Seeing Lumian's suspicious gaze, Franka briefly explained:
"One of the core abilities of the 'witch' path is closely related to mirrors and manipulating the world in the mirror.
"When I suspected that this was really the 'witch' or 'hunter' path, I wondered if we would unknowingly walk into a place in the mirror world, so I tried it with a makeup mirror to see if I could pass through that mirror and leave, but you also saw it, and it didn't work.
"Because of this incident, I had initially ruled out the possibility of the mirror world and the 'witch' being left behind, but now suddenly a mirror sunk underwater, suspected of hiding an exit......"
"So, you suspect that this is somewhere in the world of specially treated mirrors, where all exits are limited to specific mirrors?" Lumian tried to understand Franka's thoughts.
"Yes." Franka nodded slightly, "But what I don't understand is that none of us have encountered anything similar to a mirror, so why did we enter this space inexplicably? Perhaps, my guess was wrong, or only partially correct......"
Lumian thought for a moment and sincerely begged to teach:
"What is the mirror world?"
Franka grabbed the ponytail behind her head:
"It's hard for me to explain this to you because I don't know too much myself.
"Let me talk about my understanding that in the occult, the mirror surface has some unique symbolic meanings, such as its own reflection, for example, the entrance to another world, the former means that we can use the mirror to make a stand-in, and the latter represents the world in the mirror.
"It is often associated with horror, mystery, horror, and weirdness, as for whether there is something hidden, whether it is really a different space, I can't guess, I only know that the world in the mirror is connected to different things similar to mirrors, and may point to some spaces that are normally inaccessible.
Lumian recalled just now and gave full play to his imagination:
"The you we see will be the reflection left in the mirror world by something that happened to you when you were not yet a 'witch'?
"This explains why I never met my past self."
"There is some truth, but I haven't encountered anything strange......" Franka thought slightly, "If that's the case, we must go to that puddle immediately, the exit is most likely there! We can't try and wait cautiously anymore, as I said earlier, the mirrored world is full of weird and terrifying things, and I can't imagine what will happen to us if we continue to stay!"
"Okay." Lumian was still quite calm.
Franka turned and ran, Lumian following closely beside her.
As the "witch" ran, she seemed to use some ability, and small pieces of frost kept appearing under her feet, causing a sharp drop in friction, and her body seemed to have no weight, swishing through the dark quarry hollows and deep underground tunnels in a gliding posture.
Lumian, who has the dual identities of "hunter" and "dancer", tried his best to barely keep up with Franka and was not thrown away.
In the cold like winter, some thin ice cubes gradually formed on the surrounding rock walls.
On the surface of those ice cubes, blood-stained faces stood out, and their expressions were distorted, their eyes filled with resentment, like vengeful demons crawling out of the depths of hell.
One of them is the former Franka, who was still a man!
After running wildly for a while, Lumian and Franka saw the puddle.
As the light of the calcium carbide lamp spreads through, the dark surface of the puddle reflects a yellowish and bluish color.
"Is it here?" Franka stopped.
Lumian recognized for a few seconds and said:
"Yes."
At this time, in addition to the constant warm burning sensation in his nasal cavity, all parts of his body had a little tingling, as if blood would flow out at any time.
Franca, who was carrying a calcium carbide lamp, cautiously approached the puddle:
"The question now is how to avoid the monster you see and find the mirror.
"It's a pity that I can't jump between mirrors yet, I can only stay in it for a few seconds for a short time......
"I'll lure it out and entangle it for a while, you dive underwater and take out the mirror?"
Lumian said unpolishedly:
"I don't think you're any match for it.
"I just saw it clearly, and I almost collapsed."
Although "......" Franka was a little annoyed and dejected, she had to admit that what Lumian said was the truth.
Her sequence plus the magical items she owns, even if you fight an extraordinary person one rank higher, it is possible to win, but judging from the performance of that monster, it is at least one level higher than her in terms of personality!
After a few seconds, Franka gritted her teeth and said:
"Although I am not its opponent, my ability to escape and save my life is still very strong, I should be able to hold out in front of it for more than ten seconds, as long as you can fish out that mirror within this time, we can get out of here!"
Lumian laughed:
"It's not time to fight hard.
"I have a way to hold that monster for ten or twenty seconds without taking too much risk, you should be able to find that mirror, right?"
"I'm fine, I have a special sense of mirrors." Franka looked at Lumian suspiciously, "Are you really okay, is there really no risk?"
"Theoretically, there is not much risk." Lumian responded calmly.
At the same time, he silently added in his heart:
If there is really too much risk, I will change the way, Mr. K, Ms. "Hela", Ms. "Magician", the great being and the power of "fate" are all alternatives.
Franka didn't say anything more, pursed his mouth and said:
"Okay, I'll help you make another mirror stand-in, just in case."
For things that can effectively reduce risks, Lumian will naturally not refuse.
When Franka took out a mirror less than the size of a palm and made a corresponding stand-in, Lumian held a ceremonial silver dagger and circled the pond-like puddle to create a spiritual wall.
During this process, he was always four or five meters away from the water, afraid of being dragged directly down by the monster.
Putting away the ceremonial silver dagger, Lumian looked at Franka and smiled calmly:
"The next thing involves a little secret from me, can you turn your back on me?"
"Okay." Franka was quite satisfied with this honest attitude.
She sighed in her heart again:
"Does Jane have any misunderstanding about Ciel?"
Seeing Franka turn his back on his body, Lumian put down the calcium carbide lamp and danced the "Dance of Recruitment".
He wants to summon the monster over, but he won't let it attach to him!
Lumian believes that the higher the Strange Creature's Persona, the stronger it senses pollution in its body, and the more reluctant it is to attach itself to itself.
In other words, as long as he does not use commands to affect the other party, the monster is more likely to watch the "Dance of Recruitment", eager to try to attack, but is shocked by the seal and pollution, and does not dare to put it into practice, until the dance is over, and it is not really started to deal with him.
And a "dance of recruitment" has twenty or thirty seconds, enough for Franka to dive to the bottom of the water and find the mirror.
As long as Lumian can get out of this world before the monster makes a move, then there will be no follow-up problems!
Of course, if he couldn't leverage the corresponding natural forces here to make the "Dance of Recruitment" effective, he would have to change his way.
In the sometimes twisted and sometimes crazy dance, Lumian's spirituality leveraged some natural forces, hooked up with them, dispersed towards the surroundings, and was blocked by the "spiritual wall".
After a few breaths, layers of waves swayed on the surface of the puddle, and a pale figure surfaced.
It resembles a human, with a swollen body and a huge face, occupying a full half of its body.
The monster floated towards Lumian and stopped very close to him.
Lumian didn't dare to look at its appearance and state at all, half-closed his eyes, and shouted:
"Quick!"
Without hesitation, Franka threw away the calcium carbide lamp, ran two steps, and jumped into the water.
In the plopping sound, waves splashed.
The cold and moist feeling pierced into Franka's skin, and the almost lightless darkness reflected in her eyes.
Relying on the calcium carbide light penetrating from the water, Franka quickly dived to the bottom.
Suddenly, dark things like hair and aquatic plants stretched out around, and they wrapped around Franka as if they were alive.
Franka didn't get entangled and continued to dive.
As soon as those "aquatic plants" were about to touch her, black flames suddenly ignited.
The black flames burned quietly in the water, showing no signs of extinguishing, and those "aquatic plants" did not turn to ashes, but no longer felt self-aware.
They float in the water and sway with the waves.
Further away, a large number of "aquatic plants" continued to pour in, blocked by layers of condensed frost.
Next to the puddle, although Lumian, who was dancing the "Dance of Recruitment", did not go to see the monster, he heard a sound as thin as a blister bursting in his ears, smelled a fishy smell at the tip of his nose, and his body was surrounded by bursts of cold.
This made a picture appear in Lumian's mind:
The swollen monster with a huge face was less than a step away from him, almost close to his back, and his "breathing" could be heard!
Hoarse...... Lumian instinctively gasped, not daring to let the "Dance of Recruitment" pause.
In the water, Franka, who had dived some distance, finally sensed the existence of the mirror!
Her body suddenly faded and disappeared into her original position.
Lying quietly on the surface of the silver mirror at the bottom of the water, Franka's figure was quickly outlined.
She immediately crawled from the mirror outside, picked up the item, and swam to the surface of the water, her face full of joy.
She had just confirmed that this mirror could really lead to an underground tunnel to the outside world!
Next to the puddle, seeing that the "Dance of Recruitment" was coming to an end, and the swollen monster was getting closer and closer to him, almost skin-to-skin contact, Lumian looked at the water a little anxiously.
If Franka doesn't come out yet, he's going to take out Mr. K's finger!
At this moment, amidst the sound of the water, Franka took the mirror, swam to the shore, and jumped up.
She didn't dare to look at the monster either, buried her head, ran to Lumian in a few steps, and grabbed his wrist.
The two of them became illusory at the same time, and the ancient mirror fell to the ground with a bang.
The surface of the mirror then reflected a scene: Franka grabbed Lumian's hand and led him through a short dark tunnel to the front of the "cave" full of light, and jumped out.
After the light and shadow changed, Lumian found himself standing in a dark road, with some light shining in the distance.
Franka backhanded out the mirror that served as his stand-in, and found that the surface was covered with countless cracks and was about to shatter.
"It's dangerous." She sighed sincerely.
(End of this chapter)