Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 967: Victory in sight?

Following Anne's resounding declaration, the huge beam of light emitted by the floating city of the "Ghost Empire" hit the ground again, covering the entire mountainous area where the mausoleum was located.

In the dazzling light, William I's angry expression was completely restrained. The silver rapier on his waist appeared in his hand like a flash, with the tip of the sword pointing upwards and slashing vertically downwards.

As He moved, the light of order that could destroy everything was split into two by the same force of order, brushing against the exposed secret mausoleum and hitting the nearby hills, raising a large amount of smoke and dust.

Anne stood on the edge of the floating city, looking down with an expressionless face. She stretched out her right hand, and another beam of light was brewing under this huge island in the sky.

This time, she used the power of the "Duke of Entropy" to "distort" the path of the beam, making it more elusive and impossible to resist.

This kind of frontal attack and defense with absolute force was exactly what she expected, because William I was in a completely passive defense and had no chance to attack the "Ghost Empire" at all. The floating city could withstand multiple attacks, and the mausoleum below would be immediately destroyed or even collapse as long as it was affected by the light beam that could not be blocked in time.

boom--

The fourth golden beam shot out, and when it approached William I who was on high alert, it suddenly twisted its angle, bypassed the "founder of the nation" in a strange way, and hit the mausoleum behind him.

But at the moment of hitting, the attack, which was full of the power of order and could make most angels retreat, disappeared like a phantom.

In the air, William I lowered his hand that was not holding the rapier.

In a critical moment, he used "Exile" to expel the attack into the void, thus preventing the mausoleum from being destroyed.

From the beginning of the battle till now, the "Ghost Empire" seemed to have caused no real damage, but this situation of having to passively take the beating made William I extremely angry, and he knew that now among all the nine mausoleums, it was bound to be more than just this one that was under attack, otherwise Anne Gustav could have used the spirit world to leave and look for another attack point instead of dragging him here and leaving the archangel of the royal family to passively defend.

We must solve the trouble here as soon as possible, and then go to support other mausoleums. Otherwise, even if I can hold it, I may not be able to hold other places... I didn't expect that the ghost ship had been missing for a month and suddenly "upgraded" to a floating island, which completely disrupted our deployment...

Thoughts flashed through William I's mind, and countless dark golden runes and magic symbols appeared on the tip of the silver rapier in his hand. It instantly disappeared into the void, and when it reappeared near the floating city, it had become extremely huge, temporarily "restricting" its movements.

However, the "Founder of the Nation" did not take the opportunity to launch an attack, but instead recited the name of a certain being at an extremely fast speed.

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"...the embodiment of pain and despair, the Golden Angelica Thatch...please grant this spell its true power."

Floating in an invisible state above the narrow but extremely deep underground fissure of "Ruins No. 1", Triss held a purple crystal-like talisman in her hand and muttered something.

As the invisible force responded to her prayers and entered the "disaster" spell through the mirror world, the spiritual power in Triss's body also poured into the spell through her fingers like a flood, and it was not until a quarter of it was consumed that it eased.

A tremendous destructive force also emanated from the small talisman, making Triss almost feel that she had returned to the day when she faced the power of the "Original Witch" and accepted Her gift to become a demigod.

She is obviously only a Sequence 3, where does this power come from?

A thought flashed through Triss's mind, but she didn't hesitate at all. She aimed at the dark, majestic Quaternary ruins hidden in the mist below, and recited the opening spell in ancient Hermetic language:
"Disaster!"

Then, she gently swung out the talisman, using the invisible silk thread as a catapult to eject it at an extremely fast speed.

The purple translucent talisman, like a bullet, cut through the mist in the canyon and accurately hit the ruins below.

Without any sound or vibration, this ancient relic with a history of more than 2,000 years collapsed like sand and gravel, revealing a huge hole with a diameter of more than 100 meters.

"With such power... no wonder she only allowed me to use it after reciting the Honorable Name. Ha, is she afraid that I will cause damage in the city..."

Triss muttered, looking through the huge hole and into the interior.

Beneath the original ruins, the actual mausoleum used for the Black Emperor's rituals lay exposed, revealed to her eyes.

Looking at the building that was totally out of place with the style of the Fourth Epoch, yet had some unique characteristics, with long passages of text written in Loen language engraved on its surface and painted with architectural styles popular in recent decades, it looked majestic and distorted at the same time, making people want to worship it.

At first glance, Triss discovered the details of the Corn Laws in the text.

"Is this the new order you want? Ridiculous... Just for something like this, you let him..."

Triss muttered, flipping her fingers and another "disaster" charm appeared.

At this moment, a man wearing a black hooded robe, with brown skin and pale lips like blood loss, walked out of the hole destroyed by the previous spell. He took off his hood and looked up, his eyes locked directly on the invisible Triss, and a smile appeared on his soft face. Suddenly, a bloody cut appeared on the left side of his face, and a sneer came out, followed by an undisguised mockery:

"After so much preparation, in the end, someone actually tricked all of my angel-level combat power away."

A lip-like crack soon appeared on the right side of the face, and words came out with a different tone but also a smile:
"He has already chanted your name. Hey, 'Great God of War', it's up to you."

"Heh," the man's real mouth finally spoke, "Don't hide, little witch, I saw you a long time ago."

Triss, who was floating in the air and falling at an extremely slow speed, frowned and carefully identified the figure of a man with three mouths and cracked faces below. She quickly recognized that the man was the "Red Angel" evil spirit mentioned in the pre-war meeting.

Of course, this was just a Sequence 5 Gatekeeper possessed by Him. If it was really the legendary Sequence 1 Red Angel, she would have surrendered on her own and knelt at His feet as long as He set His eyes on her.

According to previous intelligence, He is at most Sequence 3 in strength, but I still cannot defeat Him. I can only maneuver around Him and find an opportunity to cast another spell...

As soon as the thought flashed through Triss's mind, the evil spirit of the "Red Angel" disappeared from her sight.

Was that just an illusion?
Her eyes fixed, and she subconsciously wanted to go into the "mirror world" to avoid possible accidents, but as a small dressing mirror appeared in the place, Triss entered not the familiar mirror space, but a scene filled with burning flames, like hell.

It was a trap set by the evil spirit using the mirror!

bang——

The surface of the falling dressing mirror instantly turned charred black, and then shattered into dark mirror fragments. Triss's figure reappeared in the sky above the canyon, but the cloak she was wearing had turned to ashes, and the exposed skin also had different burns.

If she hadn't left a mirror as a substitute, she would have been burned to ashes in the mirror world by now!

But before she could catch her breath, the robed figure appeared again, and the disturbing sneer of the "Red Angel" evil spirit was heard at the same time:
"With this level of ability, you are going to attack this mausoleum?"

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The location of a hidden mausoleum in the mountains of East Tucker County.

Angel hid in the mirror world, looking at the mirror double outside who looked and dressed exactly like himself, but with a somewhat dull expression. He held a vial containing the blood of extraordinary people from twenty-two pathways, drew out the blood, and drew a mysterious symbol of overlapping doors in the air.

It looks a bit like the family crest of the "apprentice" branch of Tamara's family, and is also somewhat related to the symbol found deep in the city of Calderon... Is this some kind of symbol of the Abraham family, so it is used by Mr. "Door" as a symbol of opening the door?

As Angel was pondering, his eyes lit up, and the "door" drawn with blood gradually opened, revealing the real mausoleum inside.

Looking at the huge building engraved with various institutional reforms of the "Black Emperor" George III, Angel sneered and let his mirror stand-in step through the door. Regardless of the panic on the faces of the guards inside, he began to activate the rituals to summon helpers and let the stand-in recite his own name.

This was the focus of her plan as a feint attack. She let the substitute say the honorific name, and the "man in the mirror" would respond, and she would directly use it as a disposable bomb to destroy the mausoleum with the power of "disaster"!
If the royal family has the ability to respond, she will immediately move from the mirror world and go to another mausoleum to repeat the attack. If the other party finds it difficult to cope, she will make her side the main direction of attack.

But the next second, the mirror substitute who had just said "Master of the Spirit World Boat" suddenly became terrified, drooling from the corners of his mouth, his eyes were red, and he began to tear his hair like crazy.

Immediately, it turned into falling mirror fragments amidst a crazy roar.

Angel's face changed, and before this madness spread to him through the sea of ​​subconsciousness, he severed all ties with his stand and quickly left the mountainous area along the mirror world.

What happened just now was some kind of mental plague, and it was an angel-level mental plague that could make people lose themselves in an instant!
If Angel had not fought Hvin Rambis before and had not had a preliminary understanding of this ability to attack by invading consciousness, he would probably have been infected unknowingly and fell into complete madness like the mirror double.

It shouldn't be Adam, otherwise I would have gotten sick even earlier than my substitute. It could be one of His "audience" angels... Angel was thinking and was about to choose an alternative mausoleum to repeat the attack just now, when he suddenly sensed a prayer directed at him.

"Is it Triss... Is she praying for the power of the spell? But according to the plan, this will be handed over to the 'Man in the Mirror'..."

She muttered and tried to respond in the mirror world. The situation around the "believer" immediately appeared in front of her, and more information was also transmitted from the "person in the mirror".

The "Hand of Order" was indeed attracted to Anne, but how did the evil spirit Soren Einhorn Medici appear in Ruins No. 1? Was he also cooperating with George III?

Angel quickly understood what happened to Triss, hesitated for a moment, turned around, and flew towards the mausoleum near Backlund.

Since there is only one "Red Angel" evil spirit there, she decided to take advantage of the situation and use this place as the main attack direction to destroy the most important mausoleum!
(End of this chapter)