Chapter 3456: The Evil God's Token

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The wind and snow blowing in her face stirred Luvia's long hair. She was surprised by what was happening at this moment and was just about to cast a spell to further resist the gaze originating from the void when a hand hugged her from behind:

"Luvia, let me handle it."

The three huge moon disks floating above her head gradually dispelled the black mist that had appeared due to the abnormality of the blasphemous elements. Xia De appeared behind the long-haired girl. She then leaned against his chest with a smile on her face and disappeared. Xiwei and Sylvia, who had rushed over from behind Xia De, hurriedly helped Luvia, who had fallen into the snow, to stand up.

He stood alone on the ridge facing the void ahead. The wind blew the golden light marks on his body, and the golden light spots in the scars dragged behind him, as if pure golden flames were burning on him at this moment.

Standing in front of the girls and looking up at the outside of the ridge, his eyes, covered with cracks of divine radiance, looked directly at the gaze projected by the evil god from a high dimension. The power of god and god collided at this moment in front of the end of the pilgrimage of Fate. Although the witches could not understand the power of god at all, this did not prevent them from hearing thunder and lightning and the cracking of time and space at this moment. But listening carefully, it was clearly just a tearing sound in the wind.

The "Manual of Fate" automatically appeared beside him because of the change in Xia De's fortune, and the text on it also clearly explained the current situation. Of course, this was read out by "Her" with help:

【Outsider, you are being watched by "Evil God - Mr. Misfortune". Your fortune is decreasing. Due to the protection of "Noble Fate", this negative effect is invalid.】

The same characters kept appearing on the transparent big book with the color of the starry sky, but Xia De did not pay attention to it.

The secret fire symbolizing his identity as the Chosen of the Moon God was lifted into the air by him, and as his right hand kept rotating, the huge pure silver moonlight wheel composed purely of "moon fire" appeared on the top of this snow mountain with a *buzz*~.

The moonlight wheel was stained with the purple touch on the back of his hand, and then it was thrown toward the void in front. Although the witches were all watching the next scene nervously, what their eyes saw was only the pure silver moonlight wheel disappearing into the void, and then a line of silver light extended silently from the depths of the black mist to both sides.

That silver light finally disappeared along with the darkness in the void, and the reappearing starry sky was still so dazzling and charming. Everything just now seemed like a hallucination, but Xia De still looked ahead with a serious face, because only he saw that from the darkness that had disappeared, a pure silver twenty-sided die flew straight over and was grasped by him in his hand.

That die was not a phantom but a real object, and its powerful blasphemous elements were hard to match even for an ordinary evil god's holy emblem. This was a divine art item, and it was a divine art item sent by the evil god himself.

"She" said softly:

【Outsider, you are marked by Evil God - Mr. Misfortune. The effect of fortune reduction is invalid for you, but once the god descends, unless you give up "Noble Fate", he will immediately know your location.】

"What is in my hand?"

【A token for the Evil God to schedule your next meeting. You can dispose of it as you wish. After this die is rolled, it will definitely bring you misfortune.】

"This god is really interesting, giving a token for a scheduled meeting."

Xia De quietly put away the pure silver "Misfortune Die". He was not very worried about the evil god descending in the future. After all, it was not the first time he had been targeted by an evil god. If he couldn't determine the final enemy of the Fatumont Island story, he would be anxious instead:

"So the final enemy of the Fate story is this evil god? But why did he target Luvia? For the so-called Noble Fate? And why did he come to find me again? Because he was angry about what just happened? He wouldn't want to play cards with me, would he?"

Xiwei and Sylvia were relieved at this moment, and Xia De also exited the state of divine radiance.

He went to check Luvia's condition with great concern. Fortunately, Luvia regained her breath after a while and opened her eyes again. Those purple eyes were still shining with charming light under the starry sky:

"Xia De~ I'm fine."

More footsteps appeared on the snow slope under the ridge. Miss Larsen, who had climbed the mountain with Xia De and the witches just now but had accidentally gotten separated in the wind and snow, also arrived here. The white-haired girl even brought the lost little elf and Little Liana.

Xia De told Luvia the reason for his appearance:

"Emilia didn't come to find me all night, so I guessed she was with you. I sensed you were in the Snow Mountain Hall through the fire mark, then you went to the beach, and finally you actually went to the east side of the island, so I brought Xiwei and the others to find you."

Xia De draped his coat over Luvia, and Luvia whispered about what happened tonight. It was actually very simple: she met Miss Sabel on the roof of the Snow Mountain Hall and went on an adventure with her and Emilia.

Adele Isabella, standing in the wind and snow in the distance, moved her gaze away from the group, sighed, and also looked at the beautiful sea of stars outside the ridge that seemed within reach.

After she got separated from Luvia and Emilia in that inexplicable heavy snow, she walked alone in the snow for a long time before seeing that archway. When she arrived here, she happened to hear Luvia refuse the status of "Chosen of Fate".

Although she was worried about the situation just now, she could not surround them at this time, so she felt very melancholy.

However, at this moment, Miss Larsen's snake skin automatically emerged, and then a brand-new text appeared. She had completed her "Pilgrimage of Fate", and the end of the key plot naturally brought about a brand-new change in the snake skin:

【Name: Stella Larsen】

【Level: Ringed Sorcerer (Sixth Ring) / Witch Apprentice】

【Fortune: ↑】

【Story Role: Protagonist Candidate】

As for the "Personal Story Main Line", after "Following the teacher to the island", "Chasing the demon deep into the castle, a new hope is born", and "Sacrificing the Infinite Snake in the sacrificial ground", new content indeed appeared:

【The snowflakes of the All Souls' Festival guided your gaze toward the snow mountain. Following the accident outside of Fate, you arrived deep in the snow mountain under the moon. You finally completed the trials of the ancient pilgrims of Fate according to your own understanding. In your struggle against Fate, your answer is that you no longer fear the cold winter, and your frozen heart is gradually melting. Having reached the end of the pilgrimage, after witnessing the gaze between god and god, you seem to have seen the trajectory of Fate here—that is the white scratch left by the falling snowflakes.】

Neither her fortune nor her status had changed, but the white-haired girl had gained brand-new powers at this moment—snowflake divination and ice crystal divination.

The former allowed her to interpret the answers of Fate through the trajectory of falling snowflakes; the latter allowed her to use any ice cube as a crystal ball for divination, thereby obtaining better results than a crystal ball.

But Xia De did not care about this at the moment; he cared more about Luvia's condition.

However, it was strange to say that Luvia, who looked seriously injured due to the evil god's gaze, had her breathing return to normal after being hugged by him for a while, and then her injuries seemed to disappear completely.

Xia De did not care about Miss Larsen's harvest, but Luvia cared very much.

Breaking free from Xia De's embrace, her purple eyes looked at the white-haired girl. The latter was startled by that purple light. In the few times they had met before, Miss Larsen had felt great pressure when watched by Luvia. Being seen by her at this moment, that feeling of panic became even more severe.

Luvia revealed a look of joy, and her voice appeared in Xia De's mind:

"Very good, after experiencing this pilgrimage of Fate, now Stella Larsen's ranking has come to second place."

Neither she nor Xia De wanted to expose the secret that her eyes could directly discover the Chosen. Xia De was naturally very happy in his heart, but he was still more worried about Luvia. He felt that Luvia's spirit was overly excited at this moment:

"Let's leave here first, we'll talk about anything later."

"No, some things must be said here!"

Luvia pulled Xia De's sleeve and asked everyone else:

"Among you, who walked up on your own, saw that archway, and gave an answer before arriving here? Only in this way can it be considered completing the pilgrimage of Fate. Besides me and Miss Larsen, who else?"

The little elf with pointed ears shook her head immediately:

"I was brought up by Miss Larsen. She said she saw the archway, but Little Liana and I didn't see it."

Xiwei and Sylvia also shook their heads:

"We followed Xia De up, and we didn't see any archway either."

Luvia's purple eyes looked at Xia De again. Xia De nodded:

"I was originally moving forward by sensing your position, and I also had the help of the map. But when I reached the last stretch of the road, I encountered a blizzard. Although I tied Xiwei and Sylvia with chains and we didn't get separated, the map didn't record the path afterward, and I couldn't sense your specific location either.

So I thought I'd go to a high place to take a look, and finally I saw that archway. Yes, I also heard that question—Outsider outside of Fate, tell me, what do you think is Fate's greatest favor to you."

But the question the two girls heard was clearly—"Diviner who has come on a pilgrimage, what is the greatest achievement in your life in your struggle against Fate."

"What answer did you give?"

Luvia asked, and Xia De answered:

"Of course it was meeting you all; this is the luckiest thing I have encountered."

Others might be using flowery language when saying this, but when Xia De said this, they knew it was definitely his truest thought. The wind and snow at the heights of the snow mountain could not compete with the temperature of this sentence. Sylvia even had a bold idea, but considering that this could be considered a holy place for pilgrims, she didn't say it out loud.

And so, although Xia De was completely unaware of what had happened—he had just come to find someone—he could also be considered to have completed the pilgrimage.

Therefore, after opening the "Manual of Fate" again, the manual, which had inherited part of the snake skin's functions, indeed revealed a brand-new story about Xia De—

【Love guided the way, and the snowflakes could not extinguish the fire in your heart. You were originally outside of Fate, but you touched Fate by pursuing Fate. Purple is the noble color of Fate, but Fate is a double-edged sword. You found your beloved, but you were watched by a Great Existence. Is all this worth it?】

Xia De thought it was worth it. Of course, to prevent the girls from worrying, Xia De didn't say that he had already been marked by an evil god.

However, it was a pity that although Xia De also completed the so-called "Pilgrimage of Fate", he did not have as many harvests as Miss Larsen. Except for the die given by that god of misfortune, all he gained was a small, temporary increase in luck within three days.

This kind of increase could not even make the fortune on the Manual of Fate have an extra "↑". However, Xia De was not a candidate for the Chosen after all, so he accepted this result.

PS: Answering the questions from readers in the previous chapter.

1. Why did Luvia become an audience? Isn't the audience limited to outsiders like Xia De?

Answer: She participated in and led the Sixth Era, re-enacted the Sixth Era six times, and gave up everything in the last time, no longer trying to lead Fate, and even gave up the qualification to participate in the battle of the Chosen.

She was once a "protagonist", but now she has abandoned the stage, which completed her transformation. This is her own specialness, and "audience" is also different from "audience".

Xia De is still the most special one. His entry is "Guest and Audience from outside the world", and Luvia is "Audience who jumped off the stage".

2. Is the long-haired Luvia very unsuccessful? Why is she hostile to so many people, and why doesn't she know how to get along with everyone?

Answer: In the setting, she is a tragic character who wants to save the world and undo everything, even at the cost of restarting time. She did many things along the way and made many mistakes in order to try possibilities, which is why she was hostile to Adele.

But in fact, her failure was not her fault, nor was it a problem with her ability. This was not a problem that could be solved in the first place. And she actually has a lot of personal charm; otherwise, she wouldn't have received the nun's fire, Miss Pawo's everything, and the inheritance of the Witch Council (a result after Adele understood her).

Trying her best was also in vain. In the end, during her desperate last attempt, she waited for the person of miracle who appeared because of her—the background story of the long-haired Luvia character is tragedy.

She is definitely not a comedic character. ===== CHAPTER 3457 =====

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