Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 960: The Risks of "Ancient Scholars"
Back to the sunny Iris Manor once again, after Angel finished dealing with the to-do items that had been piling up for several days, he returned to the sunny suite that belonged to his hostess, sat down at the desk, found the letter paper and pen, but did not write immediately.

It was already early November, and even without the frequent dark clouds over Backlund, it was difficult for the winery to get enough sunlight.

In order to avoid the impact of the war, the late-harvest grapes planted in the winery were picked in advance, and a new batch of wine was made and stored in the wine cellar. Idle workers were allowed to continue staying in the manor and even bring their families with them. If Angel had not ordered the butler to buy a large amount of food and store it in the manor at the beginning of the war, everyone would have starved by now.

This good deed also left a good reputation among the wine workers. Angel inquired and found out that, except for Klein's Meige Manor and Senator Macht's Elk Manor, most of the wineries and holiday villas in the suburbs had laid off workers and servants, leaving only a few servants to maintain a decent living. This made it even more difficult for those poor people to survive in Backlund, where the unemployment rate was already soaring.

Thinking of the war, Angel raised his head again and looked at a map of the northern continent hanging on the wall. On the map that marked the counties, cities and borders, two black scar-like lines covered the northern slope of the Amanda Mountains in Winter County and the coastal area from Conston to Limon in Jianhai County.

That represented the two main directions of Feysac's attack.

The attacking Feysac Conquest Fleet was partially destroyed by Angel, and was blocked by the Loen Sea Fleet at all costs. It was unable to land the landing troops and open up a second battlefield, and was still in a stalemate.

However, since the Amanda Mountains bordered Feysac directly, several main legions of Feysac were attacking Loen's defense line in turn. Even though that was the main defense position of the Church of the Evernight, there were extremely strange reports of battles from time to time, which Angel saw clearly involved Beyonders. However, the Feysac Empire also sent out many angels from the Church of the God of War and the Einhorn family, and the situation was not optimistic.

I just don't know what's going on with the eldest prince, Covington. Is he planning to find a chance to get hurt and then have a reasonable excuse to return to Backlund, or is he about to die under the swords and guns of the enemy or his own people... Angel sighed, retracted his gaze, looked at the letter in front of him, and wrote:
"Dear Mr. Azik:
“This is the first letter of the autumn and winter season, and perhaps the last one. Klein and I will soon be doing something very dangerous, but necessary.

“It all started with a smog event last winter…

"...Speaking of the great smog that killed 120,000 people, I remembered a tragic witch. You may have seen her when you saved Klein, or maybe not. But she was filled with rage and wanted to avenge the prince who committed suicide out of fear of guilt for 'colluding with the witch'...The sad and ridiculous thing is that I learned not long ago that the prince did not die, but was rescued by another faction of the church and the royal family, hiding in the dark, waiting for a certain opportunity to come...

"This makes me feel very difficult to choose. On the one hand, I hope to use the power of the witch and the 'Original Witch' behind her to increase the success rate of our operation. On the other hand, I want to tell her about this so that she won't commit suicide casually... Although she is the culprit of a series of cases in Tingen and deserves to die, I don't think it's suitable for her to die in despair like this...

"... In addition, a month ago, Klein and I discovered the legendary 'Ghost Empire' in the Sonia Sea and gained control of the floating city. Soon, this city that left the real world more than a thousand years ago and entered the cracks of the spirit world and its 100,000 residents will see the light of day again and return to the real world. I don't know whether this is good or bad for them, but a former archon said that life always needs some excitement and expectations. I also look forward to them integrating into the new life of the Fifth Era, just like you who have awakened countless times.

"Finally, I wish you can wake up soon, your junior, Angel Granger."

After stuffing the letter into the envelope, Angel prepared to call a messenger to have the letter "transferred" through Klein before sending it to the real recipient through the skeleton messenger summoned by Azik's copper whistle.

But before she could move, she felt a spiritual touch and opened her spiritual vision to look at the ceiling.

Renette Tinicole, wearing an intricate court dress and holding four heads in her hands, appeared from the sky and slowly floated down. One of her heads had a letter in its mouth, and the rest looked at Angel with bloodshot eyes.

"Your..." "Boyfriend..." "Send to..."

The last head hurriedly spit out the letter and added:
"yours……"

Angel took the letter, pulled out the letter paper and unfolded it, and found only one line of words on it:

"Tonight, Ancient Scholar."

The sudden black flames burned the letter in an instant, and a smile appeared on Angel's lips.

Klein finally completely digested the magic potion of the "Weird Mage". Last week, he used a sacrificial ceremony to sacrifice Angel's "Staff of Life" to the goddess and obtained the much-needed potion materials.

With the historical documents from various eras that he had collected and sorted out, especially the history of the Fourth Era brought out from the "City of Hope", everything was ready. He only needed to take the potion to be promoted to Sequence 3.

Compared to the "Immortal" Witch, the "Ancient Scholar"'s promotion ceremony seemed to be tailor-made for him. It was impossible for any other "Weird Mage" to be promoted from Sequence 5 to Sequence 3 in just half a year. The three hundred years requirement would have blocked them... Angel was a little confused and always felt that Klein's promotion path was a little too smooth.

"Even my 'immortality' potion is still a little bit digested. Perhaps I should try to die again and be resurrected through the man in the mirror to meet the requirements for promotion? No, this alone is not enough. I also need someone of sufficient status to 'watch' my death and provide sufficient feedback..."

Angel muttered, looked up and found that Reinette was still waiting quietly, so he handed over the letter to Mr. Azik along with a Loen gold coin, and watched the two heads hold it in their mouths.

"Send it to him, and ask him if he needs my help with the matter he mentioned."

Angel said expectantly.

"He said in advance..."

"No need..." "Help..."

The two heads that didn't hold anything spoke one after another.

No need for help... He's probably worried that if I go over there, it would make it easier for little Zaratul, who has been keeping an eye on Backlund, to notice something's wrong. Although after many "experiments", I've found that this archangel seems to be even less courageous than Amon himself, and he won't show up unless he's absolutely sure, but we've got to be prepared for the worst... Angel nodded in understanding, and watched Reinette disappear into the spirit world.

I wonder what new abilities the "Ancient Scholar" will have... Could he travel through time and return to ancient times? Or perhaps, the "Yesterday Reappearance" spell he made is a manifestation of a higher order ability, just like my "Petrification" spell...

Various thoughts flashed through his mind, and Angel glanced at the map on the wall again before leaving the study. ————

Late at night, Klein opened his eyes on the single bed in the East District safe house.

He got up and turned on the gas lamp with clumsy movements, instead of just snapping his fingers to light the flame as usual. Then he sat at the table, rubbing his forehead dazedly, as if he had just woken up from a nightmare.

It took him a full ten minutes to come back to his senses. The corners of his mouth slowly curled up as he examined his own condition.

Now, he is already an "ancient scholar"!

In order to prevent any accidents, he teleported to an uninhabited island deep in the Raging Sea in the evening. He used the Flocculated Heart of the Mist Wolf obtained from the Goddess, a pair of eyes given as a gift from the "Source Castle Guardian" deep in the spirit world, and a large amount of real historical data to mix a Sequence 3 potion and successfully ascended.

What surprised him but also made him think it was natural was that as soon as he completed the promotion, the "Ancient Scholar" potion in his body was almost completely digested, with only less than one-tenth left.

Klein pondered secretly, and his mind kept recalling the various "histories" that had passed before his eyes when he was promoted. He found that the complete record of the Fourth Epoch obtained in the "City of Dreams" was of great help.

Now, the "fog" before his eyes mainly covered the early part of the Second Age and the First Age, but he had already clearly understood the things before that.

That is the history of the Earth.

"It can be said to be 'melting in the mouth'... Haha, the feeling of being arranged is becoming more and more obvious. I even want to switch to other paths when I reach Sequence 2. Thieves are too dangerous, but 'Planeswalkers' may be able to do it. They even have ready-made Beyonder characteristics..."

He shook his head and stopped pondering these questions that had no answers yet, and instead began to study his new abilities after his promotion.

In addition to the great improvement of original abilities, the most important ability of "Ancient Scholar" is to get help from history, which is divided into borrowing strength from the past self and summoning images from the gaps in history.

As long as his spiritual energy is not exhausted, Klein can repeatedly "ask himself for help" to restore his body to its best condition; and the summoning of "historical images" is limited to people and objects he has seen and touched before, and the closer the relationship, the greater the probability of success, the higher the status, and the shorter the duration.

Standing up from the chair, Klein paced back and forth in the narrow room. He pondered for a moment, stretched out his right hand, slowly and hesitantly grabbed in front of him, and then stood there in a daze.

Failed... Is it because our relationship is not close enough, or is it because her status is particularly high because of that essence...

Klein blinked and continued to grab a few more times unwillingly. He found that he had consumed a lot of his spiritual power, but he failed to successfully summon Angel's historical image every time.

call--

He let out a long sigh, and tried to summon other items, such as the Dipsy Pie and Sweet Ice Tea he had eaten yesterday, the top hat he lost in a battle, and the secret doll Enuni who had actually died in the "Dream City" because he was too far away from him and he didn't have time to reconnect the spiritual thread.

Simple items that did not contain much spirituality were all successful at once. Enuni only failed once because she was closely connected to him. This made Klein frown and once again doubted the relationship between himself and Angel.

Impossible, absolutely impossible... He sat back in his chair somewhat unwillingly, using meditation to restore his spirituality and calm his mood, then stood up again and rubbed his hands.

This time, he used both hands to explore the historical gap and chose the historical fragment that left the deepest impression on his mind.

That was the scene where Klein proposed to Angel after killing Ince Zangwill and successfully becoming a "Trickster".

Suddenly, he felt his hands become heavy, as if he was holding up something heavy, and he felt delighted.

This time it worked!
As Klein retracted his hands, a familiar figure appeared in the rental house. It was Angel Granger, who was wearing a nightgown and looking at him with confusion.

Wait, she’s wearing a nightgown and has expressions?
Klein was stunned.

He had discovered from the previous experiment that the historical image he summoned did not possess real intelligence, its expression was stiff, and its movements were like those of a puppet. Of course, some of its original strength was retained, but it was completely inferior to the original.

But what is happening now...

Looking at the bewildered Klein, "Angel" chuckled, his expression lively, completely unlike the previous Enuni.

Immediately, she took a step forward, almost pressed her body against him, and said:
"Why, you feel lonely at night, so you secretly hide it from my true self and summon the 'Man in the Mirror' to relieve your boredom?"

Feeling the warmth of Angel's palm caressing his cheek, Klein was completely stunned.

The historical image he brought was Angel’s “Man in the Mirror”?
(End of this chapter)