antigonus replied in an approving tone, "A Pillar is the highest level that can stabilize its own state. Above this, even if any more source is contained, the instinct of aggregation will overwhelm its own will, and it cannot be reversed unless it perishes."

The pillar is the upper limit, which means that the ordinary old days, or those outer gods who are eyeing the earth, are not unable to accommodate other source substances? This is a little different from what the man in the mirror said. Of course, this does not affect the pillar-level "Lord of Mysteries" and "God" who have reached this limit... Angel shuddered and guessed:
"The two pillars within the barrier contain the extra Essence?"

"This is the only possibility. Otherwise, there is no direct conflict between the Lord of Mystery and God, who respectively rule the spiritual world and the astral world. Why would they risk their own destruction and fight each other?"

Maybe they just don't like each other... Pure divinity wouldn't have such human impulses? Angel complained in his heart and asked:

"In charge of the spiritual and astral worlds?"

Antigonus nodded slightly and said in a vague tone:

"The Lord of Mysteries is the King of Time and Space, the Beacon of Destiny, the Incarnation of Sefirah Castle, and the Ruler of the Spirit World. God is also known as the Creator, the Maker, the Omniscient and the Lord of the Astral World."

Is this a manifestation of the name and authority of the Old Ones, similar to "Destroying the Scourge, Root of the Disaster"? The Pillars are indeed stronger than the average Old Ones, and even the names that symbolize authority are longer... By the way, what is the Pillar-level authority of the third Pillar-level Old One, the only surviving "Fallen Mother Goddess"? The spirit world and the astral world have been divided up, does He dominate the real world? Angel's thoughts raced, and some of the questions in his mind were answered, and more questions emerged one by one.

Fortunately, she was a person who knew how to restrain herself. She quickly calmed her thoughts and grasped the most important issue:
"Which additional essences do the Lord of Mysteries and God contain respectively?"

She originally thought that the other paths only needed to consider the spiritual imprint of the original creator, and only the five paths representing "omniscience and omnipotence" needed to guard against God awakening in the body. The three paths of "Source Castle incarnation" were full of vigilance against the Lord of Mysteries.

But now it seems that these two pillars also contain other source substances. Will this allow them to exert influence on extraordinary people from other paths or even gods?
...even as a vehicle for resurrection?
Hearing her question, Antigonus once again smiled as if he was enjoying the atmosphere of the discussion. He leaned back in his chair, relaxed his body, and replied:
"This is the most important achievement of our 'old research group'.

"We assume that the natural aggregation of extraordinary characteristics is affected by the pillars that contain the source substance and the corresponding characteristics. This can explain why in the dark age after their fall, the ancient gods' instinct to aggregate the characteristics of non-adjacent pathways was even stronger than that of the original pathway.

"Based on this, we infer that the Lord of Mysteries has contained at least two additional essences."

Two? Wouldn't it be that if any extra essence was contained, the threshold would be exceeded and the aggregation instinct would burst out? Oh, right, it makes sense that the two pillars would fight each other under this instinct and contain more essence in order to gain an advantage. This is simply a fight without caring about life... Angel smacked his lips and asked with emotion:

"Which two essences?"

(End of this chapter)