"Premature birth"

Looking at the young man wearing Red Gloves, Franca cautiously asked, "Who are you?"

She wouldn't suddenly believe everything a stranger tells her, unless she's influenced by some kind of Extraordinary Ability.

"' Two of Cups,' ' Seven of Cups,' you don't need to get involved in what follows." The young man wearing Red Gloves called out the names of Franca and Jenna's Minor Arcana directly, and he exuded an air of authority that came from long-term leadership of a large group of people, making Franca and the others feel a little intimidated.

Knowing exactly our "Tarot Club" code name... The members of the "Tarot Club," the helper invited by the "Knight of Swords"? His attire resembles the "Red Gloves" of the "Goddess of Evernight" Church... Franca, unaware that her spiritual intuition had given any warning.

Just as she was about to respond, That One young man wearing Red Gloves produced a Tarot Cards.

The front of the card depicts a sky full of stars and a goddess pouring Holy Water.

Major Arcana, "The Stars"!

It turned out to be Mr. "Stars"... Franca and Jenna no longer hesitated and nodded in unison, saying, "Okay."

Lugano was somewhat stunned:

Why take out a card?

I think I've heard something similar before, but I can't quite remember...

Almost simultaneously, Anthony appeared out of nowhere and squeezed next to Franca and Jenna.

Franca paused for a moment, then muttered to herself, "I really had forgotten about you..."

Mr. "Stars" didn't say much, just slightly opened his mouth.

In the blink of an eye, Franca and the others were enveloped by an invisible, enormous Spirit Body, and then, as if traveling in a hot air balloon, entered Spirit World where layers of dense, overlapping colors met.

On the edge of the city, covered in crystalline ice, Lumian, wearing the Golden Mask of the Aegis Family, withdrew his gaze.

He could roughly guess that the blurry figures in his eyes were the Temperance Faction's Half-God in charge of this operation, with the headless That One resembling the Temperance Faction Angel he had seen before, and the translucent Insects crawling in and out of his mouth likely being helpers invited by the Temperance Faction.

Just now, how many people actually moved into my body in that instant...? Lumian thought to himself as he ran wildly after "Knight of Swords" Maric.

They entered the wilderness outside the Lacray City and sped toward Darsh Lake under the Paleness, cold "Sunlight".

Due to the special influence of this "Otherworld", Lumian cannot "Teleportation" to places that are not visible to the naked eye. In other words, he must use his line of sight to locate himself and cannot appear at the edge of Darsh Lake in an instant.

After running for a while, he reached out and grabbed the "Knight of Swords's" shoulder.

Almost simultaneously, Blazing White Flames surged from his body, instantly engulfing his entire form.

Without asking any questions, the "Knight of Swords" easily understood his intention, directly blurring his own form, transforming into Wraith, and possessing him.

Lumian Burning into a Blazing White spear, projecting its dazzling light into the distance.

The Flame Spear slashed through the sky and arrived at the edge of Darsh Lake in a few leaps.

Having broken free from the Blazing White Flame Spear, Lumian saw that even within the "Otherworld," which had merged with the Undead Kingdom, the lake remained tranquil, clear, and sacredly beautiful.

In the dim environment, the Gray-White water seemed to lose its weight, or perhaps attracted by something high above, extending upwards into a huge curtain of water.

In front of the water curtain, countless human Skull formed a head resembling a small mountain.

Among the skulls of various colors, one stands out the most. It is located at the very top of all the skulls, crystal clear as if carved from Crystal, and is a full size larger than a normal human Skull.

The Eye Sockets of this Crystal Skull did not Burning Paleness or dark red Flames, but reflected a large, ancient bronze door covered with mysterious patterns.

The door was ajar, behind which lay endless darkness, and within that darkness seemed to lurk countless, indescribable eyes.

They are watching the outside world, yet they cannot come out.

Along the edges of the bronze gate's cracks, strangely shaped, terrifying, or disgusting hands gripped the door, as if trying to squeeze out but unable to, only managing to produce sharp, ear-piercing noises.

Countless Undead and human Skull were drawn here, gradually becoming part of the giant head.

Was that Crystal Skull the same "Undying" skull used back then? Was the Bronze Gate within its Eye Sockets the gate to the Underworld opened by the "Gatekeeper" of the "Death God" Pathway, Sequence 5? Hmm, Sequence 5 couldn't maintain the gate to the Underworld for longer than a certain time, relying solely on the "Undying" skull and the special properties of Darsh Lake to stabilize it... The question is, where is "Witch King" Oseto? Just as this thought flashed through Lumian's mind, he saw countless human Skull forming the small mountain-like head in mid-air, their white Teeth bared, speaking in unison in different voices, "Why can't you give me a little more time?"

"Since I can't have it, then I'll destroy this place and see how many of you can survive the Calamity that destroys this ' Otherworld '!"

"And I, having made prior arrangements, have abandoned this place and left the Lacré Region!"

Hahaha, hahaha!

Amidst the laughter of the human Skull —some sharp, some hoarse, some aged, some deep— Lumian felt the enormous shadow in the sky suddenly descend upon his head, while the earth beneath his feet cracked open with one massive fissure after another, the fissures growing deeper and deeper, vaguely revealing a profound and empty darkness.

All the Skull, including the Crystal Skull, also showed fine cracks, and it seemed that they would shatter completely soon.

At that moment, Lumian felt the chill within his body lessen, and the shattering of all the skulls abruptly stopped, as if temporarily halted by an invisible external force.

This has also brought the process of the collapse and destruction of the "Otherworld" to a standstill. Although it has not been reversed, it is not going to happen immediately.

"Was it the Temperance Faction Half-God or their invited helper who used their abilities? Oseto seems to have really escaped. After testing the waters with the Banshee's howl, she decisively abandoned this ' Otherworld ' which is clearly stronger than the other 'ladies' and used the pre-prepared arrangements and the special features of this place to escape before the Temperance Faction people could make a move..." Seeing this scene, a series of thoughts flashed through Lumian's mind.

Suddenly, an old voice rang in his ears:

Don't just listen to what Oseto himself says.

"In my experience, anyone who leaves behind so many words before fleeing is either insane or trying to cover something up."

"Oseto did indeed flee before we locked onto her, and she did intend to destroy this ' Otherworld,' but why did she tell us her motives? Was it just to vent her emotions?"

"That's one reason, but there must be an even more important one: she wants us to focus on the collapse and destruction of this ' Otherworld ' and ignore everything else."

Lumian did have some doubts after Oseto left behind those manifesto-like words using those human Skull, but it's quite normal for the "Rose School" of Indulgence Faction to have similar reactions.

People who are used to indulgence are always eager to show their emotions.

The aged voice concluded, "Time will tell."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lumian saw the Insects with translucent Ring fly out.

Suddenly, everything around us slowed down.

Everything Lumian saw was shrouded in Gray-White- white mist, becoming strangely unreal.

Immediately afterwards, everything projected on the illusory "screen" began to recede; the human Skull no longer had countless tiny cracks, the earth returned to its flat state, and the dense shadows returned to the sky.

This is not time flowing backwards, but rather recent history, events that occurred in the Past, are being revealed.

Lumian then saw a pair of brown wings that could blot out the sky; the current shadow was its remnant.

Each feather on the wing is as large as a human head, and in the middle of the wing is the silhouette of Women with her bare abdomen exposed.

The Women was as beautiful as the Moon at night, her face radiating a mother's glow, but her hands and feet were bent, revealing sharp, gleaming fingernails.

This was none other than the "Witch King" Oseto.

Lumian, who had seen her in her Men form, recognized her immediately; her features were softer and her facial details more refined.

Her belly was swollen high, with black blood vessels protruding from its surface, stretching it to the point where only a thin layer remained, and one could vaguely see inside a large number of Bird-Clawed Monster Infant fusing together.

This... she stuffed all those Bird-Clawed Babies born from the Corpse into her own stomach... what kind of Monster is she gestating? No wonder she couldn't find the Bird-Clawed Monster Infant using her bloodline connection, and could only sense them indirectly at a certain distance... Lumian suddenly realized this, and at the same time, Oseto in the Past scene reached out his hands to his own stomach.

With a tearing sound, her abdomen was ripped open, leaving a bloody mess.

Oseto forcibly pulled out an infant slightly smaller than Ludwig. The infant had Paleness skin, rotting flesh, and four or five heads and seven or eight bird claws remaining on its surface. Its body was covered with a layer of pure, clear water, like that from Darsh Lake.

Oseto screamed in Pain and threw the baby toward the Eye Sockets sockets of the Crystal Skull.

The decaying, multi-headed infant, which was much larger than the Eye Sockets of the skull and the Bronze Gate within Eye Sockets, strangely shrank smaller and smaller until it squeezed through a gap large enough for a hand to extend and disappeared into the boundless darkness behind the gate.

Oseto's deeper purpose was to send that monstrous infant to the Underworld, thereby making something terrible a reality? Now, she was forced into premature birth? The moment this thought flashed through Lumian's mind, she found that all the coldness in her body had vanished.

Women wearing a small black soft hat and a "Knight of Swords" in a shirt and vest appeared simultaneously in front of the Crystal Skull.

But they seemed unable to open the "Bronze Gate" any further through the crack in it.

The Underworld... Lumian, wearing the Golden Mask of the Aegis Family, had a sudden thought. Taking advantage of the fact that the Temperance Faction Half-God were delaying the collapse of the current "Otherworld," he activated the Black Mark on his right shoulder and "Teleportation" to the front of the Crystal Skull.

In his eyes, the Bronze Gate suddenly appeared exceptionally tall.

He stretched out his hands and placed them on either side of the Bronze Gate.

A faint, muffled creaking sound followed, and the Bronze Gate opened even wider.

Lumian immediately felt a terrifying suction force, and involuntarily squeezed through the crack in the door, plunging into the Depths of darkness.

Two more cold, damp masses appeared inside his body.