Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 793 The Insect of Time

This is... "The Sun" is possessed by Amon's clone, and with the help of Mr. "Fool", he removes the bugs that were spit out after the possession!

Angel immediately thought of the scene shown by the Silver City resident that day. In addition to Amon wearing a black pointed hat and a single crystal lens on his right eye, there was also a worm with twelve segments that was exactly the same as the one in her hand.

Twelve. In various books on the interpretation of occult symbols, it is related to time. After all, both the day and the night are twelve hours long. Ha, I did not expect that this is exactly the same as on Earth… Angel muttered, remembering that the “Hanged Man” had made a partial interpretation at the time, believing that this was the “Worm of Time” in mythology, and it was likely the vehicle for Amon to create clones and parasites on others.

This can be confirmed from the fact that the illusion created by Angel was parasitized by the "Worm of Time", and Amon's clone split into a thinner one before his death, trying to parasitize again.

Just like the blood of mythical creatures, the scales of Ouroboros... can my blood, or the hair of a mythical creature's snake, achieve a similar effect? ​​You're not asking me to cut off the hair of a living snake, that might make me lose control on the spot... But if I deliberately gather some of my power at the end of my hair, and then cut it off, can it become some special material that carries my power, just like concentrated blood?

Under the guidance of the spirit, the two transparent bugs that were still hot also fell into Angel's hands. Looking at the big and two small ones, both of which were the remains of Amon's incarnations, Angel still couldn't believe that one of the incarnations of Amon, the "Time Angel", the "Blasphemer", the son of the Creator, and the King of Angels, had died in his hands.

This was certainly related to the opponent's frivolous mentality and the fact that he possessed special magical items, but Angel's ability to adapt to the situation and come up with a sneak attack combining illusion and invisibility when he lost many important abilities was the key to victory.

This is the first time that I defeated a high-ranking demigod with my own abilities alone, without using any advanced spells... No, although he is of a high rank, he does not have an incomplete mythical creature form, so his actual abilities should only be equivalent to the most common Sequence 4, especially since his death was a bit hasty at the end...

Angel recalled the details of the battle in his mind and looked around. His sight swept across the beach that had been ravaged by high-temperature flames and had formed many concave, smooth-surfaced pits. Apart from the ten iron soldiers standing or lying, he did not see any other living creatures.

There are no other Amons either… My guess just now that he approached the Elk Manor because multiple clones sensed that the Beyonders of the same path were about to lose control and were attracted by the aggregation effect was wrong. Was he really just alone in the suburbs?

After thinking for a moment, Angel approached his "Harvester Legion" and picked up the magical item that had been restored into a string of tin dolls under command. He performed a preliminary seal on it together with the "Wings of Death" that had gradually made her body cold and entered the realm of death, and put it into the mirror space. After sensing the several extraordinary abilities that returned to her body after killing Amon, she looked up in the direction of the Elk Manor.

There was the kind-hearted girl Hazel who rushed to inform her teacher to leave as soon as possible, the "thief" demigod who was on the verge of losing control and even bit his own student, and Klein who might have arrived at the scene and was thinking about how to deal with the other party.

But she didn't dare go there now, even though her spiritual power was still sufficient and she could continue to fight, even though she had already killed Amon's clone that appeared and didn't need to worry about being tracked.

Because she always felt like she was being watched.

This feeling is very subtle. It is not due to any spiritual reminder, but a sense of crisis that "things cannot be solved so easily."

After all, under Mr. Sun's exaggeration and Klein's overnight escape from Backlund, the "blasphemer" had become a terrifying existence...

Angel smiled self-deprecatingly and came to the river. The moment her figure was reflected in the water, she entered the mirror world, chose a direction, and walked away along the deep and dim passage.

……

On the riverbank illuminated by the crimson moonlight, the handful of Amon's ashes was slowly spread out in the breeze, then flew up with the wind, and soon disappeared into the night sky.

The low bushes were swaying, and a wild cat with yellow and white fur, which could be seen everywhere, came out. It stared at the chaotic scene quietly with its erect pupils, and its right eye narrowed subconsciously.

A crow flapped its wings and landed in front of the wild cat. Its neck kept turning and it quickly looked around. There was an eye-catching white circle outside its right eye.

In a puddle formed by the Tussock River and the riverbank not far away, a fish that appeared out of nowhere jumped out of the water. As it tumbled, a ray of light flashed from either its left or right eye, like a mirror reflecting the moonlight in the sky.

The leaves rustled, the bushes swayed, and more figures of all sizes flashed by in the night. Cats and fish, crows and cats, this strange combination came together without any sense of incongruity.

"Can you still sense those 'worms of time'?"

The crow with a circle on its right eye made a human voice from its mouth, which sounded like Amon who had just died on the riverbank.

"She's still in the mirror world. We'll know when she comes out."

The wild cat squinted his right eye and answered, his voice exactly like the crow's.

The other figures rustled and swayed, seemingly led by the wild cat and the crow, and no other speeches were made.

"You arrived at the scene a long time ago, why didn't you help him?"

The crow tilted his neck and continued to ask.

"It's meaningless. Even if I steal her position, I won't have time to 'parasite' her again. Moreover, she has been holding back to prevent us from joining this battle. Her sudden spirituality and activated spells make it difficult for us to steal her position or her belongings every time." "Besides, her fate is within the plan of that paranoid. I'm just curious, as a witch of the night, she carries so many '1' level seals. Is she specially favored... or is she supported by other beings?"

"Before the characteristics return, with the help of the three 'Time Worms', we can obtain further information and respond without being caught by those beings... This may be interesting, but it is not in our current interests.

"And I'm curious, if she really encounters any danger, what will that being do? Will he take action directly? Or will he be unable to interfere further because of his poor condition?"

The wild cat narrowed his eyes and spoke in a flat tone.

"The out-of-control 'demigod' has his other avatars to deal with. Tsk, this might be the last of Backlund's extraordinary characteristics. It's less than we thought. Maybe I should go to the bottom of the cathedral of the three major churches. There should be a lot of seals there." The crow muttered, flew up again, and landed on the branch of a low tree. The white circles around its eyes made it look like it was wearing a pair of monocles.

It was looking towards the city, as if gazing at some distant place.

"There is no need for a vote. I will directly nominate you to do it. But remember to keep all the Beyonder characteristics, otherwise it will be a waste." Wildcat raised his head and said with a grin. Then he blinked his right eye and looked towards the southeast. "The three 'Time Worms' appeared..."

After a pause, it said half doubtfully, half teasingly:
"...They all entered the largest church in the night."

The fish jumped out of the water again, the crows on the branches, the rustling leaves, and the figures swaying around, you look at me, I look at you, and we are speechless for a moment.

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As soon as she stepped into St. Samuel's Church, Angel noticed that the "Time Worm" in her pocket had undergone slight changes. She opened her spiritual vision and found that three bright rays of light, some thick and some thin, flew out of her pocket, shooting straight into the sky, and soon disappeared into the void.

This... should be the extraordinary characteristic of the "Thief" path?
It seems that in addition to being a parasitic carrier, the "Time Worm" also contains some of the extraordinary characteristics of Amon's body or clones, which allows each of his clones to use the power of this path. The more characteristics, the higher the sequence of the clone? No wonder they want to go to the Elk Manor to find Hazel's out-of-control "thief" demigod teacher. Once those additional characteristics are obtained, Backlund may have a few more Amons...

These Beyonder Characteristics left the Worm of Time, which should be because the other Amons gave up using the relics to monitor me. If I rushed to Klein's side rashly, it would be equivalent to leading Amon there. If I prayed directly to Mr. Fool, it would be equivalent to confessing that I am a follower of the Fool. Both of these are the goals of Amon's clones infiltrating Backlund...

On the premise that she was being followed and monitored, she chose to go to the church where her public identity, the "Witch of the Night House," should go. Unexpectedly, this was the right choice.

Angel thought with some fear as he walked through the prayer hall where only a few believers were left after the Sunday night mass, and stood in front of the empty altar.

Looking at the huge holy emblem of darkness engraved on the wall, Angel hesitated for a moment.

Her original idea was to pray to the goddess and report the whereabouts of the Blasphemer Amon, and their behavior of collecting the Beyonder characteristics of the Thief to increase the number of clones. But would becoming such a "reporter" offend the remaining clones of Amon? Would it lead to her fate being entangled with these beings who could spy on and steal fate, and become the focus of their "surveillance"?

The words about "fate" spoken by the Amon clone who had just died were still echoing in her mind.

Oh, right... he also mentioned "Shelter of the Night"... Was that referring to Lady Arianna's "Secret Holy Emblem", the oracle that asked me to join the "Goddess Army"?

If I am already a follower of the goddess, then it would be reasonable for me to report it... In other words, if I, a believer of the night, do not report it to the church and pray to the goddess, it will be beyond the expectations of the Amons and make them doubt whether I have other secret beliefs.

Angel chuckled and placed his right hand on his chest, drawing a crimson moon, causing his towering breasts to sway along with his arm.

"The goddess of night, who is nobler than the starry sky and longer than eternity..."

She closed her eyes, bowed her head and prayed, and told the goddess, who might be listening or not paying attention, everything that had happened in a nearly whispered voice.

After a moment, she raised her head with some confusion, looked at the holy emblem, at the altar, and then looked around.

The goddess didn't seem to respond...

No, Angel had not actually seen the goddess' response. After all, it was unlikely that a god would respond to his believers at will. At most, one of his servants would relay the content of the oracle, or he would simply ignore the unimportant "reports".

So, Amon's clone isn't really a big deal?
Thinking about it, Angel walked out of the church slowly, looked at the crimson moon above his head, took out a magic mirror that was not stolen by Amon, and stroked the mirror surface, making it ripple like water waves.

Then, Klein's face appeared in the mirror.

(End of this chapter)