Chapter 3644: Madman's Words and the Priest's Help

For the containment of such a document-level relic, Xia De didn't need to do it himself. Less than an hour after Claire informed Xia De, news came that Flora and Megan had returned with that fishhook.

Xia De then saw the fishhook installed on the fishing rod on the ship. The appearance of the fishhook was unremarkable, and there were blurred ancient runes on the surface - 【Fishing All Things】.

Xia De then remembered the relic named 【Soul Fishing Rod】 he once possessed. Unfortunately, that fishing rod was damaged during the fight with the God of Blood-Sucking at Mount Sikal.

He sighed about the past in his heart, and then asked Megan:

"Where do you plan to use this relic? Or just contain it?"

"【Witch Council】 once contained it in history. We plan to hand the fishhook to Grandma Cassandra. Grandma might be able to research other functions of this fishhook.

Since it is a fishhook that fishes fate, it might be able to directly fish out curved arcs or rings. The price of using relics is unavoidable, but if the price can be directed to consume a certain amount of money or materials, this relic will actually be very easy to use."

Of course, the most valuable part of this matter is that Flora verified that the spirit wolves she summoned through "Spirit Calling" could really find other relics related to fate.

The significance of this goes without saying. Perhaps before the story of the snowy mountain ends, she can really find a new Ring of Fate through this method.

There were no other things this morning, and the report on the number of new plague cases on the island was sent to Xia De's hands again before lunch. At the same time, the Divination Society also sent news that the third person who traded with "Mr. Snake" had been found.

This story is relatively simple, because his father, who was a sailor, fell into the sea and died, and the young man determined that others on the ship conspired to murder his father.

So he made a wish to Mr. Snake, longing to obtain the power of revenge, and the snake really gave him the power of revenge, allowing him to transform into a snake.

It happened that the church was looking for accidental deaths in the whole city recently, so the church noticed this unusual case when the young man killed the first person. After all, on Fatumunster Island in winter, being bitten to death by a snake is indeed very rare.

The in-depth investigation finally led the prophets to find clues, and during the subsequent pursuit, the young man who traded with the snake transformed into a huge black snake, and finally died of exhaustion under the siege of ring sorcerers.

The diary he left behind explained the course of the matter, and the subsequent investigation also proved that his father really died by accident. The young man thought there was something tricky about his father's death, but it was just listening to rumors.

"This story has a tragic beginning, a tragic process, and a tragic ending. The only good news is that the number of casualties in this incident is very small, only two people including himself."

Xia De evaluated this, but Luwia shook her head:

"Don't rush to conclusions. The fleet his father belonged to mainly does freight business on the south coast of the Old Continent. The fleet consisting of five ships left this island on Thursday, but the church wanted to contact them and found that the entire fleet had lost contact.

Before I came over, the church and the prophets found the sea area where the ships were wrecked. The entire fleet didn't have any survivors. And this is not the most terrible thing. All the dead didn't rest in peace, and the ghost fleet turned from five ships is currently sailing to some unknown place.

According to the association's judgment, the wish the young man made at the beginning was probably not just to obtain power, but also revenge. After his death, his own revenge became impossible, so the fate of destruction automatically descended on those innocent people."

Claire then asked:

"Since Mr. Snake is so powerful and can influence fate out of thin air, why must humans make wishes to it?"

"Manipulating and influencing fate both require paying a price, even for a snake. I discussed this issue with Bella, and the association also has views on this. By making wishes from humans, it is equivalent to acquiring a fulcrum, which can pry more power of fate."

Luwia explained this, and she was actually very worried:

"Judging from the current situation, no matter what kind of wish, that snake can realize it for mortals. I am worried that sooner or later someone will make a wish involving the fate of more people. Wanting to be luckier when playing cards, wanting revenge on specific groups of people, these are actually small things.

Think about it, if a madman who wants to destroy humanity really appears and makes a wish to the snake, what kind of thing will happen?"

Before lunch, the more detailed investigation report on Baron Samir was also sent. This investigation didn't find too many valuable clues. Regarding the story between the Baron and Miss Halonen, no more witnesses could be found.

But Xia De didn't want to wait passively for that woman to appear again, so he planned to return to Tobesk for a meeting in the afternoon, and then return to Clockwork City to visit the Baron again before dusk.

He felt that there must be clues there. The middle-aged man in the wheelchair shouldn't be just a simple victim.

"If you are not a kind person, you can completely use the Baron to force that woman to appear on her own. Since she likes that Baron so much, even if she knows it's a trap, she should appear on her own, right?"

Megan suggested half-jokingly.

"Don't do this kind of thing, not just because I am very kind. I am worried that the other party will directly perish with me. I can kidnap one person, but she has the power to make more people turn into Infinite Snakes."

Xia De and Megan walked side by side toward the banquet hall, and lunch was about to begin:

"But we must find a way to resist the other party. Iluna getting two Rings of Fate is a possible means. If we can limit the other party's mental control ability and know the method of making others turn into snakes, then this matter will be easier to solve.

Since the target is locked, it must be solved within a week. Once the fifth act ends, the opening of the Great Movement of Fate and the appearance of the guardian will be very fast. The story on this island will not be delayed until spring, and the final act is not far from now."

After lunch, Xia De returned home and took Little Mia and Dorothy to the doctor's clinic to attend the weekly study meeting. Time had come to the second half of the Star-Sparse Month. Although Tobesk had snow a few days ago, the temperature had clearly shown signs of rising.

When Xia De and Dorothy arrived at the doctor's clinic, they unexpectedly found that the clinic was no longer using the fireplace, but Xia De only learned later that the clinic's fireplace was under maintenance, so it was temporarily not in use.

"Isn't fireplace maintenance usually done in autumn before heating starts? What is being maintained now?"

Dorothy asked in confusion, and Dr. Schneider was quite helpless about this:

"A few days ago, one of my patients suddenly... went crazy. I actually don't want to use this method of description. He didn't hurt anyone, but that gentleman who always thought he was covered in bugs threw everything in the meeting room into the fireplace.

As a result, the fireplace in the room next door on the second floor was damaged. I was worried that this would affect the chimney system of the whole house, so I called workers for maintenance."

"Are you talking about Mr. Rubio who lives on St. Magnus Street in the East District? I know this person. I heard he was sent to a sanatorium outside the city last week?"

Priest Augustus, who happened to enter the door, asked, and the doctor helplessly admitted:

"Not all patients can be completely cured. Some people's mental problems come from psychology, while others are brain nerve problems that cannot find the cause so far... Last weekend, another patient told me that he felt someone was going to assassinate Queen Diana."

Dorothy, who was watching Little Mia wagging her tail on Xia De's lap, looked up at once:

"What?"

"That person is a conspiracy theorist, very willing to believe any conspiracy. He once told me that the royal family is actually lizard people, the Five Gods Church has long manipulated the royal family, and engineers have long invented magical machines that let everyone eat their fill, but merchants won't let them promote it. Even earlier, he even thought this world was someone's dream, and the world would end when the dream woke up."

The doctor shook his head:

"Alright, alright, you don't have to listen to me talk about these madmen's ravings. Sometimes I also doubt how many people my profession can save. Seeing too many madmen, sometimes I worry that I will also go crazy one day."

"Bill, this is not a good joke."

Priest Augustus said while wiping his pipe, and the doctor smiled without continuing the topic:

"Anate is on a business trip, so she is absent from the meeting, so let's start this study meeting. First is the academy's bounty order, the chemistry academy's..."

Outside the window, although there was choking gray smog, sunlight could still penetrate the fog and shine into the room. Xia De touched the cat and held the teacup, watching Dr. Schneider inform everyone about the academy's new news. When he put down the teacup and prepared to speak, the outsider suddenly had a strange feeling.

He really likes this world.

Xia De is currently facing his own troubles. After everyone finished dealing with the academy's affairs, he helped Luwia submit a course paper, and then described the matter of Miss Halonen to Dr. Schneider and Priest Augustus.

"The other party can control others anytime and anywhere, and use this to make people mutate into snakes. This is really a troublesome means. Although it can also be tried to lure her to an unmanned area, I suspect that her mental power influence range is enough to cover the whole island."

The doctor didn't have a good way to deal with this matter, but the priest took the initiative to express after listening:

"The essence of mental power is related to the soul. If you want to cut off her mental power, you can actually start from the level of the soul. Means like mind-blocking alloy might be useless against such powerful existences, but means that make soul power silent should be effective in limiting the spread range of her mental power."

?? PS: The handling method at the end of this chapter caused some controversy. Added a chapter, and modified the end of the previous chapter, which does not affect the story direction... Xia De will not be easily made to suffer. ===== CHAPTER 3645 =====