Mystery: Lucky One

The "deep pit" left by Cotard was actually not very deep, only about the height of Alice from the ground.

Of course, considering it was originally a hill, this change is still huge.

Inside the "deep pit", the soil is smooth with a small amount of stones. There are many mutated, twisted and difficult-to-identify plants growing around it. It looks no different from other places.

Apart from……

Alice blinked and asked Klein, "Do you feel anything?"

Klein shook his head in confusion.

"Look at your spirit thread." Alice reminded.

Without the corresponding ability and authority, Alice cannot actually control the spirit thread, but this does not mean that when facing the control of others, she can only have no sense and surrender obediently - "restart" is enough to solve most of the problems.

With her reminder, Klein also noticed the impact of this area on the spiritual line. There was no doubt that this was the remnant of Kotal or the abnormality at that time. As for what happened at that time...

Alice blinked slightly, and the scene from the past appeared.

The gray mist squirmed and spit out a black shadow. Alice suspected that this was similar to how it spit her out when she first came to the "God-Forsaken Land" - hey, why did it spit her out then, but now it was swallowing her in?
…Is there any difference?

Alice paused for a moment, raised her hand slightly, put it back, pursed her lips, and turned her attention back to Cottard.

——The only thing she could think of was that she and the "Key of Light" were more similar and more inseparable.

As soon as the huge black shadow appeared, all the surrounding light was attracted away, and the area near the shadow became more than a degree darker, causing Alice to subconsciously look up at the sky.

This reminded her of the night sky, and she realized that this might be a manifestation of the "secret" authority.

The curtain that could not refract light naturally appeared black. It grew larger and larger, covering the hills that originally existed there, and thus the "deep pit" was formed.

The strange plants on the edge of the "deep pit" that was also covered suddenly had thin, black, illusory "spiritual lines" extending to different areas of the black "curtain".

The "curtain" became more and more illusory, until it became invisible to the naked eye. Then, the picture flickered and a new scene appeared.

The five-member Yuecheng team approached this side and found that the hill was gone and a "deep pit" appeared instead.

They stopped and turned around and left the area without hesitation. Alice watched and felt inexplicably ashamed.

If it were me, I might just go up directly... No, I should be able to sense the danger, so I still won’t go up!
Alice was no longer ashamed.

While she was daydreaming, Cottard appeared from another direction, raised his head, opened his mouth and roared.

The next second, another Him appeared in front of Him.

This is obviously a historical image. The historical image approached the deep pit, looked around, then carefully lowered its head and picked up the completely transparent "curtain" that made the entire hill disappear.

The "curtain" suddenly came alive, shrank rapidly, rolled up, and wrapped around the Dark Wolf, as if it were covering it with a layer of translucent black clothing.

Cottard trembled slightly, and seemed to have turned into a puppet of "clothing" in two or three seconds.

Alice took a breath and stopped looking at Kotal who was still trying. She said to Klein who was looking up at her:
"If that was a piece of red cloth, the scene would be a little more terrifying..."

Klein looked at Alice in confusion and confirmed:
"Did you see what happened here?"

"Go and have your fortune told by yourself," Alice shrugged. "Go to Sefirah Castle and have your fortune told."

Upon hearing this, Klein left his body where it was without any worries. Alice opened her mouth but still didn't try to persuade him. She just restored his spiritual body line to its normal state with an expressionless face.

Taking advantage of the time when Klein was still in Sefirah Castle, Alice continued to watch the pantomime. After many attempts, Kotal finally got what he wanted and got the curtain.

At this moment, the gray mist suddenly fluctuated, forming a vortex, fiercely trying to attract the curtain and Kotal over.

This scene was undoubtedly familiar. Alice stared blankly at the picture as it became blurred and finally shattered by the attraction. She looked at Klein's body hesitantly and murmured:

"Whose resurrection am I...?"

At this point, Alice finally realized what her opportunity was.

All the evidence shows that she and the "Key of Light" are really inseparable, but the "Lord of Mysteries" in the past seems to be so obsessed with the "Key of Light" that he doesn't even want to let go of His resurrection plan and plans to intervene and snatch this resurrection plan away.

There is no doubt that the deification ceremony of "Wheel of Fortune" has "I have problems" written all over it, it is just like the "Key of Light" is hand-picking the resurrection vessel. I am afraid that after the deification ceremony, the one sitting on the throne is the "Key of Light" himself.

Alice had originally set her sights on Amon's apotheosis ritual. She had a perverse idea that Amon would steal her apotheosis ritual and take advantage of the opportunity to become a god. No matter what, the "Key of Light" could not be resurrected in Amon's body, which was a bug. But now it seems...

"You asked me to get the first 'blasphemous slate' because..." Before she finished her words, Klein's expression became lively, so Alice's voice stopped abruptly. She moved closer to Klein again, "How is it? Did you see it?"

Klein nodded solemnly, then pondered:

"That should be a Beyonder characteristic of the Mysterious Servant. The Dark Wolf is most likely preparing for the promotion ceremony of the Mysterious Servant..."

After a pause, he looked at Alice and said hesitantly:

"I don't think the red cloth is necessarily scary because the surrounding scenery is inappropriate. There are no lanterns, no candles, no embroidered shoes..."

Alice looked at Klein expressionlessly without saying a word.

Klein didn't say anything more. He sighed and asked:
"Are you leaving now?"

"...I think so," Alice nodded, "I have something to ask..."

She paused and didn't say the name. Klein nodded and said:
"Well... well, I just checked the time. Your birthday is in two days, right? I might not be able to make it in time if I wait for you to come back... Happy birthday?"

Alice was stunned for a moment, looking at Klein in astonishment, only to see him take out an exquisite birthday cake from the mist of history, the kind without a name on it. Then, he took out a combination package of candles, knives and forks, and a cake plate, handed the candle to Alice, and at the same time took out a lighter and stuffed it into her hand. "I originally wanted to take the lotus lantern," he said, "that thing can sing the birthday song... But I thought about it, the most essential part of the lotus lantern should be that it will keep ringing after it is lit, but the duration of the mist of history is limited..."

He kept talking, and Alice listened quietly. Then, she slowly inserted the candles one by one. The candles Klein took out were number candles, which solved Alice's trouble of counting candles. She thought about it, and finally lit the numbers 1 and 7 - these were the age of her body.

In the flickering candlelight, Alice listened to Klein humming the birthday song, closed her eyes, and cleared her mind.

She didn't make a wish, but listened to the whole song with her eyes closed. Then she opened her eyes and blew out the candles with a smile.

Then, she took the cake and motioned for Klein to get a set of tables and chairs out. Klein accepted. They pulled out the tables and chairs and sat down. They placed the cake on the table. Alice held the cake knife and cut the cake, handing the first piece to Klein.

This touched Klein a little. He took the cake and said in disbelief:

"You actually gave me the first piece?"

"Because this is in the mist of history," Alice rolled her eyes, "You, ask Miss Justice to sacrifice a real cake to me!"

"..." Klein looked at Alice hesitantly, "How big do you want it to be?"

"It depends on whether you want to eat it or not..." Alice shrugged, "If you eat it, it will be bigger, if you don't eat it, it will be smaller..."

Klein knew what was going on. He stopped looking at the cake in the historical projection and simply dismissed it. He looked at Alice, who was sitting awkwardly, and shook his head.
"Honestly, I'm worried... Are you going to act like this in front of the believers in the future? I always have a feeling that you will ask the believers for salary..."

"...It's not impossible," Alice thought seriously, "but it's not a good idea to ask all the believers. I can just ask the church staff..."

Klein's eyelids twitched, and he felt that he had come up with an idea that couldn't be worse.

“Oh, right,” Alice suddenly slapped her head, “Mr. Fool, since I’m your angel, shouldn’t I get paid too?”

"..." Klein discovered that this idea could actually be even worse.

He didn't speak, and Alice didn't speak either. She just blinked at him. After more than ten seconds, Klein couldn't stand it anymore, so he spoke:

"Why don't you go ask the goddess for your pension first."

"...I don't dare." Alice stood up spinelessly.

When she said goodbye to Klein and set off on her journey, Alice finally had time to ask the question she hadn't finished asking:
"You asked me to get the first 'blasphemous tablet'...

"Is it about this?"

There are two "blasphemous slates". The first "blasphemous slate" comes from the corpse of the earliest "God". The Creator of Silver City who walked out of the "Sea of ​​Chaos" is carrying that "blasphemous slate". According to the "true creator", this "blasphemous slate" is currently in the "Giant King's Court", next to the "Dark Angel" Sasriel.

Even though she had never seen it, Alice could guess that this "blasphemous slate" was probably related to the former God and the "Sea of ​​Chaos" in some inexplicable way, and that "God" was the mortal enemy of the "Lord of Mysteries"...

Alice didn't ask the True Creator why she didn't stop Amon from stealing her ritual, or why she didn't just get rid of her so there wouldn't be so much trouble.

The former is easy to understand. Let’s put aside whether Amon knows the “True Creator” or not. What is certain is that “He” does not regard the current “True Creator” as his father. When things have come to this point, although Alice is not sure what preparations Amon has made, she guesses that Amon is only one step away from becoming a god.

——Will Auceptin was released by Him!
In this case, the only way to convince Amon to give up is probably to provide him with another godhood ritual, but doing so would not fundamentally solve the problem, after all...

Her deification is unstoppable, and unlike the "Key of Light", there is a high probability that the "Lord of Mysteries" can really be resurrected by her.

It’s the difference between a pillar and a plain old day.

It goes without saying that this is definitely a huge mess. If one wants to do something, the only solution is probably to kill her, but if that were possible, she wouldn't be alive today.

——If I kill her, maybe one day the uniqueness will mysteriously appear in the mouth of Ouroboros or Will Auceptin, and then...

The "True Creator" seemed to think that she was in a state where she could communicate, and he showed mercy and answered her question:
"Correct."

Cherish words like gold.

Alice felt as if she had punched cotton with her fist. She gritted her teeth, searched her memory for things related to this topic, and then asked:

"I saw before, before you... before that, you once predicted that Amon would be the light at the end of the world, that sentence..."

She cleared her throat and said:

"The Angel of Time is the second son of the Lord, who says, 'You are a god of deceit, a god of mischief, and a light for the coming of the end of time.'"

After repeating this sentence, Alice blinked and asked curiously:
"You didn't mistake the light of the Key of Light for the light of the end of the world..."

She got no response.

Alice was not discouraged. After all, the rare response from the True Creator was like a shot of adrenaline in her heart. She continued to ask:

"Hey, I've always been curious. You must be broken into pieces, right? You, Adam, and Sasriel, are there any other fragments? Well, you should be able to put them back together when the time comes, you..."

Alice's movements suddenly stopped, and a dark and filthy aura enveloped her, causing her voice to stop abruptly.

Seeing that the True Creator did not take any further action, Alice trembled and apologized:
“…I won’t ask anymore.”

The breath of decadence was like the tide, and after these words, it receded.

Alice breathed a sigh of relief, patted her chest, and started looking for the person she was looking for.

Apart from Leo Master, whom she brought in personally, the Aurora Society was not without demigods in the God-Forsaken Land, and there was even an angel - this was something Alice had only recently learned.

In the information provided by the "True Creator", this angel is called the "Angel of the Holy Word", named Stif, and is a Sequence 2 "Elder of Dirty Words".

Alice muttered as she searched for His location:
"Listening to the name of this sequence, it should be called 'Zuan Angel'..." (End of this chapter)