There is no "City of Exile" Morola? When Lumian read the information "stolen" by Ludwig, he always felt that Morola was vivid and right in front of him, because the recorder described in detail every folk custom and every characteristic of the city. Even people who have never been there in person can use it to intuitively imagine what it would be like.
As a result, the "magician" lady now told him that there was no "exiled city" called Morola in the territory of Lunburg!
“I read it so carefully, so nervously and scared, and in the end you said to me, ‘Sorry, I made all the above up?’” Lumian felt a great sense of absurdity and turned his gaze back to the letter paper, wanting to see what the “Magician” lady had to guess.
The holder of the Major Arcana said in his usual teasing tone: "Perhaps the person who wrote the information about the Sealed Object had gone mad at the time and imagined a 'City of Exile' Morola;
“Perhaps it is a huge prison located in the mountains, guarded by jailers, providing supplies that cannot be obtained by oneself, and has no other contact with the outside world;
“Maybe Morola is really a fantasy ‘exile city’, but in a sense, it already exists.
"Don't think that the first and third guesses are absurd, exaggerated, or simply impossible. Let me tell you, when it comes to '0' level sealed objects, there will be a lot of things that go against common sense and intuition, especially when this is '0-01.
"I personally like the first guess the most. It has a strange beauty: the crazy caretaker wrote a document full of nonsense and imaginary information about the Sealed Object, and treated it as if it were real. So what is the truth? Where did it go? Is it no longer in the original place?"
Seeing this, Lumian felt an inexplicable chill and his hair stood on end.
Ms. Magician presents some very terrifying possibilities, and uses seemingly casual strokes, quite brisk descriptions and continuous questions to create an atmosphere that is both calm and twisted, and extremely nerve-wracking. If you think about it carefully, you will be afraid that you will go crazy.
“Isn’t this better than the ability of most of today’s best-selling authors to tell horror stories?” Lumian muttered to himself about his own Major Arcana.
He shook his head, putting "0-01" and "Exiled City" Morola behind his mind and not thinking about it too much.
He was afraid that he would go crazy if he kept thinking about it.
This is not impossible. Lumian has not slept since he finished reading the information. Although he eliminates fatigue by resetting his body condition at 6 o'clock every morning, he occasionally hears some indescribable and creepy sounds in his ears, which are like calls from the depths of the mountains.
Hulumian exhaled and continued to read the letter: "Okay, I won't scare you anymore. In short, before you actually come into contact with '0-01', don't blindly deny any guess or possibility.
"I have confirmed the auditory hallucinations you mentioned. They are mild contamination caused by reading the '0-01' data. Some existences can be contaminated by just knowing their names instead of code names. Fortunately, your fate is linked to that guy with a long name. To some extent, it is equivalent to having an angelic status. In addition, you also have the seal of Mr. Fool, the aura of the 'Blood Emperor' and other higher-level things on you. That's why you only have some auditory hallucinations and feel that kind of call, instead of suddenly becoming paranoid and extreme, wanting to look for treasures in the mountains, and finally disappearing one night."
Ms. Magician loves to tell horror stories. She has to expand things that can be explained in a few words into possible experiences for "me". Lumian has known this Major Arcana for some time, and the number of letters they have exchanged is so many that he can't count them on both hands. He is quite familiar with her word choice and writing style.
"A reminder: you are, to some extent, equivalent to an angel, but you will not encounter the kind of pollution that affects higher sequences more easily. This is what makes you special, and it is the reason why you can go to many special places. Therefore, some beings want to take advantage of this. You need to pay attention, be careful, and examine yourself often.
"By the way, I would like to thank you on behalf of Miss Justice and Judgement. The appearance of this information 0-01 is related to the
The knowledge of Da. Soran's whereabouts allowed them to complete a task that Mr. Fool had given them before he fell asleep, so the reward this time was so generous...
"Your worries are justified. After missing the first-time tracking, the traces left by the 'Bard', the 'Mad Woman', or other core members of 'April Fools' Day' are more likely to be traps than clues. Of course, traps can also provide certain information. As long as you can bear the corresponding risks, you can find out who dug the trap.
“If, I mean if, you discover High-Sequencers from the three paths of ‘Fortune Teller’, ‘Apprentice’, and ‘Thief’ while tracking down the whereabouts of the core members of ‘April Fool’s Day’, you can recite my name and ask for my help.
"Remember, the following is my name, which has the effect of keeping it secret and cannot be passed on to others: "Traveler roaming the starry sky, follower of the Yellow and Black King, wizard who records the world."
"The King of Yellow and Black" is another name for Mr. Fool... Wandering the starry sky, recording the world, sounds awesome... Is he really the "Star Angel" in the Holy Scripture? As Lumian memorized, he saw that honorific name gradually fading, as if it had been erased and swallowed by the void.
Ms. Magician wrote at the end of the letter:
"The Minor Arcana card 'Knight of Swords' belonging to Ms. 'Hermit' went to Feynaport for something a few months ago. When you get there, if you need help or intelligence support, you can contact him.
His messenger is: "A strange creature that roams in the upper world, half a fairy that plucks the strings of a harp, and a messenger that belongs exclusively to the 'Knight of the Sword'."
Half Fairy... Lumian had vaguely seen similar information about spiritual beings, but at the time he just quickly browsed through it and selected the appropriate contract partner without looking at it carefully, so it is difficult to remember it now.
At the same time, he noticed that the messenger spell of the "Knight of Swords" did not use the conventional format. This might be because he was worried that the enemy would guess the correct three-part description, summon his messenger, and target him.
Anyway, after there is a restrictive sentence like "a messenger unique to the Knight of the Sword", the second sentence does not necessarily have to use descriptions such as being friendly to humans. Moreover, since one can become the messenger of the "Knight of the Sword", it can be assumed that he is friendly to humans.
Lumian read the letter from the "Magician" lady from beginning to end again, fearing that he would miss the important information hidden in the teasing words.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the bedroom door.
As Lumian looked up, the door creaked open, and Ludwig poked his chubby, honest head up and said, "I'm hungry. You should cook."
“Didn’t you just eat so much cake and cookies?” Lumian said with a slight twitch of the corner of his mouth.
"That's a dessert, not a meal," Ludwig said seriously.
Then, he licked his lips quietly: "Besides, your cooking skills are very good, and those dishes are quite unique. With a chef, I don't want to gnaw on raw beef, hard bread and freshly bought potatoes."
The little boy's expression became more pleading.
Lumian chuckled, "Why don't you do it yourself?"
"I need to recover a little before I can do it myself." Ludwig answered subconsciously, and then changed his tone, "I'm just a child, and you let me cook in the kitchen by myself? Aren't you afraid that I will get hurt by the knife or burned by the fire?"
I'm just afraid that you've eaten the knife... What does it mean to need to recover a little before you can do it? The one with a higher power sequence than the current one is a "chef"? If you're not a chef, you can't cook? Lumian saw Ludwig leaning against the door frame, looking at him with expectant brown eyes, and suddenly felt that this scene was somewhat familiar.
He had once begged his sister Aurore in the same way.
Lumian sighed, stood up and said, "I am only responsible for making three meals a day. You can rely on desserts, bread, and cold dishes for the rest of the time. Don't bother me."
As he spoke, he left the bedroom and walked into the kitchen.
While he was busy cooking in an apron, Ludwig, wearing a caramel-colored jacket, was waiting at the kitchen door, wiping his mouth from time to time.
Lumian fried a piece of steak, picked it up, and threw it outside.
Ludwig caught it quickly and tore it into his stomach in a few bites.
Seeing this, Lumian chuckled secretly, thinking that this guy was even more outrageous than he was back then.
Underground Trier, inside a quarry cavity.
Lumian stood in front of the altar, with the "spiritual wall" that had just been removed next to him.
He has completed the summoning ceremony of the "Bound One" and gained two new contract abilities. He is waiting for Franka and the others to arrive to see who can successfully possess the messenger.
One of the two abilities is "Shadow Transformation", which allows Lumian to truly transform into a shadow and become a part of the shadow, thereby achieving the purpose of hiding and stealth, which is what he currently lacks.
This kind of ability is also included in the mystical knowledge of the "Bound Person", but Lumian still chose to look for it in the spiritual creature information provided by the "Magician" lady, which would prevent the fateful gift-givers from guessing what negative impact he would suffer.
Eventually, Lumian made a contract with a spirit creature called the Slender Shadow and sacrificed six servings of fresh beef and lamb flesh in exchange for this ability. He also became more afraid of sunlight than ordinary humans.
This is not to the extent that vampires are afraid of sunlight, and Lumian can completely bear it with his endurance as an ascetic."
Another ability he acquired was the "Bottle of Fiction". He felt that this ability, which the parish priest had demonstrated, was very unique and practical. It could effectively screen out enemies and create a secret space from which it was difficult for them to escape and from which only the bottle mouth could be used to leave but traps could be added.
This is an ability that no spiritual creature he knows of can provide, so he can only summon the creature called "Face of Fantasy" and use a bottle of blood with strong spirituality to complete the contract.
The blood had to come from at least a Sequence 7 Beyonder or a corresponding Beyonder creature. Lumian certainly wouldn't use his own blood, because sacrificing blood to the "Face of Fantasy" might cause him to slowly turn into a monster. He used the blood that the "Magician" lady had extracted from Gardner Martin's body. This was one of the auxiliary materials for the "Reaper," and the quantity was sufficient and quite abundant.
The corresponding negative impact is a bit more greed.
Soon, Franca, Janna and Anthony arrived at the quarry cave one after another.