Chapter 3165: The Returning Sun

The fallen potion merchant quickly climbed up nimbly and swung the blade at the back of his left hand to rush toward Xia De again. With the appearance of the blade on his left hand, the runes on the potion merchant's body also changed. The blade, which was only a palm long, extended forward again until it was as if a sword had really grown from the back of his hand.

Although the sword swinging had no technique, the power when the black sword slashed down was truly amazing. Compared with the state of being unarmed, he became stronger at this time.

There was a strange eleven-ring sorcerer behind him, so Xia De did not use sorcery, but took out the "Dragon Scale Sword" used in Moon Bay from his pocket.

The two long swords clashed a few times in the dark night, exploding a series of sparks. Xia De originally thought that the other party would have other changes, but seeing that the black long sword growing out of the other party's hand was just a slightly stronger weapon, he had no intention of continuing to test.

When the Dragon Scale Sword was swung again, his left hand flicked forward, and the Great Sin Chain wrapped around the waist of the "Potion Merchant" under the cover of the dark night. At the moment when the other party's sword swinging action stiffened, the red moonlight emerging from the blade of Xia De's right hand shattered the black blade.

Xia De originally wanted to take out a rope to tie him up, but at the same time the sword shattered, the "Potion Merchant" immediately fell to the ground, but fortunately, he just fell into a coma. Xia De went to check his left hand again, but there was no trace of a sword growing on the back of his hand at all.

Looking for the fragments of the black sword on the ground covered with snow, those fragments also disappeared.

"Did he have the ability to grow weapons from his body before? I mean, after he came for help, before we appeared."

Using "Puppet Manipulation" to make the unconscious man follow him, Xia De walked to the two "elders" outside the arena.

The two-ring old man shook his head:

"No. And I knew him before. He didn't have this ability before being hit by the magic sword. This should be caused by the relic."

Elder Harald frowned deeply:

"This situation is too dangerous. Although the power shown is not strong, this out-of-control state of madness is too dangerous. I will take him away to my side in a while. This year's All Souls Festival is the most special one in the last three hundred years, and no other unexpected situations can occur before the All Souls Festival."

Xia De did not ask why this year's All Souls Festival was special. His relationship with these two was not that good yet, and he did not know whether asking such questions would offend others' traditions:

"Next time this situation occurs, shattering the sword growing out of his body should be able to make him fall into a coma."

He just reminded him like this, but having understood such detailed symptoms, it should not be difficult to check whether this was a relic or a demon next. Of course, Xia De at this time no longer thought it was a demon:

"Elder Harald, let's stop here for today. I have already missed dinner and don't want to miss supper again. Tell me the location of your village stronghold, and I will come to find you tomorrow."

Elder Harald did not refuse Xia De's visit. Although he knew that this young man had problems, since the snow-capped mountains were unwilling to hurt him, he was temporarily trustworthy:

"Elder Yursa, give this young man a map near the foot of the southern slope of the snow-capped mountain and a jar of snow mountain water. Young man, I will be in the village stronghold—Keltod—before ten o'clock tomorrow morning. That is not only the village stronghold where I am, but also a town established by the Principality. I want to talk to you carefully about this matter tomorrow. I need some manpower to deal with the trouble before the All Souls Festival."

Xia De was looking for things to do, so of course he would not refuse:

"No problem, then see you tomorrow."

After he took the map and the water in the small pottery jar, he said goodbye and left. Until the sound of the gate being pulled up appeared, Xia De really left the village stronghold. The old man in the village frowned and asked:

"Great Elder, who is he? Looking at his appearance, he is a Delarion."

"I don't know who he is either. When I checked the mountain path to be used for the All Souls Festival in the evening and came back, I ran into him on the hillside. I originally wanted to drive him down the mountain, but Fatumunster Snow Mountain actually accepted him... Could it be that this means letting me keep him as a priest?"

The old man in the village shook his head immediately:

"Great Elder, even if that young man is willing to agree, we have never let outsiders be priests, unless... Speaking of which, are the three of you eleven-ring Great Elders still presiding over this All Souls Festival? The situation this year is so special. I am not saying that you are old, but in order not to have accidents, it is necessary to take some insurance measures."

Elder Harald, wearing a bull-horn hat, looked in the direction Xia De left:

"I understand what you mean. Although that young man is an outsider of unknown origin, since the snow-capped mountains have accepted him, we can test him before the All Souls Festival. If there is no problem, he can help with some things during the All Souls Festival. I hope nothing goes wrong this year."

The coffin was being prepared, and the "Potion Merchant" would be put into the coffin in a while to facilitate transportation by carriage. The two old men stood together in the dark night and continued to chat. Everyone who came to help in the village did not dare to approach and disturb them.

"I have also been considering the All Souls Festival this year recently. Even without this young man from the North, I have other plans. Someone will come back to help."

The eleven-ring old man sighed:

"So you don't have to worry. At the next collective meeting in the Snow Mountain Hall, I will tell the others."

"Who did you find? The prophets from the Prophet Association on the coast?"

"Of course not, I don't trust that group of people who covet this snow-capped mountain... It's my granddaughter Claire, Claire Reinhardt."

"You and little Claire have reconciled?"

Elder Yursa was very surprised, even more surprised than hearing that he wanted to find a young outsider to help just now:

"She is actually willing to come back to help? The last time she had a big fight with you and left Fatumunster Island was 1852, right? When she left for the last time, she said that she would not even approach Star Fall Bay in the future."

The old man holding the long staff twitched the corner of his mouth:

"You don't have to help me recall what happened that day. I am not old enough to not even remember this... Well, I admit that I took the initiative to write to her. I said that the situation this time is special, and the All Souls Festival must not go wrong.

She has such outstanding talent, not staying to guard the Holy Mountain like her ancestors, but chasing what sun's brilliance... Our family has so many generations... Let's wait for our 'Little Sun' to come back. Having one more person is a good thing anyway."

Elder Yursa comforted:

"She is ultimately a child born at the foot of the snow-capped mountains. It is good to be able to return home. I still remember the day she was born, I even held her.

You see, a traveler from afar receives a letter that something might have gone wrong in his hometown one day, so he carries a suitcase and returns to the remote island he has been away from for a long time on a cold day, and is forced by his family to participate in the local peculiar folk festival—I see that many interesting stories start like this."

The old man wearing a bull-horn hat looked at his old friend for many years with slanted eyes:

"Yursa, I have also read the Karsenrick version of "Hamilton Detective Stories." Are you sure this is the beginning of a warm story?"

Xia De, who left the village stronghold at the foot of the snow-capped mountain, slipped into the forest at the foot of the mountain after confirming that no one was following, and then returned home directly by throwing the crystal shoe.

The time was already seven-thirty in the evening. Since the lights were on at home, it meant that there were guests. After Xia De came down from the attic, he really saw Luweiya and Miss Jia Lin Na. Today was Xia De's first day to Star Fall Bay, and they all wanted to know what Xia De would encounter.

"Tifa, Xia De is back, go prepare dinner for him."

Seeing Xia De appear with a cat, Miss Jia Lin Na ordered the maid. She and Luweiya stood up from the sofa and walked toward Xia De together. The purple-eyed girl also complained a little:

"You came back so late. Miss Jia Lin Na and I were even discussing just now whether to let Silvia go find you."

Little Mia and the girls had already finished dinner, but they still sat at the dining table listening to Xia De telling about his experience today while eating.

Luweiya had actually been to the Principality of Lagson before, but only visited the capital of the Principality, Lomari City, and was not very familiar with the islands in the bay.

This time, hearing Xia De talk about the city that made clocks, the pier filled with fishy smell, the vast primitive forest at the foot of the snow-capped mountain, and the towering and holy Fatumunster Snow Mountain, Luweiya and Miss Jia Lin Na were both very interested in the local natural scenery.

The snow mountain water Xia De brought back was not just pure water made by melting snowflakes on the mountain, but pure water made by local tribesmen melting snow in streams at specific locations.

While Xia De was eating, he let Tifa pour out half of the bottle of water and let a few people taste it. Little Mia saw that everyone had something to drink, so she also leaned over to ask for it, and everyone's evaluation of "snow mountain water" was:

"It tastes no different from ordinary water, but I don't know if it's psychological, this water is a bit cold."

"The bullet I got from the gift box in the morning was not used. Today, besides investigating the magic sword, the only accident I encountered was the three mermaid girls by the sea... You said at the Year-End Festival that there were no witches in Star Fall Bay, so now after the festival, will there be Great Witches of the Council on Fatumunster Island?"

Xia De asked this when Miss Jia Lin Na and Luweiya were "tasting water." Luweiya thought Xia De had already encountered the traces of the witches, but Xia De just asked out of curiosity:

"In the past, once I set off for a certain place, you could almost immediately say who I might meet locally. Miss Jia Lin Na, now the witches I don't know are only Sun, Moon, Creation, and Chaos. Among these four, has anyone been on the south coast of the Old Continent recently?"

Miss Jia Lin Na thought about it while holding the cup and shook her head decisively:

"There shouldn't be. We held a short meeting after the festival, and we even specifically asked for you, but we didn't hear that anyone was going there."

"Xia De, you don't have to worry about this anymore. I think you will run into them sooner or later."

Luweiya said with a smile. Xia De, who was watching the cat lick water, was too lazy to respond to Luweiya's teasing about this:

"Then regarding the relic I mentioned, does anyone know what it is? Sword-type relic, judging from the characteristics, it is at least Sage-level."

But Miss Jia Lin Na and Luweiya did not know what it was either. After dinner, Xia De ran to the library to ask Dannister for advice. But very coincidentally, the administrator lady was not in the library or the Moon-Watching High Tower behind the library tonight, so Xia De had to leave a note for her to explain the situation.

(End of this chapter) ===== CHAPTER 3166 =====