Chapter 153: Temptation

Termiboros's thick and majestic voice echoed in layers in Lu Mi's ears:

"Yes."

Lu Mi suddenly laughed.

He said with a mocking tone:

"In other words, the deaths of Aurora and everyone in the village were all for you to descend onto the earth?

"Why should I help you break free from the seal? If you are an angel who became one through gifts, I can completely use the ritual just now, under the gaze of that great existence, to steal your power again and again, until I also possess the angel status of the Destiny pathway, and then I will resurrect Aurora myself, letting everyone return to the state before Cordu Village was destroyed. By then, how weak will you be?

"If you possess corresponding Beyonder characteristics, then I can wait until I also become an angel of the 'Hunter' pathway, master the destiny power roughly equal to yours, and prepare enough helpers before letting you out, defeating you, subduing you, and forcing you to resurrect Aurora. No, I should be able to do it myself. I will make you suffer eternal torture until the end of time.

"I wasn't very interested in obtaining the gift of the 'Destiny' pathway originally, but after knowing that the ritual was for you to descend, I began to look forward to the scene where all your power and pride are transferred to me."

The more Lu Mi spoke, the more excited he became; the "Provoker" potion seemed to have digested a bit more.

Termiboros's tone remained unchanged, as if unaffected:

"I have seen many Beyonders in the starry sky, and I have seen countless groups favored by the Lord and obtained gifts. Most of them cannot enter the gate of divinity, because if they take one more step, their bodies and spirits will completely collapse.

"And on the way to pursue divine power, there are countless dangers. Are you sure you can really become an angel?

"You should know that this is no longer a problem of a few percent or a few thousandths; one in a million or one in ten million is not enough to describe the difficulty of obtaining an angel status.

"If you die on the path of the supernatural, Aurora Lee will also die completely, and the seal based on your body will naturally be lifted, and I will also be able to get out of the predicament."

Lu Mi tilted his head slightly and burst into laughter.

This echoed in the quarry cavity, setting off the silence and oppression of the underground.

"Since that's the case, why don't you wait patiently for me to die?" Lu Mi held the calcium carbide lamp and walked toward the outside of this quarry cavity. He walked while revealing an indescribable smile, "Regardless of what you guys are trying to do, what purpose you hope to achieve, whether you are good people or bad people, I only know that Aurora and everyone in Cordu Village died because of you."

He paused, laughing slightly twistedly and crazily:

"On this matter, someone must pay the price for it, Guillaume Béné, you, and even the Lord you speak of!"

Termiboros didn't speak again, and the majestic voice echoing in Lu Mi's heart, brain, blood vessels, bone marrow, and body cavities disappeared completely.

Hu... Lu Mi, walking in the dark underground with the calcium carbide lamp, gasped for breath.

Although that conversation only lasted a few minutes, it made him feel as if he had exhausted all his strength.

In his previous cognition, pollution was pollution, at most equal to the power of evil god gifts. He had never thought that there was an angel sealed in his body!

Inside the ruins of Cordu Village, at the top of the blood-colored mountain peak, that three-headed, six-armed giant whose body—which made one verge on losing control just by looking at it—was merely a vessel manufactured to carry the descending angel, was at an unknown distance from a true angel; yet, it already gave Lu Mian the intuition that he dared not look directly at it, could not resist it, and would never be able to defeat it.

Lu Mi had to admit that Termiboros's rhetoric was very tempting.

If it weren't for the fact that he remembered that all of this was caused by those guys, he might have chosen to give it a try.

In his view, believing in the "Eternal Blazing Sun," believing in the "Steam and Machinery God," and believing in that hidden existence named after destiny had no essential difference, at most it was losing oneself.

Lu Mi, who had just calmed his breath, suddenly became alert and flashed into a crevice nearby, using rubble to cover the calcium carbide lamp.

A few seconds later, three hurried footsteps passed through the tunnel next door and disappeared into the depths of the darkness.

"The underground Trier is also crowded with people..." Lu Mi waited patiently for two minutes, dug out the calcium carbide lamp, and returned to the tunnel leading to the upper level.

After being interrupted like this, his mood calmed down a lot, and he thought of a question:

Since the pollution in his body was alive and was the angel of the destiny domain, Termiboros, why did his ritual to pray for gifts eventually succeed?

Termiboros wasn't pure power without self-consciousness, automatically responding to the "correct" ritual. He could completely refuse to give gifts.

"Could it be that he couldn't even not respond to the ritual, and was sealed to such an extent?" Thinking of this, Lu Mi suddenly understood a bit why Termiboros was in such a hurry to break free.

According to Ms. "The Magician," every time he obtained a gift, Termiboros would be weakened a bit, and the corresponding pollution would decrease accordingly.

And at the same time, the seal of that great existence would not weaken. As Termiboros's strength decreased, he would be restricted more and more tightly. After reaching a certain degree, it was unknown if even his consciousness would be erased.

Lu Mi was certain in his heart and began to savor Termiboros's words:

"Great Old One, above the sequences, he said Great Old One and above the sequences..."

As soon as he remembered these, Lu Mi's head throbbed, as if something was about to drill out from inside his brain.

He hurriedly stopped recalling and muttered to himself with lingering fear:

"Some knowledge, just knowing it, will bring serious harm? If it weren't for the seal of that great existence, I would have died just now, or undergone mutation?

"I was still thinking just now whether to seize Termiboros's mentality of being eager to break free, squeeze out his value, and let him respond to those few ritual magics to improve the probability of success and the final effect, but now it seems that an angel has plenty of ways to play me to death, even if he is still sealed...

"Similar things must be cautious and careful. Before truly utilizing Termiboros, I must let Ms. 'The Magician' review whether my plan has any problems."

On this matter, Lu Mi felt that "Hela," the vice president of the Curly-Haired Baboon Research Society, might not be able to provide effective advice. Only Ms. "The Magician," who could freely enter and exit the cycle and easily solve the giant at the top of the blood-colored mountain, and whose status seemed quite high, was someone he could trust at present.

As thoughts turned, Lu Mi relied on the "Hunter's" observation and memory ability for the environment, held the calcium carbide lamp, and returned to the level marked with street names.

He tried to shout in a low voice:

"Termiboros..."

No one responded.

Lu Mi wanted to ask the angel sealed in his body if he knew what happened in Cordu Village, but after serious analysis, he felt that Termiboros probably didn't know the truth either.

He descended to Cordu Village only when the ritual was about to end, and was immediately sealed, having no way to understand the various details before that.

"Hu..." Lu Mi let out a breath and examined his current state.

His "Provoker" potion had further digested, almost equivalent to summarizing a new acting rule.

"Could it be that provoking high-status existences can accelerate the digestion of the 'Provoker' potion? Ah yes, this is also a high-status existence in the destiny domain, to some extent it can be considered a corner of destiny, and it matches my acting rules a bit..." Lu Mi laughed.

If it weren't for Termiboros not responding, he would have planned to provoke him at the rhythm of three meals a day!

Inferring to this point, Lu Mi felt again that provoking an angel only digested this little potion, and the cost-performance ratio seemed a bit low.

He suspected there were two reasons: first, Termiboros was sealed, and the danger was low to an abnormal degree; second, Termiboros wasn't truly provoked.

Shaking his head, Lu Mi restrained his thoughts and stopped thinking about this kind of thing that he couldn't figure out the correct answer to at all.

He turned back to the underground Luan Street and went up layer by layer along the stone stairs leading to the light.

Extinguishing the calcium carbide lamp and returning to the entrance of the "Golden Chicken Hotel," Lu Mi saw Charlie sitting on the steps outside at a glance.

Charlie was smoking a cigarette butt, looking up at the sky dyed with a bit of grayish-white fog, his expression looking a bit melancholy.

"What's wrong?" Lu Mi sat down next to Charlie.

Charlie sighed:

"Miss Yisansi moved away."

"Isn't this a good thing?" Lu Mi asked back with a smile.

Charlie's words that were about to reach his mouth were blocked, and after a few seconds, he said:

"It is indeed a good thing. There are too many people here who know her and know what she has done, sigh..."

Lu Mi tutted, stood up, walked to the vendor selling sour wine, and took out copper coins worth 5 Kopecks:

"Give me half a liter of apple sour wine."

The vendor instantly piled on a smile:

"Alright."

This time, he gave Lu Mi more than half a liter of wine.

Lu Mi twitched his eyebrows, didn't ask, walked back to Charlie's side, sat down, and said as if casually:

"The guy selling sour wine seems to know me?"

Charlie revealed a smile:

"He probably knows you are a Savard gangster, no, a person of the Savard Party."

"How would he know?" Lu Mi drank a mouthful of sour wine.

Charlie coughed:

"After I told Miss Yisansi the good news last night, I went to the underground bar for a drink and told everyone about you becoming a person of the Savard Party and taking over the 'Golden Chicken Hotel'."

At this moment, a scene appeared in Lu Mi's mind:

Charlie holding a beer, jumping onto a small round table, waving his short arms and saying:

"Ladies and gentlemen, come over, listen to me, an unbelievable thing happened in the hotel today! You definitely won't believe it; Xia Er who lives in Room 207 became a leader of the Savard Party and drove the Poison Thorn Gang out of the hotel!"

Withdrawing his thoughts from such a scene, Lu Mi sighed slowly and said to Charlie:

"You just don't want the police to come find me, right?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 154 =====