Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1343 The Good Witch

Having seen the real "Witch" card and learned more about the secrets of the inscription on the "Second Profane Tablet" from Roselle, Angel now knows more about the possibilities of this path.

On the second stone tablet formed from the corpse of the ancient sun god, the "witch" herself is described as the "Primordial Witch" and the "Chaos Witch." This points to the control over the chaotic authority possessed at the top of the pathway, and also implies the "trap" left by the first blasphemous stone tablet left by the "Primordial God" in the Chaos Sea. That is, the Doomsday Witch needs to come into contact with the Chaos Sea to complete the ascension ritual, giving Him the opportunity to secretly corrupt her as a means of resurrection.

Therefore, the prolonged use of the title "Primal Witch" could potentially form a mystical connection with the God who has been waiting for resurrection. This is not a good thing for beings at the top of the hierarchy, as can be seen from the fact that the Earth Mother replaced "Omibella" and is now being influenced by the Fallen Mother.

Another commonly used name, "Chaos Witch," is also not a good choice.

Chick initially chose the title "Chaos Witch" to echo His corresponding authority. However, after uniting with Tudor and allowing the feminine aspect of the "First Creator in the Mirror" to be revived to a certain extent within her body through a special method, she reverted to the name "Primordial Witch." Using the will of that God to oppose the spiritual imprint of the Creator was entirely for the purpose of balance.

Clearly, this "chaos" also points to the original creator. If Angel uses it for a long time, the creator, who has fallen into dormancy and whose parts are borne by her and Gray respectively and cannot truly unite, may be revived in her body again.

Therefore, if she wants to maintain the balance of the many problems in her body in the long term, she will inevitably need a new title, and it would be best to fix and reinforce it in the form of an honorific name.

Of course, this little thing was not important when he claimed to have "become a god" at the Tarot meeting, so Angel still referred to himself as the "Primordial Witch" that everyone was most familiar with, which did not affect the shock and turmoil in everyone's hearts.

Already the new "Primordial Witch"? This means that after participating in the fall of the original deity, Miss "Queen" has finally taken a step further, replacing the original and becoming an existence on par with deities such as the "Lord of Storms" and the "Goddess of Night"... Alger stared intently at the figure behind the gray mist, and after a moment realized that this was somewhat disrespectful, he quickly lowered his head.

Meanwhile, the members who were more familiar with Angel, such as "Justice" and "Star," were shocked but also felt that it was somewhat reasonable. After all, they had known for a long time that Angel was already the King of Angels, and after the fall of "Primordial Witch" Chik, there was no archangel who could compete with him for the divine position. It was only a matter of time before he became the new Sequence 0.

Of course, such a rapid promotion still came as a surprise to them.

Phew, having the Queen as the "Primordial Witch" is definitely much more suitable than the original one. The Great Smog of Backlund won't happen again... It's also most reasonable to have Her preside over the Tarot gathering that Mr. Fool is absent from. But won't there be other problems? After all, I've never heard of a deity joining another deity's organization of a secret gathering where He is the supreme authority. Even the legendary ancient sun god only has the King of Angels under his command... Audrey secretly glanced at the slender figure shrouded in gray mist, connecting her with the woman in her memory who always had a gentle smile and made people want to get close to her, while muttering to herself.

Sure enough, I knew Angel couldn't have risen through the ranks from "Assassin" step by step. How could someone advance from Sequence 9 to Sequence 0 in less than three years? But if you calculate it that way, Klein also went from an ordinary person to a Sequence 1 Archangel in less than three years. The most outrageous thing is that I was in that dilapidated apartment on Iron Cross Street, declaring to them—no, to them—that we were all "protagonists on the world stage"... Thinking of this, Leonard's cheeks flushed, and he couldn't help but turn his head to look at the "world" Klein at the end of the long table, facing Angel. He found the latter silent, his body stiff, as if he were dead.

Thankfully, I'm just a failed protagonist, but he slept with the true god... he must have done it a long time ago... Wait, Leonard, slandering the true god will be punished by the gods... But there's no evidence that the "witch" pathway possesses mind-reading abilities, not even Mr. Fool above the gray fog can do that... However, Klein's current situation is quite awkward. Should he believe the Fool or the Witch? And he's a Sequence 1 of the same pathway as Mr. Fool, how is that possible? Historically, it seems only the angel kings of that ancient sun god have achieved this. Could it be that Mr. Fool, who defeated Amon, is now the same as that legendary being?

Leonard's gaze was somewhat unfocused, and all sorts of thoughts kept popping into his head uncontrollably. He couldn't stop his wild imagination, but he was also worried about being discovered by Angel, who was chairing the meeting. He slowly shrank into the high-backed chair, becoming even smaller.

Opposite him, "The Magician" Fors, was the only member of the Tarot Club who viewed the matter with a sense of "panic".

What to do? The seventh book in the "Great Pirate Angelica" series, which is also the final work of this stage, has already started printing. Moreover, in order to attract attention and increase sales, a lot of popular content that would only appear in the "complete version" has been added... If we don't contact the bookseller immediately to stop the distribution, hundreds of thousands of people will have to see the "deeds" of a true god... Fors felt his legs trembling, and he always felt that the "Queen" lady behind the gray fog was staring at him, thinking about how to tear this blasphemer into eight pieces.

Don't worry, I got the official authorization... Besides, didn't Miss Queen let me publish the novel to increase her fame and give herself a "shoulder" in her faith? She cheered herself up, inwardly blaming William for initially having her review the manuscript and distribute the series.

No wonder he sold me the copyright for such a low price and went off to write "The Witch, the Winner, the Mermaid"... If I am punished by the gods, I will definitely become a vengeful spirit in the spirit world and settle accounts with him... Countless terrifying images instantly popped into the writer's mind, and her entire body shape shrank like Leonard's.

Now, even Cattleya and Audrey, who were sitting on either side of Fors, could feel the "magician" trembling.

Through the faint gray mist, Angel watched Fors fidgeting and his expression changing constantly, and his inner emotions were perfectly released.

But she immediately remembered that Klein had sat in this same seat before, using the one-way transparent gray mist as a cover, watching all the members of the Tarot Club, especially her own expressions and enjoying the pleasure of being the "Fool." Her fist, which was pressed against the table, became a little hard.

Sigh… She sighed inwardly, then, mimicking the "Fool's" gesture, tapped her knuckles twice on the table. Amidst the awe, bewilderment, and fearful gazes of the crowd, she said:

"In Mr. Fool's absence, He has some tasks for you, all of you."

During the absence... this means that we won't see Him for a while... Although everyone had expected this after Angel mentioned the battle between the Fool and "Mistake" Amon, they were still somewhat frustrated and confused.

Seeing the group's low spirits, Angel smiled from behind the gray fog and continued with some relief:
"First, strive to improve your rank. Including Miss 'Judgment,' you have all been promoted to Saints, which is an absolute high-level power in major churches and organizations, but it is not enough for many things that may happen next."

"I hope that you can all become Mr. Fool's angels."

Angel……

Calderia, who had just been promoted to Sequence 3 "Master of Prophecy," Alger, who had already digested the "High Priest of Disaster" potion and was planning to exchange his recent contributions for the "Sea King" potion and its formula, and even Hugh, who had just followed Audrey and Fors's "script" to accumulate enough contributions in the military to be promoted to "Law Master," were all stunned, their minds racing with thoughts that were hard to contain. Compared to the fact that Miss "Chariot" was actually a demigod hunter, the hope of being promoted to angel was far more exciting. This was a position they could only look up to before, a position they never dared to even dream of.

Of course, in Angel's view, once you reach the Saint stage, the method of acting is no longer a secret, and those who can advance to higher sequences are not lacking in courage and faith. The biggest obstacle that makes it difficult for them to continue forward is actually extraordinary characteristics and complete potion recipes, which are not difficult for her and Klein in the Tarot Society.

If we don't limit ourselves to the same path, but consider the transition between adjacent paths, it would be a piece of cake to prepare all members of the Tarot Club with the characteristics of ascending to the Angel.

Of course, the premise is sufficient contribution... Thinking of this, Angel continued:
"Furthermore, you must spread the name of 'The Fool' more widely and propagate His faith. The major churches will lift restrictions on the 'Church of the Fool,' allowing it to preach in various countries and cities, build a reasonable number of churches, and organize an armed force of extraordinary beings to cooperate with other churches in eradicating those believers in evil gods."

"The latter will be the main theme of the world for some time to come, and it is also an issue that you need to pay attention to and guard against."

"This is also closely related to your promotion opportunities."

Spreading the faith... Apart from the Rothschild Islands abandoned by the Church of Storms, is the "Fool's" faith allowed to spread elsewhere? This means that the true God Church, or rather, those gods, have acknowledged the existence of Mr. Fool and placed him on an equal footing with Him... At first, everyone felt a sense of joy and relief at the "secret church's orthodoxy," but then more worries arose.

The reward for the task issued by Mr. Fool is the opportunity to be promoted to an angel, which means that the task is arduous and dangerous. In addition, the recent emergence of more and more evil god beliefs has made everyone feel a strong sense of crisis.

Is the legendary "doomsday" really coming soon?

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After sending the Tarot Club members, who were filled with mixed emotions of joy and sorrow, out of the gray fog, Angel stretched his body in the "Fool" high-backed chair, yawned, and then turned his gaze to the "world" opposite him.

Under her gaze, the figure whose entire body was drawn by the "spiritual threads" slowly disappeared into the mist and vanished without a trace.

That was merely a puppet she created after sharing Klein's abilities; the real "world," Klein, had already fallen into slumber.

Having struggled to defeat the dual paths of "error" and "gate" to become the true god, Amon fell into a deep sleep to prevent the celestial being from reviving. He hoped to fight against the will within his extraordinary characteristics in a long dream and awaken before the end of the world... Even other gods probably see it this way, right?
Thinking of this, Angel reached into the pile of clutter behind the chair and pulled out a yellowish-brown, slightly old parchment book. He placed the seal, which occasionally flashed with a silvery light, on the table and casually opened a page.

This is one of the Level 0 sealed artifacts she confiscated from the Morse Order, the "Post-Apocalyptic Book." Its sole purpose is to randomly display prophecies, some true and some false, on its pages. But regardless of whether the prophecy is true or false, as long as the holder believes it to be true and takes precautions or preparations to avoid or prevent it, it will become a true prophecy.

Of course, if someone who possesses the "post-revelation book" has divinity and a higher status, they can write additional content into the book with their mind, which will likely become true, or at least move closer to that.

Based on this, Angel speculates that the sealed artifacts were likely formed from the Sequence 2 characteristics of the "Fate" pathway.

Within the gray fog formed by the Source Castle, the "Post-Apocalypse" can be suppressed and sealed by the Source Matter that holds certain powers of destiny. Once it leaves this place, sealing it will be extremely difficult. Therefore, neither Angel nor Klein intended to bestow it upon a bishop of any church.

As Angel's thoughts wandered, a silvery light emanated from the stiff, thick parchment of the Aftermath, revealing new content just like the "Arods" she had used before:

"In the year 1368, at the end of July, crimson will descend from the sky."

Clearly, this foreshadows the coming of "the end of the world," and the crimson falling from the sky is most likely a symbol of some ancient past... Looking at this prophecy, Angel's lips curled up slightly, and he reached out to run his hand across the rough surface of the parchment.

The gray fog around her thickened, as if some being had cast its gaze upon her, giving her maximum attention.

Enveloped in mist, the mercury-formed text on the pages of the "Post-Apocalyptic Book" seemed to writhe, causing several numbers to undergo new changes:
"In the year 1354, at the end of July, crimson will descend from the sky."

And now, it is May of 1352!
The apocalypse, 14 years ahead of schedule, will catch not only us off guard, but even the "old days" will be caught off guard. Moreover, this will be a "prophecy" jointly promoted and realized by all gods and all great beings... As the text gradually dimmed, Angel closed the book with satisfaction, letting the gray fog seal it tightly to prevent any new changes to its contents.

Then, she leaned back slightly and fell as if weightless, leaving "Source Castle" shrouded in deep red light and thick fog.

"Go get down to business, 'Primordial Witch' Angel..."

“No, ‘Good Witch’, Angel.”

(End of this chapter)