Chapter 2118: The Cult of Misfortune

Xia De then took Emilia to Old John's pawnshop, only to see a "Closed" sign hanging on the door handle of the pawnshop after getting off the carriage. Xia De asked at the hat shop next door and learned that Old John had gone out to visit friends today and would probably not be back until tomorrow.

"Why don't we solve this matter tomorrow."

Emilia pulled on Xia De's sleeve, not wanting to cause Xia De any more trouble.

"That won't do, what if you encounter danger again during this period?"

She actually wanted to suggest that she stay at Xia De's house again tonight, and then was flushed red by Xia De's sudden turning and staring:

"What's wrong?"

She was worried that Xia De had seen through her thoughts, but what Xia De thought of was something else:

"Emilia, have you been to a church? I mean a church of the Orthodox Church."

"What?"

Getting on the carriage that hadn't left yet, the two went to the Dawn Church in the Tobesk Diocese. Now that the Holy Prayer Festival at the end of the month was getting closer, the priests and nuns in the church were also busy with various things.

The elf girl believed in the ancient god Tree Father, and as a pagan, she naturally hadn't entered the churches of the five Orthodox Gods. She got off the carriage, dragging her feet and refusing to move forward, claiming that she wanted to see the scenery and would wait for Xia De at the church entrance, but was still dragged into the church by Xia De.

Compared to facing relics, she was clearly more afraid of this place. Pulling on Xia De's sleeve, she almost stuck to him, but Xia De knew that as long as they didn't go to the back of the church, she would absolutely not encounter a Ringed Shushi who could see through her illusion spell.

Right in the auditorium at the church entrance, Xia De met Bishop Owen, who was talking to believers. Seeing Xia De bringing a strange girl over, the old bishop smiled apologetically at the people he was talking to, and then greeted Xia De:

"Mr. Hamilton, long time no see, why haven't you come to church for worship often recently?"

"I'm really sorry, I've been busy these days, but I will definitely come for the Holy Prayer Festival at the end of the month."

He introduced Emilia in the capacity of a "client," and then told the elf girl that the person in front of her was the bishop of this church. The awe and terrified look revealed by the blonde girl made the old man strange, but he still pointed out the location of Priest Augustus:

"Lat is in the corridor behind, directing those young people to change oil paintings."

Emilia had only heard the name Lat Augustus before, but had never seen him. This afternoon was the first time they met. And the old priest heard that Xia De came to seek help, so he took the two of them to the magic potion workshop in the basement not far from the Dawn Church.

He listened carefully to Xia De's description of what happened. When he heard that Emilia had encountered two relics in succession within half a week, he asked Xia De in surprise:

"Is this what you call... the fate of the Chosen One?"

Emilia jumped up from the small stool by the calcination furnace as if she had been frightened. That appearance made Xia De think of a little rabbit for some reason, and the sharp-eared "Miss Rabbit" was excited and terrified as she asked:

"Am I?"

"Of course you are not."

Xia De pressed her back onto the stool. If she were a Chosen One, Luvia would have discovered it long ago:

"I suspect this is some kind of curse, just don't know if it's natural or man-made. Priest, please help me look at these three items. We originally wanted to find Old John, but he went out to visit friends and is not here now."

The withered yellow leaf bookmark, the black 20-sided die, and the rusty silver-plated brooch were taken out in turn. Emilia sat honestly on the small stool waiting for the "verdict," her eyes looking at the magic potion workshop. She was also from the Chemistry Academy, so she could naturally recognize most of the supplies here.

"Can't recognize this."

The old priest put the bookmark aside, frowned and picked up the die to sniff it, and then went to look at the brooch:

"This is..."

His expression gradually became serious.

"There are profane elements on the die, and whisper elements on the brooch."

Xia De explained, and Priest Augustus nodded:

"This brooch is a very unique relic derivative, I am not an expert on this. However, this is not as simple as silver-plated. Didn't you find it a bit too light? This is bone silver-plated. Since John is not here, you go to see Mr. Copus outside the city tonight, he might have the answer."

Mr. Copus specializes in selling various corpse-like materials, and had also purchased undead-like materials that Xia De brought out from the "Death Gap" from Xia De.

"As for this die... the die was obtained before the brooch, right?"

"Yes, leaf, die, brooch, this is the order of acquisition."

Emilia answered obediently.

"The leaf and the die both have profane elements. Perhaps the last brooch is not important. It was the former two that triggered the accident on this elf lady, and then attracted the brooch in Tobesk, and attracted the two relics you mentioned. So, this elf lady has actually encountered three relics in one week."

The old priest said softly, and then picked up the die and handed it to Xia De:

"Crush it."

Xia De raised his eyebrows:

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

Xia De looked at the owner of this item again, and Emilia naturally indicated that it was no problem.

So he put the die in the palm of his right hand and weighed it twice, and then his left hand slammed toward his right hand. After the two hands separated, the metal die had been completely flattened. He twisted the "metal cake," and soon tore open the metal with a tooth-aching sound. This die knew it was hollow from the weight, and there was indeed something inside.

It was a square piece of paper cut from parchment. When Xia De "tore" the metal just now, he accidentally tore it a bit. A very conspicuous holy emblem was drawn on the paper with bright red ink. After unfolding the paper, Xia De and Priest Augustus recognized what it was:

"The holy emblem of the Evil God - 【Mr. Misfortune】?"

During Margaret's visit to Tobesk, the 【Cult of Misfortune】 cooperated with the 【Truth Society】. Yin Luna participated in the "Die Story Collection" in the Divination Association, and one of the parties was a believer of this evil god... and then they encountered the doctor and the priest at Xia De's door because they brought misfortune to both sides.

And what the old priest thought of at this moment was not this, his old eyes looked up and down at Emilia:

"So that's it, this makes sense, they have their eyes on this elf lady."

"Mr. Augustus, what does this mean?"

Emilia revealed a scared expression, reaching out to grab Xia De's sleeve and moving closer to him.

"The Evil God - 【Mr. Misfortune】 is the god in charge of misfortune. The most common thing his believers do is to select a candidate, send an identifier with the power of the evil god to her or him, and then wait for that person to walk toward madness or even death in misfortune. They regard this behavior as a ritual to please the god and gain power through this ritual."

The old priest described simply:

"I work in the church. Although in the eyes of people in the church, I am just an ordinary person, I have also been exposed to similar case investigation reports. This kind of thing is generally difficult to detect because, except for professional diviners like Annette, it is difficult to observe unnatural fate curses. You see Xia De is so powerful, he only discovered the element traces.

Since this die was obtained on the train, you were probably targeted by this group of people on the way to Tobesk. A series of recent things are because misfortune has accumulated on you. Annette said your luck is extremely poor, probably for this reason. The only problem now is that the misfortune spread by those cultists, I remember it shouldn't be so obvious, it's only been a week and you've encountered so many relics... Could it be because you arrived in Tobesk?"

"What should I do?"

The elf girl was almost leaning directly on Xia De.

"There are three problems to solve."

The old priest said:

"The first is that brooch. I don't know what kind of relic derivative this is, but it must have taken effect on you, so you must go to see Mr. Copus tonight; then it is the misfortune curse cast on you by the cultists. This problem can be solved by going to the Divination Association. They are good at dealing with curses from believers of gods such as the God of Misfortune - 【Mr. Misfortune】 and the God of Curses - 【Great Demon of Probability】; finally, solve those cultists. They cast misfortune on you and certainly won't let you leave their sight. They are near you. Find them, solve them, and then you can be safe."

After finishing, he hesitated again:

"In addition, we cannot be sure whether your misfortune has also attracted other things. Thoroughly check your surroundings, maybe under your bed, there is hidden enough evil object to be fatal."

"Ah!"

Emilia hugged Xia De's arm and refused to let go.

"Priest, don't scare her."

Xia De said helplessly. The priest, who was still thinking, didn't look at him at all:

"This is just considering this matter with the worst plan. Xia De, deal with those cultists as soon as possible. Otherwise, even if you watch her 24 hours a day, she will eventually have an accident. An elf targeted by cultists... I don't know if they know her racial background, but don't relax your vigilance. Everything must be looked at in the worst direction. As long as you have a lapse, maybe just in the blink of an eye, she will disappear. When you find her again, she might only be left with..."

The old priest didn't continue. He was naturally not joking or deliberately scaring the two, but really thought so.

And although Xia De very much agreed with the priest's caution, this also made him suspect that Doctor Shi Nai De's psychological treatment didn't have any effect at all.

"Don't tell the academy this time, okay."

The elf girl pulled on Xia De's sleeve and asked in a low voice. After being stared at by Xia De, she shook her body, and then slowly lowered her head:

"Okay, I know." ===== CHAPTER 2119 =====