Ring of Fate

Chapter 1103: Ghost of Montsouris

Lumian quickly got out of bed and walked to the window.

Purple-green flames rolled out from his body and quickly condensed into parts of the iron-black armor.

In the blink of an eye, Lumian turned into a knight in full armor.

After the potion was digested to a certain extent and his state stabilized, he was finally able to transform his own flames into real weapons or armor, but it could only last for 10 minutes.

Lumian reached the window and looked out. He saw the bright crimson moon and sparse twinkling stars. The night was quiet and peaceful, with nothing unusual.

He made a decision instantly and used the mind channel to give orders to every member of the team:

"Get ready. We will be transferred to New Silver City in five seconds."

With the experience and lessons learned from the Whirlpool incident, Lumian chose to leave Trier as soon as possible and take his team members to the headquarters of the Church of Fools to avoid possible accidents to the greatest extent possible.

Once you reach a safe place, report to Mr. Fool, wait for possible orders, and think about what happened and how to respond afterwards.

As Lumian's voice echoed in her mind, Franka, with the help of invisible spider silk, changed her clothes, tied her hair into a ponytail, and entered combat mode.

Five seconds passed quickly, and without waiting for Janna, Anthony and Ludwig to join him, Lumian directly activated the black mark on his right shoulder.

As a team and as the team leader, he can now "teleport" his teammates to their destination without grabbing their shoulders. The only prerequisite is that they are within a 10-kilometer range.

As the overlapping blocks of color quickly receded, Lumian and the others appeared at the entrance of the Church of Fools headquarters.

After confirming that this was a real thing and not an image in a mirror or a scene in a painting, Lumian heaved a sigh of relief.

"What happened?" Janna, who was wearing a cloth skirt as pajamas, asked puzzledly.

"I dreamed that I was attacked by the ghost of Montsouris," Lumian said as he walked towards the headquarters church, which opened its doors even at night.

"As an angel and former witch, all of my dreams must have a purpose." Franka explained, "Also, as far as I know, the Church of the Eternal Sun and the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery will send several saints tonight to carry the seal into Trier in the Fourth Epoch, and try to eliminate Louis Gustav and Madam Puaris."

Anthony connected the previous and next words and said speculatively:
"Affected by the actions of the two major churches, certain changes occurred in Trier in the Fourth Epoch. Did Lumian's spirituality give him a warning because of this?"

Lumian walked through the spacious space and sat in the first row of seats facing the Holy Emblem of the Fool. He smiled and responded to Anthony:

“It’s just a mutation, it’s just the possible impact of the Montsouris ghost. I won’t leave Trier. As long as the evil gods can’t descend for the time being, I don’t need to worry too much. Besides, you are also half an angel. As long as you don’t leave the effective range of the team, your safety will be guaranteed. Together, we can cooperate with the ability to sacrifice the origin of war to get help. Even if we encounter a Sequence 1 archangel, we can resist for a while, and even have the hope of winning the battle.

"But this matter involves Mrs. Pualis, so it's better to avoid it. Disasters need to be kept away from mother."

"Yeah." Janna agreed with Lumian's choice.

She also sat down, letting mirrors fly out of the "traveler's bag".

"Be alert tonight. If you see any abnormal phenomena, immediately organize believers to hide in the nearest orthodox church." With the help of the mirror world and the marked mirror, Janna conveyed the corresponding words to the bishops and priests of the sick church.

At the same time, mirrors flew out of Lumian and Franca's "traveler's bags".

They rely on their own positioned mirrors, which are currently still in Trier, to project the corresponding scenes onto the mirrors in front of them in order to observe subsequent situations and respond in a timely manner.

After doing this, Lumian lowered his head, placed his hands on his chest, and began to pray.

…………

Deep in Trier in the Quaternary Period.

Angouleme, who encountered the ghost of Montsouris, turned his head and said to the monk Jack Wharton:
"Does it need to be cleared?"

Even if he was not the "One Without Darkness", Angouleme would not be afraid of the ghost of Montsouris, because the strength this ghost had shown before was not too strong, and it would even avoid the protection of the Orthodox Church. Even if it could cause trouble to the saints, it would at most cause trouble.

Moreover, the extraordinary people of the "Sun" path are most restrained against this dark and evil creature in the name of ghosts.

Jack Walton, the leader of this search and cleanup operation, thought for two seconds:

"Okay, but don't make too much noise."

He remembered that the curse of the Montsouris ghost was very persistent, and he was worried that in the upcoming battle with Mrs. Pualis, this ghost would suddenly join in and interfere, causing the already dangerous battle to tip the balance, so it would be better to clear it out in advance when it is relatively safe.

Angoulême quickly said to his two colleagues:
"Prepare to lift the seal."

For this operation, the Church of the Eternal Sun and the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery each provided their clergy with a Grade 0 seal to ensure that the ultimate goal could be achieved.

The two major churches have long known that the "Shadow of the Goddess of Beauty" originating from the "Rose School" is suspected to have fallen into the hands of Lady Puaris who is hiding in Trier in the Fourth Epoch. This is also a "0" level sealed object, and it is one of the more powerful "0" level sealed objects.

Under such circumstances, simply sending six saints to search for and eliminate Mrs. Pualis and Louis Gustave would be tantamount to sending them to their deaths in vain. Therefore, the two teams each carried a targeted "0" level seal that could restrain the "Shadow of the Goddess of Beauty" to a certain extent.

Since the higher the sequence, the more dangerous it is when passing through the "Well of Blood", then don't send angels and activate the "0" level seal!
With these two seals, even if Angouleme and others cannot kill Madam Puaris, they can at least hold her back. At that time, the "Eternal Sun" and the "God of Steam and Machinery" can locate their own senior clergymen, use them as a medium, and deal a fatal blow to Madam Puaris through the seal.

When the three "No Dark Ones" began to remove the seal of the "0" level seal, the ghost of Montsouris, who was slowly passing the intersection, suddenly changed direction and walked towards them step by step.

Jack Wharton, dressed as an ancient stonemason, saw the ghost of Montsouris quickly become clear from a rather blurry black shadow.

This is indeed not a hunchbacked old man. Its main body is a sticky black liquid, which has been stretched into a human shape under some influence.

Those drops of black liquid overlapped each other, their edges merged, but their cores were independent.

Different faces were reflected in the independent black liquid cores. Some were laughing wantonly, some were walking among the limbs and internal organs, some were full of anger, some had dark red eyes, some were flaunting their own lust, and some were wearing necklaces made of human skulls...

They were all twisted, and shouted in unison to Angouleme and Jack Wharton:

“Human nature is evil!”

This is demon language!
As this sentence echoed, the three "No Dark Ones" were not affected at all, but Jack Wharton and other clergymen of the "God of Steam and Machinery" Church suddenly felt a strong malice.

That was due to the resentment of being assigned to a dangerous mission.

Soon after, Jack Wharton and other saints saw dark figures with hunched bodies slowly walking out from the intersection behind them and from the alleys on both sides.

This all looks like Montsouris ghosts.

Dozens or even hundreds of Montsouris ghosts!

At the same time, the belly of the black shadow that appeared at the beginning, the Montsouris ghost, swelled up rapidly, and then burst open, spurting out a sticky black liquid. The black liquid stretched and lengthened, forming a new Montsouris ghost.

Seeing this scene, Angouleme, Jack Walton and others suddenly had an association:
The Montsouris ghost shouldn't normally have such changes.

This is a phenomenon that can only be caused by the "Earth", "Moon" or "Banshee" pathways!
Brought by Mrs. Pualis?
And what does the Montsouris ghost correspond to? What kind of development will such reproduction bring?
"The evil of human nature..." The words spoken by Montsouris' ghost suddenly echoed in Angouleme's mind.

As far as he knew, the paths corresponding to the evil of human nature were "devil" and "prisoner", and these two paths were deeply influenced by the "Mother Tree of Desire".

Yes...Angoulême's forehead twitched suddenly.

The "Shadow of the Goddess of Beauty" obtained by Mrs. Pualis is suspected to come from the "Rose School", and the "Rose School" controls the "Prisoner" path and is a loyal follower of the "Mother Tree of Desire"!
Thinking of this, Angouleme had a guess that even he, the "No Darkness", felt a little scared:
In the vortex incident, the transaction related to the "Shadow of the Goddess of Beauty" is not a one-time deal, but also hides a subsequent cooperation!
The vortex incident is over, but its impact is still continuing. The "Great Mother" and the "Mother Tree of Desire" have reached a certain understanding and decided to cooperate to a limited extent on certain things!
Angouleme's expression froze, and he said in a deep voice:

"Get rid of the Montsouris ghost here as soon as possible!"

If it’s any later, something unexpected might happen!
When Angouleme said this, a giant brown-green tree with gnarled roots that seemed both real and unreal suddenly grew out in a mine in Trier underground, close to the seal of Trier in the Fourth Epoch.

It spread out branches and grew very fast, as if it had received the best treatment and the most abundant nutrition.

…………

New Silver City, the headquarters of the Church of Fools.

Lumian and the others saw through the mirrors floating in front of them that in the dark night, in many corners of Trier, the ground had cracked and brown-green roots or branches had grown out.

“‘Shadow Tree’?” Lumian stood up and laughed, “I really want to go back to Trier right now and burn it down. I couldn’t kill it before, but I may not be able to do so today.”

He already has the "Fire of Destruction"!
As Lumian finished speaking, he suddenly turned his gaze towards the rows of large windows in the church.

Outside the window, the crimson moon grew very large and very low, as if it had stuck to an invisible barrier.

(End of this chapter)