OBS Chapter 3614 Chapter Purchase
Chapter 3614 Chapter Purchase
Chapter 3614 Buyback
Sevier frowned as she looked at the corpse on the floor:
"So, why did the snake bring up that example in the first place? It should have known that what it said would become the direction of our investigation; was it deliberately providing us with clues?"
"Either it truly sees through fate and knows that our investigation will ultimately benefit it more; or it's a trap that will cause us huge losses. So, dealing with an enemy who can see through time or fate is that troublesome."
Shad stood up from the corpse and checked on the unconscious couple. The watchmaker had died from exhaustion of his mental energy, while the woman was still alive, but like Mr. Mortis's detective friend, she was also in a deep coma due to extreme mental depletion.
This kind of psychological trauma can be treated, but it takes a long time to fully recover. While magical spells like [Cyndia's Silver Moon Gift] and [Dark Moon Grace] can effectively restore mental energy, the damage to mental energy is so severe that the body still needs to repair itself naturally.
Ring sorcerers can recover in a few days, but ordinary people cannot.
"Mr. Watson, what I'm worried about now is whether that mermaid will cooperate with Mr. Snake?"
Mr. Mortis was very worried:
"The simultaneous presence of two powers within her is not a good sign."
Shad couldn't answer this question either. Half an hour ago, he was worried about the demon cooperating with Mr. Snake, but in the blink of an eye, the power of "desire" appeared.
But he actually had a way to get the answer to Mr. Mortis's question directly, which was to go to Moon Bay and ask "Desire" directly. However, after the Love Lake incident, Shad had already decided that unless he received the blessing of "Chaos" and could completely resist the power of "Desire," he would never take the initiative to see it again.
"It's hard to say anything right now. Has the church been informed about what's happening here?"
When asked, Mr. Mortis shook his head:
"Not yet. I think it might be related to the Seven Acts story, so I only informed you."
"Then let's contact the church. This island isn't that big, and the church is sending people from all over the world, just like the Prophet's Association. As long as she's still active on this island, she'll be found again sooner or later."
Mr. Mortis nodded, but Shad asked again:
"By the way, have you encountered any members of the Tyranny Club on this island?"
"A follower of that [God of Tyranny]?"
Although Mr. Mortis didn't know why Shad had brought this up, he still thought about it for a moment:
"We received news before the year-end holiday that their forces were converging on Falling Star Bay. But we have no dealings with them. Those cultists are probably focused on the meeting between the two countries on the island, right? What, are they involved with that thing too?"
"This one shouldn't exist."
Since the Clown Troupe has received the news, they should soon encounter the Tyranny Club and learn some clues about the Fallen Star Beast.
“I encountered this group of cultists not long ago. Some of them were in the southern part of the island keeping an eye on the affairs of the Wheel of Time, while others were in the northern part of the island searching for an entrance to the seabed.”
That's what Xia De said.
"Entrance?"
"Yes, find the entrance to the 'dice' that fell from the stars."
Mr. Mortis looked at him in surprise:
"Is the 'Tyranny Club' related to that star?"
“We can discuss the more specifics later when we have time, as there are too many things involved. For now, let the church send someone over to handle things here. Once the lady wakes up, she should be able to describe to us what happened during her period of enchantment.”
Xia De looked out the window at the setting sun:
"I just wanted to say that I already know where that 'dice' is. Today is Tuesday, and I plan to make my move before Friday. Mr. Mortis, would you like to join me on stage?"
Mr. Mortis immediately laughed, took off the mask hanging from his waist, and put it on his face:
"Yes, the clowns are happy to put on a wonderful show for you."
Shad thought this was the last thing for the day. On the way back, while talking to Sylvie about "Charm," he wondered if Vanessa would run into Galina, since Vanessa had said she was coming over tonight.
But when the carriage returned to Kyle Todd, Shad immediately spotted Stella, who had been busy studying rituals, standing at the town gate. Upon seeing the carriage, she quickly waved to stop them.
"The association's fortune teller is looking for you; it was President Le Norman who brought a group of people with him."
Chairman Le Norman and his entourage were waiting for Shad in the Snow Mountain Hall. Normally, the elders would never have allowed them to enter unless it was for the "Great Symphony of Destiny" ceremony.
However, even though they were allowed to enter the Snow Mountain Hall, the elders did not receive them, citing the reason that they "needed to discuss the coronation of the Elf King with the visiting elves." They were simply asked to wait in the banquet hall, without even tea being prepared.
However, the prophets knew the Fatu had never liked them, so they didn't care. Claire waited for Shad in the hall, to take over from Sevier and accompany Shad to meet the prophets.
When Chairman Le Norman, known as "Mr. Crystal," met Shad, he asked a question rather awkwardly:
"Excuse me, have you used up that snake fang?"
Shad blinked, feeling he had guessed the purpose of his trip:
"Not yet, but we plan to use it tomorrow. What's wrong? Is there something wrong with that snake fang?"
"No, no, of course not. It's like this... I'm really sorry to say, we didn't expect to encounter this situation either, but fate is always so unpredictable, even prophets can't help it."
"You can just say what you need to say."
"Okay, to put it simply, the association wants to buy back that snake fang."
Claire chuckled behind Shad, making the three visiting prophets even more embarrassed.
Xia De didn't rush to refuse:
"Can you tell me exactly what you need that snake fang for?"
"Yes. After returning from the ancient god's temple last Friday, the association unsealed a batch of previously sealed ancient documents and discovered some valuable information within them. Specifically, these peculiar snake fangs in the snow mountain can fix fate, so they can be used to combat the Infinite Serpent, which possesses the characteristic of ever-changing fate."
The Serpent Fang, of course, cannot completely obliterate the Infinite Serpent; only the wielder of a molted serpent could possibly do that. However, if the Serpent Fang were to strike the Infinite Serpent, it could temporarily deprive it of the power to unleash even more possibilities after absorbing destiny.
He explained it this way:
"The association had originally suspected that the snake fangs had this function, and that document only confirmed our conjecture. But at noon today, an infinite snake actually appeared at the association headquarters."
It exists in the form of a bookshelf, characterized by the fact that the books on it are always arranged in a random order. Subsequent investigation revealed that this problem had actually existed for some time, but everyone had always assumed it was simply due to someone haphazardly placing the books. Until today, in preparation for the arrival of diviners from various branches of the Old World, the association headquarters arranged for staff to tidy and clean the library, and during discussions about this issue, someone pointed out—
"That's impossible; no one in the association would do such a thing."
"So the snake appeared? But I don't understand, how could the members at the association headquarters not have heard about the Infinite Serpent? They just attacked that snake so casually?"
Xia De asked again, "This is also the key to the matter."
"They recognized the snake immediately, so instead of attacking, they activated the emergency plan, evacuating everyone and sealing off the library. But by the time the association's special team for dealing with Infinite Snakes arrived and opened the library doors, the snake had become invincible."
Seemingly because its main body is a bookshelf, it possesses the ability to interact with books and directly utilize the knowledge within them for evolution. Although that library wasn't classified, it was still open to Ring Mages.
Chairman Le Norman let out a long sigh:
"Currently, the Association's Keeper of the Secrets has sealed the library, but this is only a delaying tactic. So we hope to use Serpent Fang to temporarily disable its ability to evolve through fate, and then focus our fire to destroy it directly."
This problem sounds quite serious. The fact that the Prophet's Association headquarters can't directly resolve something like this speaks volumes about the snake's evolution. Although Shad is supposed to activate the key tomorrow, the association's affairs are clearly more urgent than his own.
Chairman Le Norman directly quoted a price:
"You obtained this serpent fang from us in exchange for information about the Pilgrim's Path. I can exchange it back for information from other stories and some hidden knowledge. You know about the Ring of Fate, the Ring Beast, and..."
"I know that the fallen star is the Ring of War, and it has already given birth to the Beast of War. It is this fallen star that has solidified the fate of war in the Fallen Star Bay region."
Mr. Snake is also a ring, the apocalyptic ring of the First Era; the Infinite Serpent is similar, but they are not complete rings, only curved arcs.
Shad said that Chairman Le Norman and the two soothsayers behind him were clearly surprised that the "Caller of Gods" knew so much detail:
"I thought this was just the Association of Prophets."
"Yes, only the association knows about these things. But during the Green Lake incident, I received some of the Edwards family's legacy, and Laplace Klein Howard has done some research on it."
When Xia De mentioned the association's notorious traitor, they completely understood and had no doubt about any other possibilities.
Xia De then made his own request:
"I understand you desperately need this snake fang. Promise me two things, and I won't ask for an exorbitant price—"
First, I don't need all the information about the Ring of Fate, but I want to know how to break the already formed Ring of Fate; second, since you want to consume that serpent fang, then I need clues about the other fangs. My own affairs, though not as urgent as yours, cannot be delayed for too long.