Ring of Fate

Chapter 728 The Third Level of the Mirror World

"You'll never guess who it is?" Lumian and Franca sneered at the same time, pretending to be willing to guess.

Of course, they did not make direct guesses. They planned to collect certain intelligence through indirect methods before making targeted guesses.

Lumian watched the changes in Moran Avini's fate and understood that this "Punishment Knight" had his own persistence and self-limitation in the sense of mysticism, and would not take the initiative to reveal the situation of the leader of the "Man in the Mirror". However, he could not restrain his desire to confide, and could not resist the influence of hypnosis, so he made a certain provocation with a sense of showing off.

"What you just said was that the Mirror Man with powerful divinity could not escape through certain disasters by using the leak point, not the Mirror Man with divinity." Lumian smiled and dissected the key words from Moran Avini's own statement, "In other words, there was a Mirror Man corresponding to Sequence 4 who escaped, and your leader is at least a Mirror Man corresponding to a Sequence 3 demigod?"

Moran Avni immediately showed an annoyed expression, regretting that he had just explained it in too much detail and unknowingly revealed key information in his choice of words.

Inspired by Lumian's performance, Franka laughed and said:

"Where is the Sequence 4 'Mirror Man' who escaped from your mirror world now, and what is he doing?"

Moran Avni's lips moved, and he was trying very hard to endure, but he still remained silent.

As expected of a Sequence 5 “Punishment Knight”, he is very good at resisting interrogation and communication, much better than the previous ones... I wonder if destroying his frontal lobe will make him lose the last bit of self-control... Lumian sighed and changed the topic to something less important:
"What are the prerequisites for the emergence of 'Man in the Mirror'?
"Does anyone who has lived in real Trier for a long time have a corresponding 'Mirror Man', or does he need to have been exposed to some kind of pollution underground to have one?"

This is a guess based on the situation of the "Dream Festival".

Huh... Moran Avni breathed a sigh of relief. He almost couldn't control himself and told out the most core and important secrets.

The question now made him feel somewhat relaxed, and he answered very smoothly:
"If there were no seal on Trier in the Fourth Epoch, the mirror world there would have a complete projection of the real Trier, including everyone living in this city. And under the premise of the seal, only those who frequently go in and out of the underground and come into contact with specific pollution will leave a mark on our mirror world.

"Besides this kind of situation, our ethnic group has other sources:
"One is that the descendants of that false god will have corresponding 'people in the mirror' appear as soon as they are born, no matter where they are located or whether they have ever been to Trier.

"The second is the bloodline of certain nobles in Trier in the Fourth Epoch. For example, the descendants of the Tamara family. This is how I was born. This is also not limited by location and environment."

Lumian and others understood that the false god that Moran Avni mentioned was the "original witch" Chick. As the evil god who ruled the mirror world, it was completely understandable that his descendants were closely related to the special mirror world.

"Why do the descendants of the Tamara family have a special relationship with your mirror world? Did your ancestors suffer corresponding pollution in the 'War of the Four Emperors', or even earlier?" Lumian asked thoughtfully.

Moran Avni was silent for a few seconds and said:
“Earlier.

"I don't know what kind of pollution it suffered and why it happened because it was too long ago. The Tamara branch that adheres to the 'Judgment' path and is not the 'Man in the Mirror' path or the Tamara branch that follows the 'Gate' path may have preserved relevant records."

The "Gate" path is another name for the "Apprentice" path.

Lumian nodded and asked on behalf of Franka and Janna:
"Your tribe does not include the 'Mirror People' of other witches?"

"That's the 'Mirror Person', but not from our world." Moran Avni replied with a smile, "Of course, if the conditions I mentioned earlier are met, a corresponding witch, the 'Mirror Person', will be born in our mirror world."

I see… As Franca and Janna nodded slightly, Lumian changed the question:
"What are the 'people in the mirror' doing after they leave the underground?"

His question was very general, not referring to the "people in the mirror" who possessed divinity. Moran Avni struggled for a moment before answering:
"Most of them stayed in Trier, either using the identities of their original owners to improve their status in different industries and organizations, or hiding in the shadows, secretly developing their power, preparing to completely open the seal of Trier in the Fourth Epoch in the future and enter the third layer of the mirror world, which is the deepest layer.

"The rest..."

Moran Avni paused, looked at Franca and Janna and said with a smile:
“Some infiltrated the Witch Cult, hoping to find the false god’s hiding place in reality, and some went to Lenburg, searching for a certain item as ordered by the leader.

"Don't ask me if there is any progress on the 'Man in the Mirror' of the Witch Cult, and don't ask me what item I'm looking for in the 'Man in the Mirror' of Lenburg. These are not my areas of responsibility, and no one has told me the details."

"I also want to find the hiding place of the 'Original Witch' in reality. Why don't you tell me all the 'People in the Mirror' who have infiltrated the Witch's sect? Maybe we can cooperate." Franka made a suggestion with a smile.

Moran Avni said with an expression that said, "The more beautiful a woman is, the more likely she is to lie. I won't believe you."
"I don't know exactly what they are. Only the leader has all the information."

"Okay." Franca's eyes turned slightly and she said, "What is the third level of the mirror world? Speaking of which, we have all been to Trier in the Fourth Epoch and entered your special mirror world. What we saw and met were all the 'people in the mirror' of the dead citizens of Trier in the Fourth Epoch. They were the reflections of that ancient city. Where is your tribe?"

Moran Avni elaborated:

"You should have entered the second layer of our mirror world. It will only appear when certain conditions are met. It preserves the scene when Trier was destroyed in the Fourth Epoch. It is quite dangerous and contains many unknown secrets. What we live in in our daily lives is the first layer of the mirror world, which is a reflection of Trier at present."

"The first layer of the mirror world shows the present Trier?" Jana keenly noticed a contradiction. "Didn't you say that you 'people in the mirror' live in a dark, cold, and closed environment?"

Trier is now a big city!

Moran Avni laughed coldly:
“We seem to live in a big city, but in fact, everyone is restricted and can only go back and forth along a fixed path, always wandering in a few rooms and one or two streets. Without the help of a powerful person with divine power, we can’t even communicate with each other. We can only see what we are doing in reality through the mirror. Moreover, the world in the mirror has no projection of the sun, moon, and stars.

“You can imagine what that environment was like.”

The living conditions of the dummies in the previous painting world are somewhat similar, but the "people in the mirror" have their own clear cognition... No wonder they are suffering... Lumian thought of a question from the fact that there is no sun, moon, or stars in the first layer of the mirror world, and asked thoughtfully:

"If a Sequence 4 'No Darkness' of the 'Sun' Path comes into contact with a specific type of underground pollution, will a corresponding 'Mirror Man' be born?"

"No." Moran Avni answered affirmatively.

Lumian used this to rule out some possibilities - some possibilities about the real identity of the leader of the "man in the mirror".

"The 'Sun' path is really special. It is worthy of being the path of purification." Franka said sincerely.

She then remembered that her question had not been answered, so she urged:

"What's on the third level of the mirror world?"

Moran Avni shook his head again:
"No one has ever been in there. We just know that this layer exists. We know that our birth, our characteristics, and the source of our power all point to this layer. And the 'Chaos Witch' that we believe in and follow, also known as the 'Original Witch', is trapped there for some reason, guarding the truth."

Trapped there? Perhaps sealed there... Guarding the truth, this idea is interesting... Lumian pondered for a moment and said:

"What exactly is the truth you are talking about?"

"Reality is reality." Moran Avni's expression was a little confused, as if he had not thought about this issue seriously.

Seeing that he didn't know the answer, Janna continued the topic of the correspondence between the "man in the mirror" and reality.

She asked doubtfully:
"If the original owner in reality dies, what will happen to the 'person in the mirror'?
"What about the other way around?"

Moran Avni raised the corner of his mouth, and smiled with a twisted face:
“Normally, if my real self dies, I will die too.

“But if I send the real me to the mirror world before that, his death will have little impact on me.

"The same is true in reverse. If I am killed by an intruder while I am still in the mirror world, the real me will only get sick and be weak for a period of time. If he does not come into contact with the specific pollution underground again, there will no longer be a corresponding 'person in the mirror'.

"If I escape to the real world and get killed, it won't have any impact on me in real life."

Franka hissed and said:

"So you didn't kill Moran Avni directly, but instead tried to drag him into the mirror world?"

"Yes, I waited until he had 'enjoyed' darkness, coldness, isolation and loneliness for a while before I killed him." Moran Avni smiled.

In simple terms, the one in the mirror will lose its importance and will not affect the survival of the other one, and this has nothing to do with whether he is the "man in the mirror" or the real person... If they are both in the real world, the "man in the mirror" is naturally at a disadvantage... Lumian nodded slightly and began to speculate on the identity of the leader of the "man in the mirror" based on what Moran Avini had just said:

He frequently went in and out of Trier's underground and was exposed to certain pollution;
The divinity is strong, at least Sequence 3;

Must be alive now...

With this in mind, Lumian couldn't narrow it down any further.

He had no choice but to use his ability as a "conspirator" to put all the relevant information into his own mental network:
The "Overseer" of the "School of Truth" held a ceremony and communicated with the leader of the "Man in the Mirror";

The "School of Truth" is searching for the last tomb of Emperor Roselle;
They have made a very important discovery, and the vortex is about to take shape...

Suddenly, Lumian had a flash of inspiration and an incredible guess in his mind.

He was not sure about this guess because a certain premise did not seem to be true.

He took two steps forward, leaned close to Moran Avni's ear, and whispered a name.

Moran Avni's face changed drastically, with shock and panic.

Lumian pulled back and exhaled solemnly.

"Have you guessed who the leader of 'Man in the Mirror' is?" Franca asked.

Lumian nodded slightly, looked around, and said in a deep voice:

“Yes, I know who He is.

"He is Roselle Gustav in the mirror!"

(End of this chapter)