"A feast"
In a poorly lit Apartment, the hands of an old-fashioned grandfather clock ticked away.
Lumian, Franca, Jenna, and Anthony were gathered around a Corpse, watching Ludwig, who was squatting beside it, tie a white napkin around his neck.
"They have quite good table manners..." Lumian remarked jokingly upon seeing this.
The Corpse in the room belongs to That One remaining Sequence 4 Half-God of the Disease Church in the Trier District. His name is Satipo El, who was previously controlled by Mr. The Fool. He recently completed the task of getting all his followers to pray to the God of Plague and the God of Illness. Then, Lumian received Divine Revelation from Mr. The Fool, instructing them to come to this Apartment at this time to take over the follow-up matters.
As soon as Lumian and the others knocked on the door, they saw Satipo El lying on the ground, Corpse, right in front of them.
Fortunately, Lumian had already pulled the Apartment and all its contents into the Mirror World beforehand, and had Anthony quickly place the "Winter Is Coming" Pistol on the Corpse.
Lumian felt uneasy thinking about how Satipo El, who had been so busy connecting him and Franca with believers and spreading the new doctrines, was essentially an alter ego of "The Fool."
Isn't it a bit wrong for one's own Deity to tirelessly and diligently travel far and wide to help them recruit followers, spread their doctrines, and proclaim their Honorific Name?
Do even Great Ones do things this personally?
Recalling the stories the "Magician" Lady had told him about Amon's past and the abilities displayed by those in High-Ranking Being through the "Thief" and "Seer" Pathway, Lumian felt that this seemed rather normal.
I can manifest in countless forms, but they are all myself!
"Can we eat now?" Ludwig looked up at Lumian expectantly.
"Shall we Spiritism first?" Lumian asked Franca, turning his head slightly.
Although, through "parasitism," Mr. The Fool must have obtained all the information Satip knew, Lumian felt that they should still Spiritism where Spiritism; they couldn't possibly trouble Mr. The Fool with everything, could they?
Franca gazed at the Satirpo Spirit Body floating in mid-air, considered her words carefully, and said, "The rate of decay is slower than expected. It must be that Mr. ' The Fool ' has taken some measures. Let's not rush into Spiritism. Have you thought about what to ask?"
Jenna chimed in, "Why don't we search the Apartment first and see what clues we can find? Then we can Spiritism. That way, we'll know exactly what to ask."
"Alright." Lumian, seeing that many Yellowish Green specks of light had settled on Anthony's "Winter Is Coming" Revolver, smiled and said to Ludwig, "Eat."
He had asked Ludwig beforehand whether, if he were to revert to Sequence 4, or "Sea Monster," he would directly transform into a real Sea Monster of exaggerated size. If that were the case, Ludwig would be unable to stay in Trier unless he hid in the Mirror World every day.
Ludwig looked at his own hands and body for a few seconds, then was overcome with grief and cried, "It's not good enough."
He was clearly disappointed by this.
He told Lumian that his appearance shouldn't Change much, but he needed to be taken to the ocean once a day so he could have a proper meal. For Lumian, who had the ability to "Teleportation," this was easy.
With the Godfather's permission, Ludwig cheered and lunged at the Corpse.
Franca and Jenna both instinctively turned their backs.
Amidst the sounds of tearing, chewing, cracking, and crunching, the two Witch inspected every corner of the Apartment.
Mechanical music boxes, antique clocks, fabric sofas, red Desk, Brass-Colored Gas meters, and exquisite miniature Statues flashed past Franca and Jenna's eyes one after another.
Suddenly, Franca walked to the Desk and opened a drawer.
The drawer contained a pile of Gold Coin of different denominations, including Gold Louis worth 20 Felk.
Franca's hand fiddled with the Gold Coin for a while, then she picked up a coin that was dark gold in color and not very shiny.
This is also Gold Coin, but not any of the currently legal tender.
Franca brought the dark Golden coin close to her eyes and saw the outline of a man's head on the front, with long hair, Crown, hard lips, and sharp facial features.
On either side of the man's head are stacked doors and Crow with one eye larger than the other, surrounded by patterns of Change lines, a vertical Swords, and outstretched hands.
Hmm... Franca had a vague idea.
She flipped the Gold Coin over to the back, where there was a number "7".
The number "7" is surrounded by images of gathered soldiers, sharp weapons, and flowing blood.
"These are Tudor Gold Coin, aren't they?" Franca asked.
That's what her spiritual intuition told her.
The Tudor Dynasty of the Fourth Epoch issued its own currency, but whether it was due to the mental problems of His Majesty the "Blood Emperor" or the influence of the original Pathway, the currency values and conversions were very troublesome. Instead of the normal 1, 5, 10, 20, they were random numbers like 2, 7, 13.
These coins were lost over the course of one or two thousand years, either melted down to mint new Gold Coin or gold artifacts, or buried deep in Ancient Tombs. Nowadays, the only way to see them is in museums or in the treasures of certain Collector.
"How come there's a Tudor Gold Coin?" Jenna turned her gaze over.
"I'm also puzzled. We can't use this thing even if we get it. Are we planning to sell it as an antique?" Franca hesitated for a few seconds. "We'll ask during the Spiritism session."
As the two Witch were diligently searching the Apartment, Lumian suddenly said to Anthony, "You can pick up the Revolver now."
He intuitively believed that "Winter Is Coming" had reached its limit in Gift Power it was receiving, and that it would break down if it continued.
Of course, no matter how broken it is, it is still a weapon with extraordinary power; it's just that the Negative Effect may change and reach an unbearable level.
Having already given himself a quiet "Soothing," Anthony crouched down and picked up the work of art, the "Winter Is Coming" Revolver, from the mangled and bloodied Corpse.
The effects of "Certain Death" and "Certain Hit" have been increased to nine times...
Even if this Revolver breaks, it can be put back together and Aggregation back together...
"Nothing else Change..."
Lumian used a "Magic Mirror Divination" method to tell Anthony about the current situation of "Winter Is Coming".
Anthony, who also received a "Traveler’s Bag" as a bonus from the Dream mission, breathed a sigh of relief and put his Revolver inside.
Just then, he and Lumian heard a loud, long hiccup.
This comes from Ludwig.
Ludwig seemed full after eating only half the Corpse.
He stood there, feeling as if there was a gas inside his stomach, sometimes bulging his abdomen, sometimes making a cracking sound in his chest.
Beneath the skin of his face, countless Insects were wriggling, raising one bump after another.
At that moment, Lumian and the others truly felt that some kind of terrifying beast was about to tear open Ludwig's outer skin and emerge.
Ludwig's body sometimes rose higher, causing cracks to appear on his skin, and sometimes swelled so much that it almost tore his clothes apart.
After about ten or twenty seconds, he finally calmed down and returned to being the same seven or eight-year-old boy.
"The seal from the Church of Knowledge is of guaranteed quality..." Lumian thought to himself.
Ludwig suddenly looked at him, his eyes bloodshot and filled with longing:
"I want to go to the sea! I want to eat!"
Lumian nodded, grabbed Ludwig's shoulder, and disappeared into the room.
Somewhere in the Sea of Fog.
Lumian's figure was outlined in mid-air, throwing Ludwig into the azure sea.
Ludwig didn't mind at all and opened his mouth while still in mid-air.
The mouth (https://m•hetushu•com. com) opened wider and wider until, eventually, the entire head and body seemed to become part of the mouth, and the sharp Teeth reflected the brilliant Sunlight.
With a splash, Ludwig fell into the sea.
Then, the seawater subsided, and a Whirlpool inexplicably appeared.
As the Whirlpool expanded, the surrounding fish involuntarily surged towards it, swimming towards the bottom of the Whirlpool.
These Sea Creatures number in the thousands, appearing in an endless stream.
With a whoosh, the appearance of the huge Whirlpool caused Change in this Sea Area; the surrounding waters began to surge rapidly, and giant waves rose in the distance.
A Steam of considerable size passed by at the edge of the Sea Area, but it still appeared tiny amidst the towering waves.
The passengers on board were terrified by the sight in the distance and scattered in all directions. The captain ordered the crew to change course immediately.
Whoosh! A giant wave crashed over us.
But before the giant wave even got close, it suddenly froze in mid-air.
It disintegrated rapidly, each fragment resembling a snowflake or ice crystal, reflecting the Sunlight and the book, creating a breathtaking scene.
Inside the Apartment in Satiporn.
After completing the initial search, Franca used the "Magic Mirror Spiritism".
She looked at Satip's reflection in the mirror and directly showed him the Tudor Gold Coin:
"Where did this come from?"
Because Satipo was "parasitized" by Mr. The Fool, and the corresponding faith was also "Grafting" onto her, she no longer needs to worry about the "Spiritism" Half-God of the Disease Church being Corruption.
Satirpo, Paleness- faced and expressionless, replied, "A gift from God."
A gift from God... Wait, where did your god Tudor Gold Coin? They're all inside the Barrier... Franca pressed, "How were they given?"
Satip replied at a measured pace, "First, the great ' God of Disease ' gave us a revelation, telling us to wait in front of the Mirror, and then the Gold Coin fell out of the Mirror."
Look, look, does this seem like a gift from the "God of Disease"? I'd believe it if you said it was a gift from the "Primordial Witch"... As it stands, the "God of Disease" doesn't seem to have Authority over the Mirror World... Franca asked again, "Besides you, who else does?"
"Mocosidos," Satip replied.
We couldn't find it back then... Well, Mocosidos decomposed himself into Pathogens through the power of decay, so everything on his body must have rotted and decomposed by then... Franca asked several more questions but didn't get any useful answers.
Satip didn't know what the "God of Disease" wanted to do; he was simply asked to stay in Trier and wait patiently.
At that moment, Lumian returned with a soaking wet Ludwig.
"We've eaten ten or twenty tons of fish and shrimp. We can't afford to raise them anymore, we can't afford to raise them anymore," Lumian said with a "tsk tsk."
It just became a "Sea Monster," and its appetite Change by orders of magnitude!
Franca sighed a few times, then told Lumian the results of the Spiritism, concluding, "Since it wasn't bestowed by the ' God of Disease ' himself, we can Divination where this Tudor Gold Coin came from."
Lumian nodded and accepted the Gold Coin.
He was quite cautious when it came to matters concerning the Great Ones, and to avoid danger, he specifically sought the watchful eye and help of Mr. "The Fool" before engaging in the "Magic Mirror Divination" that inquired about his own spirituality.
Who was the previous owner of this Gold Coin...?
Who was the previous owner of this Gold Coin...?
Soon, the surface of the Mirror shimmered with Waterlight, becoming deep and mysterious.
The next second, Lumian saw a pair of eyes, eyes so Gloom they were devoid of light.
"This... "Lumian blurted out, calling out a name in a deep voice:
Zarathustra!