Lord of the Mysteries 2: Circle of Inevitability

After seeing the first paragraph of the letter, Franca felt like it was finally here.

She had been waiting, waiting for Mr. "Star" to make a request in order to exchange the low- and medium-sequence potions of the "Night" path for Amandina.

Franca read the following content with a little expectation and a little nervousness:

"He hopes you can help him interpret the text in the attached materials of this letter, which is a bit similar to the diary of Emperor Roselle.

"He has no time limit, you can take your time.

"You mentioned that Christmanna's father may be the 'Blood Emperor' www.youxs.org, which is very useful and important information.

"Now, we suspect that the one in the deepest part of the special mirror world, the one that the 'Mirror Man' believes in, may not be the 'Original Witch' in the full sense, but one of the purposes of the 'Blood Emperor' and the 'Original Witch' to create that special mirror world. She has a very close connection with the 'Original Witch', but it seems to be out of their control. The 'Original Witch' is in a bad state now, which should be the reason in this aspect.

"Next, your main task with the 'Seven of Holy Grails' is to find the 'Man in the Mirror' Jasmine and test the 'Black Witch' to see if she has a deep understanding of the special mirror world. Of course, the premise of all this is that you must ensure your own safety.

"If you encounter an abnormality, you can ask me for help."

Ms. "Judgment" still didn't say a word of nonsense... Franka turned to the next page of the letter paper.

The follow-up is the attached information.

Franka just took a look and her pupils suddenly dilated:

This, this is not the text in Emperor Roselle's diary!

I don't know if this is oracle bone script or bronze script, anyway, it is one of the oldest scripts in the country before she and Emperor Roselle crossed over!

"Where did you get this from?

"Who t these...

"I'm not sure if it's really oracle bone script or bronze script. After all, I don't understand it. I'm illiterate...

"Is it an unknown mystical language in this world, but it's more like oracle bone script?

"But it does look a bit like it. It's hieroglyphics at a glance! "

Franka carefully identified it.

Although she had never learned oracle bone script or bronze script, as a young person who grew up in the Internet age, she had more or less seen some of them and remembered the meanings of the simplest ones, such as "person".

Not long after, she found multiple similar pattern-type characters.

"It's a little different from what I remember, but it's basically the same...

"Treat it as oracle bone script or bronze script first...Where did Mr. 'Xingxing' get it? Did they find Harrison on Easter Island? No, if they really found it, they would tell me...

"Or, when the holder of the Major Arcana card of the 'Moss Ascetic Order' was tracking down the missing 'Ten Pillars' Kemero, did he come into contact with the 'Heavenly Master'?

"It's very likely! No wonder the preface of this document told me that the order of the text has been disrupted to prevent me from being contaminated during the interpretation process. You are worthy of being the 'Heavenly Master' who controls the two paths of 'Secret Peeper' and 'General Knowledge'!

"But without the context, the difficulty of interpretation has increased by more than one time...

"Chen Tu! 'Armored Shadow' Chen Tu may be able to do it, but I can only ask three or four questions at a time... I don't know if I can directly ask what the general meaning of this document is..."

Franka's thoughts turned quickly and she decided to ask for help from the "Curly Baboon Research Society" first.

There are many members from the same country as her in the research society, and many of them are highly educated. Some of them may have had in-depth contact with or studied oracle bone inscriptions and bronze inscriptions.

Franka does not require the other party to be a master of oracle bone inscriptions or bronze inscriptions, but to be able to identify the commonly used characters. The rest will be guessed by the major arcana cards based on the context of the original data.

After making the decision, Franka wrote a letter with great enthusiasm, intending to summon the messenger of Ms. "Hela" to request a gathering in the near future.

She was too lazy to go out and meet Lumian for a "date" to discuss the "Black Witch". After eating a piece of butter bread, she sat down at the desk, picked out a few words that she barely knew, and studied them repeatedly.

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In the Memorial District, in the apartment that Lumian rented.

Lumian sat on the sofa, looking at Ludwig reading "Ghost Face" magazine, thinking about the subsequent "taming" plan.

After more than ten minutes, he smiled at Ludwig:

"You are quite free recently. There is nothing else to do except eating.

"I will give you an assignment."

The key point of "taming" is to make the other party obey orders and force themselves to do things they don't want to do.

Of course, it is not enough to rely on deterrence and suppression. It is okay once or twice, but if it happens too many times, Ludwig will definitely run away from home again.

Ludwig's expression suddenly became horrified, as if saying "See, you are still polluted by the Church of Knowledge! "

Without giving him a chance to speak, Lumian added:

"This assignment is to taste the more famous meat pies in Trier, collect information by yourself, plan your own route, and finally compile a food report. "

The first step to obeying orders is to make the order accepted by the child, and make it something he can do and is willing to do, and then gradually increase the pressure.

Ludwig's eyes suddenly lit up.

He licked his lips and said:

"Okay!"

The little boy looked out the window and stood up impatiently:

"I'll go now!"

Lumian laughed immediately:

"It's dark now, it's too dangerous outside, and you're just a child."

Too dangerous... just a child... Lugano next to him couldn't help but glance at Ludwig, his face full of disapproval.

Lumian sighed and said:

"I mean, he's just a child, he doesn't have enough self-control, and he's more dangerous to the citizens of Trier who walk at night."

He then said to Ludwig:

"You collect information from newspapers and magazines tonight, make a plan, and complete it tomorrow morning."

"Yeah!" Ludwig jumped off the single sofa and rummaged through the newspapers and magazines he had subscribed to before, quite seriously.

Lumian nodded with satisfaction, walked back to his bedroom, and put a ball of white flame that continued to burn in the independent space in the "traveler's bag".

After a while, he took out the completely charred and deformed body of Sallys, and examined it for a few times.

According to the results of Franka's "magic mirror divination", this can be refined and extracted to replace the "tip of the double-tailed black snake tail" in the auxiliary materials of the "pain" potion.

There is no need to collect the "flower-faced bat blood" in the auxiliary materials. Franka's blood is a better substitute.

Lumian stuffed the body parts back into the "traveler's bag" and took out the books borrowed from the Morola Knowledge Church.

Although the "magician" lady has helped him seal the "black tears", no one will complain about too much useful knowledge.

Of course, the more useful the knowledge, the more likely it is to be highly polluted, and it needs to be weighed and chosen.

Lumian lit the gas wall lamp, picked up a book called "Into the Mysterious Hall", and read leisurely.

As time passed, he suddenly turned his head and looked at the door.

His door creaked open, and a person emerged from the shadows.

It was Janna, who was wearing a white shirt and a light-colored gauze skirt. Her darker flaxen hair was tied up, her blue eyes were big and bright, her face was lightly powdered, and there was a small black mole in the middle of her nose.

Her white women's shirt with flower decorations was not revealing, but because of the nearly perfect curve, people were imagining and their mouths were dry.

At this moment, Lumian seemed to see the "exaggerated woman" in the past, with a bit of indescribable charm in her beauty.

"I need your help with something." Janna smiled and closed the door.

Lumian suddenly had a premonition of danger, not that his life was threatened, but that he was uneasy because of something else.

"I'm afraid I can't help you." Lumian relied on the characteristics of "ascetic monk" and said calmly on the surface.

Janna lowered her eyelids, covering her bright blue eyes.

She walked to the bed, sat down, looked at Lumian again, and said with a smile:

"Listen to me first, listen to my reasons."

Lumian was silent for a few seconds and said:

"You tell me."

Janna put her hands on both sides, leaned forward slightly, and said in a slightly playful manner:

"It seems that you have guessed it. Yes, I want you to help digest the "joy" potion."

Sure enough...Lumian said with a headache:

"Why not ask Franca?"

"Two reasons, one superficial and one real, which one do you want to hear?" Janna asked with a smile.

Lumian rubbed his forehead:

"On the surface."

Janna pursed her lips and smiled self-deprecatingly:

"She is happy to help me digest the 'joy' potion. There will be no resistance in her heart, and there will be little pain. This does not conform to the role-playing rules of pleasure bringing pain. I will digest the potion very slowly.

"And you, I know you don't want to, and you are more resistant to this matter. The more you experience joy, and finally you are a little reluctant, and accompanied by the pain of self-blame, the faster my 'joy' potion will be digested. In addition, a very important point is that you have a false angel status. If everything goes well, maybe I can digest the potion in just two or three weeks and consider being promoted to 'Witch of Pain'.

"As the leader of the team, isn't this the best choice? It can effectively help you improve the quality of the team and make the ceremony more effective.

"You don't have to recommend 'Black Tears' to me. Digesting the 'joy' potion requires a target. "

Lumian remained silent and did not respond.

Janna could not help but chuckled:

"Just think of this as 'teleporting' with your teammates and lending them power. I don't want to get your feelings and heart. Without feelings, don't you always care about things and always feel that you have no morals? Hey, do you have mysophobia? I'm just helping!"

Lumian said after a few seconds:

"What about you?"

Janna lowered her eyes and smiled softly:

"I also experience pleasure in pain and feel pain in pleasure, which is in line with the role-playing rules."

Lumian was silent for a while and said:

"What about Franca?"

Janna bit her lip and said with deep eyes:

"If she knew, she could digest the 'pain' potion."

Lumian sighed:

"I thought you would find a way to seduce me and detonate my desire to achieve your goal. I didn't expect you to talk to me like a negotiation. "

Janna frowned and cursed:

"If I use temptation, you will definitely "teleport" and escape!

"It's better to explain the stakes to you and tell you that this is as normal as drinking water and eating. You don't need to feel guilty or have to pay any emotions. This is very common in Intis!"