In the deep darkness of Astral World, which is composed of various abstract concepts and powers, a huge mirror floats slowly.
Its mirror points to the barrier that separates the astral part that corresponds to the earth and the complete astral realm that corresponds to the universe. There are several terrifying faces that cannot be described in detail, peeping into the transparent and cracked barrier, but from time to time they are blocked by a country composed of open books, a sea shrouded in violent storms, and a curtain that is so dark that no light can shine through. It is impossible to truly see the abstract circular symbol that represents the blue planet.
Occasionally, these giant faces would see their own images on the mirror, and see the starlight spots belonging to the starry sky, and the inside of the mirror seemed to reflect a quiet street and several rows of two-story houses.
"Great Old One" were not interested in this, and quickly looked away, continuing to look for gaps that might penetrate the barrier.
Before Apocalypse really comes, this is the only thing they can do.
Feeling the terrifying sights leaving his kingdom, Angel, who was sitting on the single sofa, snorted softly, turned his kingdom around, and actively chased those Outer Deity who were peeking inside the barrier to prevent them from taking advantage of it and sending more power into the barrier.
As early as a year and a half ago, she cut out her own special part from Mirror World, and moved it to Astral World with the help of half "Dominator of the Spirit World" and "Lord of the Astral World", filling the vacancy after the successive deaths of "God of Combat" and "Eternal Blazing Sun", and liberating the "Black Emperor" Roselle that had been helping to maintain the barrier.
Although the latter is also God, his cornerstone and his kingdom are in Physical World. Even if he can be resurrected in Astral World relying on the previously established order, he cannot bring his own kingdom into Astral World as the kingdom of God.
Although Roselle can rely on "Distortion" and other means in a short period of time to allow Intis, which is still running its own order, to form corresponding concepts in Astral World to serve as the Kingdom of God, this does not last long. In the end, Angel's Mirror World will need to be on top.
This is also an important reason why "Black Emperor" Solomon and the other six God at Fourth Epoch could not truly form an alliance.
After gathering his thoughts, Angel stood up from the soft and comfortable single sofa, walked out of the living room, and came to the outside of this building that was consistent with the style of Tingen City 6 Daffodil Street's house.
This street is not a perfect replica of Physical World. It only has a few houses including No. 2. Beyond it is the dark and strange Mirror World. From time to time, there are ground shaking, falling meteorites, volcanic eruptions, and various firelights that reflect the outline of the entire Kingdom of God.
This is a world where only she, God, exists.
Even if I want to invite other Gods, they probably won't be willing. As long as they enter here, the male ones will be infected with obvious female characteristics, while the female ones will appear out of thin air from time to time with the ultimate Pleasure... As for Existences below God will immediately turn into stone statues if they see something they shouldn't see, or they will be attacked by various Catastrophe originating from within themselves... Only the peripheral area corresponding to the Kingdom of God, that is, the Mirror World area in reality is relatively safe and allows my believers to enter and exit...
Angel thought about it, walked around the street twice boredly, returned to his home, and sat down on the sofa next to the oriel window.
"Huh, in less than two years, I already feel completely bored. No wonder those Fourth Epoch beings who ascended to the throne of God have become weak in human nature and need to rely on a large number of believers as anchors to maintain their own balance. Perhaps after Apocalypse, I can transform my kingdom of God, or simply use the clone to stay in reality for a long time, just like 'God of Wisdom' Herabergen... He must have simulated the ability of Visionary..."
Angel quickly used this silent muttering method to relieve the loneliness in his heart and let his thoughts return to the current main problem.
It is now February 1354, less than half a year since the crimson color heralded by "Book of Revelation" fell from the sky. This also means that the Gods in the barrier only have a few months to make final preparations, and then they will welcome the arrival of Apocalypse and the invasion of "Great Old One".
This time should originally be in 1368. This is the conclusion reached by many prophets and even Spirit World's "Seven Lights". Even God firmly believes it and is preparing according to this time point.
However, the news brought by Angel Gray from another Timeline confirmed that this "node" of Apocalypse is not static, but will be affected by Great Old One, God and related mortals inside and outside the barrier to arrive in advance.
On this point, "Genie" in Sealed Artifact 0-05 once pointed out to her and Klein that Great Old One outside the barrier could not wait until The moment the barrier truly disappears, various methods will be used to advance the arrival of Apocalypse, so that God on the earth does not have the chance to become Great Old One and face the battle.
In this case, Angel should try to delay the arrival of this moment. Eliminating the followers of the evil god and moving the Kingdom of God to Astral World to seal the barrier loopholes are all carried out in accordance with this purpose, and are also seen by those Outer Deity who peek at the barrier.
But in fact, she is going to do the opposite and let "Apocalypse" arrive in advance!
The current barrier seems to be supported by six Gods: "Calamity", "Storm", "Wisdom", "Steam", "Earth Mother" and "Evernight". It is worry-free for the moment, but there are many hidden dangers.
If "Uncertain Mist" recovers early and returns to the Outer Deity queue, becoming the "intermediary" for their mutual cooperation...
If "Mother Goddess of Depravity" affects Earth Mother's status through the barrier, making him unable to support the barrier, or even becoming Outer Deity's puppet...
What if "Mother Tree of Desire" finds a new way to control Farbauti when Earth Mother is unable to protect Devil Monarch, allowing him to destroy it within the barrier...
If Celestial Worthy and God Almighty, two Pillars who are waiting for their own awakening, realize that they have been deceived, and each cooperates with Outer Deity to actively destroy the barrier...
Since Apocalypse is unavoidable, rather than not knowing when the barrier will break, or if it happens early due to the interference of Outer Deitys, it is better to take the initiative at the moment when one's own side has completed preparations.
Using the effect of "Book of Revelation", Grade 0 Sealed Artifact, to change the time predicted by Apocalypse is the first step. Although it is just a copy of Sealed Artifact formed by the characteristics of "Soothsayer", it can only have a certain impact on True God and is almost ineffective on Great Old One, but the prophecy is different from Divination itself is a mysterious and mysterious thing, and the future it predicts may not happen, but as long as the holder of Sealed Artifact and the person who knows the prophecy make preparations to avoid or meet fate, then it has a great probability of becoming true.
And even for God and Great Old One, fate is still wonderful.
On this basis, Angel's "The End Church" and Klein's "Church of the Fool" gained minimum faith among the countries that had almost stabilized their faith, and the countries withdrew Southern Continent, leaving the original Balam and Highlands Kingdom are independent and accept the protection of "Black Emperor" in order to allocate enough believers to God who will become Great Old One to welcome that moment. The gods have reached a tacit understanding on this point.
As for entrusting members of Temperance Faction to search for the remains of "Zedus", it is because Angel learned that "Brood Hive" had given birth to him with that God Almighty The brother and sister Omebella hope that through the mystical connection between mother and son, they can influence Sefirah who has never lost his will, and delay or even prevent "Mother Goddess of Depravity" from completing its own symbol and authority.
On the one hand, it is possible to preserve Earth Mother Lilith, or to allow him to survive Apocalypse as Angel. This is not difficult provided that Sanguine's anchor to the "ancestor" is strong enough; In terms of aspects, Mother Goddess of Depravity who failed to complete Sefirah is only equivalent to a slightly stronger and immortal Great Old One, rather than one of the Pillar who grasps reality. Even if he cannot be killed, there are many ways to expel him.
"It seems that Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun exchanged a copy of Sequence 2's 'Lightseeker' feature for Gift of the Land, perhaps because of 'True Creator' Grisha also thought of this? As the being who competes with God Almighty, Pillar, he must understand that Mother Goddess of Depravity is the biggest problem facing the earth...
"He controls the authority of 'Sun' but does not actively control Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun. He is giving up some believers for me and Klein. This shows that He has a considerable degree of tacit understanding of my plan... For Him, get back '' as soon as possible. Wisdom' and 'Storm'. After mastering the power of 'Chaos Sea', truly containing them and confronting the resurgent 'God Almighty' is the most important thing at the moment. Does He really have time to deal with 'Mother Goddess of Depravity'?"
Thinking of "God Almighty"'s behavior of housing City of Calamity, influencing Farbauti, awakening in "Eternal Blazing Sun"'s body, and trying to cooperate with Outer Deity, Angel sighed secretly.
Similar to the situation of Grisha Adam, "Fool" Klein is also facing the threat of the awakening of another Pillar level Great Old One. Although he is more advanced than "True Creator" Faster, all three required Pathway authorities have been obtained, but to this day, the Sefirah of "Sefirah Castle" is still not truly accommodated, let alone the Great Old Dominator that became Above the Sequence.
But fortunately, he did not really fall into a deep sleep. The silence that he had experienced for more than a year was almost all a disguise.
During this period, Klein was hiding among Gray Fog of Sefirah Castle, balancing his own humanity and divinity with the help of an increasing number of faith anchors, and on the other hand, he was gradually accommodating Sefirah Castle and mastering it in advance. Instead of truly accommodating the power of the two Pathways "Error" and "Gate", it can approach the state of Great Old One as closely as possible without affecting its own state or prompting "Celestial Worthy" to wake up.
And Arodes's Mirror from Historical Void, which has been placed in front of the high-backed chair in "The World", is the bridge of communication between him and Angel.
The two of them are each other's most important and stable anchor. How could one fall into a real deep sleep while the other remains indifferent?
Of course, on the surface, Angel still pretends to be "Fool" and falls into a deep sleep, and his condition is gradually getting worse. This makes everyone in Tarot Club convinced that Two Gods's situation is not good, and their views will be known to many people who care about this matter through contact with the outside world.
As of today, Klein is only one step away from truly mastering "Sefirah Castle". With his current mastery of Adjacent Pathways, once he accommodates Sefirah, can truly become Great Old One as quickly as possible, open the seal of the Western Continent, and give other God the opportunity to contact the Sefirah they need.
This is the second thing Angel has been doing: while maintaining the barrier, allow other God to use clones or gods to leave Astral World, and take the lead in With the help of the Western Continent Dao Integrator, it is integrated with the leaked power of Sefirah. Only by laying such a foundation can the real Sefirah be accommodated as soon as possible after the seal is released.
Evernight Goddess already has "Death" and "Twilight Giant" Pathway. Like Klein, he must have mastered the corresponding power in advance. With the help of "Underworld Daoist", he also has the opportunity to accommodate the tributaries of River of Eternal Darkness; God of Steam with my help Uniqueness, who obtained Hidden Sage next time, had a shorter time to master the power of Adjacent Pathways, and "Knowledge Moor" was contaminated by Brood Hive, and may not be able to quickly accommodate Sefirah after the seal is lifted; as for Earth Mother, now I just hope that he will not have bigger problems...
At this point, the third thing Angel has to do has been made clear: She needs to go to the Western Continent first before the two God who are most likely to become Great Old One, and kill the will of "City of Calamity". The sealed Malevolent Dragon will be the first to be promoted to Great Old One.
Only in this way can she maintain the barrier in a short period of time, allowing Evernight and steam to leave Astral World, and successively accommodate Sefirah and Adjacent Pathways Uniqueness, becoming "Eternal Darkness" and "Demon of Knowledge". At this point, there is no difference between Dual Pathways or even multiple Pathway True God and a single Pathway. Only the bits of Great Old One can replace more God, maintaining the barrier with a smaller number.
As for how to initiate the first step, that is, let Angel go to the Western Continent to compete with Malevolent Dragon for Sefirah's dominance before the seal is lifted, she already has a specific plan.
"I hope 'True Creator' Grisha really has such a tacit understanding, otherwise, the barrier may disappear prematurely under the attack of Outer Deity..."
She murmured to herself and disappeared into 6 Daffodil Street's living room.
Above Trier, which was as noisy as before, an illusory figure emerged from the sky, disappeared in an instant, and entered Mirror World.
With the help of the Special Mirror World that was born from Fourth Epoch below the city, she quickly passed through multiple layers of seals and came to the Old Trier ruins of the previous era without any hindrance.
The sky here is still burning with invisible and colorless flames, surrounded by an invisible fog, and countless ruined buildings surround a huge, half-collapsed palace.
Even at this time, "God of Steam" still maintains the seal of Fourth Epoch Trier, while the other half is coordinated by "True Creator" with the authority of Sun, so that no trace of the pollution that permeates this area and consists of the leaked power of many Sefirah is leaked to the outside world.
If he hadn't mastered all Mirror World, even the clone of God would have difficulty entering here.
Walking slowly along the abandoned streets paved with black stone slabs, Angel soon came to the burning palace.
This is the place where "Blood Emperor" Tudor finally fell. Originally, there should be a variety of Sefirah's powers remaining, but in Tudor 0 who had activated the power of "City of Calamity" After was sent into "River of Eternal Darkness" by Death Salinger, the fusion of the two Sefirah powers annihilated the other powers, making this place look particularly clean.
This is Angel's destination today. Tudor once broke through the seal with the authority of Red Priest, activating Western Continent's Sefirah power, but there is no interference from other forces.
She plans to conduct Last Time deep secret contract here and go to "City of Calamity" of the Western Continent.
At this moment, Angel was illuminated by the eternal flame in the palace in front and fell into the shadow behind him, and a figure slowly emerged.