Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1017 Crossover
Taking a magic potion to advance while surrounded by thousands of people was an experience Audrey had never had before. This was the most important ceremony to advance from an ordinary Beyonder to a Demigod. Even though she had prepared herself mentally, the sudden feeling of weightlessness made her a little panicked.

Fortunately, she soon discovered that this was due to the abnormality caused by suddenly entering the "subconscious ocean", and stabilized her own state in the strong emotions resonating with the people around her, and understood the role of the ritual:
By utilizing collective and shared extreme emotions, the "manipulator" who has just taken the potion and lost himself in the ocean of subconsciousness can find himself again, so as not to be completely washed away and out of control by the spiritual imprints left by countless human ancestors.

As the chants of "The Only Destination Is Peace" continued, Audrey used the superimposed "comfort" to clear away the mental pollution from her previous loss, quickly returning herself to her best state and gradually adapting to the obviously expanded "subconscious" perception range of her demigod status.

She discovered that she could create more "Audreys" based on her thoughts, allowing these virtual personalities to enter the mental islands of different people at the same time and easily sense the source of their sadness.

This power is obviously not possessed by Audrey in the "Dream Walker" stage. It allows the "manipulator" to modify and manipulate the subconscious of multiple people at the same time in battle, and can also use different "personality masks" to resist the influence of other extraordinary people on their own mental realm, and even attack invaders in return.

There are also incomplete mythical creature forms that are less restricted and less likely to get out of control than other methods: the psychic dragon, as well as extraordinary abilities such as mental plague and mental deprivation...

Until this sequence, the "Spectator" path is truly capable of engaging the enemy head-on, and is even able to defeat most paths that appear stronger than the Spectator in hand-to-hand combat.

Well, at least the "witch" is an exception. I saw with my own eyes that Miss "Queen" pushed Hwin Rambis, who is also a "manipulator", into the mirror world, just like a strong man knocking down a weak woman... She added in her heart, and in her mind, she couldn't help but replace Hwin with herself, and found that it would be more difficult to resist him.

Quickly calming down her emotions, Audrey was about to leave the ocean of subconsciousness and return to reality when she suddenly discovered some special waves among the "water drops" that formed this ocean.

Unlike ordinary people who are caught in a collective emotional resonance and whose island of consciousness is filled with sadness, although they also have similar emotions, they control their negative consciousness very well and prevent it from completely occupying the entire island. They are in a state of "integration and withdrawal".

Audrey, who was already a mature "audience", knew that these special "waves" belonged to the more powerful Extraordinary Beings, at least mid-sequence.

"It's probably hard to see their specialness at ordinary times, but during the Winter Festival Mass, they subconsciously controlled their emotions and exposed themselves... Well, it's better not to try to identify or contact them. Not only is it impolite, but it's also easy to run into other demigods or even angels hiding in Backlund..."

Audrey, knowing that the city was full of ulterior motives, reacted quickly, pretending not to notice anything and escaping from the ocean of subconsciousness. She was thankful that her mind had not been changed by the potion.

Before this, she had always been somewhat worried that the "divinity" she would gain after being promoted to Sequence 4 would gradually turn her into a cold, evil mythical creature rather than a normal human being.

Although the demigods of the Tarot Club appear to be quite human, that is only their performance in front of others. No one knows whether they are as cold as ice or as crazy as fire when they are alone.

It was not until Audrey's mind gradually calmed down and she opened her eyes in the last ray of winter sunshine that she realized her worries were unnecessary.

At least she could feel the sadness of the people around her instead of just watching from the sidelines as a complete "spectator".

"The only destination is peace..."

She followed the archbishop on the platform in chanting, drew a crimson moon on her chest, and praised the goddess and the fool.

The Winter Service Mass also reached its climax at this moment. The collective sadness was dispelled by some kind of power of Archbishop Anthony, turning into tranquility and peace.

At this moment, Audrey couldn't suppress her curiosity and looked in the direction of the "special waves" she had just seen. Among them was, as expected, Archbishop Anthony and Loen military intelligence personnel hidden in the crowd, but she also saw a familiar figure.

The man with black hair and green eyes was Mr. "Star", who had explored "Groselle's Travels" with her and revealed his identity in the Hall of Honesty, and was Leonard Mitchell, the official Beyonder of the Church of Night!
What surprised Audrey was that there was another extraordinary person standing next to him who was also able to remain calm in the collective emotions. She was a girl of the same age as Audrey. She was wearing a slightly old-fashioned dress, with long brown hair tied into a braid in the middle. She had round cheeks and bright eyes. The combination of her facial features was pleasing to the eye.

Like the people around her, she was looking at the archbishop on the platform, as if she had just escaped from the atmosphere of the mass.

Is that lady a colleague of Mr. Star? Are they, as followers of the goddess, also attending mass, or are they secretly on guard to avoid an attack like the last time the king was "assassinated"?
Audrey analyzed subconsciously, her eyes swept across the faces of the two people, and was surprised to find that her guess was not correct.

Judging from their movements, expressions and some micro-actions, both of them obviously have some "intentions" for each other in a romantic sense, but it seems that due to some concerns they did not say it out loud and pretended to be "ordinary colleagues."

This made Audrey's somewhat sad mood, which was affected by the subconscious ocean during her promotion, better, and she even smiled.

But she always felt that the young lady looked a bit like an extraordinary person from the "Witch" path. It was not that Audrey had any prejudice against this path, but she felt that the look that was both natural and innocent and full of temptation did not seem to be formed naturally, but rather some extraordinary power was at work.

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Watching the archbishop slowly leave the high platform in the center of the square, Leonard also retracted his gaze and looked carefully at Sherman beside him. He was momentarily lost in her beautiful face that was not covered by the "Ring of Madness", and then said:

"Let's go now before too many people leave."

They were originally going to attend the Winter Festival Mass at St. Samuel's Church in the North District, but they didn't expect that this year, due to a generous donation from a certain noble, all the masses in Backlund were changed to be held in major squares. Sherman also proposed to broaden her horizons, so Leonard accompanied her to the largest square in the West District to experience a mass of 10,000 people. Judging from Sherman's expression, she should have satisfied her inner curiosity, so it's worth it for us to rush from the North District to the West District... Leonard muttered in his heart, walking side by side with Sherman, squeezing through the people who were still immersed in grief, and walked towards the exit of the square.

Due to the crowd, the two bodies inevitably came close to and collided. Sherman was obviously resisting this contact. She lowered her head and walked quickly out of the square, only stopping when she walked into an empty alley.

Leonard, unable to hide his disappointment, followed and chatted with Sherman about recent developments. They exchanged information about the Night Watchers that did not need to be kept confidential and what they had seen in the East District, just like a casual chat between colleagues.

It was not until they reached the exit of the alley, close to the subway station, that Leonard asked casually:

"Have you been at Sequence 6 for several months? How is your performance and digestion of the potion?"

Playing...

Sherman stopped walking out of the alley and glanced at Leonard with a strange expression. Looking closely, one could see a hint of redness beneath her fair skin.

“…There hasn’t been much progress yet.”

After a long silence, she replied calmly.

Leonard also keenly sensed that the atmosphere was a little off, and quickly changed the subject:

"The Church of Night will recently launch a series of strikes against the members of the Aurora Society hidden in Backlund. This time, the target is not the demigod we discovered, but the underground gathering places they set up in various urban areas and the hidden believers of the True Creator.

"You should be careful recently, and don't go to that party in the East District."

Hearing that the other party no longer asked about the progress of the role play, Sherman regained his calm expression, nodded to show that he understood, and then quickly entered the subway station and disappeared from Leonard's sight.

call--

Leonard exhaled, stood at the entrance of the alley for a while, then turned around and prepared to leave.

At this moment, an old voice sounded in his ears, with a hint of sarcasm:
"Tsk, you obviously have a pretty good understanding of the mysticism, why are you so slow at a time like this? If it were my descendants, they would have taken the initiative to follow Sherman home."

"What do you mean?" Leonard asked in surprise.

"It means that her roleplaying has reached a bottleneck, and you already know the name of the Sequence 6 potion of 'Witch'. The simplest and most effective way to play is to use the literal meaning and bring 'joy' to yourself and others."

"Happiness..."

Leonard repeated the word in a low voice, his expression suddenly changed, and he turned back to look at the place where Sherman left.

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After leaving the subway station, Sherman took a long detour as usual and returned to her home after shaking off possible followers. She walked to the bedroom which did not have many personal furnishings a little anxiously, took out a silver ring engraved with intricate patterns from her pocket, put it into the secret compartment of the drawer, and then sighed with fatigue on her face.

The accidental physical contact with Leonard in the crowded crowd just now made Sherman's accumulated emotions from the negative effects of this hateful ring surge up again, so that she could only have a brief conversation with the other party perfunctorily and leave quickly, otherwise she always felt that something bad would happen.

"He also mentioned acting and digesting potions..."

Muttering, Sherman changed into an ankle-length nightgown, crawled into bed, used invisible spider silk to turn off the gas lamp, closed her eyes in the darkness, and tried to use sleep to fight her throbbing heart.

The faces of Miss Angelica, Miss Triss, Daisy, Freya, and even Viscount Stratford flashed through her mind one by one, but in the end, she stopped at the figure with black hair and blue eyes, whose hairstyle was always unconventional and who didn't like to button his collar.

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After the last Tarot Club meeting in 1350 ended, the Tarot Club members who were preparing to participate in the hunt for the "Secret Saint" stayed in the Gray Mist Palace to discuss before taking action.

(End of this chapter)