OBS Chapter 3660 Snake Creates Infinite Snake
Chapter 3660 Snake Creates Infinite Snake
Chapter 3660 Snake Creates Infinite Snake
“Aunt, don’t complain about these things so early in the morning. Oh, just two seconds ago, Mother whispered to Father at the dining table that you brought breakfast to Xia De’s place. It seems like you’ve really decided on him.”
Lacey suddenly said something, and Galina immediately laughed:
"Of course, I've decided on Xia De."
She nestled her head affectionately on Shad's shoulder, then let him feed her. Lacey pouted, switched back to Dorothy's soul, and they each enjoyed their own breakfast.
In fact, from the royal family's perspective, Shad becoming Galina's future husband was the best choice. Given Galina's status and position, the royal family certainly wouldn't want to gain political benefits through her marriage—that would only give them a senior figure who could influence the kingdom's politics.
The marriage of Xia De and Jia Linna, who had no parents, no family ties, and not even many friends, meant that no political family in the country would benefit from it. This marriage would not have any impact on the existing political landscape, and it would not have much impact in the future either.
This was exactly the situation Larousse III wanted. In fact, Shad's identity could even increase the royal family's popularity among the people, since before 1853 he was really just a poor boy with no parents.
The reason why Shad was not given a higher title beyond "knighthood" was for this reason. It was the best option to let Shad marry the Duke as a knight and then give him various titles after the marriage.
Galina was indeed very busy. After breakfast, she left in a hurry with Tifa and the others, without even waiting for Shad to come and collect the gifts for the week.
Two weeks ago it was the gold coin, last week it was Mr. Chanem Rhodes' manuscript, so Shad was especially looking forward to this week's gift:
"Dorothy, do you think I might just pull out a Ring of Fate?"
He asked this question while touching Xiaomia in an attempt to gain luck.
The writer smiled:
"People who say this usually don't get lucky."
And this week's gift wasn't a ring or an arc, as expected. This week's gift was exceptionally large—it was a piece of ore, and a very familiar one at that:
"Isn't this the ore with the power of stars from that underwater tunnel?"
Although it was a precious mineral, it wasn't what Shad wanted. He already possessed the pure "star fragments" that the Fallen Star Beast had transformed into after its death, so he didn't really need this kind of "low-quality" ore.
"So this week's task isn't to send you mining, is it?"
When the writer asked again, Xia De immediately shook his head:
"The task was to pick up some pretty stones on the road and bring them home, which is something children would do. I remember there were many beautiful pebbles on the beaches of Fatoumunst. Why not buy a fish tank and keep a few fish at home, and put pebbles at the bottom of the tank?"
"Meow~"
The cat immediately stretched out its paw to rub against Shad's sleeve, not because it wanted to eat the fish, but because it disagreed with the presence of a third permanent resident in the house.
After saying goodbye to Dorothy, Shad headed to Fatummister Island. The blizzard from the previous night was still raging, and when Shad arrived in town, the townspeople had clearly given up on completely clearing the snow from the roads.
They were now only clearing the snow off the roofs and making a narrow path wide enough for one person to walk on. The town had become visibly desolate; in such terrible weather, it was difficult to even leave the town, let alone go out to sea or up the mountain.
So most townspeople spent the winter at home, but Shad couldn't stay idle.
"The snow is really heavy. Bella and the maid in the castle said something similar. This snow will last at least until Wednesday. I only remember the last time it snowed this much when I was a child, but I was very excited then, thinking I could have a snowball fight."
After Shad arrived at the Snow Mountain Hall, Claire brushed the snow off his shoulders as she spoke. Shad remembered the Apostle of Desire's words from the previous night and asked:
"Has anything happened in town since midnight last night?"
"No, everything is fine. But did Galina tell you? This snow has affected the entire southern coast of the Old World, and Grandma Cassandra and the others' train is delayed, so they won't arrive until Tuesday afternoon."
“Galina didn’t say anything about that; she’s been very busy lately. Where is Bella? I have a letter for her.”
The witches on the ship also had their own things to do. After Shad gave the letter to Bella on the ship, Megan and Vanessa took Shad to see the sand table of Fatummister Island that they had recently created after surveying the island's terrain.
The sand table not only recreated the topography of the island and snow-capped mountains, but even marked the course of the underground river. However, they were forbidden by Shad from entering the underground area, so they could only use secret techniques to sense the direction of the water veins on the surface, and the markings of the underground river were not necessarily completely accurate.
After the other witches arrived, the girls under Sylvie's command had an easier time.
In the past few days, she has been arranging for the inspection of the visiting ships from both countries to prevent the heavy snow from affecting them. At the same time, she has also arranged for the mermaids who came to the area with her to explore the seabed of Falling Star Bay.
Although the actual location of the Fallen Star Beast is within the Astral Fragment, from the perspective of the material world, the location of the Astral Fragment actually coincides with the space at the bottom of the seabed.
Hivi had the mermaid girls collect some mineral samples from the seabed and observe whether the seabed ecosystem would change after the Fallen Star Beast's defeat, in order to prepare for the future battle of the Moon Chosen.
Of course, besides chatting with the girls in various areas of the ship and consulting about the "Blessing of Chaos" that morning, Shad spent most of his time asking the witches what the best option would be if he wanted to forge the Ring of Fate into a "weapon":
"I plan to use the star fragments left behind by the fallen star beast as a vessel. So, should I craft it into a longsword, ring, necklace, shield, or something else?"
Of the six great witches who have arrived on the island so far, Sylvie, Vanessa, and Megan are the most skilled in alchemy. They each offered different advice, but Shad ultimately decided, "Go and consult Granny Cassandra when she arrives; she is the great witch with the best alchemy skills."
Flora was not on the ship all morning, and she and Miss Bell returned at lunchtime, braving the wind and snow outside.
At the time, everyone was talking about Stella using the Frostmourne. When they saw the artist's furrowed brow, they knew that something had happened in the city again.
"Another body has been found that died from mental exhaustion. The church, the clown troupe, and the ring sorcerers of the Prophet's Association all went there. The body died the day before yesterday, but because it was buried in the snow, it was not discovered until this morning."
This time, extremely serious traces of the power of the unknowable-level relic [Desire] were found on the corpse. And the most serious problem is that all the ordinary people who came into contact with the corpse exhibited physical mutations.
Upon hearing the lingering power of the "mermaid," Shad asked:
"What kind of mutation? It grew extra hands and feet?"
Megan glanced at Shad, but Flora shook her head:
"No, it's a mutation that turns people into snakes. The mutation is different for each person. In the most severe case, both legs have completely fused together. This is different from what you said about Little Beren. The diviners of the Prophet's Association didn't find anything wrong with the fate of those mutated people. They really only mutated because of contact with that corpse."
"Is this a curse?"
Vanessa asked, but Flora shook her head again with a serious expression:
"The prophets believe it is a plague, a plague originating from these corpses that died of mental exhaustion. The first few corpses have been collected, and those who came into contact with them are being investigated."
The church believes this is a supernatural plague resulting from the combination of Mr. Snake's power and the power of that terrifying, unknowable relic. The best-case scenario is that the woman who can extract spiritual energy has only killed people on this island.
Things would get quite complicated if she had left Fatummst.
Although Flora had made the situation sound very serious, the actual situation was far more serious than the news she brought.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Shad was listening to Stella carefully playing the lyre in the banquet hall of the Snow Mountain Hall. Frostmourne could change the weather on a large scale and bring snow, but now no more snow was needed, so Stella had to carefully control its power when she practiced.
At this moment, Elder Harald and Elder Vilda entered with worried expressions. Their hats and shoulders were stained silver-white. They told Shad some bad news:
"We just received a notice that martial law has been declared on the entire island, and residents are not allowed to go out. Until the martial law is lifted, residents must stay at home, or at least not leave their neighborhood or village. We are now arranging for people to notify each village. It seems that something serious has happened."
Why is martial law being declared?
"The city's stated reason is severe weather, and the snowfall is expected to continue for the next two days, but it's probably not that simple. The church should be coming to explain to us soon; we don't know what it's about this time."
Mr. Mortis arrived even earlier than the church members.
He braved the snow to come, met Shad in the Snow Mountain Hall, and informed Shad of the current situation known to the [Clown Troupe]:
"Victims infected with the extraordinary plague not only mutated into snake-men, but the Prophet Association, after obtaining some human tissue for research, believes that every one of those infected with the plague has the potential to become an infinite snake."
After confirming that he hadn't misheard, Xia De asked:
"Artificial Infinite Snakes, I mean snakes creating infinite snakes?"
Mr. Mortis held his mask in his hand, his expression quite unpleasant:
"At present, it only has the potential for mutation, and there will not be a large-scale infinite snake mutation. The prophets' research is still ongoing. Based on the current conclusions, it seems that Mr. Snake has separated a part of his own characteristics and merged it with the power of that thing, which is why the woman who extracted his spiritual power has such a strong corrupting effect."
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