Chapter 3558: Forging Destiny

After hesitating, the cultist who Xia De thought only knew this information actually blinked at him very deliberately, and then shook his head:

"We only know this much."

Xia De understood. "We" only know this much, so "I" don't necessarily only know this much.

He said to Audrey:

"Let them all pass out. As for how to deal with them, wait until I dig open the ice lake to see if there is a passage below."

He naturally knew that there would be no passage below. The location marked by Luvia was not here.

So Audrey cast a spell to make the three fall into a coma, and was immediately asked by Xia De to wake up the high-ring cultist.

He shook his head, confirmed that his companions had all lost consciousness, and then said:

"I really didn't know the inside story when I took the mission. But outside the mission, I heard some things when I was drinking with friends in the cult.

Things in the Beast of War, if someone with a 'War' spiritual rune or corresponding destiny uses their soul to call it, it can be stripped out when the Beast of War is weak.

The bishop intends to do this himself. I really don't know how to do it specifically... It is said that it is related to the employment process of Ringed Shushi. You know, ringing the bell, lighting the fire, pushing, and finally the hymn."

Xia De nodded to Audrey, and Audrey let him fall into a coma again.

Claire asked curiously:

"Are you planning to strip the Ring of War?"

"Of course not, I have no interest in becoming the King of War. Our diviner said that as long as the Starfall Beast is completely killed, the ring will naturally shatter. I just thought, since the Starfall Beast can be stripped of the ring, can the infinite snake be stripped too?

I am very curious about the ring of the infinite snake—I mean, what kind of posture the arc will present. Maybe this will help us understand this disaster of destiny better."

Xia De and the girls looked at the ice lake together, and after a little hesitation, he summoned his huge Ring of Life, but nothing happened. If Luvia was still in Tobesk, Xia De could go and ask for her opinion, but now Luvia had set off.

He could catch up with the train, but he couldn't catch up... using the moon seal to locate and then turning into a dragon could also catch up, but it was really unnecessary to cause trouble for himself. However, the divination Luvia performed the night before she left mentioned the topic related to the Ring of Life:

"Luvia told me the way to make the steam mist more abundant at that time. After I tried it, I found that the area covered by the steam mist also caused my soul power to dissipate... I remember that the infinite snake that returned to its original form is safe even if it is not dealt with for a short time..."

Xia De, who had made up his mind, said to the witches:

"Audrey, please call the Shining Messenger and stop it at the sea in the north, and then you take people to temporarily guard here, until tonight is fine.

Then I will go to ask for opinions. I will leave the last snake skin in my hand to you. Emilia will also stay. If the snake appears again, you use the snake skin, and together with Claire and Emilia, beat the snake back."

Audrey nodded and set off immediately to contact the big ship. Emilia naturally would not object. She was rejoicing that there was another suitable reason to return late.

"Then what about these cultists?"

Claire asked, Xia De thought for a while:

"I keep my word, their information is indeed heavy enough. Beat everyone into serious injuries so they can't recover for a short time, and then throw them to the sea with a sturdy wooden board. In addition, I will put a letter on them, telling the 【Tyranny Club】 that next time I see them on the island, I will kill one if I see one."

Of course, although the people were released, Xia De carefully searched everything they carried before Audrey returned. In the end, all the survey data of the northern part of the island, two relics, two books, and some alchemical items were left behind.

Both relics were of the Keeper level, but what these were still needed to be confirmed. The two books were mystical materials related to war. Xia De didn't touch the holy emblems they carried, but among those alchemical items, Xia De unexpectedly found a gemstone with chaotic colors.

"Chaos" itself is not a color. This refers to the color of the gemstone constantly changing, but overall it presents a thick brown color. Xia De handed it to Claire for identification, and Claire was quite surprised:

"Chaos Stone? It can actually be processed so roundly. Which alchemy master's work is this?"

"Chaos Stone" is the mineral material that Claire said naturally has "chaotic attributes." This kind of material is extremely unstable and usually only appears in mineral veins in areas where elements are extremely chaotic. Environments like Fatumunster Island are far from enough conditions. Only those few "human forbidden zones" announced by the church can find similar rare minerals—it is rarer than white stone crystal.

And the most common use of "Chaos Stone" is to make explosive alchemy weapons. Due to its own extremely unstable characteristics, once detonated, the effect will be quite terrifying.

Xia De watched Claire observe the gemstone with amazement, and then looked at the little princess who was whispering about this "adventure" with Emilia, feeling that the destiny on this island was indeed wonderful.

Of course, this gemstone cannot be handed to Ajelina for the time being. Its unstable characteristics are still too dangerous for her who only has low rings. However, there is more than one dangerous thing in Ajelina's hands—for example, the Sage-level relic 【Soul Gem】 (Chapter 2701) transformed from the soul of a girl with a tragic life that Xia De gave her in the woods.

But the effect of that gemstone is healing, and it can still have some effect when handed to Ajelina. This stone is a bit too dangerous, and Ajelina's staff head already has a gemstone, so she doesn't really need this.

So this gemstone is temporarily placed in Claire's hands. She will find a way to limit its power to make its properties become gentle, and then hand it to Ajelina. This can be regarded as an "unexpected gift" received on the little princess's birthday, but she is not happy.

Because after the Shining Messenger and the girls arrived at the nameless lake below the waterfall, Xia De, who was about to set off to seek help, also planned to send Ajelina back to Tobesk now:

"I will most likely not be able to attend the birthday banquet tonight, sorry."

Ajelina expressed understanding of this, but still felt very sorry in her heart.

When she was reluctant to say goodbye to Emilia, the witches, and the unicorns, Xia De remembered another thing:

"Claire, the materials promised to you."

The silver moonlight gemstone the size of an egg was handed to Claire by Xia De. Audrey hadn't returned yet, so naturally she couldn't see this scene. The platinum-haired witch was already smiling with joy at this moment, and she had already thought about how to deal with this "gemstone."

Not long after Xia De left, Audrey brought people back. Everyone transformed the cultists' camp together, and then they discussed the "guard plan" with the sharp-eared elf to prevent Xia De from not returning for a long time.

But just when Emilia was fantasizing about camping at the foot of the snow mountain tonight and falling asleep listening to the sound of the waves, Xia De returned. At this moment, the sunset dyed the sky of Fatumunster Island orange-red. Ellie chirped softly and leaned towards Xia De, and was satisfied after being touched several times.

"I went to find Dannister, and she gave me this."

Xia De held a bottle of pale purple potion in his hand, and he explained:

"I told Dannister about the cultists' intelligence and their plan to turn the 'Starfall Beast' into a ring. Although Dannister didn't know their specific approach, she said she could try this—Bell-Ringing Potion."

This is the potion that Ringed Shushi must drink when they are employed. It is the first step of the four steps of "ringing the bell," "lighting the fire," "pushing," and "hymn" that the initial presentation of the Ring of Life must experience.

Different organizations have different formulas for the Bell-Ringing Potion, but the role of all such potions is to shake the soul and give the soul an "initial force" to start forging the Ring of Life.

Claire frowned and said:

"I remember that Ringed Shushi who have already been employed drinking this kind of potion will cause soul oscillation and instability.

Some diviners will use this method to peek at the world that the naked eye cannot see at the moment when the soul is briefly out of harmony with the body; some researchers have also found that repeatedly drinking the Bell-Ringing Potion can allow Ringed Shushi to perform some precise control over their own Ring of Life, such as controlling the suspension to a specific position, such as the speed and direction of rotation... but what is the use of this?"

Audrey also had her own views:

"Dannister's idea makes some sense. If you want to make the Ring of Destiny appear, it is indeed possible that a 'forging' process is needed. It's just that this time what is being forged is not the human soul, but destiny."

She even thought of the origin of the Ringed Shushi career system from this, but now is not the time to discuss such things:

"Then you should try it."

"Luvia told me some things, and this time it might be successful. But if this time has no effect, Emilia, you and I will shatter this ice lake together, and we cannot leave hidden dangers."

The girls stood in the camp on the shore and looked at Xia De, who had walked to the center of the ice lake. Xia De didn't drink the potion immediately, but made other preparations.

Although the four steps of Ringed Shushi employment still need to be repeated, he is not for "re-employment," so the specific process is definitely different from the Ringed Shushi employment process.

"Ringing the bell" still uses potion, but "lighting the fire" definitely cannot be the four elements in the body of the talented person being ignited again. Since the object of forging is destiny, we must find "fire" that can affect destiny. Although Xia De didn't know how the cultists planned to achieve this—actually they planned to burn the Ring of Life with their souls—he knew that "Primordial Fire" can burn everything. Sister Davlin said that this fire can even burn destiny.

If it weren't for the worry of polluting the fire, actually using the primordial fire to burn the infinite snake is also a good choice.

The third step of Ringed Shushi employment, "pushing," requires the talented person to use supernatural power once alone to push the elemental flames ignited in the soul.

But he definitely can't do this now. What he needs is power that can shake destiny. And Luvia said—the most common power related to destiny on Ringed Shushi is actually the Ring of Life.

So Xia De intends to use his own Ring of Life to perform the "pushing" step.

As for the final "hymn," it is the simplest. Language itself is power in this world with idealistic power. The hymn is a declaration. Since you want to forge destiny, you naturally have to say something. ===== CHAPTER 3559 =====