Eldritch Horror Theatre

She matched the description in every respect. The figure who had just appeared was definitely Lorraine.

Amid the gunfire and splattering blood, Fu Qian all but confirmed her identity.

The Eternally Lucid Mind was as sharp as expected, remaining effective even against a target with such potent divinity.

In that instant, Lorraine fell completely to the mortal realm, turning into an ordinary human.

She must have stumbled in here while searching for her husband and happened to encounter this Mirror in its active state.

It must have been normal back then, just like the Statue of the Goddess of Sins that appeared at regular intervals.

Then, by some twist of fate, she fell into this current special state.

In a sense, the figure before him should be called the Child of Lorraine—the mother’s consciousness had long since been annihilated.

Due to Cognitive Misalignment, the pure, infant-like consciousness that remained seemed exceptionally adept at receiving the blessing of the covenant’s target. As a result, it had established an internal connection far exceeding that of an Angel like Ji Yicheng.

That was exactly why this Mirror, which should have expired and vanished long ago, had remained active until now.It was rather eerie—truly impossible to guard against completely!

After piecing together what had happened, Fu Qian let out a quiet sigh, confirming that his earlier choice had been correct.

The target of his gunshot just now had been her lower abdomen.

As the bullet tore through the air, a bloom of blood instantly burst from Lorraine’s belly.

After firing that shot, Fu Qian hadn’t even checked the result. He leaped directly in front of the Mirror, raised a hand, and snapped his fingers.

”Hey, look over here.”

The sound instantly drew everyone’s attention.

Both Elena and Cross looked over in bewilderment, completely failing to understand what had just happened.

Losing one’s power in a place filled with such constant peril meant almost certain death.

Fu Qian completely understood their reaction, but one had to look on the bright side.

With her power completely dispelled, Elena shed that extreme aura for the first time, finally looking like a real, living person.

Such a feeling must have been incredibly precious to her.

Having just been shot, Lorraine was undoubtedly drawn by his call as well.

However, she was clearly acting like a walking corpse. She had been looking down at the wound on her stomach, but now she simply stared over at him blankly.

”Five, four, three—”

Fu Qian had already counted down to three.

Right then, Lorraine’s stomach suddenly began to twitch violently, and the wound healed almost instantly.

It seemed her Rank was indeed slightly higher than his own.

Fu Qian mused silently; he hadn’t even recovered his own power yet.

But that wasn’t important. What mattered was that while her Transcendent Tier power had been expelled, her counterattack had not been triggered.

The risk had been averted; now it was time to test the results.

Fu Qian had never expected to instantly kill her with a single shot, especially since transcendent power would return in just a few seconds. In all likelihood, she could still be saved even if her head were blown to mush.

Therefore, the round Fu Qian had just used was still the Shoot-to-Impregnate Bullet.

Now that transcendent power had returned and her flesh and blood had fused, Fu Qian highly anticipated the subsequent developments.

In the next moment, her stomach swelled madly at a speed far defying common sense. Following a squirming motion at the gunshot wound, plumes of Feathers actually spewed out.

’I swear—’

This eerie scene made even Fu Qian frown. He almost thought he heard a peculiar scream.

An animalistic, soul-level scream of terror that resonated directly in the human heart.

The swelling and spewing rapidly reached an equilibrium, lasting for over ten seconds.

Finally, the gushing slowly came to a halt, and the lower abdomen shrank back down, returning to its original state.

At last, Lorraine’s body shuddered and then completely calmed down.

At the same time, an aura similar to the one Ji Yicheng possessed appeared.

As Fu Qian had expected, that special divinity did not continue to increase, nor did Lorraine’s figure enter an invisible state again.

’Has she turned into a normal Covenanter?’

However, though her eyes were no longer as dull as before, she still didn’t look entirely lucid, appearing more akin to an animal.

’It seems I’ve let a new lifeform experience the cruelty of the world!’

Fu Qian shook his head.

While he couldn’t be absolutely certain of what had just happened, he could still guess a fair amount.

The exaggerated, rapid swelling of her lower abdomen was clearly a reaction to that special bullet. It caused the localized area to become extremely vitalized, forming something akin to another fetus.

This anomaly naturally aroused the vigilance of the original entity within, especially since the growth speed far exceeded common sense.

Its direct response was naturally to mobilize all its power to eradicate this thing.

For an Angel, this was hardly a difficult task; this was also the origin of those surging Feathers.

However, even though the ”pollution” was quickly cleared, the Mental Shock caused by this action was not over.

This analogous competitor might have made it realize the true boundaries of its own self.

This Sublimation in cognition directly made the original wondrous state impossible to maintain, plunging the entity back into the mortal dust.

Fu Qian had indeed intended this all along, using this method to give it a little stimulation—a so-called blasphemy.

He just hadn’t expected the effect to be this good.

Now that this entity had returned to normal, even though she was still an Angel, based on his past experience dealing with Ji Yicheng, one hand would be more than enough to handle her.

’I hope this is enough; otherwise, it would really be like beating up a child.’

Fu Qian thought to himself. The next moment, sensing something, he looked up at the Mirror in front of him.

This time, not only was the Mercury-like surface dead silent, but countless cracks suddenly spread across it.

Crash!

The giant construct instantly shattered into fist-sized stones, spilling all over the ground.

At the same time, Fu Qian faintly sensed a distinct odor in the air.

The stench of the swamp.

’Looks like I took the blasphemy a bit too far this time; this place is probably doomed.’

’Before long, it will likely disappear forever in the Underground of this swamp.’

Despite his musings, Fu Qian was in a great mood because that essentially meant his mission was complete.

[Current mission completed. Containment of No. 2-153 successful.]

It didn’t disappoint him; the prompt indicating the mission’s success soon rang out.

”Elena!”

Right then, Cross’s hoarse roar rang in his ears.

Glancing over, he saw Elena standing frozen in place, staring blankly at where the Mirror had been.

And a pair of massive wings was spreading open behind her back.

’A covenant?’

Even with just a fleeting glimpse, Fu Qian instantly understood what had happened.

When he snapped his fingers earlier, she must have responded to the call and subconsciously glanced at the Mirror.

And right there lay a time discrepancy.

Due to the difference in Rank, the Mirror had recovered noticeably faster, while Elena was much slower.

With her power dispelled, her Reflection in the mirror had become just like an ordinary person’s.

Given her past experiences, she had probably naturally mistaken a certain Shadow for her true body.

’The circumstances of life truly are wondrous!’

Fu Qian sighed inwardly once again. The last scene in his eyes was Elena looking up at Lorraine, deep in thought.