Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 957 Deja vu words
As the rhythmic "command" echoed in the vast space of the underground memorial hall, the new Archon Anne's body was emitting a dark golden, tangible light. Angel could feel the return of the "order" force that once again supported this area, and other powers that were suppressed by it gradually returned to their positions, making the memorial hall once again impossible to be located, divined, or entered and exited at will by the outside world.

This should be the combined power of "Planeswalker", "Disaster" and "Duke of Entropy"...

They distorted the space and changed the position of the memorial hall that preserved the characteristics of the "Hand of Order". Even from the mirror world, it was impossible to break through the barrier and step into this area commemorating the "Night Emperor" and the "Blood Moon Queen"...

Angel guessed, and after the dark golden light faded away and only the faint light without a source of light remained in the memorial hall, he looked above the two thrones again.

The regular octahedron representing the "Hand of Order" no longer emitted light at this time, but slowly rotated, showing different triangular faces to Angel's sight. Complex symbols and patterns kept lighting up inside the translucent surface. It seemed chaotic, but seemed to fit some unique order.

It was not until Anne's floating figure inserted itself between Angel and the octahedron, blocking her view, that she realized she had been looking at it for a long time without realizing it. She was almost deeply immersed in it. Even when she woke up, it was as if someone was still reciting the newly promulgated laws in her mind:
"It is forbidden to harm others by parasitizing, stealing, or grafting fate...

"Angelica Thatch holds the highest level of authority in the Dreaming City, second only to the Archon...

"'Dreaming City' no longer restricts leaving the country, but requires the consent of the Archon or Agent..."

This is all "revision" for our convenience... No, it should be said that it is a brand new law, but most of it is still copied from the previous version that has been in use for thousands of years... Angel had just realized it when Anne came up to him and grabbed his wrist. Then his eyes lit up and he appeared on the roof of the city hall.

Standing with them were Klein and Geldruf, who had been waiting here.

“Congratulations, you have successfully obtained the power of the Hand of Order,” said Geldruf, the former Archon and Amon’s clone, with a smile. “Of course, this is just a good start. If you want to fully control this city, you must formulate a complete set of laws as before. In order to fully accommodate the Beyonder characteristics of this Sequence 1, even if your main body is that ghost ship, you must perform a normal promotion ceremony.”

"I do not intend to accommodate this Sequence 1 Beyonder's characteristics and become the 'Hand of Order'."

Anne shook her head and rejected Amon's proposal again, just like she refused to become the "Consul" the first time:
"From the brief contact just now, I found that its desire for order is too strong. It stubbornly pursues laws that can operate perfectly. This is an advantage, which allows it to have a certain degree of autonomy without the characteristics of being alive. But it is also a disadvantage. Once the rules form a self-conflict, it will erase everything and make new laws as it did before.

"Once I accept the Hand of Order, I will not have enough anchors to form a stable cognition. Instead, I will be controlled by its persistence. It is not my characteristics of accepting Sequence 1, but the Hand of Order that controls me, just like it absorbed and replaced the characteristics of the Balancer immediately after it was placed in this city."

"Heh, this is probably caused by the residual spirit of the Night Emperor that was left in the Beyonder characteristic. You were created by that empire, and you are a Sequence 2 of the same path. If you use this Beyonder characteristic to advance without making certain preparations, it is very likely that His spirit will revive in your body, or at least show certain characteristics."

Amon's clone commented with interest, pinching his chin, as if he had known this "Night Emperor" before.

Well, if every clone of Amon possesses all the memories of the original body, maybe they really know all the emperors of the Fourth Epoch... Angel remembered that the "Time Angel" was an ancient existence that became the King of Angels in the Third Epoch. It must have experienced the entire Fourth Epoch and dealt with all the angel families at that time.

She immediately remembered something else and asked with a frown:

"Since you knew this danger, why did you let Anne become the new Archon and even encourage her to accommodate the extraordinary characteristics of the Hand of Order?"

Amon's clone, still wearing the appearance of Geldruf, chuckled and moved his eyes between the three people around him. Finally, he stopped at the street below which had gradually quieted down and said:
"Of course it's because this is the best solution. From the moment you all came to the Dream City, I could have predicted this outcome. If Miss Anne had accepted my plan at the time, there would have been no need for it to get to this point.

"Of course, now that she has mastered some of the power of the 'Hand of Order', the ghost ship has been upgraded to the 'Ghost Empire'. You have obtained the last secret treasure of Trunsoest and the characteristics of the 'Disaster' witch. Geldruf has fulfilled his wish, and these people will live under more relaxed laws. Everyone is happy and congratulations."

As he spoke, he started clapping by himself, but when no one responded, he made a "tsk" sound and stopped.

I'm afraid only your other clone brothers will cooperate with you at this time... Angel muttered.

She did not hold out much hope for the characteristics of the "Disaster" witch. Obviously, the normal operation of the "City of Hope" required the "Hand of Order" to control the extraordinary characteristics of the other four Sequence 2s. Even if there was a slight mistake, the entire city would fall into an irreversible disaster, just like ten minutes ago.

unless……

As if stealing her thoughts, Geldruf scratched his chin again and said:
"Are you worried that obtaining the necessary Beyonder characteristics will cause the city to collapse again?"

Seeing Angel looking at him, he shook his head and said, "This is the limitation of your thinking. The situation just now was sudden. All laws and 'order' were instantly invalidated, which led to the disaster. Now your contractor has become the new archon. His control over the 'hand of order' is much stronger than mine at that time. He can slowly remove this 'disaster' feature. The city will only lose the virtual blue sky, sea and four seasons...

“It’s easy to make up for that by allowing them to enjoy the real environment.”

The real environment... Angel's thoughts froze for a moment, and then he understood what Amon's clone meant:
He wants to make this "dream city" return to reality!
Is this possible... Her first reaction was questioning, followed by "why".

"Don't ask me why, life always needs some excitement, fun and anticipation."

Geldruf repeated the words he had said when he first met Angel.

From the perspective of "having fun", even with Geldruf's memories and some of his personality, Amon's clone still couldn't get rid of the original's bad taste... But what he said seemed to be the only way, unless I gave up this Sequence 2 feature that was within my reach. And if Annie wanted to get rid of the shackles of the "Archon", the best way was to let the "City of Hope" return to reality, rather than continue to exist in the cracks of the spirit world.

Angel thought about it, looked at Geldruf again, and asked:
"What about you? You don't seem to be included in the 'perfect ending' you mentioned just now?"

“Oh,” the incarnation of Amon sneered again and replied as if it was a matter of course, “At this point, will you let me go, let go of the incarnation of ‘blasphemer’ Amon? Isn’t my fate already determined?”

He took two steps and came to the edge of the rooftop. He turned his back to the streets of the "City of Dreams" and opened his arms to greet Angel, Klein, and Anne. He said:

"Just kill me."

what?
Angel was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look at Klein, confirming that he was as surprised as he was, and then he realized that he had not heard wrongly.

"Kill you, and then let your 'Time Worm' and extraordinary characteristics return to Amon's body, and take back all the information here?"

She said with a scoff.

Angel and the others had discovered this kind of thing when Backlund was fighting Amon's clone. If it weren't for the help of another friendly thief angel, killing Amon's clone would be equivalent to telling this "Time Angel": Come on, there's a problem here!

"On the contrary, in this 'Dream City', even if I return to my original body with the Beyonder characteristics, it will be blocked by the power of the 'Hand of Order'. Otherwise, I would have committed suicide on the first day of being trapped and returned to my original body, and taken the information away with me... Hmm, I guess in order to prevent me from escaping, this Miss Balancer first restricted anyone from leaving the country when she re-enacted the laws, right?"

Amon's clone glanced at Annie and replied with a smile.

Indeed, when I took a glimpse of the true face of the "Hand of Order" just now, I also glimpsed several important decrees... Angel pondered, unable to confirm whether the other party's words were true or false.

But Anne seemed to have made up her mind. The gold in her eyes became purer after she became the Archon. She looked directly at Amon and said:

"I won't kill you, but I can't let you go either. The new laws have placed more restrictions on you, including friendly 'parasitism' and 'theft'... You have to assist the Archon and help me formulate perfect laws until the 'disaster' witch trait is removed and the 'City of Hope' returns to reality from the spirit world.

"Only then will you get a fair 'judgment'."

Upon hearing the arrangement for himself, the smile on Amon's clone's face, that of Geldruf, froze.

After a moment, he started laughing again, his eyes narrowed and his simple monocle tilted to one side.

"That's it, it sounds interesting."

He said, removing the lens from his right eye socket and putting it back in his pocket.

(End of this chapter)