Ring of Fate

Chapter 791 Enlightenment (Thanks to Yizhiqian for rewarding the Secret Silver Alliance)
Seeing that the "magic mirror divination" was over, Lumian turned his gaze to Anthony:

"The Newins must have escaped. Go around the streets and ask the pirates whether the key figures of the Newins, such as the Great Shark, managed to board the ship. If not, where are they now?"

"Okay." Anthony understood that Lumian meant to find out the whereabouts of "Giant Shark" Jorg and others as soon as possible, and see if it is possible to have them "visit" the "News" again, and learn from Hal Constantine about the current situation of the elves and which civilization the "Lost News" belongs to.

In this matter, Lumian definitely cannot come forward directly. The pirates will take a detour when they see him. Even if they are forced to tell him the answer, it will alert the "Giant Shark" Jorg and others who may still be in Panamore Harbor, and ask them to move to another location and hide deeper. If he changes into another appearance, the pirates will not get along with Lumian in a friendly manner and tell him so much.

The same principle applies to Franka.

Currently, only Anthony, who has become friends with many pirates, can naturally get the information he wants.

After watching Anthony leave the room, Franca sat down on the chair in front of the desk and said with a long sigh:
“How come the water is getting deeper and deeper when crossing this thing?”

"You thought it was too simple before." Lumian sneered in response.

Franka did not refute, but sat in silence for a while, then changed the subject:

"My 'joy' potion has been completely digested. I can go back and rest for a few days before I can perform the 'witch of pain' ritual and try to advance.

"Honestly, it's like a dream. Is that how you digest it?"

She's still clearly a little lacking in authenticity.

Lumian smiled:

"What else do you want?
"If the Deep Sea Admiral knew that our main purpose was to help you digest the Pleasure Potion, he would definitely think that this world was too absurd. He would think that this was necessary. If we came directly to your door with the conditions of the Pleasure Witch and obtained a notarized document to restrict each other's behavior and require both parties not to harm each other, he would be very happy to help you with this."

"It's mainly because I can't get past this hurdle..." Franka muttered softly, "Also, I know what you mean. In our world, there are many people who would say, 'It's too evil to help the Pleasure Witch digest the potion, please be sure to find me.' But this is just superficial pleasure, a very low-quality digestion, not reflecting the joy in pain and the indulgence in pleasure. It requires a huge amount to make up for it. On the contrary, the alternative pleasure for Moran Avni and Hal Constantine is closer to the essential characteristics of the Witch's Path."

Lumian was just joking and didn't continue the topic.

Franca was silent for a while, looked at Lumian, and said carefully:

"I don't think your plan of spreading plague to pirates in Banam Port is feasible and cannot be considered."

"Why?" Lumian raised his eyebrows and asked with amusement.

Franka straightened her back, without dodging her gaze, and said in a firm tone:
"I don't think it's possible to completely distinguish between the damned pirates and the innocent passers-by. The plague will definitely affect the latter, causing them to die in despair."

Lumian laughed:
"What I proposed is just an idea and a direction. Whether it is feasible or not is something we will consider when we refine the plan. If there is a way to avoid the problem you mentioned, then we can move forward. If not, we can give up. We can't limit our thinking from the beginning and not even think about it, right?

"For example, by then, I might have become a demigod and found a high-level alternative to the 'Bottle of Fiction'. I can put the entire Banam Port into the bottle and set conditions so that only pirates can enter and exit."

"No." Franka shook her head. "There are also adventurers who work as part-time pirates here. A large number of them have not actually committed crimes that deserve the death penalty."

Lumian smiled and sighed:

"Then we can seek cooperation with the Aurora Society, or look for the Broker, a Sequence 5 Beyonder Item, and identify the target based on whether or not they are guilty."

Franka thought about it seriously:
"That won't work. Don't we have many sins too? Many adventurers have killed multiple pirates. Does that count as a sin?"

Lumian was speechless at first, then burst into laughter:
"You are indeed suitable to be a 'provocateur'.

"I am just giving an example to illustrate that a plan cannot be rejected right at the outset. The feasibility must be carefully analyzed and future changes must be taken into consideration."

"Yeah." After expressing her opinion, Franka breathed a sigh of relief.

She thought about it, and based on the idea that good brothers should remind each other and not be afraid of making mistakes in this regard, she said to Lumian directly:

"I feel like your style of doing things has become a bit radical since you discovered the Whisper of the Vortex Project, as if you've returned to the state you were in when you first came to Trier. Or, is it Hisoka's 'Devil's Whisper' that makes your malice always surge? Well, 'Traveler's Baggage' can only reduce its impact, but it can't completely eliminate the negative effects."

Lumian laughed at himself and said:

“I think each has some influence.”

He immediately stopped smiling and said to Franca in a very serious tone:
“But more importantly, I realized something.”

"What's the matter?" Franca asked puzzledly.

Lumian nodded:
"It just so happens that I was going to remind you that you have been a witch for a long time. Haven't you discovered the essential style of this path?"

Franka was silent.

Lumian continued in a low voice:

"It is the same as the 'Hunter' path, destined to bring disaster and misfortune. We are destined to belong to darkness and represent destruction.

"Think about it, what do the Beyonders think of Hunters and Witches? They are dangerous. Hunters are bloody dangers, and Witches are evil dangers. We cannot expect to get rid of such impressions, and we cannot get rid of them.

“The digestion of the subsequent potion and the ceremony of advancement will force us to go deeper into the darkness. Unless you give up improving your own strength and choose to stay in your current position forever, we will all face things that will torture our souls.

"You can also consider changing your path. Of course, you can only switch to 'Hunter'."

Seeing that Franka's expression had changed, but she still didn't speak, Lumian suddenly laughed:
"What I want to tell you is to give up mysophobia. Don't try to escape or give up when you hear about evil and dark things. We need to face these things head on. Only in this way can we find ways to avoid evil and find the light in the darkness.

"We will all be stained with black. We can only try not to fall and go against our inner persistence."

Franka was silent for a while before she let out a long sigh:
"'Pain' and 'despair' do give me some bad premonitions, but if I move forward in the darkness and pursue the light in the darkness, will I not be polluted little by little and eventually sink completely?"

Lumian laughed.
"Do we have any choice? We can only keep fighting the evil and darkness within ourselves until we die."

Franka hummed, and said:
"In fact, all Beyonders are like this. The path of God is doomed to be dangerous and crazy, and Hunters and Witches are more obvious and direct in this regard."

She didn't dare to imagine what kind of struggle and pain she would have experienced, and what her current situation would be like if she had chosen the "devil" path.

When the negative effect of the "Dignity" brooch on Jana disappeared, Anthony returned to the hotel and informed Lumian and others of the current situation in Panamore Harbor:
The "News" did escape, but "Big Shark" Jörg and others failed to get on board and are now missing.

Over the next two days, Lumian and his men disguised themselves and searched for the first mate, second mate and boatswain of the "News" in Panamore Harbor. However, no substantial results were obtained from either the sociological investigation or the mystical tracking. Instead, they discovered that some people who were suspected of serving the "Admiral of the Deep Sea" had also disappeared.

This made Lumian suspect that "Giant Shark" Jorg and others had left Panamore Port through some channel. As for whether they returned to the "News", it was not known for the time being.

…………

An apartment in the Memorial District, Trier.

Angouleme de François set up the ceremony and summoned the messenger of the "Seven of the Holy Grail".

He saw a rabbit-shaped spirit walk out of the firelight, but it was dressed very strangely:
He wore a miniature half-high silk hat between his ears, and equally miniaturized gold-rimmed glasses on his nose. He wore a black windbreaker that clearly didn't belong to a rabbit, and in his hand he held an iron-black revolver with a thick barrel that was small enough for a large rabbit to use...

The Hidden Blade's courier is quite, quite cute, with a unique style... I never thought she would dress her courier like this... Angoulême picked up the letter he had already written and handed it to the bunny courier, who he thought was quite cute.

The rabbit suddenly glanced at him, its eyes cold and sharp.

Uh…Angoulême took back his comment.

…………

In Panamore Harbor, in one of the hotel rooms rented by Lumian and others.

After reading Angouleme's letter, Franca said in embarrassment:
"'007' has a clue about 'The Man in the Mirror' and wants us to track it down, but 'Giant Shark' Jorg and his men haven't found it yet."

Compared to the "man in the mirror", she wanted to know the secrets of the elves more.

Lumian leaned back in his chair and said in a relaxed manner:

"The worst case scenario is that 'Giant Shark' Jorg and his men have returned to the 'News' through secret channels. Then we will not gain anything no matter how long we stay here.

"In that case, why not leave and see if those people will show up after the alarm is lifted? At the same time, make a long-term plan and arrange some people to keep an eye on Panamore Harbor. Maybe after a while, the 'News' will come back for supplies."

"Okay." Franca accepted the reality.

At this time, Jana discovered a problem:
Xia Zuotu still stayed in the room.

She hadn't paid it for the delivery yet.

PS: Thanks to Yizhiqian for rewarding the mysterious silver alliance~
PS2: The gold Louis in the previous chapter was left by Janna when she bribed him, not Lumian
(End of this chapter)