The journey back to the ground from Underground Mausoleum was smooth.
Now Helene does not need to abide by the taboo of "Must Enter Blindfolded", because the Special Mirror World formed in this area has changed its owner, and the "Mirror Person" produced by the pollution will no longer appear, nor will it replace the people who see the mirror and see their own appearance, and leave the mausoleum on their behalf.
But the "must Let There Be Light" rule Helene still cannot be violated, so she picked up the lantern and followed the way she came, easily leaving Corpse Mountain and the winding passage, and returned to the cemetery behind the church.
Based on this, Helene suspects that the power inside this mausoleum is divided into two parts. The one who controls the puppets and masters Special Mirror World belongs to "0-01" itself, while the power that can make people disappear in the dark belongs to the other side that seals it and makes it unable to maintain activity.
Before leaving, she also found the "Affliction" Demoness characteristics left by Lisa, the "Judge" Sequence Mystical Item in the shape of a cross, and the "Reaper" characteristics of Gusin.
Even without the harvest of "Salinger’s Blood Banner", the spoils from this trip to Underground Mausoleum are completely worth the risk of her death, not to mention...
Standing at the entrance of the mausoleum, Helene was a little surprised to see the cemetery as if it had been turned over, with tombstones tilted here and there, and the tombs being pushed open from the inside.
She originally thought that the resurrection of dead bodies was limited to Corpse Mountain, which had a relatively strong leakage power from Sealed Artifact "0-01", but she didn't expect that the same thing happened in the cemetery above.
Fortunately, it has been sealed again, and the power should have disappeared... Looking at the corpses and skeletons that had fallen down again, paving a road leading to Church Square, Helene murmured in his heart, his eyes flashed, and he came to Mirror World using his eyes as a mirror., according to the positioning formed by Magic Mirror on William and Tia, came to the room at the top of the church, and the figure was outlined from the glass window near the square.
William, who was leaning against the window and looking down, suddenly felt that there was someone else around him. He looked up and found that his captain had returned safely. He just breathed a sigh of relief and noticed that Helene had changed a lot compared to when he left in the morning.
Not only is her skin fair and translucent, she seems to have no roughness from spending years at sea. She also perfectly blends the characteristics of different age groups. Her eyes are as calm as a lake, but there is a lively smile at the corner of her mouth. Her movements are both elegant and wild.
Just like the Miss Angelica I saw some time ago... William had a bold guess in his heart, but he couldn't believe it.
And Tia beside him has long been immersed in the natural charm of this beauty, and is speechless.
Archbishop Hella Berg, who had been holding the heavy book in his hand, squinted his amber eyes and glanced at Helene. His gaze stayed at the center of her eyebrows, and he nodded and said:
"It looks like the operation at Underground Mausoleum went smoothly?"
"Thanks to your help on the ground, if that flag had not been sealed again, I might have become its puppet down there, accompanying the soldiers and corpses."
Helene replied respectfully.
She knew very well that if the deep, dark aura coming from the ground to the hall below had not suppressed "Salinger’s Blood Banner" twice, how could she, Lisa, Gusin and several other Demigods, Beyonder, not counting Demigod, be qualified to compete with me next to this Grade 0 Sealed Artifact?
Of course, there is no difference in the final result. Some of the awakened flags want to find a suitable "representative", and the three people are competing for the power of this Sealed Artifact. No matter who survives to the end, they will be deepened by the pollution and be completely controlled by it...
Touching the skin between his eyebrows which originally had red flag marks and was a bit sore, Helene continued:
"During the battle, Gusin tried to summon the 'Great God of War', but something unexpected happened; Lisa attracted the descendment of 'Primordial Demoness', and almost became the final winner with the power of 'Petrification'.
"In the end, with the help of the gift of 'Unaging' Demoness, I gained the ability to resurrect from the mirror, which delayed the time of God's descent and stood at the end.
"Now, I am already the 'representative' of that Sealed Artifact."
What Primordial Demoness, what God of War, and the agent... William and Tia were dumbfounded as they listened. Only then did they realize that while they were watching the battle below, so many things had happened in Underground Mausoleum, and it even involved the descent of an evil god?
But before they could think about it, a feeling of weakness enveloped the two of them, followed by throat pain and constant coughing.
"Ah, sorry, I forgot that this Beyonder Characteristic will spread diseases around..."
As Helene spoke, he sealed the Beyonder Characteristic, which was translucent in his hand, like a shrunken and withered heart, with ice.
"This is the Beyonder Characteristic of 'Despair' Demoness." Hella Berg said suddenly, "This is not part of your trophies."
"Yes, it comes from the gift of Miss Angelica. This is also part of another thing I want to ask you..."
Helene said after considering it.
"After inheriting the 'gift' with Sequence 5's body, my current body and Spirituality are no longer stable. Even if the gift is not taken back, I can't last long. Miss Angelica asked me to come to you to get some help."
Looking at Helene who had a calm expression with a little bit of hope, Hella Berg smiled and asked in a soft tone:
"How did that person know that I would be able to do something?"
"He said that Church of Knowledge should have gained a lot from sealing that item for so many years, and you should have made a prophecy." Helene answered immediately.
After a moment of silence, Hella Berg nodded slightly and opened the thick book in his hand.
This turned out to be a hollow book. The internal space was divided into two halves of the same size. Beyonder Ingredients of different shapes were placed there. Bottles and jars contained blood, powder, and even a wisp of magma that remained in a molten state and was contained in a high-temperature-resistant transparent bottle.
Pointing to the storage compartment containing blood, Hella Berg said loudly:
"This is the Auxiliary Materials of 'Despair' Potion, and the other side is 'Iron-Blooded Knight'."
Iron-Blooded Knight, "Hunter" Pathway's Sequence 4, my original goal...Helene for a while Somewhat dazed, I looked at the "despair" Demoness Beyonder Characteristic sealed by Frost in my hand, and realized what the "help" I was going to get was.
In order to save her body, Spirituality, which was temporarily out of balance due to the powerful gift, she must be promoted to Demigod in order to stabilize her physical condition and give Miss Angelica a chance to withdraw from the gift of "Unaging" Demoness.
With the power of Demoness Pathway already in the body, it is undoubtedly a better choice for Switching Pathways to be promoted to "Despair" Demoness.
No wonder after the battle, He passed this Beyonder Characteristic to me through Mirror World... The thoughts in Helene's mind were almost stagnant, and he subconsciously asked:
"What is the 'desperate' Promotion Ritual?"
She didn't ask about the ceremony of "Iron-Blooded Knight" because Miss Angelica had already revealed to her in advance that she was asked to form a team of no less than 30 people who shared her aspirations to form a ceremony when she was promoted.
Until now, including William and Tia in front of me, there are less than ten qualified crew members.
"The ritual of 'desperation' is difficult outside, but it is very simple in Molora," Hella Berg said without hesitation, "Let more than 30,000 people be involved in a violent plague, and take Potion in their despair and Affliction."
"Your Miss Angelica used another method to defeat a Demigod head-on, using his despair to replace a large number of ordinary people's Affliction, but I think..."
As he said that, Hella Berg looked out the window, at the Exile followers who were still gathered in the square, instigated by a few people with ulterior motives, who were preparing to continue besieging Knowledge Church.
"... You shouldn't refuse to help us deal with these thugs."
Following his words, Helene also looked at the crowd, which already exceeded 30,000 and was still growing. He suddenly felt that the Beyonder Characteristic in his hand was a little heavy.
In the square outside the church, the Exile followers, who had gradually calmed down because "0-01" was sealed again, are getting ready to move due to the increasing number of their own and the growing disparity between the number of law enforcers protecting the church. They plan to take advantage of the chaos to attack the church again and drive away the Church of Knowledge clergy, so as to restore the "autonomy" of Molora.
But a thick fog enveloped the center of the city at some point, covering Church Square like a thick curtain, blocking everyone's vision.
Such extreme weather changes are not uncommon in Molora. They have never seen any earthquakes or volcanoes, so how can they shrink back because of this haze?
But soon someone discovered that this time the haze was different from usual. Not only was the color an oppressive iron-black color, as if it was mixed with hot volcanic ash, but if you stayed in it, you would soon become dizzy, your limbs would fall down, and you would let out a despairing, gradually deepening cough.
"Poisonous, this fog is poisonous..."
"It's those Church of Knowledge people who did it!"
"Don't block the road and get out quickly."
Amid the shouts one after another in the thick fog, a figure of Helene wearing a cloak and covering his face appeared quietly.
She walked in the fog created by her guidance "0-01" and had no effect on her vision. Her eyes stayed on the fallen Exile victims.
They are all death row prisoners carrying serious crimes such as murder and rape. They are people who deserve to die. They were sent to Exile in order to seal "Salinger’s Blood Banner", and I just want them to no longer suffer from pollution and get out of the sea of misery as soon as possible... Her own voice in her head muttered, trying to find a acceptable reason for her behavior of spreading the plague and using it to get promoted.
But no matter what, I am a murderer, and I will kill tens of thousands of people... She sighed secretly, took out the glass bottle that had already placed Auxiliary Materials from her pocket, put the dry heart of "Despair" Demoness into it, and watched it dissolve in the purple liquid to form the finished product Potion, which was as red as blood.
Beside her, those Exile who were first infected with the occult plague had already died in despair and Affliction. Those further away still had some strength left, trying to escape towards the streets around the square. Layers of human bodies crawled towards the edge of the haze, as if they could escape the despair of death as long as they got there.
But under the plague caused by the power of "Unaging" Demoness bestowed upon Helene, most of them could not escape death.
Feeling the despair of countless Exile people in the square covered by smog concentrating on herself, almost forming a substantial thread pulling her, Helene no longer hesitated, raised her head and drank the prepared Potion.
The roots of her red hair floated, became thicker and longer, and were dyed with a hint of ominous black, turning into a dark red like coagulated blood.
In the eyes of the few remaining sober Exile ers, this woman who exudes inexplicable charm is like a Demoness who spreads plague and brings Catastrophe and death.
No, she is the real "desperate" Demoness!
In the room at the top of the church, William and Tia looked from the window at the haze that enveloped everything below, waiting for their captain to return safely.
The shouts in the fog have become very weak. The vast majority of Exile people infected with the plague either died of the disease directly or fell into weakness and coma. A small number of Luck children on the edge of the fog were able to escape and ran to other streets without looking back, spreading the terror and despair here to every corner of Molora.
In the future, this city will probably have the legend of "Great Smog of the City of Exile", just like Great Smog of Backlund... Tia feels a little empty and uncomfortable in her heart. She feels that this kind of promotion is not what she wants, but she also has a yearning for the powerful "Despair" Demoness.
This is too far away from me. I'd better think about how to spend the fifteen minutes of being promoted to "Affliction"... Having obtained the Sequence 5 Potion formula in advance due to the results of her recent actions, she muttered to herself and looked away from the iron-black haze.
Suddenly, water-like patterns rippled on the glass surface in front of her, becoming the entrance and exit to Mirror World. Helene walked out slowly but firmly and returned to the church.
Her hair is no longer thick and flowing, but the original flame-like red has been dyed a little black, and her green eyes have also taken on the blue of the sea.
Compared with the perfect appearance that showed the characteristics of different age groups when he had the gift of "Unaging", now Helene once again has a bit of heroic spirit belonging to "Hunter", but it is better covered under the alluring beauty, making Tia fall into intoxication again.
"Promotion successful?"
William on the side was the first to react and asked in a deep voice.
"Thanks to these Exile contributors for their final contribution." Helene replied with a smile, but there was no smile in his eyes.
She turned to look at Hella Berg, saluted again, and asked respectfully:
"Archbishop Your Excellency, what are Church of Knowledge going to do with '0-01' in the future? It has regained a certain level of activity. Will it look for a new 'agent' after I leave and create more problems?"
"Its seal is quite stable, and the population of Molora has already exceeded the seal requirements. What happened today will not affect our future actions."
It means that as it was before, it will be the same after...Helene nodded with understanding and continued:
"Then can we leave?"
"This city has never restricted who can leave. They act as part of the seal, and they themselves are affected by '0-01' and are unwilling to leave."
Hella Berg explained patiently.
Helene breathed a sigh of relief, and finally saluted and thanked Archbishop, who had helped her a lot, and then took William and Tia down to the first floor of the church and came to the wooden door they passed through when entering Molora two months ago.
Seeing that there was indeed no one to stop them, the three of them returned to the Knowledge Temple underground at Lenburg Azshara through the corridor that was illuminated by gems on the wall and strange swallowing sounds could be heard from time to time.
Until they walked out of the towering White Tower, the three of them were not blocked by any clergy, as if they were guests who came to visit the interior of the church, not Prisoner who had stayed at "City of Exile" for two months.
Returning to the hotel where he stayed when he was arrested one after another, Helene asked William to buy a steam train ticket to leave the city as soon as possible and return to the sea. He entered the bedroom and touched the smooth mirror surface in front of the decorative half-length mirror, making the mirror that reflected his perfect and unfamiliar face dark and deep.
The next second, she came to the real Mirror World, wandering in the dim passages extending in different directions. Following the guidance of her own Spirituality, she quickly sank deep into the depths and arrived at a space where Mirror Tunnel was very sparse but stained with blood red and iron black.
"Golden Queen" Angelica, who has long pale golden hair, deep purple eyes, and a windless skirt, is waiting for her here.