Chapter 80: Cooperation
Seeing Lumian's puzzled gaze, Franka briefly explained: One of the core abilities of the "Witch" path is closely related to the mirror and the world in the mirror.
"When I suspected that there was really a witch or a hunter here, I wondered if we would unknowingly walk into a certain part of the mirror world, so I tried it with a makeup mirror to see if I could leave through that mirror, but as you can see, it didn't work."
Because of this incident, I had initially ruled out the possibility of the world in the mirror and the witch's legacy, but now suddenly a mirror sank under the water, suspected of hiding an exit.
"So, do you suspect that this is somewhere in the world of mirrors that have been specially treated, and all exits are confined to specific mirrors?" Lumian tried to understand Franca's thoughts. "Yes!" Franka nodded slightly.
"But what I don't understand is that none of us have encountered anything like a mirror, so why did we somehow enter this space? Perhaps, my guess was wrong, or maybe it was only partially correct." Lumian thought for a moment and pleaded, "What is the world in the mirror?"
Franka scratched the ponytail on the back of her head, "It's hard for me to explain this to you, because I don't know too much about it myself."
Let me tell you how I understand it, in the occult, the mirror has some unique symbolic meanings, such as the reflection of itself, for example, the entrance to another world, the former means that we can use the mirror to make a stand-in, and the latter represents the mirror world. "It's often associated with horror, mystery, thriller, and weirdness, as for whether there's anything hidden, whether it's really a different dimension, I can't guess, I just know that the world in the mirror is connected to different things like mirrors, and it may point to some normal and inaccessible spaces, and when my sequence is a little higher, I should be able to quickly go to different places with the help of the mirror world."
Lumien recalls the imagination he had just used to his senses: "Could it be that the you we see is the reflection of you in the mirror world when you were not a witch because something happened to you?" This explains why I never met my past self. "There's some truth to it, but nothing strange happened to me," Franka said after a moment's deliberation, "If that's the case," we must go to the puddle at once, the exit is probably there! We can't be cautious about trying and waiting any longer, as I said earlier...... The world in the mirror is full of weird and terrifying things, and I can't even imagine what will happen to us if we continue to stay! "Okay." Lumian was still quite determined, Franca turned and ran, Lumian followed her closely, the "witch" seemed to use some kind of ability as she ran, and small patches of frost appeared under her feet, causing a sharp decrease in friction, and her body seemed to become weightless, and the whole person swooped through the dark quarry hollows and deep underground tunnels in a gliding posture.
Lumian, who has the dual identity of "hunter" and "dancer", managed to keep up with Franka with all his might, and in the cold of winter, some thin blocks of ice gradually formed on the surrounding rock walls; On the surface of the ice cubes, the blood-stained faces stood out, and their expressions were distorted, and their eyes were full of resentment, like vengeful ghosts crawling out of the depths of hell, one of them was the former Franca, when he was a man! After running wildly for a while, Lumien and Franka saw the puddle, and as the light of the carbide lamp spread, the dark surface area of the puddle shot out a yellowish tinge with a bluish hue.
Is it here? "Franka stopped.
Lumian recognized it for a few seconds and said, "Yes."
At this time, in addition to the constant feeling of warm burning in his nasal cavity, there was a slight tingling pain in all parts of his body, and it seemed that blood would flow out at any time, and Franca, who was carrying a calcium carbide lamp, cautiously approached the puddle: "The question now is how to avoid the monster you see and find the mirror." Unfortunately, I can't jump between mirrors yet, and I can only stay in there for a few seconds......
"I'll lure it out and entangle it for a while, and you dive underwater and pull out the mirror."
Lumian said unpretentiously, "I don't think you're a match for it at all." I just saw it clearly, and I almost broke down. "Although Franca was a little annoyed and frustrated, she had to admit that Lumian was telling the truth,
Her sequence, coupled with the magical items she possesses, has a chance to win even if she fights an extraordinary person who is one sequence higher, but judging from the monster's performance, it is at least more than one level higher than her in terms of personality! After a few seconds, Franka gritted her teeth and said, "Although I am not its opponent, my ability to escape and save my life is still very strong, I should be able to hold out in front of it for a few seconds, as long as you can fish out that mirror within this time, we can get out of here!"
Lumien laughed, "It's not time to fight yet." I have a way to drag that monster for a dozen or twenty seconds without taking too much risk, you should be able to find that mirror, right? "I'm fine, I have a special sense of mirrors."
Franka looked at Lumian suspiciously, "Can you really do it, is there really no risk?"
"Theoretically, it's not too risky," Lumien replied firmly.
At the same time, he silently added in his heart that if it was too risky, I would have to find another way, "Mr. K", "Hela", "Magician", the Great Being, and the power of "fate" were all alternatives.
Franca didn't ramble anymore, pursed her lips and said, "Okay, I'll help you make a mirror double, just in case, for things that can effectively reduce the risk, Lumian will naturally not refuse, and when Franca takes out a mirror that is less than the size of a palm, and makes a corresponding stand-in, Lumian holds the ceremonial silver dagger and creates a spiritual wall around the pond-like puddle; In this process, he was always four or five meters away from the water's edge, afraid of being dragged directly down by the monster.
Putting away the ceremonial silver dagger, Lumian looked at Franca, and smiled calmly, "The next thing involves a little secret from me, can you turn your back on me?"
"Okay." Franka was quite satisfied with this candor attitude. She sighed again in her heart, "Is there some misunderstanding about Charles?" Seeing Franca turn his back, Lumian put down the carbide lamp and danced the "Dance of Moves", he wanted to summon the monster but not let it attach to him! Lumian believes that the higher the personality of the strange creature, the stronger the sense of pollution in his body, and the more unwilling he is to attach to himself, that is, as long as he does not use the words of command to influence the other party, the monster is more likely to be a bystander "Dance of Tricks", eager to attack, but is shocked by the seal and pollution, and does not dare to put it into practice, until the dance is over, it really starts to deal with him.
And a "Dance of Moves" has twenty or thirty seconds, enough time for Franka to dive underwater to find the mirror, as long as Lumian can get out of this world before the monster strikes, there will be no follow-up problems! Of course, if he can't pry the corresponding natural forces here and make the "Dance of Moves" work, he will have to find another way.
In the sometimes twisted and sometimes crazy dance, Lumian's spirituality leveraged some natural forces, hooked up with them, and scattered towards the surroundings, and was blocked by the "spiritual wall". After a few breaths, the surface of the puddle rippled layer by layer, and a miserable white figure emerged, it looked like a human, its whole body was swollen, its face was huge, it took up half of its body, the monster floated and flew towards Lumian, stopped very close to the pool, Lumian didn't dare to look at its appearance and state, half-closed eyes, and shouted: "Quick!" Without hesitation, Franka threw away the calcium carbide lamp, ran two steps, and jumped into the water, splashing in the sound of splashing. The cold, moist sensation pierced Franca's skin, and a near-dull darkness entered her eyes.
Relying on the light of the calcium carbide lamp seeping down the water, Franka quickly dived to the bottom, and suddenly there were dark things like hair like aquatic plants stretched around, and they seemed to be entangled in Franka, and Franka continued to dive without entanglement.
As soon as the "aquatic plants" touched her, a black flame ignited, and the black flame burned quietly in the water, without any signs of extinguishing, and those "aquatic plants" did not turn to ashes, but no longer had the feeling of self-awareness; They float in the water and sway with the waves. Farther away, a large number of "aquatic plants" continued to pour in, blocked by layers of condensed frost.
Next to the puddle, Lumien, who was dancing the "Dance of Moves", did not go to see the monster, but he heard a sound as thin as a blister bursting, smelled a fishy smell at the end of his nose, and his body was surrounded by a burst of cold, which made Lumian think
A picture emerged from the inside, the swollen monster with a huge face was less than a step away from him, almost touching his back, and the "breathing" could be heard!
Luminian instinctively gasped, not daring to pause the Dance of Moves.
In the water, Franca, who had dived for a distance, finally sensed the existence of the mirror! "Her body suddenly dissolved, Jing disappeared in its original position, lying on the surface of the silver ancient mirror under the water, Franca's figure was quickly outlined, she immediately crawled from the mirror to the outside, picked up the object, and swam to the water, her face was full of joy, she had just confirmed that this mirror could really lead to an underground tunnel in the outside world! Next to the puddle, seeing the "Dance of Moves" approaching, almost touching his skin, Lumian looked at the water a little anxiously, if Franca didn't come out, he would have to pull out Mr. K's fingers! At this moment, Franca took the mirror in the roaring water, swam to the shore, jumped up, she didn't dare to look at the monster, buried her head, ran to Lumian in a few steps, grabbed his wrist, and the two of them became illusory at the same time, and the ancient mirror fell to the ground with a clatter.
A scene was reflected on the surface of the mirror, and Franca grabbed Lumian's hand and led him through a short dark tunnel to the front of the glowing "cave", and jumped out. After the change of light and shadow, Lumien found himself standing in a dimly lit path, with a slight light streaming in in the distance.
Franka backhanded out the mirror that served as his double, and found that the surface was covered with countless cracks and was about to shatter.
"It's dangerous." She sighed heartily.