Chapter 3381: Reappearing Mimic

The Major was still checking Xia De's special cards:

"This is 【Song of Cats and Dogs·Eternal Guard】! Look, I also have a special card from this series in my deck, which is 【Song of Cats and Dogs·Soulmate】.

In my opinion, if you really want to get that 'Fate', it is not completely impossible, but you have to pay a great price."

Major Lade was right about this point, but the Major meant to operate through Duke Miss Jia Lin Na, while Xia De thought of Saint Byrons. If Xia De clearly "borrowed" that card from the Prophet Society for decades or hundreds of years through Danister's channel, as long as the price paid was high enough, the society might really agree.

But he felt there was no need at all. "Cards of All Things" could not be perceived as supernatural, could not be perceived as related to the Chosen One, and could not be perceived as having abnormal characteristics. If it was destined to belong to Xia De, then sooner or later it would come into Xia De's hands.

The two continued to look at each other's decks and chatted about fresh things about Luo De cards in the past six months, such as Shi Lun City also actively striving for the power to host the next session, which was the 1856 "Dacheng Player".

Major Lade thought that at least from the perspective of scenery, this place was indeed a very suitable place to host "Dacheng Player". But he regretted that he probably wouldn't have time to participate next autumn. After all, he was an active naval officer. Even if there was no war next year, it would be difficult for him to find time to participate in the competition—unless he happened to run into his rotation.

Major Lade had many stories about sailing and the Archipelago Kingdom, and Xia De had even more stories about the origin of the Luo De cards in his hands.

Before they officially played cards, they were already chatting enthusiastically. The Major told Xia De about the exotic customs of the Archipelago Kingdom, about the many stories the fleet encountered while sailing, and even about a stormy night when he saw a tentacle protruding from the dark sea in the distance.

Xia De even thought that if it weren't for his date with Dorothy and Princess Lei Qianya in the afternoon, he wouldn't mind chatting with Major Lade here for a whole day. However, compared to cards, the girls were more important.

People at other tables around also sat down or left from time to time. Although Xia De was very relaxed at this time, he still maintained his vigilance.

Just as he was chatting with the Major about the three "precious Luo De cards" that were popular in the Moon Bay area last summer, namely 【Holy Sword·Dragon Slayer Sword】, 【Ancient Alchemy·Dragon Transformation Stone】, and 【Founding·Light】, he noticed a young lady wearing high heels, holding her male companion's hand, also came to the top floor of the club.

They didn't walk towards this side, but towards the observation deck facing the snow mountain, chatting and laughing as they went to view the scenery.

Xia De raised his eyebrows, continued to tell Major Lade about the series of murders and the final outcome triggered by those three cards, and then asked softly:

"Do you know them?"

His eyes didn't look over there, just the cards in his hand shook slightly towards that side.

Major Lade was worthy of being a veteran who had been on the battlefield and had rich experience. He also didn't look over immediately, just glanced at the distance when he picked up the teacup later:

"I know them. Which one do you want to understand in focus?"

Xia De shook the "Queen" in his hand, and Major Lade nodded:

"I thought you knew them too. They are all members of the negotiation delegation, and they all came from Tobesk.

The man is Viscount Alfield, who serves as a commercial trade consultant in the delegation. Their family is a traditional big noble family with a background on the east coast of the kingdom, and the Viscount is the family's representative in the capital.

The woman is the Viscount's fiancée. She comes from a noble family in Tobesk that is not prominent but very wealthy. She is a local of Tobesk. They got engaged last autumn and will probably hold a wedding in the spring. This time the Viscount came with the delegation, and that lady was also brought along."

Xia De asked with some surprise:

"Is this level of delegation allowed to bring family members? And it's a fiancée, not even married."

Major Lade lowered his voice and shook his head:

"I also know this is against the rules. Senior negotiation representatives are allowed to bring family members, but a fiancée is indeed inappropriate. It's just that the lady had a serious illness before the Year-End Festival and almost lost her life. There were even rumors that the family had even prepared the funeral. After recovering, she developed some tendencies of depression, so she was brought here to relax.

These two are not small figures even in Tobesk. You are very likely to have seen them at some banquet, just didn't pay attention."

Xia De asked again:

"Major, you actually know so detailedly?"

The middle-aged officer smiled:

"It's boring on the voyage. Besides playing cards, it's talking about some interesting things. What do you think officers talk about when they gather?"

Although the distance was very far and there was no need to worry about being heard, he still lowered his voice:

"Among the officers in the fleet, some are also from Tobesk. I heard that the process of the lady's recovery from serious illness this time is almost the same as returning from the dead. The Viscount is probably really afraid of losing his fiancée again, so he brought her along."

"Returning from the dead is a bit exaggerated."

Xia De also didn't know how to accurately describe this matter:

"But death is probably true. The lady has probably passed away."

He handed the deck back to Major Lade, who also returned Xia De's deck, and took the opportunity to look at the sun above his head:

"Really passed away? Hmm... So what we see is a ghost in the sun?"

He had seen things like ghosts when he was stationed in the Xikaer Mountains, and he was not panicked at all at this time.

Xia De shook his head:

"Of course not, that's a physical entity. What I see is roughly the same as what you see. The difference is that in my eyes, the lady doesn't have two eyes on her face, but four, and there are three nostrils, and there is a black hole the thickness of a pencil on her right cheek."

Major Lade imagined it, and then felt that his imagination was insufficient—this was a manifestation of insufficient inspiration:

"So what is this?"

"Mimic."

Xia De's mouth twitched:

"A kind of pest that flowed out of Tobesk. Now the whole city is killing pests. I have heard that this kind of pest would flow to the outside, but I didn't expect to actually run into it."

The Viscount's fiancée was the first Mimic Xia De had seen with his own eyes. However, Priest Ao Gusi had described the relic, and the academy had also notified the students in the Tobesk area of the characteristics of "Mimics" after learning the news, so Xia De would not recognize it wrong.

【Home of Mimics】 is a Sage-level relic, and the "Mimics" that come out of it as derivatives range from Poet-level to Angel-level. Of course, when an Angel-level Mimic appears, it basically means that an entire large city has been completely transformed into the domain of Mimics. This situation has not appeared in the entire Sixth Era.

"Do you want to solve it now?"

The Major asked cautiously again, and Xia De shuffled the cards:

"There are too many people here, and this thing, after replacing someone, will only subtly become the replaced person and will not actively hurt people. At least the danger is not obvious at this stage. Let's play cards first, and I will observe for a while."

Xia De and Major Lade reunited after a long time, so they didn't play gambling games, just played cards simply, and agreed that whoever lost more would treat the other to a meal when Major Lade returned to Tobesk.

But the appearance of the "Mimic" ultimately disturbed the interest of the old friends in playing cards, and what disturbed the interest even more was that not long after Viscount Alfield and his fiancée came here to see the scenery, other friends of theirs went over to greet them.

And among the two new people who appeared, the middle-aged man who looked older was also a Mimic.

The scale of the delegation itself was not very large. Xia De was guessing whether the delegation was unlucky, or whether the proportion of Mimics in the Tobesk area had reached such an exaggerated degree.

But fortunately, the third Mimic did not appear this morning, and Major Lade also saw that Xia De was a bit absent-minded because of the appearance of the "Mimic", so the two only played cards until after ten o'clock and then said goodbye to each other.

However, the negotiation delegation would stay here for a long time, and it was even possible that they would stay until the outbreak of the total war, so they would have a chance to meet again later.

Xia De had already recorded the identities of the two Mimics at this time. Because the Viscount's fiancée had the experience of "returning from the dead", Xia De guessed that the Mimic directly replaced the corpse and woke up; the Sir Lorraine who appeared later was normal in everything recently, and the process of him being replaced by a Mimic should be a standard procedure.

Xia De didn't immediately deal with these two Mimics. After leaving the club, he went directly to Kaier-Tode Town. Luweiya and Amiliya hadn't returned yet, and Claire and Miss Larson were also not there, so Xia De found Elder Haralder:

"Elder, do you know 【Home of Mimics】?"

The old man thought for a while, then covered his face with his palm and groaned:

"This year's All Souls' Festival is really full of disasters. Is this a test from the Holy Mountain for us?"

"No, no, don't sigh yet. That Sage-level relic didn't appear directly on the island, but Mimics have come here. Without the relic body, although these derivatives can also create their own kind, the efficiency is much lower.

The Mimics haven't been here for long, at most just one or two more companions. But safety first, so I hope you elders will pay attention recently to whether there are such things in the town and the villages near Shi Lun City."

Xia De explained in detail the reason for the appearance of Mimics and the current situation in Tobesk, and Elder Haralder nodded immediately:

"Then do you need help? Although according to your description, the strength of those Mimics is not high, I still suggest that you don't do it yourself, and let the local church handle it. After all, a comprehensive investigation of Mimics in the delegation will involve political factors, so it is better for the official to handle it."

?? PS: ok, the Tobesk line and the island line are successfully connected.

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