Chapter 222 Testing Lumian turned his gaze towards Louis Lund, who was sitting in the driver's seat, and saw him nod to him. Lumian took a deep breath, then walked towards the carriage, bent down and got into the carriage. He already understood what was going on: Mrs. Pualis was cautious and did not reply by letter. Instead, she hid around No. 9 Cobblestone Street and waited for Lumian to come and check the reply. This effectively avoided the risk of being followed and surrounded at the meeting place. The next second, a familiar figure appeared in Lumian's eyes: She was wearing an exquisite black corseted long dress, a slightly playful ladies' round hat on her head, and a hazy shawl draped over her shoulders. She had sparse eyebrows, bright brown eyes, moist lips, and her brown hair was half-tied and half-draped. She was not too formal, but her temperament was elegant, clean and charming. She was the wife of the administrator of Cordu village, Puaris de Roquefort. "Long time no see." Mrs. Pualis greeted with a smile, but her eyes were cold, making people feel a chill penetrating into their bones. Almost at the same time, Lumian noticed that the scene around him had changed. He was no longer in the carriage, but in the desolate wilderness. There was nothing in front of him, and there was no trace of Mrs. Pualis. As Lumian looked around in astonishment, he saw a huge, irregular shadow appear on the ground. He looked up subconsciously, and brown feathers were reflected in his eyes.

Each feather was as big as his head, and they stacked up to form a pair of wings that seemed able to cover the sky. The wings belonged to Lady Pualis. Her body also became huge, hanging high in the air. Her feet were bent like bird claws, with sharp nails that flashed cold light. A magnificent and ethereal voice then sounded: "You should be buried with the village of Koldu!" Lumian's heart tightened. He pulled out his revolver, turned around, and ran towards the end of the wilderness. If the scenes in the dream have a certain degree of reality, then he can escape from the edge of this "other world"! Bang bang bang! Lumian moved forward in a curve, continuously firing bullets into the air. This was his only means of long-range attack at the moment. Although Mrs. Pualis looked very huge, she was not bulky at all. The flapping of her wings brought strong winds, affecting the trajectory, and allowed her to change her position flexibly. Then she let out a piercing scream. In front of Lumian, the ground in the wilderness rose up suddenly, the soil slid down, and another huge monster emerged. It was a giant python that seemed to have been dead for quite some time. Most of its dark blue scales had fallen off, revealing rotten muscles and some white bones with spikes. Yellow pus and countless twisted silk worms covered the entire body of the python, making it emit a strong, unbearable stench. The giant python's eyes were bloodshot, and in the sunken eye sockets were translucent silk worms that were frantically drilling in and out. It looked down at Lumian, opened its mouth, showing its yellow fangs, and bit at the living man. Lumian was already dizzy from the stench, and he quickly pulled out a piece of drawing paper from inside his clothes and unfolded it. There is a golden-red sun shining brightly with various colors above. The surroundings suddenly became warm, and the sky blocked by Mrs. Pualis seemed to be much brighter. The long-dead python turned its gaze away from Lumian, as if unwilling to look into the sun. But its attack only slowed down, not stopped. Seizing this opportunity, Lumian turned around, grabbed the scroll, and ran away in the other direction. Seeing this, Mrs. Pualis, who was hovering in the air, opened her mouth and uttered a word full of evil meaning that Lumian could not understand at all.

Lumian suddenly became much weaker and his running speed slowed down, as if he had a serious illness and had not yet recovered. Immediately afterwards, Mrs. Pualis raised her head and let out a howl that was both shrill and painful. At this moment, Lumian heard an illusory sound of shattering. The force that came from his soul and body made his eyes go dark and he went directly into a state of near death. If it weren't for the fact that "Hunter", "Provocateur", "Dancer" and "Mendicant Monk" all strengthened his physical fitness in different aspects, he would probably have died directly because he had been given the "Weak" status. With the last bit of rationality, Lumian endured the exaggerated pain and used his remaining strength to reach his left hand into his pocket and touched Mr. K's fingers. At this moment, he felt cool raindrops falling, nourishing his body and soul. The wound he had just suffered healed immediately at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the wilderness around him gradually became illusory until it disappeared. Lumien saw Mrs. Puaris sitting across the carriage again. The lady's eyes were no longer cold, but rather a little sarcastic: "With this little strength, you want to seek revenge on Guillaume Bene? "When I left Cordu Village, he had already gained a new gift for driving away the followers of the Great Mother. He was already a Sequence 5 Life Hunter. After that, he might even find a corresponding potion to take." Was the attack just now a test of my strength? Lumian was not surprised at all that the parish priest was at the Sequence 5 level. After all, the number of contract abilities he possessed far exceeded the level of "Contracted Persons", and he obviously did not have divinity, which left only the two possibilities of Sequence 6 and Sequence 5. Combining Guillaume Bennet's and his own performance in the dream, as well as his performance in the battles with Ryan, Leah, and Valentine, Lumian had long suspected that he was a Sequence 5 "Life Hunter", and now he has received confirmation from Madame Puaris. To his surprise, it seemed possible for the recipients to take the potion and gain additional abilities, but they had to choose the corresponding, or appropriate type. Lumian thought about it and felt that this was normal: Extraordinary people can also obtain gifts, but there will be many problems. Lumien looked at Mrs. Puaris and answered calmly: "I still have time to grow and the opportunity to become stronger, but Guillaume Bene has almost no hope of gaining divinity. After all, he does not believe in the three beings including the Great Mother. "I will catch up with him in the shortest possible time." What Lumian didn't say was that he still had hope of getting more and stronger helpers, but Guillaume Bene, as a follower of the evil god, had offended the believers of the "Great Mother", so he wouldn't be able to find many companions, and they should be mainly wild extraordinary people and recipients who also believed in fate. Mrs. Pualis chuckled: "It's a good thing to be confident. I like confident young people like you. Do you want to follow me and believe in the Great Mother? That way you can get extra help. In addition to the power of the potion, you can also gain blessings." "I don't want to get pregnant and have a baby." Lumian rejected Mrs. Pualis's kindness in a tactful way. Mrs. Pualis smiled and said: “It seems that you have not had enough experience of the sacredness and preciousness of life, and the joy that new birth brings us. It was only after I actually gave birth to a child that I fully understood. "You don't have to refuse now. When you feel the greatness of your mother, you can come to me at any time." Lumian didn't want to dwell on the Great Mother and changed the subject: "I thought you always had other people give birth to your children, but I didn't expect you had one yourself." Mrs. Pualis's face was covered with a maternal glow: "After becoming a 'banshee', you must give birth to a child yourself, so that you can get closer to the Great Mother." It's hard to believe that you used to be a man... Lumian almost didn't dare to look directly at Mrs. Pualis, and asked a random question: "Your child died in the castle?"

"Yes." Mrs. Pualis sighed, "Killed by his father himself. Unfortunately, he didn't know that it was his child." “Who?” Lumian blurted out. Mrs. Pualis smiled: "Guillaume Bene, didn't you catch us having an affair? He didn't notice, but I knew you were hiding behind the altar, and I was thinking about whether to invite you to join us." I thought your affair was just a symbolic representation of something... Is there some truth in it? Lumian was stunned for a moment, and several images flashed through his mind: Madame Puaris and the curé were entangled naked; Madame Puaris praised the curé for his roughness, directness, and manliness; The parish priest intends to inconvenience Saint Six... Noticing the change in his expression, Mrs. Pualis smiled and said: "When I arrived at Cordu Village and familiarized myself with the surroundings, the first thing I did was to seduce Guillaume Bennet. "He is a clergyman with actual power and the only channel for communication between Koldu Village and the Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun. If I can capture him and make him a believer of the Great Mother, combined with Beost's identity, I can truly develop Koldu Village into my territory without being suspected by the outside world. "It just so happened that I also needed a child, so I tried it with him and used a week to keep his bloodline as a backup. But after July and August last year, his attitude changed and he was no longer interested in the Great Mother. Unfortunately, I didn't have the chance to let him give birth to a child for me and experience the beauty of life." "July or August last year?" Lumian repeated the time point. Every May and June, the shepherds move back to the mountains. "Yes, I remember it very clearly." Mrs. Pualis chuckled, "Later, that fool Louis Lund tried to ask him for help." Lumian frowned and asked: "Why did the curé suddenly change his attitude?" "I'm not sure. I only know that during that period, some villagers were spreading the heresy of astrology and were reported to Guillaume Bennet. After Guillaume Bennet interrogated those people, his attitude gradually changed." Mrs. Puaris' eyes were like a lake reflecting the sun. “Which ones?” Lumian asked. Mrs. Pualis smiled and replied: "Naalaiza and the others are people you know." Lumian was silent for a few seconds before saying: "Where were you, and what were you doing, when the Curé and his men attacked the castle?" Pualis laughed cheerfully: "You finally asked. "You should have guessed the answer, right?" She looked at Lumian and smiled with a somewhat painful and twisted expression: "Aurore attacked me." (End of this chapter)