Chapter 536: Beyond the Mountains

It wasn't until today, until just now when thinking about the arrangements for the next step, that Lumian seemed to wake up from a dream and remember the matter he had once thought about writing to the "Magician" but then forgot.

This made his back feel colder and his hair stand on end more than being shot in a battle.

If similar situations continued to escalate, it was very likely that he wouldn't even know how he died!

"This feeling seems to have happened before... Right! In Dadel Town, Lugano and I unknowingly ignored the option of escaping, always looking for excuses to enter the town and investigate the madness." As Lumian's thoughts raced, he suddenly had a guess:

The woman he saw just now, the crying woman on the "Flying Bird," was the source of the madness, the humanoid sealed artifact that escaped control!

After she left Dadel Town, she went to Gadi Port and boarded the "Flying Bird"!

"She can instinctively influence the thoughts of humans around her, making us forget the options that might threaten her? This requires monitoring everyone's psychological activities in a timely manner to achieve it, right?

"Or, like what Anthony guessed before, naturally giving every person who approaches or every person on the same ship a mental suggestion, making us ignore her existence. Even if we see her occasionally, we will forget it after turning our heads. At the same time, all communication with high-sequence powers will be 'actively' forgotten or abandoned? Hmm, this high-sequence shouldn't be identified by her, but based on our self-cognition. We think it's high-sequence, so it's high-sequence...

"After she disembarked and no longer naturally and continuously suggested to us, we could remember the ignored problems through associations from other things...

"Fortunately, this sealed artifact didn't have an outbreak on the 'Flying Bird' the whole time, otherwise, I might have already lost control and become a monster...

"Was the one who scared away 'Bone-Breaker' Rolo also her, besides me and Ludwig? Hehe, thinking about this matter from 'Bone-Breaker's' perspective is quite interesting. He specifically chose an ordinary merchant ship to plunder, but as soon as he surfaced, he felt three malicious intents, one more dangerous than the other, one more terrifying than the other. It was like poking a hornet's nest. In that situation, besides running away quickly, there was no other choice.

"Were those strange fish of the 'Death Navigator' also attracted by her?"

Lumian was first scared, then somewhat happy.

This proved that the disasters encountered by the "Flying Bird" were only a tiny contribution he made, as Aurora said. Throughout the journey, only the "Devil Warlock" matter was truly caused by him!

Lumian could accept this frequency.

With a guess, Lumian immediately took out a memo pad and a fountain pen, and quickly wrote a memo:

"Find a hotel nearby, then write a letter to the 'Magician,' focusing on the death imprint and that humanoid sealed artifact."

After folding the memo and putting it into his pocket, Lumian took advantage of Lugano communicating with sailors, workers, and travelers at the pier to inquire about nearby hotels, pressed his voice, and looked toward his left chest:

"Termiboros, you actually didn't notice such a dangerous sealed artifact nearby."

Termiboros's grand and layered voice rang out:

"Why should I remind you?"

Yo, you know the "art of speaking" now... Lumian complained to himself, turned his head to look at Ludwig, who was obediently gnawing on a long strip of bread.

I don't know if this kid didn't notice because of the seal of the Church of Knowledge, or if he felt that the other party wasn't mad and had no danger, so there was no need to care for the time being... Lumian retracted his gaze and didn't lead Ludwig toward the port exit until Lugano had finished asking for directions.

Sear Port was divided into two parts. One-third was provided to fishermen, with large open spaces, and three ice factories were built nearby. Two-thirds belonged to merchant ships, with passengers constantly entering, and iron, forged swords, woven wool, and other items constantly being moved to the bottom of the ship's hold by mechanical cranes.

Lumian sniffed the fishy smell permeating the air, looking calm on the surface as he occasionally gazed at the distant mountain ridges or examined the plumes of black smoke rising from the southeast of the city—the leeward side.

Relying on the method where Lugano and Ludwig each picked two, determined a candidate list, and then checked into whichever one they happened upon, Lumian arrived at an ordinary hotel named "Solo."

In the Highland language, this word means "Sun."

Although the Feynapot Kingdom does not worship the "Eternal Blazing Sun" and only reveres the "Mother Goddess of Earth," due to the influence of the overall environment being full of sunshine and quite hot, words like "Solo" and "Solos" (sunlight) appear widely in various places that need naming.

Lumian took off the golden straw hat that blocked the October sun and ordered a suite from the boss, who was gray-haired, thin and tall, with prominent cheekbones and a thick beard, for 1.5 gold Jin Lisuo per day, which is 3 Feljin.

—The official currency of Feynapot is Jin Lisuo, Seta, and Degen. It is said that before the Feynapot Kingdom and the Central-South countries separated, when the Church of the "Mother Goddess of Earth" and the Church of the "God of Knowledge and Wisdom" jointly dominated this vast land, it was designed by scholars of the Church of Knowledge. It is not anti-human like the Pound currency system of the Loen Kingdom. 1 Jin Lisuo equals 10 Seta, 1 Seta equals 10 Degen, and Degen has four denominations: five Degen, one Degen, half Degen, and a quarter Degen. Currently, 1 Jin Lisuo is worth about 2 Feljin, which is equivalent to about 12 Jin Lisuo for 1 Pound.

Lumian had already exchanged 1000 Jin Lisuo—this included quite a few Seta and Degen.

After paying and walking upstairs, Lumian saw a young girl with long brown hair and freckles, but full of youthful vitality, enter from outside and greet the boss using the Highland word for "Grandpa."

The boss, whose cheekbone area was a bit sunburned, hugged the girl, pressed his right cheek against hers, and replied with a smile.

That was not in the vocabulary of the Highland language Lumian had mastered, so he turned his head to look at Lugano and signaled his inquiry with his eyes.

"Old Delva said, 'It's so good to see you, my little cabbage.'"

"Little cabbage..." Lumian paused for a moment and repeated the term in a low voice.

Lugano, with his thick eyebrows, big eyes, and regular features, asked in confusion:

"You didn't know there are many descendants of Darliege people here?"

Standing at the second-floor stairwell, he then pointed to the wall representing the outside:

"That mountain range in the distance is the Pilaes Mountains, uh, you Darliege people like to call it the Darliege Mountains."

Lumian suddenly understood the whole situation:

"This is south of the Darliege Mountains?"

"Southwest. It takes a few more hours by steam train to reach the Darliege Mountains. In between, there are large plains, pastures, and many towns and villages." Lugano introduced while walking up, "You know, shepherds from Darliege and nearby areas move to the southern plains and pastures every autumn. Some settle down, and some try to find opportunities in the surrounding big cities. Santa Port is one of them.

"If you go northeast, it doesn't matter if you don't know the Highland language; there are many people who know Intis there. I have a cousin who was originally a widow, but later met a local while herding sheep, married him, stopped herding, and turned to helping those herdsmen introduce business in sheep, cheese, wool, etc. They even saved up a vineyard. Hehe, her husband listens to her very much. This might be Feynapot men. It's a pity I'm not a woman, otherwise, I would have converted to the 'Mother Goddess of Earth'!"

Listening to Lugano's introduction, a piece of knowledge Aurora had once mentioned suddenly flashed through Lumian's mind:

The Darliege Mountains block most of the cold wind from the south.

"So, Gaya Province south of the Darliege Mountains is full of sunshine and the weather is hot. Even in winter, the plains and pastures are green and can be grazed... So that's how it is..." Lumian felt that the knowledge "came alive," forming a network that helped him clearly grasp the geography and weather characteristics of Santa Port and the area to its northeast.

In a flash, he thought of another thing:

Could most of the Beyonders captured by those shepherds who believe in Inevitability come from this area?

With such a port and mountains with many mineral deposits, there would indeed be more Beyonders here...

In that case, my "Hunter," "Provoker," and even "Pyromaniac" Beyonder characteristics have an inseparable connection with this place...

I have come here now...

Why do I smell the scent of Inevitability...

Lumian casually brushed off Lugano's words:

"How many children does your cousin have?"

"Three," Lugano replied.

"If she hadn't had children, would her husband still be so obedient?" Lumian had long heard about the faith in the "Mother Goddess of Earth" from the migrating herdsmen.

What they revere more is fertility and reproduction.

"Definitely not," Lugano replied without any doubt.

As they spoke, the three of them went up to the fifth floor and entered the suite at the end of the corridor.

Lumian walked to the balcony and cast his gaze toward the mottled mountains in the distance.

There were Highland pastures and Cordu Village there.

After nearly a quarter of an hour, Lumian returned to the bedroom in silence and began writing letters to Ms. "Magician" and Franca.

He had to inform Franca about the humanoid sealed artifact so that she could remind the official Beyonders of the Feynapot Kingdom through "007." After all, such a dangerous "pathogen" that could go crazy at any time was indeed not suitable for wandering outside.

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"Wow! I knew it! Lumian would definitely encounter that source of madness again!" When she received the letter, Franca was preparing to go out with Jenna.

They were going to the Trier catacombs.

A few days ago, Jenna wanted to go see the "Column of Night of Kriesmuna" again, hoping to gain something, but she didn't dare to go rashly, fearing to arouse the suspicion of the Demoness Sect—she still lived with Franca and couldn't guarantee she wasn't being watched by the Demoness Sect.

Through Anthony's introduction, she finally received a mission at an occult gathering that could serve as a reason:

Go to a family tomb in the third layer of the catacombs and help the employer retrieve an antique tear bottle.

(End of chapter)