Mistbound Chronicles: Lumian's Legacy Novel Chapter 71

them? Lumian was surprised when he heard Raymond's answer.

He originally thought that Raymond drowned in the river "on his own initiative" and became a sacrifice to someone, but now it seems that someone was involved, and it was not just invisible forces that dragged Raymond into the water.

"Who are they?" Aurore asked this question.

Raymond's expression was twisted and stiff, his eyes were full of hatred and dull, and he shouted angrily:

"Pons Benet, it's Pons Benet and his people!

"They held me under the water!"

After Ava and we left the water, Pence Bene and those thugs appeared at the place where Raymond came ashore, pushed him into the river, drowned him alive, and became a sacrifice? Lumian reconstructed the original situation based on Raymond's words.

The entire Lenten celebration has completely turned into a ritual of sacrifices to evil things!

Aurore asked for further details, but Raymond only came up with a few words over and over again, as if that was all he remembered.

Huh, I really missed the best time for channeling, and I can only harvest the remaining obsession... Aurore thought for a while, and planned to ask something that Raymond might or might not be deeply impressed by. matter:

"Did they sacrifice you to someone?

"What are her characteristics and where is she?"

Aurore was smart this time and did not directly ask for the complete honorary name. She only planned to collect some side information to assist in judgment.

She believed that during the process of Raymond being sacrificed, if his spirit was still conscious, he would definitely be able to "see", "hear" and feel certain things and leave a deep enough impression, but not vice versa. .

Raymond was stunned there, with more and more transparent tears staining the corners of his eyes.

Lumian had a stern face, looking at him like this, his hands were clenched at some point.

Suddenly, Raymond shouted:

"Underground! Under the church!"

What? Aurore almost doubted her ears.

Combined with her question, Raymond was clearly saying that the hidden existence he was dedicated to as a sacrifice was under the church!

It’s impossible. This is the fifth era. How can God walk on the earth? Aurore calmed down and thought that Raymond's spirit only had some obsessions and some spirituality left. His answers to questions were very confusing and he always focused on a few points. In other words, he was not necessarily testifying against that person. It is hidden in the underground of the church, which only produces a kind of stressful feedback.

But no matter what, whether Raymond is giving a true answer or repeating his own obsession, there must be something wrong under the church, and the key part of the sacrificial ceremony is hidden!

Aurore only hoped that the secrets hidden there would not be too scary or exaggerated.

When she asked about other things, Raymond's spirit would only repeat answers such as "They drowned me", "Pence Benet", "Under the church" and so on.

Seeing that there would be no other gains, Aurore ended the channeling, watched Raymond's figure disappear above the candlelight, and watched the blue color dyed on the altar quickly recede.

After she removed the spiritual wall, she found that Lumian was in a daze there and didn't speak.

"Here, what are you thinking about?" Aurore stretched out her hand and waved it in front of her brother's eyes.

Lumian raised the corners of his mouth and tried his best to smile:

"I regret not using enough force when I beat Pence Benet yesterday."

Although he also gave Pence Benet a knee, causing the other party a lot of pain, but considering that he had to wait for the twelfth night, he could not intensify the conflict with the priest and the others for the time being, so he still acted rationally. He restrained his strength and did not directly turn Pence Bene into a disabled person.

"There will be a chance." Aurore said with relief.

Lumian nodded and said "ha":

"Actually, we have fallen into a misunderstanding. Before Lent, not only were we afraid of intensifying conflicts, but the parish priests were also afraid. They were not ready yet and had not started the ceremony."

In other words, if he really wanted to cause Pence Bene to suffer some irreversible injury, the priest and the others would probably just pretend to seek revenge and not take any real action.

They will remain patient until Lent, regardless of whether Lumian has offended them or not. Once the Lenten celebrations "begin", normal people in the whole village will be their targets.

Aurore understood what Lumian wanted to express, nodded gently and said:

"You decide how to retaliate against Pons Benet.

"The question we need to consider now is how we can survive until Lent and survive until the Twelfth Night after the priests and the others have gained great power."

Lumian suddenly fell into thinking about this issue.

Aurore talked about her thoughts:

"Currently, there are only two options. One is to join forces with the three foreigners, and the other is to find a way to improve yourself."

She hesitated for a moment and then said:

"If we can be sure that Mrs. Pualis has nothing to do with the loop and is trapped here, we can even cooperate with her appropriately."

"Ah?" Lumian was shocked when he heard this.

Mrs. Pualis is such a terrifying and evil extraordinary person!

Aurore sighed and said:

"A philosopher from my hometown once said that when doing things, we must clearly distinguish the main contradictions from the secondary contradictions, and unite all forces that can be united.

"Well, there must be something wrong under the church, and there are key clues hidden there. We must explore it before Lent. I'm afraid we won't have the chance after that."

As far as Aurore knows, most churches in the world have underground areas. Some are used to store sealed items, and some are used to bury the remains of important people. Although the church in Kordu Village has neither sealed items nor does it exist. Important people need to be buried, but a large basement was still equipped according to regulations during construction.

"Okay." Lumian agreed, "I will discuss it with the three foreigners tomorrow."

He turned to Raymond's status:

"Why does he only say a few words? Didn't he successfully summon his spirit?"

Aurore sighed again:

"There is a critical time point in channeling, within one hour after death.

"For more than an hour, the spirit of the deceased will quickly dissipate. There will no longer be the original memory, leaving only the most unforgettable thoughts, emotions and images. To use the professional terminology of my hometown, it is obsession."

Lumian nodded slightly when he heard this:

"Waiting for the next cycle, if we summon Raymond at the beginning, does it count as death within one hour?

"No, why does Raymond have the memory of the last cycle?"

Only then did he realize the problem: After the cycle restarted, shouldn't Raymond forget about being drowned?

This stopped Aurore from asking. She combined her thoughts during the ceremony with consideration and said:

"I think so.

"At this time point, it has not yet reached Lent. According to the world line, Raymond has not been drowned at this time. He should not know who the murderer is, but because he has lost his body, he can only exist in a spiritual state. , even if he is dead, his obsession will remain, so the person we just summoned remembers certain things that happened in the last cycle.

"To put it simply, Raymond's state becomes special due to the loss of his body, so that when the cycle is restarted, there will be a certain amount of memory retention!

"Haha, this is a BUG."

The loop had a slight error because Raymond's body was sacrificed? Lumian probably understood what his sister meant.

Aurore then smiled and said:

"It seems that the power that circulates us is very mechanical and dull. It should no longer be controlled by the original owner and is running on its own. Otherwise, Raymond's spirit can be dealt with in a targeted manner."

Having said this, she seemed to feel a little more relaxed:

"Haha, in this case, we still have some hope of breaking the cycle."

Infected by his sister's emotions, Lumian's gloomy state became clearer:

After so much effort, I finally saw a little hope.

The two of them worked together to clean up the altar and went up to the study on the second floor. Aurore taught him the corresponding Hermes and Ancient Hermes word by word according to the wrong ritual that Lumian had silently written in the wrong order.

Lumian has already mastered some of this, so his progress is pretty good.

Under the bright light of the radio station, Aurore sometimes explained the pronunciation and structure of words to her brother, and sometimes when he consolidated his review, he used musk, cloves, blood and other materials to make candles to be used next.

While Lumian was studying seriously, he occasionally looked up and glanced at his sister who was busy beside him. He felt like he was back to his original warm life, with no more cycles and no more evil gods.

The night outside the window is quiet.

In the bedroom filled with gray mist, Lumian woke up.

He rolled out of bed, walked to the table, took out a pen and paper, and wrote down the ancient Hermetic and Hermetic words he still remembered in the wrong order, and finally gave them the correct number.

After doing this, Lumian breathed a sigh of relief and looked ahead.

There are four things placed on the wooden table near the window. One is the two off-white musk candles made by Aurore (one has Lumian's blood and one does not), the second is the bottle of gray amber perfume, and the third is A metal vial containing tulip powder, and a silver dagger provided by Aurore.

As expected, the lady sent it in for me... Seeing this scene, Lumian's heart immediately calmed down a lot.

With these items, he picked up a stick of Aurore's homemade incense, went down to the first floor, placed them on the dining table, and then went to the kitchen area to get a glass of water and a dish of coarse salt.

The materials related to the ceremony are now ready.

Before going to bed, Aurore was worried that her younger brother didn't have the symbols corresponding to the blessings he prayed for, so he couldn't draw them on imitation parchment and burn them, telling the target god of his desires. But thinking about it, since the mysterious lady didn't mention it, it should be Just don't use it. After all, you are essentially praying to the power in Lumian's body. It can "hear" all the prayer languages directly, without the need for additional "documents".

Looking at the items on the dining table, Lumian took a deep breath and slowly exhaled it.

He no longer hesitated and placed the off-white candle with his own blood directly above the altar, representing the gods, and placed the other one in front of him.

After lighting the candles with spiritual friction in the order of gods first and then humans, Lumian consecrated the ceremonial silver dagger not too skillfully and created a spiritual wall.

As the spiritual energy spurted out from the tip of the ceremonial silver dagger, connecting the surrounding air, he had an inexplicable feeling that this was the mysticism.

Soon, the spiritual wall was completed, and Lumian's spirituality was also hollowed out by less than half.

With the help of incense found at home and self-meditation, he made his consciousness ethereal and entered a state where he could perform ritual magic.

In this voice, Lumian "dropped" gray amber perfume and tulip powder into the candle representing the gods.

A strange fragrance filled the air, and everything seemed magical.

Lumian glanced at the cheat sheets placed next to the altar, took a step back, looked at the burning candles, and shouted in a deep voice in ancient Hermes:

"The power of destiny!