Mystery: Survival from the Secret Doll

Chapter 326, Section 325: "Sincerity"

One after another, ethereal, transparent black threads floated up from Alistair Tudor's body in the mirror. Tang precisely manipulated these spiritual threads, leisurely and rapidly transforming the other into a puppet.

Arista Tudor has lost, well, quite decisively.

Arista Tudor in the mirror raised his head and looked at Don, who was standing in a higher position. Their positions had suddenly changed.

Tang still had a smile on his lips. While manipulating the spiritual threads in his hand, he also managed to chat with the Blood Emperor—or rather, introduce his hobbies:
“I really enjoy collecting special things… Rest assured, Your Majesty, even among my collection, you are certainly quite special.”

What an interesting marionette! Although he had quite a few mirror-image marionettes, Tang had rarely seen a Sequence 0 mirror-image marionette, except for the female version of Emperor Roselle who would occasionally surprise him when he passed through the mirror.

The Arista Tudor in the mirror, whose ability to manipulate the body was completely disrupted, remained silent. He chose to influence the spiritual threads through the symbolism of his own existence, leading them to their destruction.

This "symbolism" itself cannot be interfered with by the grafting of the mysterious servant. However, every time a spiritual thread ignites an illusory flame and is burned away, a new spiritual thread appears in Tang's hands.

For the Mysterious Servant, the destruction of the Spirit Threads only slightly slows down his transformation into a Mystic, and is not a significant obstacle.

Having fully digested the Mysterious Servant's Potion, and being the strongest "puppet master" at present, Tang is adept at the rapid puppetization process.

More and more spiritual threads are emerging, becoming increasingly dense, indicating that Tang's manipulation of the puppet is nearing its end.

During this process, Nicola, who was behind Aristotle in the mirror, once again adjusted his black silk hat.

Whenever Arista Tudor attempts to interrupt the Mysticization process, he, as the "error," disrupts the Mystic Servant's "grafting" process again by stealing and creating errors, thereby reducing the likelihood that Arista Tudor in the mirror will struggle during the Mysticization process.

As long as this "past" is fixed, Tang will have the opportunity to directly manipulate Alistair Tudor's spirit, which is submerged in the River of Eternal Darkness, and directly control the Blood Emperor in the future.

This would be the best outcome.

"So, compared to dealing with the Primordial Witch, this Blood Emperor, who is both extreme and lacks extraordinary characteristics, is really much easier to deal with."

Tang supported his chin with one hand, while the other hand was rapidly transforming Arista Tudor into a mystic through the Spirit Threads. He also managed to keep an eye on the situation outside.

If all his future enemies were this good, he wouldn't have to work so hard.

Hmm, let him see… The “Hermit” is still dragging Salinger and the Primordial Witch along. In the Euclidean space, the “destiny” that keeps appearing in the flow of time is the greatest enemy of these two gods. In a situation where they will be hanged in the river of fate if not handled properly, the Primordial Witch has also discovered that there is a problem with this memory…

He wanted to enter and use the authority of the Primordial Witch to destroy the projection of the "Supreme One," but was stopped by the "Hermit."

Although it is only a fragmented image from history, with the backing of the Wilderness of Knowledge, the combined buffs of "The Supreme Being" and the Wilderness of Knowledge are enough for the "Hermit" to hold out for a while longer.

Fighting may not guarantee victory, but delaying the inevitable is key. The best thing about historical gap images is that even after death, a new one can be immediately created. This is a unique, seamless "romance" approach exclusive to diviners.

Tang glanced at his remaining time and the time required for the Mysticization.

"It seems there's still something we can do before the fusion of Euclidean Space and the River of Eternal Darkness is complete..."

Tang suddenly stopped, as if sensing something, and muttered to himself, "It's better not to set goals so quickly in the future."

He raised his head and looked at the beautiful Primordial Witch Chik, who emerged from the sky, wearing a black bone dress and looking exactly like the one being dragged by the "Hermit."

Tang stared at Chik, who was wearing a black bone dress, and narrowed his eyes.

Nikolai heard Tang's voice, understood, and stretched out his long, slender, white hand, with his back to Arista Tudor in the mirror, and grabbed the other's neck.

Tang abandoned the "past" of the "Red Priest" in the mirror, which was the object of the secret marriage, and chose to try to cleanse His "past".

As his fingers touched Arista Tudor's nape, Nikolai wanted to crush the other man's neck with force, but unknowingly, he also felt a chilling sensation on his own neck.

The Time Worms behind Nikolai relayed information back to him, and a long, slender, fair hand, seemingly the sum of all beauty in the world, silently gripped his neck.

Tang's gaze fell on "Primal Witch Chik", who had appeared behind Nikolai at some point.

He sighed helplessly.

It seems his plan is going to fail.

With this thing around, hanging up the Blood Emperor as a puppet would be a huge waste of time.

However, the goal has been achieved. We learned about Salinger's situation and what kind of trouble the Primordial Witch and the Blood Emperor caused in the Fourth Age, so it can be considered a fruitful gain.

The traces of his existence rapidly crumbled under the gaze of the inexplicably appearing "Primal Witch Chik".

Just as Nikolai was about to make a move, the neck that was being held by the "Primal Witch Chik" twisted slightly, and his body seemed to be petrified, along with the Time Worm and all the historical gap images, all disintegrated.

This fragmented historical image of Nicola Flamel, the King of Angels, has been completely shattered. Instead of returning to the mists of history, it has truly vanished into the long river of time.

However, it won't have much impact on Tang and Nikolai.

If the historical pore image at this point in time is destroyed, then we can just replace it with a historical pore image from the next point in time. If we live long enough, there will always be some room for error.

The mirror image of Arista Tudor, who had almost been transformed into a golem, staggered to his feet. He looked at Chik, who was wearing a black bone dress, and a twisted and excessively crazy smile appeared on his face.

"You are indeed here."

-

In Euclidean space.

"The time is almost up."

Tang, who had no intention of clashing with the thing deepest in the mirror world, quickly intervened in the battle between the "Hermit," the Underworld Emperor Salinger, and the Primordial Witch Chik.

To be honest, I was a little disappointed that I didn't turn Alistair Tudor into a Mystic before leaving.

So, let's make up for it with something else.

Tang stood not far from the actual battlefield of the gods, and he took a step forward, directly entering the battlefield.

He appeared between the two enemies in his true form, this time without any concealment, open and honest.

Just as Hades Salinger and the Primordial Witch Chik looked at the suddenly appearing "Sequence 0," Tang smiled and said to them:
"Before I leave, I feel it is my responsibility to show you my sincerity."

Before the Underworld Emperor Salinger and the Primordial Witch Chik could react, his figure twisted rapidly, and a dazzling light enveloped his entire body, causing him to swell and expand.

Those were fragments of light that made up the body, fragments that symbolized the destiny of the future.

A gigantic, towering tree, seemingly connecting the past, present, and future, rapidly filled the eyes of the Primordial Witch and Salinger.

Five seconds left.

Euclidean space began to tremble violently; spacetime was about to return to its normal operating state. Four seconds.

Tang transformed into a torrent called "the future".

three seconds.

The Emperor of the Underworld, Salinger, widened his eyes. He stretched out his hand, unleashing a torrent of death and madness, attempting to kill this "future."

two seconds.

The primordial witch, Chik, smiled and murmured softly.

one second...

Oh, I see.

Due to spacetime correction, Hades Salinger and the Primordial Witch Chik were ejected from Euclid's space.

Tang returned to the original, normal point in time.

-

The Fifth Age, deep within the raging sea.

As one after another spirit worm crawled out of the mists of history, carrying the extraordinary characteristics of the three mysterious servants back to the real world, Tang was also resurrected once again through the miracle of the miracle master's "resurrection."

As the price for returning to the past, Tang squandered one of his "resurrection" miracles.

However, that doesn't matter. The observer can send him back to the point in time before the miracle of "resurrection" was used up. Even if that doesn't work, he can simply regress to Sequence 2 and then advance to Sequence 1 again, exploiting the bug to refresh his status.

He knows it very well.

I just don't know if his final act of pollution was successful or a failure...

Tang's eyes, which were not yet fully formed by countless spirit insects, darted around, and then he saw countless undead spirits and corpses floating on the sea, stretching for an unknown distance.

Tang: “…”

Ah this.

Once the miracle of the Miracle Master had completely merged his extraordinary characteristics with those of the Mysterious Servant, and he was whole again without major problems, Tang carefully examined his surroundings.

These were all undead that floated up from the seabed, instantly resurrected after being killed. Tang glanced at the spears and swords nailed to the bodies of these undead. These things had pinned all the undead that had been able to resurrect over the years to the spot, preventing the death mark from returning.

Aside from hanging up all these undead who would constantly resurrect due to the mark of death and using them as puppets, this is also an alternative solution.

Did Kyrie Irving do it?

Just then, the system slowly said, 'Um, host... your brother looks a bit dead...'

Tang's expression became subtle: "...It can't be that bad, can it?"

He remembered that he had bestowed upon Owen some of the extraordinary abilities of "Observer," and that his status should have been reset immediately if his mental or health value fell below the defense threshold.

Although the things here look a bit complicated, Owen is still the Pale Emperor of Sequence 1.

"Influenced by Salinger's will?"

Tang glanced at the raging sea, a scene teeming with corpses, which could be described as a million bodies lying on its surface. He had only been there for half an hour, yet it had already caused such a horrific scene...

Hmm, as expected, promotion brings not only stronger abilities, but also a process of getting closer to the original creator and those great beings.

Salinger is indeed dishonest.

Nailing the coffin lid shut was indeed an urgent matter.

Euclidean space has completely contained the third layer of the raging sea, and through observation, Tang quickly located Owen's location.

The area was still teeming with undead, emerging from the seabed and the surface of the ocean. They were everywhere, some alive, some nailed to the spot, branded with the mark of death.

These spirits howled, scratched, and went mad, unable to return to their final resting place, so that they might fight eternally for the Emperor, recklessly and without regard for their own lives.

Owen stood alone in the midst of the undead army, surrounded by what appeared to be an endless horde of spirits, about to drag him to the bottom of the sea and drown him in the River of Eternal Darkness.

"Owen."

Tang appeared before Owen. When Owen saw Tang, he was stunned for a moment. The cold indifference and ruthlessness in Tang's eyes, the emperor-like feeling of looking down on all living beings, quickly faded away.

When Tang saw Irwin, he quickly used his authority as the "observer" to reverse Irwin's state back to the observation point that was previously recorded with him.

For the "observer," losing control is not an easy thing.

Similar to spectators, observers can observe a past positive state of themselves and use this observation to continuously adjust their own state, ensuring their stability and preventing them from easily losing control.

Although Owen is an extraordinary being of the Death Path, the power of the Gift will cause the recipient to continuously transform into the Gifter due to the difference between the Gifter and the Gifter.

However, as a mysterious servant, Tang can also create a puppet based on one of Owen's "normal" mental states, and let the puppet perform the process of bestowing blessings. In this case, receiving the blessing can actually help the other person's mental state become more stable.

The blessings bestowed through layers of subcontracting, as long as Tang can bear them, he can completely customize a dedicated "observer" save point for all the gods to help them stabilize their humanity and use this state to fight against the initial resurgence.

"Don."

Irving glanced at Tang, then looked around, and his lips moved slightly.

"There's nothing too serious. It's just that it's too close to the mausoleum, so it's affected a little. You'll get used to it and there won't be any problems."

After checking Irving's mental state and finding no problems, Tang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then said casually:

"Don't worry, you're not going to go crazy so easily before I really die."

He glanced at the undead still emerging below, walked over to Owen, and grabbed the man's shoulder.

"Let's go, let's go straight into the mausoleum."

After his past bombing, who knows what changes will occur.

(End of this chapter)