Ring of Fate

Chapter 767 There is always a kind of pollution that can come in handy
Lumian took off his glasses and said in a low voice:
"The target should have noticed something wrong with me, but at the same time, Ludwig is also next to me, and there is the 'mother' aura coming from that corpse. These two situations together will definitely make the target highly alert and he will probably ask for help. You must be prepared."

If there was only Omybella's bloodline, Osetto would think that it was the influence of the law of aggregation that caused her to encounter someone who blasphemed the Son of God. Similarly, if there was only the breath of the corpse's "mother", she might be wary and might also suspect that the corpses affected the surrounding water sources in the process of returning to the earth, causing some people to be polluted.

But the combination of the two is very problematic in the eyes of anyone who can sense them.
This is definitely not a coincidence, there must be a dangerous trap hidden!
The voice of the Sword Knight Maric seemed to be a little further away:
“We are ready.”

Did he think the whole thing through and give the corresponding reminders earlier than me, and was aware of the hidden crisis and prepared? In addition to his strong spiritual intuition, he also has a lot of experience... Lumian sighed as he saw Lugano, frightened by his actions and low words, stand up.

Ludwig did not waste it. He took the ice cream that the two of them had given up and ate it happily, not caring at all about what might happen next.

Lumian's eyes swept from Lugano and Ludwig's faces to Franca and Janna who were also enjoying their dessert.

He is thinking about a question now:
Should we act together next, or just wander around separately like we did in the morning?
If the speculations just now are indeed roughly in line with the truth, then the process of using bait to lure out Osetto should be over, and what will be faced next may be a tentative attack from the "Witch King" and her companions.

In this case, acting together would allow them to more effectively receive the protection of the Temperance Faction, without having to worry about Osetto starting from a less well-protected area and taking one or two hostages. However, if the attack brought by Osetto was very fierce, and the Temperance Faction's hidden forces could only barely protect themselves for a period of time, then the outcome of getting together would most likely be total annihilation.

Which option is safer and more reasonable in the current environment is a judgment that the team leader needs to make.

Lumian walked slowly towards the restaurant entrance, his mind racing as he went through the questions he had just thought about and the corresponding speculations he had made.

He thought of his own description of the kingdom of the dead in the Lacre region:
A crude, regionalized underworld.

The underworld...Lumian's eyelids twitched, and he asked again in a low voice:

"Can you see or sense the underworld?"

He was asking whether the zombies and ghosts could discover the underworld.

The Sword Knight Maric quickly replied:
“No, unless someone directly opens the door to the underworld, or comes from the underworld itself, its existence can only be sensed through some traces.

"Before the Underworld changes, you can."

Before the Underworld Incident? Is this inferred from ancient data? Lumian was not concerned about this, but another thing:
If Osetto really did initially integrate the local kingdom of the dead into her own "other world", then would her "other world" also be considered a small underworld?

Moreover, that should be a small underworld that cannot leave the current area. Otherwise, based on Lumian's understanding of the "other world", Osetto could have taken his own "other world" away and would not have been stranded here.

Of course, it is also possible that she had another purpose that she failed to achieve.

Small underworld... Lumian muttered silently, then turned to walk towards Franka and Janna and said with a smile:

"I heard that Chaban Street has a lot of local characteristics. I wonder if you two beautiful ladies would be willing to be my guides?"

Chaban Street is where Franca and Janna started to feel the temperature drop a little, which means they might have met Osetto on Chaban Street!

In the eyes of the nearby customers, Lumian's invitation to a date was blatant, but after Franka and Janna looked at each other, they both understood that Lumian meant to act together next, and the destination of the action was Chaban Street.

"Okay." Franca and Janna laughed in unison and stood up.

This made the people around him a little stunned:

Is it such a good invitation?

If I had known earlier, I would have mustered up the courage to invite him!
Lumian, Franka, Janna and the others walked towards Chaban Street at a leisurely pace, discussing what they had seen and heard in Lacre City in a seemingly relaxed state.

About a quarter of an hour later, they saw the street where mainly local residents lived.

The gray and white stone houses stand side by side, looking quite rough but sturdy enough, while colorful strips of wool are hung outside the different houses, bringing a bright and exotic feeling that is different from other places outside the Star Plateau.

Compared to other streets in Lacre, the local residents here tend to wear traditional clothing - that is, dark red woolen robes for men and brightly colored skirts for women.

Likewise, they also carried more skull amulets with different decorations, some showing their own mottled and yellow-brown colors, wearing woolen wigs, some painted in different colors such as purple, green, and red, some with caramel-colored East Balam cigarettes stuffed between their teeth, and some were white like jade, with dark eye sockets with insects crawling in and out.

Lumian stood at the entrance of Chaban Street. Instead of rushing forward, he stopped and signaled Franca, Janna and others to stay further back than him.

Then, he took something out of the "traveler's bag".

It was a golden mask with white or black paint around the eyes and face area.

That is the Eggers family mask made by the "God of Death" himself!
Lumian felt that since this pure gold mask was originally made to help the living sense and enter the underworld, and it came directly from the "God of Death" who dominated death and the underworld, then wearing it today when the underworld has mutated and hidden may be able to discover things related to the underworld within a certain range. The local kingdom of the dead in the Lacre area is equivalent to a small and simple underworld.

If the local kingdom of the dead is really integrated with Osetto's "other world", then "seeing" it is equivalent to "seeing" that "other world" and seeing the "Witch King" Osetto!

Lumian put on the golden mask of the Eggers family without hesitation.

His breath quickly grew colder and gradually became still, his body instantly became cold, he lost the feeling of being alive, and his blood stopped flowing.

Through this golden mask, Lumian felt that the surroundings had become dim, all colors had faded to a certain extent, and the temperature had also become a little colder.

Apart from that, everything is normal.

"Is this the world seen by the undead? I haven't found any traces of the kingdom of the dead... Has it merged with the 'other world', making it hidden even deeper? Well, I can directly sense the spirit world, but I can't find the underworld... No wonder I need to wait for an opportunity to enter the underworld, instead of being able to locate and 'teleport' directly after putting on the mask of the Eggers family..." Lumian muttered to himself silently for a few words, but did not give up his original guess and tried to stimulate the remaining breath of the "Blood Emperor".

His purpose in stimulating the remaining aura of Alistair Tudor was to make the seal left by the "Underworld Man" stand out.

This powerful man from Franka's world is obviously related to the three paths of "death", "darkness" and "warrior". According to the "magician" lady, he may have come into contact with the crazy "God of Death" and reached some agreements. The seal he left behind may allow the mask of the Eggers family to be improved to a certain extent.

As a slight tingling sensation in the palm of his right hand and a feeling of coldness and decay emerged, the scene in front of Lumian's eyes suddenly changed.

All along Chaban Street, the cloth strips hanging on the walls had lost their color and turned gray. People walking here seemed inexplicably blurry, as if they were separated by a thick fog.

But the skull amulets on their bodies were unusually clear, and the colors seemed even richer in contrast.

Lumian also saw pale or dark red flames suddenly ignited in the dark, empty eye sockets of those human skulls. They jumped unsteadily, emitting a sense of cold and death.

At this moment, Lumian knew that he had "seen" the kingdom of the dead in the Lacre region.

It overlaps with the entire Rakre region, where undead wander in the dark and humans live in the light!

Lumian stood on the edge of the kingdom of the dead, but did not try to go inside. He looked for signs of the existence of the "other world" at a certain distance.

He saw a huge dark cloud covering the sky in the direction of Lake Dash, saw human skulls floating in the air above the streets, with shadows of children emerging from eye sockets burning with flames, and saw that the wilderness under the mountains seemed to spread directly over and merge with the city, indistinguishable from each other.

As expected... Lumian suddenly had a clear understanding:

Osetto is in this "other world" that is integrated with the kingdom of the dead!

With this understanding, the first thought that flashed through Lumian's mind was:

My mission ends here. The next step is to lend the golden mask of the Eggers family to the "Sword Knight" and the Temperance Faction, and let them find a way to organize their own people to enter this "other world" and fight Osetto, while we return to Trier to avoid possible dangers.

On second thought, Lumian realized that this wouldn't work.

Because if there is only the golden mask of the Eggers family, but no seal of the "Underworld Man", even if the "ghost" wears it, it will not be able to directly "see" the "other world" where Osetto has changed!
Lumian vaguely thought of a possibility.

He said in a deep voice to the Sword Knight Maric who was hiding nearby:
"I have discovered Osetto's 'other world'. You should first send 'Holy Grail II' and the others to a safe place, then attach yourself to me as a vengeful spirit, and I will take you into that 'other world'!"

"Okay." The Sword Knight's slightly illusory voice revealed a bit of irrepressible joy and malice.

That was for Osetto.

(End of this chapter)