Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1329: Medication and "Miracle"

Shortly after Angel Gray learned from Bonois Gustave that "Orville" was a remote town in Intis, which was likely used by Zaratul as a "secret puppet city" for his promotion to Sequence 1, Klein found this area through clues hidden in the spirit world.

It was erased from reality by Zaratul, but it did not completely disappear into the spiritual world. Instead, it maintained its existence in the gap between the two, which is equivalent to the "prototype of the kingdom of God" of the mysterious servant.

This can block most divination and prophecy methods. Even Klein, who has mastered the "Source Castle", cannot divine the location of this area without knowing the true situation of Orville.

Therefore, after finding it, Klein did not tell anyone about this information, not even Angel, and he only recalled the relevant issues in the gray fog of Sefirah Castle and did not bring it into reality.

Otherwise, this secret is likely to be known by Grisha Adam and Amon!

Now, including Angel and Gray, everyone believed that "Orville" and "Dylan" had not been found yet, and that the Eternal Sun and the Steam Church were going to search carefully for Zaratul's whereabouts after wiping out the followers of the "Original Moon". No one knew that Klein had quietly come here, ready to take his last dose of Sequence 1 potion.

"Normally, I should wait until the gods hostile to the True Creator are free and the Goddess of Night has enough energy to help me conceal all my actions before I can be promoted. But by that time, Grisha and Amon will also be well prepared, and the risk I face may not be lower than it is now..."

Klein muttered to himself as he walked along the edge of the silent town towards the ancient castle in the mist.

There were no pedestrians on the street he walked through, but the carriages were parked on the side of the road, and most of the doors were open. One could even see unfinished food, newspapers and top hats dropped on the ground inside the houses, as if all the people in the city had disappeared in an instant, but all traces of their lives were completely preserved.

"...Although it is risky to include the last characteristic at this time, the gods such as Storm, Fiery Sun, and Wisdom will be unable to help because the Outer Gods are attacking the barrier, but the 'True Creator' is most likely also watching them, looking for flaws, and looking for an opportunity to eliminate an opponent without affecting the stability of the barrier...

"Although Amon is looking for me, He will think that I am paying attention to Angel's battle and caring about my believers, and will not choose this time to leave Sefirah Castle...

"Most importantly, they will think that even if I take the risk of accommodating it, I will first choose the uniqueness of the Fool, rather than this pure characteristic of the Mysterious Servant that belongs to the Heavenly Lord, so they will pay attention to whether there are any changes caused by accommodating uniqueness in the world.

"But I will do the opposite. I will first accommodate the most difficult third copy of the 'Secret Servant', and then master the uniqueness after reaching a balance with the internal 'Celestial Lord' consciousness. In this way, I can solve the two problems of uniqueness and Sequence 0 through a ritual. By the time Amon notices this, it will be too late to stop it..."

Thoughts kept flashing through his mind as Klein arrived in front of the ancient castle that looked magnificent in appearance but was damaged in many places, as if it had been there for a hundred years.

There was no need to look for more clues, as his spirituality had already told him that the ancient castle in front of him, with many spires and towers and in the style of the early Fifth Age, was the "Dilran" mentioned by Zaratul in the message he conveyed before his death.

The heavy gate of the castle was open, and the interior was dead silent and filled with mist, as if it led to an underground mausoleum. Klein grabbed his historical projection and let him walk through the gate, through the weed-covered atrium, and came to a hall with many chandeliers and long tables.

There are hundreds of guests of different genders, ages and skin colors here. They are dressed in their best. Some are chatting face to face, some are taking food from the table curiously, and some are standing alone in the corner, drinking from a glass of wine.

The only thing they have in common is that they all maintain their current postures and their expressions are rather stiff, like lifelike wax figures.

In Klein's vision, these "people" all had their own spiritual strings, but they were not scattered into the void like normal people, nor were they pulled together like secret puppets. Instead, there were only short strings that slowly floated upward into the sky, like puppets that had lost their strings.

When Zaratul was tracking me during the apotheosis ceremony of George III, many of the puppets hanging in the church came from here... They lost their controllers, but they are not dead... The spiritual thread should have been grafted to other places. In addition, this space itself does not belong to the real world, but instead puts all the puppets in a state of dying... Is Zaratul preparing a reserve of puppets for himself after his resurrection?
Klein pondered as he walked around the hall where the guests were gathered and quickly explored the entire castle.

The reason why he entered the "Dilan" castle now instead of conducting reconnaissance earlier was to avoid being discovered in advance by Zaratul, who used this place as a backup for resurrection. The other party had an affair with the Outer Gods, and in order to prevent him from becoming a god, he might leak the news to the outside world, making Klein's attempt to use this place as a "secret base" fail.

Fortunately, after searching the castle from inside to outside, he did not find any trace of Zaratul, and even did not find the characteristics of the "miracle worker".

It has been nearly two months since his death. According to my two experiences, Zaratul should have been resurrected long ago and took over the puppet here... In order to hide his methods, he used some roundabout way, wanting to use the call of "Orville" and "Dilran" to deceive a fortune teller who is not related to him to find this place, and then resurrect from his body when he thinks he has found the lost treasure and is promoted with related characteristics? This will probably take years, but it is also secretive enough...

While guessing, Klein returned to the hall and took over the spirit threads of these motionless guests, turning them into his own puppets. He then gave up control and watched these historical figures decay and die one after another, revealing extraordinary characteristics of different appearances. With a cursory look, he discovered several high-sequence characteristics such as "despair", "manipulator", and "puppet", but he did not pick them up immediately. Instead, he took out the characteristics of "mysterious waiter" and different spiritual specialties from the gray fog and prepared his third batch of sequence 1 potion.

Afterwards, his historical projection dissipated and his real body reappeared. Even the spirit insect on duty above the gray fog returned to his body, leaving only a secret puppet on standby beside him. He allowed himself to return to the most complete and stable state before he raised the cup of magic potion that was as dark as the sea water at night.

This is the most difficult step, but it is also my last chance to distract Grisha Adam and Amon with other events. There is no need to worry about Angel's condition. Adam and Amon will not interfere with her battle. No matter who is the "Lord of Mysteries", they all need a "Destruction Disaster" to appear... The only variable is the dead Zaratul...

The thought that popped into his mind made Klein hesitate a little as he raised his glass to drink the potion. After a moment, he took out the translucent mask engraved with the symbol of "Fool" from the gray fog of Sefirah Castle and put it into the mist of history so that he could use it at any time.

In this way, even if Zaratul is really resurrected and restored to the strength of Sequence 1 through historical projection, he still has an absolute advantage.

What's more, he also arranged for Miss "Chariot", Angel Grey, as a last resort.

After making all the preparations, Klein brought the bottle of potion to his mouth and drank the potion, which was as light as air, just like he had done the previous two times.

With rich experience, he used his spirituality to guide the Beyonder Characteristics the moment it entered his body, allowing each of the "spiritual worms" that made up his flesh and blood body and spiritual body to absorb an equal amount, reducing the impact of the spiritual imprint of the "Original Creator" within the Beyonder Characteristics.

Even so, Klein immediately felt the consciousness that was high above him, both crazy and rational, loving the world but hating everything, beginning to erode him. This was the spirit left behind after the Creator split and fell, which was the "divinity" that all Beyonders had to fight against. Thousands of years before this, except for "Tianzun", no one had left a trace in this Sequence 1 characteristic, and the Creator's mark was still very deep and complete.

With the help of digesting the characteristics of the first two Sequence 1s, acting as the "Attendant of Mysteries" in advance, and the anchor provided by the believers who continued to pray to "The Fool" because of the attacks of cultists from all over the world, Klein barely withstood the spiritual onslaught and found himself again. The spirit worms that were about to split like the Creator also slowly gathered together, making his body, which was almost integrated into the spiritual world, become clearer.

At this moment, the image of "Hermann" wearing a top hat and a windbreaker suddenly changed. The silk top hat on his head melted and draped over his head, merging with the windbreaker like a cloak. The face below became transparent and disappeared, and his body disintegrated from the inside out into twisted worms, even forming tentacles extending outward.

It is "Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun", the former "Lord of Mysteries", whose consciousness remains in its purest form and has not been merged or weakened by anyone!
Klein, who had originally relied on anchors and pre-acting to reach a preliminary balance with the last "Attendant of Mysteries" and was about to further accommodate and digest the Beyonder's characteristics, had his ego suppressed in an instant, leaving only a small half of his body in human form. This made him look like two different images spliced ​​together, one half was the self-recognized "Klein", and the other half was the "Lord of Mysteries" of the pillar-level old days.

……

In a dark, hidden room beneath the ancient castle of Dillan, a beam of light shone out from the gray fog that seemed to never dissipate, and a bubbling crystal that looked like a heart emerged from the light.

That is a "miracle worker" trait.

The Beyonder Characteristics seemed to have self-awareness, searching in the mist of history, and soon discovered Zaratul, whose body remained intact at a certain moment, and pulled him into the present and integrated him into it.

The dull-looking, lifeless old man with a white beard immediately regained his lively expression, put his hands together without hesitation, and made a wish:
"I hope to be spiritually active for the next ten minutes."

This allowed Him, who came from the mist of history and whose spirituality should have been provided by His original body, to have the ability to complete subsequent actions.

Then, Zaratul reached out to the side and borrowed strength from his past self.

His figure immediately became solid, his eyes darkened like the lightless water, and he regained the ability of the “Mysterious Servant”.

This is not a normal resurrection method, but just a temporary "miracle", but Zaratul believes that now is the best time for him to take action.

By killing the "mysterious servant" who had taken over the last characteristic, I had the opportunity to take away everything from him!

(End of this chapter)