Ring of Fate

Chapter 832 Intrigue and deception
Cooperation? Are you trying to use me as cannon fodder? Oh, I can just ask her some questions to find out what items Julie has... Lumian, who was blindfolded with a white bandage, had an expression of "Really? I don't believe it":

"How dangerous can it be?"

Albus, holding a lantern and also blindfolded, was leaning against the wall of a burial chamber, watching Lumian's every move with the help of the eyes of the steel soldiers more than 20 meters away.

At the same time, he sneered in his heart:
"After you found that broken head, you didn't put it into your bag, but held it in your hand without worrying about it getting in the way. Are you planning something?

"Moreover, your right hand was placed in the bag made by the high-ranking person in the 'apprentice' path...

“The tattered head and half of the body that I got before should have been put in. I don’t want to reunite the head and body now, for fear that this might cause some accidents. Should I wait until the critical moment to throw it out and use it as a means of attack that doesn’t distinguish between friend and foe?

"This will be a good 'surprise' for Julie and the others. I won't try it myself to avoid consuming it in advance.

"Cooperation is good. It allows dangers to gather together and offset each other..."

Albus opened and closed the mouth of a certain soldier puppet, and a metallic sound came out:
"The items on that witch were specially made after the Pale Calamity of the Fourth Epoch ended, before the Original Witch fell into a deep sleep. There are five of them in total. They can make the wearer a vessel for the Original Witch's divine descent."

"God's vessel..." Lumian repeated the term.

Is your witch sect playing such a big game?

He previously thought that no matter how special Julie was, it only allowed her to temporarily possess the power of Sequence 4 "Witch of Despair" without possessing the status of a demigod, in order to bypass the corresponding taboo caused by "0-01". He did not expect that she could actually temporarily become an "Original Witch"!
Even if it is only one thousandth of the original body's power, it is still the power of a true god!
Albus's laughter echoed in the metal cavity:
“Yes, God descended the vessel.

"Luckily, the 'witch' named Julie is far from strong enough to be a vessel for the God's Descent. If she were an angel-level witch, she could withstand the God's Descent for one or two minutes and would not die afterwards. If she were a saint-level witch, she could withstand it for more than ten seconds, and her soul and body would collapse. Julie is now just a 'witch of pain'. She can't maintain the God's Descent state for more than three seconds, and she will be completely annihilated.

"Of course, even if she doesn't pray for God's descent, she still has various special abilities thanks to that item, and can use the power of Sequence 4 for a short period of time.

“If the two of us don’t cooperate, it will be difficult for us to fight Julie in her normal state with our own strength, but there is still hope of winning. However, if we force her into a desperate situation and try to use God’s Descend, none of us will last more than three seconds.

"And if we cooperate and use our trump cards without reservation, we may be able to hold on until Julie's divine descent ends. At that time, we can rely on our own abilities."

In front of the "witch"... hold on for three seconds... your words are so ambiguous. If they were heard in Trier by the gossip reporters from the newspapers on the boulevard, they would definitely edit them out to mean something you don't want to hear, and would even question whether you can do it or not... Lumian, who had been influenced by Trier's "Ghost Face" and other magazines and newspapers and the vulgar jokes that Franca made from time to time, couldn't help but complain in his heart.

He didn't believe what Albus said about sincere cooperation. He felt that when the critical moment came, the descendant of the "Red Angel" would definitely throw himself out to block the fatal attack.

This may be the opponent's biggest trump card to survive Julie's divine descent.

Just like the fable that Emperor Roselle told, when ordinary people encounter a giant bear in the forest, they don’t need to run faster than the bear, it is enough to run faster than their companions.

Franka often jokes that companions are the most powerful shields in adventures.

However, Julie and Celeste should already know my true identity, that I am the lover of one of their colleagues, and that I once joined the Iron Cross. They will definitely not pay as much attention to me as they do to the name Medici. By then, who will be their first target and who will be the real shield, is still unknown... Lumian's thoughts raced, and he said in a hesitant and distrustful tone:

“I could sense Julie was in danger, but I didn’t expect it to be this dangerous.

"Of course, I still don't quite believe you."

"Cooperation and mutual vigilance are not contradictory, and I can't really trust you." Albus replied with a smile, "When there are common interests, the enemies who killed my parents can temporarily cooperate, let alone us."

As he spoke, Albus thought to himself:

It is better for us to work together to deal with those two "witches" than for me to have a fierce battle with you now and face the trump cards you have not used yet. In that case, even if I can win, the consumption will be very large. How can I deal with the "witches" and Vanak afterwards?

Haha, if I really had to fight with two "witches", I couldn't hide my cards just because I wanted to. The situation would inevitably become chaotic, everyone would try their best, and the dangers would consume each other. I am best at winning in chaos...

Lumian thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said:
"Then cooperate until we get rid of the two 'witches'."

"A very wise choice." Albus did not hide his joy.

Lumian carried the calcium carbide lamp and the head of the "abscessed hand" and walked slowly forward.

He said with an attitude of "I am trying my best to show my sincerity":

“In addition to the two ‘witches’ and Vanak, we have another enemy.

"That is the 'Man in the Mirror' from the special mirror world of Trier in the Fourth Epoch. His name in Morola is Guy."

"'The Man in the Mirror'..." The soldier puppet in the front chewed on the term and then laughed, "I'm not surprised. This is all a problem left by that madman Alistair Tudor."

"What do you mean?" Lumian took the opportunity to ask.

Albus restrained his smile and said with obvious respect:

"You should know that my ancestor is the King of Angels. He told me that the special mirror world must have been created by Tudor."

"'Red Angel'? Wasn't he killed before Alistair Tudor became the 'Blood Emperor'? How did he know the origin of the special mirror world?" Lumian expressed his doubts.

"What do you mean by being killed?" Albus sighed, "So I really don't like working with the Hunter. If I hadn't had any other options today, I wouldn't have come to you. The Hunter's words are really unpleasant."

"I don't like working with 'hunters' either, like you." Lumian agreed with Albus.

Albus switched to another steel puppet:
"Before, my ancestor entered Trier in the Fourth Epoch and confirmed the various problems that existed there. He said that the special mirror world might not be the product of those problems, but the reason why those problems appeared and persisted."

What the Red Angel meant was that the special mirror world was not created by the fall of the Blood Emperor and the destruction of Trier in the Fourth Epoch, but had existed long before, and had to be sealed with a new Trier after the sinking of Trier in the Fourth Epoch? Could it be that the Red Angel was deliberately spreading false information to achieve a certain conspiracy?

But this is consistent with what I found in the treasure house of the Blue Avenger. Before the Blood Emperor fell, he might have used the mirror world to complete his own resurrection. Similarly, the Tamara family and the special mirror world were connected before the "Four Emperors War"... Lumian stopped and thought for a few seconds.

"Isn't there too much trouble left by Alistair Tudor?"

Although the "Knight of the Sword" said that among those crazy ancient gods in the Second Epoch, the Phoenix Ancestor Graygari was the one who loved to make trouble the most and caused a lot of trouble, and was similar to the "Blood Emperor" Alistair Tudor in the Fourth Epoch, but Lumian had only come into contact with the underworld issues related to the Phoenix Ancestor, and he encountered the troubles caused by the "Blood Emperor" almost every once in a while. Therefore, in his mind, the "Blood Emperor" was the most troublesome one, and was countless times more troublesome than the Phoenix Ancestor.

Albus seemed to have similar feelings. He used the mouth of the iron soldier to say:

"Because He is the symbol of disaster."

This... Lumian suddenly had a deeper understanding of the "Hunter" path.

Albus then asked:
"As a temporary collaborator, do you want me to share my puppet's vision with you? That way you don't have to continue playing the blind man."

Is there such a good thing? Lumian immediately became alert.

Thinking that Vanak was completely subservient to "0-01" in order to share a little power, and that the puppets on the scene were all puppets of "0-01", Lumian pondered for a few seconds and said:
"Need not."

Without being a true member of Albus's team, he feared that shared vision would lead to him gradually becoming a puppet.

"Sometimes, being too cautious is not a good thing." Albus Medici did not try to persuade him further, and there seemed to be a hint of undisguised regret in his tone.

For the next period of time, Lumian followed the map in his mind and walked around in the underground mausoleum. From time to time, Albus used the steel soldier puppets that were everywhere in the area to remind him to show that he was not left behind.

After a while, Lumian slowed down his pace and muttered to himself:

"In the "Example of Building an Underground Mausoleum", the front is blank, with nothing marked...

"Isn't it times like this that Albus comes in handy?"

Lumian didn't hesitate any longer, walked past the place that looked like a gate, and entered the blank area on the map in his mind.

The next second, he felt his skin becoming tingling and numb all over, as if he was approaching a fierce lightning but had not yet touched it.

Lumian immediately recalled the Thunder Forest in his previous nightmare.

In his ears rang the voice of Albus using the iron soldier:
“Vanak arrived.

"It's just a dozen meters ahead."

Vanak? Lumian's mind suddenly flashed to the most dangerous person in Morola, with blood-red hair and black eyes, and his spirit instantly became extremely tense.

(End of this chapter)