Chapter 86 Sudden Encounter (First Shift Asking for a Monthly Pass)
Shout...... Lumian exhaled, gathered his thoughts, put on his shotgun, don't use his axe, and walked out of the half-ground-level two-story building standing on the edge of the wilderness, and walked towards the dream ruins.
Walking through the wilderness, along a route he had explored several times before, he cautiously ventured deep into the complex of collapsed houses, approaching the dark red "peaks."
The fog at high altitude here is thick, there are no weeds on the ground, and the whole world is so dark and gloomy.
It didn't take long for Lumian to break away from the familiar area and enter the depths of the ruins in a true sense.
He observed the environment all the way, identifying traces, and constantly imagined what would come in handy if a battle occurred.
This made him move very slowly.
Caution and caution are always the first principles of hunting.
Finally, Lumian found new footprints.
They seem to belong to humans, and at the edge of the "road", they are hidden by various collapsed buildings, making them very difficult to spot.
"I know how to hide myself...... It will eliminate the traces to a certain extent......" Lumian observed for a while and made a preliminary judgment.
He suspected that this was a guy similar to the shotgun monster, and perhaps there was a clue to the "Hunter" pathway sequence 8.
Based on his experience and Auror's guess, there should be three types of monsters in this ruin:
The first type belongs to the type that has received the gift, and there are no extraordinary characteristics, typical examples are the "noodle man" and the mouthpiece monster, and they both seem to come from the realm controlled by the hidden being in the name of fate;
The second type has extraordinary characteristics but does not show gift abilities, the most typical is shotgun monsters, but they should also be suppressed by the black thorn symbol on Lumian's chest, which indicates that they have probably also been contaminated by the hidden being, so they become monsters;
The third type has neither gifted abilities nor extraordinary characteristics, such as ordinary humans or normal creatures being polluted, and the skinless monster that Lumian first encountered was this kind of thing.
As for whether there are monsters that contain both extraordinary characteristics and gifts, both Aurore and Lumian feel that there should be, but there is a lack of examples to prove it.
So, a monster that exhibits "hunter" traits is likely to have extraordinary characteristics!
In the process of following the footprints, Lumian even discovered two traps, which further confirmed his guess.
If he hadn't been careful enough, he might have changed from a hunter to a hunting target.
Soon, Lumian noticed that the footprints had become fresh.
This shows that if you go further, there is a high probability that you will hit the target.
Without rushing to say hello, Lumian made a small circle and found a good hiding spot.
Then, he started dancing.
In the invisible melody, he stepped on sonorous and powerful steps, turning in a soft and soothing semicircle, completely reproducing the strange and mysterious ritual dance of "Noodle Man".
This was not skillful enough, and even a little rusty, but relying on the ability of the "dancer", Lumian still successfully felt the heat in his chest.
After unbuttoning the button and confirming that the black thorn symbol was highlighted, Lumian climbed to the middle of the collapsed house and entered the hidden spot.
He quickly looked into the distance and saw a figure digging a trap there.
It was indeed a "person", but the whole body was charred black, and there were red flames burning on the surface, which never went out.
Wouldn't it be an "arsonist"? Catch a big fish...... Lumian was both delighted and troubled.
He was delighted that the main material corresponding to the sequence 8 "Provocateur" appeared, and the troubled thing was that the prey was much stronger than he expected.
"Arsonist" is the sequence 7 of the "hunter" path, according to Aurore, it is a sequence of qualitative changes, known as "fire mage" in ancient times.
Lumian thinks that with the three-in-one strength of "hunter", "dancer", and black thorn symbols, as long as he is not negligent, there should be no problem in hunting a "provocateur" monster, but he is really not sure about the "arsonist" in sequence 7.
As long as this monster keeps attacking from a distance, it may not be weakened by the black thorn symbol!
After thinking about it, Lumian decided to retreat first.
He planned to formulate an effective plan and get a targeted trap before trying to deal with this flame monster.
His initial idea was to go home and dance the dance that could summon strange things in the surrounding area to see what kind of negative impact would it have on the remnants of the mouthparts monster.
If it is not serious and acceptable, then he can borrow an ability from the other party, such as "invisibility".
As for whether there will be sequelae after being possessed, and whether the ghost is willing to leave after successfully possessing it, Lumian is not too worried.
Anyway, this is in the ruins of the dream, as long as you don't die on the spot, go back to reality and have a good rest, everything can be recovered.
As soon as Lumian made a move, the flame monster suddenly raised its head and looked this way with its charred face and bulging eyes.
"Not good!" Lumian said secretly, not caring about climbing down, and jumped directly from the hiding place to the ground.
Almost at the same time, a huge, crimson fireball hit the location where he was originally located, blowing up bricks and stones and blowing up layers of flames.
Lumian dodged hastily, and when he landed, he could hardly control his body, so he could only fall down and roll away.
If it weren't for the extraordinary flexibility of the "dancer", he would inevitably tear his muscles and break his ligaments due to this distorted movement.
When Lumian stood up again, the flame monster had already appeared on top of the collapsed building, and red crows condensed from flames stood out around him.
Seeing this scene, Lumian seemed to be surrounded by a group of soldiers, and all he saw was the muzzle of a gun.
Without hesitation, he did not flee but rushed towards the collapsed building where the flame monster stood.
Faced with such a scene, he felt that the only possibility he could have turned defeat into victory was to use the black thorn symbol on his chest.
And it seems like this needs to be closed!
Kick!
In the midst of Lumian's wild run, half of the fire crows swished and fell from the sky, smashing behind him, causing the heat wave to soar and explode and echo.
The remaining illusory fire crows then changed direction, and the "sight" was all locked on to the running target.
At this moment, Lumian came to the bottom of the collapsed building, and the straight line distance from the flame monster was no more than five meters.
In the next second, the scorched black monster wrapped in red flames completely froze, and the remaining flame crows around him instantly extinguished.
It works! As soon as Lumi felt a surge of joy in his heart, the flame monster turned around, descended the collapsed building from the other direction, and ran away.
"Hey, don't run!" Lumian shouted subconsciously.
He stumbled around the ruins in front of him, chasing after the flame monster.
There were two buildings chased, because the monster was so fast that Lumian completely lost its trace.
And at this time, the burning sensation in Lumian's chest also disappeared.
He had to pause, adjust his breathing, ready to follow the footprints and watch out for traps.
While gasping, Lumian's gaze swept and suddenly froze.
Not far from his side, at the door of a half-collapsed building, there was a figure standing.
The figure was wearing a black robe with a hood, and it was no different from a normal human overall, except that there were three faces on the only head.
The face on the front belongs to the old man, with cloudy eyes, sparse eyebrows, and many wrinkles;
The one on the left is a middle-aged man with deep silhouette, bright blue eyes, and a thick and dark beard;
The one on the right looks like a child less than five years old, with smooth and delicate skin, and his blue eyes are full of innocence and ignorance.
Three-faced monster! That three-faced monster! Lumian was really frightened.
Because he chased the flame monster, he obviously went deeper into the ruins, and actually encountered the three-faced monster directly!
After becoming a "dancer" and mastering the mysterious ritual dance, which can semi-stimulate the black thorn symbol on his chest, Lumian has no intention of using the three-faced monster as a test target, he intuitively thinks that this guy is very dangerous, according to the mysterious lady's terminology, that is, the person may be relatively high, even if it is weakened by the black thorn symbol, it can still easily kill the weak "hunter".
Therefore, Lumian's previous plan was to first bypass the area where the three-faced monster was located, practice his hands with other monsters, and confirm what role the half-activated black thorn talisman could play when facing enemies of different strengths, and then consider whether to hunt the three-faced monster or not provoke it at all.
Who knows, this guy actually left his own "territory" and came here to meet Lumian!
This...... Otherwise, how about I apologize for dandan dancing to you?" Lumian muttered frantically in his heart while instinctively taking a step back.
At the door of the half-collapsed building, the three-faced monster wearing a black robe and a hood also took a step back.
Lumian turned his body.
The three-faced monster also turned his body.
Lumian ran away.
The three-faced monster also ran away.
Lumian, who was planning to distance himself and try to dance, ran a few steps when he suddenly felt something was wrong.
He stopped, turned to look at the area where the enemy was, and happened to see the back of the three-faced monster running wildly.
"......" Lumian was stunned for a moment.
After a while, he vaguely understood something, raised his hand to touch his face, and whispered to himself:
"Am I so scared?"
The three-faced monster's performance just now reminded him of the scene when he first met the other party:
At that time, he secretly glanced at the three-faced monster, retracted in fright, and prayed to the "Eternal Sun" to protect him from being discovered.
It turns out that it wasn't the "Eternal Sun" that blessed me, nor was I very lucky, but the three-faced monster saw or sensed my "specialness" and scared me away? Lumian nodded thoughtfully, and then made a guess:
"In the ruins of the dream realm, monsters with a certain degree of personality can directly detect my 'special', and I don't need to semi-stimulate the black thorn symbol?"
ps: The first is to ask for a monthly pass~
ps2: I recommend a book, "The Great Ming Speaking Man", a very unique absurd and humorous style of historical text.
(End of this chapter)