Ring of Fate

Chapter 846 "Black Tears"

Seeing the real fear in Ludwig's eyes, Lumian looked down at himself and found the plain white robe inlaid with brass thread.

He immediately laughed and said to his godson:
"Don't be afraid, there are no exams and no studying."

Ludwig's eyes lit up and his expression gradually softened.

At that moment, he thought that the Godfather had joined the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, and he felt like the sky was falling.

Lumian glanced at Lugano who stood up hastily, and took out the stomach of the former owner of the "Carnivore" bar from the "Traveler's Bag" and threw it to Ludwig:
"This is a gift for you."

After completing his trip to Morora, Lumian is no longer affected by the promise and can gain divinity, so he decides to speed up the development of a team of hunters, and in this team, Ludwig is the top priority.

One of the arrangements for taming this sealed angel is to grant favors.

Ludwig's expression suddenly became extremely wonderful, as if he had suddenly come from the abyss to heaven.

He was so excited that he wanted to eat the stomach of the "depriver" alive on the spot.

Lumian rubbed his forehead and said:
"It's infected with an occult pathogen. You'd better take care of it to prevent the disease from spreading."

"Occult pathogens..." Lugano was startled and instinctively distanced himself from Ludwig.

As a professional "doctor", he turned on his "spiritual vision" and stared at the stomach for two seconds, and indeed found traces of the disease.

Ludwig bit his stomach antrum and said vaguely:

"If you eat it in your stomach, the disease won't spread."

"What about you?" Lumian asked with amusement.

"At most my stomach will feel uncomfortable for a quarter of an hour or two." Ludwig replied nonchalantly.

Then I won't purify the food in the Traveler's Bag? It won't matter if you eat it anyway... Lumian muttered and turned to his bedroom.

After Ludwig took two bites of the food, he raised his head in the midst of his busy schedule and said hesitantly:

"Thank you, thank you, Godfather."

Lumian smiled and nodded with satisfaction:
"Yes, you have made great progress in your manners."

Ludwig suddenly shuddered.

The Godfather's tone of voice and the expression on his face now resembled the people he feared the most.

His teachers!
Lumian said nothing more, went into the bedroom, spread out the letter paper, wrote down the key points of his trip to Morola, and described in detail the problems he encountered.

Then, he summoned the "doll" messenger and handed over the letter along with the "traveler's bag".

The "Doll" messenger lifted the "traveler's bag" with two fingers in disdain, and said in a complaining tone:

“Don’t stuff everything in there!
"It's so dirty! It's so dirty! It's a trash can now!"

Lumian smiled awkwardly:
"This is also something that can't be helped."

You can't let me carry those sealed objects directly, right?
If their negative effects were combined, I might die on the spot.

After sending the "doll" messenger away, Lumian fell on the bed without even tidying up the desk that had become an altar, closed his eyes, and relaxed his body.

In Morola, he not only had to stay up late to study, but he also couldn't sleep well. After all, there was a crazy "witch" living next door, and other enemies might attack him at any time. This caused him to be tense and alert all the time.

Now, he finally gained the long-lost sense of security.

Lumian fell asleep quickly and slept soundly. When he woke up, it was already six o'clock in the morning of a new day.

“Phew, refreshed and comfortable.” Lumian turned over and sat up, stretching himself, and saw his “traveler’s bag” and a reply letter on the desk.

"The messenger came, but I didn't wake up... This shows that I still trust her..." Lumian muttered, walked to the desk and opened the curtains.

In the light of the morning sun, he sat down and read the reply from Ms. Magician:

"For now, leaving a mark and becoming an agent is enough. Other things can be done later. In short, in the matter of '0-01', you are at least one step ahead of the Witch Cult and the 'Red Angel'.

"But a thing cannot have only advantages and no disadvantages. This means that you have officially entered the stage of competing for the position of the Red Priest. You will receive more attention and face more dangers. In the past, the Witch Cult may regard you as a partner, and the Red Angel may consider using you. Now, eliminating you as soon as possible and making the position of the 0-01 agent vacant will be an option they actually consider.

“You must also remind the Second of the Holy Grail of this, lest she be accidentally used by the Witch Cult.

"Of course, since the Witch Cult and the Red Angel also gained some benefits and left a little blood on 0-01, they are not so urgent to target you immediately.

"Regarding the 'abscessed hand', because there were far-reaching disasters in the Quaternary, Tertiary, and Secondary Epochs, many folklore legends were not preserved, and the 'abscessed hand' was suspected to be contaminated by the high-ranking 'Great Mother', so we cannot directly divine, and must resort to some indirect means, making it difficult to obtain the most effective information. Therefore, we have not figured out when the related legend first appeared, and can only be sure that it existed in the early Fifth Epoch.

"Based on the appearance and condition you described, we reasonably suspect that 'Abscessed Hand' was an angel-level vampire when he was alive. According to the news from within the blood clan, one of the three great dukes of the blood clan, the ancient powerful man born in the Second Era, 'Duke of the Full Moon' Olmer, has no such fellow vampire in his memory.

“You know, a Sequence 2 angel is equivalent to a duke of the vampires. Even in the long history of the vampires, the number of dukes that have appeared is quite limited. It is impossible for them not to know or remember each other.

"New Silver City is currently searching for possible clues in historical books related to Omibella. I will let you know when I find something."

The man with the broken hand is not a vampire. No wonder the "magician" lady called him a vampire. Well, the high-ranking people of the "Moon" path are not equal to the vampires, just like those "original moon" believers of the "Rose School" have never been recognized as vampires. They are all called artificial vampires... Lumian leaned back in his chair and continued to read the follow-up content:

"You can also try to inquire about the Aurora Society. The one they believe in knows the most secrets, even among the true gods.

"According to my divination results, Albus Medici is not dead yet. His ancestor, the 'Red Angel', entered Trier in the Fourth Epoch with the help of the hostel plan. He may have had some kind of tacit understanding with someone or some people in the special mirror world. This has reduced the danger of Albus escaping from Morola with the help of the special mirror world.

"Don't feel sorry, this is a good thing. At least we already know that the Red Angel and the powerful people in the special mirror world may cooperate on certain things.

“That Level 1 Sealed Artifact is called ‘Black Tears’. It was formed from the tears shed by a certain ‘Witch of Despair’ after her death, and it incorporates her extraordinary characteristics.

"'Black Tears' will continue to produce the same occult pathogens that you were infected with, allowing them to spread around without stopping.

“Wearing ‘Black Tears’ will significantly enhance your charm and make you more feminine, but it will not cause you to change your gender.

"'Black Tears' can help you master some mirror magic, including transmitting information through the mirror world, traveling through the mirror, mirror illusion, etc.

"It also makes your Harvest more deadly, allowing you to put all your strength into a single Harvest.

"In places with special mirror worlds, 'Black Tear' can also allow you to initially utilize the corresponding special powers.

“The above are the effects, the negative effects are:

“The wearer herself will also be infected by that occult pathogen, but the ‘Witch of Pain’ will be less affected and more resistant;
“The wearer will experience ‘pleasure’ intermittently, every 45 to 90 seconds;
“Even if you just carry it, it makes you more emotional and easier to be moved and persuaded;

"If you have 'Black Tears', there is a certain chance that you will encounter unwanted love. This is based on the curse of the 'Witch of Despair' before her death."

Seeing this, Lumian couldn't help but raise his eyebrows:

This sealed object seems more likely to appear in banned books such as "The Monk Chasing the Dog".

"Pleasure" every 45 to 90 seconds is a big problem in combat!

Franka can't be used either, unless it's a quick solution, but the infection of the mystical "disease" takes time. Well, for now, I can only treat it as an infinite "mirror buckle" and seal it immediately after using it... Lumian pondered for a while and looked at the sealing method provided by the "magician":

"The most universal solution is to find a seal of the 'Sun' path that can continuously purify the surrounding area, and put it together with the 'Black Tear'. As for how to reduce the negative impact of the 'Sun' path seal, that is another matter.

"The simplest but most demanding solution is to put the 'Black Tear' in a mirror so that its mystical pathogens only affect the area behind the mirror. Don't worry, the mystical pathogens can't travel through the mirror, and the 'disease' can't spread out. The problem is that if you don't have other items that can make use of the world in the mirror, you can't take it out once you put it in. And if the mirror that seals the 'Black Tear' is broken, it will be completely lost in the world in the mirror, and no one knows where it will wander to.

"The most customized solution is that I will help you isolate a space in the 'Traveler's Bag' that is not connected to other areas. You can periodically throw a ball of fire that can burn for more than half an hour into it to burn the occult pathogens.

"The other items in the Traveler's Bag have been purified for you. Don't worry about infection."

Lumian breathed a sigh of relief after reading the reply.

This is the benefit of the “Tarot Club”!
After burning the letter, he checked the "Traveler's Bag" and confirmed that the "Witch of Pain" characteristic extracted by Sallyst was a beautiful eye. It was also stuffed into the independent space where the "Black Tears" were stored along with the corpse parts. If he wanted to use it later, he needed to purify or "disinfect" it in advance.

After hanging up his "traveler's bag", Lumian walked towards the full-length mirror in the room.

(End of this chapter)