Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 914 Mr. “Gate”

The three-part honorific name…Angel became more and more alert, and simply hid in the mirror, watching the ceremony, ready to cut the entire area and pull it into the "mirror world" at any time.

As Triss's voice echoed in the living room, the gems and diamonds that formed the makeshift altar shattered with slight explosions, and blue, green, and translucent powders mixed together, flickering with a faint light, and swirled into the flames ignited by Dorian's blood on the altar.

The flame quickly expanded and rose, almost licking the ceiling. Then the light became dim, and the edges converged and fixed, forming an illusory door that almost separated the living room and led to an unknown world.

It was layered inward, with constantly changing light and shadow, like a series of nested "doors", reminding Angel of the emblem he saw in Calderon, the City of the Dead, which was related to Tamara's "apprentice" branch.

The temperature around her also dropped, approaching freezing point, and a barely perceptible breeze blew, as if countless hidden creatures were lurking beside Triss, breathing.

This made Triss frown and she quietly moved two steps to the corner of the room, where there was a mirror and an "immortal" witch hiding in the dark. It was the safest place in the room.

She is not afraid of death, but she is afraid of dying meaninglessly before she can get her revenge.

At the moment she moved, the layers of light and shadow in the illusory door in the center of the altar began to rotate, turning into a dark, crimson vortex that filled the interior of the "door". An ethereal voice came from it:

"You are... Chike's favored one?"

The language used by this voice was unlike any of the popular ones today, but it was able to convey its meaning completely, and it easily pierced Triss's spirit, who was closest to the vortex. It made her feel as if a hot steel needle was inserted into her head. She couldn't help but raise her neck, close her eyes, and clench her teeth, suppressing the pain and the tendency of her spirit to lose control like a candle in the wind.

Even Angel, who was hiding in the mirror and watching the ceremony, felt dizzy, blood vessels bulged on his forehead, and his hair became much thicker. It was as if he was facing a complete mythical creature and listening to its mumbling.

If the information collected is correct, Mr. "Door" is Bethel Abraham of the Fourth Epoch, the "Angel King" who is said to be closest to the gods. Even if he has been lost in the storm for a thousand years for unknown reasons, his words have the power to drive most extraordinary people crazy. This may not even be his original intention, but the natural manifestation of his majestic power... Angel gradually controlled the spirituality and extraordinary power in his body and continued to look at the altar.

At this time, Triss, whose skin was almost transparent and whose blue blood vessels were bulging, also controlled herself. She gathered her thick hair that was flying behind her head and said with a painful expression:

"Yes, respected Mr. 'Gate', I have something I want to ask you. The original witch gave me the ritual to contact you."

"Haha, go ahead. Chick and I are old acquaintances. At the time, we saw the second blasphemous slate and surpassed Sequence 1. The only ones alive today are me, Chick, and the Craftsman..."

The second "blasphemous slate"? Arrodes mentioned that Klein had also asked Leonard to ask the "parasite" Pales in his body whether he had seen the second one... "Craftsman" wouldn't refer to the one who was called "God of Craftsmen" in ancient times and later changed his name to "God of Steam and Machinery"...

Angel was thoughtful, her curiosity gradually rising. If this contact was not focused on obtaining a way to enter the Tudor ruins, she would have wanted to squeeze Triss aside, ask questions in person, and learn more about some secret knowledge.

Compared to her hiding in the mirror and scratching her head, Triss went straight to the point and continued asking:
"I want to know if there is a way, an abnormal way," she said word by word, unable to hide her pain, "to enter the secret mausoleum that the Blood Emperor built to ascend to the Black Emperor."

The vortex in the door spun, and the ethereal voice inside once again made people laugh uncontrollably:

"Oh, this is not a difficult task. I provided the method to seal and conceal the nine ruins of Alistair... You collect the blood of Beyonders from all sources and mix it together, add a little spirituality, and draw this symbol in the air in front of the mausoleum. Then you can secretly bypass the seal and enter..."

The voice of Mr. "Gate" Bethel seemed to come from far away, and was greatly disturbed. He could only narrate intermittently with pauses, constantly accumulating uncontrollable power in Triss and Angel's bodies. Angel was fine, but Triss's expression was becoming more and more painful, but she gritted her teeth and held on.

Fortunately, the sound stopped soon, and a rather complicated symbol appeared in front of the vortex, like an enlarged version of the "door" badge, mainly reflected in the fact that there were more doors nested inside.

After noting down the symbol, Triss asked some key questions, such as how much blood of the 22 Beyonders was needed, whether there were any requirements for the sequence level, whether it was limited to the blood of living people, etc., and received answers from the talkative and enthusiastic Mr. "Men".

This made Angel a little confused. Compared with other angels of the Fourth Epoch she had seen, Bethel Abraham who was lost in the storm was obviously kinder. He was not like the one who always roared on full moon nights or blood moons, causing all descendants of the Abraham family to suffer uncontrollable power and lead to the decline of the family. Is it really as He said, because only the "Craftsman", Chick and He are alive now, so He is quite caring for the followers of the original witch Chick?
He also helped Alistair Tudor build a mausoleum, and this "Blood Emperor" and the "Original Witch" had a daughter... What secrets are there in the hidden history of the Fourth Epoch? I'm afraid I can only learn from Roselle's diary after I learn Chinese... Angel suppressed his curiosity and was about to wait for Triss to finish the ceremony when he suddenly felt the edge of the "door" above the altar in the center of the room expand, and an invisible force spread, spreading throughout the living room.

At the same time, Mr. Door spoke again, with a hint of doubt in his tone:
"Another witch... but she is not Chike's follower, instead, she has the power of 'night'... Hehe, are you monitoring her, worried that I will return to reality after being exiled by the night and the storm?"

He found me!
Angel's expression froze, and he subconsciously turned the mirror over to send the entire living room into a "mirror world" isolated from reality.

"Don't worry. Thousands of years have passed. I am not very interested in those grudges anymore..." As if sensing the changes in the surrounding environment, Mr. Door's intermittent voice continued, "Besides, my influence on reality is limited to my own bloodline. You don't have to worry about me causing more harm to the people around me."

Angel did not believe the other party's words and kept the "flip" on the verge of being triggered. Then he spoke from the mirror and said:
"I don't represent the attitude of 'Dark Night' at the moment... Are you really the Bethel Abraham of the Fourth Epoch, the 'Angel King' who is closest to the gods?"

"I haven't heard anyone call me that in a long time. Most of them call me Mr. 'Door'."

The voice said with some emotion.

That's because you said you couldn't hit me even if you jumped, so I called you that. And what about being exiled by the Night and Storm? Could it be the two I thought of... Angel muttered and continued to ask:
"Exiled, do you mean your current situation?"

"I guess so. In the war between gods that affected the entire world, we were on different sides. Before Alistair launched the carefully prepared trap, I was expelled by the two gods... If it weren't for someone who could break through the storm and contact me from time to time, I would almost forget the passage of time."

It was really the goddess who exiled Him, and even the "Lord of Storms" helped... It sounds like the Four Emperors' War, which is consistent with the records of the Abraham family. Their ancestors disappeared in this war... Angel pondered, and suddenly an idea came to his mind, and he spoke:

"Did you know that the descendants of Abraham's family have been suffering from some kind of curse? It seems to have started after you were exiled... Is there any way to remove it?"

She asked this question because she was worried that she would not be able to complete Dorian's commission and could use this answer as a substitute when killing the "Secret Saint" Butis.

Hearing this question, the voice in the vortex was silent for a moment, and then replied with a sigh:
"Use a demigod from the Paths of 'Fortune Teller', 'Thief', and 'Apprentice' as sacrifices, and set up such a ritual... When I leave the storm, the curse will no longer exist."

Escape from the storm... Is this equivalent to using a ritual to help this ancient "Angel King" escape?
Angel was just guessing that Triss, who was in the center of the ceremony and on the verge of losing control due to the questions and answers that sounded like delirium, could no longer bear it. After hurriedly thanking Mr. "The Door", she ended the ceremony, then knelt on her knees and meditated on the spot to calm the restless spirit in her body.

I almost forgot that she was only a Sequence 4, and that she was promoted by cheating. She couldn't bear the power of at least an angel level... Angel sighed, walked out of the mirror world, squatted down, and gently stroked Triss's face, which had become a little hideous due to the influence of the ritual, using his spirituality to help her fight against losing control.

After a while, she moved Triss, who was in a meditative state as if asleep, to the bedroom on the second floor. She found the paper and pen prepared by the other party and wrote down the symbols for entering the mausoleum and another escape ceremony provided by Mr. "Door". Then she stepped into the "mirror world" again and went straight to St. Samuel's Church in the north district. She found a seat in the empty prayer hall and bowed her head to recite the name of the goddess.

After a moment, Angel, who had finished reporting everything he had communicated with Bethel Abraham, slowly opened his eyes and looked at the paper on his lap.

The symbol composed of overlapping and nested doors is still there, but the "escape ceremony" has disappeared without a trace, as if it had been erased with an eraser.

That was a warning from the goddess. Even though she was not in a good state, she responded directly, forbidding Angel to use this ritual to bring Mr. Door back to reality from the storm...

And retaining the symbol of entering Tudor's Tomb means that He supports the actions currently planned by Angel and Klein!

"Praise the goddess."

Angel drew a crimson moon on her chest and quickly left the church. She went into a nearby alley and suddenly disappeared when she passed a glass window.

(End of this chapter)