novelonline Chapter 3569 Gold Coins and Fate
Chapter 3569 Gold Coins and Fate
Chapter 3569 Gold Coins and Fate
Ms. Gerd was not offended by Shad's very impolite question:
“You’re not the first person to ask this question, and I can understand your thoughts. After Mother was expelled from the Society, everyone associated with her was thoroughly investigated by the Society, for fear that Mother had replaced normal people with products made from human bodies. This is something Mother could do.”
I am a key focus of the society's attention. Although the society doesn't research human transmutation, its detection methods are still very sophisticated. I am a naturally born human being; there will be no problem with that.
The conversation ended there. Shad opened the elevator gate and the room door, revealing the small ground floor of the hotel.
Lady Gerd instinctively wanted to hide behind Shad. Even without looking ahead after leaving the room, she could clearly feel the power of the great being, which seemed infinitely greater than herself.
It was something that could not be seen, heard, or even imagined. Just the awareness that the gods were ahead of her already gave her the feeling that her soul was being crushed by a mountain.
As Shad moved forward, she moved forward as well. Hearing Shad greet the gods, she also softly greeted the gods, and then listened silently to the conversation between the gods and the man.
"Please allow me to express my gratitude again. I was able to escape from the [House of False Humans] last time thanks to you."
Shad stood solemnly before the counter and addressed the bald, ancient god—the Lord of the Walls—behind it. The god was unchanged from when Shad had last left, and he smiled as he spoke:
"It's okay, I helped you, and you came here to help me too, didn't you?"
He was probably not referring to those three missions, but rather to the mission that Shad received from the Tree Father, which was "to select suitable guests for the inn."
Xia De then confirmed with the gods that the second task was complete and the two interconnected rooms had been re-divided. Only then did he retrieve the small coffin he had brought, which contained the black dagger.
In Shad's view, the Tree Father's task was actually to select someone from the three companions to "stay" at the hotel. And since the demon on Miss Cohens had been exorcised, it shouldn't be a problem to let the demon stay.
He simply didn't know whether he needed to let the three witches, or all their problems, stay, or choose the most suitable one to keep:
"Excuse me, may the Dream-Eating Demon Nagul become a new guest in this hotel?"
The gods knew perfectly well what was inside the coffin on the counter without even looking at it:
"Of course, there are plenty of empty rooms in the hotel, and this demon would be a perfect guest."
He pulled a large bunch of keys from under the counter, which were attached to iron rings, and took one out and placed it on the table:
"Take it to the 25th floor. The key will guide you to the room. After locking it up, follow the steps to lock the door from the inside in the corridor. This key can be considered as the key you obtained after getting the wandering guests back to their rooms. You can trade it with me."
Now everyone has two keys. And since the gods have given the key to the 25th floor, Shad can go to the 25th floor again to find the room where the moon beast is imprisoned.
Having thought of the "Moon Beast," Shad inevitably thought of the werewolf girl. Although he had already planned to check on room 2530, he still asked the gods at this moment:
"Do you know that a werewolf witch named Sybel Bister once came here as well?"
The gods nodded:
"Yes, she made a brief visit and, like you, came down to the first floor to talk to me."
God paused for a moment:
"If you want to know her general activities in this hotel, you can exchange a key for this information."
Lady Gerd, standing behind Shad, then mustered her courage and whispered to Shad:
"No one else will know about that demon's key unless I tell them. Why don't you go to the 25th floor, imprison the demon, and then come down to exchange it for that item?"
Although she didn't know the specifics of "Hibbel Bister," she had only heard that Miss Novare had been saved by him, but she knew very well that Shad wanted what he had left behind.
Shad was somewhat tempted, but he had promised that all the keys would belong to everyone, and he was confident that he would have enough room keys for everyone on his last visit. Therefore, he declined Ms. Gerd's offer:
"No need for that. It wasn't entirely my doing that I was able to obtain this key."
Then he asked the gods:
"So what is the third task? If you complete this task, you'll be able to open the door that lets us leave Whispering Hills, right?"
God then said:
"The third mission is related to the 40th floor. A guest living on the 40th floor has disrupted the hotel's order, plunging the entire floor into chaos. Some force has severed the connection between the 40th floor and the other floors. What you need to do is find a way to the 40th floor, go there to check the situation, and resolve the problem there."
The 40th floor is much taller than the highest floor that everyone has explored so far. Moreover, compared to simply dealing with evil spirits that are not in the room or solving spatial connection problems, this time we have to deal with the trouble of an entire floor, which is more difficult than the previous two missions combined.
However, before Shad could inquire about more specific details of the mission, God added:
“I’m not trying to make things difficult for you. Once you’ve found a way to the 40th floor, I will accompany you to that chaotic floor. After completing this task, anyone who wants to leave this hotel can leave through the door I open.”
This makes the task a suitable challenge. Although the gods certainly won't solve the problem with a wave of their hand, it's still better than Shad and the four witches having to face an entire floor full of crazy enemies.
"Furthermore, you performed exceptionally well in the second mission. You defeated 'Spiral,' and 'Mirror' was also severely injured because of you. This is an extra reward for you; I am not a stingy god."
He then took something from his simple robe and placed it on the table. Shad had expected it to be a key, but it turned out to be a gold coin. The coin was smaller than a one-pound coin, with the emblem of the Old God on one side and a house design on the other, containing the number "1".
For some reason, this coin reminded Shad of the gold coin he took from the "Gift Box of God" on Monday. Both had a holy emblem on one side and a number on the other, were made of gold, and possessed miraculous elements.
"Thank you, but... I don't think I can take this gold coin with me, right?"
Shad hesitated before saying that the restrictions on bringing items from the future were not strict; items like low-concentration holy water could be brought even if they weren't required for the mission. However, the restrictions on bringing things from the Fifth Era to the Sixth Era were very strict.
God then asked with a smile:
"Think about it carefully, is there really no way you can take this gold coin with you?"
Shad hesitated before grasping the gold coin. Without the Tree Father's permission, he wouldn't be able to take even a single petal from a transcendent plant. Aside from the souvenirs given each time, all he could take were memories, blessings, and power.
Clearly, this gold coin is neither a memory nor a blessing—the gods already bestowed a blessing last time, and it doesn't seem to be power either.
Then Shad recalled whether he possessed the special ability to take the coin away, and then, amidst "her" laughter, Shad suddenly realized a possibility.
He hesitated, looking down at the coin in his hand, then at the deity before him, and asked in disbelief:
"This coin can't be..."
He summoned the "Manual of Fate" and tried to throw gold coins at the open book, and the gold coins were indeed absorbed by the "Manual of Fate".
When he placed his hand on the book, a simple sketch of a gold six-sided die, a silver twenty-sided die, three brass twenty-sided dice, two black iron six-sided dice, and a gold coin appeared on the page.
Shad could not take away special items, but if they were part of his "destiny," then the Tree Father would never take them away.
"This gold coin is frozen destiny! Increase the score by one! Gold coins are similar to dice, except that gold coins don't involve gambling on probability!"
He said with some disbelief, and the deity behind the counter smiled but did not offer any further explanation.
Although the gold coin taken from the gift box and the gold coin given by the god before him are not "dice," they both have the effect of "forcibly increasing Shad's score by 1" at the end of the story of fate.
Although it's only 1 point, which isn't a large number, no one knows whether the final outcome will hinge on that 1 point.
These gold coins are not a condensation of Shad's own destiny, so like the gold coins of the "Creator of Innocence," they should be transferable; Stella will need them. Even if they can't be transferred, Shad isn't a candidate for destiny and doesn't need to participate in the final ritual of destiny, but Luvia and Bella have said that using multiple "destiny dice" at once to obtain a higher score could potentially trigger a miracle.
Shad himself doesn't have any "wishes" that need to be fulfilled for the time being, but he still thinks about Dorothy and Lacey.
"Thank you so much."
He solemnly thanked the deity behind the counter once again, and the deity nodded:
"Go on, once you find the path to the 40th floor, I will set off with you from here."
"Then I'd like to ask you another question: are you familiar with the demons?"
"There are some things you still need to understand for yourself."
He refused to answer the question, and Shad, not being greedy, thanked him again and left with Lady Gerd.
The elevator rumbled and vibrated as it carried them upwards. Although the two had exchanged many words on the way there, they didn't talk much on the way back; the witch, who was only at the mid-level, was still somewhat exhausted after visiting the god.
Shad originally planned to go directly to the 25th floor, but seeing Ms. Gerd's condition, he had no choice but to return to the safe room on the 10th floor with her first.