The last time Angel had come to the summit of the Hornacis Mountain Range, she had accompanied Klein to find Antigonus and "borrow" a Beyonder characteristic.
Back then, the castle that sealed the "Half Fool" had been hidden in the center of the Nation of the Evernight atop the mountain. Only Spirit Vision could reveal its outline, and Klein had needed to use the power of a Sefirah to induce convergence with the Beyonder characteristics inside Antigonus, bringing the castle governed by Concealment back into reality.
Now, however, the moment Angel left the Mirror World, a magnificent building appeared before her, plainly visible to the naked eye.
Its design matched the central castle of the Nation of the Evernight, but it was considerably larger, occupying the entire weed-covered clearing. One wall and its adjoining towers had completely collapsed. Streams of invisible, colorless flame tried to erupt from within, only to be restrained by a gloomy curtain that extinguished everything.
After observing it for a while, Angel finally remembered where she had seen this castle before.
It was the enormous, half-collapsed palace in the ruins of Fourth Epoch Trier—the place where the "Blood Emperor," Alistar Tudor, had fallen!
Had Tudor, imprisoned here for less than half a month, already used his own power to remodel the castle that originally belonged to Antigonus, turning it into a replica of his royal capital after it was destroyed by war and sealed by the gods? Or was this some kind of "dream" the Goddess had deliberately created to seal him here?
As Angel pondered, a figure almost identical to her took shape beside her.
This "Angel" also wore a long dress and had flowing blond hair, but a metallic-black crown stained with countless traces of blood and rust rested on her head. She held