Chapter 454: The Wrong Path

When leaving the Prophet Society, Xia De was in a pretty good mood. The house was still under renovation, and he planned to spend the day in Coldwater Port today.

Sneaking home without anyone noticing, he went to the coastal port city on the West Coast through the basement. The weather in Coldwater Port was very good today, with blue skies and white clouds above the calm sea, which was refreshing. Listening to the sound of waves and seagulls, not only was Xia De in a good mood, but even Little Mia, who had shown great fear of the ocean last time, widened her eyes to look at this beautiful scenery.

I don't know if it was because she was too young or the breed, but after being adopted by Xia De, the length of the orange cat Mia's fur had not changed at all. In the sea breeze, the slightly short cat fur shone in the sun and was blown slightly low by the wind.

Seeing her like this, Xia De couldn't help but reach out and touch the cat's head. Mia immediately called out gently, which made Xia De's mood even better.

Occasionally turning around by the sea like this without anything to do was also beneficial to his mental health.

After arriving in Coldwater Port, Xia De went to the Sea Cliff Lighthouse with great interest to see Mr. Edmund. The old man happened to be going fishing, so he invited Xia De to go together.

The Outlander didn't know how to fish, so Xia De first followed Mr. Edmund to learn some basic fishing methods under the sea cliff, and then tried to cast the hook and wait. Mr. Edmund mocked him, thinking his movements were as stiff as a teenager's.

"Although I can't be called a fishing master, a few days ago, I caught a big one."

Xia De responded while nervously holding the fishing rod.

"Then what did you catch?"

The old man asked while pulling the fishing line to shake under the water:

"You wouldn't want to say that your cat was fished out of the water by you, right?"

After saying this, he laughed himself.

Actually, what Xia De was talking about was that mermaid corpse.

During the gaps in fishing, Mr. Edmund and Xia De exchanged knowledge he had learned from "Ocean Mysteries," and let Xia De take away a part of the manuscript he had organized before leaving.

Xia De then asked if the 【Light-Guiding Cult】 knew about "Whispering Poetry" and the thirteen chosen ones. The answer was of course yes.

"Then how do you view the chosen ones?"

Xia De was very curious.

"This is a large-scale ritual, and the thirteen chosen ones are the executors of the ritual. It's hard to say what the final outcome will be, but it must be important to have a chosen one in the force you belong to."

The old man replied.

"But the second chosen one was in Coldwater Port a few days ago, why didn't I see you take any action? Oh, sir, you wouldn't want to say that you only heard the news after that person left Coldwater Port."

"Do you know Ivan Darkness very well?"

Mr. Edmund asked, carefully tightening the fishing line in the sound of the waves; he seemed to have gained something:

"Starting two weeks ago, so many Ring Warlocks poured into Coldwater Port, of course I received the news. But that guy possessed by a demon is not a fellow traveler of the Cult. He probably won't have a good end."

"Oh? Why is this?"

Xia De liked to ask such elderly people for advice.

"This is because... it's hooked, give me the net."

Mr. Edmund said while directing Xia De to hand over the tools:

"The Witch Council leaked the news of the second chosen one, including his power and fighting style; it seems the witches can't wait for him to be killed by others. From the news I obtained, compared to relying on his own dark talent, that Darkness is better at using the power of demons."

Luvia had also mentioned this.

"Is there anything wrong with this? Do you mean, he took the wrong path?"

Xia De asked again.

"Not bad, it seems you also understand."

Mr. Edmund put the netted big black fish into the water bucket, and Mia immediately lay on the water bucket to watch. After being splashed by the water stirred up by the fish tail, the cat ran away in panic, hiding under Xia De's legs and peeking at the bucket.

"You think ordinary humans can coexist so perfectly with the evil spirits and demons left over from the Third Era? His dark talent allows him to barely control demons, and he actually abandoned continuing to dig deeper into the power of darkness because of this, and instead used the power of demons more deeply."

The old man threw the line again, and after the hook entered the water, he hummed contemptuously:

"This is no longer picking up copper coins and throwing away gold bars. He ignored his own essence, and that ancient evil spirit demon will definitely not ignore Darkness's power. The young Ring Warlocks of today really don't know how to be in awe at all, controlling demons... he has completely taken the wrong path. Even if in the end, the demon swallows the second chosen one and tries to occupy the position of the chosen one itself, I wouldn't be surprised at all."

"Can this kind of thing happen?"

Xia De asked, seeing his fishing rod shake slightly, he immediately lifted the rod, but there was nothing, not even water weeds.

"Why can't it happen?"

Mr. Edmund said, and then sighed again:

"If there was someone around Darkness who could guide him, such as the thirteen-ring warlock of the 【Blood Spirit School】, the 'Weeping Blood One' Hermons, he might still be saved. But after fighting a great witch and feeling the power of demons more deeply, I'm afraid he will go on the wrong path and never look back."

"Darkness definitely won't have a good end?"

"How many guys who dare to touch demons can have a good end?"

Mr. Edmund answered the question with a question.

I don't know if it was because Mia was always making trouble, or if his luck was bad today, or if Xia De's technique was just not good, until eleven-thirty in the morning when the two carried the bucket and returned to the lighthouse along the small mountain path under the sea cliff, Xia De's bucket was still empty, while Mr. Edmund's iron bucket was almost full.

Now is the last fishing season in the Coldwater Port area in summer. As long as there are no special ocean currents or special marine life, fishing will be simpler than in other seasons.

The two had grilled fish for lunch under the lighthouse, and Little Mia and the pets kept by Mr. Edmund also shared a portion of the fish meat.

After lunch, Xia De said goodbye, and then headed to the city, but it was not easy to find a carriage to enter the city.

After the Scarlet Secret Cult was defeated, a small number of mermen were forced to hide in the sea, but because they could not leave the place where their ancestors lived, they could only swim in the near-shore area. Occasionally, they would go ashore to attack pedestrians to obtain food and daily necessities, so the carriages leaving the city area also became scarce to avoid danger.

The church had no good way to deal with these sporadic small numbers of mermen. After all, besides mermen, there were other things in this city that needed to be handled.

So they could only issue bounty orders to Ring Warlocks in the local black market. Merman heads could be exchanged for gold pounds or crowns in the black market, and merman priest corpses could be exchanged for No. 3 Holy Water.

Although this bounty amount was not low, judging from the number of merman tribes entangled with the city's development and their reproductive speed similar to humans, the bounty on mermen would probably last for many years.

For Xia De, this was equivalent to the Coldwater Port City on the West Coast of the Old Continent, which he could go to from his basement after the Coldwater Port major event ended. Besides serving as an additional trading and information acquisition point, the coastal area had the function of killing monsters to exchange for money and church reputation.

This kind of thinking was a joke the Outlander made with himself when he missed his hometown and entertained himself.

After entering the city, Xia De took Mia to sit in the Seven Brooms Tavern for a while to listen to local news and check the news of his bounty for currency-type relics. Afterward, he stayed for ten minutes to watch strange Ring Warlocks play Rod Cards, standing on the side listening to people talk about the corpses drowned in the sea returned by the sea fished up by the church in the near-shore waters.

Most of those corpses showed merman characteristics and needed to be handled centrally to prevent other accidents.

After leaving the Seven Brooms Tavern, Xia De went to the Green Algae Tavern on the Coastal Conch Avenue, which was in the same manor as the Aurora Manor, wanting to buy some local specialty medicinal wine from here to take back to Tobesk as a gift for Priest August and Dr. Doctor Doctor Shi Nai De.

Xia De didn't know if Priest August liked to drink, but Dr. Doctor Doctor Shi Nai De definitely liked to taste wine. A single, wealthy middle-aged man in the middle class, since he didn't like smoking and playing Rod Cards, and had no other improper habits, he would definitely like to drink.

The old bartender of the Green Algae Tavern seemed to have forgotten Xia De who came here on a rainy night last Wednesday, and recommended the tavern's specialty wine to him again. Xia De bought some of each, but because he bought too many and it was inconvenient to carry, and he couldn't turn the wine into toys in front of ordinary people, he could only go to the Aurora Manor to find servants to help move them.

It happened that Miss Aurora was also in the manor, and hearing that Xia De had come, she invited him to meet in the study.

"Do you like drinking very much?"

Xia De turned those wines into toys and stuffed them into the handbag he was carrying in front of Miss Aurora. The witch with beautiful brown curly hair looked at his movements curiously, wanting to call the servants to fetch the red wine she treasured.

"No, I almost don't drink, this is a gift for a friend... There are mermen peeing in your wine cellar."

He then thought of this matter.

"I know, so except for the Darkness who ran away, I turned the rest of the mermen into fish feed."

The witch said indifferently, signaling Xia De to sit down and talk.

Miss Shivi Aurora would not stay in Coldwater Port for long. After handling the shipyard matter, she would set off to return to the Karzenik United Kingdom. Even if it weren't for the agreement suddenly reached with Leixia, she should have left immediately after the Coldwater Port event ended.

Xia De should not be able to see her in this manor often in the future. The witch seemed to be quite regretful about this:

"Speaking of which, last time I said I would help you get the spiritual rune related to 【Vibration】, now there is news."

"So fast?"

"Just lucky, and 【Vibration】 is not a rare spiritual rune. There are many meanings derived from this spiritual rune. However, given that I won't stay here for long, I chose the fastest way." ===== CHAPTER 455 =====