Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1024 Your true identity is...

On the beach with the sea breeze blowing and the moonlight lighting up, Klein used the vision of observing the spirit line to check every corner around him and confirmed that all of Zaratul's secret puppets had disappeared.

"No need to look for it. Zaratul will not leave his secret doll behind until there is a way to resist the curse and disease that the witch has 'infected' through the spirit thread."

In front of Klein, Angel, who was dressed in a black dress that was exactly the same as the one he saw in Backlund a few minutes ago, said in a cold voice.

But unlike the witch in his memory who was cold in front of outsiders but always smiled when she was alone with him, Angel on the beach was very indifferent and even resisted contact with him, which could be seen from the fact that she crossed her arms in a psychological defensive posture and kept a distance of several meters from him.

I saw disgust and even hatred in her eyes. When I just left the mist of history, the look she gave me almost made me think she was Zaratul in disguise... Klein muttered to himself and thought of a possibility.

"The man in the mirror?"

he asked cautiously.

"It seems she told you everything."

The "man in the mirror" took this as the default answer, and his expression became even colder.

"Angel did tell me that she has a self-aware mirror person, but she said that other witches' mirror people need to be enslaved by force or persuaded with sincerity, and some special mirror people even think about killing their original bodies and replacing them every day. But her mirror person is very special. He has been working closely with her from the beginning and has a very gentle personality..."

Klein said carefully, pausing at the key point, implying that "what you said is different from what she said."

These words made the expression of the "person in the mirror" who looked exactly like Angel, but was slightly different from him in terms of demeanor and eyes, change. It seemed that he forced himself to relax, letting his aloof expression melt a little, and then shook his head and said:
"That's for her, not for you or anyone else... Anyway, she will be dealing with that Zaratul in the Mirror World and should be able to finish the battle and return here soon. Before that, I will protect you from other possible attacks, such as Amon's clone, or a certain personality aspect of his brother."

As expected, Angel's real body pulled Zaratul, who had been chased out of the mist of history, into the mirror world... But according to the "Man in the Mirror", if Amon or his bad-tempered brother came from his real body, she might not be able to deal with it... Klein thought with some disappointment.

He knew that Angel's mirror figure could only rely on yesterday's reappearance spell to temporarily "return" to the strength of Sequence 1 "Doomsday" witch. It was not a problem to deal with ordinary angels, but it was indeed difficult to defeat those angel kings that existed since the ancient times, not to mention having to save his own life in the battle.

Thinking of this, Klein asked with some confusion:
“But since Zaratul has been trapped in the mirror world, why not use ‘Yesterday’s Reappearance’ to completely eliminate Him, or at least severely injure this archangel…”

"When you went to the Holy Wind Cathedral to ask for the 'Never-Ending Theater', you knew to use the images in the gaps in history and the secret puppets that could be discarded at any time to prevent your body from being struck to death by the 'tyrant's' lightning. How could Zaratul not make corresponding preparations?"

The Man in the Mirror looked at Klein with cold eyes again and explained in a calm tone.

"You know a lot... more than the original?"

Klein frowned, recalling the conversation when he told Angel about this.

He did not describe in detail his visit to the Storm Lord Church, so it was certain that Angel was not aware of the whole process, at least he did not know that he had walked in with a secret doll and put fake money in the offering box.

"I think she should have told you that we don't share senses. There are some things she knows that I don't know, and correspondingly, some of my memories do not exist in her mind..."

The person in the mirror said impatiently, and then his expression changed, revealing a smile that made Klein's heart beat faster:

"For example, she doesn't know that you are actually..."

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In the "mirror world" consisting of a beach that was hundreds of meters long, the surrounding woods and part of the sea, Zaratul's thoughts were temporarily stagnant, and the number of "helpers" around him began to increase rapidly.

The "mirror world" constructed by Angel's inverted reality is not very large, and only includes two angels, her and Zaratul. It does not have the goal of transforming this Sequence 1 "Secret Servant" into a secret doll, but He does not need it.

The old man with black eyes, white beard and wrinkled skin grabbed with his hands one by one, pulling out gentlemen in formal suits and top hats, ladies in gorgeous clothes, young men in overalls or girls with fluttering skirts from the gaps in the historical images.

Their expressions were dull and their eyes were lifeless. It was obvious that they had already become Zaratul's secret puppets before this. They just traveled through time and space from that tragic moment to the present and serve their master again.

In an instant, they all turned into old men wearing black robes and white beards. They waved their hands to summon subsequent historical images, making it difficult to distinguish who was the secret puppet and who was the real person.

Of course, for a "secret servant", anyone can be real and anyone can be the original body!
Most of the puppets in these historical pores have the strength of Sequence 5, and many of them even have a hint of divinity. As puppets of Zaratul, they can use the "Fortune Teller" ability of Sequence 1, such as powerful air cannonballs and the ability to control the enemy's spiritual body.

Within a few seconds, they rapidly multiplied their numbers by controlling secret puppets with secret puppets and summoning historical images with historical images, and then dispersed to every area of ​​the mirror world in handfuls of burning red flames, becoming anchor points for Zaratul's main body to move at any time.

The only ones who did not transform and move with them were William Augustus, who was still wearing a cloak, and Russell Gustav, who had slightly curly chestnut hair.

Essentially, they are not puppets of Zaratul, and will not be willing to be controlled by the spiritual thread, because during the time when the mist of history lasted, they possessed the strength of Sequence 1 archangels!

A dark golden light lit up instantly, and the serious-looking "Protector" William I drew out the rapier from his waist, pointed it directly at Angel, who was floating in the air and quietly watching the "performance" below, and issued the first ban in this new world:
"Spreading disease is prohibited here."

Under his powerful force of order, the many pathogens hidden in the air around all the secret dolls and historical images lost their activity.

Roselle, the former Emperor of Intis and the "Emperor of Knowledge" of the world of occultism, raised his head and stared at Angel, with countless illusory symbols appearing in his eyes.

They represent knowledge known or unknown to mankind, and they flood into Angel's mind at a speed that can burst his brain and burn out his consciousness:

"The average distance between our planet and the moon is 380,000 kilometers..."

"The Sea of ​​Rage was not formed naturally. The deepest part of the Sea contains the tomb of the fallen god of death..."

"The ancestors of the Soran and Einhorn families who went the furthest on the Hunter Path were all women..."

"That primitive island in the Misty Sea hides the tomb of the 'Black Emperor'..."

"The only path of the Judge is called the 'Brass Book of Trunsoest'. Because it was contaminated during the Four Emperors' War, this path has no future..."

"..."

The useful and useless pieces of knowledge in his mind quickly appeared and disappeared in the overlapping mutterings and crazy roars, which instantly occupied Angel's mind. His limbs became stiff and he was unable to move for a short time.

Seizing this momentary opportunity, dozens of marionettes in the sky and on the ground opened their "spiritual thread" vision one after another, trying to catch the spiritual thread of the "disaster" witch. This was due to the ability of their original body, Zaratul, which belonged to the Sequence 1 level. Therefore, it only took one second to initially put the Sequence 2 angel into a stagnant state!
But under the gaze of everyone, there was not a single black line around the graceful body in the air, as if she was just a corpse, moving on her own under the influence of an invisible giant hand.

No, she hid the spirit thread deep inside the mirror...

Zaratul, who was hiding in the secret doll, understood instantly, and asked all the secret dolls to open their mouths. A "bang" sound was made, and invisible air bombs flew towards Angel. Each of them could easily smash an entire ironclad ship, and even the body of an angel could not withstand it.

Crack—the sound of shattering glass that echoed throughout the mirror world reached everyone's ears. The dozens of air shells changed direction strangely the moment they touched Angel's body and shot towards William Augustus, who was holding a rapier and was about to issue the second ban.

And the endless amount of useless knowledge also returned in the direction that Roselle had transmitted, and arrived at the brain of the "Hand of Order" at a fraction of the angle, interrupting His ban on "forbidding mirror substitutes", filling His mind with redundant information and making it impossible to process his own thoughts.

This strange "refraction" comes from Angel's deep control over the world in the mirror. In this world constructed by the witch, attacks fired at her are not only difficult to hit the target, but may even attack herself!
bang bang bang-

One after another, powerful shells hit the beach or the sea, stirring up countless sand and waves, but the tall William was not hit by any shells, and even the flying sand did not fall on his cloak.

This is a miracle.

Taking advantage of the moment when the miracle took effect, all the puppets controlled the spirit lines again. Their target was not Angel who had hidden these lines, but a random puppet.

Then, these initially mastered spiritual threads were "grafted" onto Angel by Zaratul, and temporarily became a part of her body.

This immediately slowed down Angel's thoughts as if they were frozen, and the joints of her limbs were filled with glue, becoming stiff and numb. Before she could make any movement, the control of her spiritual threads miraculously accelerated, causing these grafted black threads to float into the sky, and together with the countless black threads of other marionettes, became playthings in Zaratul's hands.

In just two seconds, with the help of many secret dolls, Zaratul completely transformed a witch angel into his own secret doll!

This also means that “He” can use the power of the new doll to release the shackles of the “mirror world” and return to the real world. Then, based on the close connection between this witch and German Sparrow, he can easily find the other party’s trace... Wait?
Just as Zaratul went over the follow-up plan in his mind, he was surprised to find that his new secret doll only had an appearance that made him a little excited, and did not have any abilities or characteristics that he wanted.

It's just a lifelike mirror stand-in!
The real Angel's figure appeared next to the secret doll, who looked exactly like her but had a dull expression. She had grasped the "Angelica's Blade" in her hand at some point, and a purple-black flame burned on the tip of the straight sword, which stabbed into the secret doll's body without any hindrance.

At the moment when this secret doll turned into mirror fragments, the tremendous destructive force spread along the spirit line to all the secret dolls in the mirror world, as well as Zaratul's real body hidden in it.

At the same time, the spiritual threads in the air that were originally only visible to the Secret Doll Master ignited purple and almost black flames of destruction, like a spider web covering the entire space. The nodes of the spider web were the secret dolls that were also burning.

They tried to use paper dolls to avoid damage and used fire jumps to exchange positions, but they could not avoid the fatal damage transmitted through the spirit lines.

This is the embodiment of disaster in the mirror, the power of destruction and natural disasters!
In an instant, all the spirit threads in the space were burned, and pieces of purple-black flames with both high temperature and curse characteristics scattered along with the remains of the secret doll that turned into ashes. Only Roselle and William, who did not belong to the category of secret dolls, and Zaratul's body, who gave up the control of all spirit threads in time, were left.

Glancing at the only three remaining targets, Angel's mouth corners slightly raised and he suddenly laughed.

The smile that could make angels indulge in it, set against the moonlight that was so brilliant that it seemed unreal, made the three Sequence 1 archangels present fall into a brief daze, and they had the urge to give up struggling right now and bow down to each other.

This has nothing to do with real will, but is a manifestation of "charm" in the sense of mysticism. Even though Zaratul has seen all four existing witch angels, and even though the historical images of Roselle and William do not have true intelligence, the original bodies of these two people do not want to offend this "disaster" witch, and they hide their true consciousness, and are inevitably affected.

Under their gaze, Angel opened her red lips and said with a smile:

"Now, let me see the difference between 'Servant of Mysteries' and 'Ancient Scholar'.

"How many minutes can you hold on?"

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On the beach in the real world, Klein fell into the same daze because of the other party's words.

Thoughts exploded in his mind, and then returned to silence. He gradually regained his normal thoughts and asked with a dry mouth:

"Are you the only one who knows about this?"

His slightly pale face made the person in the mirror burst out laughing, making her appearance, which was exactly the same as her original, look even more like Angel in Klein's memory.

"At least she doesn't know yet, and she shouldn't know... But she must have some doubts, especially after becoming an angel and gaining more knowledge about the sequence."

The person in the mirror answered, stepping on the soft sand and taking a few steps closer to Klein.

"My advice is that before she gets hold of the key evidence, you should improve yourself as quickly as possible so that you can truly match that identity and that title. Only by becoming an angel can you further control the power of the source and have the opportunity to confront your enemies head-on." She continued.

"You mean becoming a 'planeswalker'?"

Klein asked meaningfully.

"Of course it's the 'Miracle Master'. Going to the starry sky in your current situation is no different from committing suicide, and the 'Fate Horse' has no share for you... and coming back to life is a miracle. You have borrowed the chance of a 'miracle' twice, so you must repay it eventually."

The person in the mirror replied with a smile.

Twice, including the time when I "traveled through time"... Klein thought blankly, and then asked:

"The only promising miracle worker trait is in the God-forsaken Land. Do I need to go there?"

"Of course, and there are opportunities for you to advance there."

It agrees with what Amon said... That's right, Amon!

Klein frowned and said:
“Amon’s true form is in the God-forsaken Land. He may be waiting there.

"And I don't have any way to go to that area."

Hearing his hesitant words, the person in the mirror sneered again and replied:
"You can only solve Amon's problem by yourself. As for how to get to the God-Forsaken Land... it's very simple. Can't you just turn into a corpse?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the space between the two of them twisted and changed, and a corpse that was so charred that its shape could not be seen appeared from the void and fell on the beach with a heavy noise.

Then, it vanished like bubbles.

This... is Zaratul? It turns out that what he came here is just an image in the gaps of history, not his true self...

Klein looked at the disappeared corpse with a numb mind, then raised his head and found that the "man in the mirror" who had a sneer on his face just now was now looking at him with his head slightly tilted.

"Klein? Are you okay?"

The caring words she spoke confirmed to Klein that this was the Angel he knew.

(End of this chapter)