Ring of Fate

Chapter 1012 "Gift" (Please give me double monthly tickets in the last half day of September)
Xinhong Community, inside a rental house.

After telling Anthony the results of his discussion with Franka and instructing him to hand Ludwig over to Franka before testing Penden, Lumian lay down on the bed.

He closed his eyes, entered a meditative state, and outlined his own shadow in his mind.

Then he imagined himself jumping from a great height and falling rapidly in free fall.

In this state, he could hear the sound of whistling wind in his ears.

But he did not wake up from the dream immediately. He vaguely heard humans talking in the wind, and words came from different directions.

At this moment, Lumian seemed to be back in Cordu Village, back to the warm summer afternoon. At that time, he was lying on top of a haystack, drowsy. There were old women gathered nearby, picking lice from each other and chatting about all kinds of rumors in the village. Children were running around from time to time, farmers were returning to the village early, and members of the parish priest's family were passing by, cursing...

Lumian opened his eyes and seemed to be able to smell the scent of grass mixed with sheep dung.

He exhaled, then turned over, got out of bed, walked out of the room, and came to the first floor of the luxurious villa.

Ms. Justice, Ms. Magician, and Ms. Judgment are all in the living room.

“Is there important information?” Ms. Justice understood that unless there was something extremely crucial, Lumian would not voluntarily exit the dream.

However, she did not realize that the current real dream had a strong rejection of Lumian, that is to say, Lumian was not kicked out of the dream.

"Yes." Lumian sat on the single sofa. "This has to start with a psychological shadow that Franca saw in the basement area of ​​Mushu Hospital."

Ms. Justice looked at Lumian for a few seconds:

"Let's start with how you rescued the 'Two of the Holy Grail'. The 'Seven of the Holy Grail' was kicked out of the dream too early, so we don't know much."

Lumian smiled and said:
"I used corpse-oil candles."

"You completed a secret ceremony and received feedback?" Ms. Magician had already roughly guessed what happened from the changes in Lumian's real body and the stress response that occurred in Trier of the Quaternary Period. Now she was just confirming it.

Lumian used words to describe what he saw, heard, and felt during the secret ceremony, and concluded:
"The remaining aura of the Blood Emperor has undergone a rather obvious change, and has merged a little with the seal of the Dark Man. It seems that there is something more on me, but I can't find it."

As he spoke, he showed the old blood spots hidden under the pale skin of his palms.

The "Magician" lady nodded slightly, and countless bright stars lit up in the depths of her eyes and rotated slowly.

After twenty or thirty seconds, she said with a smile:
“I don’t know whether to say you are lucky or unlucky.

“That terrifying will not only watches you, but also grants you power.

"But due to the lack of the necessary rituals and the existence of the 'Underworld Man' seal, that power merged with the remaining aura of the 'Blood Emperor' and was sealed, unable to be used. Otherwise, you would now be a blessed 'War Bishop' or something else.

"Although this power is sealed, it still has some effects on you. For example, the soul fragments of the villagers of Koldu Village under my seal have undergone some changes and are ready to become your 'soldiers'."

“No wonder I vaguely heard everyone’s ‘communication’ when I came out of the dream just now…” Lumian suddenly realized.

It turns out that what I have gained is a new power.

Ms. Magician continued:
"Whether that power itself has hidden dangers, I cannot tell at the moment, but after it merges with the remaining aura of the Blood Emperor, there must be hidden dangers, and its activity has become stronger."

At this point, the "magician" lady paused:
"With the Omybella blood in your body, if there is no seal from the Underworld Man, I suspect you will get pregnant and be unable to abort the baby, giving birth to a deeply contaminated, mutated version of Alistair Tudor."

"Then the 'Blood Emperor' must call me daddy?" Lumian, who was in the "Desperate Witch" state, laughed.

"It's called mom." Ms. Magician corrected.

Lumian did not continue this topic, but instead talked about how he entered the vortex, how he took advantage of the lightning strike to open the passage, and how he rescued Franka.

"It seems that our efforts are useful." Ms. Justice smiled with satisfaction.

"Which deity does that spell involve?" Lumian asked.

Ms. Justice hummed and said:

"'Storm Lord', this is His real name. Don't pronounce it randomly. Lightning damage is range-based and indiscriminate. Moreover, Mr. Fool's incarnation has used this to trigger a lightning strike. The subconscious understanding is that the lightning caused by this spell is very terrifying and has strong destructive power."

The real name of the god is used as a spell? How come Mr. Fool's incarnation looks more like a provocateur than I do? Lumian nodded slightly.

He was silent for two seconds and said:
"I was fully prepared for the possibility of my own death due to the collapse of the secret ritual. I only had one thought in mind, which was to open the abyss passage as soon as possible or destroy the illusory abyss.

"This may not be enough, so I asked Jianna and Luo Shan to ask Zhou Mingrui, who is at the emergency center of Mushu Hospital, to go to the underground area to take a look. I don't know whether this will bring good results or bad changes. If there is a problem, what is the probability of making up for it, but these are not the most important things at the time."

As she spoke, Lumian, who was in the "Witch of Despair" state, raised her chin slightly.

Ms. Justice, Ms. Magician, and Ms. Judgment all fell silent.

Lumian smiled brightly and continued:
“If that would really lead to devastating consequences, and you monitored it, you could kill my body in the real world in advance to prevent it.

"It's better to die. When you die, you won't know anything and you won't have to care about anything."

Ms. Justice, Ms. Magician, and Ms. Judgment looked at each other for a few seconds, then sighed and smiled warmly and calmingly:

"I don't agree with your style, but I'm glad to see that you have your own thoughts and choices."

The Magician also sighed and said:

“If you encounter something similar in the future, you can try to recite my honorable name. The power to seal those soul fragments in you comes from me. I can use them as a medium and the connection created by my honorable name to exert a certain influence, but success is not guaranteed.

"Also, if you are willing to get out of this predicament at the cost of being kicked out permanently and unable to enter the Dream City again, then I can give you a better spell."

Lumian's straight back relaxed a little, and his chin was no longer slightly raised.

He asked curiously:
"What spell?"

“The honorific name of Director Yagaizia.” Ms. Magician laughed. “Reciting it outside of a dream will have no effect, and may even make the reciter become a secret puppet of the Celestial Lord without realizing it. But reciting it in a dream can attract attention and open any channel. But similarly, Director Ya is essentially an image created by the residual spirit of Mr. Door and the subconscious mind in dreams. He has special symbolism. His actions may be affected by the Celestial Lord, but relatively speaking, compared to reciting the honorific name of Mr. Fool, this will be less disturbed.”

“Is it possible to do this…” Lumian said thoughtfully, “Have we been too obedient to the superficial rules of the Dream City before? We have been trying to act as citizens with extraordinary powers… Remember, you are just acting, and the place is essentially a dream…”

The "Magician" lady smiled and said:
"We have thought about this issue as well. I came up with the idea of ​​using Director Nian Ya's name. However, before you find a loophole in the rules that can be exploited, you'd better not break the rules easily. Otherwise, haha, there are too many bloody lessons before, so I won't give examples one by one."

Lumian nodded, adjusted his state, and described in detail the scenes that Franca saw, the speculations she made, and the problems she discovered in the psychological shadow at the bottom of the illusory abyss.

At last he said:
"After Franca realized that Mr. Fool was a time traveler, she realized that she had previously overlooked names like Sherlock Moriarty and Merlin Hermes. Logically, she should have immediately deduced from them that Mr. Fool was also a time traveler like her, but she would have guessed that he had traveled from another world.

"In the Dream City, many of our thoughts seem to be restricted, and we unconsciously ignore some things, like An Xiaotian's question, and the evidence that Mr. Fool is a 'traveler'. This may be the will of the Heavenly Venerable at work, creating a fooling effect.

"And what He deliberately lets us ignore and avoid is most likely the correct direction."

Ms. Justice listened attentively. Her expression was a little stunned and surprised at first, but she soon showed relief and emotion.

Ms. Magician and Ms. Judge had similar reactions.

When Lumian finished speaking, Lady Justice's eyes flickered as she recalled:

“You don’t know when and how we first saw Mr. Fool, and how he behaved afterwards, so you definitely can’t understand why we didn’t think that Mr. Fool might be a time traveler, an ordinary person who grew up step by step…”

“It was only after the disaster in Koldu Village that I vaguely felt that this was a possibility,” added Ms. Magician.

Ms. Justice's expression softened, and she smiled a little more:
“He has done so many things with his mortal body, to such an extent, and he has used his true humanity to fight against the Heavenly Lord. I, I have even more respect for Mr. Fool, and I feel even more distressed for him…”

Lumian asked curiously:
"What has Mr. Fool done?"

In his opinion, Mr. Fool is now closer to him. This great being was once a human being and is a fellow countryman of Auror.

Lumian only knew about Gehrman Sparrow and what was said in the Holy Scripture.

“We can explain it to you in detail, but now let’s share the key issues you have discovered,” said Ms. Justice with a smile.

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(End of this chapter)