Chapter 115: The Storm’s Punishment, The Mercury Serpent

Chapter 115: The Storm's Punishment, The Mercury Serpent

At this moment, in the clear skies of Beckland, a storm gathered without warning, with layers of dark clouds piling up.

A spherical silver-white lightning bolt, shining across the fields, struck down fiercely as if it were the wrath of the heavens!

The spherical lightning tore through the sky, striking precisely at a seemingly empty space.

The space shattered into fragments, then turned into countless tiny currents, spreading further away along the broken space.

Dark blood surged from a space, and at the same time, an arm as thick as a mountain ridge was severed there! Tiny silver-white currents wrapped around the black arm, continuously grinding it into dust!

At the cost of an arm, the divine abomination divine scourge sia avoided the attack from the master of the storm.

He dared not stay in Beckland any longer, lest he invoke the divine descent of theLord of Storms! As he traversed the spirit world, preparing to leave Beckland.

In the distant sky, suddenly a silver circular trajectory bloomed, and upon closer inspection, it was a giant serpent biting its own tail!

The Mercury Serpent!

The silver circular trajectory turned once in mid-air, time reversed, and the figure of divine scourge sia was pulled back into Beckland! Boom! Several more spherical lightning bolts, carrying the massive fury of thunder, descended from the sky!

Stronger than the last, they struck divine scourge sia's body with even greater precision! With a roar, divine scourge sia transformed into a monster with a body oozing black viscous fluid, with thousands of arms, and inside its body, a blood-red sapling opened thousands of eyes, fixing the incoming spherical lightning! Quickly, the thousands of eyes crackled like a string of firecrackers.

Although it was only for a brief moment, it was enough for divine scourge sia to react, and after sacrificing hundreds more arms, he finally escaped the range of the storm.

After a while, the clergy of the Holy Wind Church arrived in groups, jointly offering a sealing artifact, collecting the dark blood scattered on the ground, and expelling and purifying any possible contamination here.

This scene came quickly and dissipated just as fast.

Many people only heard the thunderclap on a clear day, and then knew nothing more.

Inside the Wishing Lamp, the genie no longer manifested a shadow to provoke Bernadette but stayed obediently inside the Wishing Lamp, concealing its presence.

Bernadette let out a sigh, her brows slightly furrowed, "Worthy of a Sequence 1 abomination, even the sudden divine punishment from theLord of Storms couldn't keep him."

She felt it was a pity that she couldn't keep divine scourge sia, but she also knew that a single divine punishment was not enough to completely resolve the threat posed by divine scourge sia.

However, after this painful lesson, he probably wouldn't dare approach Beckland for a short time.

Thinking it over, she still chose not to leave Beckland immediately.

She couldn't guarantee that divine scourge sia wasn't still lurking outside Beckland.

Putting aside her guesses, Bernadette turned her gaze to the now completely quiet Wishing Lamp.

A hint of mockery appeared on her lips, "What did you say just now? I didn't quite catch it."

After a good while, the voice of the genie came from inside the Wishing Lamp.

"When did you contact theLord of Storms?"

"The last time I destroyed the divine descent ritual, I did them a favor, shouldn't they repay it?"

"That's not enough to persuade a deity."

"Don't I have you?"

With a mocking tone, Bernadette silenced the genie, whose collaboration with the Mother Tree of Desire was indeed worthy of the attention of the seven gods.

The existence of divine scourge sia was always a target of the seven true gods, especially when divine scourge sia was hiding near Beckland.

If they could keep divine scourge sia, theLord of Storms would naturally be willing to make a move.

Unfortunately, last night's battle must have involved a lot of theLord of Storms's power; otherwise, divine scourge sia wouldn't have escaped so easily today.

But what about that Mercury Serpent?

That must be the Ouroboros, Uroborus, right?

She didn't invite him to make a move, so why did he appear here, and moreover, strike at divine scourge sia? If it weren't for his intervention, divine scourge sia would not have suffered such severe injuries.

Was it really just a coincidence?

After all, she carried a card of the Wheel of Fortune, and fate tends to attract each other.

"Even Uroborus has come to Beckland, what kind of fate is hidden here?"

"Could it be that another Mercury Serpent is also hiding in Beckland at this moment?"

Bernadette pondered for a long time and felt that this was a very likely conjecture.

Only another Mercury Serpent could attract the attention of Uroborus.

This was a battle of fate between them.

"Regardless, it's also resolved a troubling matter."

Bernadette thought for a moment and decided to go out for a stroll to clear her mind.

She put away the Wishing Lamp and the Triangle of Time, took the pea vine as a path, and after a few steps, the scenery changed, and with one step, she arrived on the streets of the Queen's District.

Beckland gathered many countries' specialty foods, and the most exquisite restaurants were generally located in the Queen's District, where only the nobles living there could afford the expense.

Bernadette entered a restaurant with Intis flavor, ordered a table full of dishes, tasted a few bites of each, and then left after paying.

Passing by a clothing store, she, like the usual noble ladies, went in to pick out styles she liked.

Like many girls who browse but don't buy, she just enjoyed the process of selecting clothes. In the end, she chose a set of clothes that were quite pleasing to the eye and left.

When she arrived at a shop selling trinkets, she thought that Sharon would be back in Beckland in a few days, and it was a good opportunity to buy some small items for her.

As soon as she entered the door of the shop, she sensed a familiar aura.

With just a glance, she saw the still familiar figure of Hastur.

This time, she did not approach him directly but hid in the shadows to observe.

As she had said last time, if she could meet Hastur in Beckland for the third time, it would pique her interest.

Now, it was indeed the third time.

She was curious why she kept encountering this young baron.

Clearly, she and he were not on the same extraordinary path, and he was not an extraordinary of the fate pathway.

Logically, their meetings should not be so frequent.

This could no longer be simply explained by fate; there must be some reasons she did not understand.

After watching for a while, she found that Hastur was also here to buy some small items, and judging by what he picked, he probably intended to give them to Sharon, who was about to return to Beckland?

Having the same idea as her, it seemed he knew Sharon well.

Until Hastur paid and left, Bernadette did not disturb him.

Instead, she followed him in the shadows.

Then, Hastur went to the shop she had visited before and directly asked the clerk for two sets of the most exquisite and beautiful black Gothic court gowns.

Bernadette's brows furrowed slightly; she was certain this was no mere coincidence or fate, but some inexplicable attraction.

Even if she hadn't encountered Hastur first, judging by Hastur's actions, it was very likely he would have met her.

But she still chose not to show herself.

When Hastur passed by the Intis-flavored restaurant, he paused for a moment, then hurried away from the area.

"Is he afraid of meeting me in this area?"

"It seems he also knows that just going out for a stroll, there's a high chance of meeting me in Beckland."

"It looks like this young baron is not as simple as he appears."

Bernadette speculated in her heart and continued to follow behind.

This time, her mood was much lighter.

When Hastur was about to take a carriage to leave, Bernadette appeared directly inside the carriage, sitting opposite Hastur.

"I shouldn't have been hopeful!"

Seeing Bernadette suddenly appear, Hastur was startled and regretted going out for a stroll today.

But he couldn't just stay at home all the time…

"Respected lady, we meet again," Hastur greeted with a smile on his face.

"You should remember what I said last time."

Bernadette's calm gaze fixed on Hastur, making him feel a bit uneasy.

Hastur asked in surprise, "Lady, did you really not come looking for me on purpose?"

"What do you think?"

"Fate is truly amazing, it seems we are quite fated."

"Just the word fate can't explain this situation."

"But this is the most likely scenario I can think of."

Hastur showed a bitter smile, pretending to be clueless.

Bernadette just calmly looked at him, "You know yourself that once you go out, it's very easy to run into me, right?"

Hastur tried to explain, "I just didn't want to cause any unnecessary misunderstandings."

"When you were buying those small items, I was following you the whole time. The clothing store you visited, the restaurant you passed by, I had just left those places."

"…"

Hastur couldn't think of a suitable excuse for a moment.

He guessed that his fate with Bernadette was becoming increasingly tight, probably related to his identity as the ruler of the stars and their two exchanges.

The fate between him and Bernadette was almost at the point where it was inevitable they would meet.

Bernadette's lips curled into a smile, "It seems you know what reason that might be."

(End of Chapter)