hotmtlnovel Chapter 3662 Snowy Day's "Desire"
Chapter 3662 Snowy Day's "Desire"
Chapter 3662 Snowy Day's "Desire"
The black dragon that Claire mentioned was one of the four guardians of the World Tree remnants. Later, its heart was used by Shad in the Dragon Offering Ritual, which granted Shad the ability to breathe and fly.
The witches didn't find anything wrong with Shad seeking help from Laplace Howard, but Bella asked:
"Shad, are you going to row your little boat to see him?"
Shade shook his head:
"Rowing in there will only send the soul away. To truly communicate with departed souls, you must go through the proper channels."
The proper way is to offer a Heart of the Dead at the [Soul Cemetery]. Shad doesn't have one yet, but luckily, he approached Iluna during the [Tombstone Wasteland] quest, hoping to acquire a Heart of the Dead through the Church.
Before Iluna could give a reply, Shad and Stella obtained a Heart of the Dead from the incident involving Lady Otto, who was waiting for her husband, and used it in the temple in the wasteland.
However, the church did find a heart of the living dead later, but since Iluna no longer needed it, the heart should still be stored in the warehouse.
It just so happens that Iluna is coming over tomorrow, so Shad wrote her another letter, asking her to bring the heart over. However, the heart is definitely not on Fatummont Island right now, so Shad doesn't know when he can get his hands on it.
Besides the matter of the snake people, Shad can also ask Laplace Howard about the Ring of Fate, as he certainly knows a lot of information that Shad doesn't.
"However, will the ancestor answer your questions honestly?"
Audrey asked the same question again at the dinner table, but Shad thought it was a minor issue; he had far too many experiences of extracting information from people.
"I can talk to Howard. We don't have any fundamental conflict. In the end, he himself admitted that he lost the Battle of Green Lake."
Shad put down his fork, and Winnie immediately handed him a napkin to wipe his mouth. Although she had been invited by Shad, she insisted that she was just a maid, so she stood behind Shad the whole time. Shad sensed that Matilda seemed a little unhappy about this.
“We should use any power we can. Didn’t I receive help from the Chosen One of Darkness, the one I killed, during the Battle of Moon Bay?”
Shad said this, while Vanessa said with some concern:
"Don't repeat what happened at Moon Bay, or you'll make everyone worry."
Everything was going smoothly. When I woke up on Tuesday morning, I saw snowflakes falling in Tobesk outside my window. Shad also told Dorothy that he was a little worried that Speaker Isabella would suspect the purpose of the two witch's jewels.
But when he arrived at Fatummont Island, where it was still shrouded in blizzard, Iluna was already on the ship examining the two rings that shimmered with a dark gold light.
"Good morning, Shad~ I gave the Heart of the Living Dead you asked for to Miss Elizabeth. She said it was put in the ship's cold storage."
"Good morning, Iluna. You got this material so quickly?"
"Since it was what I wanted, the Vatican had it delivered overnight."
Iluna seemed to be in a good mood today. Despite the blizzard, she wasn't dressed very warmly; the brown long petticoat's insulation was questionable.
"I have some new information. Last night, another group of plague patients showing signs of snake-human transformation were discovered on the island. At the same time, two bodies that had been drained of their spiritual energy were found in the lower city of Time Wheel City and on the beach."
The good thing about the bad weather was that not many people came into contact with the two corpses. However, the increasing number of patients on the island who had never been in contact with corpses made the church doubt whether the plague was truly spreading only through direct contact. The Fallen Star Beast incident had only just ended; things were really piling up one after another.
"This is also the norm for the stories of those selected."
Shad then gave the two rings a quick examination, and indeed, there were quite obvious traces of ancient god power on them:
"Didn't Miss Isabella suspect your motives?"
He asked Sylvie, who had just been talking to Iluna, and the witch gently shook her head:
"When His Excellency the Speaker heard that there was something on this island that required the power of the council, he immediately started the vote without asking any questions. I have a feeling that His Excellency the Speaker's personality has changed a lot since the story of destiny began. Could it be related to the events on this island?"
Iluna had already eaten breakfast at the church, so without further ado, Shad set off with her. Their destination was the western coast of the island, the most desolate place on the entire island.
Instead of having Miss Elaiser take them there, he summoned a small boat and rowed it around the island in the blizzard with Iluna in tow.
However, the wind and snow did not have a significant impact on Shad, because Iluna, who was sitting at the bow of the boat, summoned a ball of light and then used some kind of magic. When the ball of light hovered at the bow of the boat, the small boat could no longer feel the wind and snow.
"Since that woman in the city has the power of a mermaid, is that mermaid really cooperating with Mr. Snake?"
After casting the spell, Iluna sat on one side of the small boat and asked Shad at the stern, who was also unsure:
"If it's true, I don't see any benefit it would bring. What it likes is to subtly corrupt humanity and provoke the desires in people's hearts. Directly giving someone extraordinary charm and then letting them kill with that charm is completely out of its style."
"Regardless of whether it cooperates with Mr. Snake or not, it is our enemy."
Iluna hates "desire" for a simple reason: when the other party first met her in the Pantanal Swamp, he said she was "too naive" (Chapter 1112).
On the way, Shad and Iluna chatted about her lodgings and daily meals on Fatummister Island. Time always flies when you're chatting, and the small boat soon arrived at the western part of the island.
However, Shad did not summon anything from the shore. He anchored the small boat in the middle of the sea, then exhaled cold air to freeze all the seawater around the boat before he and Iluna arrived at the edge of the ice.
The light summoned by Iluna still dispelled the surrounding wind and snow. Shad confirmed it:
"You're already wearing the ring, right?"
"Yes."
"Alright, I'll begin."
He liquefied the pink crystal of desire and put it into a small bottle of perfume, then tossed the bottle into the water. Splash! The bottle didn't float away; instead, it sank to the bottom, bubbling softly.
Shad took a few steps back from the edge of the ice and stood with Iluna.
The wind and snow intensified, and apart from the slightly warmer area illuminated by the sunlight, the area outside the ice surface appeared to Shad and Iluna as if it were completely covered by a curtain of snowflakes.
At first nothing happened in the howling wind, but soon they heard someone humming an ancient tune. The song was light and melodious, making them think of the vast snow-capped mountains and a lonely traveler riding a horse through the snow.
As the singing grew clearer, Iluna looked down solemnly at her feet, only to see a huge black shadow emerge from beneath the ice beneath them. The shadow then swiftly passed through the ice, causing the ice and the small boat to shake violently.
Shad and Iluna remained unmoved, and at that moment, a familiar laugh echoed through the swirling snow.
The sound of the wind and the humming seemed to harmonize perfectly, like background music accompanying the entrance of an important character on an opera stage. But the humming stopped as soon as the woman spoke.
"I knew it. Even if you kept avoiding me, you would eventually call me back."
The hoarse voice carried a hint of resentment, yet also a touch of mockery. Beyond the ice in front of them, a beautiful, wet head slowly emerged from the icy seawater. Water droplets trickled down her smooth, silky skin, and her black hair was loosely draped behind her head, with only a few stray strands clinging to the side of her face.
His purple eyes curved into crescents with a smile. This face, with a birthmark between his eyebrows, a beauty mark at the corner of his eye, long black hair, and purple eyes, once again reminded Shad of Claire.
Despite the heavy snowfall around them, its appearance didn't seem out of place at all. Instead, it made Shad and Iluna subconsciously feel that the other should be in this kind of scene.
The beautiful head slowly approached the ice surface, but stopped just five meters from the edge of the ice before Shad could speak.
Looking up at Shad from below, its cheeks weren't as pure white as snow, but rather had an alluring rosy hue like a red apple.
"Long time no see, interesting soul. Look, it's you who called me out again this time."
"You sent someone to Tobesk to find me. Does that mean I took the initiative?"
Shad asked, trying to remain calm under the gaze of the other's hoarse voice and beautiful purple eyes. The power of the ring on his hand only prevented him from being affected or corrupted by the other's power, not from severing any thoughts or distractions. That was the effect of Mia's Ninth Ring, the Ring of the Ice Heart Walker. To prevent "desire" from directly destroying that relic, Shad had not brought it with him.
"I only gave you advice; you made the decision yourself. And haven't you noticed how much I respect you? I specifically sent someone to inform you at the banquet you were enjoying yourself, instead of having someone come knocking on your door at night while you were sleeping with a pretty girl. Isn't that much better?"
That face, which Iluna found more beautiful than any witch's, smiled as it spoke to Shad. Iluna admitted that the other's husky voice was pleasant to hear, but she didn't want to watch Shad continue talking to that person.
“You must have had your own reasons for contacting Xia De. Now that we’re here, you can tell us what you want to do, right?”
(End of this chapter)