Chapter 894 Back to the past?
"Unfortunately, that's not possible."
The person in Angel's mirror shook his head without hesitation and replied.
"I know where you want to go back to, or at least take another glimpse of that world, but the time span between the two is as vast as the Pacific Ocean, and you only have one bathtub."
She did not hide the fact that she knew their "origins", especially the word "Pacific Ocean", which Angel had not heard for a long time and could only be made up in Loen language. It made her heart sink again.
"But what you're saying is... if the time span isn't that long, there's a chance my 'bathtub' will float over?"
Catching the key point in the other party's words, Angel continued to ask.
This question made the person in the mirror silent for a moment. After a moment, he sighed as Angel usually did and said:
"It is indeed possible to utilize the characteristics of the 'City of Disaster' to perform so-called 'time travel', but it requires two conditions: an anchor point for the power of 'Source Material' and sufficient spirituality."
Without waiting for Angel to continue asking questions, she immediately explained the two concepts:
"You should already understand the significance of anchor points. Traveling from Bansy Harbor to the catacombs of Trier, and crossing the barrier blocking the God-Forsaken Land on Sorna Island into the lightless land, both utilized anchor points formed by the power leaking from the City of Disaster. Sufficient spirituality is required to return to the starting point. Both are indispensable."
"Return to the starting point..."
Angel muttered this sentence again and again, and soon understood what the person in the mirror meant.
The so-called "time travel" cannot allow her to go back to the past from the present. Instead, when using the "City of Disaster" to travel to different power leakage points, a "brand" or similar mark will be left at the original location. After a period of time, she can consume her own spirituality from that side to return to the time where the brand is. If her spirituality is sufficient, she can return to the starting point even after several days or even months.
...But he couldn't go back to the more distant past, because before that, he hadn't left any corresponding "marks". Even the power of the source couldn't allow people to travel through time without reason.
"Isn't this just like... a save game? A save game that can only be saved and loaded once..."
Angel muttered, feeling more and more frustrated.
"That's right, and you don't have any save files now."
As the "person in the mirror" with the same origin as her, the other Angel in front of her immediately picked up her words and said with a chuckle.
At Sequence 5, Angel stepped onto the altar in the cave on the mountaintop near Bansy Harbor and returned from Trier three days later, having nearly exhausted her spiritual energy. In the basement of an uninhabited village on Sona Island, she once again triggered the sacrificial runes, journeying to the mysterious God-forsaken Land and returning shortly thereafter. During this time, she even received a hint from "herself," confirming her hypothesis that there were indeed two of her at the same time.
But both "reloads" have consumed the "mark" she left behind. At this moment, Angel is not in a state where she can use the power of "City of Disaster" to return to the past at any time, unless she draws a new rune here, activates it with blood, and crosses this homemade altar to an unknown destination.
This would give her the opportunity to return to the present someday in the future and bring with her the memories of this time in the hope of making changes.
"This is the 'Mirror World'. Even if you draw the runes, it won't produce the effect you want."
The person in Angel's mirror seemed to see through her thoughts and immediately spoke up to remind her.
"Mirror world..." Angel's attention was immediately drawn to these words. He looked up at the sky. There was nothing but a shattered sky, but no winding mirror passage. "But if I want to return to reality, I have to enter the 'mirror world' to find the corresponding passage. Could it be the 'mirror world of the mirror world'?"
Her awkward words almost made the person in the mirror laugh. The latter pursed his lips and glanced at the "Darkless Cross" on the ground, the substitute doll, and the "Dream Walker" characteristic that was about to be extracted. He paused for a moment, then replied:
"This is both reality and not reality... Because the true essence of the 'City of Disaster' is sealed in the Western Continent, the part you see is merely a 'mirror world' instinctively formed by a trace of power leaking out of it. This is different from the spirit world that the witches use, which is similar to the spirit world and extends to the entire world. Instead, it is a fragment caught between reality and the mirror, a 'special mirror world'."
The Western Continent, the seal, the power of the leaked source... one concept after another impacted Angel's mind, giving her a headache.
"So, 'City of Disaster' isn't the city we're in?"
She asked subconsciously.
"Of course not. Otherwise, how could the 'Source Essence' have so little power, only able to suppress the 'Darkless Cross', only grant you power one order lower than its own, and only able to create talismans that even angels would have difficulty killing?" The figure in the mirror replied with a tone that was almost sneering. "This is only one ten-thousandth of its power. Once the seal is broken, the power of the 'Source Essence' will not be inferior to that of a true god, and may even surpass them!"
"So who sealed it?"
"...This is not something you can know now." The person in the mirror's somewhat excited tone suddenly became low.
It seems this is another secret message that can only be known by those who have reached the level of an angel... Angel nodded and changed the subject:
"Is the mirror world beneath Trier, which gave birth to the evil 'Mirror Man', caused by the leakage of Essence Power?"
"Not entirely. There's the power of the City of Disaster, as well as the leaked power of sources like the River of Eternal Darkness and the Wilderness of Knowledge... After the Four Emperors' War, the battlefield where the true gods were buried became a mystical trash can. The power of various gods and sources mixed together, influencing each other. Even the living true gods were unwilling to touch it, so they could only seal it away and create the new Trier on top of it."
The "River of Eternal Darkness"... I remember Arrodes saying it was deep within Calderon, the City of the Dead. How could it appear in Trier in the Fourth Epoch? Hmm, the figure in the mirror mentioned a power leak. Could it be that this Essence, and even the "Wilds of Knowledge," were sealed in the Western Continent like the "City of Disaster," with only a small amount of power leaking out? Are all nine Essences the same?
Who sealed these powers, even the "essence" that surpassed the true gods? For thousands of years, had no one, not even a god, gone to the Western Continent to search for these essences?
Angel's mind was filled with thoughts, and more questions popped up one after another, but she understood that most of them "could not be known now." She would only be able to resolve her doubts after she was promoted to Sequence 2 and could safely obtain this information.
Afterwards, while waiting for the characteristics of "Dream Walker" and "Hypnotist" to emerge, she discussed the techniques of using mirror magic with her "person in the mirror". She learned that because her "person in the mirror" had mastered some of the power of the source material, she was able to gain an absolute advantage in the "mirror battle" of the same sequence, which usually requires being one or two sequences higher than the opponent.
For example, when Nightingale Despair fought Angel, who was still "joyful", she locked onto a nearby mirror, causing her to quickly use up the magic mirrors she was carrying. She did this in her battle with Tracy when she was the Witch of "pain".
This is a little combat trick, right? Angel muttered. Just as she was about to discuss the issue of having two selves at the same time after "time travel" with the person in the mirror, the latter grabbed the "Hypnotist" feature and stuffed it into her hand, saying coldly:
"Take it and leave first. Since the subsequent Beyonder characteristics are already close to low-sequence, they may be fused together when they are precipitated. I will then give it to you together with the Darkless Cross through the Bestowal, just like you and... The Fool."
Can sacrifice and bestowal be used in the "City of Disaster"... Well, this is consistent with the principle of her responding to Sherman's prayer... Angel took over the Beyonder characteristic and looked at the person in her mirror with a bit of amusement as he urged her to leave in a tone that was almost like he was trying to expel her.
You obviously enjoyed our conversation too... Angel muttered, and with the "Dream Walker" and "Hypnotist" that he was going to sell to "Justice" Audrey, as well as the "Manipulator" feature that might become the property of this small rich man in the future, he entered the mirror world and left this special mirror world along the passage in the sky.
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Looking up at the shattered sky that displayed the power of "Disaster", an inexplicable light flashed in the eyes of the "Man in the Mirror". After a moment, he lowered his head and looked at the small bronze cross at his feet, and the substitute doll with light golden hair hanging on the cross.
The latter, having just released his Beyonder characteristics, was able to break free from his restraints and spoke in a sharp voice:
"You are feeling very depressed. Do you need me to give you a psychoanalysis?"
The only thing left in it was the extraordinary characteristic of "psychologist", and the ancient name of this sequence was "psychoanalyst".
But the person in the mirror just glanced at it coldly, and invisible silk threads stretched out from all directions, tying the puppet tightly to the "No Dark Cross", making it howl in pain.
Amid the other person's curses and cries of pain, the person in the mirror silently closed his eyes and stood on the deserted street without moving, as if he had become a statue.
Until she heard a layered, illusory sound that seemed to come from far away.
That was a prayer to Angelica, the "Golden Queen."
She had just returned to reality, so she should have time to deal with it... The person in the mirror, who had a similar personality to the original, did not respond, but simply wrapped the substitute doll tighter, preventing it from even wailing.
"...The owner of the Spirit World Boat..."
"...the embodiment of pain and despair..."
The repeated chanting of the honorific name finally made the person in the mirror open his eyes, and he looked up at the sky in surprise.
She discovered that the owner of the voice was the owner of the honorable name, Angel was praying to her!
Looking for me... The person in the mirror seemed to have realized something, and his spirituality spread, and soon he touched the channel in the mirror that conveyed the prayer.
A moment later, the item sacrificed by the "believer" appeared in her hands.
It was a glass bottle with an uneven surface, narrowing and widening, and a silhouette like a slim girl. It was almost full of brown liquid, and fine bubbles were rising from the surface of the liquid.
On a quiet street, the person in Angel's mirror raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a smile.
The glass bottle in her hand cooled rapidly, and the liquid inside quickly dropped to freezing point.
With a "puff" sound, she easily popped open the metal bottle cap with her finger, put it to her mouth, and solemnly put the cold cola into her mouth as if taking a magic potion.
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On Friday evening, Leonard Mitchell, dressed a little differently than usual and wearing a hooded windbreaker, walked cautiously into an alley not far from the Church of the Goddess of Night in the East District.
He clumsily tapped a tooth in his mouth with the joint of his right fist. A breeze blew upward from beside him, and a spirit invisible to the naked eye was released from the tooth that sealed it. It quickly flew into the air and monitored the nearby movements for Leonard with eyes that could see through most disguises.
Today, he is going to meet the witch recommended by "Queen" Angel!
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