Ring of Fate

Chapter 726 The Secret of Immortality

After waiting for a while, Anthony Reid brought the listless brown and yellow giant dog back to the quarry cave with the fixed entrance and exit of the mirror world.

He said to Lumian:

"I can now cancel the 'Animal Creation Technique'."

Looking at the giant dog that no longer had any ferocity, Lumian smiled and recited the spell to remove it in Hermetic:
"monk!"

He made this ritual dog skin himself, and set the same opening spell as that of the parish priest Guillaume Bennet, but made some changes to the lifting spell.

Lumian originally wanted to use the name of one of his two idols, Gehrman Sparrow, as the spell to remove the spell, but considering that the other party was Mr. Fool's angel of salvation, reading his name in Hermetic might have some strange effects and feel blasphemous, so he gave up this option.

Because the first ritual skin he made was dog skin, he was inspired by "The Monk Chasing the Dog" and used the word "monk" to make the dispelling spell.

A dim light appeared, and Moran Avni appeared in a slightly embarrassed state.

He subconsciously pulled out a handkerchief from his chest pocket and wiped the coagulated blood, tear stains, saliva and snot from his face.

Lumian did not get straight to the point, but planned to start with less important issues to enhance his own "credibility" and maximize the effect of hypnosis.

He said half mockingly and half sighing:

"I don't understand why you 'people in the mirror' hate your real selves so much."

Moran Avni sneered:
"If you stay in a cold, dark, closed mirror all the time, you will hate yourself living in the sun, enjoying good food and alcohol, enjoying leisure and joy."

"But you were not created naturally, but by accident." Janna almost said that you are monsters living in a special mirror world.

Moran Avni laughed and said:
“What does this have to do with our jealousy and hatred?
"The accident was not caused by us. Since we were born and have been continuing the tribe, we have the right to pursue a better life."

This made Franca and Janna unable to refute for a moment.

“You do have that right,” Lumian said in a friendly tone, “but it cannot be based on murdering and harming the original owner. Why don’t you cooperate with some formal organizations, such as the Church of Fools? After you escape from Trier in the Fourth Epoch, you can completely stay away from this city and country and start a new life somewhere else.”

Moran Avni sneered:

"Do you think we can trust these organizations in the sun and work with them?"

"Aren't you also cooperating with the 'School of Truth'?" Lumian exposed Moran Avini's lie.

Moran Avni was silent for a few seconds and said:
"We have our own mission. We want to restore the truth to this world."

"Real?" Lumian deliberately challenged. "How can there be truth in the mirror? You 'people in the mirror' are only close to the truth. After a while after death, you will turn back into mirror fragments."

After the provocation, Lumian's eyes turned silver-black to observe the fate of Moran Avini and prevent him from making a response that would put his life in danger.

After a brief observation and confirming that his problem would not bring too much risk, Lumian terminated the "Eye of Disaster" in order to save spiritual energy.

Moran Avni showed a meaningful smile:
“No, in a sense, what’s in the mirror is real.

"Once we have completed our mission, we will return to reality completely!"

"Why do you say that?" Franca was very curious about where Moran Avni's confidence came from.

Moran Avni glanced at the two witches. He was in "Sage Time" and chuckled, saying:

"Even I can't understand the most fundamental reason. I can only tell you that this is related to the 'Chaos Witch' we believe in deep in the mirror world. She is the real 'Original Witch'!
“Also, I can give you an example:
"After becoming a 'witch' and coming into contact with 'mirror magic', the truest self of every witch is in the mirror."

Seeing that both Franca and Janna showed disbelief, Moran Avni, who was eager to talk, smiled and asked:
"Do you know what the Sequence 3 of the Witch Path is called?"

"I don't know." Franca and Janna shook their heads at the same time.

Moran Avni nodded slightly and said:

“She’s called the ‘Immortal Witch’. She’s eternally young and is good at resurrection and rebirth.

"Why are they so difficult to kill, yet able to be resurrected and reborn? That's because what is killed is only their appearance. The real them has always been in the mirror, imprisoned and sealed in the mirror by themselves!
“If the fake ones die, they can be resurrected quickly by relying on the projection of their real selves in the mirror!

"Tell me, how can the real self who is imprisoned, sealed, and used as a source of resurrection by the false people not hate the falsehood in reality? How can you not want to escape from the mirror and take back what you deserve?"

Hearing this, Franka suddenly remembered the scene when she first entered the special mirror world:
At that time, she met the original owner of this body, herself before taking the "witch" potion, the man with thick brown eyebrows and short flaxen hair. His face was covered in blood, and his eyes were full of malice and hatred.

Could it be that after taking the witch's potion and becoming a woman, her original male self did not disappear, but was banished into the mirror and could never come out again? Franca was shocked and suspicious.

Jana also remembered some past events:
In the process of becoming a "witch", she also saw another self in the hallucination, a vicious, mirror-like self. At that time, both of them fell into the black flame. She struggled to climb out and returned to the surface of the ice above the black flame, completing her promotion, while the vicious self was dragged into the "abyss" with an invisible bottom by a python-like black shadow.

Does that symbolize the splitting of the self?
Is there indeed a part of “me” that is suffering in the mirror right now?
Seeing that his two fellow witches were in a state of confusion, Lumian smiled and said to Moran Avni:

"It's not necessarily imprisoning the self. It could be that in the process of becoming a 'witch', a deep connection is established with the self in the mirror, so they can use them to master 'mirror magic', and at a certain level, they can use it to revive."

"The selves in the mirror are bloody, vicious, hateful, and hideous because they are just like that. They are jealous of their real selves, just like you 'people in the mirror' who come from a special world."

When the truth cannot be found out for the time being, Lumian tends not to dwell on himself and tries to shift the blame to others.

Moreover, as the "man in the mirror", Moran Avni naturally has a tendency in terms of stance. The words that come out of his mouth must be accepted with caution and analyzed from a different perspective from time to time.

After hearing Lumian's words, Franca and Janna's expressions softened, while Moran Avini said sarcastically:
"Self-deception cannot conceal true existence."

Seeing that the groundwork had been laid, Lumian decided to get the topic on track now.

Originally their purpose was related to the "Man in the Mirror", but now, Lumian believes that the matter at the "School of Truth" is more important and urgent, and needs to be asked first.

His eyes turned silver-black again, and he looked at Moran Avni and said:

"Have you signed a contract with the 'Overseer' of the 'School of Truth'?"

"Of course we have signed it. Otherwise, how can we cooperate? We all attach great importance to contracts." Moran Avni replied proudly.

Lumian laughed:
"He didn't secretly change the terms the moment you signed the contract, did he?"

"No, I pay much attention to this aspect. As you know, I am a 'judge' in the sense of mysticism." Moran Avni said confidently.

Lumian further asked:
"Have you seen the 'Overseer'?"

Moran Avni shook his head:
"He signed the contract first, and then his men delivered it to me. We never actually met."

"What has the 'Overseer' been doing lately?" Lumian asked cautiously.

Moran Avni laughed:
"I am just one link in his huge black box and huge black network. I help to complete some things through transactions. I don't know what those things are specifically pointing to or the purpose behind them.

"Well, he once said that he wanted to use people like me to weave an invisible, huge vortex into which he could put his strongest needs and get results.

"A few days ago, he mentioned casually that a vortex was about to take shape."

The vortex is about to take shape... Lumian continued to watch the changes in Moran Avini's fate, and asked thoughtfully:

"How do you and the 'Overseer' usually communicate with each other?
“Are there any special, backup methods in case of emergency?”

This was something that needed to be clarified as soon as possible - Moran Avni, as the Minister of Industry of Intis, was suddenly attacked and mysteriously disappeared. This was major news and the news would spread quickly. By then, the "supervisor" would definitely hear about it and would quickly cut off the original communication channels.

…………

In the villa of Moran Avni.

As the captain of the "Purifier" mobile team directly under the Trier Diocese, Angouleme de François, who was well prepared, rushed to the scene as soon as possible.

After listening to the narration of the "Purifiers" present and inspecting the scene, Angouleme frowned:
"Someone from the Aurora Society?"

Aren’t they the Hidden Blade?
What are they doing!

After a brief thought, Angouleme gave the order:

"First, block the news of Moran Avni's accident to avoid alerting the people and forces hiding behind this abnormal person. We may still have a chance to find clues and continue the investigation."

This is his experience, and it is also the processing procedure that the "Purifiers" have long been accustomed to.

(End of this chapter)