Ring of Fate

Chapter 865 Help
Franka, holding the white candle, thought for a while, but couldn't figure out what was going on. She could only walk out of the area where the "Chrismona Night Pillar" was located, and said solemnly:
"Whether or not Easter Island has a special way of utilizing and expressing power, whether Harrison is a Beyonder of the 'Thief' Path who relies on stealing secrets to use the power of the 'Death God' Path, or a Beyonder of the 'Death God' Path who uses the mark or gift of the Heavenly Venerable to display the ability to steal, we cannot underestimate him and must report this matter immediately."

Lumian walked beside Franka and nodded.

"If I don't use the Sealing Artifact, I have no chance of defeating him, at least I have no chance of catching him or killing him, and he may not have a Level 1 Sealing Artifact."

"Luckily we met him today. If we met him again by chance in another situation when we were alone, it would be much more dangerous." Franka exhaled and changed the subject, "Does this mean that the followers of Tianzun are truly involved in the Vortex Plan? What benefits can they get?"

"Let a certain evil god descend?" Lumian made a guess based on the knowledge and intelligence he had acquired in the past. "Or let the end of the world come early?"

Franka's expression changed several times under the dim candlelight, and finally she could only let out a long sigh.

Lumian took a step forward and kicked away the bony hand that reached out silently.

He said very calmly:

"This must be a very large whirlpool. We can't just expect the Major Arcana to help us. We have to improve our own strength as quickly as possible, lest we get caught in the whirlpool and not even have the ability to resist."

"Yes." Franka agreed.

Lumian continued to look straight ahead, and said in the same voice:
"You have to digest the 'pain' potion as quickly as possible, and I also have to make Ludwig a real member of the team as soon as possible."

Franca was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but look at Lumian's profile.

She hesitated for two seconds and asked carefully:

"Are you saying this out of guilt? There's no need. You can think of other ways."

"Guilt is only part of the reason, not even the main one." Lumian walked forward without any change in expression.

Franca frowned slightly, looked at Lumian, and raised a question she had before meeting Harrison:
"Why did you suddenly come to me today and take the initiative? I thought you would only fulfill your promise when I couldn't stand the state of our relationship anymore and took the initiative to find you."

Lumian laughed:
"If I say that Jenna asked me to come to you, would you believe it?"

Franca suddenly felt a little depressed, and she didn't even know why, or maybe it was all of the reasons.

She said sullenly:
"She asked you to come, so you came?"

Lumian smiled, as if he was talking about something very ordinary:
"Without the influence of mystical power, if I absolutely do not want to do something, there is only one person in this world who can force me to do it."

Franka knew who Lumian was talking about, and understood what Lumian wanted to express.

The blockage in her heart suddenly dissipated a lot, and then because of thinking about certain things, her expression became quite complicated, with anger, sadness, and joy.

She raised her right fist that was not holding the white candle and pounded it hard on Lumian's shoulder.

"You're exposed, kid!"

Lumian took the punch head-on, as if he had expected it.

The two walked forward in silence for a while. Franka adjusted her mood and asked curiously:

"Actually, I wanted to ask you before. At that time, Janna had already found you and told you her thoughts, and you said that the best way to deal with it was to delay until you became the 'Iron Knight'. But in that situation, how can you delay? You can't delay it anymore!"

Lumian glanced at Franca:
"Looking for Anthony, have you forgotten that there is a 'psychologist' in our team?"

Franka laughed dryly:

"How can we ask our 'psychologist' teammate who we meet every day about this? How embarrassing! Janna and I definitely can't ask Anthony about this."

Lumian ignored Franka's explanation and continued:
"With the help of a 'psychologist' or even a 'hypnotist', the problem can definitely be delayed for a while, but this is essentially an emotional problem, not a psychological or spiritual problem. You can delay it with the help of a 'psychologist', but you can't delay it forever. Sooner or later, it will explode. It's better to solve it early."

Franka said "hmm".

After walking a few more steps, she looked at the darkness ahead and said in a calm tone with a hint of joy:

"Do you know why I only punched you once just now?"

“I don’t know.” Lumian said frankly.

Franca smiled and said with relief:

"In the past, you always gave me the feeling that, well, goals are important, strength is important, close relationships are important, but you are not important, and it doesn't matter what happens.

"I originally thought that you also made various decisions in this state this time, but just now you said that you are not completely passive and you have your own ideas. Even if it's just a little bit, I am very happy."

Lumian did not respond, but he did not refute either.

…………

Trier, Opera House district, a room in the basement.

Anthony met the "Knight of the Sword".

The holder of the Minor Arcana card was still wearing a white shirt and a black vest, his brown hair was a little messy, and his eyes looked quite depressed.

At this time, the "Knight of Swords" was sitting at a long table, with several playing cards covered on the table corresponding to different chairs.

Glancing at the card game that seemed to have just ended, Anthony, who had already met the "Sword Knight" in the Rakre area of ​​the southern continent, greeted him politely.

The Sword Knight responded briefly, and when Anthony found a chair without a deck of playing cards in front of him, he lowered his voice and said:
"I would like to ask you to do two favors. One is to do some psychological treatment for a period of time to help me stabilize my mental state."

"No problem." Anthony nodded slightly.

He knew that Ms. Justice and Ms. Susie had not been in Trier recently. It seemed that there were clues about a giant dragon appearing on the west coast of the Sea of ​​​​Break, and a member of the "Judgment" branch of the Tamara family in the Kingdom of Loen surfaced and expressed his intention to cooperate. Therefore, the two ladies had left Trier for a while and it would take some time for them to come back. Among the Minor Arcana cards in Trier, he was the only one who had the ability to provide psychological treatment for the "Knight of Swords".

The Sword Knight remained in that suppressed state and continued:

“The second favor is that we discovered that some members of the Hedonist Cult seemed to have brought a very important item to Trier, and there were traces of demigods among them.

“We have confirmed where these members of the Hedonist Cult live, but we don’t want to launch an attack rashly without finding out what the object is and whether there are any powerful people hiding in the dark.

“It’s also best not to use official power in this matter. If that item is useful to us but is obtained by the authorities, it will be quite troublesome.

"In the villa where they live, a servant would come out to buy things every two or three days. Of course, there must be members of the Hedonistic Cult watching in secret, but I'm not sure about their strength and level.

"We will be responsible for distracting the members of the Hedonistic Faction who are secretly watching the purchasing servants. You find an opportunity to hypnotize the purchasing servant, ask him two or three questions, and then hypnotize him to forget the questions he was asked.

"The time for questioning is very short and the risks are very high. We cannot guarantee your absolute safety, but we can only say that we will put your safety first.

"You can refuse, but if you agree, we will give you sufficiently generous or special rewards."

"Special enough?" Anthony asked with a little confusion.

The Sword Knight Maric took out a shiny Loen gold pound from his pocket and said in a low voice:
"I think you should recognize it."

Anthony instantly remembered the lucky gold coins that Jana and Ludwig had received.

He thought for a moment and said:

"Okay, I will help you 'hypnotize' the purchasing servant and ask questions, but you need to design the questions yourself. I don't know what you care about."

"Deal." The "Sword Knight" smiled slightly, but his eyes were still suppressed.

Anthony glanced at him and said:

"How about we have our first therapy session right now?"

"Okay." The Sword Knight nodded slightly.

Anthony smiled peacefully and said:
"First of all, I have to state that a 'psychologist' is not omnipotent. Sometimes, he can only help you find the right path, and sometimes, he can only relieve your emotions to a certain extent, so that you can look at the things that bother you in a more normal state.

"Just like restraint is for release at the critical moment. If you don't release it, I can only help you delay it for a while, but you will always lose control."

…………

Two days later, in the bustling market.

Anthony saw his target, a man with obvious Southern Continent ancestry.

He pretended to pick fresh meat and slowly approached his target.

According to the agreement, the "Sword Knights" and their companions will now begin to distract the attention of the hedonistic member in the dark. If they fail, they will use the "ghost" to possess him and inform him that today's mission must be terminated urgently.

Soon, Anthony walked up to the target.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up, he bent down and picked up a gold Louis from the ground.

He hesitated for a moment, then asked the purchasing servant beside him:

"Sir, did you drop this?"

The purchasing servant looked over blankly, his eyes dazzled by the light of the gold coins. At the same time, Anthony's eyes quietly straightened up and were stained with a light golden color.

The purchasing servant, whose attention was completely attracted by Louis the Gold, swallowed his saliva and said:

"Yes, it's mine."

At this point, Anthony completed the "hypnosis".

He handed the gold coin to the purchasing servant and asked casually:
"What are they doing in the villa? Why don't they go out?"

The servant was stunned for a moment and said:

“They were partying, partying together.

"They're having babies, they're having babies!"

(End of this chapter)