Ring of Fate

Chapter 888 The Contaminated "Bombardment Gun" (Thanks to Shuanghua Qingxue for supporting Aurore's Silver Treasure Chest)
The evening sun shone through the window, casting a dim golden red across the room.

Except for Lugano, who took Ludwig to New Silver City to look for local delicacies, Franca, Janna and Anthony all stayed in the living room, listening to Lumian talk about what happened to him after the two separated.

Lumian, in a detached manner as if he were a bystander, recounted the story of Thermiporos' transformation into Amon, the psychological treatment report read out by Amon, and the subsequent "story" script, picking out the key points in full, without hiding anything.

The low and indifferent voice reached the ears of Franka and Janna, making them gradually feel the suffocating pain and despair, as if they had experienced it themselves.

This is not physical pain, nor is it the despair when facing death. It comes from one's own insignificance, one's own powerlessness, and from the fact that one's beliefs, emotions, and decisions are all arranged by others.

Franka couldn't help but think of the experimental mice she used to come into contact with.

She finally understood why Lumian, although he did not reject the idea of ​​switching to the "witch" path, was still suffering from the promotion to demigod and was always very depressed.

Looking at that familiar yet unfamiliar face, looking at that expressionless beautiful face, Franca felt inexplicably distressed and pity.

When Lumian finished speaking about his final choice, the room was silent.

After a while, Franka took the initiative to find a topic and said with emotion:

"I didn't expect that the 'Black Tears' were also arranged by that person. Isn't that something from the Witch Cult?"

"Without 'Black Tears', there will be 'White Tears' and 'Gray Tears'. If we can't arrange a vessel for the God of the 'Original Witch', can we not arrange other 'witches'?" Lumian responded calmly.

Seeing his current appearance, Janna felt sad and distressed. With experience, she would rather Lumian be in a state of rage, or directly show the pain hidden deep in his heart, rather than becoming a dry well like now, with all his emotions suppressed at the bottom of the well.

Franka had a similar feeling, and she almost instinctively laughed at herself:
"I didn't expect that Janna and I would have a place in the script, although our role is only to stabilize your mental state and provide a solid anchor when you are promoted to 'Desperate Witch'."

She had come across the word "anchor" several times from Ms. Judgment, and suspected it was related to the method used by those in high positions to stabilize their own state. The higher the sequence, the easier it was to go crazy. The anchor seemed to be an external help to strengthen self-cognition and fight against the tendency to lose control.

“It’s more than that.” Lumian, still wearing a black cloak, said in a straightforward tone, “This is also a means to prevent me from being addicted to the feeling of Auror’s soul fragments gradually reviving, and from being unwilling to jump back to the ‘Hunter’ path and gradually give up my male cognition.”

Janna and Franca were silent for a moment, both feeling an unspeakable pain in their hearts.

The latter stood up from the armchair that was wide enough for her to curl up in, looked at Lumian, and said bluntly:
“I don’t like your way of saying it, as if Janna and I have really become tools.

"'Black Tears' only makes the problem break out earlier, it doesn't mean the problem doesn't exist, it doesn't mean the emotions and thoughts in our hearts are created out of thin air, they only appear because of that person's arrangement!
"I, I only represent myself. My attitude is that I will not persuade you to jump back to the 'Hunter' path, nor will I care whether you are a 'Witch' or a 'Hunter'. I am also very happy that there is still hope for Auror's resurrection, and I look forward to seeing her resurrected and returning, but what I value more is you, Lumian Lee, who has experienced so many things with us and has many beautiful memories..."

At this point, Franka was a little speechless, not knowing how to express the thoughts that had not yet been expressed.

Janna also stood up and pursed her lips and said:

"I would love to see Aurore resurrected in you, but I don't want to see you give up yourself.

"In this world, Lumian Lee has people who care about him, who like him, and who value him!"

"Yes!" Franca agreed with Janna.

Lumian's blue eyes, which had faded in color, looked at the two "witches", and there was a faint light flickering in the depths.

He did not respond to what Franca and Janna said, but he did not oppose or ridicule them either.

Franca and Janna were about to say something else when they saw Anthony winking at them, meaning that it was just right to stop here. Next, they should let Lumian calm down and think for a while. Too much comfort, encouragement and confession would only bring the opposite effect.

Uh... Franka shut her mouth.

She immediately discovered a fact:
Anthony is here... so he must have heard everything I said before, right?
awkward!

Capitalized, bold embarrassment!

Janna sat back in her original seat. She believed in the "psychologist's" judgment in this regard.

As for her emotional expression just now, she didn't feel shy, she knew that Anthony had noticed it a long time ago.

Anthony sighed secretly. As a normal man approaching middle age, he was glad that he was a "psychologist" and a "hypnotist". Otherwise, facing two "witches" with different charms every day, and then with the breathtakingly beautiful captain, he would definitely be naturally bewitched and fall in love with them unknowingly.

He felt that if he continued to train like this, even if he had not yet become a demigod, he would be able to hold out for a while longer under the "charm" of the hostile "Witch of Despair".

Embarrassed, Franca instinctively tried to find a topic to talk about. She sighed and said:

"That person's arrangement is truly horrible. It's not like we can just escape or refuse to accept it if we want to."

Janna nodded with deep feeling.

The two "witches" had also seen big scenes. They had truly experienced the changes in the celestial phenomena caused by the "Red Angel" Medici in Trier in the Quaternary Period. However, the arrangement of the "True Creator" without any signs or traces was completely beyond their imagination. If they thought about it too much, they would have nightmares or could not sleep all night.

Lumian responded in a low voice:
"That person is a true God. I even suspect that He is more than just a true God. At least Ms. Magician treats Him with more respect and fear than she does true Gods like Eternal Blazing Sun.

"The Tarot Club, the Church of Fools, and other related forces combined may not be able to stop His arrangements. At most, they can detect abnormalities some time in advance and give warnings."

“Yes, Mr. Fool, even though there are many angels around his throne, they are still not enough to face a true God. Damn, why would a true God stare at someone who wasn’t even a demigod before?” Franka sighed and cursed.

She originally wanted to add, "With such a huge gap in status, resistance is probably impossible. We can only make do with it for now, not take it to heart, and try to use the other party's arrangements to strengthen ourselves." But after pondering Lumian's current state, she swallowed back these thoughts based on her own personality.

"Perhaps we should wait until Mr. Fool wakes up, so that we won't have to worry about being controlled by him all the time." Janna said after careful consideration.

"Yeah, when will Mr. Fool wake up?" Franka sighed in agreement.

Suddenly, she, who was experienced in gaming, had an idea.

She sat up straight, looked at Lumian and said:

"The lucky gold coins in the hands of me, Janna, and Ludwig all seem to have been given by Mr. Fool. They have his aura. Is it possible that after collecting all the lucky gold coins, Mr. Fool can be awakened?"

"If it were that simple, the Major Arcana would have already collected the lucky coins and awakened Mr. Fool." Lumian thought for a few seconds and said, "Maybe collecting the lucky coins is just a prerequisite, and there are still some things to do later."

At this time, Anthony interrupted:
"I'm also about to get a lucky gold coin, and the 'Sword Knight' promised to use it as a reward."

"Four now..." Franca couldn't help but glance at Lumian.

Under normal circumstances, she would definitely tease him, but now, facing Lumian in such a state, she couldn't bear to do that.

Lumian did not feel disappointed. He looked out the window and said:

"Ms. Magician should come to me soon. I will ask her what the lucky coin means."

"Hmm." Franka touched her Traveler's Bag. "It just so happens that I would like to ask Ms. Magician to help me create an independent space in the Traveler's Bag to store the pistol. I can feel that it is continuously creating diseases and spreading them out just like the Black Tears."

Her "Bombardment Gun" has been combined with part of the gift power from Higdon that was intercepted from the special mirror world, and has not yet been renamed.

After saying that, Franka asked Lumian to put the entire room into the "Bottle of Fiction", and she took out the contaminated "Bombardment Gun" and used the "Magic Mirror Divination" to grasp the corresponding effects and negative influences.

Soon, Franka got a more detailed answer:
"The contaminated 'Bombardment Gun' will continuously spread disease and decay to a three-kilometer radius. The disease types are random.
"The contaminated 'Bombardment Gun' can make the fired bullets have one of the two effects of 'Guaranteed Death' and 'Guaranteed Hit', a total of thirteen times, which can be superimposed with the original 'Critical Hit' effect;
"If one of the two effects of 'inevitable death' and 'inevitable hit' is triggered, the user will inevitably become seriously ill for a period of time. If a suitable healer is not found, he may even die. If a suitable healer is found, the serious illness will only last for a few hours to a day.

"After the times of 'inevitable death' and 'inevitable hit' are used up, the negative effects of spreading disease and decay will still exist. It will probably last for a year."

As soon as she got the answer, Franka immediately stuffed the contaminated "Bombardment Gun" back into the "Traveler's Bag". Then, she deliberately livened up the atmosphere and said with a smile:

"If I use the pregnant bullet with the 'guaranteed hit' effect, how will the enemy respond?"

PS: Thank you Shuanghua Qingxue for supporting Aurore Silver Treasure Box~
(End of this chapter)