According to Goredolf, Angel and others knew how to end the turmoil facing the city "in advance".
That is to use Anne's ability as "Balancer" to accommodate this Sequence 1's Beyonder Characteristic before "Hand of Order" reestablishes order, and use his own intelligence to control it, a law enforcer who will only act according to predetermined procedures.
"In fact, this does not make her a real Sequence 1, but uses that characteristic like Sealed Artifact. Of course, this is closer than normal use... Only Beyonder, which is the same as Pathway, can do this."
Goredolf talked eloquently, then pointed directly downward and continued:
"Just below City Hall is the mausoleum of 'Night Emperor', which is also the 'Memorial Hall' of that empire. That 'Hand of Order' is at the deepest place. Normally it would be protected by other Sequence 2 Beyonder Characteristic who are restrained. Even Angel is inaccessible, but now..."
Glancing at the increasingly chaotic scene around him, he chuckled.
"Oh, it's already undefended."
"You know everything about this city so well? Why don't you try Stealing and those Beyonder Characteristic yourself?"
Angel asked with a frown.
"Analysis All these are the core capabilities of 'Cipher Scholar'... As for why I didn't take action in advance, of course it's because I can't swallow these 'trophies' at all, and it will cause the entire city to collapse, and I will be buried deep in Spirit World, just like everything happening now..."
Goredolf clicked his tongue and replied, as if he was a little disappointed that he failed to succeed.
At this time, he looked a bit like "Blasphemer" Amon.
Of course, the serious expression belonging to the "Archon" quickly returned to Goredolf's face. He continued to explain the precautions for entering the tomb. This was obviously information obtained by the Amon clone who called himself "Cipher Scholar" for many years. Finally, he looked at Angel and said:
"You'd better go with her. It can't be entered by conventional means... Also, this may be of some help to you."
"Is this a trick of 'Blasphemer'?"
Angel curled his lips and said.
"No, it's the advice of 'fate Trojan Horse'."
Goredolf straightened his monocle and answered.
So, he sees some kind of destiny again and thinks that if I go underground together, I will gain more?
Angel thought for a moment, took out a "Calamity" Charm made using "Worm of Time" as the base material, handed it to Klein, and said:
"If we don't come out in ten minutes, attack him... Even if he absorbs Beyonder Characteristic from Nemo, he shouldn't be able to surpass Sequence 3."
The latter nodded, his eyes locked on Goredolf.
The same goes for the ubiquitous Rabbit Gehrmans.
Taking one last look at the sun and the moon, "Dream City" gradually fell into Spirit World fog. Angel took a deep breath, took two steps forward, stretched out his arms to hug Anne, and entered "Mirror World" when her feet were off the ground due to the height difference and her expression became a little stiff.
"I thought you would suggest that I go underground with them. After all, there is a Angel and a Sequence 3's Saint over there. I have no chance of winning."
After a while, Goredolf looked at Klein, smiled and said.
Don't answer him. Talking too much will make mistakes... Klein muttered in his heart, ignoring the other party's words.
Seeing this, Amon's Avatar smiled even more, and continued as if teasing Klein to answer:
"Aren't you curious, when Nemo was doing that thing last night, was it 'Amon' or 'Nemo'?"
Klein's expression froze, and he tried his best not to look at the other person, but the curiosity in his heart once again defeated caution.
"How do you know what happened last night? As 'Archon', you can monitor the entire city?"
"This is a serious accusation, and it means that I violated three Prohibitions in the law... But as long as I absorb his 'Worm of Time' and Beyonder Characteristic, I will naturally know everything that happened... But at that time, he was using the few 'Worm of Time' to parasitize on wild birds to secretly observe the Demoness. What was left at home was a body with only basic physiological reactions."
Goredolf replied without any change in expression.
It turned out that the bird with white eye circles was the work of "Nemo" Amon. Instead, we cast our doubtful eyes on "Archon", although judging from the results, both were Amon's Avatar... Besides, what kind of strange term is "basic physiological reaction"... Thoughts flashed through Klein's mind, and he decided to end the conversation and no longer talk to the other party.
But the temperament belonging to Amon in Goredolf's heart once again took over, and he said with a smile:
"You seem to be wary of me... is it because you have met other me before and were at a disadvantage in battles or interactions?"
Those clones Beyonder Characteristic have now entered Pallez's belly, and "Worm of Time" has also been made into various Charm... Klein muttered, and simply raised the one on his hand. Calamity" Charm, wrapped in the purple translucent Charm, is a curled "Worm of Time", which unambiguously explains the "end" of those Amon clones.
"I see... Tsk, the source of this power is very strange. It shouldn't be controlled by a 'Unaging' Demoness."
Goredolf studied Charm with great interest, smacked his lips after a moment, and added:
"Use it carefully and don't bring more Calamity to this city."
"I was really surprised to hear such words from a Amon clone," Klein said with a hint of sarcasm, "I almost forgot that the purpose of your coming here is to get everything in 'Ghost Empire'."
"Making actions that are not in line with your ideas is also a Deception."
"Amon" smiled, pinched the monocle of his right eye and said.
Holding Anne with abnormal body Feather Fall, Angel briefly passed through several passages in Mirror World and entered a space directly below City Hall, which was also the deepest space in the entire Floating Island, emerging from the black marble floor as smooth as a mirror.
This place is unusually wide, like a square built underground, but there is no gap for light to pass through. Angel can identify the surrounding environment with Dark Vision and finds that the architectural style here is similar to that on the ground. They are all symmetrical designs with deep black as the main body at the end of Fourth Epoch. Above the head are two rows of inverted candlesticks numbering 40 and 41, extending into the distance.
Anne, who was put down by her, stepped on the floor with both feet, took two steps out with a sigh of relief, and waved casually. The passive but seemingly ubiquitous light replaced the darkness, filling the entire underground space.
At the same time, the murals engraved on the surrounding stone walls also caught their eyes.
The contents of the mural include huge ships heading against the waves, buildings stretching to the horizon, portraits of tall, serious-faced people, or people with old-fashioned expressions and strange clothes, as well as the specific image of God that Angel had seen in Klein's display.
This is the armada of the Trensoest Empire, the capital city Backlund, and the famous nobles. In addition, in the era when this city was built, the six righteous gods had become seven, with the addition of "God of Steam and Machinery". No, it should be called "Artisan God" at that time...
Angel's eyes paused briefly on the mural of the "New God", remembering the image of the other person leaning on a scroll, holding the hammer of Artisan, standing on the base formed by gears, and then looked at other locations in this "Memorial Hall".
The space they were in did not have any entrances or exits, but the surrounding stone walls left many pattern marks like knives and axes. At the end pointed by the candlestick above their heads stood a stone platform higher than the ground.
Different from the Memorial Hall on the ground, there are two huge stone thrones on the stone platform. One is sitting on "Night Emperor" Trunsoest, and the other is slightly smaller, carrying a beautiful woman who is slightly shorter than Trunsoest, but still has a height ratio higher than that of most women.
Even though she was just a stone sculpture, Angel's eyes stayed on her face and body for a long time, unwilling to leave, as if driven by some primitive desire from deep within.
That is the pursuit of "beauty".
"This is 'Blood Moon Queen' Olmir, the queen of Sanguine and the wife of 'Night Emperor'."
Anne on the side introduced, his eyes reluctantly moved away from the statue of Olmir and looked above the two thrones.
There was a Regular Octahedron floating there that was emitting dark golden light and constantly rotating. It was only the size of a fist, but it made Anne feel a kind of inner fear, wanting to kneel down to it, surrender, and integrate into the "order" it established.
This is the descendant of Beyonder Characteristic from "Hand of Order", the law enforcement force that controls the entire "Hope City".
Around it, sentences like Ancient Feysac written in invisible strokes continue to appear and disappear. Angel can recognize some of the words. Although they are incoherent, they are all keywords that form a new law.
"It is restoring Oldest One's version of the law. There is no 'archon', only strict class divisions, Beyonder and the law that nobles are above ordinary people."
Anne said with a serious face.
That is no different from most countries in Fifth Epoch. Of course, "Hope City" definitely doesn't want to be restored to that "version" now... Angel muttered, suddenly realizing the reason for the change in Anne's expression.
If this version of the law is completed, there will be no "Archon" position, and "Hand of Order" will continue to control the entire city with strict laws according to its own will until corresponding changes are made again due to changes in the situation.
"Then... go quickly. I have a hunch that the more perfect its 'law' is, the more powerful it will be and the harder it will be to control." Angel looked at Anne and said after considering, "If we find it difficult to control its power, we will leave immediately and find other ways to solve this crisis."
"Don't worry. Although this Beyonder Characteristic is higher than Sequence, it will not have the corresponding activity before the law is completed. I am confident that I can control it instead of being controlled by it."
Anne, who had always looked serious before, now smiled. She opened her right hand, and a strange symbol gradually appeared in her palm.
That was the mark that appeared after she signed a contract with Angel and transferred power many times through this connection. It was symmetrical on the left and right, and completely different from top to bottom, like a city crumbling in a storm.
"Except for Roselle, you and Bernadette are my only remaining anchors in this world."
As he spoke, the figure of Anne disappeared in a dark golden light, and immediately appeared next to the Regular Octahedron, almost overlapping it.
As if anticipating the coming of some kind of crisis, the gilt text written and erased around Regular Octahedron suddenly accelerated, and a new "Prohibition" was quickly formed.
"...'Fall of the Emperor' is the most precious thing. No living being is allowed to touch it without permission. Violators..."
Before that paragraph of text could fully emerge and be fixed, it was penetrated by a faster dark golden line.
That's a strikethrough, meaning this Prohibition is invalid!
At one end of the line, Anne's weak and boneless right hand suddenly stretched out and grabbed Regular Octahedron, which was constantly rotating and projecting more words around.
The entire "Memorial Hall" instantly fell into violent shaking.
On the roof of the City Hall, the conversation became less and less speculative. It almost turned into a one-sided inquiry by Goredolf, and the exchange of Klein's silence came to an abrupt end.
Klein looked around in surprise during the suddenly violent earthquake, and found that the fog eroding the edge of the city did not spread faster, and the mutant creatures that broke in were also lost in some kind of "Distortion" or "forbidden" power.
"It's not that Catastrophe is accelerating, it should be... Anne is trying to obtain the power of 'Hand of Order'?"
He took the initiative to look at Amon's Avatar and asked.
"That should be the case, but this process is not foolproof. The 'Balancer' Miss is likely to be controlled by a more powerful force, and instead becomes a puppet of order, losing himself in the most primitive and ruthless version of the law."
Goredolf replied while turning his head, the brass-rimmed monocle shining in the dusk light and crimson Crimson Moon light above his head.
"Is this your purpose? To Deception us and solve the Angel that poses the greatest threat to you? So that you can escape at any time?"
"If I wanted to escape, I wouldn't follow that Demoness back to this city," Goredolf sneered, and then said, "That's why I asked Anne Gustav to take her into the Memorial Hall with her. The contract and connection between the two can effectively maintain the former's 'humanity' and avoid the worst case scenario."
"Human nature..." Klein murmured, and immediately thought of another word, "Is it an 'anchor' for promotion?"
"It's not a promotion, but the difficulty of mastering a copy of Sequence 1 and Beyonder Characteristic is not much different from that of promotion. Let me think about it, the success rate is only about 10%."
With that said, Goredolf pushed the monocle in his right eye socket again.
"With a 10% chance, even the craziest gambler can't do this kind of thing... Also, why don't you use those crystal glasses? Each clone should have one, right?"
Klein asked coldly.
"If that's the case, I'm afraid something will happen that you and I don't want to see. For example, my true body will come here..." The corners of the Amon clone's mouth gradually turned up, and while speaking the most horrifying words, it looked at the sky, "Ah, there was a slight problem with my calculations. The success rate is actually 90%, and they have already done it."
The next second, the Crimson Moon in the sky disappeared from everyone's sight like a phantom. The quiet light of dusk covered the sky again. The surrounding area had touched the edge of the city. The fog that was about to invade the streets also dispersed in an instant. The earthquake that made the crowds gathered in the streets and squares below unable to stand gradually subsided.
Then, a childish but majestic word appeared in the ears of every "Dream City" resident:
"Residents of 'Dream City', I am your new Archon, Anne Gustav.
"With the help of 'Golden Queen'Angelica Zaki, the Catastrophe faced by this city has been resolved. Below, I am announcing several new ordinances:
"First, the temporary curfew starts now. All residents are asked to return to their homes in an orderly manner..."
PS: I think I will be very busy today. I will check if there is a second chapter tonight depending on the situation...
I will probably be very busy today. I'll see if there's a second chapter tonight depending on the situation...