Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1219 Antigonus's Advice
Antigonus, like another fortune teller Angel was familiar with, did not directly give the answer, but began to lay the groundwork:
"The first person we studied was my father, the god of the Wolf Clan, 'Destruction Wolf' Flegra.

"Obviously, while becoming a god based on the Path of Darkness, He also took on a certain degree of the characteristics of the Path of the Fool, even including that precious uniqueness, which led to His madness, moodiness, and arrogance. Instinctive mating and reproduction allowed Him to create many offspring, excluding some incompatible Beyonder characteristics, such as me and my sister... Unfortunately, this is not controlled, and there is no way to guarantee accuracy, and...

"By some coincidence, He expelled a Sequence 1 characteristic of the Path of Darkness, which made His foundation for becoming a god no longer stable. He fell into even longer madness, full of destructive and annihilative instincts, and did not even spare his own offspring.

“Of course, this also created a Sequence 1 Servant God.”

Amanissis, the goddess of misfortune... Angel silently recited the name in his heart, his eyes met with Antigonus, and they tacitly did not mention it.

But Angel suspected that the goddess of doom was not the current one when she was born, but she truly became "Amaniss" after she died in an attack by an ancient god or a slave god from the enemy camp.

Just like me, Klein, and Emperor Roselle... She collected her thoughts and asked:

"So, one of the extra essences contained in the 'Lord of Mysteries', that Heavenly Lord, is the 'River of Eternal Darkness'?"

This is of course because the Path of Night is of that Sephiroth which brings slumber, death, and deep darkness.

"That's right," Antigonus smiled and replied, "Another piece of evidence is 'Phoenix Ancestor' Graygari. The basis of her godhood was the 'Death God' path, but she possessed some of the authority of the 'Gate' path, which is also the 'Apprentice' path. For example, she could open up her own 'Underworld' in the spirit world, for example... she opened a gap in the curtain that sealed the Western Continent, allowing the tributary formed by the 'Eternal Darkness River' to appear in the outside world."

No wonder the River of Eternal Darkness flows deep in Calderón, the "City of the Dead", and inside those buildings that seem to be frozen in an eternal state there is the original version of the door-shaped mark of Abraham's family... Angel suddenly understood, and many of his questions were answered here.

With multiple pieces of evidence, there was no doubt that the Lord of Mysteries had contained the River of Eternal Darkness, so she immediately asked:

"Where's the other source?"

Thinking of how the "God of Death" Salinger was madly forcing the "Red Priest" to be unique, she guessed:
"Could it be 'City of Disaster'?"

"It's the 'Land of Disorder'."

Antigonus did not keep the question secret, but answered in a calm tone and explained:

"There aren't many clues about this source, but there is one thing that made Bethel guess: the existence of the person in the 'Wishing Magic Lamp'."

A part of the "Old Ones" Chaos Child, the "Djinn" sealed in the magic lamp by the "Lord of Mysteries"? Angel was startled, and immediately understood what the other party meant.

In the context of the First Epoch where two pillar-level Old Ones were fighting each other, if there was no direct conflict of interest, even with the character of that "Heavenly Lord", he would not take the initiative to provoke a new "Old One" and increase his enemies.

The only possibility is that He has already contained the source substance "Kingdom of Disorder" that the other party needs. In order to prevent that Old One from causing trouble in the war, He simply took advantage of the fact that the other party's source substance was lost and his strength was damaged by splitting himself into the barrier for some unknown reason, and sealed him up completely.

Of course, according to the situation that the ancient gods accommodate extraordinary characteristics according to this special aggregation relationship, the characteristics of the "Black Emperor" and "Judge" paths represented by the "Land of Disorder" may be found in the bodies of ancient gods such as the Phoenix Ancestor and the Giant King, or follow them in the form of subordinate gods.

For example, the subordinate god of the "Destruction Wolf", and the "God of the Dead" Salinger.

Unfortunately, the historical records handed down to this day do not fully record the subordinate status of all ancient gods.

Feeling that secret history is interesting and useful, Angel continued to guide the topic:

"Since the extra essence of the Lord of Mysteries has been confirmed, what about God? Since He could perish together with another pillar in this state, He should also have two or even more extra essences, right?"

"We are not sure about the situation of this Pillar-level Old One. Even Amon and Adam behind Him are not clear... Of course, I suspect Adam knows a lot of things, but He doesn't say anything and just arranges everything."

Antigonus smiled, and using his ability as a "miracle worker" to counter divination and prophecy, he made sharp comments on the ancient angel king who had now become a god.

"Of course, we can guess that the 'White Tower' path among the five paths of 'Omniscience and Omnipotence', that is, the omniscience corresponding to the 'Reader' path, overlaps with the knowledge authority represented by the source substance 'Wild Knowledge', so I suspect that the fantasy dragon at that time mixed some extraordinary characteristics of non-adjacent paths; and from the legends of the 'Elf King' and his people, we can get a glimpse of the secrets of the 'Shadow World'... Even Bethel is not sure about this part, so I won't mislead you." Wild Knowledge and Shadow World? Are these the two extra source substances of "God"? There is "Sun" in His cornerstone path, which can actually merge with the Shadow World representing the abyss. At that time, He must have fallen into complete madness... Angel muttered silently, and seeing that Antigonus did not continue to guess the meaning of the Ancient God Path, he asked:
"Does this mean that the two Pillar-level Old Ones will have a certain influence on the paths of the Source Elements they have housed? Will their wills and spirits awaken in the bodies of Beyonders from other paths?"

"of course."

Antigonus replied with a firm tone.

"In addition to fighting against the spirit left by the original Creator, Beyonders of the Paths of Diviner and Apprentice also have to face the consciousness and spirit of the Lord of Mysteries. This is the component of the divinity that these paths have to fight against... And other source substances that have been contained by the pillars, such as the darkness of the River of Eternal Darkness, the God of Death, and the High-Sequence Beyonders of the God of War Path, also face this problem.

"I think this is why, even though my father has contained more Beyonder characteristics of the Dark Path, he has expelled this part of the cornerstone and is looking for an opportunity to continue to contain The Fool, and is even looking for clues about Sefirah Castle."

So that’s how it is. Because the Lord of Mysteries fell later than the original Creator, his spirit and consciousness were stronger. Even though his Beyonder Characteristics were less than other channels, he still dominated the already crazy thoughts of the Destruction Wolf, making him instinctively want to gather all the corresponding Beyonder Characteristics… Angel was thinking, but heard Antigonus continue:
“Whether it’s the Lord of Mysteries or the consciousness of God, their influence on Beyonders has been reduced to the lowest level in the Fifth Epoch. But I still want to give you and the Miracle Master behind you a reminder.

"Pay attention to his state after being promoted to the Servant of Mysteries. If He uses my extraordinary characteristics to be promoted, it will be much better. Because this characteristic has been tolerated by my father and me, it has diluted the existence of the pillar. Although this will make Him face multiple consciousnesses at the same time in the process of fighting against divinity, it is better than facing the Lord of Mysteries alone.

“But once He becomes The Fool, the Sequence 1 characteristic that has never been contained will become the biggest problem.”

"Because it has no 'diluent' from other consciousnesses?"

Angel said with realization.

Antigonus nodded and said with emotion:
"I ignored this point at the time. When my own 'anchor' was not enough and my humanity was not sufficient, I accepted 'uniqueness', which caused my condition to be not very good... At the beginning of the Four Emperors War, Bethel and I defeated Zaratul of the Solomon Empire on the battlefield and obtained the second trait of the 'Secret Servant'. I was controlled by the instinct of aggregation and accepted it...

"My memory is not complete after that, but most of the citizens of the Kingdom of Night became my puppets, and my sister's efforts to wake me up also failed... If it weren't for Amani... the goddess of night sealed me and made me fall into a deep sleep, I'm afraid my sister..."

As he kept talking, Antigonus seemed to be lost in some memories. His eyes, which contained a trace of vicissitudes of life, became darker and gradually lost focus.

Even if Antigonus, who had completely digested the characteristics of "Miracle Master" and "Mysterious Servant" in units of hundreds or thousands of years, became crazy after absorbing the additional Sequence 1 characteristics, could Klein really face all of this... Angel was also a little worried. Seeing that Antigonus stopped talking, she sighed secretly and released a small part of the charm power that had been completely restrained. "Instigated":

"Don't worry, your sister will come back to you in the end.

"As long as you are alive, there is hope for everything."

After that, she hesitated for a moment, then stretched out her arms and hugged the angel who was much older than her and looked very vulnerable at the moment.

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West Balam, the port of Paros in Matanibun.

After bidding farewell to Antigonus, Angel came to this small port which originally belonged to the colonists of Intis, but now the ruler had changed as the war was over and the negotiations were gradually coming to an end.

The destination of her trip was the small town of Tizamo, where members of the Eggers family might have appeared. It was located in the jungle on the edge of the port, but she did not go there immediately. Instead, she planned to stay in the port first and try to contact the "Pale Queen" through more normal channels.

Refusing the local custom of "carrying a coffin", Angel was taken by a hired carriage to the largest and most famous hotel in the area. He entered the hotel, which was built on the inner wall of an artificial valley and looked like a hollowed-out inverted pyramid.

As soon as she entered the hall, her spirituality was touched and she looked at a corner of the lounge in the hall.

There sat a gentleman with bronze complexion and dark hair.

Mr. Azik... Angel's heart moved, and he walked towards him with a smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)