CHAPTER 201: EYES OF CALAMITY

"Becky?"

Kiri thought this was seriously bad news.

The Fate Witch was actually starting to prophesy!

This... please don’t mention me!

With such a weird thing happening, Carlos naturally noticed it too.

Right then,

Becky slipped into Fate Witch mode, and some otherworldly voice suddenly rang out:

"The eternal Chapter starts its opening!

The future selves perform brand new poetry!

Strange..."

Those eyes...

Those pupils like the starry sky, bursting with brilliant starlight,

Something matching these traits...

Could it be the Eyes of Calamity!

The Eyes of Calamity—

Eyes that can peek into fate.

But,

After they peek into some living being’s destiny,

That living being will get hit with terrible karmic payback,

At best becoming totally unlucky, with everything going wrong.

At worst running into all kinds of accidents, until they croak.

Carlos’s face went white,

"Stop her!"

"Roar!"

Purple Vortex immediately got what its master wanted,

A totally terrifying Dark Purple Force Field instantly exploded, immediately sealing Becky’s mouth shut.

The starlight in Becky’s pupils flared up, trying to fight the Dark Purple Force Field and keep the prophecy going.

"Roar!"

Purple Vortex immediately cranked up the power. Becky made muffled sounds in her throat, but her mouth was sealed tight—she couldn’t get out a single word.

"Mmm... mmm..."

Kiri, watching from the side,

Was totally lost:

What’s going down?

Carlos Valois seems to be freaked out by the Fate Witch’s prophecy?

Why’s that?

Seeing Purple Vortex stop the Eyes of Calamity from firing up, Carlos let out a sigh of relief.

That was way too close—he didn’t want to deal with being totally cursed.

In the courtyard,

A calm voice rang out:

"How did you two find out where I’m staying?"

"Kathy told us about it and said to come here."

Kiri told a complete lie,

She had cooked up this excuse before showing up.

"Kathy..."

Carlos thought to himself,

Looks like this northern hero has already hooked up with Kathy and the other two.

But how did Kathy know?

Carlos was still suspicious about this answer.

"Mind if I ask who you are?"

Kiri said proudly:

"Student of Master Pergina, Kiri!"

My earlier hunch was right.

Pergina really was the northern hero’s mentor.

Carlos thought of the Great Demon General’s sealed yellow key.

Master Pergina had actually played dumb—she was way too good at hiding stuff.

With the connection to the familiar Pergina, Carlos’s look softened big time.

Sure enough, dropping the mentor’s name was absolutely the right move!

Kiri totally caught the change in Carlos’s attitude.

Then she pointed to Becky, who was making muffled sounds:

"She’s a badass fortune teller, Becky."

Right then,

Becky’s pupils had gone back to normal, the brilliant starlight gone.

She was looking around all confused,

Having no clue what had just happened.

Her body totally unable to move, gripped by serious fear,

She looked pleadingly at her companion of less than a day!

Kiri, save me!

Fortune teller...

The host of the Eyes of Calamity—Carlos was thinking,

How did these two end up together?

According to the records, the Eyes of Calamity was one of the targets the northern hero was supposed to take out.

"What brings you here?"

Carlos was curious about why these two were visiting him together.

Kiri immediately said:

"We found a Black Sinners’ secret hideout!"

"A Black Sinners’ secret hideout?

Where is it?"

Carlos’s previously chill attitude immediately got serious.

The Black Sinners’ ritual conspiracy was about to kick off, and Carlos desperately needed new leads.

"It’s on Three-Fork Mountain outside the city!

They’re setting up a False King Descent ritual,

Right now among the Black Sinners, there aren’t any monsters that can go toe-to-toe with a Controller yet."

Kiri shared the intel she knew.

False King Descent ritual.

Carlos looked grim.

A False King among the Black Sinners was the same as a Controller among humans, and a tough one at that.

According to the northern hero, the Black Sinners in that hidden cave didn’t have a False King yet.

But Carlos noticed this intel was way too detailed.

Location, actions, strength—short and sweet, hitting exactly what he cared about most.

"How’d you get this information?"

Carlos watched every expression on the girl’s face.

Those emerald pupils reflected the girl in front of him.

Kiri wasn’t rattled at all—she’d prepped for this beforehand:

"You’ll have to ask fortune teller Becky about that."

She pointed to Becky, who was trapped by the Dark Purple Force Field.

Carlos saw that the Eyes of Calamity had disappeared, so keeping her locked up didn’t make much sense anymore.

"Let her go."

"Roar!"

The Dark Purple Force Field pulled back.

She could move!

Becky got her freedom back, gasping for air. She had never felt that free air was so amazing!

"Becky."

"Hmm?"

Kiri winked at Becky:

Like we agreed beforehand, start the show!

"Got it!"

Becky took a deep breath:

"Hey there, Young Master Carlos,

The intel about the Black Sinners that Kiri just mentioned

Was what I got when doing a reading for my dear friend Diliya.

She got grabbed by the Black Sinners to be used as a vessel for the False King sacrifice!

Please save her!"

As she talked,

Tears started falling from Kiri’s eyes—

She was really worried about her dear friend.

"Diliya?"

That name sounded kinda familiar?

Carlos frowned a little.

"Roar!"

That woman with the gorgeous hands!

Purple Vortex beside him, sensing its master’s confusion, quickly reminded him.

Anomalous Soul!

Carlos remembered now—

The garrison investigator, Anomalous Soul, Diliya.

Yeah, an Anomalous Soul would be perfect to serve as a False King’s vessel.

Anomalous Soul—

Two embryos with crazy compatibility that eat and merge with each other in the womb.

Between the two embryos, you contain me and I contain you, a dimensional overlap.

Such an overlap,

From the Material Realm’s point of view, looks like only one embryo, one brand new soul.

But from a higher dimensional view, these are actually two embryos, two souls, just overlapping.

This is also called the unified independence of Anomalous Souls.

And this miraculous overlap state is super tough, able to handle massive energy dumps and carry various powers without falling apart.

In a way, it’s perfectly built to serve as a vessel for powerful beings to come down.

"You know Diliya?"

Becky’s fortune-telling instincts were kicking in again.

"Yep."

Carlos pointed to his buddy nearby:

"Purple Vortex knows her."

"Roar!"

Purple Vortex held out both hands—

One hand had jet-black nails, the other emerald nails, beautifully done, clearly the work of a pro.

"That’s Diliya’s work!"

Becky yelled out,

She recognized the style of this monster’s nails right away.

That polish, that styling—definitely Diliya’s handiwork!

When did Diliya get monster friends?

Becky unconsciously looked at her own hands, where the nails were also done by her dear friend.

But...

How come hers weren’t as awesome as this monster’s!

Becky felt hurt—

In Diliya’s heart, was she really ranked lower than this monster?