Chapter 375 main mission
Lumian doesn't quite understand Gardner. What did Martin rely on to determine Vermunda? Sauron is not dead yet, but it seems that the other party does not intend to explain, so he has to give up asking questions.
He is now concerned with only one question:
"Then my mission is over?"
Obviously, combined with the fact that Count Puiver likes to make wax figures for his friends and that it was a wax figure that attacked him just now, Lumian believes that he has been suspected by the other party, and it will be very dangerous to come into contact with him again.
Gardner. Martin shook his head slowly:
"No, I have to continue."
He took a cigar, stood up, and paced a few steps towards the floor-to-ceiling window:
"The fact that you chose to become king after Puiver will definitely make him doubt your origins, but he will want to find out the real reason why that happened, and the subsequent attack on the wax statue is mainly for this purpose.
"So, he will also invite you to test you in different ways, to extract your hidden secrets, and for us, this is an opportunity to confirm the true state of the ancestors of the Sauron family, such as Fomunda.
"And in this way, we can grasp the reasons for the gradual decline of this once extremely powerful family, which is of great significance to us, who are also based on the 'hunter' path, and are our main task at present.
"To put it simply, the current Sauron family is like the Red Swan Castle, which has long been in disrepair, but it hides many secrets, and there is a guard that is enough to deter prying eyes.
"Don't worry, I will secretly provide protection for Puifer's invitation after that, and the risk you need to take is not too big."
Lumian thought for a moment and said:
"'Sir', you said before that our main task is to find the true entrance to Trier in the Fourth Age."
How can this main task be changed?
Gardner. Martin took a puff of his cigar and smiled:
"These two things themselves are related and serve the same purpose, but you don't need to know for the time being."
What purpose? In other words, the current focus of the "Iron Blood Cross" is to explore the underground, find the entrance to Trier in the Quaternary period, and investigate the reasons for the gradual decline of the Sauron family over the past two or three hundred years, and find a way to bite off a piece of fat from them? According to Mr. K, one of the reasons for the decline of the Sauron family was a period of continuous madness and the death of several important members...... Gardner and I Martin is mainly responsible for the direction of the Sauron family, including "supervising" Olsen and other members to explore the underground? Lumian has a clearer understanding of the recent plans of the "Iron Blood Cross".
And this is his main task.
Of course, he only knew what to do and did not understand why.
"Yes, 'Sir.'" Lumian didn't say any more and agreed.
He had a faint hunch that this would be an opportunity for him to digest the "Arsonist" magic potion and go further on the "hunter" path.
You know, according to the "magician" lady, the Sauron family is a powerful force that once had the "hunter" angel.
Gardner. Martin didn't ask Puiver how much gold he had given to the "king", signaling that Lumian could leave and wait for the next invitation from the empty count.
As he passed through the renovated hall, Lumian saw the butler Faustino, who was also an official member of the "Iron Blooded Cross", leading a man in a black cloak in.
The man was of medium height, less than 1.75 meters, dressed loosely and tightly wrapped, making it difficult to see his specific appearance and body characteristics.
Lumian can only preliminarily judge that he is a man based on his walking posture, height, and steps.
Faustino nodded to Lumian, which was considered a greeting, and then led the mysterious man through the hall and into Gardner. Martin's study.
Who could it be? What do you come over late at night to discuss? Lumian retracted his gaze and left No. 11 Spring Street with his thoughts flowing.
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Market area, chaotic streets, Golden Rooster Hotel.
After Lumian went up to the second floor, he suddenly increased his steps and stepped on the sound of a bang.
He slowly returned to room 207, lit the calcium carbide lamp, turned the back chair, sat down, and looked at the closed door with a smile.
After twenty or thirty seconds, there was a slight footstep in the direction of room 201.
The footsteps were hesitant and then firm, and soon arrived outside 207 and knocked on the door gently.
"Please come in." Lumian raised his chin slightly.
The visitor was indeed Laurent, who was wearing a linen shirt and black trousers, which was completely different from the formality he had every time he went out.
After closing the door with his backhand, Laurent looked at Lumian and said:
"Mr. Dubois, I would like to borrow 500 Ferkin from you."
Lumian was stunned for a moment, a little unexpected of this development.
He thought this guy was here to beg him not to expose his true identity.
Who knows, he actually came to borrow money!
"Why do you need 500 Felkin?" Lumian's expression did not change.
Laurent said in a slightly deep voice:
"I am about to become one of the deputy editors of the Little Trier newspaper, although I am only the one with the least seniority, but I can't continue to live here, I have to invite my colleagues to my home regularly to meet and build a good relationship with them.
"So, I want to borrow 500 Felkin to rent a good apartment in places like the observatory area and memorial parish, take my mother to move there, and hurry up so that she can learn how to hold a small banquet.
"When I receive my salary, I will pay back the arrears in installments, what do you think is the better interest rate?"
This is not only to borrow money to consolidate my work, but also to take the initiative to hand me the handle, and by the way, give me some benefits so that I will not ruin his good deeds...... Lumian looked at Laurent a little, nodded thoughtfully and said:
"I don't need interest, you will definitely come across some noteworthy or surprising news, news and advertisements in the "Little Trier" newspaper, I hope you will organize them regularly and give me a copy."
Lumian said as he took out his wallet and counted 5 bills with a denomination of 100 Felkin:
"Just go up this year."
Laurent secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said:
"No problem."
After watching the speculator write down the IOU and leaving room 207, Lumian took out five heavy gold bars from his pocket and threw them in his hand.
With this windfall, he has saved 7.5 thousand fair gold worth of gold, as well as 2,000 fair gold that has not been exchanged for gold and the remaining 4,000 fair gold event funds.
"It won't be long before we can complete the contract of 'Armor Shadow' and summon it again......" Lumian played with the gold bars for a while, left the briefcase with the "torture" gloves in the back chair, washed himself and went to bed, waiting for the nightmare that was bound to come.
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In a daze, Lumian once again saw the Red Swan Castle with a beige exterior stained with old blood.
In a dazed state, he walked in and arrived at the large living room where he was playing the king cake game.
Miss Eros, the painter Maren, and Cornell, editor-in-chief of the Little Trier, and other guests who often attended Count Puifer's banquets sat in the sofa area, as if waiting for Lumian to arrive.
And Laurent and the temporary female companions of several other guests were not here.
This makes the scene look like a different or past salon.
Lumian approached the sofa area step by step, and Count Puiver and others stood up one after another, standing respectfully.
"Good afternoon, Your Majesty." They greeted in unison.
Lumian glanced at them coldly, almost instinctively:
"Huh?"
Count Puiver and the others were stunned for a second and said:
"Your Majesty!"
Lumian nodded lightly and sat down on the single sofa, watching the guests sit down around him.
They chatted endlessly, and the topic was divergent and vague.
Suddenly, the novelist Arnoli raised his right hand and scratched his face.
With a stabbing sound, he tore off a large piece of skin, revealing the wriggling flesh and blackened tubules.
Almost at the same time, painter Mullen and others either picked up a table knife and stabbed it in the heart, or bit the neck of their companions next to them.
In an instant, the entire living room became extremely bloody, and there were horrific scenes everywhere.
Lumian's thoughts shook, and what he saw in front of him immediately changed.
He was in another hall of the castle, guarding a coffin surrounded by countless lit white candles.
The coffin was made of bronze, and the surface was rusty, and I don't know how many years it had been placed here.
Lumi felt sad and helpless like losing a loved one and losing support, and slowly stretched out her right hand, trying to rub the bronze rust coffin.
At this moment, the lid of the coffin creaked and opened to the side, revealing a deep gap.
A palm with prominent crimson and almost black veins suddenly stretched out, holding a heart that was extremely dry but overflowing with a little blood.
The heart was still contracting and expanding gently and invisibly.
After seeing this dry heart, Lumian's thoughts quickly became chaotic and he was infected with a certain degree of madness.
His right palm was slightly hot, and he suddenly woke up from his dream.
He was not surprised or panicked at all about the nightmare, calming his instinctive heartbeat and recalling the details of the nightmare.
Gradually, Lumian frowned.
In the first scene, most of the participants in the King Cake game eventually went crazy, either self-harming or mutilating others, but there were three exceptions, and they were all normal people until the scene changed.
That one was Lumian himself, and the other was Count Puifer.
There is another one that Lumian didn't expect:
That Miss Eloise!
She is not as restrained and well-behaved as she appears, and she has her own secrets...... Lumian laughed silently.
As for what the bronze coffin, the corpse of the dead, and the dried heart in the second act scene represented, he couldn't understand it at all, and could only guess that it might be related to the secret of the Sauron family.
Just like last time, Lumian had several more nightmares that night, but the clarity and completeness of the dream gradually decreased.
When dawn approached, the nightmare was completely gone.
After getting up, while his memory was still clear, Lumian hurriedly wrote these situations into letters and sent them to Ms. "The Magician".
(End of this chapter)