Angor didn't know what to say after listening to Parrot's explanation.
He thought the mirror monster, which was imitating Luigi, had some kind of supernatural ability that allowed him to read minds and control everything.
Unexpectedly, the mirror ghost used some verbal tricks to fool the parrot. It even managed to trick the parrot into revealing the contents of the contract.
Angor's "lofty" image turned out to be nothing more than an illusion.
However, the main reason was that the parrot was too calm. Also, it was able to fool Rice God and the others, which made him think that the parrot was too smart.
He didn't expect Parrot to be so excited that it forgot many details and fell into Luigi's trap.
Of course, Parrot didn't know Luigi well.
Parrot scratched its head and chuckled awkwardly. "I was so eager to leave that I didn't think about many things."
Angor sighed but didn't say anything.
Laplace, on the other hand, said calmly, "Seduction is actually an innate ability of the mirror ghost. They're just as good at using words as Everhustle. In fact, they're more aggressive when they're distracted for a short time. "
In other words, Parrot didn't fall into Luigi's trap only because it was too excited. The mirror monster also knew how to seduce people.
That was why Parrot became careless and neglected many details.
After listening to Laplace's words, a trace of gratitude flashed through the parrot's eyes. Regardless of whether Laplace's words were true or not, the content of her words had helped the parrot out of his predicament, and made him look less stupid.
However, Angor was looking at Laplace in a different way.
As far as Angor knew, Laplace wouldn't help Parrot out of trouble. She didn't think the problem was serious enough to warrant her help.
If she didn't say that to help Parrot, she must have other intentions.
As expected, Laplace paused for a moment and continued, "Usually, mirror monsters' seduction won't last long.
"That's because it's only their instinct to seduce others. It's not like the Long Huo Clan, where it's their verbal skills.
"Also, seduction only works when the monster is awake."
Most mirror monsters only had a limited amount of time.
Even the most intelligent ones could only stay awake for a few hours each day. The rest of the time, their minds would be completely blank.
"But that Luigi Phantom was different." Laplace looked up at the parrot. "According to your description, he has been watching you since a long time ago. In other words, he has been awake all this time and has been constantly scheming against you, inciting you, and using small tricks to trick you …"
"If this was a normal mirror ghost, he would have recovered a long time ago, but even now, he has maintained his complete self."
"That's incredible."
Laplace's interest was aroused. She had seen mirror monsters before, but she didn't see one that could stay rational for a long time.
The last one's' case's's Phantom's Lady.
The Crimson Lamp Demon Empress was a rare talent born from millions of Crimson Lamp Demonesses.
So … this Luigi Phantom monster, just like Luigi Phantom's lady's fate's.
Now Angor understood that Laplace's "help" was only because he found something special about the Lustre Phantom and was interested in it.
"You're right. Based on what I know about the mirror monster, that Lustre Phantom is very strange. It seems to be in a rational state all the time."
Angor looked at the parrot. "You said you're an enemy of the Lustre Phantom. You must know it, right?"
The parrot was smart enough to understand what Angor was trying to say. "That Lustre Phantom used to be an ordinary Mirror Wraith. It didn't even have a mind of its own. Just like the undead creatures outside, it's always in a muddle-headed state.
"However, later on, due to some unforeseen circumstances, it became a pawn of a certain disaster creature."
"With the help of the Disaster creatures, he is slowly regaining his self-awareness"
Now, I think it's awakened. "
As the parrot spoke, it thought back to what the mirror ghost had said. "In his own words … under the blessing of the great calamity, his original consciousness has been reborn."
"I don't know what it means, but if I understand it according to his words, perhaps it means that he can stay awake for a long time."
Angor understood what the parrot was trying to say. "Thanks to the disaster creature's help, Lustre Phantom gained its own consciousness."
But what was this "disaster creature" that the parrot was talking about?
Parrot considered Angor's question. "Disaster creatures are called Blood Calamity. They're called Blood Dominators by Luigi Phantom. "
Parrot hesitated for a moment, as if it wanted to say something but didn't know if it should.
After a moment, Parrot seemed to have made up its mind. It took a deep breath and continued, "Actually, I don't have a grudge against Luigi Phantom. I have a grudge against … Blood Calamity."
Angor was still puzzled.
Parrot's explanation made no difference at all.
Disaster creatures were equal to Blood Calamity and Blood Dominators. But Angor didn't know what those three names meant.
"I think I know what it's talking about. But … I'm not sure yet."
Parrot seemed to be lost in its own thoughts after hearing about the "grudge against Blood Calamity".
It took Angor a while to regain his senses.
Parrot looked up at Angor and Laplace with an apologetic look. "I'm really grateful for your help. But I don't want you to get involved in this.
"If it's possible, I hope the two of you can tell the Rice God about my situation here …"
Parrot wanted to continue, but Angor cut it off. "We're already here. There's no point in talking about this.
As for the grudge between you and Rice God, you can deal with it yourselves.
For now, we're more interested in the Blood Calamity and the disaster creatures. "
Parrot remained silent for a moment. "If we want to know about the grudge between me and Blood Calamity, we have to go back many years ago."
Angor only wanted to ask about the Blood Calamity, but Parrot seemed to have misunderstood him and started talking about the grudge between them.
Angor considered for a moment and didn't stop Parrot. He already achieved his goal.
One was a process, while the other was a result.
As Parrot continued, Angor gradually learned the reason behind the grudge.
Roughly thirty years ago, Parrot was still working for a Void Caravan. His codename, "Parrot," was also obtained from the Void Caravan.
The members of the Void Caravan didn't just have to wander the void with their goods. They also had other jobs. They worked as observers, adventurers, escorts, pioneers, and so on.
For example, they would accept other people's travel requests and bring them across space and time to the corresponding destination.
They also accepted requests from supernaturals, guilds, and organizations from different worlds to send messages to people on the other side of the void, or to explore unknown places.
As the Void Caravans became more and more famous, even supernova organizations began to ask them to do their jobs.
Thirty years ago, Parrot received a request from one of those supernova organizations, the Order Guild.
The content of the request was as follows: A Sentinel who was stationed in the Drauna Plane all year round had discovered a suspected 'mysterious phenomenon' and needed help from the Order Faction.
The watcher's job was to prevent disasters caused by the Mysterious Phenomenon.
However, the strength of the watchers varied from world to world. Worlds with frequent occurrences of Mysterious Phenomena would have stronger watchers. Worlds with fewer occurrences of Mysterious Phenomena would have weaker watchers.
The occurrences of Mysterious Phenomena in the Drauna Plane were relatively rare, which meant the watchers in the Drauna Plane weren't all that powerful.
Parrot couldn't deal with the Mysterious Phenomenon himself.
More importantly, the Mysterious Phenomenon was located in the domain of a certain god. Parrot couldn't even enter the domain. The news of the "mysterious phenomenon" was only heard from the "Pointy Man Tribe" that was related to this god.
When the Order Guild heard the news, they were in a difficult position.
After all, the watcher hadn't seen the Mysterious Phenomenon with his own eyes. It might not be a problem caused by the Mysterious Phenomenon. Sending someone like that was a bit too hasty.
There weren't many Mysterious Hunters, and they were all very busy.
If they didn't find anything, it would be a waste of time.
However, if they didn't send anyone, it would be a bit slow.
In the end, the Order Guild contacted a Void Caravan that happened to be in the Drauna Plane and asked them to help investigate the situation.
If even the Void Caravan thought that there was a problem with the Mysterious Phenomenon, they would immediately send the Mysterious Hunters.
At the time, the Void Caravan that accepted the request was the one that Parrot was in.
Parrot was very familiar with the Drauna Plane and often disguised himself to go to the Pointy People Tribe to collect magical materials. He was sent by the Void Caravan to investigate the situation.
Of course, Parrot wasn't alone. He was just one of the hundred people in the team.
After a lot of hard work, they finally succeeded in entering the domain.
Then, they found that the domain originated from a "lost" god, or beast god.
"Lost" meant that he had been missing for a long time, or that he had fallen.
In short, there was no god in the domain. There were only remnants of a god's power.
In this lost domain, they found many good things. They even found an extremely rare and sharp fruit tree that was cultivated with the blood of the beast god.
These sharp fruits contained the purest blood of the beast god. Once eaten, one could even obtain the power of the beast god. It was the best of all the sharp fruits.
However, it was because of this bloodline fruit tree that they encountered the most dangerous thing after entering the domain.
They were targeted by an unknown phenomenon.
This phenomenon was the "Mysterious Phenomenon" reported by the Void Caravan. The specific situation was that as long as one didn't follow a certain rule, the blood in one's body would instantly dry up, and one would die as a mummy.
From the Void Caravan's point of view, this was very likely caused by a Mysterious Phenomenon.
However, after Parrot experienced it for himself, he could say with certainty that the phenomenon here had nothing to do with the Mysterious Phenomenon. Because there was no Mysterious Aura here.
However, even if they determined that it had nothing to do with the Mysterious Phenomenon, they couldn't save themselves.
After all, they didn't know the specific reason that caused their companions to die as mummies one after another.
In the blink of an eye, more than ten of the small team of a hundred people had fallen.
Moreover, from their point of view, these people's mummies were completely unpredictable. It seemed that there were no signs at all. This caused a wave of panic.
The captain of the small team was an extremely shrewd person. While the others were in a mess, he calmly analyzed and reviewed the situation. Finally, he determined one thing.
All the mummies were within the range of the reflection, refraction, and diffraction of the "mirror."
Or to put it more simply, there would definitely be a mirror around the dead people. This mirror was not just the mirror of a mirror. Even smooth glass, small puddles, and even marble slabs that could reflect people's shadows were all classified as mirrors.
According to the captain, it was very likely that there was an existence hidden in the mirror, using the mirror as a springboard to harvest their lives.
If they wanted to leave safely, they had to move the entire time without being reflected by the mirror.
However, this was very difficult. Although the Gods had already been "lost," in this Divine Realm, there were magnificent decorations everywhere. Everywhere was as bright and clean as a mirror.
Most importantly, they couldn't use space-related abilities in the Divine Realm, nor could they fly.
In other words, if they wanted to leave, they had to walk. However, there was no way to avoid being swept by the mirror on foot.
While everyone was hiding in a corner, at a loss of what to do, a light drizzle suddenly fell from the sky.
Then … another person died.
Raindrops could also be used as an extremely small mirror.
Obviously, the unknown existence hidden in the mirror was no longer satisfied with just relying on the mirror to kill people. "It" also intended to take the initiative to attack and keep all of them in the Divine Realm.
Seeing that the situation was getting worse and worse, the captain made a decision: kill their way into the mirror.
The other party seemed to be restricted by some kind of rule. It could only kill one person at a time. In other words, while it was killing people, the others were safe.
As long as "it" was killing people, the others could sneak into the mirror.
The people of the merchant team could do business in the void, so they naturally knew about the Divine Realm. Although they didn't have the ability to directly enter the Divine Realm, if there was a creature from the Divine Realm interfering with the outside world, they could use the other party's mirror to invade the Divine Realm.
The captain had always believed that the killer was some kind of creature hidden in the Divine Realm. When "it" killed people, there would definitely be fluctuations in the mirror. As long as they could find the corresponding mirror, they could invade the Divine Realm.
When they killed the other party, their crisis would be completely eliminated.
In the end, the captain really did succeed in finding the entrance to the mirror.
A group of people, including the parrot, killed their way into the mirror. They thought that as long as they found the killer, they would be able to survive.
However, what they didn't expect was that behind the mirror was actually … the Divine Realm of Gloom.
(End of Chapter)
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