Dimensional Codex System: I'm really not a cultist!-Chapter 329 - 328 Unexpected Situation
Chapter 329: Chapter 328 Unexpected Situation
Chapter 329: Chapter 328 Unexpected Situation
The journey to the Peak of Ice and Snow was faster than Fang Zheng had expected.
The reason was simple, since it was the Order Alliance’s graduation assessment with a time limit, it was impossible to let the apprentices reach the destination by themselves. Hence, one could teleport to the nearest human settlement to the task location by using the Teleportation Arrays set up in various places.
Fang Zheng and the others also left the Tower of Heaven through this method and arrived in a city not far from the Frozen Summit Range.
“Next, are we heading to the Peak of Ice and Snow?”
Stepping out of the Teleportation Array, Fang Zheng raised his head to look at the towering, snow-covered mountains against the horizon. Despite it being midsummer, the tops of those mountains were still pristine white.
“Before that, let’s first investigate the rumors about that Radiance, then decide on our next course of action,” he said.
As he spoke, Fang Zheng turned his head to gaze at the young ladies beside him, who nodded in agreement. At the same time, the Little Fire Dragon on Fang Zheng’s shoulder also poked its head out and started babbling at them.
Indeed, this time Fang Zheng’s group had this unexpected guest.
To be honest, Fang Zheng had not planned to bring the Little Fire Dragon along, but he had overlooked the fact that the little creature was still a child. Although there were Kuliya, Nanali, and Tilia taking care of it in the Heavenly Dao Palace, the Little Fire Dragon still did not want to leave Fang Zheng. After the initial novelty wore off, it started to cry and scream for its daddy. No matter how the others comforted it, it was futile, so Tilia had no choice but to contact Fang Zheng for help, and he had to bring the Little Fire Dragon along to participate in this assessment.
Incidentally, since the Heavenly Dao Palace was far from Fang Zheng’s location and there was no long-distance Teleportation Array, Fang Zheng used another method – he activated a Noble Phantasm he had obtained in the World of Shana, the “Mobius Ring”, and swapped the positions of Nymph and Tilia, who was initially holding the Little Fire Dragon in the Heavenly Dao Palace, with Nymph following Fang Zheng, and after taking the Little Fire Dragon, he activated the artifact to swap their positions back…
To be honest, Fang Zheng himself had not expected that his first use of “Mobius” would be under such circumstances.
But then again, it seems that he had developed a new way to use the “Mobius”?
The adorable Little Fire Dragon naturally attracted the attention of the other young ladies, who adored it. For instance, Fina was always patting the Little Fire Dragon’s head, solemnly reciting a prayer of blessing from the “Goddess” to it.
The Astrologer also always played a game of feeding the Little Fire Dragon with various foods, and she enjoyed it immensely.
Even Hailien, who seemed boisterous, would often sneak peeks at the Little Fire Dragon and secretly smile when she saw its cute actions.
As for Lady Thief Katie—Fang Zheng felt that her presence had never left the Little Fire Dragon’s side, as if she was completely captivated by it.
However, the appearance of the Little Fire Dragon wasn’t met with much surprise or disbelief as Sub-dragon species, although uncommon in this world, were not especially rare. It’s like having an owl as a pet – not many people do it, but it doesn’t mean owls are rare.
According to Fang Zheng’s thoughts, it should have been easy to gather clues about this matter, but…
“Nothing?”
Sitting at the counter, looking at the rosy-nosed tavern owner in front of him, Fang Zheng and the young ladies next to him exchanged glances.
“What do you mean by nothing, sir?”
“Just what it sounds like, Master,” the owner said.
While he fiddled with the gold coin that Fang Zheng had just tossed to him, he opened his mouth with a somewhat helpless, bitter smile.
“Around here, we’ve never seen any strange Radiance, the Peak of Ice and Snow is very normal, and there are no strange rumors around here.”
“How can that be…”
Faced with this response, everyone was momentarily stunned. Quickly, Fina suggested a new plan.
“At any rate, let’s quickly head to the Heifarith Guild and check it out. Since they issued the task, they should know the details. I know where their headquarters is, please follow me!”
As it turned out, Fina indeed was not unfamiliar with the area. Under her guidance, they soon arrived at the headquarters of the “Heifarith Guild”. However, what surprised them was that the gates of the headquarters were tightly locked, presenting a gloomy and lifeless appearance. After inquiring with nearby people, the news they received shocked them even more.
“You say that Heifarith Guild, they moved away a month ago, and no one knows where they actually went.”
At that, everyone was suddenly at a loss.
“How could this be…”
Facing the situation that was beyond expectation, including Fang Zheng, no one could have imagined such a development. They had thought that by coming here, they would at least gather some clues. However, not only had no one seen the so-called “Radiance of the Peak of Ice and Snow,” but even the guild that issued the mission had closed its doors and ran off, plunging the young ladies into instant panic.
“Is there any way to complete our mission now?”
“What… what do we do now?”
“Bring out the mission scroll for me to see.”
Watching the panicking young ladies, Fang Zheng pondered for a moment before stretching out his hand to Hailien and speaking to her. Hearing Fang Zheng’s words, Hailien also hurriedly took out the parchment scroll she had earlier and handed it to Fang Zheng. Then, Fang Zheng unfolded the parchment scroll and examined the mission carefully.
Indeed, the contents were official, bearing the steel stamps of the Order Alliance and the Tower of Heaven. The magical signature was also normal, with no signs of tampering. However, what Fang Zheng found more interesting was that the mission was issued ten days ago, whereas previously people had said the Heifarith Guild had left the city a month ago. That meant that the party had submitted this mission to the Order Alliance after leaving the city.
Now, let me see…
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Thinking this, Fang Zheng closed his eyes, then suddenly opened them.
In that moment, the river of fate appeared in Fang Zheng’s eyes—numerous interwoven, inseparable threads that spread like a spider-web. They spread from the parchment scroll in Fang Zheng’s hands outward in all directions, representing the fates of those affected by this parchment scroll and the fate of the scroll itself. Among these threads of fate, what Fang Zheng solely saw were the snow-covered mountains.
It seemed that their destination was already destined.
“In any case, let’s continue towards the Peak of Ice and Snow.”
Soon, Fang Zheng made his decision.
“I just used a Prophecy Spell to foresee a bit, and it seems that we indeed need to head to the Peak of Ice and Snow after all.”
“Eh?”
Hearing Fang Zheng’s words, the young ladies were all greatly surprised.
“Mr. Fang Zheng, are you actually a mage?”
“…What are you saying, why else do you think you met me at the Tower of Heaven?”
Hearing the stunned inquiry of the Astrologer girl, Fang Zheng helplessly rolled his eyes. Hearing Fang Zheng’s response, the Astrologer girl then caught on, sheepishly sticking out her tongue. But it’s not just her, the others also showed embarrassed expressions. It’s no wonder, given Fang Zheng’s attire, one wouldn’t associate him with a spellcaster at all.
But regardless, now that a decision had been made, the next thing for the group to do was to purchase horses for travel and then head towards the Peak of Ice and Snow. Unfortunately, perhaps their run of bad luck had not yet ended; when Fang Zheng and the others arrived at the horse market intending to buy horses, they were told that all the mounts had already been sold.
“Who the hell!!”
The series of mishaps along the way made it hard for Hailien to contain herself anymore.
“Why would someone be so annoying and buy all the horses? Can’t they leave a few for us to use? It’s infuriating!”
And just as Hailien’s complaint was not yet over, suddenly, a haughty voice emerged behind Hailien.
“Oh? Isn’t this the Lady of Flame? I never thought we would meet here…”
