"Yes, I have gathered all the materials for 'Unaging' Potion."
To Klein's surprise, Angel just nodded calmly, skipped this important news, and continued:
"Also, I found a Trick Sorcerer in 'Fountain of Youth'... a Trick Sorcerer who was completing 'Scholar of Yore' Promotion Ritual, and after a not-so-pleasant exchange, I dealt with her and made Spirit Channeling."
Scholar of Yore...Klein's thinking paused for a moment before becoming confused due to surprise.
He asked hesitantly:
"So, you... asked about the Potion formula of 'Scholar of Yore'?"
"Unfortunately, no."
In the next few minutes, Klein heard from Angel her whole process of exploring and fighting in that special Mirror World today. In addition to the most important goal, The dead branches of the ancient trees next to "Fountain of Youth" were easily accessible, and Beyonder Characteristic who harvested various Sequence also made him sincerely happy for Angel.
Of course, for Klein, the most important thing is the "ritual" mentioned by Trick Sorcerer Sophia.
"Completely separated from reality for 300 years, after becoming history and no longer belonging to the current era, take Potion..."
Repeating "Scholar of Yore" Promotion Ritual, Klein fell into an inexplicable sense of absurdity.
The concept of "not belonging to the current era" immediately reminded him of the "Fool" Honorific Name he made up. The first sentence of it was "Fool that does not belong to this era."
In the understanding of other Tarot Club members, this is naturally a description of himself by a certain resurrected ancient god. Klein also intended to guide them to think in this direction, but he knew clearly that this sentence was completely ridiculing "Zhou Mingrui" who had traveled to this world and had no fixed soul, and it was also a summary of his own identity at that time.
But in the circus of Iron Cross Street, the "Fool" card was selected, becoming "Fool" above Gray Fog, and under the influence of Roselle's Diary, "Seer" Pathway was selected, finally saw Card of Blasphemy, who represented Pathway, and after "Fool", Klein had a strong feeling of Inevitability in his heart, and he knew that many of his choices had been affected by many forces.
He had comforted himself that all these were changes brought about by his own choices, and that he had exerted his "subjective initiative" to move forward in both directions. However, after learning about the Promotion Ritual of "Scholar of Yore", the top-heavy feeling of being surrounded by Inevitability and walking step by step on the already marked road returned to Klein.
Angel didn't seem to notice his trance, or she thought it was a normal reaction of "Trick Sorcerer" when she heard the almost unattainable Promotion Ritual. She just smiled and continued:
"Fortunately, Sophia has pointed out a clear path for us. This should also be her teacher. The Zarathus you met has prepared it for her... Continuous soaking in 'Fountain of Youth' can keep the body in optimal condition After completing the ritual and taking Potion, the longer vitality of Sequence 3 will offset the "loss" of these three hundred years... This may not be the best method, but it is indeed proven to be useful."
No, Angel, I don't need it at all...
If I had really been in the destiny's arrangement, if I had accepted someone's "gift", then I should have been able to take Potion after I configured "Scholar of Yore", because the time I was suspended above that light door was many times longer than three hundred years...
Klein's own voice sounded in his head.
At this moment, his frustrated expression could no longer be concealed, and he didn't even want to use Faceless's characteristics to hide it.
All that remained in his mind were the various choices he made after coming to this world, and pictures kept flashing through him: joining Nighthawks, choosing "Seer", meeting Angel, being attracted by each other, trying to integrate into the world, but died in the conspiracy of Ince Zangwill, resurrected, and met Angel again...
Are these so-called "choices" and "decisions" really your own ideas?
Have you been in some kind of "arrangement" from the moment you became "Klein Moretti"?
Suddenly, Klein felt his upper body tighten and was tightly embraced by Angel's hands.
The soft voice of the other party also came to his ears:
"It doesn't matter, I will always be with you... In the 175 years that Sophia has been guarding Fountain of Youth, only three 'Unaging' Demoness have been promoted there, meaning It means that this Sequence has a long life. When you finish digesting the Potion of 'Trick Sorcerer' and make all preparations, we will go there together and spend this not-so-long period of time."
Angel...
Klein pursed his lips, stretched out his hands, and hugged her tightly.
He knew that the other party must have misunderstood his expression, thinking that he was despairing of the harsh Promotion Ritual of "three hundred years of separation from reality." This is indeed a major difficulty for normal "Trick Sorcerer", and may even be more difficult than collecting Potion materials, but for me, it is a problem that has been solved and there is no need to worry.
Just like Promotion Ritual of "Unaging" Potion... wait, why can Angel easily bypass this? She doesn't seem to be worried about the "dislocation of age and mentality" required by "Unaging" for a long time?
Is it because I have spent a long time hanging above the light gate? Could it be that she... she happened to complete the ceremony due to the change of identity as Ince Zangwill said, or is it because... she does not belong to this era?
Thinking of the three empty Light Cocoon seen on top of Gray Fog, and thinking of the last unknown "traveler" besides Emperor Roselle, Klein's heart became entangled again.
On the one hand, he hopes that Angel is the last "companion" he is looking for, which will add a link to the already close relationship between the two; on the other hand, he is worried that his guess is not correct. In addition to being disappointed, it may also expose the secret that Angel is unwilling to reveal, affecting the relationship between the two.
This made him extremely hesitant, and he never dared to take this step and open his mouth to test.
Seeing that Klein gradually "calmed down", Angel breathed a sigh of relief. She hugged him tightly again, loosened her arms, and used invisible silk threads to bring the ritual knife to quickly place Wall of Spirituality in the bedroom. Then, under Klein's eyes, she took out the materials she had prepared long ago.
The blood of a centenarian, the dead branches next to "Fountain of Youth"... and finally the characteristics of "Unaging" contained in a small wooden box.
After putting them one by one into the small pot used to prepare the medicine, various solids or liquids such as blood and dead branches were mixed together, completely dissolving the Beyonder Characteristic that couldn't help but attract the attention of the two people. The red and gray colors in the pot continued to merge, gradually deepening, and finally becoming a pure black viscous liquid.
Although Angel knew that Potion had been successfully configured after seeing Beyonder Characteristic fully integrated into it, she still conducted a divination and came to the conclusion that the pot of Potion in front of her was extremely dangerous, but she could accept it.
Klein also threw out the amethyst pendant and solemnly did a pendulum divination and got the same result.
He was about to use another method to confirm again when he heard the calm voice of Angel with a hint of hesitation:
"If the promotion fails, I will try my best to suppress myself for a while before losing control. You can immediately remove me, Marionettization, so that I will not threaten you or others... Anyway, judging from the previous situation, the probability of my 'resurrection' is quite high..."
As she spoke, she laughed dryly, but Klein didn't see any smile on her face.
She was also not sure whether she could be successfully promoted or whether she could be resurrected after death... Klein's heart tightened, and she wanted to dissuade Angel from being promoted for the time being, but she didn't know how to speak.
Although the two solved Ince Zangwill, the problems they faced were no less than when Mid Sequence. The truth of "Great Smog", the coveting of "Blasphemer" Amon, and the existence of "Demoness Sect" all required them to face it with stronger strength.
And unlike the "destiny" that Klein suspected, Angel really received the attention of "Angel of Imagination" Adam, and became the favored one of Goddess. Church of Evernight will The Beyonder Characteristic of "Unaging" was definitely not given to her for her to make Mystical Item for her own use, but for her to improve Sequence as soon as possible and become the real "Goddess Shadow"...
Taking out a gold coin that he carried with him, Klein threw it up with a "ding" sound. His trembling hands almost failed to catch the falling coin.
Just when he lowered his head to look at the palm of his hand, Angel had already taken a deep breath and drank Potion in one gulp.
The black Potion seemed to have turned into mist, completely surrounding Angel.
She could feel the liquid from her entrance instantly soaking into her torso and limbs. The biting coldness made the skin all over her body tighten, and something seemed to be slowly squirming behind her head.
They were hairs that became thicker and thicker, with ends like eyeballs, snake heads, and tentacles.
This is a sign of losing control... Angel immediately stabilized his emotions, worked hard to control the changes in his body, and restored his hair to its light golden softness.
Then, the black mist around her faded, and different scenes appeared.
That was the scene on the day he, Angel Gray, was born in 2055.
It was a scene of his parents dying due to strange events that suddenly appeared around the world when he was young.
That is the picture of being taken in and cultivated by the church's organization, and finally joining them and becoming Templar Knight.
It was a picture of the whole world uniting to fight against the evil spirits pouring out from all over the world, but inevitably moving towards Apocalypse step by step.
That was the scene where he accepted the order and led the team to drag down a certain Devil, but the other party threw a Flame Spear through his body and died unwillingly on the street.
This time, Angel was able to see a clearer picture from the blurred memory in his mind, and he also recognized the now extremely familiar Flame Spear.
That is Flame Spear formed by controlling the flames of "Pyromaniac"!
It turns out that at that time, I had already had some kind of connection with the extraordinary power of this era, although it was at the cost of my life...
Angel suddenly understood, watching the scene around him gradually emerge, then gradually disappear, and finally stayed on the lonely street in that city, staying on Angel Gray's body that seemed to be eternal and unchanged, without any change.
She knew that there was no longer "reality", but "City of Calamity".
I just lay there, lying in "City of Calamity". After an unknown amount of time, until the outside world was destroyed and reborn, until after four long epochs, I came to God, which no longer exists in this world. Fifth Epoch, the human master of Earth Mother, came to... the day when Cole Granger died...
Angel looked at his body quietly until a new picture emerged in the black mist.
It was a dark basement. A naked girl with long blond hair lay quietly on the floor covered in blood. Beside her, stood two figures, a man and a woman.
The man is a middle-aged man in a simple white robe with a light golden beard and a warm expression. He has a silver cross pendant hanging on his chest and his hands are hanging naturally. He is the "Angel of Imagination" Adam that Angel has seen several times.
Beside him, the woman Angel had observed in the haze but could not identify her true face, finally no longer covered her face in the black mist.
She is not too old and wears a hooded classical robe. Her long black hair hangs down from the sides of the hood. Her black eyes lack emotion and her face is beautiful but somewhat dull.
This time, Angel also recognized her identity.
She once expelled "Lady Despair" Panacea in Backlund Great Smog, helped herself to be temporarily promoted to "Affliction" Demoness, and stopped the spread of the disease;
She once helped Mr. Azik stop merging with Death's memory in "Salinger Mausoleum" deep in the Berserk Sea, and gave him the opportunity to choose his own life;
Her statue appears in the mysterious Mist Town and is called "Mother of the Sky";
She is the vessel that descended when "Evernight Goddess" walked in the world!
Although I seem to have guessed it all