OBS Chapter 3542 Each Person's Points
Chapter 3542 Each Person's Points
Chapter 3542 Each Person's Points
“Mr. Watson, the Fate Dice are only derived from the condensation of fate; not every special die is a Fate Dice.”
Mr. Mortis pointed this out, but still took the silver die to examine it. However, the moment he touched the die, which contained powerful elements of blasphemy, he shuddered as if electrocuted and quickly returned it to Shad.
"Yes."
He was quite surprised:
"The candidates all have the ability to discern the fate dice, this is true, and I even feel that I can directly store it in my snake skin, but the prophets clearly said that fate cannot be transferred, so the fate dice cannot be transferred. Such powerful misfortune, this is pure misfortune condensation. I can't imagine what kind of misfortune would be brought upon myself if I rolled this die."
He didn't understand, but Shad understood as he looked at the die:
"This is a token given to me by some being. I see. Using this transferable destiny as a gift to arrange a meeting with me, the other party is quite polite. Are all beings connected by destiny this dignified?"
"Excuse me, what kind of die is this?"
Mr. Mortis asked hesitantly, and Shad told the truth, since this method was not replicable:
"Given to me by the evil god, Mr. Misfortune."
Mr. Mortis immediately looked regretful for asking the question, and Shad put the silver die away.
"Don't worry, an evil god wouldn't just give such dice to his followers. This is a stage set up by Mr. Huan, and everything needs the support of fate. As for that agreement, it's really fair."
Xia De even wondered to himself:
"This is a 20-sided die, which is almost equivalent to participating in an important part of the story at the very least. While it's not decisive in the Chosen One ritual, it certainly plays a significant role. Does that deity think that meeting me is more important than making one's follower a Chosen One?"
Mr. Mortis, unaware of Shad's thoughts, was still marveling at Shad's status as the "protagonist" chosen by the clowns. Shad then summarized these rules:
"The seven-act story provides a high-scoring die, followed by a few lower-scoring bonus dice. These bonus dice come from various sources, including the Infinite Serpent, rewards for breaking fate, divine gifts, or other means. The scores from both the story dice and the bonus dice are combined and rolled together at the end to determine the chosen one."
Mr. Mortis nodded in agreement:
"The Society of Prophets should know more about this than we do; they are the most orthodox successors of the Ancient Order. The candidate in the Society likely has many extra dice. If the gods can grant dice, the Society may also possess dice passed down from the Mythical Era."
He tossed his four dice toward the snake's molt, which absorbed them instantly.
"However, apart from the one you have, a normal fate die can only be held by the owner, so there is no need to worry about it being stolen."
The information provided by Mr. Mortis was extremely important; even Luvia couldn't have divined this rule without any clues. Shad thanked him and agreed to a deeper level of cooperation.
"I will share any leads I may have later, and I will also notify you if there are any other group actions like this."
In return for this intelligence, Shad told Mr. Mortis about the "Path of the Pilgrims." He even shared the map translated by Elder Harald with Mr. Mortis, since the map itself wasn't important; finding the area it described was the most crucial thing.
"To me now, three of the seven acts of the story have already been revealed. The beggar and the dice, the music and the performance, the love and the frozen flower, and the gambling are still unclear, but once the other stories begin to emerge, I think the story of fate will soon come to an end."
Adele reminded Shad to keep an eye out for concerts and similar events lately, which should be the next clue.
Mr. Mortis wanted to visit Mr. Sargent again to reminisce, but after saying goodbye to him, Shad excitedly returned to the Snow Mountain Hall with this important news.
Claire and Stella weren't there; they'd been called away by the elders to help. Shad then sent Claire's followers who were still there to find Stella, and then he went to Luvia and Bella.
After lunch, the two fortune teller ladies went to their rooms upstairs in the Snow Mountain Hall. When Shad arrived on the second floor, he even saw Matilda standing at the door of her room.
Upon seeing Shad, she immediately tried to speak into the room, but was stopped by Shad's raised finger. The blonde maid hesitated for a moment, pursing her lips, and then actually put his finger in her mouth.
"Ok?"
Although Shad was taken aback by her bold actions, seeing the head maid of Moon Bay smile, he smiled too. Then, he quietly opened the door, and Luvia and Bella, who were sitting at the table, turned around and immediately stood up.
"We didn't use the [Stadium of Destiny]!"
The relic was on the table, and Matilda was standing guard at the door. Shad was very suspicious of what they were doing. However, the [Stadium of Fate] was not showing any abnormal whispering elements, nor was there a crystal ball on it, so although Shad was puzzled, he didn't say anything more.
While Stella was still away, Shad told them the information Mr. Mortis had shared. Bella was very interested in this rule, while Luvia asked about something else:
"Can non-candidates who possess a serpent's molt also have the so-called 'Dice of Fate'? Besides being used to roll at the end of the ritual, do these dice have any other function? The Wisdom Stone required for the ritual of the Chosen One of Wisdom and Knowledge is a very useful divine artifact; the Holy Sword forged by the Chosen One of Light is also a genuine divine weapon."
Shad couldn't answer these questions, but he had his own ideas:
"Why don't you give it a try and see?"
As he spoke, he summoned the "Handbook of Destiny." The enormous, translucent, silver-blue book unfurled before Bella's awe-inspiring gaze. Shad, mimicking Mr. Mortis's earlier gesture, placed his hand over the pages.
May the ever-changing fate protect me on the stage of destiny.
The book was indeed glowing faintly, and then five dice appeared.
The three dice are made of brass and are all twenty-sided, a reward from the three acts of the story. The other two dice are six-sided iron dice, which Shad suspects are related to the two infinite snakes.
三枚二十面骰上的数字分别是“72-91”“45-64”以及“75-94”，夏德本能的知晓它们分别对应了魔剑、巡礼之路与伪人之家这三件事。
The dice rolls for the Demon Sword and the House of the False Man were almost at the highest value. Although Shad had also traveled the pilgrimage route, he did not sense his destiny on his own, but rather followed Luvia to get there, so such a roll is also reasonable.
As for the two six-sided dice, one had the numbers "1/2/2/3/4/5" and the other "5/5/5/6/6/6". The revolver that turned into the Infinite Serpent in the empty-gun murder case received the most attacks from the church and the clowns, but was ultimately dealt with by Emilia; Shad's contribution was actually minimal. However, the Infinite Serpent that turned from the steam engine on the ship was essentially dealt with by Shad alone, except that he didn't sacrifice himself.
"The story's dice are brass, the Infinite Serpent's dice are black iron, and the evil god's dice are silver. So, is the clown's golden dice related to his beliefs and the theater troupe he belongs to?"
Bella guessed this, and then she and Luvia began to examine the five dice. Matilda went downstairs to call Emilia and Iluna up, since Emilia also had a snake shed skin.
So when Claire returned with Stella, there were more than ten dice on the table. Luvia agreed with the explanation from Mr. Mortis's "Clown Troupe" that one could obtain the Fate Dice simply by having a snake's shed skin.
"These dice are indeed the embodiment of fate, the materialized form of fate. And the medium that materializes the dice is the snake's molt. So far, three strange creations related to Mr. Ring have appeared on Fatummst Island: snake molts, snake teeth, and dice."
Upon seeing Claire and the others return, Luvia recounted the information Shad had received, including her and Bella's deductions.
"With so many dice, Shad's make up the majority, right?"
Claire asked after Luvia finished speaking, but Bella shook her head:
"Only five belong to Shad; the other eight belong to Emilia. She participated in all three acts, personally dealt with the Infinite Serpent in the Empty Gun Murder case, and also dealt with a snake in the academy's forest during the purification ritual. As for the other three golden dice..."
Emilia was very reserved, not allowing herself to appear too proud:
"Luvia and Miss Belindel helped me interpret my destiny. One was when I drew my sword against the evil god in Moon Bay, and the other was when I decided to become king in Vistalin. These seem to be manifestations of my victory over destiny, even though Shad also participated in the Battle of Moon Bay."
The last die, according to Luvia and Miss Belindel's divination, wasn't very precise. They only roughly understood that it wasn't a sign of overcoming fate, but rather a blessing from my ancestors, a descendant of the World Tree priests. The blessings of my ancestors condensed into this die, which is why I've always had good luck.
After saying that, the pointy-eared elf girl felt that she might have boasted a bit too much, so she pointed at Iluna and said:
"It's a pity that Iluna didn't use the serpent molt. She told me that she was recently dispatched to various places to deal with many incidents related to the Infinite Serpent. She probably has more dice than Shad and I combined."
Iluna smiled and shook her head:
"But the only story I'm involved in is the one involving the fake man. The number of dice for the Infinite Serpent is very small, so having a lot of them is useless. And considering that Shad has done so many great things, yet none of them can be considered breaking fate, I probably don't have many extra dice either."
P.S.: Any event related to the Whispering Verses and the War of the Chosen Ones is not considered a breaking of fate, as things are still unfolding according to the prophecies in the verses.
As for the people and events that Xia De encountered after his arrival, none of them count; this will be explained later.