Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1009 Digging Graves
Angel's words were based on facts, because she had seen two other contaminated Sequence 2 characteristics in the memorial hall below the City Hall of the Dream City. If quantified by the size of the red light that represented the contamination of the Fallen Mother Goddess, the pollution level within the characteristics of the Planeswalker and the Mistress of the Desolation was exactly the same.

This means that the pollution transferred from the "Duke of Entropy" to Nestor's body is likely to be of the same amount.

The contamination of the "Great Mother" in the bodies of the forty babies that Angel petrified and destroyed just now was far from enough. At least 80% of it was still in other places, perhaps still in Nast's body, or perhaps in more mutated babies.

Thinking of this, she quickly scanned the surface of the house, which had turned into ruins and the superstructure had almost completely collapsed, and explored every corner with the help of the few remaining mirrors, but did not find any other enemies.

Bernadette frowned and repeated in confusion:
"One fifth... You mean, there are four times as many of these monsters hiding near the village?"

"It is more likely that it was Nast, and he may have received early warning and left the village earlier, leaving behind only these... children of the 'Great Mother' believers."

Angel replied in a speculative tone.

She wanted to say "Naster's children", but when she recalled the moment when she saw these babies before the battle, she felt that they looked nothing like the black-haired, black-bearded, and burly Nast. Instead, they looked different in shape, as if each came from a different "parent".

Considering that after Nestor came to the village, he would occasionally hire some young people to work in the deep forest, Angel couldn't help but have a terrible guess.

As for how men can have children, this is not such an important issue in the field of mysticism, especially since the real name of the "Great Mother" includes the phrase "Filthy Mother's Nest". This source substance representing the path of "Moon" and "Mother" is very likely to hold the power of fertility and reproduction.

"Those babies, are they from the villagers here?"

Bernadette's expression also changed a little. She turned her head to look in the direction of the village, as if she saw countless polluted "Great Mother" believers across the dense forest.

Although she did not know about "Outer Gods" and "Source", she could get a glimpse of the source of pollution from the title of Great Mother and guess the corresponding authority and power.

According to her experience, once one recites the names of these evil beings, devotes one's body and mind to them, and changes one's beliefs, then everything is irreversible.

Even if one repents and returns to faith in the "Eternal Sun" or other righteous gods, it will be of no avail. One may die in various strange ways at any time and will implicate other people around him.

Both Angel and Bernadette knew the principle clearly, it was the invisible connection formed by "prayer". They could both use this connection of prayer to transfer strength and respond to prayers. Couldn't the "Great Mother" do it?

Anticipating the fate of these villagers, the two looked at each other, feeling somewhat helpless.

"Let's search the scene first, maybe we can find some other clues..."

After a moment of silence, Angel spoke first.

Above the ruins of the collapsed house, invisible threads appeared out of thin air. Like invisible hands, they separated the various pieces of wood and stone wall edges, put them back in place, and barely pieced together the original shape of the house.

Bernadette summoned an invisible servant who was invisible to the naked eye and had it move around the dilapidated house, quickly searching every corner.

Soon, the servants returned to the two of them with some valuable items.

Among them were charts of the Misty Sea southwest of Intis, some books recording Roselle's glorious history, and a number of corpses hidden in the basement.

Angel recognized them immediately; they were also deformed babies, but they had already died and the pollution in their bodies was no longer there.

"It seems that Nestor has conducted a lot of 'experiments' in the past month here, and then used the pollution of the Great Mother and some other means to create those babies just now... After that, he left the village of Belon and went to other places to continue to complete his 'mission'..."

Looking through the items found, Angel made a preliminary judgment.

"The sea charts and these books may point to his true purpose... Could it be that he still hasn't given up on becoming the 'Black Emperor' and is even looking for the tomb of Emperor Roselle?"

She still remembered that one of the secret tombs that this time traveler used to ascend to the "Black Emperor", that key tomb that even the Steam and Fiery Sun Church could not find, was located deep in the Misty Sea!

As if she thought of this at the same time, Bernadette's eyes became burning. She scanned the nautical chart back and forth but did not find any mark.

"Are you suspecting that Nast is using these polluted babies and the strange worship ceremony just now to find the tomb of Emperor Roselle?" Angel pointed out her thoughts, "But after being completely polluted by the 'Great Mother', does he really still have this desire?" Hearing this, Bernadette, who was still controlling the invisible servants to search nearby, shook her head and said:
"The followers of the evil god are not all completely corrupted and madmen who have given up thinking. Many of them don't even know that they have been polluted. They just think that they have heard the whispers of a great being, or received some kind of 'revelation'. As long as they follow the guidance of this power, they can meet all their needs."

Just like old Neil who wanted to revive his fiancée and sought a method of resurrection, but was eventually contaminated by the "Hidden Sage" without knowing it, and still thought that he was on the right path... Angel's eyes dimmed, and then he thought of the Moss Ascetic Order controlled by the Hidden Sage, which was the mortal enemy of Bernadette and her "Elemental Dawn". Presumably, the eldest daughter of Emperor Roselle had encountered many similar incidents before she summed up this information.

Just as her mind drifted back to Tingen a year ago, Bernadette's expression changed again and she said:

"Found the grave of Savini Solomon."

……

To Angel's surprise, the polluted Nast actually built a tomb for his father who passed away in the "City of Dreams", and not far behind this restored building, it was almost destroyed by Angel's "disaster" power.

Like most tombs in Intis, a pit was first dug in the ground, the coffin or urn was placed in it, buried with soil and stone slabs, and finally a tombstone was erected.

Since only a handful of Savigny's ashes were left, the tomb was not large, but the two sides of the stone slab covering the tomb were strangely asymmetrical, one large and one small, one thick and one thin. The inscriptions on the tombstone were majestic and contained a hint of majesty, obviously from Nast's hand.

In addition to the name of Savigny Solomon and the dates of his birth and death, there is also a brief epitaph:
“Death is not the end of the journey.”

Seeing this, Angel did not hesitate to use invisible silk thread to lift up the tombstone and the stone slab underneath.

Bernadette understood, and the invisible servants quickly moved the lower layers of soil away until all the new soil, which was clearly distinguishable from the hard soil layers on both sides, was piled around the grave.

But they still haven't found the urn or the coffin.

The tomb is empty!
Why am I not surprised at all? Is it because Klein, the captain and I all have a similar tomb? Of course, we are either alive or resurrected, and Savini has been dead for more than a hundred years, with only a few pounds of ashes left. It is unlikely that he will jump out of the grave by himself... Angel muttered to himself and tried to enter the field of vision of the "Man in the Mirror" to rule out the possibility of contamination by the "Fallen Mother Goddess" around.

It seems that he was not resurrected because of the power of the "Great Mother". Maybe Nestor didn't bury his father in the grave at all, but took away his ashes... Could it be that what he desires most in his heart is the same as Bernadette, to resurrect his father?
Angel's mind was full of thoughts. He looked at Bernadette for confirmation. After a little thought, the latter said:
"In all these years, I have never heard of the rumors that the 'King of the Five Seas' was obsessed with finding his father. Perhaps this was some kind of desire buried deep in his heart, which was then distorted by the pollution of the 'Great Mother'. This mentality prompted him to conduct other experiments, such as creating deformed babies, or spreading more beliefs in the 'Great Mother'."

This was similar to Angel's speculation, but there was a lack of conclusive evidence, so the two could only restore the tomb, bypass the three-story building that collapsed again due to the lack of invisible silk support, and walk towards the village of Belon outside the forest.

Angel plans to use the status of "City of Disaster" to observe all the villagers one by one to confirm whether they are contaminated by "Great Mother", that is, "Fallen Mother Goddess", and then decide whether to notify the Eternal Sun Church or wait for the arrival of Bonois Gustave, the angel on earth of the Steam Church.

In any case, if the people of the Republic of Intis are to be "dealt with" in large numbers, it would be better to let the Steam or the Fiery Sun Church come forward, even now that the two countries are at war.

After all, whether it is the "Eternal Blazing Sun" or the "God of Steam and Machinery", they are different from the God of War, and have no essential conflict with the Goddess of Night. They are parties that can be won over and cooperated with.

Bernadette followed behind Angel, frowning from time to time, as if she was lost in thought.

She wouldn't still be concerned about the sea chart left by Nast, the dark red altar in the building, the prayers of forty contaminated babies, and the last wisp of pale white mist. Could they all be related to the tomb of the "Black Emperor"?

As soon as this thought came into Angel's mind, he felt the sunlight above his head become stronger, just like he had just emerged from the shadows into the scorching sun of July or August.

She looked up with a sense of something.

Although it had already set in the west, a female figure wearing a white robe inlaid with gold thread, with a beautiful face and a holy temperament slowly emerged next to the sun that was emitting scorching sunlight.

Her long golden hair fluttered, her green eyes were calm, and her whole body seemed to be outlined by the sunlight. It was translucent, but it exuded a brilliance and heat that was almost as good as the sun.

Illuminated by the scorching sun, the thoughtful Bernadette raised her head. As soon as her eyes met the dazzling figure, her pupils shrank and her expression became serious.

"He is... Saint Viev, the angel on earth of the Church of the Eternal Sun!"

(End of this chapter)