Lumian stood at the intersection, put his hands in his pockets, and walked leisurely towards the city wall street.
This street, better known than the boulevards in the minds of a large part of Trier, is the land of their dreams.
Before Roselle the Great started the Industrial Revolution, the city of Trier was far from as large as it is now, and it belonged to the easternmost part, with strong walls and soldiers guarding the walls.
Over time, with the name of the Walled Street and the expansion of Trier's population, the small "bazaar" became one of the most prestigious flower worlds in the north and south of the continent.
Lumian walked under the Intis plane tree and saw both regal palace-like buildings and fairly ordinary apartments ahead, all or partially fitted with frosted glass windows and green shutters.
Some wore gray-blue worker uniforms, hurriedly walked, some dressed in old formal attire, looked left and right, entered a certain apartment, some carried cameras, took pictures here, took pictures there, and finally quietly disappeared in front of the richly decorated buildings, some tried their best to act like Intesians, but inevitably revealed their true identities from details such as hairlines and exaggerated heights.
What's more, Lumian also saw an iron-gray robot more than two meters tall, with an air vent on its back, constantly spraying white mist outward, and more decorative gears, clockwork, screws, and curved pipes exposed in many places on its body surface.
On the left shoulder of the robot sat a man, dressed in luxurious clothes and exquisite makeup, leisurely looking down at the people passing by, looking down at the identity people who were directly wearing gold or silver masks and unwilling to expose themselves, and the men who had just woken up and walked away.
On this street, ordinary citizens and members of high society strangely blend together, presenting a certain grotesque harmony.
As Lumian moved forward, he looked left and right, looking for the target location.
In a flash of his eyes, he saw Albus coming from the side alley.
The darker red-haired member of the "Iron Cross" also noticed Lumian, smiled slightly, raised his right hand, and pointed to his head, as if he was doing some kind of provocation.
Lumian knew he was listening to Gardner. Martin ordered to help find the parish priest Guillaume. Bennet, suspecting that this guy was "talking" about whether to have a competition just now to see who finds the "prey" first.
In addition to Albus, the "Iron Blood Cross" should also have many formal or peripheral members, in keeping their promises, Gardner. Martin is doing well so far.
Lumian ignored Albus and continued to walk deep into the city wall street.
According to the results of the "Magic Mirror Divination" of the newly released "Witch of Joy" Franca, the scope of the previous prophecy has been narrowed:
Guillaume. Benet is likely to appear in areas including five streets, including City Wall Street and White Horse Street, within this week.
Of course, with the length, area, and density of the walled streets, and the prosperity of the surrounding neighborhoods, this result is still very rough, and it is almost impossible to rely on carpet searches and large-scale nets to capture prey, unless you can get official assistance, directly deploy troops, block this place, and guard all underground Trier entrances.
In the first period of time, Lumian could only hope that the "Iron-Blooded Cross", a secret organization that gathered a large number of powerful "hunters", had better tracking and hunting methods, or that he had some degree of aggregation ability as a fateful angel with Thermiporos, as long as he had a good relationship with Guillaume. The distance between Bene is not exaggerated, allowing both parties to be attracted to each other and "reunite" in a fateful way.
But now, he has a new clue.
This mainly comes from the occult knowledge that comes with the "Godfather"!
That knowledge contains a large number of strange creatures that can be summoned or recruited, as well as the cost of signing contracts with them, the abilities they can obtain, and the negative effects they will endure afterwards.
Combined with the memory and the dream of the main priest Guillaume. Some of Bene's contract ability, Lumian compiled a piece of information:
"'Summon the Abyssal Demon Flower' requires a large amount of fresh human blood as a sacrifice, and the negative effect is that the desire for intercourse increases;
"'Invisibility' requires preparing thirteen servings of meat, which has the negative effect of being more likely to be hungry;
"'Slow flight', sacrificing oneself to never fall in love with others, the negative effect is the urge to show off;
"The 'bone curse' requires sacrificing a living person, and the negative effect is that it is more lethargic;
"The 'secret method of capturing souls' comes at the cost of no less than three human souls, and the negative effect is irregular vertigo four to five times a day;
"'Implosion Technique' requires the sacrifice of any extraordinary trait, and the negative effect is that the spirit will be continuously sucked away, which is equivalent to permanently lowering the spiritual limit."
From the detailed description of the "Secret Method of Capturing Souls", Lumian also suspects that the priests of the parish unconsciously and covertly paid another price.
That's his name!
The more you know about the target, the closer the language you use is to the spirit world, the better the effect.
When signing a contract with the spirit creature who lent the "Secret Method of Capturing Souls", Guillaume. Bene will inevitably reveal his real name, and for a strange creature with that ability, mastering a person's real name may be able to do a lot.
This is a potentially significant hidden danger.
There are many similar hidden problems in the occult knowledge that the "contracted person" brings, so Lumian finally chose to screen a large number of spiritual creatures by himself, contacting them one by one, and trying them one by one.
Based on the negative effects of the known contract abilities, Lumian had some speculations:
Guillaume. Benet himself is a man with a strong desire, and after the desire for intercourse increases, he must find a woman, which is consistent with the prediction that he will appear in the Red Princess District and the magic mirror divination results he may have in the five nearby streets.
And he was more hungry than ever, and it was very physically exhausting to do that kind of thing, so he would most likely choose a brothel that could provide meals or take the girl home.
In addition, Guillaume. Benet is a very ambitious, power-hungry, and suppressed person in the mountains and countryside, before the negative impact of the contractual ability, his lust is more of an act of showing power, otherwise, it is impossible to explain that he wants to steal from a woman, and there is a big gap between good and bad mistresses.
For him, a woman who steals other men is a manifestation of his own status, power and charm.
Such a person, after arriving in Trier, will inevitably vent and prove in his own way after being discriminated against by the citizens with a provincial accent.
Combining the situation of "desire enhanced", "appearing in the Red Princess District" and past styles, Guillaume. Benet is likely to find more famous courtesans, which will make the local citizens who want but can't get them jealous, and even take one or two of them directly and keep them at home.
In the above part, the analysis of the personality characteristics and psychological state of the priest in this parish was not made by Lumian himself, but from Anthony. Reid, the "psychiatrist", he started from Lumian to Guillaume. The detailed description of Benet outlines the psychological portrait of this believer in the evil god.
Therefore, there are two directions to pursue prey at present, one is to go to the brothels that are high-end, famous courtesans, and can provide meals, and the other is to inquire about which courtesan has married or become someone's mistress in the past two months, or even disappeared.
The former is in charge of the "Iron Blood Cross", and what Lumian needs to do now is find a well-informed person who can provide all the scandals of the walled street.
Anthony Rhett Rhett knows something about this, and he knows that Beller, a columnist for Ghostface magazine, is a frequent visitor to Wall Street and is famous for telling about the scandals and gossip here.
And Bueller likes to drink and write in the corner where the door of the "Hope Café" can be seen before going to the brothel.
Lumian, who had a clear purpose, walked slowly towards the café in the middle of the city wall street.
On the way, he went through the whole thing and sighed inexplicably:
He is obviously not as good as Franka's divination ability, he only has a "prophecy technique" that he does not dare to use easily, and he is not as good as Anthony. Red, but he can find such two helpers and give full play to their strengths, which is equivalent to obtaining these abilities.
Lumian doesn't know what happens when he has divinity, but he is sure that below sequence 4, one person's power is limited, and teams that compensate for each other can exert the effect of "11 greater than 2", and are fully capable of challenging higher sequencers who do not involve divinity.
Not long after, Lumian saw the "Hope Cafe" with window frames and doors painted milky white.
After pushing open the heavier door, he directly set his sights on the corner where he could see here.
A man in his thirties with a thin face, black hair, blue eyes, neatly trimmed beard, and waxed tips also happened to be looking at the door.
Sensing that Lumian was scanning this side, the man's face changed, and he was about to pick up the soft-shell notebook and red absorbent pen on the table and turn to the back door beside him.
Lumian directly pulled out his revolver and fired a shot at the back door of the "Hope Cafe".
In the bang, the bullet was embedded in the wooden board.
The guests in the café were frightened at the same time, or hidden, or turned around, and there was chaos.
The man with the beard froze in place, neither running nor staying.
In the terrifying gaze of the bartender, waiters and guests, Lumian took a revolver and walked up to the target quickly or slowly, and asked with a smile:
"Is it Mr. Buhler?"
"Yes, it's me." Buhler forced a smile.
Lumian pointed to Bueller's original location and said as if nothing had happened:
"Sit down, I'm here to buy news."
Bueller breathed a sigh of relief, turned around a little rickety, and sat down.
Lumian pulled a chair, sat down opposite, put down the revolver, and asked amusedly:
"Why do you like to sit in such a position with little light?"
Buller sighed and said:
"In my business, I am always worried about being retaliated against, you know, some people don't like their names or images to appear in newspapers and magazines, which are associated with scandals.
"Sitting here, I can not only observe the entrance well, but also find out in advance if there are people who want to trouble me, and I can quickly escape through the back door."
(End of this chapter)