Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 765 Source
He traveled from "Earth" to the current world, and for some reason was resurrected in the body of Cole Granger, and accidentally became a woman - this was a fact confirmed by Angel on the first day he woke up in his current body.

There are two important pieces of evidence:
First, this world has a geography, culture, and ecology that are completely different from those of Earth. There are giants, dragons, elves, and sirens. Even during the years when evil was rampant on Earth, there were no groups of alien creatures, let alone the establishment of corresponding civilizations.

Second, Russell Gustav, a time traveler from two hundred years ago, brought the science and technology and cultural treasures of "Earth" to this world. The various works he borrowed and imitated are still circulating in the world. Today's scientific community concludes that if he had not appeared out of nowhere, the technological level of the entire world might still remain at the level of two hundred years ago.

Both pieces of evidence, one positive and one side, confirm that "Earth" and this planet are two different worlds, and that "time travel" does exist.

Angel's opinion was somewhat shaken after talking with the "Dreamy Angel" Adam, but after being comforted by Klein, she temporarily shelved the dispute for various reasons and convinced herself with appropriate reasons: Maybe Adam was lying to me?
But all this changed after Angel saw Angel Gray's body in that city.

The good news is that Angel Gray really existed and died from a flaming spear that pierced his heart. Everything was consistent with his memory, and Adam did not modify it.

The bad news is that the body appeared in the "City of Disaster" which is closely connected to this world.

On the one hand, this made her no longer have to worry about whether she was the evil Cole Granger whose memory had been tampered with, but on the other hand, it also raised new questions:
Did I really come from "Earth"?
Of course, Angel had no experience with time travel. Perhaps, after she died in her previous life, some force sent Angel Gray's body and soul to this world. The body was thrown into that city that could present various cultures and eras, and the soul attached to another body that had just died and resurrected as her current self.

But another guess is more likely to be closer to the truth:
Perhaps, she has never left "Earth".

Perhaps, this world is "Earth".

As soon as this idea came into her mind, it aggressively occupied Angel's entire mind, allowing her to find evidence one after another in an instant.

This world also had twelve months in a year and three hundred and sixty-five days, and even the length of each day was the same as she remembered;
There is only one sun and one moon;
The gravity, the seasons, the angle of the sun are exactly the same...

"No, these could all be coincidences. After all, only similar environments can breed life and give birth to true civilization!"

Another voice in my head retorted.

But more details emerged from Angel's heart, drowning out that resistance:

The structures of the Southern and Northern continents are similar to those of North and South America, except that Central America was wiped out by the fall of the God of Death and became an impassable violent sea. Sonia Island seems to have been formed after the displacement of Greenland, and the Intermediate Sea is undoubtedly the product of the combination of the Great Lakes of North America and Hudson Bay...

The central plateau, Hornach Mountains, and Amanda Mountains of the northern continent can also correspond to the plateaus and mountains of North America one by one...

The Sonia Sea and the Misty Sea surround the southern and northern continents in the east and west respectively, which matches the position of the two oceans...

To the east of the legendary Western Continent and the ruins of the war between gods, the "God-forsaken Land" that has been verified by Mr. "Sun" does not correspond to the largest land mass on Earth...

On the "Future", at the edge of the Sonia Sea, Angel and Nina explored the "deep hole" on the seabed and found corroded metal and a circular deep well nearby...

Once she had a direction for her thinking and a solid foundation, the evidence that she usually either ignored or thought was coincidence quickly became the skeleton and built a giant hammer that could shake Angel's worldview.

What if this is the Earth? What if the existing human civilization is a brand new world rebuilt on the ruins after evil rampaged, the world was destroyed, and even the terrain was changed?
What if after his death, his body, along with that street, or even that city, was "preserved" by some force, spanning countless years until this era, and then a year ago, when it was activated again due to some circumstances, allowing his soul to leave there and possess the body of the dead Cole Granger...

And at that time, did I understand that situation as time travel?
So, Roselle Gustav should be in the same situation? Is there a place for his body in the "City of Disaster"?

Angel thought of another time traveler again, and his regret for not having returned to "Earth".

If this is really "Earth", then he has no need to return, nor can he return... because time cannot flow backwards, and what is gone will never come back!

After understanding this, Angel's spirituality that had been surging in his body and the chill that had been rising throughout his body from the moment he heard Ince Zangwill say the name "Cole Granger" until he saw his own corpse and finally discovered the secret of "travel through time" finally calmed down.

In despair, she completely digested the "despair" potion.

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"No, this is just my guess, not necessarily the truth... There are still many questions that have not been answered, such as the red moon, the position of the stars... There are also too many secrets in that doomsday city that have not been explored..."

Muttering to himself, Angel's heart, which had sunk to the bottom, gradually rose again.

After solving the problem of Ince Zangwill and "0-08", she was able to put her mind at ease for the time being and devote some of her energy to exploring and thinking about these issues and answering all the doubts in her heart. Of course, the secrets behind the smog and her own path to promotion would also take up some of her time.

Angel couldn't help but laugh at the thought of promotion.

If this is really the Earth, and I have really lived for a long time after death, the "immortality" ceremony would be a complete joke.

Even according to existing historical records, the Fourth and Fifth Eras lasted more than two thousand years, not to mention the first three eras hidden in the mist of history, and the time between two or even more civilizations.

With this understanding, whether Angel is willing or not, she has passively "experienced a long time" and acquired a mentality different from her physical age.

Was this a blessing in disguise, or the result of some kind of "arrangement"? From my incomplete memory, the figure of Adam and a certain woman, the latter possibility might be greater... Angel's unreasonable fear of the "fantasy angel" made him straighten his back and quickly turned his head to look around, fearing that a priest in a white robe, with blond hair and a golden beard, and smiling would emerge from a corner, even though He had appeared at the scene where he was proposed to last night!
call……

She breathed a sigh of relief when she found that she was the only one in the bedroom in the early morning. Her eyes lingered on the dressing mirror for a moment, and suddenly her eyes lit up.

She has been self-analyzing and self-doubting for a long time. Why doesn't she find someone who is more likely to know the answer and ask?
Angel jumped up from the sofa, went to the dressing mirror, and drew symbols representing secrecy and peeping directly on the mirror with a makeup charcoal pencil.

Before long, the morning light outside the window dimmed. The mirror surface first turned black, rippling like water, and then lines of cursive runes emerged:

"Beautiful, powerful and wise mistress, your ever-loyal servant Arrodes has responded to your summons!

"I saw the new ring on your finger. Which great being did it come from?"

Great existence...Arrodes has always called Klein this way. It obviously knows who gave the ring to him...Angel laughed in silence, nodded and replied:

"It's your master."

"As expected!" The mirror flickered in front of Angel, emitting abstract fireworks. "When the master summoned me yesterday, I reminded him of your birthday... Of course, he must have remembered this day, but did I make a small contribution to your relationship with him?"

Looking at Arrodes, who was eager to take credit and whose handwriting became bigger and bolder, Angel felt that the dejection and frustration she had felt when thinking about "life" before were slightly diluted by the inner jokes, which made her tense face and body relax a little. She smiled and replied:
"That's it."

"That's a perfectly correct answer! You may ask your question now!"

Arrodes seemed very happy, and even the silver-white text had a hint of gold, like a bunch of gold coins.

Seeing this, Angel waited in silence for a moment, calming himself down and preparing for any unexpected events. Then he slowly asked:
"Arrodes, what I want to ask is," she asked the "humble servant" so solemnly for the first time, "what do you know about the 'City of Disaster'?"

She still remembered that Arrodes had recognized the "authority" represented by the special power in him, which was the volcano, lava and flood in the doomsday, and this was obviously inextricably linked to the "disaster".

The black mirror was silent for a few seconds before the golden lines reorganized into corresponding words:

"I have only heard of this name in rumors. In the dark Second Age, the ancient gods believed that the original creator left behind some things made by him or directly transformed from his body, representing a part of his power. The City of Disaster is one of them.

"You once asked me about the source of your 'specialness'. At that time, I answered you with the authority of Doomsday. Now it seems that perhaps your relationship with the 'City of Disaster' is the source of that power."

It's a bit vague. It seems that Arrodes knows only a limited amount... Angel muttered and continued to ask:

"One of these? Are there many of these 'things'?"

"Yes, they are called 'Source Materials', and there are nine of them in total. It is said that the second 'blasphemous slate' has specific records of them." The golden words kept disappearing and appearing, dazzling Angel's eyes. "I only know part of them: the 'Source Castle' that is said to be hidden in the spirit world, the 'Chaos Sea' that the ancient gods believe is the source of underground pollution, the 'River of Eternal Darkness' deep in the 'City of the Dead' Calderon, the 'Mother Nest' related to the moon, and the 'Wilderness of Knowledge' and the 'Shadow World' whose names I have only heard of."

Including the "City of Disaster", there are seven of the nine "sources", what will the other two be called? Judging from the names of these source substances and the correspondence between the "City of Disaster" and the city in the apocalypse, are they really rivers, castles, seas, or even a whole world?

Unable to grasp any clue, Angel had to write down these terms first. After all, these were all mystical knowledge that she had never seen or heard of before.

Then, she continued to ask:
"Can you peek into the First Age, or even earlier, through divination, spiritualism, or any similar methods?"

(End of this chapter)