The high white fog was thick, covering most of the light, leaving the entire dream ruins in the evening-like darkness all the time.
Lumian stood up, looking at the blood-colored "mountain peak" while moving his hands and feet, examining his own state.
Compared to the Hunter, the Provocateur has slightly improved strength, reflexes, speed, and agility, but not much.
Lumian believes there are three main changes:
First, his body is stronger, and his recovery ability seems to be much stronger;
second, his spirituality has increased to a certain extent, for example, he could only maintain the possession state for three minutes, but now it can be increased to four minutes;
The third is to gain an extraordinary ability called "Provocation".
It can bring about permanent state changes, and it must be actively stimulated to produce the desired effect.
The former refers to the qualitative change in Lumian's ability to perve, far beyond ordinary people, and can effectively detect which language, what behavior, which things the target is more sensitive to, and where they are more likely to be provoked.
Once "provocation" is actively used, it will be combined with abusive language and humiliating behavior, causing the target to lose its mind.
The more targeted the abusive language and humiliating behavior, the better the effect of "provocation", but even just a "shit" can make people angry to a certain extent.
For those who can't communicate, "provocation" will make Lumian emit feelings of disgust to them.
This ability is very compatible with the traps and ambushes that the "hunter" is good at, but for Lumian now, the practical significance is not as great as he expected.
He didn't have time for more hunting, he just wanted to explore the "City Wall" area around the Scarlet "Mountain" further and unlock the secrets of the Dream Ruins.
In comparison, he was more pleased with his spiritual improvement and physical strength, at least he could go deeper into the dark area where people would fall asleep.
With the boost brought by the "magic medicine", Lumian raised his hand and pinched his temples on both sides.
This time, he turned on the "spiritual vision" very smoothly.
He finally had the simple action of switching on and off "Spiritual Vision".
Without any delay, after calming down his mental state, Lumian changed his clothes, brought "Fallen Mercury", an iron-black axe, and a cloth bag containing cheese biscuits, carried a shotgun, and exited the half-ground two-story building, through the wilderness and into the ruins in the faint gray mist that permeated the area.
He followed a familiar route, moving step by step, bypassing areas where monsters might be present.
After going deep into the place where he had encountered the three-faced monster before, Lumian began to dance, half-inspired the black thorn symbol.
With this "talisman", he traversed increasingly dangerous environments and scared away several terrifying monsters.
Finally, he came to the thorny "city wall" made of various houses.
After thinking for a few seconds, Lumian chose the direction.
He was going to the area that seemed to be shrouded in darkness and wanted to sleep as soon as he entered.
His intuition told him that there was indeed something very important behind the high wall made of twisted trees, but the place where night seemed to be coming was more likely to hide the secret of the dream ruins.
After all, "night", "sleep" and "dream" are words that are often associated.
After a while, Lumian, who had danced the ritual dance again, arrived at the place that was obviously much darker than the surroundings.
He exhaled slowly and stepped in firmly.
Almost instantly, Lumian seemed to have come from a foggy day to a cloudy evening, with only outlines of many things around him.
He held the "Fallen Mercury" and yawned as he walked.
"Can't sleep, can't sleep!" Lumian forcibly supported and continued to move forward.
On the way, he did not forget to observe the messy rooms on the "city wall", but failed to find the thing that hid the secret of the dream ruins.
As for gold coins and other things, he can't care about them now.
After walking dozens of meters and going deep into this place, Lumian's eyes could only open with perseverance, and a strong sleepiness filled his mind.
He thought for a moment and decided to withdraw, first exploring behind the wooden wall, and then entering this area that made people want to sleep from the other direction.
That would likely help him explore places he couldn't reach at the moment.
Lumian turned his body and took a few steps back, but the drowsiness did not subside, but became worse over time.
Finally, he couldn't hold on, closed his eyes, and slowly fell down.
His vision was dark again.
…………
Lumian's abdomen suddenly hurt sharply, making him curl up and open his eyes.
The first thing that caught his eye was the splendid frescoes, the arc-shaped vaults, followed by the seemingly serious face of the priest with a slightly hooked nose, and the Pons. Bene withdrew his right fist with a ferocious smile.
I was caught in church? Lumian was no stranger to the scene above, and instinctively observed his surroundings.
He saw Raymond's father, Pierre. Clegg saw Ava's father, Guillaume. Lizier, saw his neighbor Louis. Bedek, saw almost all the villagers.
He also saw that the altar had changed beyond recognition, and instead of all kinds of sunflowers, lilacs, tulips and other things symbolizing the hidden existence were placed there.
The Emblem of the Sun behind the altar was nowhere to be found, replaced by an unusually twisted ring of thorns that seemed to have black liquid flowing through it.
As soon as he saw this familiar symbol, Lumian felt a little dizzy, and his chest was slightly hot.
He knew very well that this was a manifestation of internal pollution being slightly stimulated but failing to penetrate the blue-black symbols.
The priests of the parish directly changed the church into the altar of the hidden existence? Saint Sisco is really wronged...... Lumian suspected that Valentine would go berserk on the spot if he saw this scene.
Firmly bound, he looked around and found that the stained glass and frescoes depicting the greatness of the "Eternal Sun" and the preaching of the Holy Sith were still there.
It seems that the renovation is very hasty...... Lumian probably figured out what was going on in the church.
At this time, the villagers were very quiet, so quiet that they were like wax statues.
The parish priest observed Lumian's performance for a while, and turned his head to Pons. Bennett:
"How can you keep him asleep?
"As soon as you bring him back to church, you should wake him up, no matter what you do!"
"I know." Pons. Bennet's eyes were extremely humble when he looked at the priest of the parish, as if this was the god who ruled over his faith.
Lumian leaned against a pillar and looked up at Guillaume. Bennet, asked:
"Where's Aurore?"
The priest smiled and said:
"You'll find out later."
"What about the three foreigners?" Lumian was thinking about how to get out of trouble while looking for a topic.
Guillaume. Bene looked out of the stained glass and said with a relaxed expression:
"They escaped and should have reached the nearest alpine pasture by now.
"However, don't expect them to come to save you and Aurore tonight, with my official understanding, they will choose to delay everything, take a look, and wait until the situation is determined before acting.
Lumian had to admit that what the priest said had some truth, but Ryan and the others were definitely not the reason for waiting and waiting.
He knew that while he was not sure what the Evil God believers were doing to capture him and Aurore, Ryan and the others would not take drastic actions for the time being, such as triggering the cycle by leaving Koldu Village, and they also wanted to wait for the arrival of the twelfth night to see what caused the problem here, so as to lay a solid foundation for getting out of the predicament later.
Seeing Lumian's silence, the priest smiled even more obviously.
He said in a noticed tone:
"I plan to complete the ceremony tonight."
Oh? Lumian was a little dazed.
Guillaume. Bene was in a good mood and patiently explained:
"I am going to advance the ceremony on April 9th to tonight, and those three foreigners will not have a chance to cause trouble."
What? Can Twelfth Night still be advanced? Lumian was surprised, stunned and inexplicably frightened, so much so that he couldn't speak.
At this time, the parish priest Guillaume. Bennett turned his head to Pons. Bennett:
"Before you bring him to the altar, you must keep an eye on him and not let him sleep. I allow you to do whatever you want, as long as you don't kill him."
Pons. Bene asked expectantly:
"What will happen if you die?"
"We will die together!" The priest glared at this brainless brother.
Send me to the altar and start that ritual again? Can the blue-black symbol on my body work again? Lumian listened to the Bene brothers' conversation and calmed down a little.
The priest turned his gaze back, looked at Lumian's face, and leaned down and said:
"Don't worry, you are not a container, we have a better choice."
A better choice? Lumi was shocked and followed the priest's gaze as he began to move, looking at the original position of the altar.
Aurore appeared there at some point, she had changed into a simple white robe, her golden hair was draped unadorned, and her light blue eyes were empty.
"Aurora!" Lumian shouted.
Aurore looked like a statue and did not respond.
The priest smiled and nodded:
"Yes, your sister is a better container.
"Your role in the ritual is to help us advance the date without waiting for that specific moment or waiting for the change of constellations."
Lumian was frightened and dazed when he heard this:
Why can I help you advance the Twelfth Night ceremony?
The priest leaned down again, looked into his eyes, and smiled expectantly:
"For most of the gifts we pray for are in you."
What? How did he know? Lumian's pupils dilated instantly, wanting to see Guillaume more clearly. Bennet's face.
Father Guillaume. Benet moved his head forward, leaned close to Lumian's ear, and laughed softly:
"You wouldn't think that only you and Pualis could keep memories in the loop, would you?"
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(End of this chapter)