Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1226 Readers’ Diverse Needs

Although it is not known how the "Pale Queen" described the cooperation between the Spirit Cult and Angel, we can get a glimpse of it from the very cooperative attitude of this "psychic".

From her detailed narration, Angel learned that the "Royal Faction" of the Spirit Cult had a three-person team hiding in Tizamo Town. They consisted of Captain Pena, a "Nightmare", and a "Weapon Master". They had been living in the town under various names since the end of the last Dream Festival. After a year, they had completely integrated into the town, and even if they did something out of the ordinary, it would not easily arouse suspicion.

This combination surprised Angel but he also felt it was very reasonable. The "Psychic" and "Nightmare" had special sensitivity to spirits and undead, and the other could actively enter other people's dreams, which was very helpful in exploring the truth of the "Dream Festival". The "Weapon Master" could have an advantage in frontal combat, and like the other two, he belonged to one of the three paths of the "Styx", or "River of Eternal Darkness", but his sequence was not so high that he was easily affected by the source quality.

Apart from the rationality of the potion route, this three-person team also collected a lot of useful information during their lurking period.

Some of these results have been told to Angel by the "Pale Queen" Sia Eggers, but Pena's introduction is more detailed:

There is a peculiar phenomenon in the funeral records kept by the Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun: about 80% of the deaths occurred within three months after mid-December, but most of them were caused by attacks by nearby primitive tribes. Apart from these, the death rate in Tizamo Town is not much different from that in surrounding towns.
During the same period of time, many residents in the town experienced various strange symptoms. Women mainly experienced nausea, bloating, heartburn and other early pregnancy symptoms, but doctors found that they were not pregnant. Men experienced limb pain, numbness, dizziness and other abnormalities. After going to the church for purification, most of these hallucinations will be improved;

A small number of residents who are not extraordinary but have high spirituality and who, in the words of psychics, are "easy to communicate with the spirit world" will occasionally dream of a Tizamo town where only they exist in the middle of the night, and show a certain degree of desire for destruction and other suppressed desires. After "nightmares", it was confirmed that this was not an illusion;
Several primitive tribes around still believe in the "God of Death" and have a certain inheritance of magic potions that allow them to drive corpses and control the undead. This, combined with the various hysterias of the townspeople, has led the authorities to regard the deaths concentrated within three months as a curse from the primitive tribes and revenge on the colonists. Since Intis was about to abandon this place after losing the war, no in-depth investigation was conducted.

At the end of the introduction, Pena concluded:
"According to Lucas' dream exploration and his personal attempts at risk, we confirmed that Tizamo Town does have a 'dream' that completely replicates the real town, but there are no people or animals in it, and it is surrounded by a strange fog. This is very similar to the 'Dream Festival' recorded by the first exploration team, but there are no other participants."

Lucas is the "nightmare" and possesses a seal roughly equivalent to level "2", which enhances his ability to control dreams.

Angel nodded, this was the same dream she had entered last night.

Moreover, according to the information collected by Pena's team, this dreamland is not completely closed outside of the "Dream Festival". Occasionally, residents will enter this place in their sleep, but because nothing unusual happens, they treat it as an ordinary dream and do not take it seriously.

The residents who died in the "Dream Festival" will be killed in the form of an invasion by primitive tribes who believe in the "God of Death" and have received some kind of revelation, in order to avoid inexplicable deaths; those who are simply injured will only regard their inappropriateness as hysteria or hallucinations, and at most go to the church for purification because of rumors that the primitive tribe controls the dead and ghosts.

Due to these intentional or unintentional forgetting and concealment, the "Dream Festival" has never been discovered by the outside world.

"In addition, there is another thing that is of concern," the psychic Pena's light blue eyes flickered slightly, and her tone was a little erratic, "In the most recent 'dream', Lucas saw himself, another self, in the dream."

Another self...the person in the mirror?

Angel immediately thought that this was not limited to the "Witch" path, but would occur in many areas contaminated by the source, especially Trier. However, he thought that it was unlikely that such a problem would occur in a dream, so he asked tentatively:

"Is that a real person, or some kind of nightmare creation that mimics myself?"

"Lucas doesn't know either, because he woke up from his dream after seeing his other self. I secretly observed him for a few days, and other than his mood fluctuating a bit and complaining about having been squatting here for a year without any meaning, I didn't find anything unusual about him."

Pena replied.

Emotional ups and downs... This is related to the phenomenon mentioned by the "Pale Queen" that the residents of this small town are too peaceful, but during the "Dream Festival" they release their negative emotions in dreams... By the way, Pena didn't mention this issue. Is she hiding it, or has she lived here too long and has undergone similar changes, but doesn't think it is "abnormal"?
Angel pondered, and after comparing this state with various potion pathways, he thought that this was somewhat similar to the concept of moderation of the "Bound Ones" pathway. For example, Sharon, Renette and other members of the Rose School's Moderation Faction would normally suppress their emotions, and only erupt with necessary extreme emotions during battle.

However, the ability to absorb the negative emotions of the entire town for 364 days a year and make them burst out in the "Dream Festival" seems to be lacking even in the "Bound God" that Angel has fought. Instead, the adjacent "Devil" path has similar power, such as the "Apostle of Desire"...

Thinking of this, Angel's thoughts first diverged, then converged, and he felt that the doubts shrouding Tizamo Town became even more confusing.

Fortunately, the Dream Festival is in two days, and no matter what the problems are, they will be exposed to her.

Before that, she could also find her own "think tank" to discuss issues related to dreams and the mind.

————At three o'clock in the afternoon, crimson rays of light flashed in the magnificent palace shrouded in gray fog, and the members of the Tarot Club gathered together again.

Angel, who was able to see the faces of other members through the gray fog because of the Fool's favor, glanced at the faces of other members with different expressions. Led by Audrey, the Justice, they stood up and bowed to the head of the long table. After the Fool, who was obviously announced the start of the party by the Spirit Worm, fell silent, he waited for the question from Fors, the Magician, as expected.

"Miss Queen, Mr. World, do you know what happened to the city of Yharnam on the island called Patis, located deep in the sea of ​​​​violent violence?"

This member, who had been a member of the Tarot Club for more than two years and had been promoted to demigod, asked the question with some trepidation. She did not become more confident because of the change in her own strength. After all, this was a meeting in front of the gods, and the people she was questioning were two real angels.

Yanan... She wouldn't still be upset about being "watched" by a bunch of secret dolls, right? In fact, the magician Merlin and his female assistant were played by Klein and me... Angel muttered, glancing at the "world" Klein, and found that he was still in a daze, so he explained:

"That is a secret city of puppets, and it involves some issues that are beyond your ability. Of course, they have been resolved now, and there will be no hidden dangers left."

As she spoke, she glanced at Miss Judgment.

The latter was also teased by the magician duo played by Angel and Klein, and was asked embarrassing questions by Arrodes. His cheeks were slightly red at this time, and he did not do anything to hide it because of the gray fog.

It is beyond my ability, that is the status of an angel... Fors was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and responded, and no longer asked related questions.

At this moment, the lifeless eyes of The World Klein at the other end of the long table returned to normal. He looked at Miss Magician and said in a low and hoarse voice:

"You can incorporate your experiences into biographies and stories for publication, all I ask is that you do it as soon as possible.

"As a reward, you will have the opportunity to record some more powerful abilities."

Experience? Published?
Fors, who was both a best-selling author and a member of a secret organization, frowned slightly and immediately understood what Mr. World meant.

That secret city of puppets is closely related to this angel, and it is very likely that it is his role playing, or even a ritual for promotion to the next level!
The promotion of the weirdness and mystery of "Yharnam City" is likely part of the ritual.

This kind of thing is a piece of cake for Fors. Her two most popular themes, "The Great Pirate" and "The Great Adventurer" series, were written for the two angels of the Tarot Club, aiming to publicize their deeds and reputations and transform loyal readers into "anchors" of mythical creatures.

The only problem is that as the plot develops, many readers have different requirements for the direction of the story. Enthusiastic fans will even send letters to the publishing house, asking the editor to convey their demands, or even make some kind of plea or threat.

Some of them hope that the content that is not part of the main text in the "complete version" will be made official, or at least mentioned in passing; some want more linkage between "The Great Pirate" and "The Great Adventurer", and feel sad for the ambiguous relationship between Angelica and Hermann; some think that the story of the crazy adventurer Hermann wandering among many female pirates but nothing really happening is too suspenseful, and hope for some "key plot"; some think that the author is whitewashing pirates and adventurers, and those with high bounties are definitely not good people, especially Angelica Thatch, who is worth millions and is worth more than the long-missing "King of the Five Seas"...

Fors thought some of these suggestions and opinions were reasonable and planned to use them in her next novel, but some of them scared her even to think about them. She could only secretly destroy the letters and keep the secrets in her heart.

Compared with the readers' reasonable and unreasonable diverse demands, adding Yharnam City as a rumor to the "Great Adventurer Hermann Series: Queen Anne's Revenge" which is about to be completed is not a big problem.

Thinking of this, Fors readily agreed.

Even without any remuneration, the sales of the series of books themselves could bring her a good income. Besides, the "world" Gehrman Sparrow had helped her so much in the past two years, and she could never repay him enough.

But as his divergent thoughts gradually converged, Fors realized another problem:
If the "world" that is already Sequence 2 is really using Yharnam as its own ascension ceremony, then wouldn't it be...

Soon to become a Sequence 1 Archangel?
(End of this chapter)