Ring of Fate

Chapter 873 Hidden Trap

As soon as Franca outlined her figure in the ruins of the wooden house, she saw Lumian's face turning pale and his eyes gradually becoming empty behind Vossan Samson. He relied on the "Sword of Courage" to share the damage and did not become a corpse or trigger the "Mirror Stand". With his back to Lumian, Vossan Samson raised his left hand and quickly condensed a glow of color that was difficult to describe in words in the middle of his fist.

Franca knew that she couldn't passively wait for the "mirror stand-in" to activate itself. Perhaps the attack that Vassan Sanson was about to launch could bypass the connection between the "mirror stand-in" and himself, making the former ineffective.

But at the current distance, neither she, Janna, nor Anthony seemed able to wake up Lumian in time or stop Vossan Sanson.

Even if it were possible, the threat from Higdon is more pressing and is coming soon!

At this time, the person closest to Lumian and Voisin Samson was Ludwig. He had just climbed up and was still twenty or thirty meters away from reaching the target.

As soon as her thoughts flashed, Franka suddenly took out a mirror from the "traveler's bag", and then she disappeared from the spot in an instant.

Relying on the "Black Tears", she appeared in the mirror world and shuttled away into the distance along a dark and empty tunnel.

Janna stayed where she was, watching Franca's mirror fall to the ground while focusing her attention on Higdon, whose face was mostly ulcerated and oozing pus, and who was approaching her in a few steps.

She felt that all the "witch" spider silk she had released had decayed and withered and could no longer function.

At this moment, everyone except Ludwig became absent-minded at the same time.

By the time Lumian, Franca, Janna and Anthony regained consciousness, they were back in the cabin.

The wooden house is intact and has not collapsed.

When Franca saw this, she felt a strong sense of joy in her heart.

She had just "deserted" not to run away by herself, but to trigger the "Man in the Ring" effect, resetting the battle that had already taken place, and allowing Lumian who was affected by Vazan Sanson's secret ability and Janna who was locked by Higdon to escape from the predicament!

The enemy's abilities can also be used for your own benefit!
Find the trigger point and immediately rewind when an unfavorable situation occurs. This means that any dangerous situation or fatal situation can be repeated again. Of course, the premise is that there is still time to trigger it.

"You can use the enemy's abilities in this way..." Janna was stunned for a moment, and then she saw the wooden house decay and collapse again, revealing Vasant Samson and Higdon coming from a distance.

Lumian was not surprised. When he was in Cordu Village, he had actively triggered the "Man in the Ring" effect and sought to restart.

He quickly reached into the "Traveler's Bag", grabbed the "Black Tear" forehead ornament that had returned to the independent space, and threw it to Franka again.

Franka quickly shouted:
"drag!"

She already had a solution to her current dilemma.

That is to wait and see!
Since it is impossible to break Vossen Samson's "Man in the Ring" in a short period of time, it is better to make full use of it. Restart it immediately if the situation is not right, and delay it again and again until the official forces in Trier discover the abnormality here, and until the major arcana cards of the "Tarot Club" think of a way to get closer here.

As long as the evil gods have not completely invaded this world, and as long as the end of the world has not arrived ahead of time, delaying it will definitely allow us to wait for help from the evil gods' believers to purify themselves!

This is Trier, the capital of Intis!
This is what Franca thought and did. While catching the "Black Tear" forehead ornament, she threw her "Ice Amulet" to Janna.

In this way, there will be three people in the team who can try to leave the current area in different ways to trigger the "Man in the Ring" effect. There is no need to worry about being locked on by Vasan Sanson and Higdon respectively and not being given any chances. The fault tolerance rate will be greatly improved!

When Lumian heard Franca's suggestion, he was about to get the "Sword of Courage" again, but Ludwig had already automatically run towards Vossan Sanson.

Lumian discovered that Vossan Sanson did not look gloomy because Franca had found the weakness of the "Man in the Ring" and intended to delay the Vortex Plan to the end. His expression was no different from before.

He suddenly had an idea, and combined with his own understanding of the path of fate, he made a preliminary judgment:

It is impossible for Voisin Sanson to let "The Man in the Ring" loop indefinitely. He will most likely set a predetermined ending for "The Man in the Ring". Every restart will bring everyone present closer to that ending, until its arrival can no longer be changed!
And judging from the fact that he can still retain his memory after the cycle, the power of fate that Vaisan Sanson added to the "Man in the Ring" effect is not strong, and this node is definitely not far away.

Lumian immediately reminded Franca:
"Touch it once more at most!"

In the path of destiny, "three" is a sacred number with a very strong mystical symbolism. It represents the past, present and future, and points to the starting point, process and end point. At the same time, the number of abilities initially acquired by the "contracted person" also fluctuates based on three. Therefore, Lumian suspects that after triggering the effect of the "Man in the Ring" three times, restarting it again will lead to a destined ending that can never be reversed.

In other words, three times is the limit, and four times will bring the final result. Now, Lumian and others have triggered the "Man in the Ring" effect twice.

Franka didn't understand why Lumian rejected her proposal and why he said that the "Man in the Ring" effect could only be used once more, but she knew that Lumian understood the path of destiny better than she did. He was an expert in this area and she should listen to his advice.

thump!
As Ludwig fell again, Higdon, whose age spots on his face had not yet ulcerated, slowly raised his arms.

He obviously still remembered the battle in the previous cycle, and this time he chose to use a different approach.

Higdon's breath suddenly weakened, and he seemed to be on the verge of certain death but just a little bit away.

The age spots on his face were festering and his body exuded a strong sense of decay.

He was quickly covered in greenish-yellow pus, which was sticky and disgusting.

Such Higdon then disappeared on the spot, seemingly decomposing into countless pathogens.

Upon seeing this, Lumian grasped the Sword of Courage, and a white and blue flame suddenly burned on his body.

The flames spread rapidly in all directions, bypassing Franka, Janna and others, protecting them in the middle.

At the same time, Anthony, who had been observing, reminded his companions in a deep voice:
"The Higdon feels a lot like the Winter Is Coming pistol to me."

"Winter is coming"? Franca and Janna were both nervous.

They all remembered very clearly that the "Winter is Coming" revolver had two very powerful abilities, one was "inevitable death" and the other was "inevitable hit".

For the former, as long as they are hit, the extraordinary people at the saint level will suffer serious damage and gradually die, while the extraordinary people below the demigod level will die directly unless they have a substitute. For the latter, either they have actively used a substitute before the opponent launches an attack, or have more special abilities, or they are destined to be hit, and the substitute will become ineffective.

If Higdon is really similar to "Winter is Coming" as Anthony said, the two "witches" must be wary of the ability of "guaranteed hit". After all, the physical strength of witches is definitely not as good as that of "hunters" of the same sequence. If the stand cannot be effective, even if it is not an attack that is certain to kill them, it will cause them to suffer heavy losses!
Protected by the blazing white and blue flames, Franka became more alert and came up with a new idea.

She glanced at Lumien, who was about to rush towards Voisin Samson, and quickly said to Anthony:

"You cooperate with him!
"'Necessary death'!"

What Franka meant was that, while Lumian and Ludwig were holding back Vassan Samson, they should find an opportunity to use the "inevitable death" ability of "Winter is Coming" to attack the fatalist, to see if he could be killed directly, and to see if the "inevitable death" effect would be reset by the "Man in the Ring" ability.

As long as Voisin Samson dies, the "Man in the Ring" will naturally be eliminated and there will be no hidden dangers!
As soon as Franka finished speaking, behind her, a little bit of green and yellow light quickly gathered in the blazing white and blue flames, condensing into Higdon covered with sticky and disgusting liquid.

The old man was already ignited, but he still let his arms lash at Franka like a whip.

"Must hit"!
As soon as Franka had a spiritual warning, she took the initiative to use the "mirror substitute".

Snapped!
Her body turned into a mirror and was hit by Higdon's sticky arm. It quickly dimmed and cracked, falling to the ground, without any luster, as if it had been buried in the soil for hundreds of years.

Lumian, who was about to rush towards Vaisan Samson, suddenly pulled his body back and slashed at Higdon with the "Sword of Courage" in his hand.

Being courageous can also be strategic!

After all, Lumian was not afraid of Higdon, he was just worried that the other party was running too fast and he would not be able to hit him in time, so he deliberately created the illusion of attacking Vasant Samson.

Boom!

Ludwig fell again, and Higdon's arm was cut off directly by the violent explosion and the sharp sword before he could escape, and the green and yellow viscous liquid on his body was all covered by the blazing white and blue flames.

Snapped!
After the arm fell to the ground, it quickly squirmed and grew, turning into another Higdon.

Now, there are two Higdons.

The bright white and blue flames on their bodies were rapidly dimming, fading and extinguishing!

The two Higdons pounced on Franca and Janna respectively.

On the other hand, Vasant Sanson, who had intended to magnify a branch of Franca's fate and make her substitute fail, suddenly felt the ripples of fate.

He suddenly had an epiphany:
We can't delay any longer, we must hurry!
Thinking of this, Vasant Sanson frowned.

He didn't want to do the next thing, it would be very painful.

Just think of it as accumulation for the "Sufferer" stage... Vasant Samson raised his right hand and pressed it on his temple, gathering a light of indescribable color.

As the source of the "Man in the Loop" effect, he cannot trigger a restart by leaving this place, as that would mean he will truly leave. He can only commit suicide!

Seeing this scene, Franka and others were startled and had a strong bad premonition.

At this moment, the light in Vaisan Sanson's hand dissipated strangely, as if its composition was distorted.

Likewise, neither Higdon hit their target, and Lumian's "Sword of Courage" didn't hit anything.

The sky suddenly became dark, and a majestic voice rang in the ears of everyone present:

"People of Intis, your emperor has returned!"

(End of this chapter)