Chapter 721: Advance

"We were 'Black Box Traded'?" Seeing Fu Lan Ka recalled the whole thing carefully and didn't find anything too abnormal; the only thing worth debating was that the "Witch of Black" should have had a way to quickly "take away" Mo Lan Avigny under the protection of the official Beyonder squad, after all, she could clearly utilize the Mirror World very well. As a result, she pushed this matter entirely onto them.

Of course, this was also completely understandable. Although the official Beyonder squad protecting Mo Lan Avigny was only composed of mid-sequence Beyonders, this was Trier, the capital of the Intis Republic, and the diocese most valued by the Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun and the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery. No one knew how many demigods were stationed there, ready to cast their gaze at any time. Once the "Witch of Black" failed to finish the battle quickly and kill everyone present, the subsequent impact would inevitably be significant, and she might even be tracked by official Beyonders using certain special Sealed Artifacts.

If she were to have an accident, the branch of the Demoness Sect in Trier would suffer a devastating blow. Under such circumstances, letting a member who was neither too high nor too low in rank but had certain abilities be responsible, while she came to clean up the aftermath, was a more mature choice—if the development of the matter went wrong, she could decisively abandon Seeing Fu Lan Ka and her lovers.

Of course, this was all based on the premise that Mo Lan Avigny's importance had not yet reached the point where the Demoness Sect was willing to pay a great price to deal with him. Otherwise, the Demoness Sect would definitely have evacuated irrelevant members in advance, and the high-ranking Demonesses codenamed by color would also have gathered in Trier.

"I think there is a problem; it's not that we shouldn't give up or couldn't give up, but that we gave up too quickly and too early." Anthony gave his opinion from the perspective of human nature.

Seeing Fu Lan Ka nodded slightly and said:

"Also, the 'Witch of Black' just simply confirmed that there were no Beyonders hiding behind the relevant mirrors and concluded that Mo Lan Avigny had been abandoned and would no longer be provided with help."

"This is too hasty and easy." Jianna evaluated.

She hesitated for a few seconds and said:

"Was Lady 'Judgment' also affected?"

"Possibly." Lu Mi lowered his head and looked at his left chest.

He lowered his voice again and said:

"Termiboros, why weren't you affected? Is it because you have the status of an angel?"

Termiboros's grand and layered voice echoed in Lu Mi's body:

"Perhaps, I cannot be sure.

"It could also be caused by the 'Fool's' seal; the seal is indeed a restriction, but it can also be a protection at certain times."

Just like the "God-Blight" corpse of Napo Redrisli? That "Supervisor's" "Black Box Trading" couldn't pass through Mr. Fool's seal, so it couldn't affect Termiboros? Lu Mi nodded and said to Jianna:

"It is necessary to tell Lady 'Judgment' about this guess of ours. If there really is a 'Black Box Trading,' she will definitely be able to get rid of the influence immediately after being reminded and give new suggestions. If not, it's just that the messenger worked a little harder."

"Okay." Jianna understood that Lu Mi meant, "Although we suspect there is a 'Black Box Trading,' we won't recklessly take action now; we still need the Major Arcana cards to provide new guidance."

While waiting for Lady 'Judgment's' reply, Seeing Fu Lan Ka let out an "Ah."

"What's wrong?" Jianna asked with concern.

Seeing Fu Lan Ka replied with a "grieved and indignant" face:

"This 'Black Box Trading' is a big deal; it affected at least two demigods. I don't know how much price and how many valuable items that 'Supervisor' from the 'Truth Sect' paid for this."

Yeah, that's true, but what does this have to do with you? Why are you grieved and indignant? Jianna blinked, a bit unable to keep up with Seeing Fu Lan Ka's train of thought.

Seeing Fu Lan Ka continued:

"When Lady 'Judgment' captures or kills him with our assistance later, there won't be much loot left for us to distribute.

"Maybe he'll be a pauper like Ye Busi again!"

For a moment, whether it was Lu Mi, Jianna, or Anthony, none of them knew how to respond to Seeing Fu Lan Ka.

You're already heartbroken over the potential future loot?

Lu Mi changed the subject and looked at Seeing Fu Lan Ka and Jianna:

"When I asked Ye Busi those last two questions, why did you lean toward me? Did you have a premonition in advance that there would be a problem?"

"Of course, this is a Demoness's spiritual premonition." Seeing Fu Lan Ka said proudly. "Although I didn't know what would happen, after getting close to you, there would be more ways to deal with danger."

Jianna nodded lightly, indicating that she was the same.

Lu Mi looked at Anthony again:

"What about you?"

Anthony answered frankly:

"I thought Ye Busi would be stimulated by those two questions and break free from the influence of hypnosis; Seeing Fu Lan Ka and Jianna's performance indirectly confirmed my worry.

"In that situation, hiding behind you was the safer choice."

"So you're using us as shields?" Seeing Fu Lan Ka laughed and scolded.

Anthony nodded sincerely:

"You have 'Mirror Substitutes'."

"That's true." Seeing Fu Lan Ka accepted this reason.

A few minutes later, Lady 'Judgment's' messenger delivered a reply.

The reply was very simple, only one sentence:

"You can continue to take action."

Does this mean the Major Arcana cards will be watching this matter? Did they communicate well with Lady 'Hermit'? Lu Mi nodded thoughtfully and said to Seeing Fu Lan Ka and the others with a smile:

"We will proceed according to the original plan."

"Original plan?" Seeing Fu Lan Ka was startled.

"Yes." Lu Mi responded with a smile. "In the next few hours, or even within a day, the 'Supervisor' and other 'Mirror People' will definitely not come behind that full-length mirror in Mo Lan Avigny's study to provide protection for Mo Lan Avigny. This should be a prerequisite for the 'Black Box Trading' to succeed. The 'Witch of Black' went to check those places, and the 'Supervisor' wouldn't know when she would go to check, so he must have left enough time."

"In other words, if we hide in that mirror, we won't be disturbed, and there won't be any danger."

Jianna frowned slightly:

"But isn't the point of the problem that Mo Lan Avigny won't enter that full-length mirror for a period of time? How are we going to ambush..."

Speaking of this, Jianna suddenly paused, as if thinking of a possibility.

Lu Mi's smile gradually became brilliant:

"That 'Supervisor' can engage in 'Black Box Trading,' and so can we!"

"Right, 'Black Box of the Powerful'!" Seeing Fu Lan Ka instantly understood what Lu Mi meant.

Use the "Black Box of the Powerful" to let Mo Lan Avigny find a "reason" to "reconsider" entering that full-length mirror!

As for how the "black box operation" would make this kind of transaction succeed, that was not something they needed to consider; even those "Supervisors" probably didn't know the details of black box trading.

A black box is also a black box!

After confirming the level of risk with "Mirror Divination," Lu Mi, Seeing Fu Lan Ka, Jianna, and Anthony passed through the fixed entrance to the Mirror World on the protruding rock one after another and entered that mysterious, dim space.

Looking at those void channels that didn't know where they led and existed like spider webs, Lu Mi activated the "Mirror Image Mark" contract on his body.

He then said to Seeing Fu Lan Ka and the others:

"I can sense that full-length mirror; I can accurately locate it."

"Then let's go over now." Seeing Fu Lan Ka put on the hood of her assassin outfit again and grabbed Lu Mi's arm.

Although she had already put on the "Mirror Buckle," when there were other choices, why waste a chance to use it?

After Jianna and Anthony grabbed him again, Lu Mi activated the "Spirit World Traversal" mark and, through one of the dim and void channels, "teleported" to the front of a deep, dark, watery light.

That watery light represented a mirror, with a corresponding blurred area, and the area was connected to countless illusory tunnels like spider webs.

Lu Mi leaned toward the dark and deep watery light, and through the glass mirror surface, he saw the scene outside.

That was indeed Mo Lan Avigny's study.

Seeing Fu Lan Ka also recognized the target location and breathed a sigh of relief:

"I'll do the 'Black Box Trading'."

"I'll do it." Lu Mi laughed. "With those things that happened before, even without using the 'Black Box of the Powerful,' I'm very likely to encounter some devils. Since that's the case, why not use it happily?"

He was referring to the matters related to Napo Redrisli.

"Alright." Seeing Fu Lan Ka admitted that what Lu Mi said made a lot of sense. "Then I'll pay!"

She took out gold worth 5,000 gold pounds from the "Traveler's Bag."

Lu Mi did not refuse and said to Jianna and the others:

"The transaction I want to complete is to make Mo Lan Avigny have the idea of entering the full-length mirror in the study, and then use 'Propel Fate' to turn that idea into reality.

"This is much simpler than the transaction of directly making Mo Lan Avigny enter this mirror, and the reward that needs to be paid will definitely be less."

"Hmm." Jianna took the "Black Box of the Powerful" out of her backpack.

This dark, small wooden box could still be used eight times.

Lu Mi held the bag of gold coins from Seeing Fu Lan Ka in his right hand and reached into the membrane-like "curtain."

Then, he touched five wet, wrinkled fingers, which quickly closed and grabbed the bag of gold coins.

Lu Mi's expression didn't change at all, and he stated his request in Hermes.

After a brief pause, that wrinkled, moist palm pushed the bag of gold coins back.

This... Lu Mi raised his head and told Seeing Fu Lan Ka and the others about the situation.

"This means we need to add money!" Seeing Fu Lan Ka instantly realized.

She took out more banknotes and gold with a heartache, but that slightly cold, wrinkled palm pushed the reward back again and again.

Lu Mi helped Seeing Fu Lan Ka add tens of thousands of gold pounds, but the transaction was still not completed.

"Perhaps, the 'Black Box' doesn't want money or gold?" Jianna remembered the intelligence on the "Broker" pathway that Ye Busi had told them.

"Need a magical artifact?" Lu Mi frowned and thought about things that could be used for trading.

Seeing Fu Lan Ka deliberated and said:

"How about using that 'Blood Gold' ring? It has a huge negative impact, and we've hardly used it."

The "Blood Gold" ring was obtained from the "Mad Lady" and corresponded to some of the abilities of the "Rose Bishop," Sequence 6 of the "Secrets Supplicant" pathway.

The four of them discussed for a while and finally decided to try using the "Blood Gold" ring.

After the wet palm inside the "Black Box" touched the "Blood Gold" ring, the five fingers suddenly tightened and retracted with the ring.

This meant the transaction was reached.

Phew... Lu Mi breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"I don't know how this 'Black Box Trading' will be realized this time..."

"I hope we don't run into a scammer; praise Mr. Fool!" Seeing Fu Lan Ka pressed her hand to her chest and prayed to Mr. Fool.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 722 =====