Ring of Fate

Chapter 978: The Magic Mirror

Late at night, DeChuang Garden, room 2303.

Lumian, Franca and Janna sat side by side on the sofa, in front of them was the silver mirror with an ancient pattern and a black gem on each side.

Anthony took Ludwig out for a midnight snack, politely avoiding the Q&A session with the magic mirror Arrodes.

Of course, they had discussed and decided what questions to ask before this, which mainly focused on two parts: one was Zarathustra's current situation, and the other was related to the Dream City.

They listed more than twenty questions, but considering the limitations of the subconscious in dreams, they thought it was impossible to keep asking until all their doubts were answered by the magic mirror Arrodes. They suspected that the mirror could only answer a limited number of questions at a time or a day, just like the "magic mirror divination" could only ask three questions normally. Therefore, Lumian adjusted the order of the questions and put the most important and critical ones at the front.

"Shall we begin?" Janna turned her head to look at Lumian.

Lumian nodded and said calmly:
"I come."

"No, we take turns. We can't let you bear the problem of the magic mirror alone." Franka emphasized, "It has to be fair!"

She felt that she should make some sacrifices and not let Lumian always face the terrible problem of the magic mirror Arrodes.

Lumian glanced at her.
"Okay, you first."

Franka took a breath, looked at the magic mirror and said to Arrodes:
"Great Arrodes, may I ask you a question?"

Because she had already rented the magic mirror from the Star Dream Grocery Store, she did not follow the process of the mystical ritual and asked the other party directly.

The surface of the ancient silver mirror instantly became dark, as if it had sunk to the bottom of the lightless water, and lines of bloody ancient Feysac words were outlined:

"I can answer any question you ask, but you must answer an equal number of questions from me, in the presence of at least one spectator.

"If you refuse to answer or lie, you will be punished."

Franka recalled the list of questions and chose her words carefully:
"My question is, what are the manifestations of the extraordinary abilities that Zarathustra of the Dream City currently possesses?"

This is the question their team wants to know the answer to most right now.

Lumian only confirmed one thing when watching the surveillance video and listening to the wiretapped conversation last night:
Zarathustra's summoning of images from the historical pores is very limited. He will not use historical projections to replace his own activities at all times and places, but hide himself in the fog of history. Before he went to open the door for Jia Yu, he dragged his past self out of the historical pores, and for nearly a quarter of an hour afterwards, it was the historical projection that was communicating with Jia Yu.

Lumian speculated that Zarathustra would use the historical projection to replace himself for a period of time when he felt danger or had to face certain problematic people. As for disguising the doll as the real body, Lumian felt that the "Faceless Man" at the Sequence 7 level would most likely not be able to do it, but he did not rule out the possibility that a similar ability from Sequence 2 to Sequence 7 could do it.

The bloody words in the ancient Feysac language on the surface of the magic mirror Arrodes squirmed and changed, appearing row after row:
"Zarathustra can currently manipulate two puppets. The time it takes to initially control a target through the 'Spiritual Thread' is 20 seconds, and the time it takes to completely puppetize is 1 minute and 30 seconds.
“He can manipulate the puppet up to 50 meters away, and can swap positions with the puppet. In addition to using its own abilities, the puppet can also borrow all of His abilities, but they are all at the Sequence 7 level.

“He can only maintain the existence of a historical pore image, which includes people, objects, scenes and spirituality;
"The time He can maintain the historical pore image of the angelic person is currently 30 seconds to 1 minute, depending on how close He is to the corresponding target or how well He knows the corresponding target. If He summons the past Sequence 1 self, it can last 1 minute and 30 seconds. If He summons the Sequence 2 self, it is 3 minutes. The maximum for the self below the angelic level is minutes. The time for other people, objects, and scenes below the angelic level ranges from minutes to minutes.
"His ability of 'transfiguration' allows the puppet to disguise itself as himself, which is better than any kind of makeup effect, but if you look carefully, you can still see the difference and confirm the authenticity;
“He can also ‘make a wish’ and create some miracles, but the effects of miracles are still limited to the Sequence 7 level;

"The Sequence 1 Him in the past could make the 'spiritual thread' that the dead or certain objects once possessed reappear, thereby turning them into puppets. If one eats puppet-turned food, one will be contaminated and gradually turn into a puppet.
"The Sequence 1 Him in the past could also 'graft' physical objects or abstract concepts that could not be directly connected under normal circumstances, combining them to achieve incredible results. This incredible effect is still only at the Sequence 7 level.

"The Sequence 1 Him in the past could distort time and space, creating a 'Mysterious Realm' that was superior to the 'Bottle of Fiction' and possessed secret qualities;
"...

"His air straw is twenty meters long, which may help him avoid areas densely infested with occult pathogens."

The magic mirror Arrodes described the abilities that Zarathustra possessed and the current manifestations of those abilities, so that the bloody words on the mirror surface changed several times.

However, it does not explain the abilities of Sequence 2 and Sequence 1 levels in enough detail and only briefly mentions them.

In order to wake up Mr. Fool, the magic mirror really worked hard... Franka watched it carefully and couldn't help but mutter to herself.

Lumian recalled the historical projection of Zarathustra that he had communicated with Jia Yu.

From the fact that the two chatted for nearly a quarter of an hour, Lumian guessed that it was a historical aperture image of Zarathustra before he became an angel.

This also shows that Zarathustra was not a born mythical creature, but was promoted step by step from a lower sequence.

After showing Zarathustra's current abilities, the bloody words on the surface of the ancient silver mirror underwent new changes:
“According to the principle of reciprocity, it is my turn to ask questions.

"If you answer incorrectly, or lie, or refuse to answer, you will be punished."

Franka gritted her teeth and nodded.

What is it about me that they don't know? There's nothing to be afraid of!

On the magic mirror, new words began to take shape, forming sentences:

"After entering the Dream City, have you ever thought about doing something with Lumian while Jenna is away?"

Fuck, this is so heartbreaking... Franca didn't dare to look at Janna, and squeezed out a word from between her teeth:
"Have……"

She then argued:

"I just thought about it occasionally, but never put it into practice! This is Mr. Fool's dream. How dare I do anything inappropriate for children? If Mr. Fool's subconscious mind remembers it, I will really die socially!"

Lumian glanced at the fast-talking Franka and the silent Janna, suspecting that the magic mirror Arrodes had the hidden intention of helping Janna digest the "pain" potion while making Franka feel ashamed and embarrassed.

In order to wake Mr. Fool up, it really tried hard...

Franca finally finished speaking, mustering up the courage to look at Jenna, receiving an encouraging smile and a slight nod from her.

Lumian spoke on behalf of Franca:
"The second question is, has Zarathustra discovered my surveillance?"

Two black gems like eyes in the ancient silver mirror showed new bloody words:
"After Zarathustra discovered the mirrored object, someone spied on him, but he didn't know who it was. He also knew about the existence of pinhole cameras and eavesdropping devices, because he had a saint-level 'fortune teller' under his command who lived next door and could transform himself into mosquitoes and let them hide in the room to observe the situation."

In other words, I used the "fire of destruction" to burn all spiritual things in Zarathustra's room for the sake of caution, so that Zarathustra would be alerted that someone had sneaked into his room. Afterwards, through a covert search, pinhole cameras and eavesdropping devices were discovered? But because his secret puppet died, he only knew that someone had sneaked into his room, but he didn't know who it was... Lumian immediately analyzed the important information contained in the answer of the magic mirror Arrodes.

At the same time, he suspected that Zarathustra knew that Mr. Huang had concealed the mirror object and someone had spied on him, but he did not expose it on the spot.

In addition, Zarathustra, knowing that there were surveillance cameras, still asked Jia Yu to come to the room for a secret talk, in order to mislead us, to make us think that Jia Yu was important and focus our attention there? But he didn't dig up Jia Yu on a whim, it should have started before I went to the hotel room to spy on him... Did he think that getting in touch with Jia Yu was fraught with danger, and if we didn't know some details, it would be easy to get kicked out of the dream, so he deliberately exposed his purpose and let us step on the landmine? Lumian was thinking, thinking that Zarathustra, this "fortune teller", was really similar to a "conspirator", with conspiracies and tricks in his mind.

And now that he knew that Zarathustra had discovered his spying and had been acting all along, Lumian could design a plan of action accordingly.

The "witches" have the means and ability to hide the danger premonitions of the "fortune tellers"!

After answering the questions, the magic mirror Arrodes showed the corresponding prompts in a step-by-step manner and asked Lumian a question:
"Do you love or value Franca and Jenna?"

Lumian was silent for a second and said:

“Yes, I value it.”

After a few seconds of silence on the sofa, Janna moved forward and said:
"It's my turn to ask."

Lumian and Franca both nodded.

Janna thought back to the list of questions she had prepared, and then looked at the ancient silver mirror and said:
“The third question is, who was the last person who rented you?”

The bloody words on the surface of the magic mirror suddenly disappeared, leaving only the water light swaying gently.

After several seconds, a few words appeared on the dark and deep mirror surface. They were the unique words of the dream city, and their color was pale:
"It's Peng Deng."

Pengden? The person who spent 22 to rent the magic mirror Arodes for a day was Pengden? Lumian, Franka, and Janna were all shocked.

(End of this chapter)