Chapter 84 Key (Second Update for Monthly Pass)
Next to the small river winding outside Kordu Village, under the bright sun.
Aurore, who was sitting on the ground, put on the light blue dress, closed his eyes, and listened to Lumian's feedback and speculation.
She didn't speak for a while, as if lost in thought.
After nearly a minute, Aurore considered speaking:
"If something happened to the Twelfth Night ritual, causing the power of the hidden being to dissipate, bringing about the time loop of the entire Kordu Village and the surrounding area, then I believe that the people and even the spirits in this area at that time would not be spared."
"What do you mean?" Lumian, who was also sitting on the ground, didn't understand his sister's logic.
Aurore explained in detail:
"I mean, that's both power and pollution, and once it dissipates, everyone in this area will bear this pollution relatively equally, and those with the black thorn symbol or other high-ranking beings will barely be affected.
"Think about it, wasn't that situation like a dam collapsing and the flood quickly flooded the whole place, including the roof? Unless you prepare a boat in advance, your body will definitely get wet."
Lumian imagined such a picture and said hesitantly:
"In other words, everyone in the village is polluted by the power that escapes, which is equivalent to being part of the cycle?"
Part of his mouth does not refer to the addition of the cycle, which is influenced by the cycle, but more accurately expressed as one of the components that make up the cycle.
With her eyes closed, Auror nodded lightly, with her blonde hair lightly pulled:
"I suspect that not only killing the priest of the parish will lead to a restart, but also killing the villagers of Kordube will also cause a similar situation, which is equivalent to trying to destroy the components of the cycle, and there will inevitably be a change in stress."
"But we only killed that midwife yesterday afternoon......" Lumian stopped on his own before he finished his words.
He thought of a lot in an instant, and said hesitantly:
"Is this because the people in the castle are blessed by other high-ranking beings?
"This is also why Madame Pualis said she can get out of the cycle at a certain moment?
"She is not contaminated by that force, she is not part of the cycle, she belongs to the affected person, can she leave with the help of loopholes or opportunities?"
Aurore sighed softly:
"That's why she said she couldn't save us and couldn't take us out, because we were already polluted and the cycle was integrated."
Speaking of this, she smiled bitterly:
"Or we are dead, and we are currently alive in the form of circular components.
"No wonder the mysterious lady said that her forcibly breaking the cycle would cause everyone here to die, because we are the forcibly released cycle itself."
Lumian was silent, he wanted to refute his sister, saying that he was not so pessimistic, but this was a good confirmation of the mysterious lady's words.
What he had never understood was that with the lady's free entry and exit of the cycle, and with her daring to mention the person of the hidden existence, even if she couldn't break the cycle without damage, it should be an easy thing to bless two or three people to leave.
There is now a more reasonable and desperate explanation for this question.
After a few seconds, Lumian looked for a counterexample:
"Ava, Raymond, and Naroka are all dead, and it didn't cause the cycle to restart."
Aurore, who had closed her eyes, said with a complicated smile:
"They may have died before the cycle began, and they were not tainted without participating in the Twelfth Night ritual."
Her meaning is very clear, in the world line before the cycle, Naroka died before Lent, and Ava and Raymond were sacrificed at the celebration without waiting until the twelfth night, which is not part of the cycle.
She thought for a while and then said:
"The missing Jean today. According to normal developments, he should have discovered the anomaly after Lent and before the twelfth night, and wanted to escape, but was silenced, and our investigation only brought this matter forward.
"The only thing I can't understand is that Raymond's body was not sacrificed? There shouldn't be any other ...... at the beginning of the cycle."
Hearing his sister's words, Lumian suddenly thought of what was happening underground in the church.
The "Invisible Man" wearing a black robe is made up of the spirits of Raymond and the others!
Lumian combined his own occult knowledge and tried to speculate:
"Perhaps the offerings at the celebration of Lent were not offered directly to the hidden being, but to the altar, which was part of the Twelfth Night rite, so that Raymond's spirit would appear underground in the church.
"His body had no effect, but in the pre-cycle development, Pons. Bene and the others could leave Kordu, in order to prevent the downstream people from discovering the body, report it to the upper echelons, and attract investigation, they may have fished the body back after completing the part of the ritual of 'drifting downstream'.
"And after the cycle began, that force had its own limit and failed to cover Pongs. Bene and the others were affected by the pollution in their bodies and could not have the idea of leaving this area."
Aurore thought for a moment and nodded approvingly:
"In the cycle of so many days, except for you, the three foreigners, Mrs. Pualis and her men, the other villagers have not even had the idea of going out of Kordu Village to hunt and gather wild fruits.
"If I hadn't been reminded by you, I would be like this too."
Speaking of this, Aurore showed a desolate and self-deprecating smile:
"We are already a group of monsters, and we can barely live as humans by relying on cycles."
"No, there must be a way to save it, the lady said yes!" Lumian interrupted his sister's self-pity.
Aurore exhaled slowly and said:
"Can't you leave your sister and me vulnerable for a few minutes?"
She then said:
"According to this idea, we can only rely on ourselves, and breaking the cycle by external forces is equivalent to killing us."
Lumian sighed a little:
"Unfortunately, this speculation cannot be verified at the moment, and it can only be confirmed until the twelfth night."
"Verification can be verified, but it will waste a lot of our time, and I can't do it." Aurore replied.
Also...... Lumian probably understood what his sister meant or the plan:
Killing a villager who is not currently in the priest's team will lead to a restart, and if so, find a way to kill one of the three foreigners to see if it will trigger the cycle, if not, then verify Aurore and Lumian's guess - most of the people in Kholdu Village before were polluted and were part of the cycle, and the later people were only affected by the cycle, and had the opportunity to use loopholes or external forces to break out of the loop.
But that would make the waiting days in vain, and Aurore was not the kind to kill innocent people, especially the kind who had already cooperated well.
In his opinion, dying in the cycle is not really dying, there is a high probability that it is just some legacy problems, which is much better than being trapped in a loop.
Of course, if he really wanted to do this, he would definitely not try to murder or kill Leah and the others, but directly reason with the three foreigners.
With Valentine's fanaticism and piety, he was very sure to "persuade" this guy to try to commit suicide.
The siblings looked at each other and fell silent for a while, not knowing what to say.
After a while, Lumian changed the subject:
"Sister, what do you think is the key to breaking the cycle from within?"
Aurore was thinking about this question just now, and said while thinking:
"We can't just release the cycle from the inside, we must use this to remove the pollution in everyone's body, otherwise what is the difference between it and suicide?
"Well, according to the previous guess, it was the ritual that changed, causing the entire village to enter a cycle, and the reason why the ritual changed was because you had the mark of that great being on your body, which was stimulated and sealed the heavy pollution on your body in the heart position......"
As he spoke, Aurore looked up and down at his brother.
Lumian instantly realized:
"You mean, the key to breaking the cycle is me?"
Aurore nodded:
"The source of the change is with you, and the key to breaking the cycle may naturally be with you.
"Of course, this is just a guess, perhaps the key to the cycle is the carrier of the power of the hidden being that came to the Twelfth Night ritual, such as the priest or someone else......"
Aurore suddenly fell silent, looked at her brother for a few seconds and said:
"Is there a possibility, these two speculations are equivalent, you are the carrier? Otherwise, even if something happens to the sacrifices and pollutants that are leftovers, the ritual will not completely fail and the power will escape uncontrollably."
Belch...... The more Lumian thought about it, the more he felt that his sister's guess had some truth.
He whispered to himself:
"Therefore, the black thorn symbol on my chest is darker than that of the priest......
"Therefore, when the priest of this parish was dealing with me, he suddenly showed signs of losing control and was killed by me......
"So, that mysterious lady never told me where the key to breaking the cycle was, but just let me explore the dream ruins and unlock the secrets there......"
Aurore was a little excited when she heard this:
"Yes, that might be a hint!
"The Dream Ruins may come directly from the pollution in your body, or be closely related to it, so you can rely on the black thorn symbol to suppress every monster you encounter.
"And once you master the secret there, you can control or safely activate the power in your body to some extent to recycle the pollution from everyone in Kordu Village, and the cycle will naturally be lifted.
"Well, this may have to be done at a specific time, such as the ceremony on the twelfth night."
Lumian stood up:
"I'll go back and dream now!"
"Don't worry." Aurore put her hands on the ground and got up slowly, "Aren't you injured, don't you take a break?"
Lumian patted his chest:
"The water that Madame Pualis sprinkled healed all my injuries and fully restored my spirituality."
"Uh, is it poplar nectar...... Send your son Guanyin ......" Aurore whispered.
"What?" Lumian didn't understand at all, his sister spoke a very unfamiliar language.
Aurore closed her eyes and smiled slightly:
"I mean, go home and fill your stomach, take a nap, and explore in your dreams!"
ps: The second time I asked for a monthly pass~ Thank you for still rewarding the Silver League every day
(End of this chapter)