OBS Chapter 3608 Parliamentary Forging District
Chapter 3608 Parliamentary Forging District
Chapter 3608 Parliamentary Forging District
This case was indeed full of twists and turns, and the parliament's verdict and subsequent rewards were indeed reasonable in that historical context.
"Although the records don't mention fate, do you think the Witch Council at the time knew the truth about those twists and turns?"
When asked, Jialina shook her head:
"I don't know because it's not written in the case file. Although the case file doesn't describe how to remove the curved blades from the holder's body, it does say that the final method of use is no longer to embed them into flesh and blood, but to make them into weapons. According to our current understanding, they are blades forged by fate."
These weapons certainly didn't circulate within Parliament, and as for the methods of manufacturing them, I certainly don't have them.
Dorothy offered her idea:
"If the Ring of Fate can be crafted into a blade of destiny through some means, then we could try to preserve the ring within the Fallen Star Beast's body instead of directly killing the beast. Could the method lie with the Great Witch of Creation?"
This is yet another witch that Shad has never encountered before.
"It's more likely Vanessa's place. Vanessa manages the forge, providing weapon forging and repair services; Creation is actually more responsible for healing and recuperation."
It might be the development of modern steam industry that has led you to associate creation with metal. But in fact, before this era, creation was more related to flesh and blood, and reproduction.
Jialina corrected him, and Shad glanced at the direction of the curtains; it was already quite late at night.
"Vanessa and Hillis set off westward from the Randall Valley toward the sea, and then sailed along the southern coastline of the Old World toward Fatummister Island. Judging by the time, they should arrive tomorrow or the day after."
Dorothy was still holding her teacup:
"After the thirteenth-tier Great Witch arrives on that island, she'll have to deal with the Fallen Star Beast, right? The Tyranny Club has already begun its operation, and soon more people will become aware of that thing."
Shad nodded:
"Today is Monday, so barring any unforeseen circumstances, let's make our move before Friday ends. This time, I'm not so concerned about the cultists; I'm more curious about what the Prophet Association is preparing this time."
The house wasn't boring at all during Luvia's absence. Galina claimed that she had once been a lovely princess like Adelina, and that she wanted Shad to call her "princess" or something similar that night.
"Call me Princess Galina, that title really brings back fond memories."
Lacey expressed her disdain for this, because she was the real princess.
However, Galina didn't care about any of that. She had probably planned to do this on Adelina's birthday long ago. She had her maid prepare a princess dress for her in advance, and after applying makeup, she showed it to Shad:
"How about it? I haven't worn this style of clothing in a long time. I really miss what I looked like when I was a teenager. So Adelina is really lucky to have met you when she was sixteen."
The dress she prepared was clearly expensive, but Galina still invited Shad to use it as a disposable item; she was even somewhat excited about it.
"Come and try it out. When choosing the color, I specially prepared white, which symbolizes purity and innocence."
Shad did feel a little guilty about it, but it was hard to say whether it was guilt towards Adelina or guilt for ruining the dress.
"But didn't you have a lot of fun last night?"
At the breakfast table on Tuesday morning, while Galina was still in her bedroom, reluctant to get out of bed, Dorothy asked Shad with a smile:
"Sometimes you can be a little rude, but we don't mind that."
Amidst "her" laughter, Shad awkwardly touched Mia, then saw Tifa arranging for the maids to make breakfast while leading people to clean up the "remains" of the gorgeous white princess dress from the bedroom.
"Actually, I can turn back time and fix it."
Shad said, and Tifa and the maids stopped in the living room. The head maid, with her black hair, asked hesitantly:
"But if that's the case, will all the white residue on it flow back?"
Dorothy finally couldn't help but laugh. Although most of the professional maids maintained their composure, a few of them were trying to suppress their laughter.
Tifa definitely did it on purpose.
After breakfast, Shad went to the southern islands again, but instead of going to the town first, he set off from Victoria Street in Time Wheel City to the dock to check on the situation of the sealed black arc.
The Curved Arc itself wasn't the problem; rather, Shad saw Vanessa talking to Sylvie in the cabin containing it. The Witch of the Earth wasn't coming as part of an opera troupe this time, so she would be staying on the Radiant Messenger for a while, and she had plenty of time.
Upon seeing Shad, Vanessa immediately gave him a big hug, a gesture of joy at their long-awaited reunion, and whispered in his ear:
"I'm coming to your place tonight."
It seems she can no longer suppress her longing for Xia De.
Vanessa, Sirius, and the opera sorceresses had just arrived. After having breakfast on the ship, they came to check on the "Curve" and immediately encountered Shad.
Shad also wanted to ask her about something, so he told Vanessa and Sylvie about the case file clues that Galina had provided the night before.
Sylvie had no recollection of this, while Vanessa tried to recall it carefully:
"The era of cold weapons is long gone, and spell-casting catalysts are no longer the mainstream for superhumans. In fact, I don't have a particularly deep understanding of the council's forging area. After all, no witches come to me to customize weapons in this era, and I haven't systematically studied forging and smelting."
But what you said... I seem to recall it somewhat, but I'm not sure."
She was about to enter the council chamber to search when Shiv grabbed Shad's hand, signaling him to follow her:
"It's so early, it's unlikely that the Speaker will be in the council. Let's take Shad with us to the council. Shad doesn't seem to have seen the council's forging area before."
So the three of them went together from the cabin corridor into the old passageway, and from there into the white mist behind the door. Finally, the witch's golden jewelry dispelled the mist, revealing the council table illuminated by the sunlight.
Throughout this time, Sylvie held Shad's hand. Shad recalled that when he first entered the Witch Council, Sylvie had led him there; it was late summer of 1853.
As he subconsciously glanced at the witch with long, wavy brown hair, she also happened to see him. Both of them could tell from each other's eyes that the other was thinking the same thing.
On the surface, the Witch Council appears to be a space at the bottom of the sky, surrounded by layers of steps. However, there are actually many hidden areas here. According to Megan's explanation when she took Shad to the study last time, each area is connected to at least two other hidden areas. However, a long time ago, one of the council's chairpersons sealed off the passages between these interconnected areas.
Vanessa didn't notice the eye contact between Shad and Sylvie. She went around to the back of her chair and touched the symbol representing "earth," then raised her gold ring again towards the steps behind the chair.
The relic emitted a soft golden light, and within that light, the originally hard stone steps rippled as if by illusion, and soon revealed a square opening.
There is a hidden wall ahead.
Every time he saw this scene, Shad would think to himself. But this time, behind the hidden wall was not a passage leading inward, but a staircase leading downward.
As expected, there were thirteen steps, and at the bottom of the steps, the furnace emitted crimson flames, making the temperature in this area significantly higher than that around the parliamentary round table.
“I rarely come here either. Look, this is basically a blacksmith’s shop. It is said that the ancient Earth Witch once imprisoned a giantess here to be crafted weapons for the witch. But I can’t do that now. Giants are an endangered species.”
Vanessa, who was leading the way, explained that while Shad was observing the furnace and the various smelting tools with obvious elemental traces hanging on the stone wall, and wanted to test the temperature of the furnace but was stopped by Sylvie, Vanessa went alone to the stone box in the corner to look through the records inside.
The box clearly possessed spatial power, and the volume of the contents inside was far greater than the volume that the box appeared to be on the outside.
While Shad was asking Sevier questions like, "Is this fire inextinguishable?", "Who lit the flames?", "Is this a special kind of fire?", and "Can items like the hammer on the anvil be taken out of the council?", Vanessa had already found the information she remembered:
"Take a look for yourself. The last time I found this document was when Yue Liang asked me to send the documents here to the library for backup. I was still active on stage back then."
The slightly worn parchment scroll was bound with ribbon. Apart from some fading ink, the parchment was well-preserved, and the writing appeared to have been done with a quill pen, with letters belonging to the early Fifth Age. This was even earlier than Chloe's time, and roughly the same era as Miss Novare, Miss Cohens, and Lady Gerd.
The parchment also makes no explicit mention of terms like "Ring of Fate" or "Arc of Fate." In fact, this scroll of parchment is more like the notes of a great witch from some era, but the knowledge on it is indeed useful to Shad.
[Fate can be forged; I never imagined this box contained such techniques. The Witch Council of the Third Age mastered the method of forging fate into weapons. It seems that some of the raw materials for the famous "Night Watch" sword were fragments of fate, which is why most of the sword's owners became heroes.]
"Ok?"
Shad raised an eyebrow. He hadn't really looked at the sword closely since the "Manual of Fate" allowed him to see "frozen fate." But thinking about it, it seemed normal that the Night Watch included fate, as "fate" was a frequently appearing word in legends and stories related to that sword.