Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 997 Meeting again
In the city hall of Patis, the "City of Dreams", Angel's figure emerged from the governor's office.

The only person in the room was Geldruf, who was correcting documents with his head down. The love for work of this incarnation of Amon made Angel, the actual owner of the city, ashamed. He always felt that there was only 10% of Amon in that slightly fat body, and the rest was the original governor, the descendant of Trunsost.

Of course, as soon as he opens his mouth, his true colors will be revealed.

"You banned teleportation and other fast-moving methods throughout the city, but you opened a backdoor for yourself, just to suddenly appear in the office like this?"

"That's the little capriciousness of power." Angel retorted unceremoniously, and then looked around, "Where's Annie?"

"She went to the edge of the city, and the messenger who sent her the letter could not enter the city."

Amon pointed out the window and said.

The messenger... It should be a letter from Bernadette. She is the only one who would send a letter to Anne... Angel nodded thoughtfully, looked at the scattered documents on the desk, and asked curiously:
"You are the only one who has to handle so many documents?"

"Most of them have been pre-screened by the people below. I only need to make the final decision. But if you want, I can give you half." Amon scratched his right eye socket, his expression changed a little. "Your contractor, the governor of 'Patis', has lived for two thousand years, but his abilities other than fighting are not as good as those of the clerks in the city hall. The new bishop lady of the 'Witch Church' ran away after working for one morning. She would rather hide in the church to preach than come out again..."

"Tsk, if the law didn't forbid parasitism, I could spare a few of myself to help."

Angel shuddered at the thought of a room full of Amons working busily together, and was glad that the new law blocked all avenues for Amons to commit any evil deeds.

Angel went forward to look through some documents and found that although this hardworking Amon clone kept complaining, he actually did things in an orderly manner. Under his management, after the entire floating city landed on the island, the construction of the dock had been preliminarily completed, and the pastures, plantations and other areas outside the city had been expanded. The foundation of the city was completely embedded in the original coastline of the island.

All of this work depends on the powerful extraordinary force of the "Hand of Order". If all of this is to be completed by manpower, the workload will be no less than the "Black Emperor" building His mausoleum.

Of course, Angel and the others no longer dared to use the "Duke of Entropy", "Planeswalker" and "Mistress of Desolation". They would take them out once the city was stabilized and try to clear the pollution inside.

This also caused the food output of the "Dream City" that was originally able to supply the entire city to become unstable, and it needed to rely on external supplements.

Fortunately, although the selected landing location is located within the changeable climate of the Sea of ​​Fury, it is not far from Bayam, the capital of the Rorsted Archipelago. As long as a new shipping route is opened up, the abundant output of Blue Mountain Island can be continuously transported to this city. The abundant fresh water resources and good location of this island can also provide services for ships traveling between the north and south continents, becoming part of the entire trade chain and avoiding the end of eating up all the resources.

The only problem is...

"How come my 50,000 pounds ran out so quickly?"

Angel asked with a pale face as he looked at last week's financial report.

"Building the dock requires additional manpower, and most materials and tools can only be purchased from outside. In addition, you have to integrate Patis into the real society, and the original quota system must be replaced with the currency circulated in other countries. All of these require a large amount of money from the city government... By the way, if you don't make up for the financial gap this week, we will go bankrupt next week."

Amon replied with a smile on his face, as if it was only Angel himself who went bankrupt, not the city he was managing.

Angel had anticipated the expense of returning the "City of Dreams" to the real world, and was prepared to pay the price for taking away the "Disaster" witch trait. However, one-third of her assets were used up in just one week, and the poor witch fell into panic and despair.

Just as she was thinking about how to cash in on the extraordinary characteristics at hand in order to maintain the huge expenses of the city, Anne's figure followed by a golden ribbon from the window into the office and appeared in front of the two.

"Bernadette contacted you?"

Looking at Anne, who seemed to always be wearing the same white dress and barefoot, Angel asked anxiously, not caring about his impending bankruptcy.

"Yes. After stopping George III from fighting, she has returned to her ship, the Dawn, and left the coast of the Kingdom of Loen, avoiding the possible naval battle between Intis and Loen."

Anne nodded and replied, glancing at Amon, then looking back at Angel and continued:
“In addition, I told her that Nast Solomon might have been contaminated by the power from the stars. She will contact the power in Intis to investigate whether Nast has returned to Champagne Province to bury the ashes of his dead father.

"Of course, because she is not an angel yet, I am being more vague. If we eventually get any clues, you may need to conduct field investigations to confirm them."

Angel, who was stared at by her, hummed and then asked:
"Should we inform the Church of Steam and Machinery and the Church of the Eternal Sun in Intis? They should be on the same front with us in fighting against the forces of the Starry Sky and the Outer Gods."

"The Church of Steam is aware of this and will provide some help when the operation is launched... As for the Fiery Sun, they are probably busy attacking Loen and Lenburg now. Most of their forces are used on the front lines to fight against the Church of Storms and the Church of Knowledge. I'm afraid they have no time to deal with these things." Angel was well aware of the conflicts between the God of Fiery Sun, the God of Storm, and the God of Wisdom after he learned that they belonged to adjacent paths and learned about the fall of the ancient Sun God. There was nothing much he could say about it. He could only sigh that in order to piece together the "Old Days" that could fight against the Outer Gods before the end of the world, the war of gods was almost inevitable.

As for the God of Steam and Machinery, the only one among the Seven Gods who has no conflicts with other gods and is not on an adjacent path, it is difficult for him to stay out of this war because his diocese spans two countries. As long as he wins the war and expels the Church of Night and Storm in Loen, the Church of Steam will be able to greatly increase the number of new believers, consolidate its anchor, and prepare for the coming of the end of the world.

In order to provide some help at this time, Bernadette should have contacted her younger brother, Benoit Gustave, who has become an angel of the Steam Church.

Thinking that the end of the world is approaching, a world war is still going on inside the earth, and even the gods are ready to take action, Angel feels that the future is dark, and even the joy of summarizing a set of role-playing rules has disappeared without a trace.

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In the evening, believers who had been praying devoutly or lingering over the appearance of Bishop Therese in the Church of St. Angelica gradually left. A group of volunteers began to clean the prayer hall and the square outside. The two asymmetrical rows of chandeliers overhead were extinguished one by one, leaving only the dim light of the gas lamps on the walls on both sides.

Feeling dizzy and with a head full of doctrines and scriptures, Fors slowly walked out of the black marble archway. She felt that the air outside, mixed with a hint of the fishy smell of the sea breeze, was extremely sweet.

If this goes on, I'm afraid I will soon digest the "Recorder" potion, but this kind of role-playing is not what I want at all... She secretly looked back and found that the bishop in black robe and with a graceful figure said goodbye to the believers who left one by one. Her profile looked solemn and holy under the light and the evening sun. It was impossible to associate her with the evil demon on the wanted poster.

What changed her? Was it really the teachings of Saint Angelica?
Muttering to herself, Fors forgot about the "Anecdotes" that Triss had forced into her memory, such as "Angelica's Demon Slaying Story", "Seven Captures of the Pirate General", "The True and False 'Blasphemer'", etc. She was about to find a restaurant that serves classical Fourth Era dishes to solve the dinner problem, when suddenly, her eyes blurred and a man in a windbreaker, a top hat, and gold-rimmed glasses appeared in front of her.

It was Mr. World. How could he teleport in this city without being punished? Fors was surprised and delighted. She didn't care about her hunger and greeted him stiffly.
"Hello, Mr. World, I'm ready to leave now... Well, what I mean is that this 'field trip' is over, and it's almost time for my teacher to meet you. Please take me back to Backlund."

In her panic, she even used honorifics.

For a powerful Beyonder who can sell the Beyonder characteristics of a demigod, using honorifics is not excessive... She comforted herself in her mind and moved her gaze to look behind "The World" Gehrman Sparrow.

Another figure walked out from there. The black dress she wore outlined her perfect figure, and her long hair flying behind her shone like gold in the evening sun.

Ah, it’s Miss Queen, the church behind, and even the patron angel of this city…

At this moment, Fors's heart was completely dead.

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Hat Trick Inn at 22 Hope Road, Cherwood District, Backlund.

Dorian Gray Abraham, who was of sturdy build and clearly different from other members of the Abraham family, paced back and forth in the room somewhat uneasily, looking at the door from time to time, waiting for the arrival of Fors, the student he had agreed to meet.

Also visiting is the "crazy adventurer" mentioned in the letter, Gehrman Sparrow.

If they had not had indirect "cooperation" before, hunting down the family traitor "Mr. X" Louis Wayne, and if the "Golden Queen" who was rumored to be close to German Sparrow had not expressed enough goodwill, Dorian would not have dared to meet this mysterious demigod.

The most important thing is that in the letter from student Fors, Mr. Door’s curse was mentioned!

That is the ultimate question that has troubled the entire Abraham family for more than a thousand years!

Dorian handed over his property and the seals, materials, and formulas he was keeping to other family members in a manner that was almost like a will. He took great risks to go to the appointment alone, and it was actually for this reason. As for the "Secret Saint" Butis who betrayed the family, it was a trivial matter compared to this.

Hopefully he can bring some hope... Dorian looked toward the door again.

"咚咚-"

Just then, there was a rhythmic knocking sound outside the door.

(End of this chapter)