Chapter 562: Ch 562 : Incurable Eerie Bennett?

After affirming what he had said to Bennett, Su Yuan immediately regretted it, because he suddenly realized a very serious problem...

If entering an Eerie state is considered a lucky event, then Bennett, who is currently being controlled and corrupted by the Eerie force, is himself in a state of "luck," isn’t he?

"So that’s how it is..."

Bennett seemed somewhat contemplative as he spoke:

"I hate those lucky guys the most. Of course, that includes myself..."

"I should treat myself equally and also kill the lucky version of me..."

"But before I’ve killed all those lucky people, I certainly won’t die ahead of them!!!"

Hearing Bennett say this, Su Yuan breathed a temporary sigh of relief.

Luckily, Bennett hadn’t gone to the extreme and killed him outright—otherwise, all of Su Yuan’s previous efforts would have been wasted...

Now, the plan would be to take things slowly, step by step, and try to gradually change Bennett’s mindset.

Perhaps then he could be freed from the Eerie state...

"Ahem, Bennett, what you’re thinking isn’t entirely correct..."

Su Yuan cleared his throat lightly and continued:

"Just like in the story I told you about the old man and his horse, the same event has two sides..."

"Being controlled and corrupted by the Eerie force is not entirely lucky, nor is it entirely unlucky. It is a unity of opposites—it is both lucky and unlucky at the same time..."

Although Su Yuan wasn’t entirely sure what nonsense he was spouting, he poured it all out anyway...

He was also quite relieved that, in his own eyes, he had the power to rewind death, a special information system, and many helpful companions—so by his own standard, he was a fairly lucky person...

But in the eyes of Eerie Bennett, for some reason, Su Yuan was an unlucky person...

Yet for Su Yuan, being labeled as "unlucky" might actually be a stroke of luck.

If it weren’t, he would surely be under attack by Bennett and wouldn’t be able to reason with him like this...

"Being controlled by the Eerie force means you lose control over your own body and lose awareness for this period of time..."

Su Yuan continued to explain:

"Not being able to fully control yourself doesn’t seem like a lucky thing, does it?"

At this moment, Su Yuan was giving it his all, praying that Bennett would accept his perspective and exit the aberrant state...

"Su Yuan... I understand completely now..."

Eerie Bennett, after a moment of thought, nodded and spoke solemnly:

"Whether something is good or bad, or whether someone is lucky or unlucky, actually has very little to do with the thing or the person itself..."

"The most crucial part is my own perception, right?"

"Yes, that’s right. The key point is your own perception, Bennett!!!" Su Yuan said, feeling a surge of excitement.

Unexpectedly, Eerie Bennett could grasp this concept deeply.

Could this mean he was about to return to normal?

"So, Su Yuan, I don’t want you to think, I want me to think..."

Bennett suddenly tilted his head, first looking at Su Yuan, then at the Traveler, and revealed a devilish, extremely uncanny smile, saying:

"Su Yuan, your twisted reasoning ends here!!!"

"I think the Traveler is lucky, so he is lucky!!!"

"Why should I follow your words? Isn’t all of this supposed to be controlled by me???"

With that, Bennett drew his one-handed sword, enveloped it with Eerie energy, and charged directly at the Traveler, swinging toward his forehead!!!

The situation now was something Su Yuan had never anticipated...

He had originally hoped to use his explanation of luck and misfortune to change Bennett’s subjective perception, thereby making him exit the Eerie state...

But now it seemed to have the opposite effect.

Realizing this, Bennett’s actions had become completely uncontrollable.

Could it really be that they would just stand by and watch Bennett kill the Traveler?

At this critical moment, a surge of dense Abyss energy struck like a hidden snake from some unknown direction behind them!

This swift and fierce attack went straight for the back of Bennett’s head!

Because it happened so suddenly, Bennett seemed to sense something but couldn’t react in time, and the attack pierced through his skull directly!!!

Blood splattered as Bennett collapsed to the ground.

In his final moments, he muttered in confusion:

"Why... why is this happening..."

"My luck... really is terrible after all..."

Watching Bennett die before his eyes, Su Yuan was silent, unsure of what to say...

All the efforts he had made so far had been to save Paimon and the Traveler—and even to save Bennett himself...

So, where had that powerful Abyss attack come from?

Could it have been a trap accidentally triggered because this was the Spiral Abyss?

Or, perhaps, was it the person Bennett mentioned, the one secretly protecting the Traveler, who saw the Traveler’s life in danger and intervened to save him?

But if that were the case, why could that person wield Abyss energy to attack?

Very quickly, Su Yuan considered one possibility...

It couldn’t be... that the person who had been secretly protecting Aether all along was Lumine, right?

With this guess in mind, Su Yuan looked around the narrow, dark corridor and shouted loudly:

"Lumine— is that you??? If it’s you, please come out and meet us! What exactly is going on here? We can’t figure it out!!!"

Perhaps hearing someone calling her, Aether, who had been unconscious, suddenly snapped awake with a jolt!

"Lumine??? Is that you? Where are you???"

Sweat beading on his forehead, gasping heavily, Aether looked around—but still could not see any sign of Lumine...