Ring of Fate

Chapter 944 "Recognition"

It was a human who seemed to be embedded in the body of an owl. His eyes were pure round, his pupils were brown and yellow, and they were filled with undisguised evil.

Anyone who looks into these eyes will inevitably experience confusion, emotional tension and fear in the heart.

The evil creature that was half owl and half human flapped its wings and pounced towards Janna and Franca on the bed with a fishy smell.

Its mouth opened and spit out almost tangible sound waves.

The sound waves touched the two "witches", penetrated through them, hit the bed sheets, and dissipated in all directions.

There was no one on the bed. The screen of the air-conditioning panel, the glass plate on the surface of the bedside table, the dark glass inlaid in the sliding door of the wardrobe and other items were silently flashing dim light.

Behind the half-human, half-owl evil creature, Franka's figure leaped up, holding the nearly invisible "Cold Blade", and stabbed at the target at the speed of gust of wind.

The transparent three-edged spike accurately penetrated the body of the evil creature, causing it to instantly become stiff, as if it had been frozen.

Janna's figure emerged at the bedroom door, holding a mirror in her hand, reflecting the enemy whose movements were stuttering.

Her other hand ignited a quiet black flame and quickly stroked the surface of the mirror.

The half-human, half-owl evil creature was burning with evil black flames from the inside out, but because of the influence of the "Cold Blade", it could hardly even wail or scream.

Soon, the evil creature burned up and turned into ashes.

"A spiritual creature..." Franka knew that the witch's "black flame" mainly targeted spirituality and life, and it was difficult to ignite entities.

She fell from mid-air lightly, as weightless as a feather.

Jana said in a low voice at a faster speed:

"This is Morna, the monster in Roshan's painting and the invader Roshan is fighting against."

"A radical attempt by Roshan?" Franca said without hesitation, "Let's go to Roshan's room now and try to control her as soon as possible, otherwise we will probably be kicked out of the dream."

Janet obviously also thought of this development, she nodded and said:

"You go to Luo Shan's room, and I will go to that spiritual world-like space. If necessary, I will replace Luo Shan and guard the barrier to prevent those invaders from coming in."

Firstly, she felt that Luo Shan might not be in the room, but might still be at the translucent barrier. Secondly, she was worried that without Luo Shan's protection, the invaders would break through the defense line and cause a tragedy.

Franka didn't say anything more. She nodded slightly, went to the other side of the curtain, opened the window of the master bedroom, and jumped down directly to the 15th floor.

She did not use the "Ice Amulet" and passed through the mirror world because she thought that Janna's last investigation was discovered by Roshan, but she had not yet identified the investigator, and it was very likely that some traps would be set up later.

Franka's body was as light as a feather, but was not pushed away from its original trajectory by the wind. She landed precisely on the windowsill of Roxanne's bedroom and pried open the window by penetrating frost that had condensed into thin flakes.

Franka didn't rush in. With the help of the light from dawn, she quickly examined the situation in the room.

There was no one sleeping on the bed, and there were paintings hanging everywhere, with different themes.

"Hiding?" Franka took out a mirror from the "Traveler's Bag".

She wanted to divine the degree of danger and use mirrors both inside and outside to create an illusion of herself to see if she could trick Roshan into taking the initiative.

In the spiritual-like space shrouded by the solidified storm, as soon as Janna's astral body emerged, she immediately looked towards the translucent barrier that was adjacent to the deep darkness.

Roxanne wasn't there.

Bizarre creatures like Morna are attacking the barrier, making it gradually thinner and causing the solidified storm to tend to decompose.

Janna looked around, up and down, but still couldn't find Roxanne.

She sighed secretly, and floated to the area where the monsters were attacking fiercely. She condensed dangerous evil black flames and crystal ice cones around her, and let them fly outside, defeating many invaders.

After Janna held on for a quarter of an hour, the monsters retreated into the depths of darkness and the attack was completely repelled.

After a while, the sunlight shone into the area, and the solidified storm, floating spirits, and illusory buildings all faded and disappeared.

Janna's astral body also returned to her body.

Its daybreak.

Franca has returned and said to Janna with a serious expression:

"Roshan was not found. She hid or left in advance."

"Could it be hidden in a painting?" Janna quickly suggested a possibility.

Franka shook her head.
"I checked all the paintings and didn't find any extra figures in any of them. Instead, the self-portrait sketch you mentioned is missing.

"Well, there's a painting of a bridge that stretches from the edge of a cliff near the picture, across a dark abyss with no bottom in sight, to another cliff far away, where there's a dark forest.

"I suspect that Luo Shan entered the painting and escaped to the Black Forest through the bridge. I can't chase her. Moreover, I have a strong premonition of danger. The painting should not be painted by Luo Shan herself."

Janna was about to say something when she suddenly realized something:
"We haven't been kicked out of the dream yet!"

"There are no restrictions." Franka has been paying attention to this aspect.

She said thoughtfully:

"Luo Shan was contaminated by the evil god of the Fantasy Society, not controlled by Tian Zun. The evil god of the Fantasy Society might help Tian Zun do some things, but he definitely has his own ideas and calculations, and he won't help Tian Zun with everything.

"He wants us to continue to stay in the dream and hold back Tianzun when necessary, so he concealed this matter?"

"That's what Lumian said. The evil gods and the Celestial Lord sometimes have the same stance, and sometimes they don't." Janna nodded in agreement. She then added, "It could be that Roshan hasn't been completely corrupted yet, and hasn't fallen completely. She chose to deal with our problem herself, and didn't tell the evil god."

"Struggle and confrontation..." Franca sighed and said, "Let's wait and see."

After waiting for more than an hour, the two "witches" saw Luo Shan, who had changed into the standard clothing of the Intis Group's administrative department employees, leave Building 5 and go to work normally. What happened last night seemed to be just a dream.

However, Franca and Janna were still not kicked out of the dream and were not subject to any restrictions.

"She must have hidden in the painting with the bridge." Franca retracted her gaze and nodded slightly. "Well, I'll send a message to Lumian to let him know what happened last night and that we are at risk of being kicked out of the dream recently."

"Will he also be kicked out?" Janna was worried that contacting Lumian now would leave hidden dangers.

Franka laughed softly:
"Isn't there that little program that Stiano gave me? 'Information Smashbox'.

"I thought that WeChat messages are also information, so they should be shredded without leaving any traces. Well, I shred the sent messages, and Lumian shred the received messages.

"Although I'm not sure that the 'Information Smash Box' can definitely escape the unconscious pursuit of Tianzun, I think it's necessary to give it a try. If it can really achieve the effect we want, we will have more room for maneuver in certain matters in the future."

Janet hesitated for a moment and said:
"it is good."

Franca immediately edited the WeChat message, detailing Roxanne's probing, her and Janna's responses, and subsequent developments. Finally, she reminded Lumian to use the "Message Shredder" to delete the chat history.

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At the entrance of the Science and Technology Building.

Lumian, who had come to report, stood in the hall and read the message sent by Franka as if nothing had happened.

Then he turned to the public restroom on the first floor, entered the men's side, found a cubicle, and used the "Bottle of Fiction".

Then, he put the phone to his mouth and whispered:

“You can do some more probing, and Franca should also try to go to work earlier and contact Zhou Mingrui.

"We can't put all our hopes on Luo Shan's struggle or the selfishness of the person in the Fantasy Society. Maybe they will change their minds after half a day or a day. You have to do more tests before that and accumulate information for your second and third entry into the dream."

After sending the message, Lumian waited for more than ten seconds before calling up the "Message Shredding Box" applet, selected the chat history between himself, Franka, and Janna, and clicked delete.

After doing this, he terminated the "Bottle of Fiction" and took the elevator to the Intis Group Security Department on the 13th floor.

After completing the formalities, he was led into the office of the head of the security department.

The office is so large that it's like a private gym, with space for boxing practice.

The head of the security department was a foreigner with black hair and blue eyes. He was of medium height and his muscles seemed underdeveloped, but he looked very powerful.

His name is Green. According to the Major Arcana cards, he was one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse who once followed Emperor Roselle and was the most trusted. He died very early and did not see Emperor Roselle accomplish his great deeds. Now this is his dream image.

"Have you ever practiced Kung Fu?" Green asked in a poor local accent.

"Yes." Lumian nodded sincerely.

"Then let's have a fight." Green pointed to the boxing ring on the other side of the office.

Lumian, who had not yet changed into his security uniform, did not refuse and took the initiative to walk into the venue, waiting for Green to come over.

Green took off his light formal suit, rolled up his sleeves, and came in front of Lumian.

Suddenly, he threw a punch, and the wind whistled.

Lumian seemed nonchalant, but he took a step aside as if he had anticipated it and dodged the punch.

He leaned back and quickly approached Green, launching a violent attack using elbows, fists, knees, toes and other means.

Green held his boxing stance and defended himself very steadily, and was not hit by Lumian's fast but weak attack that broke his defense.

Bang, bang, bang! After Lumian attacked frantically for dozens of seconds, he suddenly retreated, panting, and raised his hands to admit defeat:

"I have no energy left."

Of course, he couldn't beat the boss of his department on his first day at work. This was not a question of workplace etiquette. He was worried that this would expose his fighting ability as a Beyonder.

"Not bad." Green nodded.

He walked straight to his desk.

As he passed Lumian, he suddenly lowered his voice, as if he didn’t want the others waiting in the office to hear him:

"Give my regards to mother."

Mother...Lumian's pupils suddenly dilated.

Green then added in a low voice:
"I have recognized you, respected Son of God."

(End of this chapter)