Chapter 265 Review Lumian had always thought that the lizard-like elf was a projection of something or something in a dream, with more symbolic and metaphorical meaning than reality. But now, he really saw the transparent and blurry lizard-like creature! It really exists! Moreover, it also appeared in the "other world", in the deep pit left by the "Shadow Tree", and in this abnormal incident involving high-end power! Could it be that the lizard that just crawled out of Aurore's mouth really happened? What does it represent and what purpose does it want to achieve? Lumian frowned, his expression slightly distorted, and he looked painful, shocked, confused, and detached. Stimulated by this, he felt that he should be able to retrieve some memories to verify their authenticity and determine whether they were symbolic representations in a dream or things that really existed in reality. But this time, unlike when he was receiving psychotherapy and after listening to Mrs. Pualis's words, the corresponding images flashed through his mind. What he remembered was still that dream. At this moment, he heard Thermopylae's majestic and layered voice: "You don't really think that all the abnormalities and misfortunes that happened around you were caused by me, right? "You don't think that I, who was sealed, and you, who only have the strength of Sequence 7, can rely on a weapon that barely reaches the level of Sequence 5 to successfully escape from Susanna Mathis, who is close to the status of a demigod and has a backup plan, right? "You don't think that Suzanne Mathis's failure was simply because she was an evil spirit, biased, extreme, impatient, and performed the ceremony without sufficient preparation, right?" These words poured into Lumian’s mind in an overlapping and resonating manner, allowing him to hear them clearly in a short period of time. Lumian was stunned for a moment, as if he had walked from early summer into winter and was slowly sinking in an unfrozen lake.
He blurted out: "What exactly is that?" Thermipoulos did not respond, as if he had noticed something and understood something. In an instant, Lumian was filled with ecstasy, and he felt as if the heavy stone pressing on him had disappeared a lot: "Does this mean that Aurore was really controlled by that weird lizard-like creature? "So, when she occasionally wakes up, she doesn't think there's anything wrong with her and joins me in seeking help from the outside world? "No, she should have realized something was wrong. The correct reading order of the letter is: "'We are getting weird, and the people around us need help ASAP!'" At this time, Franca pushed Lumian: "Why are you daydreaming? "Quick, let's get out of here! The official Beyonders and clergy are coming in!" Lumian came to his senses, with the charred clothes stuck to his body, holding the trunk that came from the main body of the "Shadow Tree" rather than the one Susanna made later, and followed Franca to the end of the other side of the chaotic street. During this process, he suddenly realized two things: "As the angel of destiny, Thermipoulos has just shown his insight into various issues. It is impossible for him not to have thought that Susanna Mathis would use me as the subject, not unseal me, and send me to the Mother Tree of Desire as a sacrifice. He is not a beginner in the world of mysticism like me! “So, He never thought from the beginning that the seal would be opened by Susanna Mathis. He said that purely to use the situation to bluff me and force me to ask Him for help and agree to certain unequal conditions He proposed, so as to create an opportunity for Him to escape. "What He didn't expect was that I would choose to bluff Susanna Mathis and force Him to provide help based on the information she provided. No, He must have thought of this possibility, but He wouldn't lose anything by trying. What if I didn't come up with the corresponding quick wit at that time? "Fuck, too insidious! I'll be deceived by Him if I'm not careful! "Likewise, Suzanne Matisse was not an honest person. "Since she had sought enlightenment from the Mother Tree of Desire and thought that there might be an angel sealed inside me, how could she not consider the possibility that the angel could transmit some power through the seal? Later, she did pray for power that was enough to counter the influence of Thermiporos's leakage, and even stronger. I didn't even see it at the time, and I was still far away, and I was almost contaminated. "If we had not escaped from the Shadow Tree in time, contamination would have been the inevitable outcome. "Why didn't Suzanne Matisse seek help from the beginning? Was it because the pollution was dangerous to her as well? "Well, during the ceremony in Cordu Village, although something unexpected happened, the parish priest, as the host of the sacrifice, was protected by the power of fate. He did not turn into a monster or become part of the three-headed giant like the others, and he successfully escaped... Susanna Mathis also wanted to use the protection of the sacrificial ceremony to fight pollution? “So, she has been stalling for time, waiting for the preparations for the ceremony to be completed! "She didn't target me or control me from the beginning because she knew that if she pushed me too hard, Thermipolos would join the battle prematurely, which would lead to too many unknowns. "So, she was always trying to give me the illusion that I could resist and have a chance to escape. When I took the initiative to bring up the matter of the angel, she used a bunch of words that seemed to have explained all the arrangements to delay time and hide her real back-up plan, waiting for me to make the wrong choice with the help of Thermipolos and step into the trap she set. "Although she did not anticipate the attack from the Monsuri ghost, if there had not been an incident in the outside world and someone had not taken advantage of the gap created by the Monsuri ghost, I would still not have been able to escape from the Shadow Tree. And she was obviously about to officially start the ceremony and obtain protection. "Fuck! Pretty 'actresses' are really good at lying!"
After Lumian and Franca ran for a while, the scene in front of them suddenly became illusory, with various rich colors and indescribable strange creatures appearing layered on top of each other. His head suddenly became dizzy and his vision blurred. When he regained his vision, the chaotic streets ahead were no longer there, nor were the dense blocks of color. He was standing on a grassy hillside, and across from him was a "magician" lady in an orange dress. She’s here too…Lumian glanced around but didn’t see Franca. As if noticing Lumian's question, the "Magician" smiled and said: "The Two of Cups follows her Major Arcana and wants to communicate something." "'Holy Grail Two'?" Lumian looked confused. "That's Franka. She's also one of us. Her code name is 'Two of Cups', just like you are 'Seven of Wands'." The "Magician" lady explained casually, "You are now officially a member of us. Go back and talk to 'Two of Cups' and ask her to introduce our organization. I won't say more." Franka is not only a member of the Curly-Haired Baboon Research Society, but also a member of the secret organization codenamed after Tarot cards? Lumian was surprised and a little delighted. This means that he and Franka are teammates in the true sense of the word. The Magician looked carefully at Lumian's face, which was still charred and his body was covered in pieces of debris. She took out a rather simple brown men's suit from somewhere and threw it over to him. "Change them later. Although it's not a big news that people from Trier run naked on the street, we should not be completely assimilated by the environment. We should know how to stick to ourselves. Only in this way can we resist the erosion of the potion and stay away from the risk of losing control as much as possible." When Lumian caught the clothes, the "Magician" lady said thoughtfully: "Tell me in detail what happened recently. Although I knew you would encounter the followers of the evil god and get entangled with them, I didn't foresee that you would be directly involved in this level of things." Lumian started by talking about how he had just arrived in Trier and used the "Dance of Recruitment" to attract Susanna Mathis, and then he focused on the sacrifice that had just taken place, the performance of Thermipolus, and the strange lizard-like creature. The Magician’s expression became a little serious as she listened. After Lumian finished speaking, she nodded slightly and said: “It’s very abnormal. "Neither Thermipolos nor that 'elf' is normal." She looked at Lumian and said in a straightforward tone: "Inside the Shadow Tree, it was not Thermopylae who helped you improve the Corrupted Mercury ability and caused the Monsuri ghost to arrive earlier." “Not Him?” Lumian had just guessed where the “Magician” lady would find the problem, but he never expected that the first thing she would bring up would be such a clear and straightforward thing. Who else could have been there in that situation except Thermopylae? Moreover, it was only after the fateful angel compromised that subsequent changes took place. "I don't know either." The Magician shook her head slowly. "What I can be sure of is that the seal of that great being could not allow Thermipolos to infiltrate such a high-level power. If it were possible, He would have controlled you to help Him remove the seal." Seeing that Lumian was confused and bewildered, the "Magician" lady continued: "Thermiporos can only influence your judgment and choices. After all, he is sealed in your body, and your fates are connected to some extent. "To put it simply, regarding Charlie's matter, Thermipolos couldn't let Susanna Mathis recover in advance, and couldn't decide when and how she would come to see Charlie. He could only use this incident to make you intend to use the 'transfer technique' to help Charlie change his fate, and to increase the corresponding tendency. "From this perspective, do you think He has the ability to enhance the power of 'Fallen Mercury' and allow the ghost of Montsouris to arrive in time? “I can help you deal with the past scenes of the ‘Shadow Tree’. "So, what I've always said is, on matters that are both critical and dangerous, ask for my advice in advance, rather than making decisions on your own." Lumian felt his heart was like the ocean, surging and surging.
He recalled the incident when Charlie was taken underground by Rentas, and found that it was just as the "Magician" lady said: Charlie's bloody disaster and fate of death came from two aspects. One was the danger given by the "Society of the Bliss" through Rentus, and the other was Lumian's own choice at the node of fate. Therefore, after Rentus was killed by them, Charlie's fortune only improved a little. When Lumian made the right decision, it returned to normal completely, without any signs of further influence from Thermipolus. If he could influence Charles like he influenced the ghost of Montsouris, Lumian would have been fooled long ago. "Moreover, Susanna Mathis knew that Thermipolos could exert a certain influence. So after she left the Shadow Tree, why did she still want to capture me alive when she was in such a weak state with the help of angels? "Unless, after the battle inside the Shadow Tree, Susanna Mathis, who has gained some divinity with the help of the Shadow Tree, has discovered that Thermipolos cannot be influenced and has been perfectly sealed. The problem has another source! And the source has not been revealed! "Fuck! What I was thinking at the time was that even if my judgment was wrong or the exchange of fate would take a long time, Thermopolus would not let Susanna Mathis capture me alive, as that would make him a sacrifice. Who knows, he simply doesn't have the ability..." Lumian applied his speculation to what had just happened and got a more reasonable explanation. "What is going on?" he asked with a little pain and anger. The "Magician" lady thought for a few seconds and said: "Combined with those misfortunes, I suspect that Thermipolos has helpers in the outside world. In other words, there may be an extraordinary person who can influence your fate lurking around you. He has secretly accomplished some things based on the ideas conveyed by Thermipolos, but not too much, which would be discovered." A word suddenly flashed through Lumian's mind: "'Sufferer'!" In his dream, he and Ryan's team were infected with the aura of "sufferers" after breaking into the underground altar! The owl in the wizard's tomb and the other "him" always gave him the feeling of being the source of the problem and the manipulator behind the scenes before being exposed. Are these also symbols? (End of this chapter)