Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 984: Arrodes's Slip of the Tongue

When planning to prevent George III from becoming the "Black Emperor", Angel and Klein had actually anticipated that these actions would lead to the situation going in a bad direction. For example, the king's loss of control and death would cause unrest in Loen, causing the morale of the soldiers on the front lines to drop or even turn against him, or Intis and Fenet would take the opportunity to attack Loen.

But at the same time, they are also mentally prepared to use their own abilities and influence to reduce the harm of these changes to ordinary people. As a witch who performs better than other hunters of the same sequence on the battlefield, Angel even has the determination to go to the battlefield.

But the Republic of Intis's quick response still exceeded their imagination.

You know, George III's speech started at nine in the morning and reached its climax, while the mourning period and preparations for the promotion of the "Black Emperor" were around half past nine. A few minutes later, the King of Angels completely fell. "Relic No. 1" was covered by multiple disasters and was finally completely destroyed by continuous lightning strikes, leaving no trace.

And now the sun has not yet set, and it is less than eight hours since the death of George III, but Intis's army has already completed its assembly and is pressing on the border between the two countries?

There is only one possibility:
Intis was well prepared and had already secretly gathered troops, waiting for any changes to occur in Loen before taking action!
"I guess the Angel King, whose name cannot be spoken, played a big role in this."

Angel said with a sigh, and waved his hand to make the glass window no longer transparent, using the mirror illusion to block out the increasingly loud noise outside the window and the shouting of the newsboy.

"No need to guess, it was Him. When He trapped me on that uninhabited island in the Raging Sea, He said that Intis would not continue to watch, but would join the siege of Loen. If not, the trend of the times that He expected would not be pushed to its climax."

Klein answered with an indifferent expression. He clenched his left hand, which was wearing the Creeping Hunger, into a fist, as if he saw the countless dead and wounded soldiers and civilians, as well as the destroyed cities and villages after the war expanded.

What made him hate the most was that this whole thing was pushed by Adam, and was initiated by him, by Angel.

The two of us, Sequence 3, can barely even serve as pawns, let alone face off against the Angel Kings who are controlling the situation behind the scenes, or even the True Gods... If Adam didn't obviously have other plans, he could have hypnotized me today and handed me over to Amon's clone, letting Him take me to the God-Forsaken Land. In that case, not even Angel would be able to save me...

Klein thought, and his face was gloomy for a moment, but before Angel noticed, he used the ability of the "Faceless Man" to control it and naturally turned his expression into a thoughtful one.

As expected, Angel did not notice his change in expression and asked:
"What about Edsak? Wasn't he hidden away by the church and Georgina's royal faction?"

"Perhaps it is for the purpose of inheriting the throne. Otherwise, according to the order of succession, the fourth prince should become king. However, his relationship with the church and the New Party is not very good. After the death of George III, when the royal family needs to ease relations with the three major churches, it is not appropriate for him to be pushed to the forefront."

Klein analyzed it, then frowned and continued:

"No, it should be the two major churches. Since Intis is ready to invade Loen, the 'Eternal Blazing Sun Church' and the 'Steam Church' must have joined the battle. The position of the Steam Church, which is also preaching in Loen, will be very awkward... Fortunately, their believers are mainly concentrated in the factory owners, teachers and technical workers, and their number is much smaller than that of the believers of the Goddess and the Lord of Storms. Otherwise, their change in mentality alone will have a huge impact on the country...

“We are in trouble both internally and externally.”

He couldn't help but say something in Chinese.

Angel had already built up a basic understanding of Chinese, a language of ideograms, during his tutoring during this period. He was able to understand the general meaning of idioms based on semantics, so he nodded in agreement.

"Could this be what the Red Angel evil spirit meant when he said, 'One of the three major churches has a different opinion'? Has the Steam Church been prepared for this situation?"

After the Goddess of Night secretly expressed her opposition to George III, she originally thought that this referred to the Church of Night, but now it seems that the Church of Steam also makes sense.

Klein obviously thought of this as well. He stood up from his chair and walked heavily towards the half-length mirror by the wall. He said:

"If the Church of Steam completely sides with Intis, and Feynebott joins the dispute in order to annex small countries like Lenburg, then Loen will be one against three, and will face the other three major countries in the northern continent at the same time... In terms of the attitude of the most important gods, it will be two against four. Even if the gods of knowledge and wisdom from Lenburg and other countries are added, it will still be three against four, and we will be at an absolute disadvantage."

As he spoke, he drew symbols representing secrecy and peeping on the mirror, and then asked solemnly:

"Arrodes, I want to know where to find the main ingredients for the 'Miracle Master' potion."

Then, he forced a smile and looked at Angel, explaining:

"'Miracle Master' is the name of the Sequence 2 of the Fortune Teller Path. I believe that only by advancing as quickly as possible can we protect the people and things we want to protect in this upcoming turmoil."

In fact, the end of the world is coming... Angel added in his heart, nodded, and looked at the mirror. He found that the interior of the room was still reflected inside, and Arrodes was not seen.

Klein also noticed something strange. He touched the mirror three times in confusion, just like he did when he first encountered the magical mirror to activate it, but the latter still did not respond.

"Could it be that the Mechanical Hearts have entered a state of combat readiness, and in order to prevent any accidents, they have completely sealed this seal with living properties..."

He muttered, shook his head in disappointment, and prepared to change the person he asked and go find the "Snake of Fate" Will Auceptin in his dream.

At this moment, the interior of the half-length mirror flickered wildly as if to attract others' attention, illuminating the small room with uncertain brightness and making people dizzy. "Wait! Master, Arrodes is here!"

A few words without any rhetoric burst out, almost filling up the entire mirror, and the silver-white brushstrokes trembled as if making a silent cry.

It usually adds at least several adjectives before the word "master". It seems that it is really anxious... Angel laughed secretly, watching Klein's mouth curl up slightly, and turned to look at the "small, humble and terrified" Arrodes.

Before he could repeat the question, the big words twisted and squirmed into a new sentence:

"There is some chaos within the Steam Church. News has come that Intis has joined the war. They are making corresponding preparations for possible conflicts with Night and Storm. The deacon who often visits me has come again, so I can only deal with him first.

"Great Master, you don't mind, do you?"

This is a question right at the beginning... The butler it is talking about can't be Ikanser whose hair is burnt by electricity... Klein suppressed his smile and shook his head to answer:
"No problem, but my question is: where do I find the main ingredients for the 'Miracle Master' potion?"

This question was actually a bit tricky, because Klein didn't have the potion formula for the "Miracle Master" at that time. If Arrodes could answer this question, it would be equivalent to revealing the main part of the potion formula. If he gave the Beyonder characteristics, it would also indirectly indicate the location of other "Miracle Masters" or Sequence 1 Beyonders.

Under his expectant gaze, dense lines of text quickly appeared on the surface of the half-length mirror:
"After reaching Sequence 2, the total amount of Beyonder characteristics can no longer be increased by stacking lower-level characteristics. When the Sequence 1 'Mysterious Servant' is full, there are only six 'Miracle Masters'.

"The ancestor of the Antigonus family and the leader of the Secret Order, Zaratul, were both promoted through the Sequence 1 characteristic that includes the 'Miracle Master', so they both possessed an additional Sequence 2 characteristic. The third one is a component of the Sealed Artifact '0-05' Wishing Lamp. It contains an extraordinary characteristic of mysterious origin, which can respond to the owner's wishes in a distorted way. A true god once tried to shatter the object and separate the characteristics, but failed.

"There are two other 'Miracle Master' extraordinary characteristics that also exist in the form of '0' level seals. One is '0-13' The Last Feast, which originated from the Creator who fell in the Third Epoch and is currently in the Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun. The other is '0-32' The Never-Ending Theater, which appeared after the Four Emperors' War and is now kept by the Church of the Storm.

"The sixth extraordinary characteristic requires you to find a remaining 'Dark Demon Wolf'. It occasionally appeared in the God-Forsaken Land during the Third Age, but disappeared after the Cataclysm.

"The last 'Miracle Master' and the ownerless 'Secret Servant' have never appeared. Even the ancient god Flegra of the Second Era has never found them. Perhaps they have combined into some kind of sealed object with living properties and secretly hidden themselves."

His eyes quickly swept over the cursive rune words that almost filled the mirror surface, and Angel quickly memorized them in his mind, and then let his thoughts diverge and run rapidly.

From this "list", she discovered an important problem: except for the "Dark Demon Wolf", all the "Miracle Masters" either had owners or had become sealed objects, and there was no so-called "main material" at all.

Of course, from the "Card of Blasphemy" she had obtained, it could be seen that the main materials of Sequence 2 potions of all pathways all had the option of "other Sequence 2 Beyonder Characteristics" written at the back. This meant that at the critical stage of being promoted to an angel, the main materials could no longer be "enriched" by Beyonder creatures, and could only be competed for and redistributed among limited resources.

No wonder Arrodes said that under the premise of full Sequence 1, there are only six Sequence 2 characteristics... No, this may only be the case for the "Fortune Teller" path. Other paths should be slightly different. For example, Sequence 2 of the Witch Path, under the premise of the existence of a true God, the Witch Cult still has four "Disaster" witches, plus me, that's five. I don't know if other churches have similar seals, maybe there are more than six Sequence 2s...

While she was thinking, Klein nodded with satisfaction and waited for Arrodes to ask another question.

But after waiting for a long time, the content on the half-length mirror did not fade away. Instead, a line of small words at the bottom became highlighted, as if attracting the attention of the two people in front of them:
"If the two masters are satisfied with my answer, can you take me away from the Steam Church as soon as possible?"

Why is it bringing this up again? Did it sense something might happen inside the Steam Church? But unless we break into Saint Hillran Church, there's no chance of getting it out. Even Amon's clone who sneaked in last time couldn't do it... Angel chuckled and was still thinking about how to tactfully reject it when he heard Klein reply calmly:
"Not at the moment."

"...Okay, that's a brilliant answer."

Arrodes was so depressed that even his compliments seemed weak, and the words drooped softly as if they were melting.

Seeing that it seemed to be in despair, Angel comforted it:
"It is safest to stay inside the Steam Church now. Amon's clone may return to Backlund, and Intis' invasion is imminent. If you, as a living seal, are lost for no reason, you will definitely be investigated and hunted down, which will harm... your great, noble and wise master."

As she spoke, she glanced at Klein, suppressed her laughter and continued:

"I promise that if the time is right, I will take you away from the Steam Church. This depends on the war situation and the attitude of the God of Steam and Machinery towards Rune."

These words made the entire half-length mirror brighter, and the silver-white text on the top turned into an emotional expression. Drops of tears rolled down to the bottom of the mirror, as if Arrodes was crying.

Then, a new line of words emerged one by one, filling the entire mirror again and flashing a dazzling light:

"Thank you, beautiful and brave mistress. I will quietly wait for that time to come! But at the same time, I also want to know when you and the master are going to get married? The humble Arrodes hopes to have the opportunity to participate in the much-anticipated wedding!"

In the small room, Angel and Klein were both shocked by the glowing words and didn't know how to respond.

(End of this chapter)