Chapter 763 The Second Day
South Continent, LaClay region.
During the day, Darsh Lake is crystal clear and quiet, reflecting the blue sky high in the sky and the snow-capped mountains in the distance, which is as beautiful as a dream.
Lumian was not in the mood to enjoy this beautiful scenery, and was walking slowly around a hole on the edge of the forest on the side with Ludwig, who had changed into a tweed dress coat, and Lugano, who was wearing a light cotton coat.
There was a highly decomposed corpse in the pit, and they showed a semi-melted state, as if they had merged with the surrounding soil, decomposing themselves in a unique way and returning nutrients to the earth.
Seeing this scene, Lumian probably understood why Ossetto, the "Witch King", did not destroy the body after the ceremony, leaving evidence and traces of guilt:
Burying the bodies and returning them to the earth should be an integral part of the ritual!
Last night, after reading the information provided by the "Knight of Swords", Lumian had a clearer idea of how to find Ossetto, an important believer in the "Primordial Moon".
Obviously, conventional methods such as "magic mirror divination" would not be effective, otherwise, the companion of the "Knight of the Sword", the member of the temperance faction with very strong spiritual intuition, would have found Ossetto long ago.
Lumian currently has three ideas:
First, from the fact that Osetto is a member of the "Rose School", he has been mixed with the indulgence faction for a long time, and has accepted the concept of indulgence, let the two "witches" Franka and Jane dress themselves seriously and hang out in the city of Lacle to see if they can meet Osetto and let this "witch king" who never restrains his desires take the initiative.
Moreover, Anthony will also follow Franka and Jane in the method of "psychological invisibility" or disguised as ordinary people, observing the reactions of the people around them when they see the two "witches", and see if they will show obvious malice, so as to distinguish Ossetto before he actually takes action and eliminate the danger before it occurs.
As for whether Osetto will have accepted the gift of the "Great Mother" and become a woman, this detail does not affect the two "witches" to tempt him - Lumian speculated from the situation of Madame Pualis and Franca that Osetto would still like women, at most men at the same time.
The second is to take advantage of the special conditions that the benefactor of the "Great Mother" can sense within a certain distance to wander around the Lacle area and try to catch Osetto.
The third is to re-explore the site left by Osetto to see what can be eaten.
Lumian pinched his nose, carefully examined the traces inside and outside the pit and the dozens of corpses for a while, turned his head to the side, and asked Ludwig:
"Is it dirty?"
"It's dirty." Ludwig nodded vigorously.
"Dirty from the 'Great Mother'?" Lumian asked further.
Ludwig said "hmm", his expression full of struggle.
Then, unsurprisingly, he heard his godfather ask:
"Can you eat it?"
Hearing this question, Lugano next to him couldn't help but retch, and the eyebrows of the "Knight of the Sword" Marić, who had been watching quietly and suppressing his emotions, moved his eyebrows slightly.
Ludwig replied reluctantly:
"Yes."
"Can you sense the child born from the corpse after eating it?" Lumian asked further.
According to his experience, these corpses should have been passively pregnant during that ceremony, and there were bird claw monsters growing rapidly in their bellies.
From the perspective of the occult, whether active, passive, willing, or forced, the bird's claw monster baby and the corpse have the closest blood connection, and they can easily use one side to find the other, and even complete the curse in the air.
But the information of the "Knight of Swords" said that their divination with the help of blood connections was unsuccessful, and the bird claw monster babies crawling out of the belly of this pile of corpses seemed to have disappeared from this world.
This may be due to a powerful anti-divination by a high-ranking person, or it may be that the state of the bird's claw monsters has changed, and Lumian can only hope that Ludwig will eat some different information.
Ludwig said with a downcast face:
"You can get a little blood from the corpse by cooking it in some way, although it won't help me detect the child's position and state from a long distance, but if both sides are within thirty meters, I should be able to sense its presence."
"Yes." Lumian felt that the effect was better than expected.
Then, he watched Ludwig crouch down and use a silver children's knife and fork to separate a piece of half-melted, half-rotting flesh from one of the corpses.
The flowing yellow pus and the disgusting state of the flesh and blood made Lugano turn his body, looking at Lake Darsh not far away and the city of Laqueray on the other side of the lake.
Ludwig then asked Lumian to take out an iron pot, a stand, wheat flour, liqueur, several spices, and a piece of curdled lard from the "traveler's bag".
Lumian served as the assistant to the "cook", mainly responsible for lighting the fire, while Ludwig first melted the lard, then added some liqueur and several spices to create a rich and attractive smell.
Immediately afterwards, he wrapped the rotten flesh in wheat flour, threw it into an iron pot, and fried it in dark-colored and fragrant lard.
The fragrance and smell are mixed together and gradually permeate the air.
Finally, Ludwig finished cooking, forked the flour meatballs fried until golden brown, and stuffed them into his mouth.
As he chewed, he seemed to burst into tears, feeling aggrieved as if he had been bullied.
"You didn't think it was bad when you ate 'Loki' raw." Lumian joked.
Ludwig muttered:
"Rotten ones are not tasty, and they have no spirituality."
After swallowing the fried meatballs that looked good, Ludwig said slowly while "reminiscing":
"The birthday of the deceased is the second day of each year."
"Is there anything special about this?" Lumian asked.
Ludwig quickly stuffed the candy and replied casually:
"In myths and legends, on the first day, the world was originally created, and on the second day, the 'Great Mother' was born."
"Why haven't I heard of such myths and legends......" Lugano, who turned his back to Ludwig, muttered to himself suspiciously.
Lumian thoughtfully turned his gaze to other corpses:
"Isn't their birthday also the second day of every year?
"I remember that the New Year of many tribes in the southern continent is different from that of the northern continent, and the first day of each year is not exactly January 1st, so which day does the second day of each year refer to and what kind of calendar is used?"
Ludwig said with candy in his mouth:
"Either is fine, as long as it is the second day of the new year according to the calendar you believe in."
Pure symbolism...... Lumian turned his body sideways and looked at the "Knight of the Sword":
"Have you confirmed the identities and birthdays of these corpses?"
Lacle is a relatively wealthy area in the Star Plateau, with a large population, similar to the area where Lumian has been to the "White City" Laps before, and is one of the several support points for the ancient Highland Kingdom to rule the entire Star Plateau.
It is known for its rich mineral deposits, but the mining points are magically far away from Dalsh Lake, so that this sacred lake in the minds of the highlanders remains pure.
In the past, the Star Plateau was mainly competing between the Republic of Intis and the Vrsak Empire, and after the war a few years ago, the power of the Vrsak Empire declined, and the hand of the Rune Kingdom slowly reached in, and even Rune's "Goddess of the Night" Church seemed to have begun to preach to this area.
In the entire Star Plateau, the place with the most Rune people is Lacle, the "city on mineral deposits".
"Knight of Swords" Mariqi nodded slowly and said:
"Ninety percent of the bodies have been identified, most of them are on January 2 according to the Northern Continent calendar, and the other part is also on the second day of the new year according to the local calendar.
"Those who can't be identified yet should be outsiders, who may or may not have come here voluntarily or involuntarily, give us a little more time, and we will definitely be able to figure out their identities."
The sample was large enough to basically fit Ludwig's statement that the ritual needed to have a strong symbol of the "Great Mother"...... Lumian didn't stop the Temperance faction from wasting energy confirming the identities of the remaining dead, what if there was anything else strange?
Lumian glanced at the city of Laclere on the other side of the lake and said:
"Let's go back to the city now and walk around."
Look at Omibella's bloodline, the abnormality of the "earth" path, or the bloodline connection with the bird's claw monster baby, which can play a more effective role!
Walking along the sparkling blue Lake of Dalsh towards the city with many gray stone houses, Lumian suddenly thought of a question.
He asked the "Knight of Swords" who was walking quietly next to him:
"In the 'Rose School', Osetto is in charge of the Lacre region?"
"Not before, not sure now." "Knight of the Sword" replied succinctly.
Lumian nodded and said to himself:
"If he wasn't in charge of the Lacle area, but just started a sacrifice when he passed here, he should have left after the ceremony, why did he stay here?
"He had a deeper purpose in the Laqueray region?
"Or, the 'Rose School' wants to do something about it?"
The "Knight of Swords" was silent for a few seconds and said:
"We suspect there is a deeper purpose."
He paused for a moment and then said:
"Before the establishment of the Highland Kingdom, there were many areas on the Star Plateau that believed in 'death', and Lacle was the place most influenced by the belief in 'death'.
While speaking, the three adults and one child came to the outside of Lacle City.
Compared to the sophistication of the "White City" Laps, the various buildings here are quite rough, and although some people wear dark red robes and bright robes and skirts, most of them are dressed in more wear-resistant canvas workers' clothing.
Before Lumian approached the road into the city, he felt the hustle and bustle.
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