"Smoke that can only be captured in a Spiritual Vision state? That's truly marvelous. But unfortunately, I haven't seen it." Justice said in a surprised tone.
"I've never heard of such a thing." Hanged Man shook his head in the thick fog.
After Lex finished speaking, 'Justice' and 'Hanged Man' both stated they hadn't heard of it, which left Lex slightly disappointed. He then looked at 'Sun', hoping that this person, who seemed to come from a mysterious place, could offer some insight.
But 'Sun' also remained silent, seemingly unaware as well.
A long time passed.
At the end of the long table, amidst the thick fog, the leisurely figure finally spoke in an indifferent tone: "Sounds quite interesting, but unfortunately, the clues you provided are too few to make an accurate judgment."
"However..."
"If it can only be captured by Spiritual Vision, then it's likely a problem with the mind body."
Mind body?
Lex remembered that when his mother, Amelia, taught mysticism, she mentioned that the non-physical part of each person is divided into four layers, from inside out: the spiritual body, the astral body, the mind body, and the etheric body.
Among them, the mind body involves the brain and is a comprehensive manifestation of reasoning ability, thinking ability, insight, and the ability to perceive things.
If the mind body has a problem, can it be simply understood as a broken brain?
Lex had no other questions for the time being. The others continued their discussion, with the 'Hanged Man' beside him requesting assistance from the person at the head of the long table to deal with the great pirate Qilangos.
During this process, 'Sun' also provided information about 'Shepherd' to everyone, which sounded like a high-sequence of a certain pathway.
Lex couldn't help but sigh, as expected of the Tarot Club, the information obtained was far more advanced than those Beyonder gatherings.
"Let's end it here today."
When the figure at the end of the long table said so, Lex stood up, placed his hand on his abdomen, and bowed slightly.
He noticed that 'Justice' and the 'Hanged Man' bowed in their respective ways, but 'Sun' was half a beat slower, appearing somewhat flustered and showing obvious signs of imitating others.
It seemed he was someone who didn't quite understand etiquette.
Moreover, his movements and demeanor looked like a big child.
Could 'Sun' be underage, but he was so tall...
Next, the gathering members successively disappeared in the hall. Before Lex was sent away, he was informed that the Tarot Club would be held every monday at 3 PM. As for transactions with other members, after reaching a transaction intention, money or items could be transferred to a designated account or sent to a designated location after the meeting.
After a moment of trance, Lex saw the familiar surroundings and realized he had returned to his hotel in Tingen City.
He stood up and moved his body. Based on his experience, he had probably been sitting still for some time.
Lex couldn't help but ponder. It seemed that it was not his physical body that entered Above the Gray Mist, but his spirit body.
No wonder my legs didn't feel numb even after sitting for a long time Above the Gray Mist, but as soon as I returned here, I felt something.
Klein's Cheat is very special, but mine is not bad either!
Lex still remembered summoning the Watcher's projection at noon and how powerful the female named Clemons was.
Although she did not resolve the undead, she easily turned the person who controlled the undead into stone, and conveniently took their magical items, casually giving them to him.
Thinking of those two magical items, Lex took them out, then summoned the mystical book to appraise the bracelet and ring.
These two items consumed 17 dimensional crystals from Lex.
After a dreamlike experience, Lex saw fragments related to these two items and obtained their appraisal information.
'ring of distortion: This is a magical item formed by the mystic characteristics of the Spectator pathway and the Black Emperor pathway. It possesses two abilities: 'Mental Confusion' and 'Distorted Time Perception'. The former can make the target's mental System chaotic, unable to effectively control their behavior. This influence is irregular, and sometimes they may even return to normal.'
'The other ability can distort one's own or an opponent's time perception, making it accelerate or slow down.'
'Its negative effect is that each time it is used, the bracelet will grow sharp thorns, piercing into the artery to draw blood. If used multiple times in a short period, it will lead to blood loss, resulting in loss of control.'
Looking at the other item.
'magic ring: This is a magical item formed by the characteristics of the Seer pathway. It possesses three abilities: 'Flame Jump', 'Paper Doll Substitute', and 'Enhanced Intuition'.'
'Flame Jump allows one to flash between flames within a 15-meter radius; Paper Doll Substitute can temporarily turn a carried paper doll into oneself and swap positions with oneself, which can block a fatal blow and effectively weaken curse damage, but requires preparing materials in advance, which are paper dolls; Enhanced Intuition maximizes one's intuition, allowing one to make predictions based on intuition.'
'This ring requires 250 grams of tin to be offered daily, and it will cause a needle-like stinging pain to the wearer when used.'
Looking at the ring with precise symbols engraved on its surface, and a symbol similar to an English 'J' on its inner side. He then looked at the exquisitely crafted metal bracelet, which was adorned with two red crystals.
Lex was glad that he was decisive enough at the time to directly use up a single summon of authority. Otherwise, with the ability to control undead and such troublesome magical items on them, it would have been too easy for those two people to kill him.
He used another 54 dimensional crystals to Sealeds these two items. This ensured that the 'ring of distortion' would not immediately draw blood during combat, but would require more blood compensation after the battle. Moreover, the blood did not necessarily have to come from the user themselves.
Additionally, the negative effect of the 'magic ring' was changed to only require tin to be offered after each use, but using one ability would cost 100 grams of tin.
As for the stinging sensation, it remained unchanged, but Lex believed he could endure it.
He did not strengthen these two items. Firstly, their auxiliary capabilities were already sufficient. Secondly, Lex was concerned about consuming too many dimensional crystals and dared not use them carelessly.
Ending the summon.
Lex put on both the magic ring and the ring of distortion, then pondered the assassination incident from noon.
Lex was certain that he did not know those two guys who turned into stone sculptures. Moreover, at that time, they were assassinating 'Lex', the baron's son!
In other words, they had nothing to do with the incident of the gray bear mole's death.
Those two were after 'Lex', it was another attempt by Bison's enemies after Sobari!