Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1223 The Goddess's Acquiescence

"Dream Festival"... It sounds like some local traditional festival, but in fact it is a "party" where people are forced into dreams by some force and release their negative emotions in the dreams, not to mention that it may be life-threatening... Angel muttered and wrote down the name.

Seeing Angel lowering her head and keeping silent, Xia Palenque Eggers continued to tell her the many clues that the Spiritual Cult had collected over the past year. Most of them were reasonable speculations and wild imaginations. After all, the real "Dream Festival" was only held once after the Spiritual Cult noticed the abnormality in Tizamo Town.

"So, many of these conclusions are just speculations, not facts?"

Thinking of this, Angel frowned and asked.

"It's a reasonable guess based on the current situation, and part of it has been verified by the last Dream Festival," Xia tilted the crown on her head and replied with a faint smile, "I have a think tank behind me."

In fact, I have a think tank behind me. They are Klein, Sherlock, German, Dawn, and Merlin... Looking at the "Pale Queen" who was smiling as if showing off, Angel curled his lips and nodded.

"I will go to Tizamo Town when the Dream Festival begins."

After receiving her promise, Xia's expression completely relaxed and said:
"The members of the Spiritual Cult lurking in the town will contact you. If any clues about the 'God of Death' are found in the Dream Festival, I hope the Spiritual Cult can also get a copy. Other than that, all the other gains will belong to you, including possible extraordinary characteristics."

In fact, you didn’t expect there to be any extraordinary characteristics there, and the “River Styx” is not something you can touch now... Angel laughed secretly and turned to look at Azik who had been listening:

"Mr. Azik, I think it's OK for me to attend this Dream Festival alone. The power of the Styx there may have an impact on you."

This "Death Archon" of the Fourth Epoch was well aware of the horror of source pollution. He did not reject Angel's kindness, but said in a tone of inquiry:

“During this time, I will go to several places that I was interested in before, looking for traces left by my father, the God of Death Salinger, but I won’t go too far from Tizamo Town.

"This may be of some help to you."

Help... Because Salinger once accommodated the uniqueness of the "Red Priest", He thought this was related to my subsequent promotion choice? Angel was stunned, and his heart was warm.

At this moment, Xia Eggers said:

"If you are interested in the clues left by the God of Death, I know a place. It is deep inland from the Port of Pylos, and in the Lacre area of ​​the Star Plateau, there are still a large number of people who believe in the God of Death. Moreover... recently, many believers of the evil god have sneaked in there, seemingly looking for something."

"Lakre of the Highland Kingdom..." Azik repeated softly, as if recalling memories from deep within his mind, "Father often went there. Perhaps it really hides some secrets of His..."

Angel's memory of this place only stayed in the information inside the church. He knew that the Highland Kingdom was taken over by the Balam Empire as early as the Fourth Epoch. After the death of the God of Death, it existed independently for nearly a thousand years. It was completely defeated by the countries of the Northern Continent that opened up the waterway and became a colony of the Feysac Empire.

Now that Feysac was defeated and the Church of the God of War had actually fallen into the hands of the Goddess, many organizations under the banner of restoration appeared in the former Highland Kingdom, and even the forces of the former Balam Empire, which made people doubt the role of the "Spiritual Church" in this.

If the Spirit Cult has begun to accept the control of the "God of Death", then it is equivalent to the goddess directing behind the scenes to drive out the colonists of Feysac and Intis... Renette Tinicole was the princess of the Highland Kingdom when she was alive, and the one in front of me is the princess of the Balam Empire, and even Bernadette is the princess of Intis... Tsk, these are all worldly identities... I am also the patron angel of the "City of Dreams"...

Angel's thoughts were a little scattered, until Azik and Xia agreed to go to Lacre City together later. The latter straightened his crown, resumed his arrogant attitude, stepped into the spirit world and left, then he gathered his thoughts and looked at the smiling "Archon of Death".

"Be careful. It's best to pray to the goddess for help before going to Tizamo. I'm waiting for you to go together to find the secrets left by my father."

Azik warned.

Angel took a deep breath and nodded to show that he understood, watching the elder walk into the spiritual world with rich colors like watercolor paintings as he had done countless times before.

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Taking a novel mechanical elevator driven by high-pressure steam and gears to the underground area of ​​the hotel, Angel found the superior suite she had booked and entered the luxurious living room that was not equipped with windows but did not feel cramped or dull. She did not want to experience the architectural design style of the Balam Empire, which was "deep underground, close to death", but just wanted to have a place to pray to the goddess.

"In the colony of the Kingdom of Intis, within the coverage of the Eternal Blazing Sun faith, I feel weird hiding in the 'Death' faith building transformed by steam and machinery to pray to the goddess, as if I am blaspheming every god... I won't be killed by a lightning bolt... Well, that's what the Lord of Storms likes to do."

Listening to the low noise of gears meshing and steam gushing faintly coming from the inside of the wall, Angel muttered a few words silently, his eyes flashing, and a complete set of ritual candles, essential oils and herbs belonging to the field of the Goddess of Night appeared on the round table in front of him, automatically forming a very formal altar.

Those were the items she hid in the mirror space. Of course, devout believers of the goddess would carry these utensils with them.

After quickly completing the preparations for the ceremony, Angel bowed his head, closed his eyes, and chanted the goddess's name. He then reported to the god in detail about his meeting with Azik and Shia, including Shia's two conditions for handing over the "Pale Crown", and his plan to go to Tizamo to participate in the "Dream Festival".

Before she could finish her words, the dark night sky dotted with countless stars flashed before her eyes, and a piece of information unconsciously appeared in her mind.

Inspiration struck her, and she quickly took off the "secret holy symbol" on her wrist and placed it in the center of the altar surrounded by candles and various plant powders.

It was not as ostentatious as when The Fool bestowed power and items. Just a breeze blew by, and the pale and dark black mists changed repeatedly. The surface of the holy emblem with a dark red light flashing inside was covered with a layer of velvety soft black, making the surface of the holy emblem blurred and the outline dim, as if part of it had entered the spiritual world and part of it remained in reality.

Without divination, Angel was certain that the power of the holy emblem had been enhanced again, and its connection with herself was even closer, becoming her own "sealed object".

That is a gift from the goddess.

"If we only consider the short-term, specific effects, such as resistance to dreaming, and the power of secrecy and deep sleep, it is almost a '0' level seal. At least the status is not much different... Is this what the goddess prepared in advance for the 'Dream Festival'?"

Angel took back the "Secret Holy Emblem" which had an icy surface but a hint of softness, as if it touched soft and smooth skin, and put it back on his left wrist. Only then did he have time to review and interpret the information that appeared in his mind.

During the prayer, the Goddess of Night allowed Angel to go to the "Dream Festival", but he needed to wear the holy emblem that was granted extra power by her. Angel guessed that this magical item was equivalent to a strengthened anchor of faith, allowing the goddess to pay attention to the situation in reality and dreams at any time.

"Perhaps this is related to the 'River of Eternal Darkness'... He who has collected all the extraordinary characteristics and uniqueness can't wait to come into contact with the source substance and obtain the qualification to be promoted to the Old One?"

Angel muttered silently, cleaned up the altar, threw the sacrificial items back into the mirrored space, and paced back and forth in the spacious living room.

In addition, the Goddess did not reject the request of the "Pale Queen" Shia Eggers, which meant that she agreed. However, She protected the Eggers family and allowed them to continue to fight to get rid of the colonists and restore the original territory of the Balam Empire on the premise that the monarchy would not be allowed to appear again, and the descendants of the Eggers family could only maintain Sequence 2 at most.

"Because the Sequence 1 Pale Emperor plus the blood of the Eggers family can easily revive the fallen but not completely disappeared Death God Salinger? In that case, the uniqueness of the Death God Path might be affected by this former god, just like the uniqueness of the Red Priest can still sense the breath of Alistair Tudor...

"Does this mean that the Goddess has not yet truly accommodated the uniqueness of the God of Death? The same may be true for the God of War... The promotion process of the Old Ones is not to accommodate the uniqueness of all adjacent pathways and a sequence 1 characteristic first, but to contact and accommodate the source material first?
"Roselle thinks that the 'God of Death' is going in the right direction but in the wrong order. Is that what he means? Of course, the real reason is that he couldn't wait to accommodate the uniqueness of the polluted 'Red Priest' before defeating the God of War and the Goddess of Night first..."

Gathering his thoughts, Angel told the same thing to Klein the Fool through prayer. The latter was most likely still sleeping in the underground of Yharnam, but the "Spirit Worm" on duty above the gray fog would convey the information to him. Angel was not worried that Klein would miss the "Dream Festival".

Of course, from a safety perspective, the best option would be to wait until Klein is promoted to "Attendant of Mysteries" in the next two months and further masters the power of Sefirah Castle before exploring the Dream Festival. The problem is that the "party" in this dream only happens once a year. If you miss it on December 1351, 12, three days later, you will have to wait until the end of 15, and there are too many variables.

Fortunately, even if he hadn't been promoted to Sequence 1, Klein, who was above the gray fog, could still provide assistance at the level of the Angel King. In addition, with the constant attention of the goddess, Angel believed that he would not be in too much danger unless the gods came in person.

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In the evening, Angel, lying in the coffin, felt a ray of orange-red sunlight shining on her face. She opened her eyes, pushed open the coffin lid which was only slightly exposed, propped up her body, and looked around.

A small town surrounded by cash crops such as rubber trees and laurel trees exudes an alluring scent of spices in the sunset.

(End of this chapter)