Because he was summoning his own messenger, Lumian no longer held ceremonies in the name of Mr. "Fool", and simply and directly let the "Penitent" Bayinfel, who was wearing a black clergyman's robe, looked like a charred corpse, and had black fire on some parts of his body, appeared in front of him.
"I want to sign another contract with you." Lumian smiled and made a request.
He briefly recounted the power of fate, special contracts, shared abilities, possible costs, and negative effects in Gufsak, waiting for Bayinfel to make his own decision.
Bayinfel was silent for a few seconds, and responded in a low voice:
"If you're not worried about negative effects, I have no problem."
"What will be the negative impact?" Lumian asked cautiously.
In Bayinfel's empty and dark eye sockets, the dark flames that acted as his eyes beat twice:
"It's up to you to choose.
"I can leave the final completion of the contract to you, and after you know the specific negative effects, you will decide whether to let the contract be established."
Different choices, different negative effects? What options? Lumian spat out the "secret words of fate" with curiosity and doubt, causing the silver, white and black symbols, words and patterns to fall on the imitation parchment, forming a short, powerful, mysterious and evil contract document.
With the help of the connection brought about by the "Secret Words of Destiny", Lumian sensed Bayinfel's traits and abilities.
The power of this "penitent" is closely related to shadows and darkness, but most of it seems to be immersed in the dark waters, and Lumian can sense their presence, but cannot tell what they are.
The two abilities that float on the "water" are "Shadow Activation" and "Spirit World Shuttle", and the characteristic is "Ancient Corpse".
There is "shadow activation"...... This is probably what Bayinfeld deliberately showed me...... He is indeed very special, completely different from the creatures in the spirit world such as "Headless Bride", "Abscess and Broken Hand", and "Man-faced Mantis"...... It is indeed a lot more convenient to communicate in a true sense...... Lumian sighed and learned more about the ability of "Shadow Activation".
The former can be used to swap positions with the main body and escape fatal damage without being able to dodge, while the latter will entangle the corresponding target, affecting his actions, but it cannot cause much damage and is difficult to completely limit the opponent.
The biggest advantage of this ability is that it is quickly activated and produces effects instantly, otherwise it cannot be used to block damage for death, and the disadvantage is that only one shadow can be activated during the same time period.
When acting as a stand-in, if the activated shadow dies, Lumian needs to wait for the sun to rise or set before the shadow regenerates, and the shadowless people are very afraid of the sun and instinctively fear.
Previously superimposed emotional and desire instability, now superimposed on fear of the sun? If I really want to meet an extraordinary person in the middle sequence of the "Sun" field in the future, won't I even dare to open my eyes? Fortunately, this is a negative impact that will only appear after the loss of the shadow stand-in, and it will not be maintained forever...... Lumian looked at Bayinfel and asked sincerely:
"What sacrifice do you need to receive, or what price do you need me to pay?"
So far, he still hasn't figured out what the negative impact of signing a contract with Baynfell will be.
Bayinfer, the "penitent" with only a light layer of charred skin left on his bones, replied:
"Any magical item on your body."
Any one...... Is this the so-called choice? The choice of sacrificial magical items is directly related to the negative impact of the final gain? Lumian had some enlightenment and counted the magical items he had in his mind.
His first reaction was "Arrogance Armor", after all, he couldn't use this seal effectively now, but looking at the charred corpse of "Baynfell", he felt that this was not a sacrificial item, but an attempt to murder his messenger, besides, he himself was temporarily unable to use the "Arrogance Armor", but Franka, Jana, and Anthony had no problem, and Lumian had already taught them the corresponding use skills.
The core is one sentence:
Don't wear it, only use the negative effect, let the negative effect be triggered by the target!
As for the deeper self actively triggering negative effects in exchange for indiscriminate area damage, it cannot be taught, this has to be played on the spot according to the situation of the environment and the characteristics of the enemy, anyway, witches should like this method very much, bullying targets without stand-in abilities is very effective!
"Secret Glasses", "Torture" Gloves, "True Eyes", "Lies" Ear Clips, Mr. K's Fingers, "Movement of Hate" Bone Flute, "Wrath of the Sea" Brooch, "Traveler's Bag", "Omibella's Umbilical Cord Remains", Doom Coins and Unlucky Banknotes that have expired into normal items, and the "Serial Killer" extraordinary trait...... These items were memorized by Lumian one by one.
Excluding things that are not magical items, excluding things that are very useful to him at the moment, Lumian finally decided to choose one of the "Secret Glasses" and "True Eyes".
Their abilities have a certain overlap, just keep one.
After a brief trade-off, Lumian chose to sacrifice the "Eye of Truth"to Baynfell.
He felt that the negative impact of the "Secret Glasses" was smaller than that of the "Eye of Truth" under the condition of controlling the time of use, and that the "Eye of Truth" only had the characteristic of seeing the truth, and the "Secret Glasses" could still be used to draw pictures and makeup with extraordinary effects - after Lumian became an "ascetic", he could very effectively resist the urge to paint caused by wearing "Secret Glasses".
Lumian took out the strangely shaped "Eye of Truth" and handed it to Bayinfel.
As soon as Bayinfel caught the glasses that seemed to be intertwined with pieces of flesh and blood vessels, Lumian suddenly sensed the negative impact of signing the contract:
In scenes closely related to Bayinfell's past, we will see the truth that should not be seen.
It's just that the occasion involving the mysterious background of Mr. Messenger will have a similar effect, otherwise, I will have to end today's ceremony early and choose again after finding a suitable contract partner...... In the words of both Aurore and Franka, seeing the truth that should not be seen is equivalent to dying violently...... Lumian thought about it slightly, and responded to Bayinfel in a deep voice:
"The contract is valid."
As his words fell, the short and evil contract spontaneously ignited without fire, turning into silver-white and black symbols, words, and patterns, and fell to Lumian's arm one after another.
Lumian lowered his head and looked at his shadow, seeing it twist on its own, as if it was dancing a sonorous and powerful dance.
Lumian had a smile on his face.
After about ten seconds, his shadow calmed down.
Lumian thanked Baynfel and ended the summons, putting away all the items placed on the altar.
"Successful?" Franka asked expectantly.
She didn't suspect that Lumian couldn't even handle her own messenger, but she was worried that the ability characteristics did not meet the needs or had too much negative impact.
Lumian nodded and briefly talked about the situation of "shadow activation".
As he walked towards the hollow exit of the quarry, he said to Franka, Janna, and Anthony:
"Now we can formulate a plan to deal with Moran. Avini's plan.
"Franka, you should contact the 'Black Witch' and say that you will take action soon, but in order not to disturb Moran. The family and hidden power behind Avini don't need her to be nearby for the time being, I just hope that she will give her an emergency help charm that can contact her through the mirror, in case the 'Man in the Mirror' has a hidden helper, well, it just happens to test the attitude of the 'Black Witch' towards the Tamara family towards the 'Man in the Mirror', and tell the 'Eternal Sun' Church that she can be ready to release water;
"Jane, write to Lady 'Judgment' to inform us of our plans in case the 'Black Witch' and 'Man in the Mirror' are together.
"Anthony ......."
Lumian's thoughts were spinning, thinking about various details, and assigning different tasks to his companions.
Franka, Jana, and Anthony did not passively accept the task, but actively provided their own ideas, helped Lumian fill in the gaps, and completed brainstorming.
After returning to Apartment 702 at 9 Orosay Street, Anthony left early and continued to go to the Trier Psychiatrists Association to get acquainted, while Jane changed into a darker black dress with a cape, seizing the time to look for opportunities to play the "witch".
Soon, only Lumian and Franka were left in the living room of the apartment.
The atmosphere suddenly became awkward, and a long silence echoed in the air.
Lumian broke the atmosphere as if nothing had happened:
"How is Jane's 'witch' magic potion digested?"
"The progress is very good." Franka secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "She has found a way to play a 'witch', if you go to the market area to inquire, you will hear a legend of witches haunting late at night to punish those restless drunks, some drunks claim to have fallen into a small river with ice cubes, some wake up in pain the next day, and some will have a severe headache as long as it is evening, and they dare not drink anymore, what they have in common is that they have met a person dressed as a witch, well, there are drunks who have disappeared since then......"
Franka's voice became lower and lower, and he changed his tone to tell a horror story.
"The missing person is a drunkard who committed a serious crime? Others are guilty of beating family members, bullying passers-by, molesting women, etc.?" Lumian combined his knowledge of Janna and started guessing with a smile.
"Yes." Franka nodded heavily with a bright smile.
"Aren't you afraid that the 'Black Witch' will hear about this rumor and send someone to investigate?" Lumian thought for a moment.
Franka became proud and pointed to herself and said:
"I, I, in the Witch Sect, I am in charge of the affairs related to the market area!"
She immediately sighed:
"Jane Na is really talented, and she figured out a mature acting plan in less than a month, and she may be able to digest the 'witch' magic potion before I am promoted to 'pain'."
"If it weren't for those things, she would have been a very talented drama actress, and acting was just her strength." Lumian agreed.
The two fell silent again.
After a few seconds, Franka put on a posture of seeing death as if he were at home, and said:
"That, that, you must not tell Jian Na, you can't tell anyone about the words and behaviors I said in the mirror world and near the altar!"
Lumian asked rhetorically with a "blank" face:
"Did you say anything abnormal or do anything abnormal at that time?
"I don't remember......"
Franka was stunned for a moment, and then showed an expression of "I understand".
She stood up with a relaxed smile, walked over to Lumian, and tapped him on the shoulder gratefully, saying:
"Good brother!"
She felt that all the embarrassment was over.
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A few days later, Moran. While Avini was attending an interministerial meeting, Lumian appeared around the villa provided by the government.
ps: There are still many chapters in this volume, although it is expected to end this month, but it will not be the beginning of the month.
(End of this chapter)