Ring of Fate

Chapter 858 The Corpse (Seeking guaranteed monthly ticket at the beginning of the month)

To Franka, the sentence that Armored Shadow Chen Tu was translating now could be said to be very ordinary. It was something she had often seen before she traveled through time. She could not understand why the Major Arcana cards thought that such words could potentially bring pollution.

Is it the text itself?
Just like the word "I", there are completely different ways to say it when speaking Intis and ancient Hermetic language!
“However, isn’t there a saying that’s not quite right? When Yin and Yang combine, everything comes into being… shouldn’t it be that when Yin and Yang combine, all things come into being?” Before traveling through time, Franka was a young person who intensively surfed the Internet for entertainment. Novels and anime were among her hobbies, but she had only seen that when Yin and Yang combine, all things come into being, but had never heard that when Yin and Yang combine, everything comes into being.

Of course, after careful consideration, she felt that this was understandable:

The interaction of Yin and Yang gives birth to all things, and all things grow and interweave to form things!
"In this case, the logic is still quite smooth, except that the intermediate bridge of 'everything' is omitted..." While Franka was distracted in her thoughts, she still listened carefully to the sentence translated by the Armored Shadow.

She did not take paper and pen to write down the corresponding content. For the "witch" who was good at divination, she could easily recall the complete content in her dreams later.

The following sentences were similar to the first one, all talking about the opposition, contradiction, conflict, reflection, harmony and unity of yin and yang. Moreover, they were all general principles, without in-depth interpretation or practical details. Franca felt like yawning while listening to them.

She felt that the only thing she could ponder was the last half sentence of the document:

"To be close to the Way of Heaven."

Based on Franka's understanding of this sentence, she naturally thought of the knowledge that a gift will allow the recipient to gradually approach the giver, and the way the "Underworld Man" gave Amandine power was indeed a gift.

"To get closer to the Heavenly Way... This information is actually talking about how to make good use of the body and mind, harmonize yin and yang, and get oneself in tune with the so-called Heavenly Way, so as to gain power? Is this a way of praying for a gift?" Seeing that the armored shadow Chen Tu had completed the translation and let the information fly back, Franka quickly gathered her thoughts and prepared for the questions she was about to ask.

After receiving the information, she immediately asked in her native language:
"First question, have you ever heard of traveling from the world you and the 'Underworld Man' are in to another world?"

Franka did not translate this question into Intis and asked Lumian to ask because she was afraid that Amandine would know about the time travel - although she could ask Anthony to hypnotize Amandine and "help" her forget it later, why not use a more convenient method?
Armored Shadow Chen Tu turned his gaze to Franka who was speaking a similar language.

After a few seconds, it looked back at Lumian, asking, "Want an answer?"

——The host of the current ceremony is Lumian. Without his consent, Franka and Armored Shadow can complete the communication. Otherwise, even if Armored Shadow fails to fulfill the agreement, he will not be able to take the gold on the altar unless he resorts to violence.

Lumian nodded:
“That’s the first question.”

The armored shadow replied in a low and hoarse voice:

"I don't know."

It still uses a language that is close to Franca's native language.

The more Amandine listened, the more confused she became.

I don't understand this at all!
During the whole process, she could only understand the part that Lumian said!
Amandine glanced at Janna beside her and asked in a familiar voice, lowering her voice:
"What are they saying? What language?"

Janna laughed softly:
"Don't think I'm serious and focused, I actually don't understand either."

Amandine couldn't help but let out a sigh.

"I'll tell you in secret, Lumian doesn't understand either." Janna smiled and glanced at Lumian who was paying close attention to the movements of the Armored Shadow, and said to Amandine in a low voice.

Amandine looked at Jannah, then at Lumien, and recalled the expression, tone, and manner of the previous sentence, and said "Wow" in her heart.

Some things will be revealed inadvertently!
She asked curiously:
"Why don't you learn that language from Ms. Franka?"

"It's just the beginning these two days, I'm trying hard, it's hard." Janna frowned unconsciously.

That's really hard!

At this time, Franka, who heard the Armored Shadow's answer, was inevitably disappointed, but she remained normal and said in her native language:
"The second question is, can you use illusion or similar means to show the body that floated onto the river from Penglai?"

This question was only thought of by Franca in the past two days. The direct reason was that Amandine heard the "Underworld Man" say "Be careful of Penglai", and the armored shadow Chen Tu mentioned before that Penglai, which had mysteriously disappeared for many years, reappeared because of the corpses that floated to the river there.

Franka felt that things related to Penglai might be very important, and might be related to her and others' hope of returning home.

As soon as she asked this question, Franka suddenly came to her senses and wanted to slap herself.

It’s not that this question shouldn’t be asked, but the way it is asked is wrong!

According to the current way of asking the question, even if the Armored Shadow agrees, he only needs to answer "yes" and does not need to show the specific appearance of the corpse. There is no corresponding mandatory requirement in the question at all!
Should I prepare for the next 10 Felkin gold? I am almost bankrupt, and I only have over Felkin left...Franca regretted it to the core.

Fortunately, the Armored Shadow Chen Tu was quite honest, and his questions were recognized by Lumian, which immediately made the countless transparent faces on the scales stand out.

This made the surroundings suddenly turn green and dark, with gusts of cold wind.

Water droplets quickly condensed on the surface of the altar, and the water droplets gathered into a water surface, reflecting a human figure.

The figure floated in the deep darkness that could not take on a specific shape, as if it had been hollowed out. The black robe and body were both highly rotten and oozing with pus.

Its face was relatively intact. Through the deep ulcers that could see the bones, one could still see pale skin, soft contours, and only a thin layer of black hair...

Franca was stunned:

Isn’t this Harrison, the visitor from Easter Island?

He had died long ago, his rotting corpse floating on a river suspected to be the "River Styx", so why was he still active in Trier?
Moreover, the body appeared in the river several years ago, and it was only after that that the "devil wizard" encountered Harrison!

Although Lumian didn't understand what Franka was asking, he roughly guessed why Franka was so shocked based on the three key details: "floating state", "corpse" and "Harrison's appearance".

He tilted his head and looked at Franca, and saw surprise, astonishment and confusion in those lake blue eyes.

Lumian nodded to appease him, and then said to the Armored Shadow Chen Tu:
"Thank you for your answer."

The gold placed on the altar disintegrated and turned into clear light, flowing onto the surface of the armored shadow like water.

Seeing that most of the fish-scale armor had turned into a golden, sacred and heavy one, Lumian frowned slightly and ended the ceremony.

When the candle was extinguished, he immediately said to Franca:

"With two more times, Armored Shadow should be able to rebuild his golden body. We can only summon him once more at most."

"Yeah." Franca finally got over the shock of seeing Harrison's dead body.

While Lumien was cleaning up the altar, she smiled and said to Amandine:

"We can leave."

"Ah?" Amandine was confused. "Didn't you ask me to help? I haven't done anything yet..."

"You've already provided help." Franca said with a smile.

Amandine was even more confused.

When did this happen?

Janna helped explain:

"Do you feel that the language spoken by Franka and the armored shadow is very similar to what the figure said in your ear?"

Amandine thought carefully:
"It's a bit like that."

Lumian came back after cleaning up the altar and said casually:

"The ghost just now should have been sealed by your teacher, um, that human figure. You can mislead it here and make it think that this represents the attitude of that human figure, which will reduce the difficulty of our communication with it and prevent us from being attacked by it.

"This is the help you provide. Just stand by and watch."

Amandine immediately remembered the gaze and nervous reaction of the Armored Shadow when he first appeared, and suddenly realized:

"That's it...

"Well, that, I, what's my teacher's name?"

Although we all know that this question is normal, it still sounds weird... How can you not know the teacher's name and need to ask someone else... Janna muttered a few words in her heart.

Franka smiled and replied in Intis:

“The underworld man.

"Also, you have to call me Master, not Teacher."

"Underworlder..." Amandine repeated the name described in Intis language in a low voice.

After a few seconds, she asked contentedly:
“What’s the difference between a master and a teacher?”

"Master, compared to teacher, also means 'having a fatherly status'." Franka was tired of explaining.

Amandine did not ask any more questions, and said with sparkling eyes:

“I can still help later!

"Can you please help me collect the low- and medium-sequence potion formulas and extraordinary properties of the 'Night' pathway?"

"No problem." Franca didn't tell Amandine that they would be available soon.

Lumian smiled and said:

"I thought you were going to say take you to the 'Samaritan Woman's Fountain' again."

Amandine smiled with some difficulty:

"I will adapt for a while, and then go after my own sequence reaches the level of gift."

After that, she muttered silently:
"I don't want to become an old man with a white beard..."

…………

After seeing Amandine off, Lumian, Janna and Anthony sat in the living room of Apartment 9, No. 702 Orosei Street, listening to Franca talking about the words translated by Armored Shadow.

"What do they mean?" Janna felt like she understood a little bit but also like she didn't understand anything at all.

Franca had no choice but to use her own language and her own understanding to look up what "Yin alone cannot grow, Yang alone cannot produce..."

As Janna listened, she gradually became unsure of how to position her body and dared not move her eyes randomly.

Lumian took a sip of water tactically, but Anthony's expression did not change.

"I think these sentences are too ordinary and don't deserve such high treatment." Franca made her closing statement.

Lumian pondered for a few seconds and said slowly:

"No, they can be very important."

PS: Ask for a guaranteed monthly ticket at the beginning of the month~
(End of this chapter)