Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1389 Head-on Confrontation
The moment the Outer Gods invaded the Mirror World, a layer of light mixed with various colors appeared on the surface of the only planet in this false star field, blocking their view and preventing ordinary people inside Earth from observing the anomalies in the starry sky.

At this time, every believer, whether they are believers of darkness and steam, or believers of storms and blazing sun, is an important "resource" for maintaining the humanity of the soon-to-be-born native "Old Ones," and cannot afford any loss.

Of course, it's a pipe dream for any single angel to protect the entire planet with their own power. Even gods need to exert their full strength and take a certain amount of time to protect or destroy a planet.

But at this moment, more than one angel intervened.

With a stern face and ripples in his azure eyes, Mr. Bethel, the "Door," appeared in outer space. After the birth of the "Lord of Mysteries," he had accepted the second "Star Key" characteristic that originally belonged to him, and once again embraced it, becoming the King of Angels.

Behind Him, Fors, who was originally scheduled to use this property but could not complete the role of "Planet Wanderer" in a short time, appeared with his teacher. Fors, who was still an angel at the time, was wearing a travel dress and had her long hair tied back.

The combined effect of the two "gateway" angels' "spatial concealment" created an initial barrier on the Earth's surface. Subsequently, with the assistance of more angels inside the barrier, it was continuously reinforced, quickly forming a strong defense that was difficult for the angels to break through from the outside in a short time by their own power.

As the defenses at the rear stabilized, one by one, the angels from Earth used their own methods—some transforming into flames, some traversing rapidly through mirror tunnels, some distorting distances, and some strengthening themselves—to arrive in outer space and confront the ever-increasing number of Outer God angels.

Looking around, Fors recognized several angels, including Alger the Hanged Man from the Tarot Society, Derrick the Sun, Emlyn the Moon, Leonard the Star, Cattleya the Hermit, and Hugh the Judge.

Miss Justice was not here, but Fors knew that she and the other visionary angels were now hidden in the shared subconscious ocean of the Earth's angels, ready to respond to any attacks that would directly target the mind and spirit.

Besides the familiar figures, the Church of the True Gods, including Night, Steam, Fool, and End, and even the angels of the Church of Storm, Sun, Wisdom, War, and Earth whose gods have fallen, also appeared.

Some of them, through prior arrangements, have ascended to Sequence 1 using the legacy left by their respective deities. Examples include Saint Vieux and Saint Lutich, the "Pure White Angels" who spread their wings of light to dispel darkness and cold; Saint Dabomá, the "Hand of God," the Pope of the Church of the Night, who remained near the barrier, supporting and strengthening the defense with a twilight-like light; and others...

"Haha, everyone, join my legion, in the name of the goddess!"

With his fiery red hair flying wildly, tall and clad in a red and black robe symbolizing war and disaster, "The Conqueror" Gled Soren appeared at the front of the procession, riding on invisible and colorless flames. His thunderous shouts resounded in the ears of every angel.

A vivid, banner-like mark stood out between His brows, and He held a phantom iron-black flagpole in His hand. A flag scattered with dangerous bloodstains fluttered behind Him, clearly indicating that He had performed a sacrifice to the "Cataclysm of Destruction" and received feedback from this source that symbolized all disasters and wars in the universe. Otherwise, even if He had advanced to the level of "Conqueror" before the war by using the remaining Sequence 1 characteristics of the Einhorn family, He would not have been able to control nearly a hundred angels and bring them all into His "Legion".

But now, with His call as an invitation and the permission of the Earth's guardians as an answer, everyone's hearts are connected here, and their respective powers and spiritualities are shared with each other through the Legion Commander Glad Soren. The angels, who were originally scattered throughout this star field due to their different abilities and combat styles, are instantly connected into a whole and have undisturbed command.

In contrast, the formation of the Outer Gods and Angels jumping into the mirror world appears chaotic and disorderly.

"...However, they still outnumber us and have more Sequence 1 Archangels or Angel Kings. Our advantage lies in our faith in the ruler of the Mirror World and our ability to coordinate resources to form a tighter defense..."

The voice of "Conqueror" Sauron resounded in the hearts of all the angels, not with the arrogance he had displayed when inviting them to join the angelic legion, but with caution and careful analysis of the situation.

"Therefore, the first wave of battle will focus on defense, to familiarize ourselves with the power of the Outer Gods and Angels."

Following His battle command, the angels, whose formation had been somewhat scattered, retreated and returned to the vicinity of the barrier. Using this as a base, they formed small teams with complementary abilities, preparing to deal with the upcoming battle.

Meanwhile, Mr. "Door" Bethel, Fors, and a few other angels who had traveled to the stars began to share divinations and analyses from the "Lord of Mysteries" and "God," as well as the knowledge they had gained on their journeys. Messages spread rapidly through the mental network, making everyone's gaze toward the strange and monstrous outer gods and angels even sharper.

The “Supreme One,” who is high above as if supporting heaven and earth, but whose belly is empty as if waiting to conceive something, and the “Tree God,” who looks like a green oak tree, are angels who believe in the “Fallen Mother Goddess.”

The "Goddess of Love," adorned with a flower wreath and possessing a beautiful face, and holding a wooden bow and arrow, and the "Leviathan," covered in chaotic scales resembling a sea monster with brownish-green tumors, are believers of the "Mother Tree of Desire."

The "Weaver," who resembles a graceful woman and weaves a web of fate before her with her eyes closed, and the "Blade of Fate," who wields a shimmering silver knife and cuts through parts of the threads of fate, undoubtedly wield the power of the "Goddess of Fate."

The “Sinners”, who are of different races and have strange appearances but two heads and four arms, and the “Angels of Redemption”, who have three heads with different expressions of kindness, numbness and resentment and six arms encircling their bodies, share the same faith as the current Amon and all point to the “Ring of Destiny”.
Clad in black robes, their forms obscured, only the "Old Servant" with tentacles emerging from beneath the garments and the "Voice of the Heart," which possesses no physical form but exists only as a voice deep within the hearts of living beings, convey the will of the "Unending Whispers."

Composed of watery time, the "Giant of Time" slows down everything around it, and the "God of Aging," hunched over, extremely old, as tall as a mountain yet seemingly about to fall, are symbols of the "Decaying King" who brings about the ultimate decay of all things.
Its main body is like a dark vortex, but inside there are "Emperor of Devouring" surrounded by white, sharp teeth and "Chaotic Gastric Juice" which is just a mass of liquid that contains all colors and devours all matter. It is itself part of "Primal Hunger".

As if forged from starlight, the "Radiant Angel" with six pairs of dazzling wings and the "Star Dragon" with a massive body resembling a dragon and seemingly with energy constantly surging inside, practice the star laws of the "Super Star Ruler".

In addition, several dark shadows traveling through different dimensions and thin human figures at unreachable heights seemed to be floating at the edge of the mirror world.

They were arranged by the "higher-dimensional observers" to draw the image of the "mirror world" and merge it with this space so that all the outer gods and angels could infiltrate the "dimensional shadows" and "observers".

In their view, the "mirror world," which overlaps with reality and the spirit world, is nothing more than a house with a locked door but no roof, easily subject to interference from higher dimensions. Without dealing with these outer gods and angels lingering on the edge of the battlefield, more enemies who haven't yet arrived will continuously pour into this place from reality and attack Earth.

His gaze swept over these enemies, and Glad Soren immediately had a battle plan in mind.

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In the real world, under the gaze of the "Superstar Overlord," who had just broken free from the astral plane and destroyed the Earth in the mirror with his own gravitational source, Angel's destructive greatsword plunged straight into the blood moon that had detached from the ground and was suspended in space.

At the same time, she also used her "charm" power, so that the "fallen mother goddess" only realized that the woman in front of her, whom she had once been infatuated with and possessed, was an enemy when disaster struck and the giant sword smashed down on her pointed head.

However, He had previously been severely injured by the damage transmitted from the "Earth Mother Goddess" through mystical similarities, and He was too eager to devour the "Mother Nest" to repair His own condition immediately. At this moment, there were still many weaknesses inside Him that were extremely obvious to the "Cataclysm of Destruction". The moment the giant sword reached Him, the symbol of destruction and end burst forth in His body again, briefly overpowering the concept of "new life", burning the crimson flesh covering the entire moon and returning it to nothingness and chaos.

At the same time, the "mother nest" that was enveloped within it was also attacked in the same way, and its last remaining resistance was almost annihilated in this blow. There are good and bad aspects to this. The fallen mother goddess can undoubtedly accommodate this source matter more smoothly, but at the same time, she must accept the "weakness" of the source matter itself. Combined with the damage that she herself has not yet repaired, it may cause even more adverse consequences.

If the "Lord of Mysteries" and "God" intervene again...

The crimson liquid, amorphous and covering the moon, writhed, its symbolic representation of "gazing" sweeping across this star field:
Apart from the "Superstar Overlord," who was the most impatient and whose sense of reality far outweighed others, and thus arrived here immediately, the other Outer Gods were struggling to break free from the Astral Plane and try to return to reality. However, due to the interference of Grisha, the "Lord of the Astral Plane," this process was extremely slow, as if the concepts and symbols within the Astral Plane had become chaotic, and time and space were no longer unified.

"Lord of Mysteries" Klein had withdrawn all his clones. He slowly lowered his hand, which had just snapped his fingers, and a thin, grayish-white mist filled the entire star field. This caused the edge of the spirit realm here to curl up and connect end to end, forming a closed area. Without His permission, no creature could freely enter or leave the spirit realm, or use the related authority and symbols.
Moreover, under the control of this "spirit world ruler", time in some closed areas became abnormal, with some speeding up and others slowing down, as if catalyzing the rapid formation of certain things;
Before the two pillars, the "Cataclysmic Destruction" once again raised the giant sword, which seemed extremely small compared to the huge moon, yet contained the power to end everything, as if to launch another attack. Within this "Root of Calamity," the Fallen Mother Goddess sensed a terrifying aura that was higher than the old days and higher than the pillars.
Although this symbolism was not outwardly apparent, the Fallen Mother Goddess suspected that if she continued to stimulate the heartbeat of the "Primordial Chaos Embryo," or even simply used the concept of "new life" to try to trigger the Source Consciousness that would inevitably exist after the other party merged with Source Matter, the two forces might respond to each other, producing consequences that no one could predict.

But before He could consider whether to forcefully activate the "Original Embryo" again, using its extremely strong cohesive power to forcibly contain the Mother Nest, or to try to take this part of the source matter and leave the other ancient beings behind, far away from this star system, and find an opportunity to slowly digest it, His own symbol of "Mother of All Things" began to loosen.

"God" Grisha made a slight modification to it with the authority of the Lord of the Stars!

This made the new "creator," which had only just begun to beat and had not yet been truly born, even more active, seemingly wanting to jump out of the womb, which no longer symbolized the mother's body, and run towards the creator in the mirror who had a higher status than the pillar.

Is the new "God" going to threaten the destruction and reboot of the universe to force Him to abandon the "Mother Nest"? Or are these fools who have just ascended to the Old Ones and do not understand what the end of "Chaos" means, and have no fear at all?
In an instant, this pillar, which was conceived by the original Creator at the beginning of the universe and together with Him conceived all the other pillars of the old day, made a decision.

His enormous body, as large as the moon but with an inner turbulent, embryonic-like structure, suddenly contracted. His top exploded, pushing out a sharp, protruding part, and a bloody, mangled object with what appeared to be countless new, terrifying organs was thrown out, flying into the distance with crimson blood.

Before it had flown far, the mass of flesh and blood was "grafted" into another space by Klein, who had been waiting there. With both the Spirit Realm and the Astral Realm being interfered with and blocked, no ancient being could find its location in a short time.

After spitting out the dying "mother nest," the "fallen mother goddess's" liquid body, like a crimson sea, immediately gathered together, solidifying from its original fluid form into a distorted shape composed of various randomly stacked organs, with moonlight and pervasive smoke intertwined as its outer part.

But in the center of this chaotic form was a huge head resembling a human female, with long brown hair and scarlet eyes. It seemed to resemble Lilith, the "Earth Mother Goddess" who had just fallen at Angel's hands, or rather, the latter gradually became like her in the process of becoming a god.

This face, radiating maternal glow and flawlessly beautiful, even bearing the features of Lilith's remains, caused Angel, who was wielding the Greatsword of Destruction, to hesitate for a moment, unable to bring himself to continue attacking her.

The next second, she steeled herself and thrust out the blade. The power of ending and destruction pierced through the vortex of organs and moonlight, but this time it failed to harm them.

After leaving the "mother nest" that could not be contained in a short time, the fallen mother goddess was finally able to extinguish the flames of destruction on her body with the power of "new life", eliminate her weaknesses, and show her symbol of "immortality".

Unlike the "Lord of Mysteries" who controls the spirit world and the "God" who rules the astral plane, the Fallen Mother Goddess, one of the three pillars, is the ruler of the real world. Although she cannot seal off her own domain and exclude all enemies from reality like the other two pillars, she possesses the characteristic of being immortal.

Unless she encounters the "original creator" who makes all impossible events possible, or the fourth pillar is truly born, the fallen Mother Goddess will not truly perish, and her body and soul cannot be sealed for a long time.

Now, apart from the weakness caused by the use of the "Primordial Chaos Embryo" that cannot be healed by "Rebirth," and the missing part of the symbolism and authority due to the failure to reclaim the Mother Nest, this pillar has returned to its best condition.

Naturally, the symbol of the "Mother of All Things" was also solidified, and the "Primordial Chaos" quieted down again.

Of course, Angel, Klein, and Grisha already knew this. Even in the previous "gang-up" plan, they did not intend to kill this Outer God who could not possibly fall. Their original plan was to stop him from devouring the Mother Nest and severely damage him, and now they have perfectly achieved their goal.

This is partly due to the fact that the "Fallen Mother Goddess," who mostly acts on instinct, is unwilling to truly allow the Creator conceived within her to descend. However, Klein's "fooling" and Grisha's attempt to weaken the other's symbolism also played a significant role. The "Destroying Catastrophe" acted with unwavering determination, seemingly unconcerned about the destruction of the universe, which ultimately forced the other to interrupt the process of accommodating the "Mother Nest."

Next comes the second phase...

As the "Fallen Mother Goddess" stretched out her face, which was equivalent to the concept of "beauty," and her body continued to grow enormous, the accelerated time in this star field returned to normal.

Beams of light shone from the dark starry sky, different symbols intertwined in the astral realm, the rules of the entire universe were distorted and then restored, many civilizations exploring the boundaries of knowledge suddenly made new discoveries, and the dead who were originally unable to enter the underworld found a new place to go.

Meanwhile, the Outer Gods who had lost their way in the Astral Plane were "lucky" enough to find an exit and return to reality.

Their inner desires for "source matter" and "uniqueness" were instantly ignited, and their minds were suddenly filled only with the target they could devour, with no trace of the cooperation they had initially communicated earlier.

The seven Great Old Ones who came to reality after the "Superstar Overlord" revealed their most primitive forms and looked at the Great Old Ones who also descended to reality from the astral plane and belonged to the Earth side.

"Disorderly Ones, the Shadow of Order" - Russell;

"The Demon of Knowledge, the Crazy Mystery" - Stiano;
Amanisis, "Eternal Darkness, Singularity of All Things, One Who Unifies Space and Time".

And a huge golden Buddha surrounded by two silvery rivers, and a terrifying human figure with two heads and covered in black slime.

Apart from the mother nests that were "grafted" to other star systems, all eight portions of source matter that appeared on Earth due to the split of the original creator have found owners.

This was the apocalyptic war envisioned by Angel and Klein: after severely damaging the "Fallen Mother Goddess," they would use the power of all the Great Old Ones to confront the Outer Gods head-on...

...beat them until they are hurt and terrified, so that even if they leave alive, they will never again have the slightest thought of invading Earth!

(End of this chapter)