This was not the first time Angel had encountered a location hidden entirely within the Mirror World. First there had been the special "Mirror Trier," then the island concealing the Fountain of Youth. Only High Sequence Witches with the corresponding abilities could enter them.
No wonder Nast, the King of the Five Seas, kept wanting to work with me... No, he originally invited Anne. Perhaps he wanted to use this Balancer's power to restrict the Ghost Empire's ability to enter the Mirror World. But if catching that ghost ship were so simple, the royal family, which also had a Balancer and even a Sequence 1 Hand of Order, would have done it long ago...
Moreover, during her several encounters with Georgina, Angel had sensed that what truly interested the woman was not her, the Golden Queen, but the Queen Anne's Revenge under her command.
"The Spirit World, or the Mirror World?"
In the end, Angel decided to ask Nast directly.
"The Mirror World, but not entirely. The Ghost Empire was made from a Sequence 1 characteristic left behind after the Night Emperor's death, with Sequence 2 characteristics from the Demoness and Lawyer pathways added to it. As a result, no single method can unravel its secrets."
Nast answered slowly, and the oppressive atmosphere in the captain's cabin eased slightly.
*In other words, we probably need Saints from all three pathways... at least Saints, to have a chance of opening the Ghost Empire and entering it? No wonder neither the royal family nor the King of the Five Seas has found a good solution. Nast himself belongs to the Lawyer pathway, but he lacks helpers from the Demoness and Arbiter pathways. The royal family has Arbiter and Lawyer Beyonders, but only recently began cooperating with the Demoness Sect, and its attention