Chapter 3530

After Xia De explained his intention, he handed the eyeball-shaped stone with strange runes on the surface to Mr. Edmund.

He originally worried that Miss Gerder said the 【Light-Guiding Yinxiu Society】 of the Fifth Era could recognize this symbol, but the Yinxiu Society of the Sixth Era might lose this part of knowledge. Unexpectedly, after Mr. Edmund saw the symbol, he immediately put down the fishing rod he had just cast seriously, letting it rest on the shore casually:

"Tell me carefully about the specific origin of this stone."

The story about playing cards was not complicated, but for the sake of Elder Harald's face, Xia De did not explain the cause of the matter in great detail, but only explained the appearance of the 【Bad Luck Sect】 and the secrets they gave very carefully.

Mr. Edmund did not interrupt while Xia De was telling the story, and only said in the sound of the waves after he finished:

"Although our 【Light-Guiding Yinxiu Society】 is the kind of organization that is low-key and almost does not contact others, we actually have our own enemies. Our enemies are not fixed groups or individuals, but those guys who preach that the end is coming, and then create chaos or profit from it. Some people are really crazy, and some people have ulterior motives.

And although our Yinxiu Society also firmly believes that the end will come, we are actively preparing for it."

Xia De nodded:

"I understand."

"A few crazy prophets or predictors who claim to see through the future often have their own set of rhetoric about the end. I am not unfamiliar with the symbols on this stone, and no one in the Yinxiu Society will be unfamiliar—this is the mark symbolizing the 'End'."

Although we don't know the specific origin of this mark, from the distant ancient era to the present, such signs often appear in the manuscripts or private letters of those crazy predictors who really have skills. It looks like an infinite snake, but it is actually a self-devouring two-headed snake, symbolizing that the seemingly eternal world is heading towards the end in self-devouring."

He returned the stone to Xia De:

"You said this stone was not given by mortals, but by some existence in the Old God's temple. Combined with what you just said about the southern island that was once sealed by the Old God of Fate with some kind of terrible fate, I have an idea."

The waves hit the reefs by the sea, and the water droplets in the splashing water hit the faces of the two. The wind by the sea still carried the chill of winter, and winter had not yet ended:

"The fate sealed by Mr. Ring during his last divine descent was not some 'initial error of fate' at all, but the fate that the world is about to be destroyed."

Mr. Edmund looked at the sea, paused to give Xia De time to think, and then continued:

"This is not a baseless guess. We have always believed that it was the efforts of the Old Gods at the end of the First Era and the beginning of the Second Era that made the world not end in the Mythical Era. The thirteen Old Gods continued our broken world. That was called 'Old Days' by us now. After the Old Days, the world spent five more eras in the 'Twilight'."

Since we can stand here, it shows that the Old Gods' approach was very successful. And for the obstruction of the end that should have happened at the end of the First Era, I think it should involve various aspects, which of course also includes the fate of the end coming."

"So the 'Mr. Snake' mentioned by that ordinary person is actually the fate symbolizing the destruction of the world at the end of the First Era?"

Xia De asked, lowering his head to look at the stone in his hand; "The fate seen by the predictors who foresaw the end from ancient times to the present is actually the thing under the snow mountain? Is the final enemy on Fatumunster Island this time the 'incarnation of the end fate'?"

Mr. Edmund nodded:

"Although this is just a guess I made based on what you brought, it should not be far from the truth. It occupied the Old God's temple and extracted power from the level of fate through transactions with ordinary people.

The Old God's seal should not have been completely broken yet, but the failure of the All-Souls Festival will undoubtedly aggravate the leakage of the other party's power. The information you brought is very important. Afterwards, I will write to other colleagues in the Yinxiu Society, and we will interpret the meaning of this symbol more deeply. The Yinxiu Society has prepared for the end for such a long time. Although our interpretation of fate is not as professional as the Predictor Association, in terms of studying the end, we are definitely the most professional."

Although it is a bit rash to infer that "Mr. Ring sealed the fate of the end coming" from a stone, Mr. Edmund's statement is indeed reasonable. Added to the fact that it was indeed Mr. Ring's last divine descent, it is also very appropriate to use it to deal with the most difficult problems in the material world.

"If we can defeat that so-called 'Mr. Snake', does it mean that the fate of the end coming will not come in our era?"

Xia De asked again, but the old folklore scholar shook his head:

"That thing should just be the fate of 'the world destroyed at the end of the First Era.' If you don't stop it, it will bring the end that should have happened long ago; if you stop it, it just ends the trouble that was not completely handled in the past.

Perhaps the true end of the world is coming, and even this kind of sealed fate needs to be eliminated before the end comes. After all, the world will not be destroyed twice. The fate that the world ended at the end of the First Era has disappeared, and only then can we truly welcome our own end.

We call the symbol you brought the 'Initial Ring of Destruction,' and Mr. Snake is the incarnation of the Ring of Destruction. The concept of 'Ring' is inextricably linked to fate. On that snow mountain island, you can pay more attention to similar symbols or marks."

The 【Light-Guiding Yinxiu Society】, which usually does not participate in various major events and at most sends people to see the situation, is rarely willing to help actively this time. Although they are unlikely to send people to the island actively, they should be able to provide Xia De with a lot of support in terms of theory.

Thinking back to the end of the Battle of Vesta Woodland in early winter last year, the Outlander was still thinking that although the story of the Chosen One would be more difficult each time, and each final enemy would be more difficult than the last, after the wreckage of the World Tree, he could not think of what more troublesome things would appear.

And facts have proven that the troubles of this world always exceed his expectations. This time, the 【God of Bad Luck】 has already scheduled a divine descent, and the "incarnation of the end fate" is also the kind of thing that sounds difficult to deal with.

Added to the fact that there are demons preparing to release the "Demon King," the final act of the Fatumunster Island story is already a foreseeable big chaos.

The fishing rod under Mr. Edmund's feet suddenly shook at this moment. The very surprised old man hurriedly picked up the fishing rod, and then caught a not-so-small haddock, which was about the same size as the haddock originally in his bucket.

He gave both fish to Xia De:

"Fatumunster Island is in the south of the Old Continent. Although there are traditional fishing grounds there, this kind of tender haddock cannot be found there."

Xia De asked Mr. Edmund afterwards if he knew about "Snake Fang," but he got a negative answer. However, before leaving, Xia De bought some materials, preparing to learn the secret arts shared by the vampire witch tonight.

No matter how difficult the enemy to be faced is, things always have to be faced.

Mr. Edmund has most of the materials Xia De wants to buy here. For the few materials related to blood that he doesn't have, Xia De plans to go to Moon Bay in a while to find Mr. Albert for help:

"Speaking of which, do you have any gifts suitable for a girl who is about to have her eighteenth birthday?"

While the old man was preparing goods for him, Xia De asked such a question again. Mr. Edmund looked at him:

"What type of girl? I mean, you at least have to tell me the other party's identity background before I can give you advice."

"Hmm... Royal princess, she is a very talented low-ring sorcerer."

The old man did not show any surprise, but asked Xia De to wait a moment, and soon brought back a metal rod... a magic wand.

This magic wand is about 5 feet (about 152cm) in length, about 4 inches (about 10cm) shorter than Angelina's height, which is very suitable for her.

Its whole body is forged from a deep and pure yellow metal, but it is not a dazzling bright yellow or ostentatious pure gold color, but a restrained and luxurious dark gold.

The lines are extremely simple, and a near-perfect, straight and smooth cylinder constitutes the main body of the wand, only constricting inward near the top to form a wand holder for placing gems. It's just that there is nothing on the wand holder at present, so Xia De thought it was a stick at first.

Of course, although the shape of this magic wand is simple and there are no complicated patterns or redundant decorations, there is only a ring mark on the wand body, but Xia De still felt the precipitation of time and the silent majesty it possesses:

"Not only a magic wand, but also a scepter?"

Unlike ancient times, contemporary ring sorcerers mostly do not need catalysts to cast spells. Everyone has a life ring for assistance, which can be considered a convenience of the ring sorcerer system. But catalysts such as magic wands, ritual swords, and holy bells have not completely disappeared. Ring sorcerers just use them selectively. Of course, the most common spell-casting catalyst in contemporary times is actually the holy emblem held by clergy.

This magic wand is not a relic, but an alchemical item passed down from ancient times. Mr. Edmund told Xia De its origin:

"Compared with other races, humans have never had a long-term unified empire. Although there were short-lived unified eras in history, compared with the thousand-year empires of elves, dragons, and even giants, the history of human empires is really short.

Probably at the end of the Fourth Era, the nameless prophet hoped to end that dark and chaotic era through the unification of the human empire. So he built this magic wand and claimed that he gave it fate with the fragments of stars. It will become the scepter of the first and last founder of the human unified empire."

Mr. Edmund handed the heavy scepter to Xia De. Because it is all-metal, its weight is really not light.