Chapter 3706: Calamity Card · Legacy of the Strong

"The sun and the moon are both circles. Although this is a bit far-fetched, it is indeed worth trying."

Lu Lu Weiya said so.

After the Battle of the Lustful One, the 【Breeding】 arc turned into a ring, but the witches had other gains in that great battle, so Xia De now had 【Corruption】, 【Luck】, 【Fool】, 【Ice and Snow】, 【Poverty】, and 【Beast】 six arcs left.

He took out the golden 【Luck】, first called the moonlight, and then shaped the moonlight into a new arc. Currently, although all the arcs were different in color, they were all about one-third of a complete ring, so the "moonlight arc" Xia De shaped was easy to control in size.

It was just that after matching the moonlight with 【Luck】, nothing happened:

"I tried it when I was eating breakfast this morning, and it had no effect. Even if I go to find Yin Luna and let her bend the sun gun into an arc and match it with the arc, I think there should be no effect."

Lu Lu Weiya was not disappointed:

"It would be strange if it had an effect. Fate is not so easy to be completed... The coins of the witches will be sent in two days, so why not go to discuss with the Prophecy Society? The society might have a way."

"The idea you dreamed of is very valuable. If there is no way to realize it before the coins arrive, I will consume the coins to divine later. The Fate's Grand Movement ritual is scheduled for tomorrow, so the Sixth Act will be over. There is still one week left before the deadline given by the snake, so there is enough time."

Xia De nodded and took two "Star Dewdrops" from his pocket:

"Here, I made a few more with blood last night."

He didn't leave Vista Forest immediately after saying goodbye to Adele last night.

Lu Lu Weiya raised her eyebrows:

"Were you so busy last night? First Sylvia and Megan, then you went to the forest, and you also dreamed to get inspiration after coming back."

She said with a smile:

"Sylvia told me this morning that after you went out in the middle of the night, although there was no strange perfume smell on you when you came back, you changed a set of clothes before going home."

That was because the smell Adele left on Xia De was too heavy, and Xia De went to the Moon Sanctuary to wash it off before going back. And thinking of this, the scene of Adele kissing his neck and complaining about the reluctance to part seemed to be in front of his eyes. Xia De hurriedly drove this scene out of his head:

"The great war is approaching, it is right to be busy... Where did Claire go? I have something to find her."

Xia De said and took out a card from his pocket. Lu Lu Weiya saw that the back of the card was the Rod card pattern, but after Xia De turned it to the front, it was not a Rod card.

The top of the card was written in gilded Delarion language:

【The Last Fatum Person】

The pattern below the text was the banquet hall of the Snowy Mountain Hall piled with countless strange corpses, but the banquet hall was very dilapidated, and there were even the skeletons of two giant snake heads on the edge of the card.

In the center of the card was a small hill piled up with corpses and skeletons, and a primitive wooden staff was inserted on the hill, with a cow-horn hat hanging on the staff.

On the bottom of the front, three sentences were written:

【The tribesmen at the foot of the snowy mountain were buried after the ice and snow melted.】

【The strong man who manipulated ice and snow and mountains and killed the calamity of fate, born in Kyle-Todd Town】

【Although the inheritance of the tribe ended here, the spirit of facing the wind and snow tenaciously did not perish. This is the last Fatum person.】

"What is this?"

Lu Lu Weiya asked curiously, and then guessed:

"It seems that this card gives a very bad ending... and is it related to that 'what if'?"

Xia De didn't nod or shake his head. The brand-new card in his hand was his harvest last night. The 【Calamity Cards】 of the past could only summon those sealed evil things, and once summoned, they would have an impact on the world.

And the brand-new 【Calamity Card】 sealed not evil things, but the power of those strong men who left their traces in the doomsday era. Since the Rod card could be divided into different series of cards, the "Calamity Card" could naturally appear in a second series besides "Doomsday Evil Things."

After checking the card after saying goodbye to Adele last night, "She" told Xia De the purpose of this kind of card very clearly:

【Outlander, you have obtained the second series of Calamity Cards - Legacy of the Strong.】

【By placing this kind of card under your pillow, you can compete with the strong in your dreams.】

【By handing this kind of card to a suitable candidate to carry, there is a chance to make them obtain the power of the strong's inheritance.】

Unlike the "Doomsday Evil Things" series of Calamity Cards that could not be used easily, "Legacy of the Strong" could be used without side effects, although the effect was not as powerful as the former.

According to "She," the second series of cards was the hope left by the strong who still existed after the civilization was cut off. This power should have been buried by the yellow sand, but because of the arrival of the Outlander, it had the opportunity to play a role again.

Therefore, even if it was brought from the past life to the present, this power was still the power of pure mortals and would not cause the current era to slide into the abyss.

Xia De didn't explain the origin of this card to Lu Lu Weiya, but the long-haired Lu Lu Weiya should be able to understand. Not long after, Claire also came to the Unicorn Nest. After taking the card from Xia De, she was stunned before seeing the card face:

"There is a strange feeling, I seem to be very familiar with this card, just as if I am very familiar with my hometown."

And after seeing the pattern and text on the card, she looked at Xia De suspiciously. Xia De said this:

"This is something I obtained after contacting 'What If' and the Tower of Myriad Phenomena. Rest assured, this is definitely not a prophecy, just a possibility that will not happen. This card is temporarily placed in your hands, it might become the key for you to advance to the twelfth rank."

Claire didn't say anything and put the card into her pocket:

"It's really not a prophecy, right?"

She asked Lu Lu Weiya again, and Lu Lu Weiya of course fully supported Xia De:

"Absolutely not... but you might have some strange dreams tonight. Remember to record the dreams after waking up tomorrow morning, this might be useful to Xia De."

"Fate's Grand Movement" would be held tomorrow, so everyone was very busy today. But at ten o'clock in the morning, Xia De asked Victor Fanni Sha and Miss Beiya to accompany him to the Prophecy Society in the city. President Lenorman was not in the society, so the three waited for twenty minutes under the company of the old man Charatu before President Lenorman arrived late:

"I'm really sorry, I just returned to the headquarters. A situation occurred there. A large number of snake-plague infected people appeared in Lomari City. This should be related to yesterday's second impact."

He shook his head and didn't

"God-Awakener, is this visit for new information, or for something else?"

Xia De then recounted his idea of an "Artificial Ring of Fate." President Lenorman was not surprised; the Society had known the secrets of the Ring, the Arc, and the Dice for many years, and in the past, others had had similar ideas:

"The Society has similar research records, but not for completing a single arc, but rather using three arcs to piece together a ring. The reason for choosing three is that the volume of an arc is roughly one-third of a ring. Moreover, the arcs chosen were not of the same kind, but were pieced together with different fates."

Bella asked:

"Did the Society succeed?"

"No, we used some... means, and because of that, it caused a great deal of trouble. So that record was sealed away and was only unsealed after the story of fate occurred."

Old Mr. Charatu used to be a Keeper of the Society, and he knew more about this:

"However, although the experiment back then failed, it was not without gains. The appearance of those pseudo-ring beasts a few days ago further confirmed the feasibility of an artificial ring of fate. The Angel of Death turning an arc into a ring also proved that arcs still have the potential to transform into a complete ring."

Vanessa then said:

"The God-Awakener had a brief exchange with that angel; that situation is impossible to replicate. Even if another Death Arc were found, it would not be enough to make it transform."

President Lenorman nodded and then asked Xia De: "God-Awakener, there are some things I would like to discuss with you privately; this involves the secrets of the Society. Do you have time today? Let's go somewhere else to talk."

Xia De certainly had time:

"Are we going to the headquarters of the Prophecy Society?"

"Yes, but it won't take long. The Society also has means of long-distance teleportation; I think we can be back in an hour or two."

Xia De then stood up and said to the witches:

"You go back first; I will return to the town later to meet up with you."

Vanessa and Bella nodded, and Xia De asked President Lenorman again:

"Is Old Mr. Charatu coming with us?"

President Lenorman shook his head:

"No, just you and me."

Beneath the branch of the Prophecy Society in the City of Time, Xia De saw a tunnel that didn't know where it led; there were tracks laid on the tunnel floor, and on the tracks sat a black locomotive.

The locomotive was styled like a typical steam engine from the early Steam Era, but its intense whisper elements indicated that this thing was clearly not a product of the Sixth Era.

"Sage-level Relic - 【Locomotive of Roman Station】. The relic is divided into two parts: the locomotive and the station sign. Once the locomotive is started, it will definitely reach the location of the station sign. Although the conditions for use are harsh—requiring the station scene to be built in advance—in these times when the space of the material world is so fragile, this is one of the few spatial relics that can still be used at will."

President Lenorman invited Xia De to board the locomotive. There wasn't much to operate inside this old-fashioned steam locomotive, and the primitive, simple mechanical devices were easy to understand.

"If it weren't for the possibility of other passengers appearing during the journey, this relic would actually be the most convenient spatial movement relic. But don't worry, divination shows that the next time this relic will have a problem is on its third use... but let's not talk about that, let's go."