Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 836: Exploring the "Fountain of Youth"

"Is this the 'mirror world' you mentioned, hidden between the spiritual world and reality?"

Looking at the island that suddenly appeared at the bow, the surrounding area that was obviously different from the previous sea area, and the vast ice surface below the "Red-haired Girl" that seemed to be just below the sea surface, Elaine asked cautiously.

"Actually... well, sort of. This is the mirror world."

Angel wanted to explain the difference between the "mirror world" in a general sense and this special world, but he thought that this knowledge would not be very useful to a hunter, so he catered to the other party's imagination and nodded in agreement.

She also stuck her head out and looked at the "ice surface" below the sea, realizing that reality and the "world in the mirror" should be separated by the sea surface, on both sides of the mirror.

Even from the surrounding environment, with the breeze, the sea water lapping against the side of the ship and the coastline of the island in front, and even the faint cries of seabirds all around, this world seems more "real". The thick fog area on the other side, however, is as fake and lacks details as a "reflection in a mirror".

At this moment, she thought of what Will Auceptin had mentioned about the secret of the resurrection of the "Immortal" witch. It was rumored that the "Immortal" would hide her true self in the mirror world, let the mirror substitute stay in reality, and perform all actions on behalf of the true self.

As long as the original body does not die, the external substitutes can die as many as they want. This is the biggest secret of why the "immortal" witch is difficult to kill.

It sounds very similar to the island where the "Fountain of Youth" is located... The main body is in a special mirror world, and the reality is only a dead ocean surrounded by thick fog and dark clouds. Isn't this the corresponding relationship between the "man in the mirror" and the main body...

Angel muttered, looking forward, looking at the island that suddenly appeared and occupied most of his vision.

It is about 3 kilometers wide and occupies about one tenth of the area of ​​the entire "Mirror World". The side facing the "Red-haired Girl" is almost all cliffs, with some unidentified vegetation above it. There is only a small beach for small boats to dock, but with the draft of this three-masted sailing ship, it will not be able to escape by its own strength if it rushes onto the beach. Angel guessed that there is no high tide or low tide in this sea area, and being stranded on the beach means being trapped forever.

Of course, with Angel's strength, it is not difficult to rescue a distressed sailboat, but she also has her own plans.

“Although Wensa said that there would be no ‘immortal’ witch waiting for me in the depths of the island, we cannot rule out some other extraordinary creatures. According to the law of aggregation of extraordinary characteristics, it is also possible that some demigod-level ‘witch’ extraordinary creatures will appear in places with ‘fountains of youth’…

"If I let Elaine and these sailors follow me ashore, I will be distracted to take care of them when we encounter danger, which will reduce my combat effectiveness. I will not be able to escape alone when we encounter real danger. I have to take everyone with me... Let them stay on the boat and wait near the coast. I will go ashore alone to explore. This is the best solution!"

After confirming this, Angel called Elaine and asked her to drop anchor offshore, and all sailors took turns to be on guard and ready to leave at any time.

After taking back her "Rose Necklace" and waiting for the ship to drop anchor, she suddenly thought of something and said to Elaine:

"Here, you have to be careful of people who have the same face as you. They know most of the memories of their 'original body', but they have evil intentions, and their ultimate goal is to kill their own 'original body' and replace them.

"They are the 'Mirror People', enemies that appear in a special mirror world."

Hearing Angel's words, Elaine's face turned pale. She asked back in half fear and half confusion:
"How do you identify them? For example... you go to explore the island, but what comes back is the 'man in the mirror' who looks the same as you?"

You're so quick to draw inferences from one instance, and you're even citing the example on me... Angel complained inwardly, shaking his head.

"They shouldn't be able to 'copy' a target with divinity. In other words, even if it's my 'Man in the Mirror', it's at most Sequence 5, and it doesn't have Beyonder characteristics and its abilities are incomplete. You can handle it.

"As for your own 'man in the mirror', you can only rely on concentrated defense on the ship to deal with it. Apart from me, if anyone you know appears near the ship, attack and kill them immediately."

Elaine nodded to show that she understood, and then walked towards the boatswain William, seemingly thinking about how to announce this somewhat thrilling and terrifying information to the sailors.

Angel put the "Rose Necklace" back on his neck to avoid encountering places where the "Wind-loving" soul was needed during the exploration. Then he sorted out all the weapons, talismans and magical items, activated a glass window in the superstructure of the deck, and entered the "mirror world".

Just like the "special place" in Trier, Angel can also enter the "mirror world within the mirror world" even if she is inside the mirror. This means that her abilities such as "mirror double" and "mirror shuttle" are retained and even strengthened here.

In the dark and silent world in the mirror, Angel followed the few mirror passages, came to the interior of the island, and crawled out from a narrow mirror surface.

Above her head was the scorching sun that was gradually tilting towards the east, under her feet was the soft sand, in her ears she could hear the sound of waves hitting the shore, and in her nostrils she could smell the salty, fishy smell.

Not far away on the sea, the "Redhead Lady", which was painted bright red, lowered its anchor chain. The sailors were busy on the deck. Several sailors who were looking around with telescopes had obviously discovered Angel and were pointing in this direction with their hands and feet.

At her feet, a mirror left by someone was inserted diagonally in the sand. The copper base was corroded by the sea fog and turned into an ugly green color. The mirror surface was mottled and barely reflected Angel's figure.

It seems that this was left by a "desperate" witch who was seeking promotion like me. I don't know whether she succeeded in being promoted and became a member of the upper echelons of the "Witch Sect", or died on this island due to some accident and left this mirror behind... Angel pondered, paced on the beach, found a place that could avoid the sight of the sailors, and bowed his head to pray to Mr. Fool.

"The fool who does not belong to this era, the mysterious master above the gray fog...

"...I pray to you, pray for your blessing, pray for your help..."

After waiting for a while, Angel did not sense the blessing of the blurry angel with twelve pairs of wings, nor did he see the shadow of Mr. Fool hidden in the gray fog.

This confirmed to her that this special mirror world, like Trier in the Fourth Epoch, could not get in touch with the mysterious being.

Then, the Goddess of Night should not be able to respond to my prayers...

Although this idea was somewhat disrespectful to the goddess, Angel discovered that the Fool was more responsive than the Goddess most of the time. If the former did not move, the latter would usually not help.

Is this the difference between an ancient god who has just awakened and a deity who has become one of the true gods and has hundreds of millions of believers?
Shaking off some blasphemous thoughts in his mind, Angel still made a standard prayer, offering the prayer to the goddess and asking for help, but as expected, nothing was received.

After realizing that she had to fight alone, she took a step forward with half regret and half excitement, and walked towards the depths of the island.

……

Angel has explored uninhabited islands several times since coming to this world.

But on previous occasions, she had worked together with Klein, "The Hanged Man" Alger, and others, dividing the work and cooperating with a clear goal to go deep into the nameless island, so both times she had made considerable gains.

This time, she can only rely on herself.

Of course, in terms of strength, she has improved qualitatively compared to a few months ago. Just having a handy melee weapon has raised Angel's combat effectiveness to a whole level. If she meets herself on this island who has just been promoted to "Despair" and is exploring the nameless island with "Master of Secret Dolls" Klein and "Singer of the Sea" Alger, she is confident that she can fight one against three and end the battle within a minute.

"This is not arrogance, but a clear understanding of one's own strength..."

Angel muttered, his eyes piercing through the mist in the forest and looking deeper into the forest.

She had now arrived at the middle of this not-so-big island. The steep cliffs she saw on the sea were the raised edges of the central basin of the island. The closer she got to the center, the lower and flatter the terrain became, making the entire island look like a teacup floating on the water, and she was about to reach the bottom of the cup.

This kind of terrain is unlikely to have formed naturally. Either the entire island was created by extraordinary power, just like the island "imagined" by Adam, or it is because the main body has always been in the "mirror world" and is not affected by the environment, so it has not been repeatedly washed by the waves for thousands of years to form a flat beach.

In this regard, it also corresponds to the image of "immortality"... Is it a coincidence, or the influence of extraordinary power?

As he was thinking, Angel suddenly noticed a hazy shadow appearing in the woods beside him.

It was not a shadow formed by the fog in the forest blocking the sunlight, but a completely black object that seemed to absorb the light. It slowly crawled and approached Angel from the ground that was out of reach of the eyes.

If she hadn't continued to spread out spider silk as she moved forward and sensed the movements around her, she would have never been able to discover the ambush of this shadow.

The creeping shadows are very similar to the extraordinary ability of the "Secret Prayer" path mastered by the "Aurora Society"... I have dealt with several of their "God's Messengers", and each of them has incorporated the technique of escaping with shadows...

Angel's expression remained unchanged, and he continued to move slowly through the woods, but his spirit had already locked onto the shadow approaching from behind.

Just when the shadow came within twenty meters of Angel and the movement could hardly be concealed, she suddenly pulled out from the "Mirror Space" the "Angelica's Blade" forged with the Iron Knight's extraordinary characteristics, which she had just obtained not long ago. She swung the flaming sword and turned at a speed that was difficult to discern with the naked eye, rushing towards the shadow.

At the same time, the shadow suddenly jumped up from the ground and squirmed to form a tall knight wearing black full body armor.

He held a broad and long sword in his hand, the tip of the sword touching the ground, and a muffled shout came from under his full-face helmet:

"Please stop, I mean no harm!"

(End of this chapter)