Mistbound Chronicles: Lumian's Legacy Novel Chapter 83

Huh... Lumian breathed out, gathered his thoughts, put his shotgun on his back, clipped his axe, walked out of the half-ground two-story building standing on the edge of the wilderness, and walked towards the ruins of the dreamland.

Through the wilderness, along the route he had explored several times before, he carefully penetrated into the building complex composed of circles of collapsed houses, approaching the dark red "peaks".

The fog is thick in the sky here, and there are no weeds growing on the ground. The whole world is so dark and gloomy.

Not long after, Lumian left the familiar area and truly entered the depths of the ruins.

He observed the environment along the way, identifying traces, and constantly imagining what things he encountered now could be useful if a battle broke out.

This made him move very slowly.

Caution and caution are always the first principles of hunting.

Finally, Lumian found new footprints.

They appear to belong to humans. They are on the edge of the "road", covered by various collapsed buildings, and are very difficult to find.

"I know how to hide myself...it will eliminate traces to a certain extent..." Lumian observed for a while and made a preliminary judgment.

He suspected that this was a guy similar to the shotgun monster, and there might be clues to Sequence 8 of the "Hunter" path.

According to his experience and Aurore's guess, there should be three types of monsters in this ruins: the first type belongs to the type that has received gifts and does not have extraordinary characteristics. Typical examples are "noodle men" and monsters with mouthparts, and they seem to They all come from the realm controlled by the secret being named after fate; the second type has extraordinary characteristics but does not show the gift ability. The most typical one is the shotgun monster, but they should also be affected by the black thorn symbol on Lumian's chest. suppression, which shows that they may have been contaminated by that hidden existence, so they turned into monsters; the third category has neither gifted abilities nor extraordinary characteristics, such as ordinary humans or normal creatures that have been contaminated, This was the skinless monster Lumian encountered at the beginning.

As for whether there are monsters that have both extraordinary characteristics and gifts, Aurore and Lumian both think there should be, but there is a lack of practical evidence.

Therefore, a monster that exhibits "hunter" characteristics is likely to have extraordinary properties!

While following the footprints, Lumian even discovered two traps, which further confirmed his guess.

If he hadn't been careful enough and was a "hunter" himself, he might have changed from a hunter to a hunting target.

Soon, Lumian found that the footprints became fresh.

This means that if you go further, you will most likely encounter the target.

Without rushing to say "hello", Lumian made a small circle and found a good hiding spot.

Then he started dancing.

In the invisible melody, he stepped on sonorous and powerful steps and turned in a soft and soothing semicircle, completely recreating the weird and mysterious ritual dance of the "Noodle Man".

This was unskilled and even a bit unfamiliar, but relying on his "dancer" ability, Lumian could still feel the heat in his chest.

After unbuttoning the buttons and confirming that the black thorn symbol was highlighted, Lumian climbed to the middle of the collapsed house and entered the chosen hiding spot.

He quickly looked into the distance and saw a figure digging a trap there.

It was indeed a "person", but his whole body was charred black, and there was still a red flame burning on the surface, which never went out.

He couldn't be an "arsonist", right? He caught a big fish... Lumian was both happy and troubled.

He was delighted that the main material corresponding to the Sequence 8 "Provocateur" appeared, but was troubled that it was much stronger than the prey he expected.

"Pyromancer" is Sequence 7 of the "Hunter" path. According to Aurore, it is a sequence that undergoes a qualitative change. It was called "Fire Mage" in ancient times.

Lumian thought to himself that he had the three-in-one intimidating power of "Hunter", "Dancer", and the black thorn symbol. As long as he was not careless, hunting a "Provocateur" monster should be no problem, and he could face Sequence 7's " Arsonist", he really wasn't sure.

As long as this monster keeps attacking from a distance, it may not be weakened by the black thorn symbol!

After thinking about it, Lumian decided to retreat first.

He planned to formulate an effective plan and set up targeted traps before trying to deal with the flame monster.

His initial idea was to go home and dance a dance that could summon strange things in the surrounding area, and see what negative effects the remaining spiritual upper body of the mouth-parting monster would have.

If it's not serious and acceptable, then he can borrow an ability from the other party, such as "invisibility". solid

As for whether there would be any sequelae after being possessed, and whether the resentful spirit would be willing to leave after it successfully possessed him, Lumian wasn't too worried.

Anyway, this is in the ruins of a dream. As long as you don't die on the spot and return to reality and take a good rest, you can recover from anything.

Just as Lumian made a move, the flame monster suddenly raised its head and looked here with its burnt face and bulging eyes.

"Not good!" Lumian secretly thought, and jumped directly from his hiding place to the ground without caring about climbing down.

Almost at the same time, a huge, red fireball hit where he was originally, exploding bricks and rocks and sending layers of flames flying outward.

Lumian could hardly control his body when he hurriedly avoided landing. He could only fall down and roll to lose strength.

If the "dancer" hadn't brought extraordinary flexibility, he would have torn muscles and broken ligaments due to this twisted movement.

When Lumian stood up again, the flame monster had appeared on the top of the collapsed building, with red crows condensed into flames standing out around him.

Seeing this scene, Lumian felt as if he was surrounded by a group of soldiers, and everything he saw was the muzzle of a gun.

Without hesitation, he advanced instead of running away, running towards the collapsed building where the flame monster stood.

Faced with such a scene, he felt that the only way he could turn defeat into victory was to use the black thorn symbol on his chest.

And this seems to require closer distance!

Kick, kick, kick!

As Lumian ran wildly, half of the fire crows swished down from the sky and hit him behind, causing heat waves to fly up and the explosions to reverberate.

The remaining illusory fire crows then changed their directions and locked their sights on the running target.

At this moment, Lumian arrived at the bottom of the collapsed building, and the straight-line distance from the flame monster was no more than five meters.

The next second, the charred monster wrapped in red flames froze completely, and the remaining flame crows around him were instantly extinguished.

It worked! As soon as Lumian felt joyful, the flame monster turned around, descended from the collapsed building from another direction, and ran away.

"Hey, don't run!" Lumian shouted subconsciously.

He walked around the ruins in front of him and chased the flame monster.

They chased two buildings, but because the monster was so fast, Lumian completely lost sight of it.

At this time, the burning sensation in Lumian's chest also disappeared.

He had to stop, catch his breath, and prepare to follow the footsteps and watch out for traps.

While breathing, Lumian's gaze suddenly froze.

Not far to his side, a figure was standing at the door of a half-collapsed building.

The figure was wearing a hooded black robe. It was no different from a normal human being, except that there were three faces on its head.

The face on the front belongs to an old man, with cloudy eyes, sparse eyebrows, and many wrinkles: the one on the left is a mature man with deep outlines, bright blue eyes, and a thick and dark beard; the one on the right looks like a child less than five years old. , The skin is smooth and delicate, and the blue eyes reveal innocence and ignorance.

The three-faced monster! That three-faced monster! Lumian was really frightened.

Because he was chasing the flame monster, he obviously went deeper into the ruins, and actually directly encountered the three-faced monster!

After becoming a "dancer", mastering the mysterious ritual dance, and being able to semi-activate the black thorn symbol on his chest, Lumian had no intention of using the three-faced monster as a test target. He intuitively believed that this guy was very dangerous. According to the mysterious lady In terms of words, it means that the status may be relatively high, and even if it is weakened by the black thorn symbol, it can still easily kill the weak "hunter".

Therefore, Lumian's previous plan was to bypass the area where the three-faced monster was, practice with other monsters, and confirm what role the semi-activated black thorn talisman could play when facing enemies of different strengths.

Then consider whether to hunt the three-faced monster or not mess with it at all.

Who would have thought that this guy would actually leave his "territory" and come here to bump into Lumian!

Well... how about I perform a dance to apologize to you? Lumian muttered crazily in his heart while instinctively taking a step back.

At the door of the half-collapsed building, the three-faced monster wearing a black robe and a hood also took a step back.

Lumian turned around.

The three-faced monster also turned its body.

Lumian ran away.

The three-faced monster also ran away.

Lumian, who originally planned to distance himself and try to dance, ran a few steps, but suddenly felt something was wrong.

He stopped and turned to look at the area where the enemy was, just in time to see the back of the three-faced monster running away.

"..." Lumian was stunned.

After a while, he vaguely understood something, raised his hand and touched his face, and whispered to himself: "Am I so terrible?"

The three-faced monster's behavior just now reminded him of the scene when he first met him: At that time, he secretly glanced at the three-faced monster, shrank back in fear, and prayed to the "Eternal Sun" to protect him from being discovered. , after that, the three-faced monster clearly looked at where he was hiding, but seemed not to notice anything. Instead, he took the initiative to distance himself and stood further away.

It turns out that it wasn't the "Eternal Fierce Sun" that protected me that time, or that I was very lucky, but the three-faced monster saw or sensed my "specialness" and scared me away? Lumian nodded thoughtfully. , and then made a guess: "In the dream ruins, monsters with a certain level of status can directly detect my specialness."

Don't you need me to half-animate the black thorn symbol?