Chapter 149: Chapter 61: Prying the Trajectory of Fate
「Early November.」
Ogrande City welcod its first heavy snow.
"WHOOSH..."
The cold wind wailed like a night owl, shaking the bare branches and whipping flurries of thick snow across the sky.
The old butler, Glangk, drove the carriage forward at a fast pace.
Inside the carriage, Zorn admired the charming snowscape outside for a mont before drawing the window curtain.
The destination of this trip was the diversion point for the rerouting proposal Zorn had put forward.
Yesterday, the Torlask Steam Train had arrived at the Steam City Station on the south side of Ogrande City.
Today.
The Torlask Steam Train was scheduled to arrive in Ogrande.
Following the reports in the Ogrande City Steam Daily over the past few days, the progress of the Torlask Steam Train captured the attention of all Ogrande City’s residents.
It also made Ogrande City, which had been quiet for so ti, the focus of a major event drawing attention from residents across the Holy Land Continent.
If a disaster involving the Torlask Steam Train were to break out in Ogrande City, it would be several tis, or even more than ten tis, more severe than the Rat Plague.
The Torlask Steam Train was a terrifying, taboo Calamity capable of truly wiping Ogrande City off the map.
Inside the carriage.
Zorn quietly savored the harvest of Fighting Essence, which had reached a new level of strength.
「A few days ago.」
Zorn had successfully captured Red Horse and Silver Horse.
After making these two Level 4 Peak Transcendents his Lower Rankers, the Transcendents under their command, as well as their Mafia mbers, had also failed to escape the fate of being captured by Zorn.
Red Horse had eleven Transcendents under him, plus over two hundred ordinary people.
Silver Horse had about the sa.
After capturing them, Zorn gave each of the two bosses ten Shadow Sequence Crystal Cores to cultivate a new batch of Transcendents.
Over the past few days, with the birth of nurous Shadow Sequence users, Zorn clearly felt that the Transcendents deeply controlled by his Evil Spirit Authority—strengthened and expanded through his Spiritual Realm—were more effective than the Witches he only shallowly influenced.
Deep control was equivalent to them deeply using their Skills in combat, which yielded a large and rich quantity of Fighting Essence.
In contrast, the shallow influence over the Witches resulted in only light combat, yielding less Essence.
’Both thods have their pros and cons.’
Anchoring the two bosses as Lower Rankers, plus the creation of dozens of new Transcendents, had increased Zorn’s acquisition of Fighting Essence by thirty to forty percent.
Zorn estimated that he could probably advance to Level 5 by the start of spring next year.
’If... this plan succeeds.’
Then, he would be able to advance to Level 5 during the cold winter this year.
’This Torlask Steam Train incident... The plan I proposed will most likely be carried out.’
’Once it’s done...’
’...then the underground of Ogrande City will beco a new land of calamity.’
And a "land of calamity" was the key resource Zorn needed to leverage the Calamity Black Mist and promote the growth of his Spiritual Realm.
By re-anchoring a higher-intensity Calamity Ceremony within it...
...then...
’...the Torlask Steam Train will beco a brand-new breeding ground for Zorn Corick, the Evil Spirit Wizard.’
’Moreover, the Torlask Steam Train incident will also have a peculiar synergistic effect with Ogrande City’s Steam Grey Mist.’
’It will cause a batch of "Confused" to appear in the depths of the sewers.’
’These Confused will even be continuously strengthened, becoming a new version of "Lost Travelers."’
’Lost Travelers will wander the sewers. Upon encountering others, they will guide them to the underground steam train station.’
’And that Cardinal, Chuckman Blaze, will be there to preach, turning them into new Lost Travelers.’
’These Lost Travelers will need to be cleared out periodically; otherwise, this corruption will continue to spread.’
But for Zorn, this corrupted environnt and the stronger Lost Travelers were precisely the kind of cultivation environnt he desperately needed for his growth.
Before long, the carriage ca to a stop. The voice of the old butler, a Knight, rang out.
"Young Master Zorn, we’ve arrived."
Getting out of the carriage, Zorn saw twenty to thirty people standing atop a hill not far away.
As he ascended the hill, a vast expanse of fields and rivers unfolded before him like a magnificent epic scroll.
The originally straight steam train tracks had been rerouted into a massive curve, leading down a slope into the earth in the distance.
All preparations were complete.
The Torlask Steam Train could arrive at any mont.
Would it follow the new route?
Or would it continue along its original path?
No one could say for sure.
Even Zorn couldn’t guarantee it with one hundred percent certainty; after all, there was still a chance it would stick to the original tracks.
A terrible judgnt of Calamity hung over everyone’s head like the sword of Damocles.
Among the crowd, Zorn’s expression was calm and natural.
Before long, a quiet figure silently approached Zorn.
"Madam Mable, good morning!"
Zorn imdiately tipped his hat slightly in a bow.
The Madam Mable of this mont had, astonishingly, already advanced to Level Six, becoming a Middle Rank Level Transcendent.
Level Six.
It ant she had officially entered the core circle of power in Ogrande City.
Her gaze swept over Zorn, watching as the large, feather-like snowflakes fell continuously on his woven dress hat and shoulders.
Madam Mable used a handkerchief to gently brush the snow from Zorn, then gave him a light pat.
A hazy shadow quickly materialized, shielding Zorn from the falling snow.
Powerful as a Fighting Master was, they were clearly inferior to the secretive and mystical Sequence professions when it ca to wondrous abilities.
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