Chapter 878

Lu Mian certainly knew that the person in front of him was Amon. Although the other party's appearance had certain differences from Monit and other Amons, whether it was the monocle on the right eye or the overall image and temperament, it undoubtedly indicated that He was indeed Amon.

But the problem was, why was Amon here? Why did He call Himself Termiboros?

Lu Mian clearly saw that those silver-white and black rays of light flew out from his own body, from under the disintegrating seal of Mr. "Fool." Why did they turn into Amon?

This was the reason why Lu Mian was stunned just now.

It couldn't be that during the many previous contacts, Amon had quietly bypassed Mr. "Fool's" seal, hidden in his body, and replaced Termiboros, right?

Then what was Mr. "Fool's" seal?

Amidst the shock and doubt, Lu Mian suppressed these emotions, because he still had more important things to do.

He stood up, intending to pick up the "Sword of Courage," and then use the "Black Tear's" mirror-traveling ability to rush to where Franca, Jenna, and the others were, to help them fight against Sigton.

As for Voisin Sanson and Harrison, they still stood there blankly, like statues.

Amon, who called Himself Termiboros, raised His hand to stop Lu Mian.

He looked at the transparent boundary reflecting the scene of Franca and the others fighting Sigton, and said with a smile:

"I have already fixed the fate that they will not be killed within ten minutes. You still have some time. As for what the result will be after ten minutes, it depends on your own choice."

Lu Mian cast his gaze back toward Amon, and while taking off the "Black Tear" forehead ornament and stuffing it back into the independent space within the "Traveler's Bag" to prevent the negative effects from coming again, he asked in a deep voice:

"What choice?"

Without waiting for Amon to respond, he couldn't help but add another question:

"When did you become Termiboros?"

As he spoke, Lu Mian also temporarily put away the "Demon Whisper" bone ring.

The corners of Amon's mouth curled up slightly:

"A long, long time ago. When you first knew this name, Termiboros was already equal to me."

Speaking of this, the former King of Angels had a hint of mockery in His smile:

"In that dream in Kordu Village, the wizard symbolized the power of fate. The wizard dying and being buried in the tomb symbolized that the power of fate had lost its original owner, meaning the true Termiboros had already been declared dead. The owl that had been guarding the tomb next to the wizard's corpse symbolized the outsider who wanted to obtain this power, and the other you who accompanied the owl symbolized the fallen self that inevitably exists in everyone.

"Pallez couldn't even interpret this, and he still wants to be a 'Mystery Pryer'? I changed a symbolic image, and he couldn't recognize me?

"Has he become senile at such a young age?"

Lu Mian didn't know who Pallez was, but he understood what Amon's previous interpretation meant.

He first heard about the fallen self from a certain "Secret Supplicant," which was knowledge that came with the potion. The second time he heard about it was in the honorific name of the "True Creator" worshipped by the Aurora Order.

And Amon had a very close relationship with that person.

This meant that the "True Creator's" influence on the Kordu Village incident was much, much deeper than Lu Mian had expected; it was by no means as simple as just sending a few lizard-like little spirits to make things develop as expected!

A rage that even "Ascetics" could not suppress suddenly ignited in Lu Mian's heart. He squeezed out a hoarse voice from his throat:

"Was the disaster in Kordu Village planned by you?"

Amon pinched the monocle on His right eye and didn't directly answer Lu Mian's question.

He grabbed a piece of paper from the void and read it in the tone of reading a report:

"Patient: Lu Mian Lee, male, claims to be born on September 26, 1340, from Kordu Village, Dariège region, Leston Province, Intis Republic.

"Condition description: Has strong self-destructive tendencies, lost the ability to respond to others' emotions.

"Cause analysis: The experiences during his time as a stray child made the patient full of distrust toward his surroundings. In order to survive, he developed the habit of not cherishing his own body and abandoned some morals required by human society. Aurora Lee's taking him in, sympathy, care, urging, and interdependent life helped the patient initially heal from that period of life and re-establish his own social relationships, gradually becoming a normal person.

"The disaster in Kordu Village and Aurora's passing destroyed the life the patient had rebuilt, bringing more severe pain and despair, making him afraid to crave and respond to others' emotions, fearing that he would lose them again, and making him full of self-destructive tendencies.

"First phase treatment plan:

"Step one: Emphasize that there is still a slight possibility of Aurora Lee's resurrection, giving the patient the motivation to live.

"Step two: Arrange for the patient to live in the Golden Rooster Hotel in Trier's Market District. There are many people at the bottom of society here, and their encounters can effectively stimulate the patient's resonance.

"Step three: Force the patient to establish connections with Celia Bello and others through events, preparing for the reconstruction of social relationships in the future.

"Step four: Use the undercover mission for the 'Iron and Blood Cross Order' to let the patient meet Franca Roland. Franca Roland has a background very similar to Aurora's, and her personality is very cheerful, which can effectively lower the high walls the patient has built around his psychological problems, becoming the most important candidate for him to re-establish social relationships.

"Step five: Cooperate with the 'Tarot Club's' 'Justice' and Susie's treatment, reasonably letting certain things happen to assist in improving his psychological state:

"Early stage: Use the patient's sympathy for the unemployed Charlie, the streetwalker Eusance, and others to let his help see better results, allowing him to receive positive feedback.

"Middle stage: Let the patient happen to meet Celia Bello after suffering a blow, receive companion-style comfort, and soothe the emotions accumulated in his heart through behaviors he chose himself that were both indulgent and absurd, yet unconsciously had certain bottom lines.

"Late stage: Let certain inevitable things arrive early. At the most appropriate time, some events can be before the middle stage treatment:

"This includes:

"One: Susanna Mattise targets Charlie again, sending her subordinates from the 'Blessed Society' to abduct Charlie to Underground Trier, thereby letting the patient vaguely perceive the existence of the 'Sufferer,' feel anger, and strengthen the patient's connection with Franca, Celia, Charlie, and others through this series of events, initially rebuilding social relationships;

"Two: The madman Flameng, who is most similar to the patient's situation, after receiving the patient's help and getting rid of the Monsouri ghost, chooses to hang himself on the window frame of his room because he lost all expectations and hope for life and had no motivation to live. This can make the patient strongly resonate and receive a very large shock, thereby stimulating his rebellious psychology and stirring up the stubbornness and unyielding spirit in his heart;

"Three: The scavenger Ruhl unfortunately gets caught in the indiscriminate influence of the cultists and falls ill with a severe disease. The patient tries his best to help, but still cannot save his life. Ruhl's wife, Michelle, sees hope shattered and chooses to indulge herself by drinking and eating to her heart's content and singing loudly, then hangs herself at dawn. This similar encounter and inevitable result completely detonates the emotions in the patient's heart, making him want to resist the injustice of fate and want to challenge all of this.

"Four: The chemical factory where Celia Bello's mother works explodes. This is the final catalyst.

"First phase treatment result: The patient's self-destructive tendencies are significantly reduced, social relationships have been rebuilt, and a certain motivation to live has been regained. He can withstand more events."

As Amon read the "report" with no ups and downs in his tone, Lu Mian's heart slowly sank, and the more he listened, the colder his whole body became.

He felt as if someone had poured a bucket of cold water on him when he was still a stray child, cold from his head to his feet. All the hope and all the pride in his heart extinguished quickly like the flame of a candle.

His unyielding spirit, his arrogance, and his resistance to fate seemed to have become a joke, falling to the ground, shattering into pieces, and being ground into mud by the soles of those high-ranking individuals.

At this very moment, Lu Mian felt completely numb.

Half of his heart burned with an irrepressible anger and a self-destructive impulse to drag the report's author to death with him, and the other half felt again the despair and pain when his sister Aurora pushed him away and went to her death alone.

Amon finally finished reading the first phase treatment report, looking at Lu Mian with a smile, as if waiting for the other party to respond.

Lu Mian's body hunched slightly, his voice bursting out from the depths of his heart, extremely painful:

"Why, why was it me?"

Amon smiled and said:

"The aura of the 'Fool,' Aurora's foolish choice, made you a very good experimental subject. You can carry many things and can be used to verify the initial experimental results.

"This is one reason. Another reason is that if you had truly destroyed yourself, wouldn't my acting as Termiboros have been exposed? Then how could I deceive those guys outside and let them find opportunities to place heavy bets?

"Only by slowly absorbing and digesting Termiboros's Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristic within the 'Fool's' seal and switching pathways is the most hidden and the least likely to be discovered."

Lu Mian's head was in a mess, emotions exploding in his heart. Even the abilities of a "Conspirator" were difficult to apply. He could only ask subconsciously:

"At that large ritual of the parish priest, was it not just Termiboros who descended, but also you? Did you deliberately get sealed into my body together with Him, who had been severely wounded?"

Amon nodded gently and said with a smile:

"Thank you for your gift, helping me open the channel for return, and also letting me receive such a gift."

Lu Mian was silent. He couldn't help but breathe heavily, as if the air here was too thin and he couldn't breathe without effort:

"Before, before, who exactly was that 'Sufferer' hiding around me?"

Amon shook His head:

"Haven't you guessed it yet? You should have heard His name: 'Angel of Fate' Ouroboros."

"Angel of Fate" Ouroboros... Lu Mian was stunned for a moment, but felt that this seemed like a matter of course.

This was the King of Angels who followed the "Ancient Sun God" in the beginning. When Mr. K of the "Aurora Order" preached, he mentioned that He was currently serving the "True Creator."

Lu Mian instinctively gritted his teeth, his voice squeezing out from the gaps:

"Did you, did you have, have a chance to save Aurora back then?"

Amon revealed a smile:

"Want to hear the answer?"

He cast his gaze back to the paper in his hand, as if preparing to read new content, which might contain all the answers.

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