Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1347 The Undying

"Abandon the 'Mother' and return to the 'Moon' path?"

Lilith, cradling the non-existent baby, played the role of "mother," murmuring repeatedly, then shook her head after a moment, saying:

"The symbol of the 'moon' is equally dangerous. Before the 'sun' was born, a certain ancient being outside the barrier used its own symbol to light up a star that had already been extinguished, but could not shine through the barrier to illuminate this world in the dark age. The red moon was already high in the sky. That pillar-level ancient being influenced everything inside the barrier with the power of the 'mother hive'."

"And I, who unfortunately embodied the uniqueness of the 'moon,' felt it especially deeply. This is why, after regaining my sanity, I agreed to Amanisis and Grisha's request to give up everything and start from another path."

So the Second Age is called the "Dark Age" because there really was no sun, not because it was a dark period in human history... Could it be the "Superstar Overlord" that lit up the star? Judging from the name of the Outer Gods, only He has similar authority and motivation to do this... Angel pondered, and seeing that Lilith remained silent, he advised:

"If you still hold the power of 'Mother,' you may not even be able to maintain your current state when the barrier weakens further or when the seal on the Western Continent is broken."

"And in this matter, the Goddess of Night and the current 'True Creator' will once again offer their assistance."

Once again… a light shone in Lilith’s eyes, as if she were recalling something from the past.

A moment later, He released the invisible infant from His hands, placed it on His legs which were pressed together, and a relaxed smile returned to His face. He said:

"How are you doing now? After the 'Eternal Sun' left, the gods were hoping for a new deity to go to the astral plane to support the barrier, but the 'Black Emperor' is not good at this."

This casual tone eased Angel's initial worry that Lilith didn't understand his intentions.

She was well aware that the barrier was in a very critical state. Although it was unlikely to break down in the next two years, the fragile barrier maintained by the divine kingdom of only five gods was like a dilapidated house with drafts everywhere. If the Outer Gods kicked it together, it would crumble. Their divine power that had infiltrated the Earth had also caused frequent saint-level blessings in various places, which the official extraordinary beings could hardly cope with.

According to Russell, an "unofficial member" of the plugging team, the inner and outer gods may once again send angels or archangels directly into the barrier this year. With the Fool in slumber and the Witch about to travel to the astral plane, the power to deal with this crisis is dwindling.

To restore the barrier to its former state, at least seven divine kingdoms are needed. However, aside from the newly resurrected "Black Emperor," whose authority and power reside more in reality, and the "Fool," who is in a slumber and unable to assist the astral plane, only six gods remain capable and willing to do so. If we consider that the "True Creator" is plotting a divine war against the Lord of Storms and the God of Wisdom, this number could be further reduced.

Thinking of this, Angel sighed inwardly and replied:
"My divine kingdom has been separated from the complete mirror world and is about to enter the astral realm from the spirit realm. With the help of those two, it should be completed within a month."

This was something she had originally expected to take one or two years to accomplish.

“That’s good,” Lilith visibly relaxed, her face radiating a gentle maternal glow, before revealing a meaningful smile. “What about ‘The Fool’? He hasn’t made a sound since that war against ‘mistake’.”

Why don't you ask a follower of fools about this, like one of your vampires—no, your vampire "savior"? Why are you asking me... Angel thought to himself, and replied:
"Because He hastily engaged in battle after His ascension, a portion of the will belonging to the 'Celestial Venerable' within Him has been revived, and He is now in a deep slumber."

“I also hope that He will awaken soon, but this is probably not a good thing for you. Once the ‘Lord of Mysteries’ appears, the seal on the Western Continent will be broken, the ‘Mother Nest’ will regain its freedom, and the ‘Fallen Mother Goddess’s’ influence on you will be even stronger, unless that essence does not want to return to the mother’s embrace…”

The "mother" she was referring to was not the one in front of her, but the one in the starry sky.

“I hope so, but I’m afraid it’s unlikely.” Lilith said with a similar sense of melancholy, “'Mother' is the most important symbol of the Fallen Mother Goddess, as can be seen from the process of her birth and growth, the authority she wields, and her revered name.”

"The Fallen Mother Goddess, the Beginning of Evil, the Undying One, the Filthy Mother Nest."

Angel recited the name of this pillar-level ancient being directly, including the part before He was torn apart from His source matter.

Naturally, the gaze cast from the depths of the starry sky was instantly directed at her, but it quickly became lost in the endless reflections and retreated in disappointment.

Lilith, seemingly oblivious, continued:

"On the second blasphemous tablet formed after the fall of the sun god, the information of the 'old day' that He studied is recorded. Among them, the torn mother nest, formed by the combination of 'mother' and 'moon', is the 'god of origin, mother of all things, and filthy mother nest'."

It also has a strong symbolic meaning of "mother"... This is the origin of the name of that source substance, and it is also the reason why the "Primordial God" sought it out instead of other source substances when she desperately wanted to have offspring before her fall... Angel inexplicably thought of the pillar who gave birth to a brother and sister with the "mother nest" of the fallen mother goddess.

She then asked in confusion:

"It seems there's nothing to do with the 'moon' in this?"

“Because the ‘moon’ also belongs to the ‘mother’, it is a feminine symbol, not just referring to the celestial bodies around our planet,” Lilith patiently explained. “Unlike the chaotic but internally self-consistent Yin and Yang forces of the two paths of the ‘City of Calamity,’ the ‘Mother Nest’ is completely biased towards feminine forces. This leads to the ‘mother’ symbol of the Fallen Mother Goddess dominating the entire universe, allowing life to be born, and making reality truly immortal.”

"Therefore, the essence of the mother nest is itself a symbol of 'mother'."

Angel pressed on, her tone not one of doubt, but of certainty. Lilith gave her a deep look, nodded slightly, and did not answer, but continued to recount everything about the "Fallen Mother Goddess":
"The path opposite to the 'moon' is the 'sun,' which essentially corresponds to this part of the symbolism of 'masculine power,' and is also the origin of the 'creator' authority in the name of that God. Although Ocycus did not reflect this in his own name, he is referred to as the father of all living beings in the sacred texts of the Church of the Eternal Sun."

The masculine power and the Creator… yet another piece of evidence has emerged that “God” seeks out a mother nest to give birth… The “Eternal Sun” probably didn’t include it in its name because it feared that the pillar would reawaken directly within its own body. But if a female “omniscient and omnipotent one” appeared, how would the masculine aspect of the “Creator” be manifested? Or perhaps the Creator’s unseen “arrangement” had already decided everything, making all the angel kings from Grisha onwards male? Angel’s mind was filled with strange thoughts and questions. He struggled to suppress them and instead said:
"From this perspective, it is necessary for you to abandon the path of 'mother.' Such a symbol is too strong. As long as the fallen mother goddess takes back the nest, she may directly and completely corrupt you, making you her puppet, or rather, her daughter."

“That doesn’t mean the ‘Moon’ is safe. Even if I give up my divine status and return to Sequence 1 or even Sequence 2, I might still become a target of the Outer Gods,” Lilith said with a hint of regret. “They’re not just breaking through the barrier to retrieve their lost essence and uniqueness; any symbols and authority that are useful to them will become prey.”

"The difference between the Fallen Mother and the other Old Ones is that she is the ruler of the real world, the true 'Immortal.' As long as she exists, she is immortal, and all efforts to oppose her will be in vain."

"Moreover, I always felt that in terms of the concept of 'mother,' the fallen Mother Goddess should not only have the authority and symbolism of reproduction and femininity. In one or two of the ways she left in the starry sky, there may very well be some additional manifestations that we do not know about."

"Aren't you being a little too pessimistic...? I hope He understood my hint just now. If I had been too blunt, the Ancient One might have noticed something too..." Angel looked at Lilith's gloomy expression, sighed inwardly, and stopped talking about this heavy topic.

Afterwards, the two deities discussed potential future cooperation from the perspectives of the Church of the Earth Mother and the Church of the Witch, as well as their experiences in missionary work in the parishes of "other deities." Angel, seeing that time was almost up and about to end the exchange by asking Lilith to send him back to reality, suddenly asked, as if remembering something:
"How can I meet Fabti if I don't want to wait until the 'Dream Festival' in December?"

Angel only knew that this "Demon King" hid a "divine abomination" in a dream created with the help of the Death God of the Fourth Age to avoid the corruption of the "Mother Tree of Desire," and it seemed that only the Earth Mother Goddess, who was also helping Him, knew where His true body was.

Lilith picked up the invisible baby from her lap again, glanced in a certain direction upon hearing this, and said:
"He has many separate incarnations, each with different personalities and evil intentions, who receive the grace of faith in the church and repent for their past sins, but the true self is not in this world... If He wants to see you, you will naturally see Him."

So mysterious? For me, meeting the "true creator" is probably just a matter of calling out Adam's name, or maybe even adding Grisha... Angel curled his lip, stood up from the soft, comfortable armchair that hugged his body, and said:
"Then I'll leave first."

Lilith nodded, and without any further action from Him, the surrounding vines, flowers, and vegetation quickly receded, and even the soft soil beneath His feet hardened, becoming like paved stone bricks.

Subsequently, the deity symbolizing "mother" left the place with all the plants, rather than letting Angel leave His "divine kingdom".

Only then did the latter realize that he had been staying in that small, cramped prayer room the whole time, and had never really left. It was just that the incarnation or projection of the Earth Mother Goddess had descended here, and with the excessive growth of plants, the place had become Her temporary divine kingdom.

Every deity has its own way of "meeting" a spirit. The Fool pulls the spirit into the gray fog, the Goddess of Night makes people fall asleep and meet in their dreams, and the Earth Mother quickly plants flowers and grass to create the illusion of entering her divine kingdom... If the God of Steam wants to see me, will he give me a steam bath?
Angel, who was constantly blaspheming these gods in his heart, walked out of the stone chamber and met Archbishop Martina, who had been waiting outside the door. Led by this lady who felt a trace of divine power and kept praising her mother, he left the church.

……

Since she couldn't get the "Demon King's" contact information, Angel planned to return to the Divine Kingdom she had just established and was about to send into the Astral Plane. However, before she could leave her current mirror stand-in and return to her original body, her spirit sensed something and looked towards a small alley next to the Harvest Church.

An ancient carriage that seemed out of place in this era, more like something from the Fourth Epoch, drove by a beautiful woman in her early thirties. Her long hair was draped behind her head, and she was dressed in men's clothing, which looked somewhat incongruous, yet possessed a unique charm.

Using his subconscious magic mirror to divine, Angel immediately confirmed that the woman driving the car had crossed paths with him before.

She was the one who distracted the official Extraordinary while Erin Watson and Sherlock Moriarty were involved in the "serial murder case," giving the "Apostle of Desire" the opportunity to kill another demon of Duke Negan, who was also a member of the Belial family!

The four-wheeled carriage quickly stopped in front of Angel. The door on the side closest to her opened, and an elderly man dressed in a black suit and wearing a tall silk hat stepped out.

He straightened his bow tie, brushed his fingers across his graying temples, opened his icy blue eyes, and politely bowed, saying:

"Excuse me, are you Miss Angel Granger?"

Knowing full well the answer... the moment Angel saw those unique, icy blue eyes that shimmered with a faint light, he remembered another pair of similar eyes and confirmed the old man's identity.

She chuckled softly, and instead of answering, asked a question:

"Fabuti?"

"My alter ego, and all the others, are called Napoli Disri."

The old man readily admitted his identity.

Is this what Lilith meant by "If He wants to see me, I will see Him"? This is too fast, as if He lives in the backyard of the Harvest Church and came directly after receiving the oracle... But perhaps the "Abyss" has such magical power... Angel glanced at the driving lady who was staring straight ahead, seemingly unable to hear their conversation, and followed the refined Napolidisley, who didn't look like a demon or devil at all, back to the carriage that had been built many years ago. He closed the door and sat steadily in the seat on one side.

Angel, who had intended to wait for the other party to speak first, quickly lost patience upon seeing the old man remain silent with a smile, and took the initiative to ask:
"What do you want from me?"

“Just like your reason for wanting to see me,” Napoli Disley said immediately, as if he had been waiting for her to speak, “you, or rather all of you, have been troubled about how to deal with the problem of the 'Shadow World'?”

(End of this chapter)