Ancient times

After Lumian and Fireball failed to explode Charlotte, I saw countless branches and Vines drilling into Golden Rooster Inn from all directions, covering the walls, floors, windows, and ceilings, intertwined with brown and green, and making it airtight.

With this Change, the scene around him instantly became illusory and returned to reality.

He saw a Giant Brown-Green Tree, its root system penetrated deeply into the earth, and its Canopy was slowly growing high into the sky.

Lumian's pupils dilated sharply, and he found that he had been moved to a different position without realizing it, just like he entered "Otherworld" without realizing it every time.

He is no longer inside Golden Rooster Inn. He is stepping on the roots of the knotted tree all over the ground and is looking up at the Blue Sky and White Clouds that seems to come from myths and legends like Giant Tree and Oil Painting.

That Giant Tree is covered with disgusting and wet tumors, and each branch seems to carry a building, a road and something.

Golden Rooster Inn is one of them. It is located on the top of the brown-green tree trunk above, surrounded by a large number of branches and Vines Entanglement, with only a dozen windows exposed.

Through those Glass Window, Lumian, I saw the eloping pair of Couple scolding each other and moving wildly, while Information Broker Anthony·Reid was possessed by fear and huddled under Wooden Table, shivering...

On other tree trunks, most of the things wrapped in branches, leaves and Vines present a wonderful sense of blur and haziness, as if watching scenes of a drama being Recording down by the magnetic field through the fog:

There were ancient buildings with pediments, gabled roofs and windows with leaded frames; there was Women holding on to the Gas Streetlamp pole and being hugged from behind; there was Priest standing in front of naked men; there was Priest holding her buttocks and jumping out of Glass Window The man; there are graceful curves being carried to the dining table on a tray; there is a happy party with clothes thrown everywhere; there is an evil beauty who suddenly turns her head and sprouts two black horns; there is a bishop who is naked in front of Holy Emblem to accept the confession of believers...

In different scenes, the architectural styles, characters' clothes, and hair styles are all different. Some have a full sense of era, while others just seem like they happened yesterday.

While Lumian burned the wound to stop the bleeding, he condensed semi-illusory Crimson Fire Raven behind his back. He quickly looked around and could not find Franca.

Franca was not transferred to this place between reality and fantasy!

Above Messy Street, the vendors and pedestrians located between the tree roots, branches and Vines, some ate the food they sold and kept eating until they vomited. Some pushed down the opposite sex next to them in the street, and some took out their Dagger, with red eyes, slashed at his colleagues who had quarreled with him before and had taken over his position. In such a chaotic scene, some walked up to Glass Window on the street and tried to invite themselves in the mirror to dance in a gentlemanly manner...

Outside these streets, pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages pass by normally, and nothing strange is seen - the vendors are still hawking, and the shops on both sides are all open. People walking through them seem to be addicted to the excitement and are reluctant to leave.

What they didn't notice was that no one who entered that area came out again.

Market Avenue, Parliament Parliamentarian’s Office The earthy yellow building Fourth Floor.

Hugues Artois looked at the streets not far away, wondering what he was thinking.

Red-haired Cassandra looked back at the door and asked slightly curiously, "What exactly does Suzanne of 'Bliss Society' want to do?"

Hugues Artois smiled and said, "They talked a lot, but I lacked enough knowledge and couldn't understand what I heard. I only remembered that they planned to let the sacred tree of Underground plunge downward into Fourth Epoch that Trier Depths, and extend upward into a place called Astral World."

Cassandra, Rhone, Marguerite, and Bodouva looked at each other and said with doubts and worries, "Will this cause too much noise? Our current actual situation There is still a big gap between Official Beyonder and Official Beyonder. It is best not to directly conflict with them. You may not know it well, but I am from the Sauron Family and I know the official situation very well. I know how exaggerated and terrifying their strength is.

"Everything we did before was done in secret, trying hard to avoid investigation. If we were to be exposed to Sunlight, what would greet us would most likely be Saint, a '1' level Sealed Artifact, and above that, there is Angel, and a '0' level Sealed Artifact."

Hugues Artois pressed down his right hand and said with a smile, "Don't worry, they can't implicate us.

"I didn't instruct them to do this, and I didn't even give any hints or help. I can only be regarded as knowing their plans in advance and acquiescing to their actions.

"In this whole thing, the only thing that has anything to do with us is getting more Decay Gift's Chemical Factory exploded, but that was because Bono Goodwell misunderstood the meaning of Rhone and committed an unforgivable crime. As for the various emotions and desires caused by the accident being used and amplified by others, snowballing to accumulate the nutrients they need, what does it have to do with us?"

Seeing that the expressions of the team members had relaxed, Hugues Artois left the window and smiled in a low voice, "If they succeed, it means that our career has taken another solid step forward, and we are close to ushering in the arrival of the Great Oness." It's getting closer. If unfortunately it fails, then we should restrain ourselves during this period and try not to be found by the two Church's Beyonder. We are still the rulers of Market District.

"Whether they succeed or fail, it is our opportunity.

"I will accuse the two major Church's Beyonder during the Parliament discussion of being corrupted and mediocre in ability, allowing cultists to destroy Market District again and again, each time more serious than the last!

"I will ask Eighth Bureau to set up a branch directly in Market District to help the incompetent Church Beyonder share the heavy workload.

"Eighth Bureau, who has always been keen on expanding his own power, will definitely support me in doing so.

"When the time comes, Market District will have three different official forces existing at the same time, and there will be many conflicts between them, which will be more conducive to our work.

"Compared to the two orthodox Beyonder of Church, Eighth Bureau people are the type who can be won over, eroded, and can be induced to change their beliefs little by little.

"This is my plan. In the long run, victory will definitely belong to us!"

Secretary Rhone, wearing Gold-Rimmed Glasses with her hair neatly combed back, laughed:

"This is what I do best."

Co-opting, eroding, and corrupting make an organization gradually Decay and corrupt.

Hugues Artois straightened Tailcoat and the tie on his chest, walked towards the door of the office, ready to go to the Banquet Hall.

Before going out, he looked around, his eyes moving from the faces of Cassandra, Rhone, Bodouva and Marguerite, feeling extremely confident and determined.

These four Subordinate all have Beyond Ability who is not weak, and Red-haired Cassandra is especially strong, giving him a sense of security.

Outside the door, near the stairs, there was a Official Beyonder team responsible for protecting him.

--Not every Member of Parliament can be protected by a three-person team. Some Member of Parliament are powerful Beyonder themselves. Some are of noble birth and have their own extraordinary bodyguards. With a certain level of strength, he only needs to be followed by a Beyonder to ensure his safety. Only someone like Hugues Artois, who has neither Beyond Ability nor family support, needs this level of protection.

According to regulations, "Eternal Blazing Sun" Church, "God of Steam and Machinery" Church and Eighth Bureau will take turns sending a three-person team to protect the safety of Yugues Artois. Today it is the turn of "Eternal Blazing Sun" Church.

In addition to the extraordinary level, there are ten well-trained professional security personnel with firearms in the entire building. They all come from the Seventh Bureau, a subsidiary of the Intis Intelligence and Homeland Security Committee, which is the Special Service Bureau, and are responsible for providing basic protection to Member of Parliament and senior government officials.

Hugues Artois stood at the door, waiting for Secretary Rhone to open the door, then with a smile on his face, he raised his head slightly, puffed out his chest, walked out, and went down the stairs.

The land covered with knotty tree roots.

Lumian, who was surrounded by half-illusory Fire Raven, saw Old Dovecage Theater That One heroine Charlotte Calvino again.

She walked through the imaginary scenes of different tree trunks with a spirit of performance. Sometimes she wore Long Dress with a waistband and an old-fashioned bun. Sometimes she wore a tight skirt, a small coat and long boots like the current fashion. Sometimes she seemed to have returned to the reign of the Sauron Royal Family. She was proud of her Men dress, which was completely Attunement with the corresponding background.

In this process, as soon as she leaves a certain mist-like illusory scene, she will flash into another place, as if she is walking through Trier in different eras.

Under the illumination of the misty Gas Streetlamp, Charlotte smiled at Lumian, "You should feel honored. You are the first heretic to enter the sacred tree and become one with it."

The crimson Fire Raven around Lumian condensed but did not appear, because Charlotte has been in Flash, haunting different illusory scenes, "changing" different costumes.

Her voice came from various places and was combined into words.

Lumian has quietly put on the black Gloves on his palms. His right palm is placed in his pocket, holding Mr. K's fingers tightly.

Charlotte introduced it in the same way as Aria. It seemed that otherwise it was not enough to satisfy her inner desire:

"This 'Shadow Tree' was planted here before the current Trier was built, and was planted at Underground.

"It nourishes the people of Trier with joy. With the help of the Demon Family and all the devout believers, the atmosphere here gradually evolves in the direction that Deity wants to see. And the Trier people have lived up to it. Depravity and enjoyment are human nature. Year after year, they water it with various desires that exceed limits and provide it with nutrients.

"For more than a thousand years, Past, although Trier has not yet developed into what was expected, with joy first and indulgence until death, it has also taken a certain shape, and the growth of the sacred tree has reached a critical moment.

"In this case, pure desires and emotions can no longer play a major role and can only be used as firewood. We need a Sacrifice, a Sacrifice of sufficient weight, and you who have the Angel level Corruption but lack the matching power are the best choice!"

Hearing this, Lumian was startled, and his pupils instantly dilated, as if he wanted to see clearly what Charlotte looked like.

She knows I have Power of Fate sealed on me?

Charlotte laughed:

"Suzanne High Priest The first time I was summoned by you Past, I found that the terrifying power of Angel-Level was sealed in your body. She didn't dare to possess you. She wanted to kill you later, not just for Charlie!"