McQueen Mathers – It's an inconspicuous name for the average person, but for anyone who's heard of it even once, it's a thunderous name.

He is one of the seven highest-ranking apostles in the Mayan world's largest criminal society, the Reverse Cross, and the most active to date, with notices and bounties about him posted by the Empire's oracle to the Holy See's Inquisition.

This, of course, has to do with his status as an "apostle"; However, before McQueen Mathers joined the Reverse Cross, he was already widely known in the occult world.

McQueen Mathers was born in the Kingdom of Albion, across the sea from the Holy Alliance, and its capital is Greenwich, known as the "Hidden City" and "Sin Capital", the world-famous city of sea mist.

Compared to the territory of the Holy Alliance, which is ruled by the Holy See, the distribution of the Extraordinary Power in the Kingdom of Albion is countless times more complicated, and it is a gathering place of three religions and nine streams full of various forces.

Greenwich City's official Extraordinaires are the Dee family, disparagingly known as the "Queen's Hounds" and serving as the royal magical advisors and in charge of intelligence, as well as the Red Dragon Knights stationed in the royal capital, as well as several magical societies with links to the royal family.

But that's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the surface. A comparative statistic illustrates this clearly: according to the Council of Sages of Babel, the number of demigods and sub-gods living in seclusion on this long and narrow island nation is second only to the vast empire ruled by the seven gods. As for the wandering cults and believers who follow them, the number is even greater.

Unlike the wizarding world in the main continent controlled by the Demon Dao family and the Three Towers of the Stars, the wizards living in Greenwich City do not appear in front of people in public, but are scattered among a large number of hidden groups and magical associations, which is a "beautiful sight" that cannot be seen in the rest of the Mayan world.

The vast majority of magical societies are in the gray realm between black and white; But there are only a few, and they are well-known criminal groups throughout the Kingdom of Albion and even in the world.

Mathers is the leader and founder of one of the large-scale illegal associations, known as the "Golden Dawn" - one of the "Three Pillars" that have been surrounded and suppressed dozens of times by the royal army, but still stand.

Crowley is also one of them.

However, while McQueen Mathers is known as an "apostle" and "secret mentor", little is known about what kind of power he wields

Those within the Society may know that he is a dark wizard, but even whether he is good at "plague" or "curse" is an unsolved mystery.

Only Crowley, who was his student, knew part of the secret.

McQueen Mathers was very good at curse magic, making bold reforms to traditional witchcraft (including sympathetic witchcraft and contact witchcraft) and successfully implementing it. In Crowley's mind, he was the greatest and most accomplished dark wizard of his time. Mathers's profound knowledge and genius in this field is something that his students respect and admire the most.

But Crowley is also well aware that this is only one aspect of Mathers.

What really made him an apostle was a unique ability in the wizarding community, which was undoubtedly a power that violated the "God's Forbidden Domain" -

In simple terms, McQueen Mathers can transfer his consciousness to others and manipulate their flesh.

In other words, as long as he can carve a spell mark for the other person, he can become anyone in the world.

McQueen Mathers called this process [preaching]. This is the origin of the code name that his teacher had in "Reverse Cross".

……

Ever since Aleister Crowley met his teacher, he knew one thing deeply: his teacher was probably a monster like never before in human history.

This is not just about the strange ability of "preaching" to host and plunder the flesh of others, but also because of his incomprehensible way of doing things.

Crowley had never seen him "reside" in the same body for more than a year.

And compared to ordinary people, Mathers doesn't care about the level of "status" at all.

He can become a nobleman, a commoner, a slave, a general, a soldier, a beggar, a thief; Youth, gender, identity, are not his obstacles.

When he chooses to be a noble person, all who have seen him will not doubt that he has an unattainable bloodline, and when he plays a lowly person, he can be humbled to the dust.

…… For example, now.

Who would have believed that a legendary dark wizard, an anointed one, an evil leader who would make all those in the know—kings or bishops—fear his name all day, would willingly become a lowly prostitute who sells flesh for a living?

McQueen Mathers is not pretending, but really being that person. Therefore, he will do everything that the former prostitute would do.

If you think of the world as a vast, endless stage play, then McQueen Mathers must be the best actor among them.

…… Of course, while McQueen Mathers himself had a lot of fun, Crowley, a student, couldn't understand his teacher's thoughts.

Perhaps it was because of Mathers's long lifespan, that he had lived too long, and that he had always had a high position, that he gradually felt that everything didn't matter; Coupled with that terrible ability, everything that people in the world dream of is within reach of Mathers, and he will become what he is now.

The young Dark Wizard Successor is still unable to understand his teacher's feelings.

"Alright, Crowley, it's time to tell me what happened to you."

The woman spoke again.

They are in a "world" that flows at a different rate from real time, a realm of the mind where the wizards' visions are realized. After Crowley's consciousness was "dragged" into this place by the teacher, he was given relatively ample time to think about problems.

Although he was still a little uncomfortable with the fact that "the teacher had become a prostitute", the young man still restrained his mind and told all his experiences.

"Rasputchin, ......"

The other voice laughed happily. Crowley spoke, but Mathers seemed to have only that name in his ears.

"You've met an interesting person."

"Does the teacher know him?"

"I didn't know each other in the past, but now I have the opportunity to know with the help of your body, isn't it great?"

...... It seems that the teacher is very interested in someone.

But it was a matter of course, for he had heard that the curse cast by the teacher had been dispelled by the Master Rasputchin, and that it had been described by others as effortless. Also, Novich Rasputin wasn't even a dark wizard or a spell wizard, what he really did was spiritism.

This is equivalent to two wizards fighting in the air, and the teacher loses in the field he is best at. His personality is different from ordinary people, he is willing to fall but has extraordinary pride, so it is not surprising that he will target the other party.

"Okay, if you want to survive, give me your body."

“…… Good. ”

The young man was in a heavy mood, and after taking a deep breath, he nodded in agreement.

This is not the first time Crowley has been "preached" by his teacher.

It's just that before that, every time McQueen Mathers made a similar request, he would try every means to delay and refuse. The reason is simple: who knows what will happen after giving his body to him? No one can vouch for themselves.

Once "preached", Crowley's own consciousness fell into a deep sleep, and he could not wake up until Mathers' consciousness was gone.

He didn't know what was going on, it was the most terrible thing in the world.

According to the teacher, although the "soul" of the person being preached is still in the shell, it is forced to fall into a deep sleep by instinct because it cannot control the body.

Mathers has said on several occasions that he is reassured on the grounds that he has far more power than himself, which naturally allows him to live better.

…… But what if one day he falls asleep and never wakes up?

It's not like this hasn't happened before.

In the process of "preaching", the caster McQueen Mathers is completely in charge, and he has the ability to destroy the consciousness of the host and completely occupy the body; And when the person who is "preached" loses himself, he becomes an idiot or a muddled walking corpse.

In short, Crowley was very resistant to being "preached," but because of the close relationship between the teacher and the student, this resistance was occasionally effective, and most of the time it was not.

After being planted with the "curse mark", he was no longer able to refuse the invasion of the other party. It's just that your own sense of resistance is stronger, and the progress of this conscious replacement will slow down, but in the end you can't escape the end of being controlled.

But at this moment, this is his helpless move.

…… It's better than losing your life.

"Teacher, do you have a chance of winning?"

"Little Crowley, are you questioning me?"

"No, don't dare. But after all, you are not using your own body, and the other party is a legendary wizard......"

"Stupid, anyone's body makes no difference to me. There are already a number of legends who have died at my hands, and this person is no match for me. What's so hard about preserving your body? ”

As his students put it, the "preacher" is a stubborn and arrogant man.

“…… I understand. ”

Still, Crowley breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that although the teacher was proud, he never said anything untargeted.

……

The real-life Aleister Crowley closed his eyes, and the next second he opened them again.

For some reason, one of his originally sky-blue eyes turned a dark green reminiscent of patina and water erosion......