Chapter 3535

After clearly stating the whole thing, Xia De shook the stone in his hand again:

"After obtaining it, I found an elder with profound knowledge. He told me that the marks on this stone appeared widely in the notes or manuscripts of those crazy prophets and predictors who preached the end-of-the-world theory.

Combined with my understanding of some stories of the Mythical Era, I had a relatively bold guess—the 'fate' that Mr. Ring sealed in this snow mountain, the thing called 'initial error fate,' is it..."

Xia De paused and looked at President Lenormand. The diviner's pupil color is very common brown, but I don't know if it is Xia De's psychological effect or if the other party really has other skills, those eyes seem to be able to see through fate.

The president of the Predictor Association frowned slightly, and then nodded in the sound of the cold wind of the snow mountain and in the light of the fire:

"Yes, this guess is correct."

Xia De let out a long breath. In this way, his reaction of facing a great enemy before was not wrong.

President Lenormand continued to say in the firelight:

"I didn't expect that just by relying on this one symbol, you could know this matter. In order to continue the world, the Old Gods sealed the destruction of the world at the end of the First Era and the fate of the end coming here—this matter is also recorded in the "Snake Edict Scale Book"."

Except for us who are the orthodox inheritors of the Old God sect, I originally thought that no other people or organizations in the material world knew about this. But you inferred the result from the symbol, and the 【Bad Luck Sect】 seems to know some truth. It seems that we are also a bit too arrogant."

The "Snake Edict Scale Book" is the most important ancient prophecy book collected by the Predictor Association. However, Luvia said that this book only has fragments left, but even fragments are not something that ordinary predictors can watch. Even a ring sorcerer like Luvia who is regarded as a "genius predictor" of the Association has only heard of it but has not come into contact with it.

As for his use of honorifics to Xia De, it is because ring sorcerers in the material world default that the "God Caller" who can call gods multiple times, although also thirteen rings, is a bit higher than other thirteen rings.

Xia De naturally would not correct this concept:

"So, is the 'Mr. Snake' encountered by Clement Krug who turned the wheel in the temple the incarnation of that destructive fate?"

Mr. Lenormand shook his head:

"I also just heard the story from you, and did not see the temple, the Ouroboros wheel, or Mr. Snake with my own eyes. But it is highly likely. Most of the first eight Chosen Ones had to solve some problems left over from ancient times when holding rituals, and the later the Chosen Ones appeared, the more troubles they needed to solve. Perhaps that 'Mr. Snake' is the thing they need to deal with."

He carefully looked at Xia De's expression, as if making some kind of judgment, and after a slight pause, he said again:

"Since you also know so much about ancient things and the secrets of the Old Gods, then you should also understand that the world being destroyed at the end of the First Era is actually what should have happened. It is just because the Old Gods continued the world, so we call it 'wrong fate.'

Since then, the collapse of fate and the appearance of the infinite snake may be because the end is only postponed rather than completely eliminated. But I think, among them, there is also the reason why the Old Gods forcibly reversed fate."

Xia De nodded, but he did not want to talk about this for the time being. No matter what is "wrong" and what is "correct," what he wants is just for the world to continue to operate:

"I haven't shared the matter of Mr. Snake with the Church yet. So, have you told the Church about this biggest secret of the snow mountain?"

Mr. Lenormand shook his head:

"Not yet. After all, although the Association firmly believes in all the contents of that prophecy book, there is no evidence for this matter. Even if the Church is informed, it will only increase trouble for more people, and it is even possible to cause other incidents. Since the seal did not have problems before, more people should not know about it.

The Association has been trying to find the trace of the seal in the snow mountain for a long time, but it was blocked by the local Fatum people..."

He glanced at Claire, and then continued:

"Later, we also figured it out. Perhaps the many symbolic rituals and customs performed by the Fatum people are the means for this snow mountain to strengthen the seal, so we just paid attention here but did not take large-scale actions.

But now with your experience and this stone, I think the fate of the end is about to break through the seal, which has become a established fact. It creates miracles through transactions with mortals through that unknown wheel and snake eye, and it can also extract power from it... Perhaps the 【Eye of Ouroboros】 is in its hands."

"Yes, I know that unknowable-level relic. It can allow the user to see the threads of fate and truly touch it."

"According to records, that relic should have been enshrined in the Old God temple on the top of the snow mountain, but now it is highly likely that it was stolen by Mr. Snake. It has long confused fate, so even we are not sure when that temple went missing.

That temple should have played a very important role in this Chosen One ritual, but now this important location is missing."

He talked about another problem Xia De cares about, and Xia De did not even ask. In the firelight, President Lenormand also sighed and talked about some secret news that only predictors know:

"According to the knowledge we inherited and the fragments of poems we mastered, the Chosen Ones of Fate should be able to go to the temple on the top of the mountain, and after paying a certain price, obtain some unique items through enshrinement in the temple.

Snake skin that analyzes fate, candidates need more supporting actors; Snake fang that fixes fate, this is a weapon on the stage; Snake eye that predicts fate, this can let candidates know that the story is about to happen... there are even other things that even we don't know. These are the 'stage props' left by Mr. Ring, used to make this great drama more interesting.

That temple should have been the hall that gathered all the protagonist candidates, but now this important location is missing, so the story on this island has become a bit inexplicable. You may also feel it, the stories that have happened so far do not seem to be complete. People who want to compete for the leading role have never appeared at the same time. This is definitely not what a great drama should look like. How can one stand in the most dazzling position without sublimation in collision and struggle?"

The saying of "hall of candidates" was also mentioned by that Archbishop of Bad Luck (Chapter 3559).

In this way, Xia De knew where "Snake Fang" should be obtained. The elder's inference was correct. The sacrifice of the Shadow of Helm was just a means forced by helplessness. The true sacrifice location should be the temple on the higher peak.

And Mr. Lenormand told Xia De these things, actually for the next question:

"Do you know about fragments of fate, the condensation of fate?"

He asked tentatively, and Xia De understood immediately:

"Pay the points of the dice to obtain 'stage props' in the temple? Yes, this is the most reasonable. Retaining points can give oneself a greater advantage, but obtaining props may also obtain more points."

"Dice... so you already know, is it told by the believers of the 【God of Luck】? Or is it those clowns?"

President Lenormand laughed with relief, but Xia De did not answer the source of the news:

"Does the Association have a way to deal with Mr. Snake?"

"The 'Great Movement of Fate' ritual that is about to be carried out is actually just an incidental effect of regulating the elements of Fatumunster Island. The true effect is to strengthen the power of the snow mountain to reinforce the seal.

We invited those ring sorcerer groups proficient in music, and afterwards we will send letters to let excellent predictors from all branches in the Old Continent come to the local area to help. The progress of the ritual also needs the cooperation of the Fatum people, and I hope you can communicate on behalf of them."

Claire finally spoke:

"Since it is for this island and this world, we will cooperate with all our strength. Afterwards, the Association can directly go to the elders to communicate."

Mr. Lenormand nodded, and Xia De asked again:

"Is this ritual just strengthening the seal, is there a way to completely solve the other party?"

"That is the responsibility of the Chosen One. When the protagonist of the stage is selected, the protagonist of course has to perform the final act on the stage, not just exit directly. Although the Association does not know what kind of power the Chosen One of Fate will obtain, Mr. Ring must have made arrangements long ago.

Of course, afterwards we will also inform the Church about this matter, and the Church will prepare for it. After all, in terms of combat power, the five Orthodox Churches are still stronger. We are just diviners."

The meaning of the Predictor Association is obviously that they have no way to deal with this thing, so they hand it over to people with more ability to do it.

And Xia De belongs to the "person with more ability" that everyone thinks:

"God Caller, the 'Mr. Snake' seen by that ordinary person is just the materialized form of the other party. Its body is fate, an abstract concept. We have no way of knowing how the Old Gods sealed fate back then, but with us today, it is definitely impossible to eliminate a section of fate just by relying on swords or fireballs."

Xia De put forward his own guess:

"Since that section of fate is also an existence similar to an infinite snake, then the means to deal with the infinite snake should also be effective against it, right? The attack of the holder of snake skin on the infinite snake can take effect, and doesn't the Predictor Association have a specific ritual that can control the infinite snake?"

Mr. Lenormand shook his head:

"But these two methods can only deal with infinite snakes born from tiny fate. The infinite snake is a fate slightly more complete than the fate dice, and what we are discussing is the fate of the world, not fragments of fate, but... Ring."

He observed Xia De's expression again, and seeing that he had no indication of this, he asked again:

"God Caller, then how did you deal with the infinite snake?"

The snake of the revolver was twisted by Emilia and eliminated, and the snake of the steam turbine was caught and sacrificed by Xia De. These two methods must be unable to counter the things under the snow mountain, or Xia De thinks that any known power is not enough to deal with such a non-physical existence:

"My method is also ineffective against Mr. Snake."