Ring of Fate

Chapter 841 Bluffing
Albus' right hand holding the weapon dropped down, as if he was unable to bear the weight of the sword of flesh and bones, and he stuck it on the ground covered with corpses and bones. However, compared to Lumian who let the "Sword of Courage" slip out of his hand, he was obviously much better.

At the same time, Sally's voice, with an expectant and cruel smile, came from the mirrors or mirror-like objects in the Corpse Mountain and the wilderness:
“Feeling okay?

“Are you confused about when you contracted the disease?”

It was indeed the "disease" of the "witch"... Standing in the wilderness, Lumian took advantage of the opportunity when his muscle strength had not completely subsided and he could not lift heavy objects, and quickly took off the "Devil's Whisper" bone ring on his finger and stuffed it back into the "traveler's bag".

——Wearing this ring will cause Lumian to be constantly burned by sulfur flames, from the inside out, which will continuously weaken his resistance and tolerance to the "disease". Although he has now been poisoned by sulfur and has suffered a certain degree of burns, it is also very important to stop the loss in time.

After putting away the "Devil's Whisper" bone ring, Lumian took out the brass amulet and matching earplugs given by Archbishop Hraberg, holding one in the palm of his left hand and putting the other back into the ear hole of his left ear.

"Listen!" Lumian read out the ancient Hermetic word again and continued his learning process.

At the same time, Sally's voice was still coming from the mirrors and mirror-like surfaces:

"We are certain that the action against '0-01' will be interfered with and competed with by Beyonders of the 'Hunter' Path, and we will inevitably have to face Vanak, so we prepared a '1' level seal in advance. The mystical pathogen it produces has a very significant feature, which is that it can survive in high-temperature flames for a period of time.

“And I can also use the power of the special mirror world to allow those pathogens to spread quietly through different mirrors, silently spreading throughout this wilderness and this mountain of corpses.

"You were setting fire just now, but I was also continuously releasing frost, pretending to attack and curse. This actually froze the mystical pathogens inside, allowing them to survive longer in the high temperature. In addition, their own special features are enough to infect you partially and penetrate into your body little by little..."

Celeste described it in great detail, as if she wanted to bring pain and enjoy the despair.

This may be her hobby, or it may be the negative impact of certain items.

Albus Medici leaned on the sword of flesh and bones, constantly turning his body and looking in different places, as if he wanted to lock onto Sally's real body as soon as possible and pull her out of the mirror world.

However, it is impossible to tell which mirror Sally is in just from the source of the sound. She may be traveling back and forth in the mirror world without stopping.

Similarly, even if he recited the three honorific names again, Albus could only affect the special mirror world in the top area of ​​Corpse Mountain, and could not damage the "mirrors" in the middle and lower parts of Corpse Mountain and above the wilderness.

Sally's voice gradually became shrill, with both pain and joy:

"This pathogen also has flaws. It is not the type that will cause fatal effects in a short period of time. It can only make you lose your physical strength quickly and accelerate the loss of your spiritual power. In the end, you will lie on the ground, unable to move, and listen in despair as your heart gradually becomes weaker and stops beating."

Hearing this, Lumian "teleported" to another location to avoid being assassinated by Celeste.

Some thoughts flashed through his mind:
“Can I wear the golden mask of the Eggers family to hedge against the damage of this occult pathogen?
“I stopped my heart early so I don’t have to worry about it running out of strength!

"No, this occult pathogen seems to affect the spirit. Perhaps, after the death of the physical body, the spirit will gradually lose the power to maintain its own existence...

"Moreover, Archbishop Heraberg said that if you become a dead person here, you will only fall into eternal sleep... Well, maybe you will be 'awakened' as a puppet of '0-01' in the future..."

Albus Medici, who was at the top of the Corpse Mountain, suddenly laughed:
“So that’s how it is, I do feel weak.

“Even if my ancestors help me share the impact, I will completely lose my ability to fight in three or four minutes, and I will only be able to crawl.

"But I don't remember whether I told you what I was going to do in the underground mausoleum, or whether you noticed that something unusual had already happened?"

As he spoke, Albus' smile grew wider.

He was calm, confident and not at all flustered.

Sally, who was making sounds from different mirrors and quasi-mirrors to delay time until the effect of the mysterious pathogen deepened, fell silent.

She seemed to be looking around, trying to find the abnormality that Albus mentioned.

Albus stretched his neck and raised the corners of his mouth:

“I came here to accomplish only three things:
"First, we must kill Vanak, so that '0-01' no longer has agents of this level;
"Second, I chanted the honorific name of my ancestors around '0-01', allowing it to resonate and gradually awaken;
"Three, haha, three is to delay time and wait until '0-01' can free itself from this mountain of corpses.

"Didn't you notice that '0-01' was shaking and trembling more and more frequently, and with greater amplitude?

"Didn't you notice that '0-01' was about to leave Corpse Mountain?"

This... Sally, who was hiding near the top of the mountain of corpses, in a component of the previous "mirror maze" to closely observe Albus's movements and ready to interfere with the target's self-rescue at any time, became nervous and instinctively looked at the violently shaking and trembling "0-01".

She immediately saw the burnt flag and the dangerous blood spots all over it.

Her head suddenly buzzed and she felt a pain in her neck.

She was further contaminated!

Click!
The mirror where Sally was hiding shattered instantly, revealing her figure with a dull expression and her head trying to escape from her neck.

Now! Albus seized the opportunity, discarded the heavy sword of flesh and bones, and transformed it into a blazing white and blue flaming spear, which landed near Sally Star.

Then, he created a thick "fog of war" and let it cover Sallyste and the area of ​​more than ten meters around this "witch".

After completing this task, Albus did not give Sally the opportunity to break free from the contaminated state and use the mirror world to escape from the "fog of war". He summoned up his remaining strength and condensed a group of blue fireballs, letting them smash into the "fog of war" one after another.

Rumble!
A violent explosion occurred, with pale blue flames rising, and Sally's "mirror stand-in" was passively activated.

However, she was affected and misled by the "fog of war", and the location where her figure reappeared was still within the explosion range, and was still covered by the shock wave that was enough to destroy the "witch's" body.

Albus controlled the power of the fireball, so that the "fog of war" was never blown away, and Sally's "mirror double" was shattered one by one.

Similarly, he also controlled the frequency of the fireballs blasting into the small fog, not giving Sally a chance to recover and enter the world in the mirror.

Finally, Sally's shadow froze, and that beautiful and seductive body turned black and disintegrated, falling to the ground in the form of corpse parts.

Bang, the black tear-shaped forehead ornament she had worn on her forehead fell onto a corpse.

Albus no longer maintained the "fog of war" and looked at the dead Sally, laughing sarcastically:
"Oh, I forgot to tell you that my calmness just now was an act. I need to delay for five to six minutes until '0-01' resonates with my ancestor to the limit, awakens initially, and breaks free from the shackles of the Corpse Mountain.

"Why are you in such a hurry? You've forgotten that looking directly at '0-01' will cause contamination, and you yourself have already been contaminated to a certain extent.

"Remember, being too hasty or too slow are both taboos in war."

When mocking the dead, Albus did not pick up the black tear-shaped forehead ornament that obviously possessed extraordinary power, fearing that it would trigger corresponding negative effects and affect subsequent events. After all, he was already quite weak.

At this time, his hands and feet became weak and running became difficult. He could only transform into a blazing white and blue flaming spear again and fly back to the vicinity of "0-01".

He looked at Julie's Blood slowly falling in mid-air and estimated that it was only thirty or forty centimeters away from its target.

Albus then threw a green fireball over, burning the pool of dirty blood, causing it to slowly evaporate and dissipate without causing any additional changes.

After closing his eyes and feeling the frequency and amplitude of the shaking and trembling of "0-01", Albus muttered to himself silently:

"It seems to be progressing faster than expected, another two or three minutes should be enough.

"Haha, Sally, I lied just now. In the end, 0-01 still couldn't break free on its own, and I needed to use the blood of the Medici family to help it...

"I didn't mock your corpse just now because I had too much time. If I had said anything, Lumian Lee would have heard it and made him ignore the part where I lied..."

Albus Medici turned his gaze towards the wilderness, towards Lumian who had just completed a "teleport" to change his position so as not to be locked, and said with a loud smile:

"You are very alert. In such an urgent situation, you didn't follow that idiot Sally to observe the abnormality of '0-01'."

Lumian raised his palm and scratched his right ear, telling a lie that couldn't be more false:

"Sorry, I was studying and didn't hear your conversation just now.

"Okay, I admit, I thought that Sally would help me confirm the current situation of '0-01'."

Albus looked at the guy and said thoughtfully:

"You are very calm, you probably don't have much physical fighting power left now.

"And I, with the help of my ancestors, will definitely be able to hold out longer than you."

Lumian laughed, his smile was calm and confident, like a top student:
"Don't you find other anomalies here?"

(End of this chapter)