Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1040: The Path of the Outer Gods?

"Wishing Lamp"? The sealed object codenamed "0-05"?
Upon hearing that one of the ultimate goals of the School of Truth was to find the Level 0 Sealed Artifact currently in the hands of Bernadette Gustave, Angel was stunned, with a strong sense of doubt welling up in his heart.

According to Arrodes, this seal is formed by the characteristics of a "miracle worker", and it seems to have another characteristic sealed inside, which causes it to fulfill the owner's wishes in a distorted way, which often causes additional dangers and is not truly "as expected".

Does the "School of Truth" want the "Miracle Worker" attribute? Or does it want to use the effect of the magic lamp to achieve some special wishes? For example, wishing that "the Earth's barrier is broken in advance" to allow the Outer Gods to enter this planet? But if the characteristics of Sequence 2 can do this, why would the "Old Ones" who are above Sequence 0 True Gods wander outside the barrier for thousands of years...

...Could this be related to the characteristics of the seal inside "0-05"? If it is related to the "Judge" path, the characteristics of the three Hands of Order have all been assigned, leaving only "uniqueness"...

...No, when I was fighting against Zaratul's historical projection, the Emperor Roselle he summoned instilled a bunch of strange knowledge in me, including the whereabouts of the uniqueness of "The Judge". It became the "Brass Book of Trunsost" and was contaminated. It was obviously an independent sealed object...

Thoughts suddenly flashed through Angel's mind, but he couldn't guess the real purpose of the School of Truth. He had to put it aside for the time being and think about another question raised by the ownership of the "Wishing Magic Lamp".

Why is one of the goals of this secret organization, which most likely believes in the Outer God "Sons of Chaos", to find the tomb of Bernadette's father, the former "Black Emperor" Roselle Gustav, who was dead but most likely not completely fallen?
Bernadette is looking for her father, Nestor Solomon is looking for his father, are they the same?
This question also quickly stopped in Angel's mind, and it was difficult to go further. This was not only because there were too few clues to analyze carefully, but also because Alysia Tamara's dark gray eyes like stubborn stones were staring at her, as if waiting for her to finish thinking and continue the conversation, but also as if she was simply admiring her.

As for the third purpose of the "School of Truth", Angel could guess without much thought that this was closely related to the "source substance" that was sucked into the earth's barrier by the "Son of Chaos" through the aggregation effect.

In other words, the "Fallen Heaven" is another name for the source substance "Kingdom of Disorder", and it is the ultimate purpose of the "Old Ones" who can neither be said to be hateful nor pitiful, coming to the earth.

She thus guessed that the other two goals, whether it was finding the "Wishing Lamp" or searching for Roselle's final tomb, were "preconditions" for this ultimate goal.

After sorting out his thoughts a little, Angel looked at Yalishia and continued to ask:
"Do you have any additional clues about the purpose of the 'School of Truth'?"

This Tamara seemed to have just come back to her senses, her eyes slightly lowered, and she still answered in that indifferent tone:

"I'm not sure. We know this because a certain 'Man in the Mirror' surrendered and brought information from the School of Truth... But they are active in major cities in Intis and have absorbed many members of the Tamara branch who have achieved success in politics. They use their ability to seek opportunities in the gray area to form cliques and try to advance their own goals and control the government power of the entire Republic of Intis...

"...There is only one sentence about Emperor Roselle's mausoleum: 'Those public mausoleums are real, but not all of them are real'..."

It’s true, but not entirely true… This is consistent with Anne and Bernadette’s analysis. The eight exposed mausoleums are actually fakes. Roselle may have hidden more than one mausoleum… It seems that they are very clear about the promotion ceremony of the “Black Emperor”…

Angel didn't think about it and asked immediately:

"So, you told me this information in order to deal with the 'School of Truth' and prevent further division within Tamara?"

"That's right," Yalishia admitted straightforwardly. "They used the power of the gray area to deceive and persuade many family members to join them, causing a continuous division and confrontation within our family. This is something the family cannot tolerate. In addition, they cooperated with many cults and secret organizations, causing many bloody sacrifices and mass deaths."

The latter point is to remind me that the "School of Truth" is a cult and ask me not to cooperate with them... Angel smiled secretly and asked with interest:

"What exactly is this power that walks in the gray area that you are talking about?"

"This is also a question we have been puzzled about..." Yalishia's expression changed slightly again, making her old-fashioned face more lively. "It is different from the law and balance power of the 'Judge' path, and it is not the strange abilities of the apprentices... And I am sure that most of them have already chosen the potion path and cannot change."

No, in fact, they can at least jump to the "Black Emperor" path. These two are adjacent paths, but even so, there is no way to explain how this "chaotic" force between order and chaos appeared... Angel added in his mind, and fell into the same confusion as the other party.

But she immediately thought of a new possibility.

The other party believes in an "Old One" whose power can penetrate the barrier, and another similar "Old One", the "Mother Tree of Desire", once demonstrated on the Island of Oravi that His power to instantly transform an ordinary person into a mid-sequence extraordinary person. That is the power of "gift" from a high-level being to believers.

At first, Angel thought that Admiral Amyrius' mistress Cynthia was "given" a path she had never seen before, but now that she is an angel, she already knows most of the abilities of all 22 paths, but has never seen a sequence that can turn people into demon trees and cause the surrounding creatures to fall into a state of lust.

Now, another "path" that she didn't understand appeared.

Could it be that... the Outer Gods, or the three special "Old Ones" who can extend their power into the barrier, can grant their believers their own... Outer God Path?

It's a pity that all this cannot be discussed with Alissa. She knows that the moment the information about the "Old Days" is released, it will attract the attention of those beings and be contaminated... Angel thought with regret and was about to change the subject to talk about the details of dealing with the "School of Truth" when a slight explosion suddenly came from outside the hotel, attracting the attention of the two.

It wouldn't be like the last time they met... Her consciousness extended to the world in the mirror, and she instantly saw the location where the explosion occurred through the almost infinite mirrors around her.

……

"Boom, boom——"

The air shells fired by Klein and his many temporarily converted secret puppets blew deep pits in the dense forest. Countless large trees that were difficult to hug with one arm were broken in half. Amidst the flying dirt, a flaming spear flew into the air, but it did not shoot at Klein. Instead, it flew quickly into the distance and almost instantly escaped from the range of his "Spirit Line".

Tsk, in a few seconds I will be able to completely control his spirit thread. Even if I don’t have time to transform him into a secret puppet, I can take the opportunity to severely injure or even kill him. This may delay the pace of the Intis army’s invasion of Loen until they investigate the cause of death of the frontline commander... I didn’t expect that the “recklessness” of the Hunter Path also has a certain positive meaning. Before my sluggish thoughts could take shape, he ran away directly...

Klein thought with some regret and did not try to chase the "Iron-Blooded Knight" who had transformed into a flaming spear and was fleeing quickly. Instead, he looked around at the devastated forest with satisfaction.

"That's about it. The commotion was huge, and the hunter demigod must have known that the one who attacked him was a 'weird wizard' or even an 'ancient scholar'. This is all 'testimony' in my favor..."

Watching the "Iron-Blooded Knight" stop flying at the edge of the sky and transform back into a tall, imposing figure, Klein stared at him for a few seconds. His figure gradually faded away and he "teleported" away from the forest on the border between Loen and Intis.

The nearby secret puppet creatures that he controlled fell dead one after another, truly losing their lives.

……

In the "God-Forsaken Land", near the City of Silver, Klein's consciousness returned to his body in a certain historical fragment and he let out a long sigh.

"The duration of the historical pore image summoned by the angel is beyond my expectation. This is completely different from when I was summoned by Miss Magician. The latter's spiritual power could only last for about three minutes before it was exhausted. This time, it was the historical projection itself that reached its limit first..."

He grunted, pleased with the action.

"The commotion I caused this time is likely to attract Zaratul who has been looking for me. But Amon may not. He should be able to guess that I will come to the God-Forsaken Land and focus on this place instead of the outside world..."

As he was thinking, he left the mist of history and looked in the dim light at the Silver City, which was faintly illuminated by lights in the depths of the darkness. He was quite troubled by the several clones of Amon inside.

Once discovered by these clones, Amon's original body would quickly confirm that he had arrived at the God-forsaken Land, and mobilize his angelic clones to search everywhere, and might even lie in wait near the Dark Wolf, waiting for him to fall into their trap.

Although he had planned to do this at a critical moment to draw Amon's attention to the City of Silver and give himself some time to explore other places, if he "detonated" the bomb in advance, he would injure or even kill himself.

"Oh, by the way, I can ask Leonard, or ask Pales who is parasitizing him, how to kill Amon's clone without alerting the original body, or deceive their senses..."

On impulse, Klein once again came above the gray fog and looked at the star that belonged to Leonard, the "Star".

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At the same time, Leonard, who was sitting quietly in his office in the basement of Saint Samuel Church in Backlund, opened his eyes.

Pales's slightly old voice rang in his ears:

"The operation over there is over."

It’s over…Did we get the Jacob family’s treasure?

Leonard stood up from his office chair with some excitement, walked around the room where he was alone twice, and then asked in a low voice:
"What is the specific situation?"

"Haha, the Jacob family has a lot of treasures and traps. If I hadn't secretly monitored and assisted them, they might have all been killed in there... In the end, I only took away the characteristics of the 'Fate Horse' and a seal that suits you. The rest is the reward for these baits."

Bait... Leonard was speechless for a moment. The tragic death of the mice used to test the effects of many seals behind the Chanis Gate appeared in his mind. After a moment, he no longer cared about the fate of the thieves in the "Fate Hermit Society" and continued to ask:
"Is it completely safe now?"

(End of this chapter)