Resurrection" Ceremony
Chapter 1293: "Resurrection" Ceremony
In a two-story detached house in the Hillston District of Backlund that receives plenty of sunlight,
"Magician" Fors Wall carefully sorted out the secret letters he had recently exchanged with his teacher Dorian, sealed them in a space pocket that only he could open, and then looked at his friend, Hugh Dilcha, who was sitting on the sofa with his legs in a circle.
The latter looked at Fors worriedly and suddenly said,
"This is too dangerous. That's a Sequence 1 angel... an archangel, and I don't know if he has any ill intentions towards you." Fors
, who was wearing an orange dress and a beige coat as if she was going out, and a wide-brimmed hat on her head, was wrapping a scarf around the skin exposed between her coat and hat. She smiled and replied,
"Since Mr. Fool did not interfere with His 'resurrection', it means that He is not dangerous, or in other words, He will not threaten Mr. Fool's Tarot Club members."
Of course, danger must exist, otherwise Mr. Fool would not let me choose whether to help Abraham or not... She added silently in her heart, and immediately ended this dull topic, and asked,
"Have you decided how to obtain the materials for the 'Law Master'?"
Xio shook her head and said hesitantly,
"Not yet. I prefer to obtain the potion through the formal channel, that is, from MI9, and then purchase or exchange a '1' level sealed item in the Tarot Club. This will improve my strength the most. However, it is too difficult to accumulate contributions from the military. Even if I have experienced the war and made contributions on the secret front, such a good thing will not be my turn for the time being."
This is indeed a problem. Even if she goes the other way and obtains the characteristics required for promotion in the Tarot Club, Xio needs a suitable opportunity to let the military know that she has become a Sequence 4 demigod... Fors frowned slightly, then relaxed her brows and said:
"When many strange phenomena occurred last week, many cult organizations hidden in Backlund and Loen took the initiative to show up and caused riots in the city. Many of them have not been captured yet. We can design an 'encounter' so that you can make enough contributions and be promoted first... Don't worry, it won't be discovered by the military's Beyonders."
This kind of thing is almost impossible to be discovered with the secret-keeping ability of a "secret mage", and they can also entrust Miss Justice to make everything look reasonable... As soon as
Fors came up with a suitable story "script" in his mind, he found that the "secret-keeping" ability he arranged for this house was almost instantly destroyed from the outside to the inside. Then, the two of them were shrouded in sunlight, and the dreamy window glass became dark, and a figure appeared by the window.
I was just about to brag about my "secret-keeping" ability... Fors looked at the person who came in speechlessly and found that the other party was Miss Queen who missed the last Tarot Club.
The latter's skin shone in the morning sun. Her face was without any makeup, but it was better than any gorgeous decoration. The elegant waist curve was faintly visible under the loose, casual black dress, which made Fors stunned.
The Queen seemed to have become more beautiful, just like the statue in the church walked into reality... She secretly swallowed her saliva and looked away with difficulty. Only then did she realize that Xio also changed from sitting to kneeling with a dull expression, as if kneeling towards each other on the sofa.
He should not take the initiative to "charm" us, which means that Xio and I reacted more naturally... The "Original Witch" fell, and the Queen was an angel of the "Witch" path... A reasonable but extremely surprising possibility emerged in Fors' mind:
The Queen had obtained a Sequence 1 characteristic through the fall of the "Original Witch" and successfully promoted!
As if to confirm her thoughts, Angel smiled apologetically, completely restraining the charm that naturally emanated from her body, sobering up the two people in front of her from their intoxication. She sat down on the single sofa by the window and said,
"Sorry, I'm not used to my new power yet."
Then, she looked at Fors, who was already dressed neatly, and asked,
"It seems that Mr. Fool has informed you?"
Fors nodded hurriedly and replied,
"Yes, He said that He would let an angel help in resurrecting the ancestor of Abraham's family... I thought it would be Mr. World." Mr.
World was still breathing in the gray fog... Angel muttered, with an ambiguous smile on the corner of his mouth, which made Fors immediately realize that he had said the wrong thing, and he cleverly changed the subject,
"Then shall we set off now?"
"Okay," Angel nodded. "Mr. Fool will lead this matter, so I will collect the corresponding compensation on your behalf. One Star Key characteristic of Sequence 1, and the rest will belong to the Abraham family. In addition, they will help you advance to Sequence 3 at the right time."
One Star Key characteristic... This is just near the bottom line of the Abraham family. In order to revive Mr. Door, they are willing to pay one Sequence 1 characteristic or three Sequence 2 characteristics... After a moment of stagnation, Fors replied,
"I can agree to this on your behalf."
In the eyes of the "magician" of the Tarot Club, this price is not high for the Abrahams. After all, with the help of Mr. Fool, they got rid of the blood curse and had the opportunity to welcome back the most powerful ancestor of the family.
If Mr. Fool was not such a decent god, he could use the advantage that most of the Abrahams had converted to him to divide the family and take away these extraordinary characteristics. The Abrahams, who did not even have high-sequence extraordinary people, had no way to deal with it...
Thinking of this, Fors's inner uneasiness eased a little. She came to the single sofa at Angel's suggestion and gently put her hand on his shoulder. Her heart trembled, and she caught a glimpse of Xio's eyes looking at her.
Why did she feel a little envious... Fors thought about it, and then gathered her thoughts. Together with Miss Queen, her figure quickly faded and became transparent, entering the spirit world with overlapping colors and chaotic positions. After several twists and turns, they came to a villa in a hidden location and appeared in the lobby on the first floor.
Several important members of the Abraham family had received the oracle of the "Fool" and were waiting here in advance. Angel recognized Dorian Abraham, whom he had met several times, but there were more middle-aged or elderly men and women he didn't know.
These are probably the "essence" of Abraham. Because of the blood curse, the new generation of Beyonders cannot grow up, and the old ones keep passing away for various reasons... Looking at the Abrahams who looked at him involuntarily with intoxicated eyes, Angel felt a little emotional.
"This is the angel under the seat of the great Mr. Fool, Her Highness the Golden Queen Angelica Sage, who is following Mr. Fool's oracle to ensure the normal progress of the ceremony."
Because she was the "bridge" between Abraham and the Tarot Club, Fors took the initiative to introduce the identity of the Queen. After awakening several old men who were unable to extricate themselves from her beauty, she looked at her teacher Dorian and continued:
"After the ceremony, another 'Star Key' will be sacrificed by Him to the great Mr. Fool."
Hearing Fors's hint, all the Abrahams present, including Dorian, breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the price was not too high.
That's resurrecting an angel king!
As long as Mr. "Gate" can be resurrected, the Abraham family will surely be revived again. On the other hand, even if they reject this proposal, they now have no ability to protect these extraordinary characteristics from the covetousness of outsiders, and they will eventually be snatched away.
Without preparing the "0" level seals and the powerful "1" level seals in advance, they can't even beat Fors, who has become a demigod. It is completely worth it
to hand over a sequence 1 characteristic in exchange for the return of an archangel of the family and the blessing of a great being.
Looking around at several family members, Dorian set an example after seeing the same idea in their eyes:
"Thank you for your help, Her Majesty the Golden Queen."
"Thank you, Mr. Fool,"
Angel said with a "pious" smile.
After negotiating the price, Dorian and his people got busy. They moved out the various gem materials that had been prepared long ago, and the crystal bottles filled with blood that would not coagulate from the hidden place, and opened a "door" with the help of the seal, and took out two translucent keys with strange styles.
They were simply sealed and could hardly affect the outside world, but just looking at them, Angel felt that her sight penetrated the spirit world and looked at an unknown place.
This should symbolize the authority of the "door", and it might point to the outside of the barrier... She retracted her gaze, picked up a piece of ancient parchment that Dorian took the initiative to hand over, and read it carefully.
"The following is the method of Bethel Abraham's guidance. Please note that it must be carried out under the protection of angels, otherwise the one who returns may not be the Mr. 'Gate' you hope for."
As soon as she finished reading this neatly written sentence, Angel's mouth twitched.
She recognized that this was the handwriting of Amon's clone in the "City of Dreams", which means that this "instruction manual" was left by Amon.
At the same time, Angel's "mirror self" in the mirror world recited the name of the Fool, and soon received a response. Angel felt a hint of attention falling on herself, and then continued to look down.
...
"Ninety-nine kinds of gems... the blood of ninety-nine Abraham families... construct ritual magic in the above way, and place the 'Star Key' belonging to Bethel Abraham in the center... Compared to the so-called resurrection ceremony, this is more like some kind of summoning ceremony..."
Above the gray fog, Klein used Angel's crimson star to study the "resurrection" method recorded on the parchment, while muttering silently.
Soon, he made a judgment based on the power and knowledge of adjacent paths he had after mastering the "Source Castle":
"Bethel Abraham should not have really fallen. His spirit and consciousness were sealed in the "Star Key", and he avoided getting lost with the help of self-positioning... The most direct way to revive him is to let a "planeswalker", "miracle worker" or "fate wooden horse" use this feature to advance, and then Mr. "door" will be revived in his body...
"Of course, the Abraham family does not have a sequence 2 angel at all, so they can only use the enhanced version of the communication ritual that Triss got from the polluted Bethel before. On the one hand, they use the flesh and blood of their descendants to forge a body, and on the other hand, they use the ritual to welcome back his spirit and consciousness...
"Tsk, although I am also one of the three paths to Sefirah Castle, I have to say that these three families are really hard to kill. When Bethel was still the King of Angels, he needed two true gods to seal him. If He hadn't given up becoming a god and let Amon steal the ritual, a 'door' controlled by an alien god inside the barrier would probably give all the gods a headache..."
Klein sighed and sent a message to Angel who was waiting, "The ritual is correct."
Of course, he was also fully alert, ready to face any possible accidents at any time.
...
Putting down the parchment, Angel finally checked the ritual set up directly in the center of the spacious hall, then looked at Dorian and said,
"Get ready to start.
"But before that, give me the other 'Star Key' for safekeepingI've seen your tricks before
Chapter 1294 I have seen your routine before.
Asking for your "reward" before the ceremony began was not because Angel was worried that the Abrahams would run away after the ceremony was completed, but because she was afraid that after Bethel Abraham was resurrected with a copy of the "Star Key", due to the powerful aggregation effect, he would subconsciously want to contain the other Sequence 1 characteristics present and directly absorb it. It is
not a big deal if He loses control because of this, but it would be troublesome if He did not lose control. I can't kill Mr. "Gate" who just resurrected on the spot to take back my reward, so it is better to rob it from the beginning... Angel muttered, patiently waiting for the descendants of Abraham to make a decision.
With her current strength, even if these "apprentices" in front of her who are not even demigods use their own power or the power of the seal to launch a teleportation, they will only land on the other side with a corpse. Even if they escape by chance, the curse transmitted by blood can affect every descendant of Abraham, causing them to die silently.
After learning about the perverted possessiveness of the "Original Witch" Chick, Angel even suspected that the reason why the descendants of the "Blood Emperor" Tudor were so few was because of the curse of this god. He did not want any descendants who were not of the same blood as Tudor to exist in the world, so that Tudor would have no chance of resurrection except with his help.
Angel was impressed by Chick's extremeness in his heart, while Dorian and the other Abrahams secretly exchanged glances and did not object to the request of the angel under the seat of the Fool in front of them.
The ceremony had been arranged, and the "Star Key" that held the hope of the Abraham family's revival had been placed on the altar. Since the other party only asked for another copy as a reward, it was equivalent to guaranteeing the completion of the ceremony.
Having made up his mind, Dorian carefully handed the "Star Key" that was still in a sealed state but in an unstable form to Angel. The latter took it and felt the rhythm inside this palm-sized, key-shaped Beyonder, and had the illusion that it would "teleport" away from him at any time and go to an unknown space.
Perhaps it is not an illusion. According to Klein, one of the powers of the "Gate" path is "space". The special mirror world where Tudor and Chick intertwined and allowed the "Prime Creator" to appear was created by Bethel with this power... This means that although the paths are not adjacent, the "Gate" can also strengthen my power in the mirror world?
Even if the "Star Key" does not become a seal, it itself has the symbol of a "key" and can unlock or strengthen all seals and go to any place. If I rely on its help, can I break through the seal of the Western Continent without relying on the secret ceremony and go there in the form of a physical body instead of a spirit?
No... It shouldn't be possible. That is the seal of the pillar "Lord of Mysteries". At least it will take the Old Days to have a chance to break through. Even the true gods can't do it. If the "Gate" can break through the seal, it should have tried it long before the ancient sun god fell, instead of leaving "Moon City" next to the seal waiting for Klein to appear... Then can the secret ceremony and the "Star Key" do it together?
Angel thought about it and sent this feature to the mirror world for preservation. Then he nodded and said,
"You can start now."
With the consent of the only angel present, several Abrahams got busy. They filled the vacancies on the altar with the last few gems, lit the ritual candles, and dripped precious essential oils, which dyed the surrounding diamonds, pearls, lapis lazuli, and purple gems with a layer of ever-changing light.
Dorian, who presided over the ceremony, stood in front of the altar and chanted in the ancient giant language with a solemn expression:
"The great gate of ten thousand doors, the guide of the endless starry sky, the key to all mysterious worlds..."
As he repeated the honorific name of Bethel Abraham seven times, the candles on the altar appeared dark like a void, and the psychedelic glimmer illuminated the entire hall, making the walls and pillars become a little erratic, as if overlapping with the spiritual world.
Ninety-nine kinds of expensive gems cracked one after another, turning into powders of various colors that floated up, gathering into a colorful torrent and throwing themselves into the candlelight. Ninety-nine portions of blood from Abraham's family oozed out of the crystal bottle and evaporated, forming a vague human figure above the candlelight.
A deep and dim light also emerged from the "Star Key" placed in the center of the altar, shining on the human figure in the air.
Seeing this, Angel quietly pulled the entire house and the surrounding space into the "mirror world".
Because of the huge difference in status, everyone present, including the "secret mage" Fors, did not realize that they were no longer in reality. Only Klein, who was watching the ceremony in the gray fog, noticed this.
But he was no longer in the mood to think about this matter. He was fully focused on the bloody human figure on the candlelight, carefully distinguishing whether there was still any contamination from the "fallen mother goddess" in it.
Everything seems to be normal, but we can't let our guard down. There are two Mr. Doors. One is shouting to save me, and the other is trying to stop this... Not sure, let's wait and see... He put the uniqueness of the Fool at hand and continued to observe the resurrection ceremony through Angel's crimson star.
Suddenly, the human figure of the middle-aged man, who had almost taken shape and had a slightly old-fashioned face, became blurred again, as if two people were nested together and a water wave-like pattern appeared. A voice with hidden pain that could pierce the spirit body rang in the hall:
"Descendants of Abraham, help me fight against the other me!"
Another Him? Dorian, who presided over the ceremony, was startled and looked up. Only then did he find that the human figure in the air was vaguely split into two.
One of them had a clearer outline, and the blue eyes with ripples inside were full of emotion, staring at Dorian; the other one was translucent, with exactly the same black hair mixed with a little white hair, and a more anxious expression, trying to completely overlap with the previous one again, as if to pull Him back into the altar and return to the "Star Key".
How can I help? Under your "care", we don't even have a demigod anymore... Dorian subconsciously turned his head to look at his student and the "Golden Queen" beside her, and then he found that the latter had an intoxicating smile on her lips, and was looking at the overlapping human figures in the air with her swan-like elegant neck.
The human figure that was about to overlap again also looked over and made a surprised voice:
"Is it you? I remember you, the witch favored by the night."
Is that so? Coincidentally, I remember you too... Angel's smile turned cold, and he locked onto the clearer one of the two figures without hesitation, and took Him through the air and entered another "mirror world" together.
That special mirror world that was abandoned after the fall of the "Original Witch" and no one could enter.
Fors, Dorian and others only felt a flash before their eyes, and the "Golden Queen" and one of the overlapping human figures in the air disappeared, leaving only the other translucent "Door" floating above the altar, shrouded in the dim candlelight, like a phantom.
After getting rid of his other self, his expression became calm. His sapphire-like eyes swept across the entire hall, and finally stopped at Fors, who had no blood of his own but was the highest-ranked person among the people present. There was a trace of sadness in his eyes.
"I'm sorry..."
The first words He said were actually an apology.
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In a special mirror world burning with everlasting black flames, the edges were half-melted, and the space became extremely chaotic. Angel and "Bethel Abraham" appeared at the same time, floating in the weightless air.
This place has a certain connection with the "First Creator". Angel is not going to use it as his kingdom of God in the future, but because it has some kind of mystical connection with other derived special mirror worlds, it will be destroyed once it is destroyed, so it still retains its existence.
After all, there are many other special mirror people who were born due to various accidents in the past thousands of years, and there is also Queen Roselle who helped her.
Returning to a familiar place, Bethel looked around, his expression gradually became sinister, and under the illumination of the black flames, it was like a new face.
His eyes, which were rippling but emotionless, stared at Angel and asked,
"Why did you choose me?"
"I don't know Him, but I know you," Angel replied with a smile, "Besides, I've seen this state of yours in another person. The fake one is always full of desire to show off."
The other one... Bethel had obvious doubts on his face:
"Rossel Gustav?"
Oh, I almost forgot that Emperor Roselle was also polluted... What I actually wanted to talk about was the time when the real and fake Klein... Angel was stunned, then nodded:
"It was Him."
The person who was led by him to the moon and polluted by the "Fallen Mother Goddess" in turn led to the exposure of his identity, making Bethel's expression even colder, but His brows soon relaxed and he said softly:
"For you, it doesn't make much difference which Bethel is. I have His memory and the same personality. It doesn't affect becoming the 'Star Key' and becoming an angel under the seat of the 'Fool'.
"The Abraham family will become the most loyal believers of the Fool. I also know the weaknesses of 'Error' Amon, which can help the Fool win the battle for the Source Castle.
"You don't have to do it yourself, I can solve the problem myself.
"It's okay to just be a 'planeswalker'..."
With every word Bethel said, Angel's expression turned a little colder.
"Wrong answer."
She shook her head, unwilling to watch this new personality who was begging for mercy in such a shameful way with the face of the strongest angel king, Mr. "Gate", continue to perform, and stretched out her hand to summon the "Blood Flag of Salinger".
The black flames passing by immediately turned colorless, and the entire special mirror world was shrouded in the power of "conquest" that made people kneel down.
Bethel Abraham's body immediately became transparent, and in the gaps between the colorless flames, countless figures emerged at the same time and attacked Angel at the same time. All kinds of angel-level air shells, thefts, flame spears, and executions were recorded. Angel's body also twisted, and the thread of the spirit body was grabbed by someone, and his body shrank like a toy. At the same time, the surrounding space began to twist, as if to form The closed loop isolates it.
But all of these Bethels are just wandering phantoms. The real Him has become a symbol of the concept of "wandering" itself, and is about to leave this special mirror world, return to reality, and escape to the star world.
But He hit a wall at the edge of the melted mirror world and turned into a human form again. Those phantoms formed by high-speed flashes also stopped attacking and disappeared one by one.
This space has been completely isolated from other mirror worlds and the entire reality, becoming a space cage that even He cannot penetrate!
Looking back at the location surrounded by colorless flames, Bethel found that the besieged Angel had already integrated into the mirror world, making all attacks fall into the air. A voice as innocent as a child but without any charm sounded in His ears:
"Haha, I was wondering why I suddenly had the urge to ask for another copy of the 'Star Key' before the ceremony began. It turned out to be for this moment."
This pretending to be young and stupid voice made Bethel's fists hard