Ring of Fate

Chapter 787 Mask
Lumian immediately shrank into the shadows nearby, watching closely as the metal door of the captain's cabin slowly opened.

As a food cart filled with various foods was pushed in, he saw the target of this operation, the "Admiral of the Deep" named Hal Constantine.

Although he had heard many rumors and seen the portrait on the bounty order, Lumian had never seen it with his own eyes and felt what it meant to have sea monster blood:
The face of "Admiral of the Deep Sea" Hal Constantine looks like a translucent, palm-sized octopus, with dozens of slippery tentacles hanging around his chin and extending to his chest. His hair is dark blue, almost black, round and thick, and falls to his shoulders. His body is completely wrapped in a black cloak, with even his hands hidden inside.

It's obvious that this person is different from normal humans.

But Lumian had a feeling that this was a bit abnormal:
The face that seems to have merged with the octopus is now exposed, so what else is there to cover up about the body?
Even if there is a real octopus under the cloak, people around him won’t be surprised!

The reason why you wrap your body tightly with a cloak is because that is something that you cannot face in public?
In doubt, Lumian carefully observed the fate of Hal Constantine.

The shadow creature status does not affect his doing this, because the shadow creature can also "see" the real world, but the perspective will be slightly different.

As the two pirates placed all the food from the dining cart on the long table in the captain's room, Lumian's eyes reflected the illusory river of complex mercury symbols.

Considering that the distance between the two parties was no more than fifteen meters, Lumian stretched out his right palm, letting it rest on the edge of the shadow, and touched the river of fate of Hal Constantine through the air.

Most of the fate of this "Admiral of the Deep Sea" suddenly materialized and flowed past in a turbulent manner.

Lumian knew that time was limited, so he could only take a quick look:
He saw Hal Constantine sneaking in the dark seabed, saw him fighting with a half-giant who was over two and a half meters tall and holding a huge sword, saw this "Admiral of the Deep Sea" passing through the ruins filled with strange buildings, and saw him in the future remove the translucent octopus from his face...

Remove the small octopus lying on his face? That wasn't Hal Constantine's face, but just a mask? Wasn't he the descendant of a sea monster? Lumian was stunned for a moment, and reflexively seized the time to choose the fragment of fate that would be exchanged.

That was the fateful moment when Hal Constantine was injured on the bottom of the sea.

In this fateful moment, Hal Constantine, who was only Sequence 7 or Sequence 6 at the time, failed to return to the surface of the sea in time, and suffered from the squeezing of the heavy water flow and the suffocating feeling of liquid pouring into his lungs.

This is somewhat different from the fateful episode of Moran Avni's lustful outburst in terms of severity. After all, Moran Avni's fate was completely changed because of that lustful outburst, and he had to go to the end of death ahead of time. The fateful episode of "Admiral of the Deep Sea" can only be regarded as an event that affected his subsequent exploration style and made him gain something, but Lumian could not find a more suitable choice in a short time.

At the moment when their fates began to change, Hal Constantine, who was watching the two pirates walk out of the captain's room, suddenly turned his gaze to the area where Lumian was hiding.

His spirituality had a warning!
Almost at the same time, a ball of blazing lightning lit up in the eyes of "Admiral of the Deep Sea".

With a crackling sound, thick lightning struck Lumian's hiding place. It hit the wall and broke into countless tiny electric snakes, covering the area with its fangs and claws. It took advantage of the characteristics of the metal doors, metal walls, and metal floors to wreak havoc, indiscriminately attacking every corner inside and outside the captain's room.

The two pirates delivering food bore the brunt of the attack, their bodies shaking and twitching as if they were doing a funny dance.

Their skin was rapidly charring.

With a crackling sound, a mirror shattered in the shadows where Franka and Janna were hiding, but the figures of the two witches did not appear.

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In the Carnival Bar, "Giant Shark" Jorg and several of his companions including "Ship Destroyer" had just entered the hall and stared at the back of the unknown adventurer. Before they could say anything, they felt that the noisy outside world suddenly became quiet, and the voices and discussions of many pirates disappeared in an instant as if they were installed with a silencer.

This... "Giant Shark" Jorg instinctively turned his head to look at the window and saw that the dim sunlight coming through the fog was replaced by deep darkness.

At this moment, Lumian, who was sitting at the bar, turned around on his high stool. He had a cold expression and indifferent eyes, and he looked at the big pirates as if he was looking at dead people.

A huge red-almost-white fireball flew out.

Boom!

In the flames and waves caused by the fireball, several pirates relied on their agility or used their abilities to dodge to different places.

Behind the Ship Destroyer, Lumian's figure quickly emerged in the chaos, humming a sound.

Two white lights shot out from his nose, and the "Ship Destroyer" fell unconscious to the ground.

The "Giant Shark" Jorg, who witnessed this scene, felt a chill on his scalp and subconsciously muttered to himself:
"So strong..."

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On board the Newnes.

A figure suddenly appeared behind "Admiral of the Deep Sea" Hal Constantine, who used the "Lightning Strike" ability and took advantage of the current environment to create a range attack effect.

That's Franka in an assassin outfit.

In her right hand, Franka held a three-edged spike that was so transparent that it was almost invisible. She raised her left palm and locked Hal Constantine with the iron-black spiked ring on it.

Two flashes of lightning flashed across her eyes.

At the same time that Franca used "Mind Piercing" on Hal Constantine, Janna's figure appeared on the side of the door and threw a gold Louis to the "Admiral of the Deep Sea", as if to attract his attention and make him temporarily ignore Franca's assassination.

She hadn't known when she had put on a gold brooch carved into the shape of a broom on her chest.

Anthony, covered with gray-white scales, appeared in the corridor, with many tiny electric snakes moving on his body, which made his body somewhat paralyzed and unable to move quickly.

But this does not affect Anthony's use of his abilities.

He looked at the "Admiral of the Deep Sea" with a translucent octopus-like figure lying on his face, and his eyes straightened up and turned golden.

"Shock!"

This can make the target feel like they have encountered a real dragon, causing them to panic and be at a loss in an instant.

As fate began to change, Hal Constantine discovered something unusual and when lightning struck, Lumian was "teleported" directly to the wooden armchair by the window in the captain's room.

Soon after, tiny electric snakes covered the area, but due to the material of the chair, they did not last long.

This caused Lumian's body to show some signs of paralysis.

However, he did not reveal his true form because he was now a true shadow creature and no shadow creature would escape from the shadow due to a slight electric shock.

Lumian chose to remain in the shadow of the wooden chair and quietly watched the ensuing battle.

——During the process of exchanging fates, he could no longer attack Hal Constantine, as that would cause the process to be interrupted.

Therefore, it will depend on whether Franca, Janna and Anthony, three Beyonders below Sequence 5, can hold back the “Admiral of the Deep Sea” for at least two minutes!
Of course, if Anthony really wanted to kill Hal Constantine, he would be able to do it quickly with the "Winter is Coming" revolver, but this was not cost-effective and went against the original purpose.

"Shock" and "Mind Piercing" hit Hal Constantine one after the other, but the "Admiral of the Deep Sea" had a translucent octopus-like face that glowed dimly, protecting his soul and mind behind him, and was only slightly affected.

The translucent octopus-like face dimmed for a moment. "Admiral of the Deep Sea" Hal Constantine was puzzled that he did not recognize the assassins who attacked him at all. He suspected that they were a team of adventurers who wanted to become famous and get a huge bounty. He endured the dizziness and picked up the obsidian trident from the weapon rack beside him and stabbed Franka fiercely.

The trident suddenly emitted a violently vibrating silver-white electric light, and the tip was heavy, as if it wanted to attract Franka and hang itself on it.

Click!
Franka's body, wearing an assassin's suit, shattered into many lenses. On the other side, Janna threw a ball of silent black flame at Hal Constantine and hid herself in the shadows again.

Anthony also took out the "Winter is Coming" pistol that looked like a fine work of art, aimed at the "Admiral of the Deep", and prepared to complete a normal shooting.

As soon as the bang sounded, the whistling sound of the wind pierced the ears of everyone present.

Hal Constantine was caught in the strong wind and flew into the air, avoiding the yellow bullets and the evil and quiet black flames.

He immediately pointed the obsidian trident in his hand at Anthony.

The silver-white electric currents wrapped around the trident instantly gathered into thick lightning and shot out.

Anthony was experienced. After firing the gun, he immediately rushed to an area far away from the door and changed his position. He was not hit directly by the magnificent thunder, but the countless tiny electric snakes generated by it still affected him, causing him to tremble and paralyzed on the spot.

The two pirates who were delivering the food had just gotten rid of the previous electric shock when they were covered by a new round. They fainted on the spot and fell to the ground twitching.

Franka and Janna were also affected by the indiscriminate electric snake attacks and exited their invisible and hidden states respectively.

Upon seeing this, Admiral of the Deep Sea Hal Constantine showed no joy or bloodthirstiness. Instead, he became more alert, with a hint of doubt on his translucent octopus-like face:

There should be another assassin!
Why didn't he show up?
What is he preparing?
At this moment, Hal Constantine saw out of the corner of his eye a figure sitting leisurely on a wooden chair near the window.

The figure had black hair and blue eyes, and was handsome. He was wearing a thick dark jacket. He leaned back in the chair, put his right foot on his left knee, and had a playful smile on his face.

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Summary: Shang Lu traveled to a strange and bizarre world of immortal cultivation and became a small constable in the county government.

He has an invisible wife and a dilapidated temple. The face of the god in the temple looks exactly like his.

(End of this chapter)