One more minute, no, 30 seconds at most, and I won't be able to return to my normal body... Angel understood something in her heart, but the situation was urgent at the moment, and she couldn't care about so much. At most, at most, just like Backlund Great Smog, she would just die again...
Determined, she took out another "betrayal" Charm. With her current Spirituality, she could only use the Advanced Charm that had been strengthened by hundreds of milliliters of blood once. Then she might lose control because the Spirituality was exhausted and the incomplete Mythical Creature Form was exposed.
This is Last Time's chance. Hit it on the head. It would be great if Reenactment "King of the North" kills her... She thought, staring at Magic Mirror with purple eyes that couldn't see the whites of her eyes. She stabilized her mind amidst the murmurs and howls that filled her brain again, and prepared to activate the Charm in her hand.
"Wait a minute."
Angel heard Klein's words in his ears. He groped for Angel's wrist, stopped her movement, then turned his body sideways, closed his eyes, and "looked" this way through his eyelids.
Even if it was just like this, the "snake-haired" form displayed by Angel made his body stiffen, his expression tightened, and a wisp of dark blood seeped out of the corners of his eyes.
The venomous snakes on Angel's head were either spitting out red letters or looking at Klein with one eye wide open as if to defend themselves, which aggravated the feeling that his whole body was stiff and almost turning into stone. Fortunately, Angel could barely control his own shape and let the venomous snakes hang down like ordinary hair.
Klein repeatedly entered and exited Gray Fog. Spirit Body and his mentality, which had been tested by existences such as "Eternal Blazing Sun" and "True Creator", finally came into play. He quickly changed from Angel is both dangerous and has fatal charm, making people want to go forward and be surrounded by poisonous snakes to recover from the temptation. Withstanding the invisible power of death of Feathered Serpent across a sarcophagus, he quickly took out a black crystal piece like Charm from his pocket.
"Luck Stealer"!
Angel heard from the other party that Advanced Charm, which was partially helped by Mr. Fool and made by Klein himself, can change the fate of two targets. The time is short, but it can transfer almost any fate.
She instantly understood Klein's thoughts.
Feathered Serpent seems to be indestructible. Feathered Serpent wants to merge with Mr. Azik. This is probably the purpose of "Artificial Death". He needs certain characteristics of Azik to restore himself to his strongest state.
What if the fates of Klein and Azik are reversed, so that Feathered Serpent's target becomes Klein that has nothing to do with him, and Error absorbs certain qualities?
It's like Potion that Beyonder took after taking Error. It can range from losing control to death directly.
At that time, Angel's "betrayal" Charm may be able to play a real role...
"Azik?"
She asked in confirmation.
Klein nodded without any hesitation.
He is the same as me... Angel raised the corners of his mouth slightly, held Klein's hand holding "Luck Stealer" Charm, and pressed towards the figure belonging to Azik in Magic Mirror.
She is also not sure whether this "Luck Stealer" Charm, which has the power of Demigod at most, can work on Sequence 2's Azik, and whether it can Interfering with Sequence or the higher "Artificial Death", it is even more uncertain whether Klein can survive and resurrect like before after suffering the fate of Azik.
But she respects the other person's choice, just like her own decision before opening her eyes.
Maintaining the channel between Magic Mirror and Ice Mirror above, Angel said:
"Now!"
At the same time, the mountain-like Feathered Serpent body deep in the mausoleum almost covered Azik. The latter accelerated his pace and walked towards the illusory Feathered Serpent body. His face was getting closer and closer to the huge bronze-skinned face above.
The mausoleum began to shake, and loud noises echoed in the vast tomb. The surrounding stone walls seemed to become transparent, showing a world where countless skeletons were wandering and countless shadows were walking through.
Black tentacles and blood-stained arms penetrated the boundary between Underworld and reality and came to the mausoleum. They swayed and cheered to welcome the return of the master of Underworld.
"No!"
Azik roared for the last time. The half of Spirit Body in his body that longed for completeness pulled him towards Feathered Serpent. His body became more and more Feather Fall, almost rising into the air. The golden bird decoration on his forehead burst into pale flames, covering his whole body, making him almost turn into Feathered Serpent with wings on his back and feathers covering his body.
"Destiny!"
Klein took a deep breath, did not rely on his own sight, selected the position completely through Angel's instructions, and used Ancient Hermes to recite the opening spell of "Luck Stealer" Charm.
Angel also grasped the "betrayal" Charm in his hand, and was about to give it the strongest blow the moment Feathered Serpent showed a flaw.
Neither of them thought about what they would do if they failed, or how they would be resurrected if they died.
"..."
In an instant, the shaking in the mausoleum stopped, the loud noises all around stopped, and the Underworld that was about to merge with reality also disappeared.
In the silence, Klein instinctively stopped charging Spirituality into Charm in his hand, and raised his head in confusion.
He found that even if he didn't open his eyes, it was constantly filling his mind, and the murmurs that made him almost crazy had stopped. The Angel beside him also recovered from the weird but alluring snake-haired form, and looked at the Magic Mirror in his hand with the same doubts.
A deep black covered the mirror, covering Feathered Serpent and Mr. Azik.
This darkness seemed to absorb all light, making people feel peaceful from the inside. Angel and Klein looked at each other.
From the strange phenomenon that suddenly stopped, the no longer shaking mausoleum and the quiet environment, the two of them could feel that the power that had threatened Mr. Azik no longer existed. At least it had stopped eroding the poor man who was resisting the end. But was there a new threat next? What is that invisible blackness?
The two of them had no clue at all.
After a moment of hesitation, Angel was ready to stand up and directly observe the situation deep in the tomb with the naked eye, but Klein stopped her and directed one of the Marionettes who were crowded behind the sarcophagus with her, "Winner" Enzo, to try.
Just when Enzo was about to stand up, a female voice came from their ears, soft and melodious but lacking in fluctuation:
"You have three choices..."
The moment he heard this voice, Angel found its owner in his memory.
Backlund Great Smog helped her solve "Lady Despair", and then handed it over to herself Sapphire Ring and "Affliction" Beyonder Characteristic, and finally killed her own woman honorably after calming down the threat of Great Smog.
Angel in Goddess Church, "Mother of the Sky" who has a statue in Mist Town!
How did He come here? It seems to have helped Mr. Azik... Angel's eyes widened, countless thoughts flashed through his mind, but he didn't dare to move at all.
The same was true for Klein beside her. Marionette Enzo was hiding behind the sarcophagus in a weird half-crouching posture. The two Marionette just listened quietly to the conversation between Azik and "Him".
"... First, let the soul be complete and let Salinger be reborn in your body;
"Second, I will help you extract the other half of your soul, and you will find a way to sew it together yourself, and finally return to the state of Fourth Epoch. You don't have to be reborn again and again to retrieve your memories, but your experiences over the years will also become dreams deep in your memory;
"The third is to leave here and no longer look for the 'end' and 'answer', nor can you continue to be promoted. You will remain in the current state, constantly losing memory and being reborn with this half of your soul, and gradually regaining your own memory. In the end, the experience of Fourth Epoch will become a small part of your life."
Three choices... We have reached the last step just now. Mr. Azik was almost swallowed by that Feathered Serpent. Now he can actually make a choice?
It sounds like none of the three options are good, but letting "Salinger" reborn from the body must be the worst one... Couldn't this Salinger be Artificial Death, no, Fourth Epoch is the real Death, right? He set up a plan. As long as Azik regains his complete memory and power, can he be resurrected in his body through some means?
Excluding this most dangerous choice, the other two also have their own problems. The second one may make Mr. Azik become the kind of person he least wants to be. Well, this is actually the real him, but after more than a thousand years of constant Reincarnation, his "half of the soul" seems to have become a different person. He will definitely resist the interference of the "other half", which may cause some kind of mental and personality split...
The last option sounds like maintaining the status quo, and among the three options, Angel thinks it is the most acceptable. However, repeated gains and losses may make Mr. Azik tired of this kind of death and resurrection every 60 years. What will he choose...
Angel was thinking, and couldn't help but want to stand up and take a look at Azik's current status, as well as the true appearance of "Mother of the Sky" who could "give him three choices".
But the power of blocking Magic Mirror from prying eyes made her understand that the other party didn't want her to witness the current scene.
This choice belongs exclusively to Azik Eggers.
After a long period of silence, Azik's somewhat slow but extremely firm words came:
"I don't want to forget them or these warm experiences. I choose three."
As soon as he finished speaking, he groaned, obviously suffering from some kind of uncontrollable Affliction.
This made Angel nervous again. She looked at the Magic Mirror in her hand. In the darkness that covered everything, there seemed to be a golden light, but the golden light was fleeting. Azik's humming was replaced by gasping. The continuous sound gradually calmed down and finally disappeared.
"Thank you for your help, can I leave?"
His respectful voice came from the depths of the mausoleum again.
No other sounds were heard, it seemed that "Mother of the Sky" nodded instead of answering, the sound of Azik's leather shoes came, and then his tired tone:
"That's it. It's all over."
The voice came from behind the two of them. Angel and Klein quickly stood up and turned to look.
His forehead was still twitching, and Azik, who seemed to be suffering from some kind of mental Affliction, was looking at them. The top hat on his head had disappeared, and the deep scar on his forehead and the golden bird decoration in it had disappeared. Of course, the scales on his face and the back of his hands had also returned to bronze skin, and there was a familiar smile in his eyes, not coldness or madness.
Looking over his shoulder, Angel looked into the depths of the mausoleum, which was covered by the black shadows seen in Magic Mirror before. The surrounding black mist gradually filled in and enveloped everything.
The Feathered Serpent and "Mother of the Sky" have disappeared.
Looking at the tired Azik, Angel did not intend to ask questions now. Instead, he approached the other party and waited obediently for the "Death Consul" who chose to "maintain the status quo" and retain their memory. He reached out and pressed his shoulder. On the other side, Klein did the same.
After a while, with the superposition of black, gray, and white color blocks, they left the mausoleum and entered Spirit World.
At the moment when his vision was blocked by the bright colors, Angel saw the black mist being dispersed by invisible force, and a female figure wearing a classical robe with a hood covering the upper half of her face appeared deep in the mausoleum.
The corners of his mouth hidden in the shadows were slightly raised, as if he was looking at Angel.