With regards to the return or recovery of Boutis's Grade 0 Sealed Artifact, Cattleya and Justice Audrey had made plans. After all, they weren't confident that they could kill a demigod in such a short period of time.
If it wasn't for the fact that Boutis had fallen into a trap and suffered from Mental Plague, Sleeping Beauty, Frenzy, and fatal strikes, causing him to be in a frenzied state, he would've had many chances to "Teleport" away without being able to stop him.
In that case, Cattleya and Audrey could only wait for Boutis to return to the safe house and release Fors. They would then wait for the Eye of Mystery Prying on Fors to give them feedback. Then, they would exert their influence remotely and create a chance for Miss Magicians to summon the Historical Void projection.
At that moment, facing Boutis, who had clearly lost control of the passageway and was unable to reverse it, and facing his crazy attempt to fully activate the Grade 0 Sealed Artifact, Cattleya, who was in the middle of the scene, and Audrey, who was hiding outside the forest, did the same thing at the same time. They took out a slightly transparent dark charm and chanted a word in Jotun:
"Star!"
This was a Teleportation charm. Klein had created it based on the patterns, labels, and symbols "Recorded" in Leymano's Travels.
Since Sefirah Castle could mobilize the powers of the Marauder pathway, there was no reason for it not to respond to the prayers of the Apprentice domain!
As for the materials needed for the charm, be it Mysticologist Cattleya or Traveler Fors, they had a certain level of understanding. There was no need for Mr. Fool to teach them.
When Audrey and Fors were about to activate the charm and "Teleport" away, preparing to return in a minute or two to confirm the situation, Boutis, who had a cruel smile and eyes filled with madness, suddenly stiffened.
No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't open the third level of the Box of the Great Old Ones!
It was extremely heavy, as though it was enveloped by layers of power and suppressed. There was no way to open it.
This made Boutis feel like he was trying to open a new World, not a box.
An instant later, he seemed to have sensed something, and the madness in his eyes receded and was replaced by extreme shock, horror, and fear.
Drip, drip, drip. Balls of light slid down from the surface of Boutis's body one after another. When they touched the ground, they turned into insects condensed from dazzling starlight.
The bodies of these insects were bent into a semicircle, forming a magical light that looked like illusory doors.
Boutis, who was transforming into an incomplete Mythical Creature form, suddenly and uncontrollably collapsed.
With two thuds, his eyeballs fell to the ground and were stained with dust.
These two eyeballs were frozen with an indescribable fear. They were perfectly intact, completely different from the rest of the body.
A Sequence 4 Secrets Sorcerer had died just like that.
Pa!
The Box of the Great Old Ones, which had a silver-black surface and was embedded with many gems, landed beside Boutis's two eyeballs. It looked like a jewelry box commonly seen in noble families.
Above the gray fog, in the ancient palace, Klein heaved a sigh of relief and put down the Sea God Scepter in his hand in puzzlement.
He had just been about to mobilize the power of Sefirah Castle and use the level of an angel to push Lightning Storm to prevent Boutis from opening the third level of the Box of the Great Old Ones. In the end, the Saint of Secrets's counterattack, which involved everyone dying together, failed. He had suffered an unexpected failure from the beginning.
After Xio left the first battlefield, she immediately prayed to Mr. Fool according to the plan. Klein used this as a reminder and found an opportunity to enter the world above the gray fog. Through the crimson stars corresponding to The Hermit and Justice, he monitored the battle.
And during the process of moving to the second battlefield, Audrey also found an opportunity to pray, allowing Klein to use her crimson star to directly interfere with the real World.
This was also the reason why Audrey's true body arrived at the destination a little later than Cattleya.
According to Arrodes, the third level of the Box of the Great Old Ones hides something terrifying. I thought that the True Creator had given it to Boutis to create a terrifying disaster at a critical moment so as to show the true colors of an evil god. Who knew that it couldn't be opened at all … Klein glanced at the crimson star representing the Magicians and realized that it was covered in a layer of black ash. It seemed to have solidified, making it impossible for him to see the scene inside and confirm Miss Magicians's condition.
This was the first time he had encountered such a situation. It was enough to show the level and strangeness of the Box of the Great Old Ones.
And the Sleeping Beauty magic and the Spear of Longinus that he had previously seen also gave him some ideas:
After learning about the Beyonder power of Mysterious Re-enactment at a private gathering, Klein overturned his previous guesses about Bernadette's fairy tale magic.
He originally believed that the Emperor had specially created it for his daughter based on the fairy tales on Earth, or that Bernadette had deliberately created it based on the fairy tales he had told her after her father perished to express her sorrow. But from the looks of it, the answer wasn't likely to be the case. Some fairy tales from before the First Epoch might be "mysterious."
This meant that those fairy tales originated from mysterious events that had really happened. They were spread among the people and gradually became stories. They were recorded by writers and reworked.
This corresponds to the prophecy of the stars returning to their positions. Mysteries have never left and have always been around. It's just that in the Earth era before the First Epoch, they were suppressed or sealed by some power …
If that's the case, some of the legends and stories on Earth can be explained from another angle … It's no wonder there's the Spear of Longinus … I wonder if the Peach Blossom Spring involves mystery. I'll tell Ma 'am Hermit later and see if she can create new magic based on this …
I wonder if Bernadette became a Mysticologist before the Emperor perished. If she did, it's really hard to tell if these fairy tale magic were created by the Emperor who had switched to the Mystery Pryer pathway's Sequence 1 pathway, or if it was created by Queen Mystic Bernadette herself … But no matter what, the Emperor should've discovered that these fairy tales are also mysterious in his later years. He can draw power from them. Yes, Bernadette doesn't have a corresponding diary. I can't see the Emperor's reaction and guess back then …
Could one of the reasons why he insisted on going to the moon be to verify something?
Unfortunately, most of the myths are fake. There's no way to draw power from them. It's the same for the Internet era … Klein sighed slightly, leaned back in his chair, and continued paying attention to the battlefield.
In the collapsed forest, Cattleya and Justice Audrey tacitly gave up on injecting their spirituality and using charms when faced with Boutis's anomaly.
Maintaining her dragon form, Audrey continued hiding in the darkness outside the forest, wary of any accidents or official demigods who might have sensed the commotion and come to investigate.
Cattleya was pushed by the wind towards the area where Boutis had died, carefully avoiding the Box of the Great Old Ones.
As a Scribe could use many abilities, and demigod-level Sealed Artifacts often had extremely powerful negative effects, other than the Box of the Great Old Ones, Boutis only left behind a black pocket. It seemed to be part of the robe he was wearing.
Apart from that, there were the gathering Beyonder characteristics, two eyeballs, and about ten Worms of Star. Most of the Worms of Star had been destroyed.
Considering the horror displayed by the Box of the Great Old Ones, as well as the fact that Boutis was a high-ranking member of the Aurora Order, and that he might be blessed by a god, Cattleya didn't rashly pick up those items. She was afraid that an accident would happen and cause the situation to develop in a bad direction.
During the private gathering, they had discussed how to deal with such a situation. If they had the time and opportunity, they would first sacrifice it to Mr. Fool before distributing it above the gray fog. After all, touching many items without knowing the negative effects could very well bring about unknown dangers. And there was a high chance that Boutis had a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact.
For a Sealed Artifact at this level, just knowing of its existence and certain information would cause it to suddenly die.
According to Leonard, it was best not to come into contact with such Sealed Artifacts. It was best not to inquire about them, describe them, or pry into them. Only a true high-level existence could suppress them.
Without any hesitation, Cattleya took out silver candles and other ritual items from the various hidden pockets of the purple-patterned black robe. Everything was simple as she set up the sacrificial ritual.
During this process, she pinched her lips and whistled, creating an invisible servant to help her. It only took her about ten seconds to set up the altar.
After quickly chanting Mr. Fool's honorific name and using the spiritual materials to open the Door of Sacrifice and Bestowment, Cattleya heaved a sigh of relief. She got the invisible servant to move the Box of the Great Old Ones, the black pocket, the two eyeballs, the gathered Beyonder characteristic, and the nine Worms of Star over and placed them on the altar.
Amidst the howling wind, these items flew up and passed through the illusory door.
Upon seeing this, Cattleya immediately pinched her lower lip with her thumb and index finger, preparing to whistle again and no longer maintain the invisible servant's existence.
Amidst the whistle, the "servant" remained motionless, as though it had nothing to do with Cattleya.
Cattleya's eyelids twitched slightly as she clenched her right hand into a fist and brought it to her mouth, preparing to use the Magical Horn.
At this moment, a blazing silver-white ball of lightning appeared out of thin air at the altar. Layers of interweaving lightning snakes formed a destructive storm that enveloped the invisible servant.
All of this quickly calmed down, and the mutated servant was completely destroyed.
Cattleya exhaled, lowered her head, and sincerely thanked Mr. Fool.
Then, she followed the procedure to end the ritual, packed up the items, and used Snow White, which was closer to prophecy, to clean up the scene and eliminate any traces.
And at this moment, Justice Audrey had already used the Teleportation charm from before and left the scene.
Cattleya looked around, and considering that Mr. Fool might need things to be more ritualistic, she took out a card from a hidden pocket in her robe and threw it into the middle of the collapsed forest.
The card was half-inserted into the soil, revealing the image of an old man with a cane who was holding a glass lamp and exploring alone.
Tarot card: The Hermit.
PS: I wish everyone a happy last day of 2019.
PS2: Recommending Friends to Sweep the World's Horizon new book, Creation Chart. It's a story that redefines words and changes creation. It's very interesting. It's over 300,000 words.
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
