Ring of Fate

Chapter 769 "Premature Birth"

Looking at the young man wearing red gloves, Franca asked cautiously:
"you are?"

She wouldn't believe everything a stranger said when he suddenly came, unless she was influenced by some kind of supernatural power.

"'Two of Cups', 'Seven of Cups', you don't need to participate in what comes next." The young man in red gloves directly called out the names of Franka and Janna's Minor Arcana cards, and he had the majesty of having led a large number of people for a long time, which made Franka and others feel a little afraid.

Knowing our Tarot Club code name accurately... A member of the Tarot Club, a helper invited by the Sword Knight? He was dressed like the Red Gloves of the Church of the Goddess of Night... As Franca pondered, she did not realize that her spiritual intuition gave any warning.

She was about to respond when the young man in the red gloves pulled out a tarot card.

The front of the card depicts a sky full of stars and a goddess pouring holy water.

The Major Arcana, “The Star”!
It turned out to be Mr. Star... Franca and Janna no longer hesitated and nodded in unison.
"it is good."

Lugano looked a little stunned:

Why take out a card?

I seem to have heard of something similar, but I can't remember it at the moment...

Almost at the same time, Anthony appeared out of nowhere and squeezed next to Franca and Janna.

Franca was stunned for a moment and said to herself:
"I really forgot about you..."

Mr. "Xingxing" didn't say much and opened his mouth slightly.

In a flash, Franka and the others were wrapped up by an invisible, huge spirit, and then entered the spirit world with layers of rich colors overlapping like traveling in a hot air balloon.

…………

At the edge of the city covered by crystal ice, Lumian, wearing the golden mask of the Eggers family, withdrew his gaze.

He could probably guess that the blurry figures in his eyes were the demigods of the Temperance faction who were in charge of this operation. The headless one was suspected to be the Temperance angel he had seen before, and the translucent insects crawling in and out of his mouth might be helpers invited by the Temperance faction.

At that moment just now, how many people were living in my body... Lumian complained in his heart and ran wildly after the "Sword Knight" Maric.

They entered the wilderness outside the city of Rakre and headed quickly towards Lake Dash under the pale and cold "sunlight".

——Affected by the special influence of this "other world", Lumian cannot "teleport" to a place that is invisible to his naked eyes. In other words, he must complete his positioning through visual locking, and it is difficult for him to appear at the edge of Dash Lake in an instant.

After running for some distance, he reached out and grabbed the Sword Knight's shoulder.

Almost at the same time, blazing white flames burst out from his body and instantly covered his entire body.

The "Sword Knight" understood his intention easily without asking any questions, and simply made himself virtual, turning into a vengeful spirit and attached himself to his body.

Lumian burned into a blazing white spear, which was thrown majestically into the distance.

The flaming spear whizzed through the sky and after a few takeoffs and landings it arrived at the edge of Dash Lake.

Lumian, who had separated from the spear of white flame, saw that the lake was still peaceful, clear, holy and beautiful even in the "other world" that was integrated with the kingdom of the dead.

In the gloomy environment, the gray-white water flow seemed to have lost its weight, or was attracted by something in the sky, extending upwards to form a huge curtain of water.

In front of the water curtain, countless human skulls formed a head like a small hill.

Among those skulls of different colors, there is one that is the most conspicuous. It is located at the top of all the skulls, crystal clear, as if carved from crystal, and is a whole circle larger than a normal human skull.

There is no pale or dark red flame burning in the eye sockets of this crystal skull, but instead reflects an extremely ancient bronze door covered with mysterious patterns.

The door opened a crack, and behind it was endless darkness. In the darkness there seemed to be densely packed, indescribable eyes hidden.

They are watching the outside world but cannot come out.

At the edge of the bronze door's crack, a number of strange, terrifying or disgusting hands were grabbing the door, as if trying to squeeze out but unable to do so, and could only make sharp noises that pierced the human eardrums.

Many undead souls and human skulls were attracted here and gradually became part of the huge head.

Is that crystal skull the Immortal skull used at the beginning? The bronze door in its eye socket is the gate to the underworld opened by the Gatekeeper of the Death Pathway Sequence 5? Well, Sequence 5 cannot maintain the gate to the underworld for more than a certain period of time, and can only be fixed with the help of the Immortal skull and the special features of Lake Dash... The question is, where is the "Witch King" Osetto? As soon as Lumian had this thought, he saw the countless human skulls that made up the hill-like head in the air, opening and closing their white teeth, and speaking in unison with different voices:

"Why can't you give me a little more time?
"Since I can't get it, I will destroy this place and see how many of you can survive the disaster of the destruction of this 'other world'!

“And I, with the help of advance arrangements, have given up this place and left the Rakre area!

"Hahaha, hahaha!"

Amid the sharp, hoarse, old, or deep laughter of the human skulls, Lumian felt the huge shadow in the sky suddenly descending on his head, and the ground beneath his feet cracked into huge cracks one after another. The cracks became deeper and deeper, and the deep and empty darkness was faintly revealed.

All the skulls, including the crystal skull, also showed tiny cracks, and it seemed that they would be completely shattered in a short time.

At this moment, Lumian felt that the coldness in his body had disappeared, and the shattering of all the skulls stopped abruptly, as if temporarily stopped by an invisible external force.

This also caused the process of collapse and destruction of the "other world" to stagnate. Although it has not been reversed, it will not happen immediately.

"Did the Temperance Demigod or the helpers they invited use their own abilities? It seems that Osetto really escaped. After testing with the Banshee Howl, she decisively gave up this 'other world' that was obviously stronger than the other 'ladies'. She used the pre-prepared arrangements and the special features of this place to escape before the Temperance people took action..." Seeing this scene, a series of thoughts flashed through Lumian's mind.

An old voice suddenly sounded in his ears:

“Don’t just listen to what Osetto says.

“Based on my experience, anyone who leaves so many words before escaping is either crazy or trying to cover up something.

"Osetto did flee here before we locked onto her, and she did intend to destroy this 'other world', but why did she tell us these goals? Was it purely to vent her emotions?
"That's one reason, but there must be a more important reason. She wants us to focus on the collapse and destruction of this 'other world' and ignore everything else."

Lumian had some doubts after Osetto used those human skulls to leave his manifesto-like words, but it was normal for the "Rose School" hedonists to behave in a similar way.

People who are used to indulging themselves are always eager to show their emotions.

The old voice finally said:
"Time will tell."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lumian saw insects with translucent rings flying out.

Suddenly, everything around me slowed down.

Everything Lumian saw was covered with a grayish-white mist, becoming extremely unreal.

Then, all the things projected on the virtual "curtain" began to move backwards. The countless tiny cracks on the human skulls no longer existed, the earth became flat again, and the thick shadows returned to the sky.

This is not time going backwards, but recent history, things that happened in the past period of time, are showing up.

Lumian then saw a pair of brown wings that could cover the sky, and the current shadow was left behind by it.

In the middle of these wings, each feather is as big as a human head, is a female figure with her belly exposed.

The woman was as beautiful as the moon at night, her face radiant with the glow of a mother, but her hands and feet were bent, and had sharp nails that gleamed with cold light.

This is none other than the “Witch King” Osetto.

Lumian, who had seen her as a man, recognized her immediately. Her contours were softer and her features more refined.

Her belly was bulging, with black blood vessels bulging out on the surface, until only a thin layer was left, and one could vaguely see a large number of bird-clawed monster babies merging inside.

This... She stuffed all the bird-claw babies born from the corpses into her own stomach... What kind of monster is she nurturing? No wonder I can't use the blood connection to find the bird-claw monster baby, I can only sense it indirectly at a certain distance... As Lumian suddenly realized, Osetto in the past scene reached his hands to his stomach.

With a crackling sound, her abdomen was torn open with blood.

Osetto forcibly pulled out a baby that was slightly smaller than Ludwig. The baby's skin was pale, and its flesh was rotten. There were four or five heads and seven or eight bird claws left on the surface, and the body was covered with a layer of pure and clear water that looked like it came from Lake Dash.

Osetto howled in pain and threw the baby into the eye sockets of the crystal skull.

The rotten multi-headed baby was obviously much larger than the eye sockets of the skull and the bronze door inside the eye sockets, but it strangely became smaller and smaller, and finally squeezed through a gap that was only wide enough to fit a palm, and disappeared into the boundless darkness behind the door.

Was Osetto's deeper purpose to send the strange baby to the underworld to make something terrible come true? Now, she was forced to give birth prematurely? As soon as Lumian had this thought, he found that the coldness in his body disappeared.

A female figure wearing a small black soft hat and a "Sword Knight" wearing a shirt and vest appeared in front of the crystal skull at the same time.

But they seemed unable to get through the crack in the "Bronze Door" and tried to open the door a little more.

The underworld... Lumian, who was wearing the golden mask of the Eggers family, had an idea. Taking advantage of the opportunity that the collapse of the "other world" was delayed by the temperance demigod, he activated the black mark on his right shoulder and "teleported" to the front of the crystal skull.

In his eyes, the bronze door suddenly became extremely tall.

He stretched out his hands and pressed on both sides of the bronze door.

An illusory and dull rustling sound was heard, and the bronze door opened further.

Lumian immediately felt a terrifying suction force, and was forced to squeeze through the crack in the door and into the depths of darkness.

There were two more cold masses in his body.

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(End of this chapter)