Seeing Lumian's puzzled look, Franka briefly explained: One of the core abilities of the "Witch" path is closely related to mirrors and manipulating the world in the mirror.
"Just now, when I suspected that this really involved the witch or hunter path, I wondered if we had unknowingly walked into a certain place in the mirror world, so I took out the makeup mirror and tried to see if I could leave through the mirror, but as you can see, it didn't work."
Because of this incident, I had preliminarily ruled out the possibility of the mirror world and the witch's relics, but now suddenly a mirror sank to the bottom of the water, which was suspected to hide an exit.
"So, you suspect that this is a specially processed mirror world somewhere, and all the exits are limited to specific mirrors?" Lumian tried to understand Franka's thoughts. "Yes!" Franka nodded slightly.
“But what I don’t understand is that we haven’t encountered anything like a mirror, so how did we somehow enter this space? Maybe my guess is wrong, or only partially correct.” Lumian thought for a moment and asked sincerely, “What is the mirror world?”
Franka grabbed the ponytail on the back of her head and said, "It's hard for me to explain this to you because I don't really understand it myself."
Let me talk about it from my understanding. In mysticism, mirrors have some unique symbolic meanings, such as one's own reflection, and the entrance to another world. The former means that we can use mirrors to make substitutes, and the latter represents the world in the mirror. "It is often associated with horror, mystery, thriller, and weirdness. As for whether there is anything hidden or whether it is really a different dimension, I have no way of guessing. I only know that the world in the mirror connects different things similar to mirrors, and may point to some spaces that cannot be reached normally. When my sequence is improved, I should be able to use the world in the mirror to quickly travel to different places."
Lumian thought back to what he had just done and used his imagination to the fullest. "Could it be that the you we saw was the you before you became a "witch" and that you left a reflection in the mirror world because of something that happened to you?" This could explain why I never met my past self. "That makes sense, but I didn't encounter anything strange," Franca said after a moment's hesitation. "If that's the case," we must go to that puddle immediately. The exit is probably there! We can't try and wait cautiously anymore. I just said... The mirror world is full of strange and terrifying things. I can't imagine what we will encounter if we stay here any longer! "Okay." Lumian was still quite calm. Franca turned around and ran, and Lumian followed closely beside her. As the "witch" ran, she seemed to use some kind of ability. Small pieces of frost kept appearing under her feet, causing a sudden decrease in friction, and her body seemed to become weightless. She slid through the dark quarry holes and deep underground tunnels in a gliding posture.
Lumian, who has the dual identities of "hunter" and "dancer", tried his best to keep up with Franka and not be left behind. In the cold winter, some thin ice gradually formed on the surrounding rock walls; on the surface of those ice blocks, blood-stained faces appeared, their expressions were distorted, their eyes were full of resentment, like vengeful evil spirits crawling out from the depths of hell, one of them was Franka in the past, when he was still a man! After running wildly for a while, Lumian and Franka saw the puddle. As the light of the calcium carbide lamp spread over, the dark surface of the puddle emitted a yellowish and blue color.
Is it here? "Franca stopped.
Lumian considered it for a few seconds and said, “Yes.”
At this time, in addition to the constant warm burning sensation in his nose, he felt a little stinging in every part of his body, as if blood would flow out at any time. Holding the calcium carbide lamp, Franka approached the puddle carefully: "The problem now is how to avoid the monster you saw and find the mirror." Unfortunately, I can't jump between mirrors yet, so I can only stay in it for a few seconds...
"I'll lure it out and wrestle with it for a while, and you dive under the water and get the mirror."
Lumian said without embellishment, "I don't think you are a match for it." I almost collapsed just by looking at its appearance. "Although Franka was a little angry and frustrated, she had to admit that what Lumian said was true.
With her sequence and the magical items she possessed, she could still win even if she fought against a Beyonder of a higher sequence. However, judging from the performance of that monster, it was at least one level higher than her in terms of status! After a few seconds, Franka gritted her teeth and said, "Although I am no match for it, I am still very good at escaping and saving my life. I should be able to hold out for a few seconds in front of it. As long as you can fish out the mirror during this time, we can get out of here!"
Lumian laughed, "It's not time to fight for your life yet." I have a way to hold the monster back for a dozen or twenty seconds without taking too much risk. You should be able to find the mirror, right? "I'm fine. I have a special sensitivity to mirrors."
Franka looked at Lumian suspiciously, "Can you really do this? Is there really no risk?"
"In theory, there isn't much risk," Lumian responded calmly.
At the same time, he silently added in his mind that if the risk is really too great, he will try other methods. Mr. K, Ms. Hela, Ms. Magician, that great being and the power of "fate" are all options.
Franca didn't say any more. She pursed her lips and said, "Okay, I'll make you a mirror substitute, just in case. Lumian would naturally not refuse something that can effectively reduce risks. When Franca took out another mirror that was less than the size of a palm and made a corresponding substitute, Lumian held the ritual silver dagger and created a spiritual wall around the pond-like puddle. During this process, he was always four or five meters away from the water's edge, afraid of being dragged under by the monster.
Putting away the ritual silver dagger, Lumian looked at Franka and said with a frank smile: "What is going to happen next involves a little secret of mine. Can you turn your back to me?"
"Okay." Franka was quite satisfied with this frank attitude. She sighed again in her heart: "Does Janna have any misunderstandings about Ciel?" Seeing Franka turned her back, Lumian put down the calcium carbide lamp and danced the "Dance of Recruiting". He wanted to summon the monster, but not let it attach to him! Lumian believed that the higher the status of the strange creature, the stronger the sense of pollution in his body, and the less willing it was to attach to him. In other words, as long as he did not use command statements to influence the other party, the monster was more likely to watch the "Dance of Recruiting" and was eager to try to launch an attack, but was frightened by the seal and pollution and did not dare to put it into practice until the dance was over, and then really started to deal with him.
A "Dance of Recruitment" lasts for 20 to 30 seconds, which is enough time for Franca to dive underwater and find the mirror. As long as Lumian can escape from this world before the monster attacks, there will be no subsequent problems! Of course, if he can't leverage the corresponding natural forces here to make the "Dance of Recruitment" work, he can just find another way.
In the sometimes twisted and sometimes crazy dance, Lumian's spirit pried some natural forces, connected with them, and dissipated to the surroundings, but was blocked by the "spiritual wall". After a few breaths, waves appeared on the surface of the puddle, and a pale figure emerged. It looked like a human, with a swollen body and a huge face that took up half of its body. The monster floated towards Lumian and stopped very close to the pool. Lumian didn't dare to look at its appearance and state. He half-closed his eyes and shouted, "Quick!" Franka threw away the calcium carbide lamp without hesitation, ran two steps, and jumped into the water. With a splash, waves splashed. The cold and wet feeling pierced Franka's skin, and the almost lightless darkness reflected in her eyes.
Relying on the light of the calcium carbide lamp that seeped through the water surface, Franka dived quickly to the bottom. Suddenly, dark things like hair and seaweed stretched out from all around her. They seemed to have life and coiled around Franka. Franka did not get entangled and continued to dive.
As soon as the "water grasses" were about to touch her, they suddenly ignited black flames. The black flames burned quietly in the water without any signs of extinguishing. The "water grasses" did not turn into ashes, but they no longer had the feeling of self-awareness; they floated in the water and swayed with the waves. Further away, a large number of "water grasses" continued to surge in, blocked by layers of condensed frost.
Next to the puddle, Lumian was performing the "Dance of Attraction" and although he didn't look at the monster, he heard a sound like a bubble bursting, smelled a fishy smell, and felt a chill all over his body. This made Lumian think of something.
A picture suddenly appeared in his mind. The swollen monster with a huge face was less than a step away from him. It was almost right behind him and he could hear its breathing!
Lumian instinctively took a breath of shock, not daring to pause the "Dance of Recruiting".
In the water, after diving for a distance, Franka finally sensed the existence of the mirror! "Her body suddenly faded, and Jing disappeared from her original position. On the surface of the silver ancient mirror lying quietly at the bottom of the water, Franka's figure quickly emerged. She immediately climbed out of the mirror, picked up the object, and swam to the surface of the water, with a look of joy on her face. She had just confirmed that this mirror could really lead to an underground tunnel to the outside world! Beside the puddle, seeing that the "Dance of Recruiting" was approaching, almost making skin contact, Lumian looked at the water surface a little anxiously. If Franka didn't come out, he would take out Mr. K's finger! At this moment, with the sound of splashing water, Franka swam to the shore with the mirror and jumped up. She didn't dare to look at the monster. She buried her head and ran to Lumian's side in a few steps, grabbed his wrist, and both of them became unreal at the same time. The ancient mirror fell to the ground with a clang.
A scene was reflected on the mirror surface. Franca grabbed Lumian's hand and led him through a short dark tunnel to the front of the "cave" filled with light, and then jumped out. After the light and shadow changed, Lumian found himself standing on a dim road, with some light coming in from a distance.
Franca took out the mirror that served as his substitute and found that the surface was covered with countless cracks and was about to break.
"That was a close call." She sighed sincerely.