Part 5 The Red Priestess Chapter 104 – The Unauthorized Use of Hypnosis
Amidst the echoes of the words that had originated in the ancient Hermetic language, the spot where Audrey and Hwyn Lambeth had been dimmed for a moment at the same time.
It was as if someone had passed by, obscured the nearest window, and then quickly moved away.
When the light returned, in the illusory world, the island of consciousness shrouded by the horrific mind storm changed from Audrey’s to Hwyn Lambeth’s, and the one who invaded the other’s mind body changed from Hwyn Lambeth to Audrey.
The “Luck Stealer” spell!
This is a spell made from Amon’s “Worm of Time” and based on the power of the “Fool”, it can steal the fate of the target for a short period of time and swap it with the user’s corresponding future!
This is the consultation fee Audrey got from Germaine Sparrow when she treated Hazel’s mental breakdown. With the help of this spell, she grafted the future where the consciousness barrier was about to break down and the mind was about to be manipulated to Hwyn Lambeth, and stole from the other party the ability to manage the “Mind Storm”, open the door of the target’s mind and body, and directly modify and seed the corresponding destiny of the user’s consciousness. The destiny of the consciousness was directly modified and planted.
In an instant, the situation was reversed, and Audrey jumped from the brink of collapse to occupy an absolute advantage.
Of course, this advantage could only be maintained for a short period of time.
Frankly speaking, if it was not for the fact that two days before, she had thought about how to struggle and how to save herself when she was in a desperate situation, Audrey would not have thought of using the “Stealer of Fortune” spell just now, or rather, by the time she thought of it, it would have been too late, and similarly, at this very moment, like she had rehearsed it quite a number of times in her mind, she suppressed the “Stealer of Fortune” spell. As she had done many times before, she suppressed her surprise at the effect of the “Luck Stealer”, quickly determined her state, and with the advantage she had at the moment, she let the “Mind Storm” mixed with the “Hypnotize” effect sweep over her, opening the mind-body of Hwynn Lambeth at once. Lambeth’s mind and body door.
Hwyn Lambeth immediately froze there, just like an ordinary person who put all his attention to Audrey’s golden eyes and thus was tragically hypnotized.
Yes, at this moment, as a demigod in the “audience” pathway, he was manipulated by Audrey, who was only in Sequence 6.
In this way, even if the effect of the “Luck Stealer” is over, it will not change this fait accompli!
However, Audrey knew that she was only using the magical spell to open the door to Hwyn Lambeth’s own mind and body with his own ability, completing the initial manipulation, and if she wanted to do something afterwards, she would inevitably suffer from the corresponding rejection, and with her sequence level, she couldn’t fight against or control the more intense kind.
Moreover, she could clearly feel that Hwyn Lambeth was subconsciously resisting this current state of affairs, and a small number of grayish scales had begun to appear on his face in the real world.
It won’t be long before he is able to forcefully break free from my initial manipulation of his mind …… Audrey’s mind instantly flashed with such a realization.
She then turned her gaze to Hwyn Lambeth’s head, rather regretting that she didn’t have a powerful pistol on her person, or else she could have fired several shots in a row to attempt a kill while she had this opportunity.
Soon, she remembered her own “Dragon Scale”, and believed that Hwyn Lambeth must also have it, and it is more powerful and stronger, not ordinary attacks can break it, even most of the magical items corresponding to the middle and low sequences can’t do it!
If he couldn’t be killed in a single blow, Hwyn Lambeth would certainly be able to use this to come to his senses and get out of his control.
Without hesitation, Audrey, who lacked sufficient means of attack, quickly made a decision:
”Hypnotize him!”
He is the best at hypnosis, and has an extremely strong resistance to it, instead of preparing additional items to defend against the effects of this aspect …… can’t let him do something too much against his own will, and with the difference in our levels, I definitely can’t fight against the corresponding subconscious-based resistance… …A single thought flashed quickly in Audrey’s mind, and her lips slightly dry as she opened her mouth with deliberation.
Trying hard not to show herself as abnormal, she gazed into Hwyn Lambeth’s eyes and spoke in a rather soft voice:
”Find a place to wait at the Glorinte’s mansion and meet me in the garden in fifteen minutes ……”
The implantation of this subconscious idea did not provoke too obvious rejection, and Audrey completed the manipulation relatively smoothly – as far as Hwyn Lambeth was concerned, he was indeed here to see Audrey today, and the prepared meeting place was Viscount Graylingt’s mansion, and the hypnosis made by Audrey had only modified the corresponding time and specific place, and the difference was within a very small range. within a very small range, so, fitting the will of Hwyn Lambeth, it did not take too much effort and did not encounter strong resistance.
”Okay ……,” Hwyn Lambeth responded to Audrey’s earlier words.
Audrey didn’t bother to breathe a sigh of relief, her spirits lifted and she continued to look into the other woman’s eyes, softly speaking:
”You will not come to me until a quarter of an hour from now, so you have not seen me yet to-day.
”As you have not yet seen me, what has just happened must not exist; they will be forgotten.”
As Hwyn Lambeth had already received that previous hypnosis, and followed the corresponding logic all the way down, the instinctive resistance, though present, was not too strong, and soon faded into nothingness in those golden, bright, deep, fascinating eyes.
”Yes, I haven’t seen you yet, nothing happened just now ……,” Hwyn Lambeth repeated with a slightly bewildered expression, and the grayish scales on the surface of his skin increased quite a bit more.
After taking care of this crucial step, Audrey resisted the urge to pat her chest for a second and thought for a second:
”Becomes quiet when it hears my song.”
She wanted to use seduction to match the hypnosis, but realized that she couldn’t strike any seductive poses or make corresponding expressions, so she raised her hand and gathered her falling blonde hair, her head tilted up slightly, and her eyes flowed with it as her smile became bright.
Immediately afterward, she hummed a melody of “Manor Under the Moon” in her nasal voice.
Hwyn Lambeth looked at the young girl in front of him, who was as beautiful as sunshine, flowers and gems, and listened to the ethereal yet ethereal voice, his mind gradually quieted down and no longer resisted.
Seeing that the preliminary maneuvering of before was about to be broken free by the other, Audrey did not see the delay and pointed to the other side of the corridor:
”Go over there, regain consciousness at the sight of that stained glass, and disarm the dragon scale.”
She was well aware that on the other side of the corridor, going toward the main entrance, there was stained glass after stained glass on a beautiful white background.
The command did not contain a hint of danger, nor did it go much against the will of Hwyn Lambeth himself, who instantly took a step and went down the aisle, moving quickly forward and turning to the right.
Only when his back was out of sight did Audrey exhale slowly, allowing the mass of afterthought, fear and tightness to rise up and ravage her mind.
Her body trembled gently, her mouth opening slightly as she uncontrollably began to inhale and exhale in small gulps.
After ten seconds, Audrey calmed herself with a “soothe”.
Then, glancing at the wall clock, she stood there, raised her hands, clasped them together in front of her mouth and nose, and whispered the name of Mr. Fool.
She invoked another angelic blessing, and asked the Great Being to tell Germaine Sparrow, “the world,” that he had ascertained when Hwyn Lambeth would come, and would summon him two minutes in advance, that he should arrive at the right time, and that he should not be in too great a hurry, and should not approach too closely, lest Hwyn Lambeth should be alarmed at an ambush.
During this process, Audrey only briefly mentioned what she had just encountered, not bothering to describe it in detail so as not to waste time.
Then, she raised her hands and pressed her cheeks, allowing her expression to return completely to normal, and began to hypnotize herself so that she would hum that melody from just now as soon as she saw Hwyn Lambeth.
After this, Audrey went to the hall, and first found Susie, the golden dog, and took from her the necklace of “Lies” and the diamond lapel pin of “Alcohol’s Nemesis” – the latter could be worn for a maximum of half an hour to counteract the influence of the mind, and the latter could be worn for a maximum of half an hour to counteract the influence of the mind. The latter can only be worn for half an hour at the most, otherwise the damage to the liver and brain will be irreversible, so Audrey prepared to wear it after leaving Grelint’s mansion to prevent Hwyn Lambeth from looking for her in the middle of the day.
Susie failed to notice anything unusual about Audrey and watched as she pinned on her lapel pin and put on the necklace.
After several minutes, Audrey folded a muslin black glove into the pocket of her knight’s coat, excused herself to go to the lavatory, and took the long way around into the gardens of Viscount Graylingt’s house.
Then she looked at the great clock on the steeple attached to the house and memorized the time with a slight mental strain.
To her it was as much a fear that Hwyn Lambeth would not come as that he would be early or late.
As the minutes ticked by, Audrey used the word “pacify” twice to calm her nerves.
With two minutes and fifteen seconds left, she removed the feathered accessory from her top hat and snapped her wrist.
Red flames rose and ignited the white feather.
This was the ability to “manipulate flames” that came with “Lies”.
The flame became pale as it burned, and it only took two or three seconds for the feather, which was a byproduct of the Artificial Reaper, to turn into ashes.
And there was no change in the surroundings.
Looking at the large clock again, Audrey took out a charm made of white pewter and recited a word in ancient Hermetic:
”Lightning!”
The sigil then lit up and seemed to be entangled with many tiny electric snakes.
This was the sigil that summoned Germaine Sparrow.
When the electricity faded, the rune completely disintegrated and merged into the void, but the neighborhood was still quiet, without a bit of noise.
Hugh and Forsyth and the girls should have found the Church of Darkness and begun to pray …… Audrey calmed down and pretended to admire the remaining flowers of the fall.
She did not look up at the big clock again, and mentally counted down the time.
Three seconds, two seconds, one second …… She slowly raised her head and looked around, but there was no sign of Hwyn Lambeth.
Had he noticed the anomaly and moved away from the area? Audrey’s heart tightened violently, and she couldn’t help but think back to what she had mistakenly missed.
Just then, a gentle voice rang in her ears:
”What are you looking for?”
Audrey’s pupils dilated steeply, and out of the corner of her eye, she saw that Hwyn Lambeth, who had silver-white hair and light blue eyes, had somehow appeared next to her, and there seemed to be a hint of doubt hidden in her tone.
She, who had already hypnotized herself, did not hesitate at this moment, and hummed that beautiful melody of “Manor Under the Moon” according to her subconscious response.
At the ethereal and ethereal sound, Hwyn Lambeth calmed down and listened intently.
Suddenly, he realized that the distance between himself and Audrey had become far, far away, when both were clearly not moving.
Darkness enveloped the garden in its afternoon state, and a huge red moon rose over the top of the nearest house, where a figure stood, dressed in a black trench coat and a half-height bowler hat, its face blurred by backlighting.