Mystery: Paradox Path

Every gift given by fate has been marked with a price in secret.

Maybe Triss doesn't know this sentence, but he, who is already a Sequence Seven, has experienced all kinds of things after becoming an Beyonder, but he has engraved this truth into her instinct.

No one will give you help for no reason, and paying more than the return often only means that the other party can gain more.

Looking at Triss's charming eyes, the black cat suddenly stood up, flicked its front paws, and said helplessly:

"It's not impossible to tell you, but before that, I think you should know that if you don't know anything, we're just trading, maybe I'll get 'favor' by giving you more than what you paid for, and it's limited to Let you do things when necessary that don't touch your fundamental interests, there are some risks, but once it's done, you don't owe me anything anymore.

But once you know the reason, you are no longer a chess piece that can leave the chessboard at the end of a chess game. Whether you like it or not, before you die completely, you will continue to be pulled into a new chessboard, again and again. Risk your own life.

So, are you sure you want to know why? "

"Gudong..."

Triss swallowed involuntarily, and suddenly regretted asking too much. If she hadn't asked about the damn "gift" before, wouldn't she have to face such a choice now?

Looking at the burning eyes of the black cat, Triss only felt her heart twitch violently.

As a chess piece, when it is supposed to play a role, it is put on the chessboard unknowingly, and quietly exits at the end of the chess game, or does it understand everything and then take the risk that the chess player should take?

He is only a Sequence Seven!

What qualifications does he have to be a chess player in this kind of topic that can be casually related to the true god?

Watching Triss fall into silence, the black cat did not mean to urge, but kept rubbing against the box containing the extraordinary materials, until a one-eyed pattern with the ∞ symbol as the pupil was drawn on it, it stopped its movements. , it doesn't matter:

"You don't have to rush to respond, we still have a long time to get along."

"..." Triss took a few deep breaths to calm herself down, she really needed to think about it.

But when she looked at the little milk cat in front of her and the box several times bigger than its body, she suddenly remembered the purpose of her preparation, and said:

"How are you going to take things away? Do you want me to give you a ride?"

"Just help me seal the room." The black cat gave Triss a white look, then put on a praying posture and recited in ancient Hermes:

"A traveler from a distant time and space;"

"You are the contradictory spiral of logic and wisdom;"

"You are the reflection of knowledge, the back of truth."

"Your faithful servants beseech your gaze;"

"I beg you to accept his offering;"

"I pray that you will open the gates of the kingdom."

This ancient incantation reverberated among the spiritual walls that Triss reopened, slowly accumulating a violent wind.

"Didn't use spiritual materials?" Triss' witch potion gave her a lot of ritual knowledge, and it was precisely because of this that she immediately discovered that this was a sacrificial ceremony, and at the same time realized that this sacrificial ceremony was How incomplete.

There are no candles to represent themselves and the gods, no sacrifices to please the gods, and no spiritual materials to communicate with the gods.

In addition to the three-segment honorific name representing the person of the true god, the only thing that is locked is the one-eyed symbol with ∞ as the pupil.

But such a simple ceremony has already begun to play a role.

Under her stunned gaze, an illusory door made of white clouds and mist appeared beside her bed. Above the door,

It was the one-eyed symbol.

squeak-

There was obviously no substantive sound, but Triss seemed to hear the sound of the ancient door opening. The illusory cloud door slowly opened, revealing the indescribable vast sea of ​​clouds behind the door.

"Don't be in a daze, put the box in!" The black cat suddenly turned her head and glared at Triss. Triss suddenly felt a little numb, but she was still instinctively holding the hands in her hands because of the terrifying pressure revealed by the cloud door. Picked up the box and handed it to the door.

A suction force suddenly appeared at this moment, and then disappeared quietly, and the only change in the room was the box, which had disappeared without a trace.

The door made of clouds and mist quietly dissipated, and Triss finally took a breath.

"Ignored so many conditions, but still completed the sacrifice, and it was just to transport the raw materials for a mere bottle of Sequence Nine potion, this cat... or the person behind this cat, I am afraid it is a person who enjoys God's favored one with great grace."

At this time, Triss no longer doubts that there is a "true god" behind the cat. Even if it is not a true god, the one who can afford the three-stage honorary name must be a great existence close to the true god.

Seeing Triss's terrified expression, the black cat showed a humane smile, ran to the windowsill a few steps, turned his head and said:

"The deal is reached. If something happens, I will come back to you. As for what happens to you, you can pray to the Lord."

After saying that, the black cat jumped off the windowsill and got into the shadow of the city.

"Are you praying?" Triss recalled the honorable name that the black cat told him, and she was a little lost. He didn't say anything like "I Triss is dead, I die outside..." because he knew very well, He doesn't pray now, just because he hasn't faced the crisis of having to pray.

Immediate death is the most unacceptable thing than slipping into the abyss in the future.

...

In the guest room on the second floor of the Aroma Tree Hotel in Tingen City, Snow endured the whispers echoing in his head and opened the door of summoning.

Thanks to the almost infinite spiritual output of the one-foot-thumb, he can maintain all the skills whose instantaneous output does not exceed a quarter of his total spirituality for a long time.

Although most of the time, in order to ensure that he can launch the "stolen exchange concept" at any time to avoid the active detection of some audience channels, there is still enough leeway to open the door of summoning like this.

In fact, if he wanted to, he could even use the Summoning Gate as a teleportation skill. The only problem was that Lily did not have enough spirituality to actively open the Summoning Gate.

But now, spirituality has come.

Snow opened the box and began to mix potions with teapots and water cups in the hotel. Along with a bottle of black potion as bright as a starry sky appeared in the cup, Lily's figure also appeared outside the window.

"My time calculation ability seems to have improved again." Snow chuckled and released the consciousness attached to Lily's body, and handed the cup of potion to her—

"Drink, this is the fate of meow."