Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1032 Separation and Attack

When he arrived at the village street, before Klein raised the lantern to look around, a flash of lightning suddenly appeared above his head.

It passed silently across the sky, and after a long time, low thunder reached the ears of the two. Before that, Klein had used the momentary flash to see the surrounding environment clearly, and found himself on a street composed of houses that were obviously designed and built for giants.

"The wooden doors and windows have long since decayed and disappeared, leaving only the stone frames. The mosses have all died and almost become fossils. There are no stars or moons above our heads, and only lightning can bring a brief moment of light... It's consistent with what Angel described to me last time after he 'traveled' and returned. This is the God-forsaken Land where 'Sun' Derrick lives..."

He subconsciously analyzed the situation in his mind, connecting the scene before him with the historical knowledge he had previously learned about the God-Forsaken Land. The "Ancient Scholar" potion that had been silent in his body for a long time actually began to loosen a little, showing signs of being digested.

It seems that what he lacks is the history of the "Eastern Continent", the causes of the God-Forsaken Land and the experiences over the past thousand years... He understood something, held up the lantern, looked at Angel beside him, and said with a smile:

"We've gained something just after arriving here... Let's go see the burial ground you mentioned."

Harvest, does it mean digestion of the potion?
Angel looked at Klein, who was looking around excitedly, and was happy for him.

The two of them walked through streets that had not been visited for who knows how many years and headed towards a corner of the village.

During the not-so-long journey, Angel discovered that although most traces of life in this village had been erased over time, the dense stone pillars on the street were still intact. They were about four meters high, like a row of pillars that had lost their walls.

But Angel keenly discovered that, judging by the height of the giants, they were at best lamp posts - the bowl-shaped protrusions on top were containers for liquid fuel.

"There should still be people living here after the 'Great Cataclysm', until the surrounding food was exhausted and the environment was completely destroyed, and then they gradually withered and eventually died out."

She said this to Klein beside her as if to confirm, and the latter nodded, agreeing with her opinion.

When the sun is shining and there are stars and the red moon, such a small village does not need such intensive lighting. Only in the "God-forsaken Land" where the night becomes eternal and dangerous, the importance of lights exceeds everything else.

Of course, artificial light did not allow this village to survive. Even though they avoided the dangers of the night and tried to use the monsters' corpses as food to survive, they were eventually like the villages in Bansy Port and Sona Island. Due to the leakage of the power of the "City of Disaster", they were inevitably contaminated and eventually died in some kind of crazy sacrifice.

As long as the population of a tribe drops to a certain level, it will be impossible for them to reproduce. They will either migrate to other villages or cities, or gradually become monsters in the pollution and sink with the fallen creatures hidden in the darkness...

Thinking of this, Angel cast her eyes into the endless darkness outside the village. She could barely see the rolling hills in the distance, the endless plains and scattered man-made buildings.

Wandering in the wilderness are all kinds of strange-looking monsters. They appear and disappear in the darkness, like pieces of black fog silently wriggling. They have been paying attention to the only light in the village, but they seem to be able to sense the danger and dare not approach.

It was completely different from the last time I came here. It seemed that even though these monsters were crazy and distorted, they could clearly sense that Sequence 5 could be bullied at will, and Sequence 2 must not get close... She laughed secretly and ignored these monsters that might have been normal humans or giants before. Instead, she brought Klein to the "boneyard" where countless giant corpses were buried.

Next to the open pit where buried things were exposed due to years of wind, Klein finally saw the "indigenous people" of this village. They had become skeletons over two meters tall, missing spines and heads. There was a small open space between the heads piled together, as if they had been carefully placed.

"It looks like a sacrificial site, like the cave on the top of Bansi Harbor..."

Klein commented while holding up the lantern. He casually fished out a gold coin from the void. It had accompanied him for a while in the past, but now it was unknown whether it was in Renette's mouth or somewhere else. He flicked it up, closed his eyes slightly, and did a quick divination.

Pah—he grabbed the gold coin fiercely, frowned slightly, and muttered:

"The connection with the spirit world is very weak..."

This is bad news for the "fortune teller" who is proficient in divination and can avoid many dangers according to spiritual reminders. It means that it is difficult for him to avoid conspiracies in the dark and attacks out of sight, not to mention predicting dangers in advance and making battle plans in advance.

"The 'world in the mirror' here is also self-contained and not connected to the outside world. This means that I cannot leave the God-forsaken Land through the passage in the mirror and can only return the same way..."

Angel also grabbed at the void, trying to grab the weapon hidden in the "mirror space", but found that this small area in the mirror world that belonged to her alone had also lost contact with her.

It's similar to Trier in the Fourth Epoch, but it was sealed by the "God of Machinery and Steam" and the "Eternal Blazing Sun". What about the "Forsaken Land of Gods"... Angel looked up at the sky thoughtfully, and happened to see another flash of lightning passing through her eyes, bringing a low roar and a brief light. This is very similar to the feeling given to me by the "Tyrant" card... If I hadn't been promoted to an angel and had a deeper understanding of divinity and divine power, it would be difficult to find the connection between the two... Could one of the powers that sealed the Forsaken Land of Gods come from the "Lord of the Storm", the former "Angel of Wind" Leodro?
With this understanding, she soon discovered more clues:
The power that makes people disappear without a trace in the darkness, and no clues can be found by any means, may come from the "Goddess of Night" Amanesis, who was once the "Goddess of Doom";
The fallen creatures that wander around and can use shadows to move quickly have powers similar to those of the "Shepherd" and "Black Knight". Angel speculates that they are related to the Sequence 0 of this path, the "True Creator".

At least three true gods have joined forces to seal this land... No, the "True Creator" is most likely in a passive defensive state. His followers are trying to come here to worship the gods through the "God War Ruins", which means that it is very likely that he is staying in a dark, god-forsaken land where corrupt forces are rampant...

Taking advantage of the time that Klein spent observing the bone burial ground, Angel quickly figured out the sources of the various powers emanating from the God-Forsaken Land.

After listening to her story, Klein was not worried. Instead, he smiled even more brightly and replied:
"So, the followers of the original moon and Zaratul, the forces I was originally worried about, will not be able to interfere with me. The former will naturally be obstructed by the righteous gods, and the latter was once exiled to that misty town by the goddess. They will only suspect that my coming here is a trap, especially after the last attempt was resolutely counterattacked...

"In this way, I only have to face Amon, whose true form is unknown, and the followers of the 'True Creator' who may react. Although the power I can borrow is reduced, the enemy is clearer."

This was the main reason why he came to the God-Forsaken Land, in addition to digesting the "Ancient Scholar" potion.

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After creating a micro-earthquake, Angel used the surrounding loose soil to rebury the open-air burial ground, so that the villagers who died tragically due to the leakage of the power of the "City of Disaster" would no longer be exposed to the wind... Although there was no sunlight, it was still not a good thing to leave corpses exposed in the wilderness.

Then, she and Klein returned to the house where the basement leading to the God-Forsaken Land was located.

"You really don't need me to stay a few more days?"

Looking at the sky where the frequency of lightning had dropped significantly, Angel asked.

"You will eventually have to return to the fixed time point through here anyway. What's the point of a few more or less days? If something unexpected happens, we may both lose the chance to leave the 'Forsaken Land of the Gods'..."

Klein shook the lantern historical image that he had summoned for who knows what time and spoke in a nonchalant manner.

Of course, he hoped that Angel could always be by his side, but the process of searching for the "Dark Wolf" in the God-Forsaken Land would be difficult and long, and Angel, whose time had been "anchored" at the entrance of Sona Island, could not always be with him.

"...Besides, can't I summon your historical images at any time?"

As he spoke, Klein used his free hand to pull at his side, and an Angel with a dull expression and lifeless eyes staggered out of the mist of history.

It seems that I was really stupid for letting my mind go blank... Looking at the historical image whose appearance and dress were exactly the same as his own, Angel muttered a few words and tried to disappear into the world in the mirror. His consciousness immediately awakened in this "clone" and his expression became lively.

"But you have to remember that when I was in the outside world, the 'Mirror World' and the God-Forsaken Land were not connected, and the historical images could not be transformed into the real me."

The fake Angel spoke.

Seeing that Klein looked somewhat gloomy, she smiled and added:
"...At most, I will come here from Sona Island every once in a while, and you can summon my historical image anywhere in the God-Forsaken Land and let me descend directly beside you."

After saying that, she deliberately opened her arms, allowing Klein to embrace her. However, at the last moment, she gave up on maintaining her sanity in this historical image and became dazed, leaving Klein with nothing.

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Angel left all the "disaster" and other spells he had on him to Klein, then returned to the basement and used his blood to reactivate the runes connecting the God-Forsaken Land and Sorna Island. He then returned to the depths of the Violent Sea in the darkness.

She looked at the runes that had regained their dimness with emotion, and her body naturally disappeared into the "mirror world" of the outside world. Just as she was about to return to Backlund, she suddenly felt dizzy.

Then, she saw that in the depths of the mirror world, a deep darkness was rapidly surging towards her, like a tide, like a surging "disaster" and "doomsday".

(End of this chapter)