Instantly, the mask on Ciel’s face shattered. A phantom pain, as if her brain was being gnawed, ca from Ciel’s head. But what she was losing wasn’t her brain, but knowledge and spiritual power—the thing Lucy called “brain-eater” was frantically devouring Ciel’s knowledge and spirit.
The connecting stream of light emitted a brilliant pink glow. The “Keyman’s” head was also rapidly swelling.
Its eyeball, which was originally like a pink starry sky, began to be covered by silver light, rapidly filling its eyeball... Then—
Bang!
The Keyman’s massive head exploded, leaving only a dried corpse, which was swaying in place. After a few seconds, it knelt down with a thud and fell onto the luxurious carpet.
“Are you alright?”
Lucy knew that the attack deflected by her luck had landed on Ciel.
She was about to turn and look at Ciel, but at this mont... her neck twisted.
“Hiss...”
Lucy crouched down, clutching her neck. At this point, she no longer dared to look in Ciel’s direction. She knew that her luck had taken effect again.
The one-minute effect of 【Overlimit】 hadn’t passed. If Lucy turned her head, it would be Lucy’s head that would explode next.
At this mont, Ciel gently held her forehead, slightly taking a deep breath.
The feeling of her “knowledge being gnawed” just now disappeared. She felt that the knowledge she had lost had returned to her mind... And the Keyman, corroded by the potion before her, was completely dead...
It was “Uniqueness” protecting her spirit and knowledge...
Damn “Fate Holder”...
Ciel clenched her fist. Her gaze was on Lucy, who was now crouching on the ground.
Just now, she was expecting Lucy to kill the opponent... So you were planning to use to kill, huh?
Then, in that state of the Keyman going insane, if it automatically used an attack like “spirit absorption,” wouldn’t absorbing either directly cause to explode due to “Uniqueness,” or be overloaded by the knowledge sealed in my mind?
This ti, I really gained a lot of knowledge.
Then if I can kill the Keyman myself, what do I need you for, Lucy?
Looking at Lucy, who was slowly standing up, Ciel slowly spoke, her tone gradually becoming cold: “Lucy... let ask you sothing...”
“Uh... Go ahead...”
At this mont, Lucy felt a little sweaty.
The result of the “Strong Luck Coin” toss could only guarantee that the “outco” was correct, but how the process unfolded was not sothing Lucy could control.
It was clear that she had tricked this terrifying “Subverter,” and from her tone, one could tell—she was very angry.
“Is the outco of your ‘Strong Luck Coin’ fixed every day? For example, on July 7th, you roll heads then tails. If you go back to July 7th and roll again, will it still be heads then tails?”
Ciel asked coldly.
Gulp—
Lucy swallowed. She completely didn’t understand what the other party was asking. She could only force herself to answer, “I... I don’t know. But the coin is tossed at a fixed ti every day. I think the outco of each day should be fixed in advance...”
“Good,”
Ciel nodded slightly and said, “Roll it again.”
If Lucy rolled heads, Ciel would spare her, because she was too lazy to waste ti.
If it was tails... then apologies.
Ding—
Lucy, sensing the killing intent, directly tossed the rusty coin. The coin rotated with a bloody glow and landed on the back of Lucy’s hand—the eyeball angel stared directly into Lucy’s eyes.
Hmph...
Whether Ciel said so or not, Lucy had to roll the dice a second ti to save her life. Now that she rolled heads, at least it ant she wouldn’t die.
Lucy put away the coin and slowly turned back, looking at the blonde young girl behind her. The fear in her heart suddenly intensified. She quickly lowered her eyes, no longer looking directly into the young girl’s eyes, but at her legs and shoes.
“Clean it up.”
Ciel took a deep breath and said, “Send the sealed artifact to Roswell Manor. Keep the materials for yourself... I’m going to deactivate my ability.”
“Mhm mhm mhm...”
Lucy nodded repeatedly, afraid that if she agreed too slowly, she would lose her share.
After saying this, Ciel directly turned around and left along the corridor.
Although she really wanted to kill Lucy, Lucy couldn’t die too many tis...
Killing them a few tis would allow her to control their hearts with fear in reality. Killing them too many tis might cause them to beco highly agitated.
Like Oppold before, after she used 【Nesis】 with 【Overlimit】 once, he imdiately panicked and attacked her.
However, this ti, it at least showed that when she returned to reality, she could kill the Keyman alone, even without calling Lucy.
But she had to contact Lucy.
Because this person was also coming to the banquet on July 7th. Heaven knows if her incredible luck would cause her and the Keyman to simultaneously explode like gold coins.
At least by keeping her as a teammate, Lucy’s luck wouldn’t accidentally harm .
Anyway, Ciel already had a way to contact Lucy.
Next... Ciel still had things to do.
At this mont, Ciel was using the “Subverter’s” ability to fake the normal scene within the manor.
And Oppold by the lake, and those people from the Chaos Squad, would not notice anything unusual here.
Now, Ciel needed to contact the Chaos Squad.
She would use the “Subverter’s” ability now to brainwash all of them, learn everything about them.
Then, she would add a layer of 【Nesis】 to them, to make it easier for her in reality to control them.
The most ideal situation would be for no one to discover that the Keyman was dead—not even anyone from the Society of rrint knowing what happened until Ciel left Berren City.
Keyman’s spiritual note did ntion the Society of rrint’s involvent in the North Ansu Great Famine... Ciel didn’t want to be involved in this matter in any way.
What she had to do next was very boring... Ciel felt almost no interest at all.
These things were not what she wanted to do, but just paving the way for her in reality.
Disguising herself as the Keyman, spreading false information, having the Chaos Squad gather outside the city, brainwashing them one by one, recording what she had done, then inflicting fear, and finally killing them—it was that simple.
Besides gaining so sealed artifacts, the mory of one person piqued Ciel’s interest.
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