Mystery: Starting with the Night Pope.

Chapter 131 Bethel

The contest between the two "Time Bugs" was simple enough that the outcome was decided almost instantly.

Of course, Zoroaster also realized that he had no chance of winning and chose to flee.

"You can't escape." The giant bell hanging in mid-air transformed into Amon's gigantic figure.

He looked down at Zoroaster, who was frantically stealing distance and releasing "accumulation," and gently pinched his monocle with his right hand.

The power that Zoroaster could steal and store was at most at the level of the Angel King, a "Twisted Power" bestowed upon him by Solomon, the "Black Emperor".

He distorted time to break free from Amun's time-slowing effect, but the ability that Amun, as the second son of the Creator, was able to steal and store was terrifying.

"Fallen!" A dark light flashed from the monocle. It was a "holy word" from Sasriel. It seemed that another will had appeared within Zoroaster's body, interfering with His escape.

Zoroaster promptly pressed his palm against his forehead.

"Fraud!"

The newly born will within him was immediately switched to help Him steal.

But this takes time, and that's what He lacks most right now.

Almost simultaneously, Amon's gaze fell on Zoroaster's hand, and he too used "deception".

He "cheated" Zoroaster's "cheating".

This operation was so bizarre that even Zoroaster, one of the strongest "thieves," was stunned and couldn't understand it.

"Tsk," Amon taunted Medici like he would, "How stupid of you to 'deceive' me like that?"

Zoroaster instantly understood that, under the suppression of uniqueness, Amun's "deception" had a higher priority than Him.

He then used the "soothing" he had stolen from the other dragons to suppress the will within him, and even released all the abilities he had stolen, hoping to make the environment more chaotic so that he could seize the "loophole" and escape.

But it was too late.

"Purify!" A beam of light rose up, the three days of light from the Creator's Kingdom that Amon had stolen.

This was originally a rather unsuccessful prank by Amon, who used his identity to steal three days of light from the Creator's Kingdom.

For this prank, He was imprisoned in the fairytale castle by Sasriel for three years—the best punishment for the most powerful con artist and thief.

The light from those three days transformed into a powerful purifying light, which struck Zoroaster, whose body had recovered slightly.

It's not just the "fool" path of "ancient scholars," nor just the "gate" path of "recorders," but also the "erroneous" path of "thieves" who rely on connections.

Zoroaster's expression froze; such intense "purification" was almost equivalent to a blow from a true god, which He was completely powerless to resist.

"...family...'Time Worm' trait..." Zoroaster could only muster these two fragmented thoughts before all other ideas were completely purified.

Between the gradually disappearing pillars of light, a crystal pillar formed by the convergence of light and shadow condensed, and many "Time Worms" with twelve segments swam and wandered swiftly inside.

"Aggregate!" A smile appeared on Amon's lips as he forcibly aggregated all the characteristics using his position.

However, these characteristics, which were clearly pointing towards Amon, flew in another direction, and the area seemed to be in chaos, experiencing a powerful distortion.

"Hmm?" Amon's smile faded slightly as he looked up into the distance. "Solomon? No, it's you, Bethel."

In the void, illusory portals opened, and Solomon emerged from them.

Only Bethel, who has already merged three "Star Keys" and performed a simplified ritual to merge the unique path of the "door," could instantly locate this place and open the spatial door.

But isn't Bethel in Gensokyo?

Amon reached out and tried to steal the "Time Worm" property that was flying in the opposite direction.

"Amon!" Solomon stepped out of the portal, his majestic gaze falling upon the "Time Worm's" characteristics, where all the rules were distorted.

The "steal" was successful, but the object was distorted; what ended up in Amon's hands was merely a "Time Worm."

"Heh." Amon put away the "Time Worm" in his hand, gently pinched the monocle on his eye socket, and looked at the angel that appeared in the spatial gate.

"Huh? A little crow?" Medici and Urolius glanced at this place through the portal.

Even in the other portals, there were angels such as Zarathustra and Arista Tuldo.

With the most mobile angel king in your faction, you'll likely face a siege from all the angels in that faction when you try to defeat any angel from his side.

"Why did you come out?" Amon looked at the starlight that had been condensed and was hidden at the end of the spatial gate.

"My teacher once sent me to this Solomon Empire to be a duke," Bethel's voice came from behind the portal.

Before Truman and Adam made their deal, Bethel was already Solomon's Duke, and during that time Truman indeed did not interfere in any of the affairs there.

"It was him after all." Amon nodded slightly. Whenever the target was Dream, he even seemed to habitually suffer setbacks...

"It's just me, not the teacher," Bethel corrected earnestly.

Amon did not answer, but turned into a streak of light and disappeared from the spot. The others did not give chase.

Putting aside whether anyone besides Bethel could catch up, even if they did, what then? Kill Amon? Even a true god might not be able to do that!

"Zoroaster..." Solomon reached out and took the "Time Worm" ability in his hand. His majestic face was filled with barely concealed anger, but he had to forcefully suppress it.

"I will return this 'Time Worm' to the Zoroaster family," Solomon said, looking at the other angels.

"Whatever." Medici said nonchalantly, as the illusory portals that had appeared gradually faded away.

"The Imaginary Angel." Bethel went to a cathedral in the capital of Solomon and saw Adam inside.

"Hmm." Adam calmly watched Bethel approach, nodded slightly, and then his body became ethereal, entering the ocean of collective subconsciousness and leaving the capital of Solomon.

This is the price to pay after failure. After that, if Adam were to be discovered entering Solomon's capital, he would likely face an attack by Solomon's angels.

Bethel whispered a prayer to the Creator at the foot of the cross, which represents the Creator, and confessed to the Creator.

His name and surname come from the Creator, his teacher was appointed by the Creator, and he himself was once a devout believer of the Creator.

Despite various factors, even though Bethel later gradually converted to fantasy, he still maintained awe of the Creator.

"By the way, where did the teacher go?"

(End of this chapter)