Chapter 594: Bluffing

Kill him and perform spirit mediumship?

The "Bard" looked at Lu Mian Lee, who was disguised as "Muggle," feeling a chill run down his spine, his hair standing on end.

He could feel the other party's killing intent and understood the origin of this emotion, so he was even more terrified.

But in a flash, the "Bard" felt that the other party was deceiving him, deliberately showing anger and hatred, using death to force him and completely crush his psychological defense line.

He had such a suspicion because "spirit mediumship" wasn't the optimal solution at present:

The Celestial Worthy possessed a status higher than many evil gods, and the corruption of those evil gods could lead to the failure of "spirit mediumship," let alone the "gift" of the Celestial Worthy?

After figuring this out, the "Bard's" heart became determined and settled down.

As a "Con Artist," he still had a look of horror on his face, looking at Lu Mian and taking two steps back:

"I will tell the whole truth; you can verify it!

"Don't kill me!"

Lu Mian approached him step by step and pulled out a dagger with a swish.

The "Bard" turned to look at "Lady Lady Hai La," "Gandalf," and Fors, pleading "in a panic":

"He has lost his reason, and you just let him be?

"'Spirit mediumship' isn't omnipotent!"

The "Bard" deliberately used "he" as a pronoun, pointing out that he knew Lu Mian wasn't "Muggle," as if urgently saying don't pretend anymore.

Lu Mian came to the "Bard" in two steps, cast his gaze toward this core member of "April Fools'" who was wearing someone else's appearance and temporarily unable to change back, and raised the dagger in his hand.

The "Bard" sneered in his heart, feeling more and more that Lu Mian Lee wouldn't truly kill him for "spirit mediumship," at least not now.

If his current behavior wasn't faked, how could "Gandalf" and "Lady Lady Hai La" just stand by and watch without trying to dissuade him!

The "Bard" pinched his throat, shouting as if he had been scared out of his wits:

"I will really cooperate with you! I will help you find 'Loki' and find his ancient castle!"

"Look, I didn't even use my ability to resist when facing this situation!"

The "Bard" shouted while staring at Lu Mian and the tip of the dagger, trying to make his eyes show two states: dodging and pleading. The former represented the fear of being scared, and the latter was the begging for mercy generated because of it.

In this process, the "Bard's" heart was full of mockery, almost without any panic:

Want to deceive a "Con Artist"?

Are you kidding!

I'll count to five at most, and you'll stop!

Five, four, three...

Pfft!

The "Bard's" vision suddenly turned blood-red. The dagger inserted directly into his left eye, piercing the eyeball and penetrating into his brain along the gap of the eye socket.

Impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

Is he really going to kill me?

Intense pain surged and drowned the "Bard's" mind, making him instinctively raise his right hand, press toward his face, and struggle in the opposite direction, trying to stay away from the dagger and avoid the source of the injury.

Lu Mian reached out his left hand, pressing the "Bard" on the spot, making his struggle ineffective.

Then, Lu Mian leaned forward slightly, bringing his head to the ear of this core member of "April Fools'."

The "Bard" saw the beautiful face of "Muggle," saw "her" red, moist lips opening and closing, and heard "her" say in a low voice, full of satisfaction and mockery:

"My godson gnawed off half of 'Loki's' arm and learned quite a bit about him. I believe this is more than what you know..."

"He knows more than I do... I should have used my ability earlier..." Even amidst the excruciating pain and struggle, the Bard was stunned for a moment, overcome with feelings of annoyance, despair, and shame-induced anger.

Soon, these emotions disappeared. Lu Mian held the dagger inserted into the gap of the "Bard's" eye socket and turned it a few times, mashing the frontal lobe.

Looking at the "Bard" who had calmed down, he nodded with satisfaction, pulled back the dagger, and earnestly helped the other party stop the bleeding and bandage, but didn't take any disinfection measures.

Until this moment, Fors approached and "tsk"ed:

"I thought you were just scaring him."

That was why she hadn't dissuaded him, watching Lu Mian raise the dagger, approach the "Bard" step by step, and watching the "Bard" constantly beg for mercy.

She believed that "Lady Lady Hai La" and "Gandalf" had also held similar thoughts just now.

Until that dagger truly inserted into the "Bard's" eye socket, Fors froze, only then understanding that Lu Mian was for real!

No, Lu Mian wasn't really going to kill the "Bard," but was using the prank invented by "April Fools'" themselves to deal with him, recreating the state of "I have a friend" back then.

Without waiting for Lu Mian to respond, Fors asked curiously:

"When did you master frontal lobotomy surgery?"

Lu Mian wiped the blood on the dagger with a white bandage, laughing with a bit of mockery:

"I learned it when watching that doctor perform surgery on 'I have a friend.'

"Such a simple surgery, if I, as a Beyonder good at using my hands, hadn't remembered and imitated it after watching it once, it would only prove that my brain had been polluted by the potion."

In the state of acting as "Muggle," Lu Mian always deliberately used his sister's voice, just as if she were still alive.

Fors looked at the Aurora face under the hood and listened to the other party's voice, not angry because of being mocked, just muttering:

"Surgery isn't just inserting it in and moving it a few times. There are many points before and after the surgery. Even during the surgery, if you had inserted it a bit deeper, the result would have been completely different."

"Different is different. If he really dies, then start 'spirit mediumship'." Lu Mian didn't care much, pouring all the remaining truth serum into the "Bard," who was dazed and not making any resistance.

After completing this matter, he added:

"Miss 'Lady Lady Hai La' said that this place can exclude the influence of evil gods to the greatest extent."

"It's just the greatest extent, not completely. And what if the problem is in his spirit, and he directly self-destructs?" Fors instinctively retorted. This was also why "Lady Lady Hai La" hadn't directly let the "Bard" enter a dream to extract his true answers. After all, the dream might present some scenes that shouldn't be seen, which was more dangerous than simple verbal description.

At this time, "Gandalf," wearing a linen robe and hood, sighed softly.

He felt a bit of sympathy for the "Bard's" encounter just now, but didn't dissuade him, because the one harmed by "April Fools'" wasn't him, and he didn't have the standing to criticize the excessive behavior of the victim's family.

—Before this operation, "Lady Lady Hai La" had explained the death of "Muggle" and the acting of Lu Mian Lee to "Gandalf." This president of the "Curly-Haired Baboons Research Society" both sympathized with the siblings' encounter and felt a bit of self-blame, thinking that the previous freedom and lack of restraint of the "Curly-Haired Baboons Research Society" was something he, as president, had to take major responsibility for.

After a while, the "Bard," who had received "Soul Assuagement" and gradually recovered from the pain, began to answer the questions of the few people present.

The first to ask was "Gandalf," who looked down at the "Dream Stealer" and asked straight to the core:

"How did you come to believe in that Celestial Worthy?"

"Gandalf" and "Lady Lady Hai La" had already learned some things related to the Celestial Worthy from Fors and Lu Mian and attached great importance to this.

The "Bard" said calmly:

"From the beginning.

"I used to be an artifact thief, obtained a batch of ancient items, and while studying their history to determine their corresponding value, I deciphered what a portion of the inscriptions meant..."

Suddenly, "Lady Lady Hai La" interrupted the "Bard's" narration, her voice cold:

"You don't need to tell the complete meaning; just say a few keywords."

The "Bard" had no thoughts of refuting, obedient as a sheep:

"The keywords are, deception, fooling, door of all doors, Lord of the Mysteries..."

As soon as the "Bard" finished saying these nouns, the ancient palace where they were located suddenly became hazy, becoming less clear.

At the same time, Lu Mian's left chest produced a scorching sensation again.

The next second, the night sky outside the palace became even darker, and all the haziness disappeared along with it.

"Why did I have a feeling that worms were about to grow on my body just now?" Fors felt lingering fear.

Just a few names, not even belonging to a complete honorific name, made her feel inexplicably uneasy, every inch of flesh feeling as if it had come alive, wanting to turn into worms and drill out of the skin.

One of the "Bard's" previous plans was to answer Lu Mian and the others' questions very honestly without any reservations, and then, on matters related to the Celestial Worthy, actively and detailedly reveal all the details, to see if he could covertly pollute the few enemies, and to see if he could shake the concealment of the "Night Country" and create a "door" to escape here.

If he could really use this to pollute "Gandalf" and "Lady Lady Hai La," everyone would be believers of the Celestial Worthy. Why would they still kill me? They would definitely deal with Lu Mian Lee together!

Of course, the "Bard" no longer had thoughts in this regard; he had obtained a fate-like peace.

"Descriptions related to high-ranking existences often represent danger. In this world, ignorance isn't necessarily a bad thing." "Gandalf" sighed and evaluated what had just happened.

He then asked about the follow-up.

The "Bard" said without any change in expression:

"After I deciphered that portion of the text, I lost consciousness. When I woke up, I had already transmigrated to this world.

"After adapting to the new body, I instinctively recalled the previous encounter, recalled the portion of the text I had deciphered, and then saw grayish mist permeating the surroundings, obtaining the revelation given by that Celestial Worthy."

"That is to say, you believed in that Celestial Worthy as soon as you transmigrated, before forming the research society?" "Gandalf" asked further.

"Yes." The "Bard" lacked emotional fluctuation. "What I thought at the time was, He had already found me, appearing in that way. If I didn't choose to submit, didn't believe in Him, didn't follow Him, I might have died on the spot. At that time, it wasn't certain there would still be a chance for transmigration and resurrection. Later, I gradually felt His greatness. He could even fool the Night Country, letting the problems on us never be discovered."

"Gandalf" thought for a moment and said:

"How did 'Loki' come to believe in that Celestial Worthy?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 595 =====