If he were still in Koldu Village, Lumian would probably pick up the invitation and go to the "different" dance hall with a playful mentality at the end of the month, play a big prank, and return all the fright he had just received.
But now, with a certain understanding of the occult world and experiencing many anomalies, he flicked his fingers and let a little crimson spark fly out and land on the black-based cardboard.
In the rapidly expanding firelight, Lumian carried a calcium carbide lamp and left the quarry hollow directly, walking towards the nearest underground Trier exit.
On the way, he doubted this or that, feeling that the moss on the rock wall, the insects in the dark, and the invisible things in the air had all turned into Monit's eyes, looking at him motionlessly.
This was not even an illusion, but it made Lumian's spirit always highly tense and his heart beating violently.
The only thing that comforted him was that Thermibolos did not speak, showed no anxiety or worry, and the problem did not seem serious.
A quarter of an hour later, Lumian climbed to the ground along the stairs made of steel.
When the clear sunlight penetrated the blue sky and the white clouds shone on his face, he felt like he was finally alive.
Phew, no wonder the "magician" lady said to try to live in the sunshine of Trier...... Lumian extinguished the calcium carbide lamp, identified his location, and returned to White Coat Street.
After entering the safe house, the first thing he did was summon the messenger of the "Magician" lady and inform the holder of the Major Arcana card about the subsequent developments.
Ms. "Magician's" reply is very simple:
"Well done, away from the 'different' cabaret.
"Mr. 'Fool's 'Time Angel' will pay attention to this matter."
Mr. Fool's "Time Angel" will pay attention to the problem of "different" cabarets? Is there really an "angel of time"...... and the angels of the "different" cabaret who believe in liar beliefs have some degree of connection or hatred with Mr. "Fool"'s "angel of time"? Lumian thought for a while, unable to understand the specific situation.
He temporarily put his mind at ease, fell into bed, and used sleep to restore his mental and spiritual state.
At noon, Lumian ate two meat pies at random, drank a glass of apple cider sour, sat down at the table, and carefully looked at the "Spiritual Biological Data Index".
While reading quite quickly, he held a black absorbent pen and drew a circle on the paper from time to time to draw a target that felt more appropriate.
It took more than an hour for Lumian to preliminarily screen out fifty or sixty kinds of spirit creatures with relatively suitable abilities and low danger, and according to the marked page numbers, he pulled out the original manuscript and began to do detailed research.
He looked at it for a while, rested for a while, and in the evening, he finally read through the corresponding manuscript, mastered the knowledge carried above, and had a final choice:
The first is the "Abscess and Severed Hand", a spirit creature that once left legends in the Central and South Regions - it was summoned by certain occult enthusiasts and strangled everyone present.
According to on-site records, the dead were distributed in different parts of the woodland, except for those who died first in the hunter's hut, the rest of the death times were almost exactly the same, which shows that after the "abscess broken hand" strangled a person, he immediately appeared in front of another target and pinched his neck.
Judging from the picture presented by dream divination, it was a blue-black severed hand that had rotted to the point of swelling and oozing pus, and it always appeared suddenly in front of the victim's eyes, pinching his neck within two or three seconds, and then flashing to another victim, even if the two sides were hundreds of meters apart.
It is based on this characteristic of "swollen and broken hands" that Lumian believes that it has a strong ability to "travel through the spiritual world".
And its level of danger, according to the description of the "magician" lady, can only be considered ordinary, and it will be bound by the power of the summoning ceremony.
However, the holder of the Major Arcana card also deliberately marked a sentence:
"It is suspected to be a component of a certain creature."
If there is a broken hand, will there be a broken leg, head, torso, and internal organs? What would happen if they met each other? What will it look like if it is put back together? Lumian recalled the process of looking through the index before, but found no similar creatures, after all, he mainly browsed ability, traits, and danger levels, and did not pay attention to the corresponding names.
Of course, there is another possibility, that is, the remaining part of "Swollen and Broken Hand" belongs to the "powerful" and "dangerous" categories, and has not been read by Franka, Janna and the "Rabbit of Knowledge".
If the "swollen and broken hand" does not have the ability to "shuttle through the spirit world" as Lumian expected, or if he needs to pay a price he cannot bear to sign the contract, he has several other options.
As for the disguise ability, the spirit creature he favors is the "Headless Bride":
Its legend is that in the Kingdom of Haggati in the southern continent, it was originally a girl who eloped with her lover.
When she and her lover were having a private wedding, they were found by her parents and family, and her brother killed her on the spot and cut off her head in the name of blaspheming the sacred marriage and clan rules.
This girl may have something special in herself, or she may have come into contact with things related to the spirit world during her elopement, so under the catalysis of pain, unwillingness, resentment, and resentment before her death, she absorbed the power from the spirit world and became a creature similar to an evil spirit.
Dressed in a red-on-red gold-patterned bridal dress, it frantically hunted and cursed his clan, causing them to suffer various disasters in the next thirty years, until their bloodline was cut off.
Today's "Headless Bride" is active in the spirit world and will transform into different appearances, luring surrounding creatures and passing "travelers" to approach and kill them.
For the "arsonist", this is a target that can be dealt with under ritual protection.
The alternative to the "Headless Bride" is "Mantis with a Human Face":
"This is a unique spirit creature, a playboy with good demeanor and good looks during his lifetime.
"He was a teacher in the Thanes region of the Lower Honaches department of the Republic of Intis, and was loved and sought after by the ladies.
"He has literary talent, is very good at writing poetry, and has a large number of lovers.
"This continued until a lady's spouse reported him to the church as a sorcerer and controlled his wife with witchcraft.
"Investigators sent by the Eternal Sun Church asked a large number of local men, and the answers they received were similar to those in the report letter, and most of these men did not know each other and had never been in contact with each other.
"On the contrary, the ladies and ladies thought they were voluntary, and tried their best to justify the playboy.
"Amid the dissatisfaction of the local men, the trial ended quickly, and the playboy was sent to the stake.
"In the subsequent review, it was officially confirmed that Playboy was not a wizard, and all the accusations stemmed from collective jealousy and hatred.
"It is said that there is a shadow of an 'instigator' in this matter.
"After the death of that playboy, he became a mantis with a human face in the spirit world, he hated everything and was good at changing and hunting ......"
These two pieces of information made Lumian quite emotional.
Having lived in the countryside for almost six years, he could indeed feel that the villagers were ignorant in some ways.
And this also made him know that not all spirit creatures come from nature, and under special circumstances, dead humans can also transform into long-lasting spirit creatures, which may be the reason for haunting in some places.
After repeated consideration, Lumian gave up the "invisibility" and "hiding" abilities, leaving the last contract place for traits that could directly affect the spirit body.
His two alternatives are "Thousand Eyes Evil Thing" and "Screaming Shadow".
Both creatures are "native" to the spirit world, and only occasionally appear in certain horror dreams and in the notes of real wizards.
The "Thousand Eyes Evil Thing" is made of pieces of flesh and blood flowing with pink liquid, each with an eye without eyelashes.
After being reflected by the black pupils in the thousands of white eyeballs, whether the target was a human, a beast, or a creature with only a spiritual body, they would quickly fall asleep and fall into a deep sleep.
The "Thousand Eyes Evil Things" are also related to dreams, and in those horror dreams recorded, their figures are occasionally seen at the deepest and most frightening levels.
The Screaming Shadows are a large cluster of transparent shadows that scream frequently, stunning creatures near them.
In addition to screaming, they have all the qualities of ordinary shadows.
Lumian copied all the information about these alternative targets on a new piece of paper, folded them up, and put them in his pocket.
He stayed at the Breeze Ballroom for a while, and only left Market Avenue at about ten o'clock in the evening, circled to Lister Pier, and entered the two-story building he had burned down.
The flames here have long been extinguished, and the houses are dark and empty.
Lumian considered that this time he was asking Mr. "Fool" to witness the contract, not the one in the name of fate, so he did not plan to summon underground to avoid encountering the strange and dangerous liars of the "different" cabaret again.
All he needed was to choose a place where no one was nearby and relatively hidden, so that even if something happened to the ritual and the summoned creatures lost control, it would not affect the surroundings, allowing him to solve it calmly.
Lumian briefly cleaned up the environment in a fairly intact room deep in the dark building and set up the altar.
According to the knowledge of the "inherently appointed person", he did not summon in the "name of himself", but lit two additional candles symbolizing the gods.
Mr. "The Fool" will be the object of prayer and witness to this ceremony.
After creating a "spiritual wall", lighting candles, and dripping with essential oils and hydrosol, Lumian was in no hurry to chant the mantra and took out an iron-gray military wine jug from the inside pocket of his brown jacket.
The inside of the mouth of the military wine jug was inlaid with an extra string added by Lumian, and the other end of it was connected to a "decent" brooch that had sunk into the absinthe.
This design ensures that Lumian can quickly and accurately remove the seal, without having to pour the wine out to find it or fumble with two fingers to find the inside.
Lumian hooked his index finger, and the plantagenet brooch was pulled up to the ground.
The crimson sparks flew out, breaking the knot on the other end of the seal.
Without hesitation, Lumian put the "decent" brooch with a golden glow on his chest.
He felt that paying a price to sign a contract with a spirit creature itself was equivalent to a "bribe", and "decency" might play a role in this scenario.
After putting the brooch away, Lumian looked at the three candles burning quietly, took a deep breath, and prepared for the ceremony.
(End of this chapter)