Chapter 99 Prey and Hunters (Thank You for the Third Thanks)
The flame monster kept throwing red fireballs while chasing, causing holes to appear on the ground, causing Lumian to be overturned several times in a row.
A lot of wood in the surrounding ruins was ignited as a result, and crimson fire swayed everywhere.
Lumian couldn't handle the flames that were still burning his clothes, endured the indescribable pain, was blown away by the shockwave generated by the explosion again and again, stood up again and again, and ran irregularly towards his destination, sometimes left and sometimes right, sometimes in an arc and sometimes in a straight line.
Fortunately, the next location in his plan was not far away, and just when he felt that a mouthful of blood was about to spurt out and his body was about to fall apart, the crumbling building appeared in front of his eyes.
Boom!
Lumian forced his body to dodge a ball of fire, and the crimson thing exploded not far in front of him, setting off a ferocious wave of flames.
Lumian fell to the ground, dodging the most violent wave of damage, and rolled into the house in front of him that had not completely collapsed.
The flame monster stopped, not in a hurry to chase into the place where there might be a deadly trap.
He looked at Lumian rolling forward inside the house, and red fire crows condensed around him.
The fire crows roared and flew out, half smashing into the various support points of the building, and half throwing at Lumian's back from all directions.
They seemed to be able to lock on to their targets, without deviating from them, and constantly adjusted their trajectory according to Lumian's position.
At this moment, the flame monster seemed to be able to see the enemy being blown up to charred corpses.
Fire crow colonies are not as easy to dodge as fireballs that can be pinched casually!
Suddenly, Lumian's figure disappeared into the eyes of the flame monster.
He rolled into the basement, which was still well preserved.
Bang!
Lumian eagerly threw the entrance wooden door up and pounced to the side with the help of the rebound.
Swish, the crimson fire crows smashed into the door.
Boom!
The heavy wooden door was blown to pieces, and every fragment was set on fire.
Boom!
The other half of the Fire Crow hit the intended target, and the crumbling house completely collapsed.
Stones, wood, dust and all kinds of debris intertwine and flood the place, burying the basement tightly.
Lumian had already hid in a corner, relying on the dirt piled up here, relying on skillful rolling, to extinguish the flames on the surface of his body.
But even so, he still had multiple burns, and his internal organs seemed to be displaced, and if he did not receive timely treatment, he might not survive a day.
The Flame Monster's attack ability and burst level seem to be stronger than Ryan without the Storm of Light!
Lumian originally hoped to get rid of the flame monster by "invisibility", sneak into this basement, dance out of that mysterious ritual dance, and half-stimulate the black thorn symbol on his chest, directly scaring away the other party, and waiting for the "Fallen Mercury" to complete the exchange of fate, but the flames attached to him before made him unable to enter the "invisible" state at all, and he was chased to almost death.
The only thing Lumian is glad that he has a plan that he can't get rid of the fire monster's tracking, and it's difficult to pray with the ritual dance with peace of mind.
He even thought about collapsing the house and burying the basement to buy time, but he didn't expect the flame monster to help him do this.
Shout...... Lumian exhaled and sat down cross-legged.
He took out the bottle of gray amber perfume from Aurore, unscrewed the lid, and put it in front of him.
Outside the completely collapsed house, the flame monster's gaze penetrated the dust that filled the air, searching for traces of the enemy.
It believed that the treacherous guy couldn't be buried alive so easily.
With the level of traps he had just shown and his familiarity with this ruin, he must have left a way out for himself!
The flame monster's thinking ability is not strong, and it relies on the instinct of a "hunter" to go around the back of the collapsed house.
It searched this place inch by inch, and it only took more than ten seconds to find a hole diagonally downward.
The hole was hidden by the original collapsed part of the house, and was not affected by the subsequent overall collapse, making it difficult to see at a glance and the location was quite hidden.
The flame monster raised its right hand and condensed a fist-sized white fireball in the palm of its hand.
It took a sharp step forward, swung its right arm, and threw the fireball into the passage.
The flames passed through a short distance, entered the basement, and smashed into the opposite wall.
Boom!
The wave of the explosion did not affect Lumian, who was deliberately hiding in another corner, but overturned the bottle of gray amber perfume placed in front of him, causing the entire basement to shake.
The gurgling liquid flowed out of the mouth of the bottle without a lid, and the elegant and sweet fragrance instantly became strong.
Lumian never opened his eyes and sat intently against the wall.
He's meditating!
He had already outlined the crimson sun in his mind, and it lasted for several seconds.
Soon, Lumian heard the terrifying voice that seemed to come from infinity and was close to his ears.
On his face, the back of his hands, and his neck, cyan blood vessels were prominent, and they quickly became dyed red and almost fiery.
At the same time, silvery-black round spots seeped out one after another on the surface of his skin.
Lumian opened his mouth, but failed to let out a scream, and the whole person fell down and curled up.
The "Fallen Mercury" broke away from his left palm, but he didn't dare to do anything, not daring to actively bounce at his face and right hand that were not covered with fabric, trying to create a puppet by contact.
It just trembles there, trembling violently.
Outside the basement, next to the entrance dug out by Lumian, the monster that was about to condense the fireball froze suddenly.
It also trembled uncontrollably.
After a few seconds, it ran away and gave up hunting.
Lumian fell into darkness with countless flickering fires, and his mind was filled with extreme pain and evil thoughts.
At this moment, he felt that he was worse than dead, and felt that something in the depths of his heart was growing rapidly and taking shape little by little.
It seems to be a shadow composed of all negative personalities mixed with some kind of will, and once pieced together into a human form, it will completely replace the original owner.
In the darkness with no end in sight, only despair and pain, Lumian suddenly smelled a fragrance:
Elegant, sweet.
It was the smell of Auror, a smell that I often have.
Aurore ...... Elder sister...... Lumian gradually regained a little thought, and seemed to hear the light and soothing melody in his ears again.
"I want to live!
"The cycle hasn't been broken yet!
「……」
All kinds of thoughts quickly returned, and Lumian finally overcame the dark will and painful darkness in the depths of his heart, and opened his eyes.
The first thing that caught his eye was the bottle of gray amber perfume that had fallen to the ground.
Fallen? Lumi stretched out her right hand in pain.
He originally just wanted to imitate Aurore's behavior of using incense to curb signs of loss of control, relying on the smell of perfume naturally emitted to wake him up, but the bottle of liquid actually spilled out most of it at once.
In the next second, he felt the trembling of his body, saw the scorched blackness and blood stains on the back of his hands, and saw the silver-black round spots that had not completely disappeared.
Without being reminded by others, Lumian himself could "smell" a strange, creepy smell on his body.
Now if he encounters Valentine, he doesn't need to deliberately show anything, he will be directly summoned by the other party to "purify" the holy light.
Lumian picked up the remaining half of the gray amber perfume, closed the bottle, and put it away.
He immediately picked up the "fallen mercury" that was still trembling violently, and asked in Hermes:
"Is the exchange of fate over?"
"Fallen Mercury" immediately moved left and right, indicating that it was not yet.
Lumian breathed a sigh of relief.
He was afraid that after he woke up, his fate would have been exchanged, and his state of shock would last for a minute at most.
In that case, if he failed to find the flame monster in time, the pain and suffering he had just suffered would be meaningless.
Exhale, inhale...... Lumian adjusted his very bad state, mustered up his energy, and climbed out of the basement through the hole he had dug in advance.
Every time he made a movement, he would pull on different wounds, and he couldn't help but grin because he was extremely able to endure the pain.
After leaving the basement, Lumian searched for the footprints of the flame monster and sighed a few words to himself:
"Meditating when you are in a bad state and completely stimulating the thorn symbol in your chest is simply suicidal......
"That is, after I became a 'hunter', I didn't do this again, so I could barely suppress the signs of loss of control by relying on the scent of gray amber......
"For a long time after that, you can't do this again unless you want to die......"
He chose to meditate on the black thorn symbol on his chest instead of half-stimulating it by dancing the ritual dance because the situation was urgent and he didn't have time to finish the dance.
Relying on meditation, it took him five or six seconds at most to scare away the flame monsters, and that mysterious ritual dance took thirty or forty seconds, which was still when Lumian was already proficient.
In Lumian's hunting plan, this is the last plan: try meditation when you can't get rid of the fire monster by any other means!
Lumian just didn't expect that he had been seriously injured in the first place, and almost lost control of himself into a monster during meditation.
Not long after, Lumian found the footprints left by the flame monster and chased after him.
After a few minutes, he saw that the footprints had become fresh, so he slowed down.
After a while, the "Fallen Mercury" vibrated on its own, telling Lumian that he had finished exchanging fate.
Lumian no longer hesitated, pulled out the iron-black axe with his backhand and rushed forward along the flame monster's footprints.
In less than twenty seconds, he saw the prey that was charred and burning.
It was crawling in a corner surrounded by stones, shivering.
Lumian ran over, dropped the "Fallen Mercury", held the axe in both hands, and slashed it with all his strength.
In the dull voice, the head and body of the flame monster that did not resist were separated.
A stream of bright red blood then erupted violently, turning into clusters of crimson fire on the ground.
Plop, Lumian could no longer support himself and fell to the ground with his axe.
ps: Thirdly, I would like to thank Wutong for rewarding the Golden Alliance after completing the mystery, and asking for a monthly pass~
(End of this chapter)