"We can begin..."
Klein's calm instructions came from the gray fog before Angel as she stood on the beach.
She nodded. Once the gray fog that only she could see had disappeared, she looked out at the boundless sea around her and sank into thought.
This place was not far from the island where Dream City stood. There were no other human settlements nearby, making it well suited to the battle that might follow.
Meanwhile, Ilian Sauron, currently the only female High Sequence Witch capable of advancing, would drink her potion in Saint Angelica Church within Dream City and attempt to advance to Unaging.
Before this, Angel had already helped her venture deep into the Mirror World and find her Mirror Person. This woman looked exactly like Ilian but was far more emotionally volatile, swearing as she accused Angel of using them both as bait. Angel had sat down with her for a long talk, explained everything, and obtained her forgiveness.
Under these circumstances, Ilian had a very good chance of successfully advancing to Sequence 3 after drinking the correctly concocted potion—provided the great terror deep within the mirrors did not appear.
And this was the trump card that would draw out Cheek, the Primordial Demoness.
Of course, with Empress Roselle having learned all of this, that deity might already know that Angel intended to use Ilian to lure her out. She had very likely made preparations, such as having the four Catastrophe Demonesses under her command—Gray, Blue, Yellow, and Purple—attack together with the Demoness Sect's Grade 0 Sealed Artifacts to eliminate the threat posed by Ilian in advance. Or she might have a Demoness angel wearing a Sapphire Ring invoke her descent so she could act in person.
Whatever response the other side chose, Angel already had a contingency