Zaratul's heart sank. He made another wish to himself, only to discover, to his horror, that his Miracle Invoker abilities had vanished. His spirituality rapidly weakened next, and he fell from Sequence 2 to Sequence 3, continuing to drop without slowing.
Zaratul remembered this sensation vividly. He had experienced it the last time he encountered "Amon" in Trier!
So Amon was the one behind all this?!
Just as that thought arose, a child appeared. Ancient gears glimmered in his eyes, and he held a wooden wand as he flashed rapidly around Zaratul, leaving afterimages behind.
Then all the afterimages waved their wands at once. "Vera Verto!" "Petrificus Totalus!" "Stupefy." "Theft." "Imperius Curse."
In an instant, dozens of different control abilities engulfed Zaratul. After the first struck him, he fell into a continuous state of "freezing."
Edward immediately seized the opportunity to perform a quick divination, only to discover that the Attendant of Mysteries Beyonder Characteristic was not here at all. He had no idea whether he had failed to steal it out or Zaratul had sent it away by some means.
"Of course. Things never develop as smoothly as I hope."
Edward once again used Zaratul's Historical Projection as a medium for divination. "The location of Zaratul's main body."
A few seconds later,
Edward opened his eyes and looked at Krismona.
"Help me stall for as long as possible!"
Leaving those words behind, he escaped the foggy Small Town with a [Homecoming], then used Wandering to arrive directly at the island in the Fog Sea where Zaratul's main body was located.
The moment he landed, he saw a bearded old man in a hooded black robe sitting silently on a rock. His eyes were closed, and there was no detectable sign of life about him.
That was hardly surprising. Zaratul's