Ring of Fate

Chapter 828 The Final Seduction
The "hermit" rides on a pumpkin carriage, following the bright wool on the ground, and continues to go down the dark tunnel.

After an unknown amount of time, she came to a naturally formed cave.

That bright, unreal ball of yarn stopped here.

The swarm of mice and the pumpkin carriage disappeared, and the "Hermit" floated down and landed on the ground with his feet.

Without taking off her glasses, she could see the pools of pus and blood that had spilled on the ground and eroded the soil in the extreme darkness.

In a trance, a scene from the past seemed to appear before the eyes of the "hermit":
A blurry figure staggered towards the cave. With every step it took, a ball of pus and blood fell from its body, hitting the surface of rocks and soil, making a sizzling corrosion sound.

The "hermit" passed through the pools of pus and blood and entered the natural cave in front, but there was no one here, and even the trail formed by the pus and blood came to an abrupt end.

It was as if the figure dripping with pus and blood had finally run out of flesh and blood, leaving nothing behind, or had simply evaporated.

He disappeared.

"Kmero just disappeared just like that..." The "Hermit" immediately used magic to create nine blazing suns.

This brought about extremely high temperatures, and the pools of pus and blood on the ground showed signs of evaporating.

The Major Arcana bearer then removed the glasses that were perched on his nose.

The pus and blood she saw suddenly changed.

This is not pus or blood, but clearly a complex, densely packed array of words or symbols entangled together.

These words or symbols are combined into clusters, eroded from different rocks and soils, and are bright red.

Even with the "hermit's" knowledge of occultism, it is difficult to discern what they represent.

"Derived from the flesh and blood of Camelot?" After a brief consideration, the "Hermit" decided to peel off all the bloody words or symbols and take them away, and ask a high-level "decryption scholar" to take a look.

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Morola, "Carnivore" bar, second floor.

Lumian had a nightmare again, but this time, he knew more clearly that he was dreaming.

He dreamed that he was walking in a dark, lightless tunnel with stone slabs under his feet and bricks on both sides. There were rusty iron wall lamps at regular intervals on the wall, but none of them were lit.

Lumian walked aimlessly, sometimes turning right, sometimes walking down the stairs, and sometimes sitting against the wall to rest for a while.

Suddenly, he saw clusters of yellowish light appearing in front of him.

In the reflection of the light, figures covered in black robes appeared.

They all held quietly burning lanterns, and their eyes were covered with thick layers of black cloth.

The team of law enforcers... the team of experimenters... Lumian suddenly understood.

Am I dreaming about the situation in the underground mausoleum?

This is indeed very similar to the seal information of "0-01" and the description in those books...

With the help of the knowledge I have acquired and the pollution I have suffered, I have recreated a tunnel of the underground mausoleum in my dream?
At this time, although the law enforcers and experimenters were blinded and could not see anything, they walked very steadily and kept moving forward in a straight line.

I, I don't seem to be blindfolded now... Will there be any abnormality? No, I'm just in a dream... Although Lumian was having a lucid dream, his thoughts were still a little slow and sluggish, as if he was affected by the dream.

As he was about to pass by the team of experimenters holding lanterns, his eyes naturally fell on one of the lanterns.

A black shadow was reflected on the glass shell of the lantern, which was fixed by a copper metal frame.

The shadow looked like a human. It flashed by and jumped onto another lantern.

This is not my shadow... nor is it the Lantern Bearer's... Is it the "man in the mirror" that was created by the erosion of the mausoleum's power? Or is it the "man in the mirror" who sneaked into Morola? Lumian was startled and felt that he had become more sober.

He stared intently and saw the slightly distorted black shadow that seemed to be from a human pause, and then looked back at him from the glass surface of the lantern that reflected the firelight.

As soon as their eyes made contact, the shadow disappeared instantly.

Lumian's eyes suddenly began to shake, and the entire tunnel illuminated by the lantern light began to shake violently.

In just a few seconds, Lumian woke up involuntarily and opened his eyes.

He was still shaking, his bed creaked, and the house rattled.

Earthquake? Lumian made the judgment without any surprise.

In Morola, he has encountered four earthquakes, one volcanic eruption, five heavy rainstorms, four hurricanes, three tornadoes, two hailstorms, two blizzards... Many times, there are more than two extreme weather events in a day. Of course, sometimes the weather changes normally throughout the day.

According to Lumian's body measurements and based on his experience, the current earthquake would not be able to destroy the heavy and solid building of the "Carnivore" bar, so he lay there very peacefully, with no intention of getting out of bed and escaping to the street.

If that doesn’t work, you can still “teleport” to the Church of Knowledge.

Lumian looked at the still shaking ceiling and recalled the nightmare he had just had:
"Did the earthquake just happen to wake me up, or did my experience in the nightmare cause the earthquake?"

After thinking carefully for a while, Lumian felt that it was the latter.

But this means that his nightmare tonight is really connected to the underground mausoleum!

“Just now, I was wandering in the underground mausoleum in some strange form, without the need for a blindfold or a lantern?

“The images I just saw and the scenes I experienced, are they really happening and are happening now?
"The 'man in the mirror' that appears on the lantern is also real?
“Well, he doesn’t look like the ‘man in the mirror’ of the Lantern Bearer. There are obvious differences in his physical condition.

"That 'Mirror Man' from Trier? He used the power of his special mirror world to explore the catacombs before Albus, Julie, and I did?

"If that's the case, then he may have started many days ago, and success may not be far away...

“When I saw him, he also saw me… What would I look like, what state, what form of existence would I have when he saw me?
"Well, if we enter the underground mausoleum without a blindfold, the experimenter will see the corresponding 'person in the mirror' in his own eyes and be replaced?"

A series of questions flashed through Lumian's mind, and he gradually felt anxious that time was running out and he could no longer wait for me.

He sat up and looked towards the window.

At this time, the earthquake had subsided, and the sky outside the not-too-thick curtain seemed to be a little brighter.

Lumian let out a breath, suppressed the negative emotions in his heart, and decided to sleep a little longer until six in the morning.

He must stay in the best condition to complete the remaining three days of study, otherwise he will likely lose control or die from studying.

When he woke up naturally, Lumian had the breakfast prepared by Les, and went directly to the Church of Knowledge. He sat down in his old seat, reading a book while monitoring the situation at the entrance of the underground mausoleum.

In this way, if there is any unusual change, he can "teleport" over and go underground in the first time!

After a period of lightning and thunder followed by a clear sky, Lumian finished his morning studies and prepared to return to the Carnivore Bar for lunch.

When he was one-third of the way there, he heard a scream filled with pain and a hint of pleasure coming from the direction of the bar.

"Julie started it again? She's in a good mood today, but not a bad mood either...

"Besides, noon is the busiest time in the bar... Is someone harassing her?" Lumian shook his head, thinking that Julie was too unprofessional as an employee.

Not long after, he returned to the "Carnivore" bar and saw that there was no one in front of the bar and inside the hall, almost all the tables and chairs were overturned, the cups were broken in different places, the wine was spilled all over the floor, and some of it had frozen into ice.

"It was like Julie went crazy and attacked all the drinkers and drove them all away...

"What happened again?" Lumian suddenly became highly alert.

As the owner of the "Carnivore" bar, he felt sad that the wine was wasted, but he also noticed something obvious was wrong.

He remembered that when he went out in the morning, Julie was fine and even took the initiative to help Leeds prepare the ingredients to be used today.

Lumian sniffed and smelled a faint smell of blood and a hint of chestnut blossom.

For most men, the latter smell is familiar enough.

“That’s not right. According to my observation, Julie will complete the harvest before the target explodes completely, leaving him no chance to reach the peak of pleasure. This time, she actually left a rather obvious smell… She actually let the original owner of the collection enjoy it?” Lumian frowned, followed the smell of blood, went all the way up to the second floor, and pushed open Julie’s door.

On Julie's bed, Les was lying naked, his eyes wide open, his mouth half-open, and a bloody mess between his legs.

He is already dead.

"Julie attacked Les?" Lumian looked into Les' eyes and saw extreme joy, relaxation and obvious pain frozen in them. There was no sign of an extraordinary battle in the entire room. Only the splattered blood and several sources of the smell of chestnut flowers told the story that had happened before.

This made Lumian suspect that Les had slept with Julie willingly.

And the human meat cook already knew what Julie would do.

Likewise, Julie's performance was different from usual, and seemed to have helped Leeds complete his outburst.

"Les tried to get free? Or, failed to take the initiative?" Lumian was not unable to accept this, but he felt it was too sudden.

Lumian cast his gaze towards the soulless bloodstains remaining on Les's mouth.

After looking at it for a few seconds, he suddenly remembered what Julie once said to Leeds:

"I decided to seduce you one last time."

Finally...Lumian's eyes narrowed suddenly:
In Julie's opinion, it's now the last moment?

Is she about to launch her final move?
Where is she now?
(End of this chapter)