Lumian was half-squinting his eyes, feeling the pores all over his body opening up, when he suddenly had an extremely strong premonition of danger.
In the ruins of his dreams, he had similar experiences. He braked suddenly and fell to the side, like a ball of flesh without bones that could not stand up.
The sound of the wind whistled in his ears, and a sharp axe brushed past Lumian's body and hit the air.
Lumian fell to the ground with a thud and tried to stand up by rolling, but at this moment, pale, black, strange, or evil arms stretched out from the shadows around him, grabbed his clothes, and clamped his body.
The cold and stiff feeling quickly penetrated Lumian's body. He twisted his body madly, trying to break free from the restraints with his strong flexibility, while shouting at the top of his lungs:
"Help… "
His mouth was suddenly covered by two evil hands covered with tiny bumps, and his voice stopped abruptly, leaving only the humming movement.
At the same time, Lumian saw a long human shadow reflected on the wall, raising the axe in his hand towards him.
when!
A huge two-handed sword made purely of light blocked the axe's downward blow.
Ryan was the first to arrive. He didn't even bother to put on the "Dawn Armor" and just condensed the "Sword of Dawn".
As soon as the axe, which existed in the form of a shadow, left the wall, it revealed a heavy, sharp, and dark appearance.
The second person to arrive at the door of the ablution room was Leah, who was in the study opposite. The small silver bells on her veil and boots jingled not too quickly.
Leah raised her right palm and aimed the silver-white pistol at the strange arms that were holding Lumian.
They were trying frantically, as if to drag Lumian into the shadows.
Blue veins bulged out on Lumian's neck, forehead, and the back of his hands. He was using all his strength.
But even so, he still couldn't resist those pale or dark arms, and his whole body merged into the shadows little by little.
boom!
Leah fired, and a golden bullet wrapped in a blazing flame hit an arm that was so black that it seemed to be dripping with ink.
The arm suddenly caught fire, quickly let go of Lumian's neck, and shrank back into the shadow of the corner.
This is exactly what Aurore saw when she arrived at the door of the Alliance Washing Room.
Seeing that one third of his brother's body had turned thinner and darker into shadow, and his expression was becoming more and more stiff, as if he was about to be frozen, Aurore didn't bother to analyze the current situation and directly pulled out a handful of iron-black material from the secret bag.
She sprinkled the powder in her hand at Lumian, and her light blue eyes became deeper.
Lumian immediately felt an invisible giant hand grab his body and forcefully pull him towards Auror.
He remembered that his sister had used a similar spell before, but the effect was to push him away, while this time it pulled him over.
The power of that giant hand was so great that it was on par with those evil and terrifying arms, and Lumian's tendency to slide into the shadows stopped instantly.
Ding ding ding!
Ryan chopped the figure holding the sharp axe back into the wall with a series of strikes.
The next second, Valentine appeared behind Leah and Auror.
When he saw Lumian's condition, he half opened his arms.
Illusory golden flames suddenly appeared around Lumian, instantly igniting countless evil arms.
Those arms, either pitch black or pale, either dropped drops of liquid like melting candles, or evaporated with a sizzle, turning into wisps of black smoke and dissipating into the air.
In just a second or two, four-fifths of the strange arm that was holding Lumian disappeared.
The remaining parts were unable to resist the invisible giant hand and Lumian's struggle, and they fell away from the target one after another.
Lumian suddenly felt relieved, and followed the pull of the invisible giant hand to half fly and half jump in front of Auror.
At this time, as those dark or pale arms retracted, the figure holding the axe solidified on the wall and quickly merged with the surrounding shadows, leaving nothing unusual.
Lumian stood up, looked around, and sneered:
“Is this the end
"You only sent one person. Aren't you looking down on us?"
Aurore glared at him:!
"do not speak!"
How can you say such an unlucky thing at a time like this
While Aurore's voice was still echoing in the corridor, a black vine covered with thorns and extremely thick, as if it came from the abyss, fell from the roof behind Leah, on the wall next to the wooden door of the study.
At its top blooms a giant flower that is bright red like blood and smells fishy.
The flower suddenly expanded, like a mouth opened to its limit.
It suddenly swallowed Leah's head and began to squirm wildly.
As it bit, the food in its mouth turned into a thin piece of paper and was torn into pieces.
Then the giant sword of pure light flew out from the alliance washing room and nailed the giant evil flower to the wall.
Streams of bright red blood immediately flowed out along the sword and evaporated into mist.
Almost at the same time, similar black vines fell from the roof of Lumian's house one after another. They covered the walls, blocked the windows, and grew one huge bright red flower after another.
Aurore had already taken out a material that looked like pearls, threw them into the air, and combined them with some natural forces that were pried open.
As an invisible warm wind blew, the black vines lost their vitality and withered one after another, no longer able to support the bright red flowers in mid-air.
They drooped limply toward the second floor.
The effect is quite good... Aurora sighed inwardly upon seeing this.
This spell came from a member of the Curly-Fur Research Society, who learned the "weeding technique" from somewhere in order to tidy up lawns and gardens. Aurore bought it at a very low price and made a deal with it, thinking she would not suffer any loss. She usually only used it to clear weeds growing on the walls of houses, but it came in handy today.
However, those black vines that seemed to come from the abyss had extremely tenacious vitality. They just withered and did not die on the spot.
This gave Valentine time to once again summon the golden, illusory "fire of light" and let it burn the filthy creatures in the corridors and rooms.
Ryan then filled the area with clear morning light, driving away all evil and dispelling all illusions.
Faced with these situations, the "Hunter" Lumian, who had nowhere to go, suppressed the urge to perform the mysterious dance and watched his sister and the three outsiders cooperate to clean up the anomalies that invaded the second floor.
Before long, the black vines and bright red flowers turned into green smoke.
However, the silver bells on Leah's veil and boots were still jingling, indicating that the danger was not over.
Lumian quickly looked around and sniffed.
"The air smells a little off..."
There seemed to be a faint, sweet fishy smell lingering.
"I feel a little dizzy and want to sleep." Leah did not hide her discomfort.
The gases from burning vines and flowers are anesthetic? How sinister! Aurore was well-versed in mysticism and reacted immediately.
She took out a handful of transparent powder and threw it forward.
A howling strong wind came out of nowhere, sweeping across every corner of the second floor.
Seeing this, Ryan, Lumian, Valentine and Leah ran into different rooms and pushed open the windows that were closed by black vines.
When the strong wind that harmed no human life died down, Aurore looked at Lumian and asked:
"What now?"
Lumian sniffed it carefully: "It doesn't have that smell anymore."
"I feel much better too," Leah followed.
At this moment, the little silver bells on her veil and boots stopped jingling.
This means the crisis is over.
"A tentative attack by the parish priest and his men?" Aurore speculated.
Lumian glanced at Valentine, who looked unhappy.
"I think it should be. I don't know if it's Guillaume Bene who just received the 'Gift', or Pierre Berry who is already a very powerful shepherd."
Valentine's expression softened at his address.
Ryan looked around and said in a deep voice:
"Whichever possibility it is, it reminds us that we must raise the level of alert.
"From now on, we will be divided into two groups, taking turns to rest and be cautious at night, regardless of day or night."
If only one person is on duty at night, he or she is likely to be attacked and get into trouble, with no one to provide timely help.
"No problem." Aurore and Lumian looked at each other and said, "My brother and I will be in the same group."
Ryan and others did not object.
After that, the two groups took on the responsibility of guarding in shifts of six hours. Although nothing happened, as Lent approached, they all knew that danger was coming, in waves.
During this time, Lumian continued to explore the dream while taking a break.
He did not hunt the fire monster immediately. He suppressed his inner anxiety and tried to fully understand the target's activity patterns.
Relying on his "invisibility" ability, long-distance tracking, repeated observations, and enough patience, Lumian finally got the information he wanted:
In the morning of the dream time, the fire monster would go to the open space to set traps and practice the skills it had mastered. This would last for forty-five minutes to an hour and a half. Then, it would leave along a fixed route and enter an area scattered with flesh and blood to replenish its energy.
There was no regular pattern to its movements in the afternoon. It mainly took different roads to patrol its own "territory". Lumian had not yet discovered the criteria by which it chose the corresponding routes.
In the evening, it will enter the hunting area again along the fixed route.
Lumian had no idea what happened after that. Each time he went to the Dream Ruins, he would only stay there for six hours at most and never explored at night.
... ... ...
The night before Lent.
Lumian woke up in a dream bedroom and a faint gray mist. He glanced at the "Corrupted Mercury" placed next to him and his mind instantly focused.
Tonight, he will hunt the fire monster.