novelonline Chapter 3470 Snow Mountain and Blood Sea
Chapter 3470 Snow Mountain and Blood Sea
Chapter 3470 Snow Mountain and Blood Sea
The princes of both countries were still the nominal heads of the negotiating teams, and Shad had already obtained today's topic on his way here. After entering the conference room, he and Claire did not sit at the long table, but instead had their own designated seats against the wall.
Claire was very interested in this meeting that would affect the situation in the Old World, and she was actually taking notes seriously, while Shad was observing everyone present.
The meeting, which started at 10 a.m., didn't end until 2 p.m., and most of the delegates looked quite tired as they left the meeting hall. To avoid attracting attention, Shad and Claire didn't leave early. Although they weren't really paying attention in the meeting, they took a few deep breaths after leaving the city hall to relieve the pressure.
"The thought that every decision made here could determine the life or death of millions of people puts me under a lot of pressure."
Claire said with a smile, but Shad couldn't laugh, because there hadn't been any fake people in the meeting room at all.
The two didn't even have time for lunch before returning to the Midnight Deer Club. Director Anlos was still in the room; judging from Shad's expression, he knew Shad hadn't achieved his goal. Director Anlos even knew what Shad's next move was:
"You want a list of delegation members and their families who are not attending the meeting, right?"
He handed the prepared list to Shad and gave instructions:
"If you really want to see everyone, you'd better go to the fleet yourself."
Shad's eyes swept over the human symbol above his superior's head:
"How many agents came here from Tobesk?"
Director Anlos hesitated for a moment:
"Alright, since the Duke has asked me to fully cooperate with your request—most of the spies have been transferred from within Carsenrick, after all, it's quite eye-catching to see so many unfamiliar faces from the North on this island."
Indeed, there are some names also from Tobesk that haven't appeared in your search, but each of them carries an important mission. Please check the others first. If you still haven't found what you're looking for, then I'll tell you their identities and names.
Director Anlos made a sound choice between loyalty and responsibility, and Shad respected his superior's decision:
"No problem, then my companion and I will set off now."
He wanted to find Sevier and disguise himself as a technician from the Aurora family to board the ship, but Claire asked him a question at that moment:
"Have any people died unexpectedly after landing on the island, or gone missing?"
Shad raised an eyebrow and looked at Director Anlos, who frowned and recalled:
"In that case, there was indeed a baron's servant who died last week due to a seafood allergy. However, he was not an important person, so there was no need to transport the body back to the country. In the end, the baron paid for the servant to be placed in the public cemetery of Time Wheel City nearby."
He asked Shad and Claire to wait a moment, then went into the study in the suite and came out shortly afterward with a note:
"This is the location of the grave. There was no cremation at the time; the body was placed directly in the coffin and buried—that was last Thursday."
After thanking Director Anlos, Shad and Claire left the club. Once in their carriage, they headed directly towards the city cemetery. The matter of the fake man stemmed from the "resurrection," and since it was now connected to the dead again, both he and the witch felt this was the key.
The cemetery in Wheel City is also located on the edge of the city. Because the city is relatively new and its population has never been large, the city's public cemetery is much smaller than that of Tobesko.
At 3:20 p.m., Shad and Claire found the newly erected tombstone from the previous week. Claire acted as lookout, while a black chain emerged from Shad's trouser leg, pierced the soil, and then reached directly into the coffin below.
After a moment, Shad let out a long sigh:
"The coffin is still there, but it's empty inside. That fourth-stage pseudo-human escaped. The other party started planning to fake his death and escape almost as soon as he arrived on the island, so this kind of highly intelligent humanoid relic is troublesome."
"So, in that case, that fake man might be able to relocate the 'Fake Man's House' anywhere on this island now?"
Claire asked with great concern, but Shad shook his head:
"Based on past patterns, the [False Human House] is definitely located near a city or town with a large population. It is unlikely to appear in an uninhabited area high in the snow-capped mountains or in a location without villages on the west side of an island."
The chains of sin vanished without a trace, and Shad stared at the tombstone that had been erected just last week:
"In the end, it turned into a search for fake people again. However, it seems that their choice of Fatummister Island makes sense now. Because of this meeting between the North and the South, representatives from various countries of the Old World have been sent. The fake people can freely choose members of any duchy on the island to replace them, and then naturally return to those small duchies."
Currently, only Shad himself can distinguish the fake people with 100% accuracy, so if further investigation is needed, he will have to visit various parts of the island to find places where the fake people gather in large numbers.
But after a moment's hesitation, Shard abandoned this approach:
"Since this is a place where destinies converge, let destiny decide. When we get back, I'll have Luvia do some divination to find out where this escaped imposter went."
It seems I'll have to use the last coin I have left here:
“This matter is different from the treasure. The longer it drags on, the more dangerous it will be for the people on the island. After all, even if we destroy the ‘House of the False Humans,’ the existing false humans will not simply disappear. Claire, I will help you protect your homeland.”
The witch nodded gently. Just as the two were about to return to the town, a cry of an eagle suddenly came from the sky, and then an eagle with gray wings landed on Claire's shoulder.
She frowned and pulled the note from the letterbox on the eagle's leg:
"What happened this time? Something's happened. We're heading to the snow mountain now."
"what happened?"
"Bella's followers encountered enemies in the snowy mountains. After receiving a distress signal in the town, Emilia and Stella have already led a rescue team."
What did they encounter?
The two of them jumped over the cemetery fence, and then Claire grabbed Shad's hand and leaped into the air, rushing towards the distant, majestic snow-capped mountains.
“You might not believe it, but it’s Helmons the Bloodthirsty One.”
Hermons, the 13th-ring warlock known as "The Blood Weaver," was called the weakest 13th-ring warlock. Thirty years ago, when he was 12th-ring, in order to advance his rank, he ordered the Blood Spirit School to commit a major crime by collecting large amounts of infant blood in the Old World, for which he was wounded by the Church of the True God.
This incident led to two outcomes: one was that even after his promotion, he remained the weakest among his peers; the other was that the main body of the Blood Spirit School fled to the New World.
The outsider had been dealing with the Mercury Blood organization since the summer of 1853, when Hermons was 78 years old. Now, two years later, the 80-year-old Bloodthirsty One still serves as a background character in almost every chosen one's story.
Not long ago, Shad learned that the Blood Spirit School had lent the angelic relic, the Puppet Master's Script, to the Unity of All Things. At the time, Shad thought Hermons wouldn't show up in person this time, but unexpectedly, he appeared again.
Even the weakest 13th-ring sorcerer, as generally acknowledged, is still a genuine 13th-ring warlock. The fact that Matilda and the others were able to send out a distress signal meant things weren't at their worst yet, but Shad was still extremely anxious.
The note had already indicated the general location, and Claire, familiar with the snow mountain environment, flew very quickly. She had initially worried about not being able to find it, but upon approaching the area, she immediately sensed intense fluctuations in the elements.
From afar, Shad heard the soft cries of the unicorns, and then both of them smelled the stench of blood in the cold air.
After Claire circled the mountain, the overwhelming crimson color almost dyed the sky above the battle zone blood red as well.
The blood formed a curtain like a waterfall, and pressed down like ocean waves, with Matilda and the other girls below the "waves".
However, besides them, the vice president of the local prophet association and the association's old keeper of secrets, "Antoine Zarathustra," whom he had met with Sylvie in the abandoned village last time, were also there.
Shad immediately understood the situation. Before that "sea of blood" was a diviner from the Prophet's Association with twelve life rings floating behind him—Shad remembered Luvia saying he was "Mr. Udel" from headquarters.
Beside the diviner were two unicorns radiating pure white light. This time, Emilia rode on Ellie's back, and although she did not reveal her life ring, she had already taken out her tree staff.
The enormous face of Hermons, the "Blood Weaver," could be vaguely seen in the sea of blood. As the sea of blood pressed down, the soothsayer, the unicorn, and the elf used magic together to try to break through the overwhelming sea of blood.
The downward pressure of the sea of blood gradually slowed down, but this unknown blood sea magic still gave Shad a very bad feeling. Just as he was about to transform into a giant dragon and breathe dragon breath at the sea of blood, Elder Harald and Elder Ursa suddenly appeared on the ground below the sea of blood.
The two elderly people seemed to have been preparing for this for a long time, and of course they would not let a "child" like Emilia go into the mountains to carry out a rescue alone, especially since she did not know the way.
Even though they were injured, Elder Harald continued to cast spells alongside Elder Ursa. Mount Fatumunst responded to their call, granting the priests of the mountain a continuous source of power. From the long staffs wielded by the two elders, two enormous ice storms appeared out of thin air, bringing snowfall to the surrounding area. The ice storms passed over the unicorns and prophets, colliding directly with the sea of blood.
Then, amidst rustling sounds, the massive sea of blood that stretched for miles along the mountainside was completely frozen in place.
(End of this chapter)