Chapter 893 Two Gods
"I……"
Looking at the person in the mirror who seemed to be prepared, Angel didn't know how to start.
After discovering that the "Darkless Cross" refused to stay with the Beyonder Characteristics, she immediately thought of the fact that only angel-level power could shatter and reorganize Beyonder Characteristics. She also thought of the scene where her two weapons, the "Good Luck" revolver and the "Knight Bracelet", strangely released Beyonder Characteristics directly after being damaged.
The former triggered a 16-fold damage increase and was completely destroyed by the "Disintegration Ray" created by the "Disaster" spell, directly extracting its uncontaminated extraordinary characteristics. The latter was damaged in the battle in the area contaminated and sealed by various forces where the "Conqueror" giant was wandering underground in Trier, and also quickly extracted its original extraordinary characteristics.
They are all related to the power of "City of Disaster".
Perhaps, the power of this "Source" can suppress the rebellious character of the "Darkless Cross", allowing it to stay in peace with other Beyonder characteristics, and gradually separate them into different sequences?
"Your guess is correct. Here, any Sealed Artifact or Beyonder characteristic possessed by anyone other than a 'Witch' or 'Hunter' will be severely suppressed. Only those who have reached Sequence 2 and possess the status of an angel can resist this power."
Angel's reflection said in a tone that was all too familiar to her.
No wonder only angels possess the power to shatter and reorganize Beyonder characteristics. Only by reaching Sequence 2 can one fully control the power within Beyonder characteristics... I'm afraid that by that stage, even the negative effects of the "No Dark Cross," which can extract the Beyonder characteristics of those it touches over time, will be ineffective...
While thinking, Angel took out the cross covered with bronze rust and the "manipulator" feature and handed them to the person in his mirror.
During this process, she noticed that the unusual glow on the surface of the Beyonder Characteristics had dimmed as if suppressed by some force. The bronze cross also remained quite restrained and did not become hot due to its proximity to other Beyonder Characteristics.
This means she is right.
"What would happen if I dragged a living Beyonder in here?" Angel suddenly asked, looking at the two demigods. "Would their power also be suppressed?"
"If you can get them to follow you peacefully through the Mirror Passage, then of course you can. But if you can do that, wouldn't it be quicker to just kill them?" "Mirror Man" Angel chuckled. "If a living person came here, they would quickly be contaminated by the Source Power, growing deformed breasts, swelling and rotting all over, or even having their heads separated from their bodies, becoming independent entities."
"Like Bansy Harbor?"
Angel immediately thought of the bizarre encounter in the fog-covered port.
"That's the authority of disaster, stemming from the leakage of power from the 'City of Disaster'... Of course, it's only a tiny, insignificant amount of power. Otherwise, Bansi wouldn't just have the custom of not going out on foggy days, but would have become a place even the gods wouldn't dare approach..." The figure in the mirror patiently explained, extending a hand. "Give me your substitute doll."
Angel took out the small doll he made from his own hair and carried with him and handed it to the other party, watching her put the doll together with the "manipulator" characteristics and casually placed it on the ground.
"Is this about combining the characteristics with the doll to form a magical item?"
She had some guesses and asked.
"That's right, but the effects are unpredictable. We're not craftsmen, so there's a high probability that doing so will only turn them into sealed artifacts with unbearable side effects... In fact, most sealed artifacts are formed in this way. I'm just actively facilitating this."
The person in the mirror kept muttering, staring closely at the puppet made of hair, watching it absorb the "manipulator" characteristics, which appeared dim on the surface, into its body at an extremely fast speed. A faint glow of various colors appeared on its surface, and its limbs, which were almost as thick as fingers, trembled, as if it would crawl up from the ground in the next second.
"They bonded so quickly... normally it would take at least a few hours, right?"
Angel muttered, and took a few steps closer, wanting to see what his stand-in doll had turned into, but suddenly heard a sharp voice:
"Fast? What do you mean by fast? You're such a jealous lunatic! You're so envious of your other self's vast knowledge, yet you're pretending not to care. Do you need me to do a psychological analysis for you? I'll only help you solve your problem faster!"
The voice seemed to come from a throat cut by a knife, sharp and rapid, but what surprised Angel the most was that it came from the palm-sized stand-in doll in front of him, which absorbed the characteristics of the "manipulator"!
Could it be some kind of sealed object with the ability to read minds...but I really haven't thought of it that way!
Angel immediately looked at his "person in the mirror". Seeing that she looked normal, he felt relieved and explained:
"You know I haven't thought about it that way."
"Yeah, of course I know."
The other Angel nodded and grabbed the substitute puppet, which had already crawled up from the ground, its limbs shaking and its surface becoming increasingly shiny. With his other hand, he took the "Undark Cross" and pressed it against the puppet, causing it to scream miserably.
"Ouch, it's so hot! Take it away! You voyeur, you love observing your own life through the mirror so much, wanting to replace her in enjoying her food and making her friends, why don't you follow your heart? Those are all yours, uh uh uh——"
Before it could finish its words, the person in the mirror pulled off a strand of its golden hair that made up its body, wrapped it around its neck several times, and tied it tightly to the "Darkless Cross", blocking its garbage talk in its throat.
The animated puppet struggled frantically but could not free itself from the cross. Its limbs gradually became weak and finally drooped beside its body, with its neck tightly wrapped around the protruding spike on the cross, like a victim hanged on a cross.
"...I can't leave this special mirror world. It's isolated from the outside world, and I can't see your... life."
After an awkward silence, Angel's reflection squeezed out a few words from the back of his throat.
"It's just trying to sow discord. If I hadn't seen with my own eyes that it incorporates the extraordinary properties of the 'Audience' path, I would have even thought it was a seal of the 'Demon' path."
Angel nodded and said, just like the person in his mirror just now.
"The probability of a seal formed through the 'audience' pathway possessing living properties seems to be higher than through other pathways," the figure in the mirror's stiff expression softened. "And when formed here, it will have additional properties, such as the instigation and provocation we've seen."
Is this also the influence of "source quality"?
Angel looked thoughtfully at the stand doll hanging on the cross by its neck, and inexplicably thought of another living sealed object, the "Mirror of Arrodes".
Could it possibly share some of the characteristics of the "Audience" path? But instead of sowing discord, it prefers to provide information in a question-and-answer format, and possesses a wealth of hidden knowledge. Is it a "diviner"? No... more like a "reader" like Vice Admiral Iceberg... and possesses the lightning of the "Sailor" path to punish those who answer incorrectly. Perhaps it blends the power of multiple paths, hence its erratic nature and its tendency to seek out masters everywhere...
Thoughts kept flashing through Angel's mind, and his gaze moved from the doll to the "person in the mirror" who was silent beside him, as if waiting for the characteristics to be analyzed. He inexplicably felt that her beautiful profile, which was exactly the same as his own, revealed a hint of loneliness and solitude.
Even if I believe that I won't peek into my own life, she will feel bored if she stays in the "mirror world" all the time... Angel suddenly had this thought, sighed lightly, quickly found a topic, and said:
"Did you know that King George III of Loen is planning to become the 'Black Emperor'?"
"Of course I know," the person in the mirror answered subconsciously, then realized that his words contained some meaning that could easily be misinterpreted. He added, "I haven't been able to spy on your life, but as your 'person in the mirror,' I naturally have access to most of the information you know. Combined with divination, it's easy to come to this conclusion."
Angel did not dwell on the source of the person's knowledge and memory, but instead asked a more concerned question:
"So what do you think? Can destroying a mausoleum really stop his plans?"
"Winsa didn't lie to us. The power behind it longs to see us take more proactive action. The 'Original Witch' who aided Triss also doesn't want a new 'Black Emperor' to be born. These two forces may originate from the same source."
This means that as a member of that special witch family, Wenza also has the instructions of the "Original Witch" behind him... Wait, "that Original Witch"?
"You mean, there's more than one 'Original Witch'? And one of them is a 'false god'?"
Angel asked back with a frown.
"If someone chants your name and conveys a message to you, and you don't receive it, I will handle that message... From the perspective of that 'believer', are there two 'Angelica Sage' at the same time?"
The person in the mirror spoke in a light tone, making Angel almost think she was telling a joke.
But she immediately realized that the other party was referring to the "Original Witch" and was implicitly saying that the "Original Witch" was in a similar situation...
He also has his own "mirror man"!
"Will the 'Mirror Person' that appeared in the witch's Sequence 3 remain until Sequence 0? The 'Original Witch' did not reconcile with her mirror person, but completely split into two different individuals?" Angel asked.
"Although the process wasn't like that, the outcome is indeed true," the figure in her mirror chuckled, perhaps mocking the deity. "The 'Original Witch' in reality isn't in good condition for various reasons, causing some believers' prayers to be received by the original witch in the mirror. Triss is one of them... In short, you'll get more help than you think in stopping George III."
Is this the reason why she was hunted by the "Witch Sect" even though she became a vessel of God's descent and a follower of the "Original Witch"?
Angel always felt that the words of the person in her mirror were a bit bizarre and difficult for her to accept. However, if the premise was that "two gods" appeared in the witch path, it could explain quite a lot of things, including the subtle split between the witch family and the witch sect to which Wenza belonged, and the embarrassing situation of Triss, a person favored by the gods...
Thoughts kept flashing through her mind, and her eyes inadvertently fell on the cross and the puppet on the ground. Suddenly, she found that a dim light appeared next to the hanged puppet, and soon formed a gray-white object that was about the same size as the previous "manipulator" and looked like a heart. Its surface was also full of wrinkles and covered with complex three-dimensional patterns, almost the same as before.
It's gone from a brain to a heart... Is this because it doesn't include the previous sequences, and is simply the characteristics of a Sequence 4 "Manipulator"? So, the Stand puppet only has Sequence 9 to Sequence 5 Beyonder characteristics left. The next thing to be extracted will be the "Dream Walker" I need...
Angel pondered this and suddenly realized that from the moment the "No Dark Cross" was hung on the doll, not even five minutes had passed, and the demigod's extraordinary characteristics had already been repelled and extracted. This was much faster than she had imagined!
"Is it the power of the Source that helps it accelerate the formation of its extraordinary properties, or is it because the time here is different from that in the outside world?"
Angel picked up the "Manipulator" characteristic and asked with some confusion.
"It's both, but the latter is the main reason." The person in her mirror only briefly lingered on that characteristic before turning back to the Darkless Cross and explaining, "Time here, your body's perception, and the speed of the outside world are all different. You can see different styles of buildings and streets in different parts of the city because they don't all originate from the same time."
From a different... time?
Angel's mind flashed back to the various architectural styles she had seen in this strange "City of Disaster": ancient Greek, modern Eastern and Western architecture, and even the modern city streets where she had died...
"If so, can I use the 'City of Disaster' to go back in time?"
Her eyes lit up and she asked eagerly.
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