RNP Chapter 3560 Misfortune VS Luck
Chapter 3560 Misfortune VS Luck
Chapter 3560 Misfortune VS Luck
Where did you find that temple?
Megan then asked, and Kruger, with tears in his eyes, replied:
"After I took the gem, I ran away from the temple. When I got home, I felt like I was in a dream, but the gem was still in my pocket. Later, I went to look for the temple again, but I could never find it again."
He pointed to a small area in the northwest of the city, where he winter-fished. However, both Shad and Megan believed that even if they searched again, they would likely find it difficult to locate the so-called "temple."
This incident sounds unlike anything that has ever happened on the island before. He came here alone after his family members all died because he was afraid that if he got close to others, they would also become the "price" of good fortune. He still doesn't understand why he has to pay such a high price today.
Meghan then put the crying young man into a deep sleep:
What should we do next?
“Take him away. Later, please contact Vanessa and have Hillis come over. I want to see his memories about the so-called temple and Mr. Snake. I still suspect that this is a hoax by that demon, and now I equally suspect that anything unknown on this island is related to the demon.”
"But isn't a demon a weapon? Does it also have the power to manipulate fate?"
"It might be some kind of relic, but I can't say for sure without evidence."
This could be considered a "kidnapping," but Shad planned to pay Mr. Kruger some crowns later as payment for the information he had obtained. Shad even kindly helped him pack his luggage, then turned it into a toy, and carried the unconscious man back into the alley with Megan.
Both men frowned upon landing. The noise that had been audible on the second floor of the tavern had vanished once they returned to the alley. Silence reigned all around; the lights were off in the alley and in the tavern behind them.
Looking up at the sky, large patches of dark clouds drifted by and obscured the three moons, making the surroundings truly pitch black.
The solemn singing began to approach from afar. Both Shad and Megan had strong dark vision, so they saw a group of people coming from the depths of the alley.
The outermost group consisted of ordinary believers playing hymns, while the middle group comprised priests in robes, each with a uniform silver lantern hanging from their waist. They surrounded a half-person-high shrine carried by four people, inside which four candles flickered with silver flames, and the emblem of the evil god "Mr. Misfortune" shone brightly.
The atmosphere was incredibly solemn and dignified. Xia De roughly estimated that there were around thirty people in the group. The highest-ranking people were the three standing at the very front of the group. The man in the center had twelve rings, while the man and woman on the left and right sides each had eleven rings.
They were approaching Shad and Megan at a slow pace, while Shad and Megan were both backing away.
With hymns, priests, believers, and holy symbols all present, it was as if a church belonging to the god of misfortune had appeared here. The unusual light and sounds around them were due to this. And with the added advantages of the venue, the ritual, and their companions, even though these cultist ring sorcerers had not yet cast their spells, Shad and Megan were already thinking about which path to take to leave.
Even thirteen-ring warlocks wouldn't easily confront cultists in a church of an evil god. Although, strictly speaking, what appeared in this alley was merely a "church setting" and not a real church, the ever-cautious Shad still didn't want to fight them here.
"What's with all this commotion? Are they trying to fight me to the death?"
He pondered this with a sense of unease, then saw the approaching group stop. They stood about thirty meters away from Shad and Megan in the alley. The leading twelfth-circle warlock addressed Shad in hymn:
“Leave the man on your shoulder.”
Shad raised an eyebrow. He recognized the man. A few weeks ago, when he visited "Lower Springs," this was the same man who stopped Claire, who was waiting for him. This was Archbishop Carle Wotuna of the Order of Doom.
Shad wasn't sure if the other person recognized him, so he carried Kruger on his right arm and gestured behind his back with his left hand for Megan to be ready to leave at any moment:
"Why should I listen to you? And do you even know who I am?"
Then the twelve-ring sorcerer said:
"Summoner of the gods, although the [prophetic spinning wheel] cannot weave your destiny, when the thread breaks, we know that your fate is about to intertwine with ours. We know how powerful you are, which is why we have prepared such a procession to welcome you this time."
You can kill each of us individually, but with most of the Order's elite forces here, you certainly can't leave us all alive.
He stated his requirements:
“I didn’t come here to fight you. How about we make a deal? Leave the man on your shoulder, and we’ll exchange a secret for you. It’s a secret about the Chosen Ones’ ritual, and you won’t know it until the very end unless we tell you.”
"Hmm, you're not going to tell me the secret of the Dice of Fate, are you?"
The twelve-ring warlock was somewhat surprised:
"You knew? Did the Prophet's Association tell you?"
Shad, of course, would not answer this question:
“If there’s nothing else, I’ll be leaving now. You’re right, I don’t want to fight you in this situation, but can you stop me? As far as I know, the Doom Cult isn’t a cult that’s good at spatial sealing.”
"Wait a minute, Summoner of Gods."
He called out to Xia De again:
“Then let’s change the deal—you leave him here, and I’ll tell you another secret. It also relates to the dice of fate, and even if the Prophet’s Association knew about it, they would never tell you.”
While Shad wasn't the type to absolutely refuse to deal with cult members, he wouldn't go so far as to hand over an ordinary person to them:
"I'm sorry, but I don't want to know any secrets. Look, it's getting late, go back and wash up and go to bed."
As he spoke, he took a step back. Megan, who was prepared, grabbed Shad's shoulder, and the three of them disappeared into the darkness of the alley. However, this time the spatial teleportation clearly went wrong. Shad felt as if he had been squeezed into a water pipe. When the squeezing sensation finally subsided, they found themselves in a position that had only shifted three steps to the right.
Megan's expression turned grim from the backlash of the failed spell, while the archbishop of misfortune spoke quite calmly:
"We may not be good at spatial confinement, but we excel at bringing misfortune to others. With the church here, even you, the Caller of Gods, will find it difficult to leave easily before slaughtering us all. This deal isn't a bad one for you; we've come with good intentions, you."
Ding dong~
A clear bell rang out as Shad rang the sacred bell that the hermits had lent him. Although he didn't ring it with much force, the sound almost drowned out the hymns played by the believers of Doom.
As the echo of the bell lingered, the lights that had disappeared from the alley and the noise of the tavern reappeared. Although darkness returned once more after the bell stopped ringing, Shad immediately rang the bell again.
So the cultists sang louder and louder in an attempt to counter the ringing of the bell. After Shad made sure Megan was alright out of the corner of his eye, he also rang the bell faster.
The clashing of bells and songs was unsettling, and the cultists' silver blasphemous elements clung to each of them, like silver flames flickering above the ranks; while as Shad continued to ring the bell, golden miracle elements rippled around the sacred bell along with the sound waves.
After a thousand years, the powers of the god of misfortune and the god of fortune once again collide head-on in the material world.
Although Shad was not a follower of that god, and with only the relics left behind by the old order, he couldn't possibly defeat the priesthood composed of so many people in someone else's territory. But all he wanted to do was briefly create a crack in the "church grounds" created by the other side. As long as the grounds showed even the slightest flaw, he and Megan could leave.
The luckiest thing for Shad was that the power wielded by the Order of the God of Misfortune had no direct harmful effect. Although his luck was not completely unshakeable, the influence in the short term was not enough to cause Shad to cough while chanting incantations or lose his grip on the bell.
Although the golden ripples from the bell's sound were being compressed and spread, the sound grew louder and louder, and the runes and patterns on the silver bell became brighter and brighter.
No matter how loud the cultists' hymns were, or how complicated and varied their rituals were, the ripples emanating from the holy bell in Shad's hand still maintained a safe zone of about one meter in radius for him and Megan behind him. This meant that the power of the god of fortune could always create a sanctuary in the face of misfortune.
The "she" in his ear gently reminded Xia De of his understanding of "luck" and "misfortune." At this moment, when miracles and blasphemy collided and luck and misfortune intertwined, the outsider felt that he suddenly understood something as he experienced the conflict and resonance between the two forces.
If fate is a double-edged sword, then the simplest way to form its two blades is through fortune and misfortune. Those who attempt to control their own destiny must know that fortune faces them, misfortune faces the enemy, and they must always be careful that the blade doesn't turn.
The power of luck and misfortune originates from fate itself, so misfortune can never completely defeat luck, and luck can never completely overcome misfortune, just as the two edges of a sword cannot attack each other.
Clang~
It was as if the sound of dice was dancing in her ears, and the "Noble Fate" inscription on the back of her hand suddenly revealed its noble color. Megan noticed the color that resembled Luvia's eyes, and then saw that purple color merge into the sacred bell in Shad's hand.