Ring of Fate

Chapter 716 Between White and Black

After being reminded by Thermipolos, Lumian immediately felt that something was wrong.

At this time, the ambusher was leaving slowly, as if he was afraid that if he walked too fast, Lumian would notice the abnormality in advance and wake up. But for some reason, no huge vortex was generated in the depths of the dark and empty tunnel, and the ambusher who had entered was not directly sucked to the other mirror.

Looking at his back, Lumian looked down at his own shadow which had returned to normal, put away the brass revolver he had obtained from the enemy, took out the "torture" gloves from the "traveler's bag", and put them on his hands slowly.

The next second, Lumian's body was enveloped in blazing white flames, transforming into a fiercely burning spear that flew towards the back of the ambusher.

The ambusher's worries finally became a reality. He dodged in a hurry and was about to turn into a shadow, escaping to the depths of the dark tunnel with five fakes and one real thing, and then activated the "Mirror Shuttle", completely leaving here and returning to the preset mirror.

At this moment, as the flames that made up the blazing white spear fell, Lumian's figure appeared.

The shadow under the ambusher's feet suddenly came to life, entangled his body which had not yet completely turned into a shadow, preventing him from splitting into six parts and going their separate ways, and forced him to stay where he was.

Lumian took a step forward, rushed in front of the ambusher in front of his horrified eyes, punched him with both fists alternately, and began to "torture".

boom!
Lumian's first punch only heightened the ambusher's intense fear, just as the target barely managed to break free from his own shadow.

boom!
Lumian's second punch instantly ignited the enemy's already high level of panic.

This was not luck, but under the current circumstances, the ambusher's panic was clearly beyond the normal range. Lumian, with his silver-black eyes, saw the corresponding future and directly targeted this weakness. While swinging his fist, he simulated the panic in his mind.

Therefore, the first punch added fuel to the fire, and the probability of the second punch increased greatly, leading to a successful explosion.

The ambusher froze in place, his heart stopped beating briefly due to the shock of the explosion, his mind went blank, and blood flowed from his nose.

Seeing this, Lumian took out the only ceremonial sheepskin from the "traveler's bag" and covered the head of the ambusher with it.

Then, he recited the opening spell in Hermetic language:
"sheep!"

There was a flash of dim light, and the ambusher turned into a sheep with light white and gray hair.

Lumian looked at the sheep, whose eyes were bloodshot and terrified, and said with a smile as he took off the "torture" gloves and put them back into the "traveler's bag":

"So you want me to let you go just because of a broken gun?"

After saying this, Lumian bent down, picked up the limp sheep, returned to the mirror behind Moran Avini's study, and tried to step out.

He did not have the ability to enter and exit the mirror, and was not sure whether he could leave. If not, he would use the "mirror mark" he had prepared in advance and the "spiritual world shuttle" to go directly to the special, fixed exit of the mirror world in Trier underground, and then "teleport" back to find Franka - this was some preparation in advance to prevent any accidents behind the mirror.

Lumian's eyes darkened and then brightened, and he returned to Moran Avni's study with the frightened sheep.

He walked quickly to the window and carefully pushed open the glass. As expected, he saw that Franca had left the shadows and was lurking on the side of the narrow windowsill.

——After discovering that the mirror substitute she had made for Lumian was broken, Franka immediately went up to scout and see if her teammates needed help.

"Are you okay?" Franca asked in a very low voice.

“Let’s talk about it when we get back.” Lumian threw the sheep to Franka.

Franka wasted no time, catching the sheep and taking it with her into the shadows, disappearing.

Lumian was not in a hurry to leave. He put on gloves and cleaned up the traces he had left in the room.

Not long after, Franka returned and used the statue of the "Original Witch", her own mirror and the "Witch's" black magic to complete the anti-divination and anti-prophecy.

…………

In underground Trier, in an abandoned tunnel not too far from the fixed entrance to the mirror world.

Having learned the details from Lumian, Franca looked at the shivering sheep and said excitedly:
"How should we interrogate it? Like before, should we prepare a mechanical typewriter for it?

"But we're out of Veritaserum."

Anthony, who was no longer wearing gold-rimmed glasses and dressed like a retired soldier, stared at the sheep for two seconds and said:
"I'll communicate with him."

"Do you need us to leave first?" Janna asked cautiously.

Anthony nodded:
"I'm not afraid of you watching, but with fewer people around, he will feel safer and it will be easier to communicate."

Afraid that our presence would scare people and affect the effect of "hypnosis"? Lumian turned around thoughtfully and walked out of the dark tunnel with Franca and Janna.

Soon, the sheep followed Anthony out quietly and steadily, no longer as frightened and uneasy as before.

"We can remove the 'Animal Creation Technique' now." Anthony said to Lumian with a smile, "He already knows that we are doing this for his own good and want to help him. As long as we don't ask questions that involve belief in gods and directly affect his life, he will tell us honestly and kindly."

The sheep nodded seriously, indicating that what Anthony said was true.

Lumian glanced sideways at Franca and Janna, and saw similar emotions in their eyes:
"Hypnotist" is so scary!
The "audience" is so scary!
Yes...Lumian felt this way in his heart.

He looked at the sheep and chanted the spell to remove the spell in Hermetic language:

"Your Excellency the Archbishop."

As the dim light flashed, the sheepskin automatically fell off, and the ambusher appeared in front of Lumian and others in a half-lying posture.

Lumian put away the sheepskin and asked with a smile:

"What's your name?"

"Yebus Rata." The ambusher answered as if he was chatting with a friend.

Lumian, holding the calcium carbide lamp, asked in a friendly manner:
"Are you providing protection for Moran Avni?"

"Yes." Yebusi Rata answered sincerely, "It's mainly to hide behind the mirror, monitor the outside, and prevent accidents from happening in the mirror world. Make sure Moran Avni is not discovered or ambushed when he uses the mirror world to go to different places to complete certain things."

The security measures are quite tight, with no obvious loopholes... Franka muttered, actively showing the charm of the "Pleasure Witch", and asked with a smile:

"Which organization do you belong to?"

Jebus's eyes were drawn to Franka, and he answered almost instinctively:

"'The School of Truth.'

“Truth?” Lumian raised an eyebrow.

Jebus didn't look at him, his eyes moved back and forth between the two witches:

"Yes, the truth."

His expression became a little more serious, and he spoke to Franca and Janna in a missionary tone:

"What do you think is the underlying color of this world?"

Without waiting for the two witches to answer, he spoke to himself:
“Neither white nor black, neither light nor darkness.

"It is the gray between white and black, the fog between light and darkness, the shadow, the change, the chaos!"

What are the characteristics of the corresponding path? Lumian, who has a wealth of knowledge in occult science, thoughtfully changed the subject:
"Do you know the identity of Moran Avni?"

This is what they need to know most right now.

Jebus nodded in a relaxed manner, as if he was getting along with his companions:
"Yes, he is a member of the Tamara family, but he has been replaced by the 'Mirror Man' from underground Trier."

"Then why do you still want to cooperate with him?" Franca asked.

Jebus laughed:
"Didn't I just tell you?
"The underlying color of this world is neither white nor black, but gray. As long as we can achieve our goals, why can't we cooperate with the 'Man in the Mirror'?"

"What does the 'School of Truth' want to achieve?" Lumian asked quickly.

Jebus looked at Franka's face and lake-blue eyes and said:
"We want to use upper-class people like Moran Avini to gradually take control of the Intis government, so that this country will have both order and shadow, as well as a bridge to connect order and shadow.

“We respect the law, but that doesn’t mean we won’t look for loopholes in the law and use some means to resolve the issue before it enters the legal process.

“That’s our philosophy.”

At this moment, Jebus seemed to be preaching to the two witches.

How ambitious...Janna sighed to herself.

Lumian smiled and asked:

“What’s the point of controlling the government?”

"In order to practice the truth and get closer to the truth, this is also a ritual to please the truth." Jebus answered somewhat fanatically, "In addition, we also need to rely on the power of the Intis government and the power of other governments to find three things."

"Which three?" Franca asked curiously.

Jebus was happy to answer her questions:

"One is the clue to the Fallen Kingdom. It is in the ancient city sealed underground. Only by controlling the Intis government can we completely open the seal."

Fallen Heaven... What is this? Lumian, Franca, Janna and Anthony looked at each other and found that no one had heard of this term.

Jebus continued:
"The second is Roselle's final mausoleum."

The mausoleum of Emperor Roselle? Lumian's pupils suddenly dilated.

Franka couldn't wait to ask:
"Do you have any clues?"

"I don't know." Yebusi shook his head honestly. "At least I don't have any clues about Roselle's mausoleum. As for whether the several 'supervisors' have collected any, I don't know."

"Supervisor"...Lumian and others took note of this term.

Yebus glanced at Franka, then at Janna, and finally looked back at Franka and said:

"Three is a lamp. It's called the 'Wishing Lamp'."

"'Wishing Lamp'?" Lumian looked at Franka and found that the "Witch of Joy" also had a confused look on her face.

Jebus smiled and added in a boastful tone:

"The 'Wishing Magic Lamp' is a sealed object, numbered:

"'0-05'!"

(End of this chapter)