Chapter 437

Judging from the fact that the poet Eilert could not escape the fate of madness in the nightmare, he was not unaffected by the King Cake game; it should just be that it hadn't been expressed yet, just like the painter Ma Lun and the novelist Anoli...

That is to say, the possibility that he himself had abnormalities and problems was very small, not the situation of Ailuo Si and Albus...

*He has a promoter behind him, ensuring his current safety and allowing him to pass on effective information? If this is true, who is the promoter? Someone in the Sacred Heart Monastery? Did he make many similar arrangements after discovering the undercurrents in the monastery? * Lu Mian's thoughts ran faster than most of the time, and he quickly had a certain guess.

He withdrew his thoughts and examined the changes after taking the potion attentively.

In addition to the insight ability he just experienced, his thinking was more agile and clear, and a series of specific performances brought about by this, for example, his IQ seemed to have improved, and his level of fabricating reasons to persuade others was the same. He also had supernatural abilities in terms of misleading, confusing, and deceiving.

This kind of ability is a core component of "conspiracy," but a qualified "Conspirer" will only use it in subtle places and critical moments. Under normal circumstances, they try to rely on their brains as much as possible, so as not to be noticed by targets with backgrounds of the existence of supernatural power, and instead see through the conspiracy.

There is another ability similar to "misleading" called "inciting" or "agitating," which is very close to the "instigating" of witches, and Lu Mian had consciously been agitating others when acting as a "Pyromaniac," igniting the flames in their hearts.

This made Lu Mian couldn't help but mutter:

"Is my acting too advanced, or is the 'Hunter' pathway constantly deepening in certain concepts, and the acting of the previous stage is the ability of the next stage?

"Well, 'Conspirer' potions are all about changes brought about by conspiracy. There is no qualitative improvement in terms of fighting..."

After repeated confirmation, Lu Mian found that his physique had been strengthened to a certain extent, and his fine control of flames had also been improved. He didn't have to just use fire crows, fireballs, spears, fire snakes, and fire walls every time, and could shape flames into different appearances at will, such as whips and sabers, etc.

Similarly, the difficulty of repeatedly compressing crimson flames to form searing white flames was also reduced, and the time required was significantly shortened. This depended on the specific appearance of the flames and the density of energy, ranging from one to three seconds.

Likewise, Lu Mian could also combine his body with flames for a short time, using the launch of fireballs and other things to move positions quickly, or escape the enemy's attack range, or pull the distance between the two sides close enough, which gave Lu Mian more choices when fighting, and he didn't have to think about "Spirit Realm Shuttle" every time.

"Conspirer" also brought an enhancement of spirituality. Although Lu Mian hadn't tested it yet, he felt that in extreme situations, the "Spirit Realm Shuttle," which could only be used four times originally, should be able to be completed six times.

Lu Mian sniffed, and it was no surprise that he smelled scents from further away and distinguished more details.

This was because the information collection ability of "Conspirer" had improved, and it would inevitably bring about the enhancement of the body's five senses and spiritual perception.

*That's about it... * Lu Mian stood up, and his body was suddenly surrounded by flowing crimson flames.

He turned into a fireball as a whole and flew out with a *whoosh*.

Less than ten meters away, he landed on the ground, and the fire scattered around.

*"The current limit is to fly ten meters. With the digestion of the potion, it will gradually increase..."* Lu Mian nodded imperceptibly and walked back to where he discarded the black satchel and military canteen.

He now definitely realized that he was already a Sequence 6 "Conspirer."

"Very cool... How do you feel?" Franca held the "Lie" ear clip and "Grey Amber" perfume, asking with curiosity and concern.

Lu Mian thought quietly for a few seconds and said:

"The changes in terms of ability are not as much and as strong as I imagined."

"This is normal," Franca comforted him with understanding, "For most pathways, there are only two qualitative change nodes below high sequence, and the 'Hunter' pathway has one at Sequence 7 'Pyromaniac' and one at Sequence 5 'Reaper.' But no matter what, every potion will bring new abilities or the deepening of the original ones. If applied well, it is very normal for Sequence 6 to kill Sequence 5."

Lu Mian nodded slowly, thinking to himself:

"I also found that I have been acting as a 'Conspirer' for a long time..."

When he was wandering, in order to get food and a place to sleep that could resist the cold wind, he relied on ruthlessness and conspiracy to fight against humans older than himself; when he was in Cordu Village, every prank could be regarded as a conspiracy without much malice; after he left Cordu Village, in these few months, he had been rolling in conspiracies, either pitting targets or falling into others' plots...

Although this didn't let Lu Mian digest part of the "Conspirer" potion on the spot, it made his state better than when he first took the "Pyromaniac" potion, and the power brought by the potion no longer lacked control and dissipated.

He felt that he didn't look like a "Conspirer" who had just taken the potion and promoted, but closer to a Sequence 6 Beyonder who had adapted for a period of time.

At the same time, he also naturally summarized two acting rules from his past experiences:

One, the core of a "Conspirer" is the brain, not supernatural ability!

Two, the key to a conspiracy is to hide one's true purpose well!

The previous acting rules were insights and summaries after groping step by step, so they brought about a large digestion of the potion, while these two acting rules were the accumulation of past experience. Although they couldn't directly provide the digestion of the potion, they helped Lu Mian's subsequent acting, shortening the time he needed to thoroughly digest the potion. A simple metaphor is that he might only need to spend half the energy to get double the effect.

Lu Mian originally thought that he would need at least half a year to digest the "Conspirer" potion, but now it seems that maybe three months or so would be enough. Of course, the premise is that there is always an opportunity to act, and new acting rules are summarized.

Regarding his feelings, Franca also had experience:

"Yes, just like how I acted as an 'Assassin' very easily, I had too much 'experience' before."

When she said the word "experience," her voice became smaller involuntarily, and she seemed a bit guilty.

Lu Mian didn't care about this detail. After stuffing the items on the ground into the black satchel, he took back the "Lie" ear clip, Grey Amber perfume, and the burning white candle.

Seeing that his companion really had no problems, Franca breathed a sigh of relief:

"It's a good thing to promote before that disaster might come. Damn, if it weren't for Bronse Solomon being narrow-minded and jealous of me, always not letting me attend parties, my 'Pleasure' potion should have been digested significantly too. Humph, I'll have to let this shallow person try true pleasure later!"

She cursed Bronse Solomon for the 103rd time.

Franca turned and asked:

"Next, is it time to act against those people?"

Those people refer to the members of the "Sinner" organization.

In the past month or so, Lu Mian had wanted to catch the liaison of the "Sinner" organization through Guillaume Bénet's widow, Paulina, several times. This was first to find the Sanson family, both to avenge his sister and to pursue the whereabouts of "Loki"—they had a deep relationship with "Loki" and might know where the castle where "Loki" was resurrected was. Second, the "Sinner" organization also worshipped evil gods and might know a little about why the evil god sects in Trier were abnormally quiet, perhaps helping Lu Mian and others figure out the source of the disaster and the essence of the outbreak.

Hindered by not having figured out the appearance pattern of the liaison of the "Sinner" organization at the time, Lu Mian had been delaying the action. Later, he wanted to wait until he promoted to Sequence 6 and had stronger strength before acting. After all, other members of the "Sinner" organization were not like the local priest Guillaume Bénet, whose contract abilities he knew, whose corresponding negative effects he mastered, and who could be prepared in advance. If the contract abilities of those evil god gift-receivers were matched well, they would be quite difficult to deal with.

Of course, Lu Mian didn't think about completely destroying the "Sinner" organization purely by his own small team. That was an evil god sect with saints. He planned to catch the liaison, get the information he wanted, and then call for "Tarot Club" support.

"Yes," Lu Mian nodded with a smile, responding to Franca, "In two days, the liaison of the 'Sinner' organization should visit Mrs. Paulina again."

"Well, I hope he knows something." Although Franca didn't think she had the ability to stop the disaster that might come, she still hoped to do something.

She thought for a while and said:

"You take Jenna to Lavigne Pier tomorrow and introduce her to the faith of Mr. 'Fool'."

"Good." Lu Mian himself had thoughts in this regard.

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The next morning, Lu Mian knocked on the door of Apartment 601.

He looked at Jenna, who had changed into a light blue dress, and said with a smile:

"I have something to ask for your help."

"Me?" Jenna pointed at herself and turned to look at Franca, "What help can I give?"

"Don't ask, you'll know when you get there." Lu Mian was too lazy to find an excuse.

Jenna's eyes turned, thinking suspiciously.

"Damn! Can't you speak clearly?" While cursing, she made a gesture to Franca, indicating that she was also very helpless.

Then, she followed Lu Mian out of the apartment door.

Franca saw this scene and fell into deep thought.

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On the four-wheeled, four-seater rental carriage, Lu Mian never mentioned the purpose of this trip, chatting with Jenna about the drunkards in the Breeze Dance Hall and the actors in the Old Pigeon Cage Theater, the atmosphere relaxed and happy as if they were on a school autumn outing.

Jenna also didn't ask, showing considerable patience.

Finally, the rental carriage arrived at Lavigne Pier. Lu Mian paid the fare of 1.75 Vergold, opened the carriage door, and jumped down nimbly.

Jenna moved to the carriage door, and before she could jump down lightly, her eyes narrowed, and she let out Franca's usual exclamation:

"Wow!"

Lu Mian followed her gaze and saw a three-masted sailing ship with an ancient style, which had obviously fallen behind the times, docked at Lavigne Pier.

Such ships rarely appeared at Lavigne Pier, but people who grew up listening to the "Great Adventurer" series of stories found this exceptionally intimate.

Those great pirates seemed to like such ships.

(End of chapter)