The witch told Shade that in fact the unicorn was also blocking them. After they approached, he stood in front of them and stopped them from moving forward.
It seemed that there was nothing special about the nearby area. The color of the snow and the sound of the wind were normal. But the sixth senses of Shade and Miss Bernanice noticed something was wrong, so Shade bent down and made a ball of snow.
The ball was thrown towards the forest in front of him, but nothing happened.
"A little too quiet."
The witch whispered to Shade:
"Even in the depth of winter, the earth still makes sounds, but I didn't hear any sounds. It was as if the land in front of me was dead."
She frowned slightly:
"Don't move here. I'm stronger than you. I'll go check out the situation."
"No, no, it's not about who is stronger at this time."
Shade hurriedly stopped him, and then realized that the little beast standing in front of them did not dodge because of his approach. Apparently, the unicorn had also mistaken his gender:
"What's going on ahead?" (ancient Elf language)
Shade asked. Miss Benenice looked at him in surprise, not quite understanding what he was talking about.
The young unicorn was obviously confused. Shade was very sure that it was still in use in the ancient Elvish language, so it must not have been born yet. But according to the information mentioned in "Elf Knowledge", the unicorn race has no understanding of this kind of language.
A peculiar language with extraordinary understanding ability.
"What's going on ahead?" (ancient Elf language)
In order to prevent himself from having an accent, Shade said it again. This time, the pure white beast obviously understood it, and said "Hang~" happily, and then happily circled around Shade. So under Miss Bernanice
With an expression of biting his lip, Shade raised his hand and touched its forehead. Because he had developed a technique when touching cats, the unicorn seemed to be very useful.
"I just spoke ancient Elvish and asked it if it knew what happened before."
Shade explained something to Miss Bernice, and the witch asked:
"It seems to understand your words, but how do you understand its answer?"
"Even ancient elves cannot communicate directly with unicorns, but don't forget that I also have the [Fish Training Ring], which you saw last week."
Just as he was about to look for the ring in his pocket, he didn't expect that the little beast lightly bit Shade's hem, and then motioned him to look at the snow. In the surprised eyes of Shade and the witch, its hooves were actually on the ground.
Written with the characters of modern Elvish:
【Earth, madness, petrification】
“Unicorns can actually write?”
The witch said in shock, and Shade frowned slightly:
"The intelligence of a unicorn is not low to begin with, but since it speaks Elvish language, it means that there were elves around it originally. The larger elven settlement areas in the material world are either overseas or together with the three major academies, which is interesting
, where did it come from?”
"No matter where it was originally, since it has no place to go now, I think it would be a good idea for me to take it in."
The witch said, looking at the characters on the ground, she recognized this:
"Petrified? Interesting, Crazy Land again?"
That kind of strange area, you have to step into it to notice something is wrong, but you can't feel it from the outside.
"But doesn't this kind of problem only happen once in a few decades in the Randall Valley? Including the one last week, I have already encountered it twice."
Shade muttered, but this was not beyond his expectation:
"Let me handle it."
As he spoke, he bent down, pried out the hard soil from under the snow, and wanted to move forward, but not only did the unicorn bite his front again, but even Miss Bernice stopped him:
"what are you up to?"
"The use of the power of the earth and healing aura requires standing on the land in question."
Shade said matter-of-factly.
"If the unicorn is right, you will be petrified. Although I don't know the principle clearly, it probably means that any flesh and blood that enters the area ahead will be petrified."
The witch emphasized, throwing out a fireball. The fireball flew to the area in front of her and hit the tree trunk. After the flames exploded, the bark peeled off, and the inside turned out to be a stone heart:
"Obviously, I was right, and even the plants were affected."
Shade nodded:
"Don't worry, I have come into contact with a petrified relic before and I have high resistance. Don't worry about me."
In fact, "she" has already given the hint. Shade doesn't have to worry about "Crazy Land" having a big impact on him. As long as he is fast, he will be fine.
The witch was still very worried, but seeing that Shad was so confident, she could only watch him move forward and be ready to respond. The unicorn stood pitifully in the snow and looked at him, just like Shad
He's going to die soon.
Stepping forward, when he entered the woodland in question, he immediately felt the oppressive and crazy power.
Although the petrification effect was ineffective on Shade himself, he still felt that his actions became a little sluggish. Without hesitation, he crushed the hard soil with his hands. He raised his hands forward and spread his fingers.
Mud fell from his fingertips.
But they did not fall into the ground beneath their feet. As the earth-yellow spiritual light emerged from Shade's hands, the falling soil gathered in the air. All the light around them seemed to be collected by the soil. It was still afternoon, but the surroundings became pitch black.
, only Shade, whose whole body exudes silver light, and the clay Holy Grail, which exudes golden light, still shine.
But that strange scene only lasted for a moment. As the surrounding light returned, the Holy Grail of Earth slowly descended and submerged into the snow and soil.
Where the Holy Grail fell to the ground, an earth-yellow spiritual light emerged like a fountain. But this time, it did not go as smoothly as when I was with Miss Lassus at the manor. The strange power in the underground was stimulated, and the black sludge flowed out.
While the Holy Grail of Clay healed the earth, it seeped out from the ground.
Shade was very familiar with this thing. This kind of black sludge had appeared in the "Miss Norma Buried Alive" incident in Tobesk City, the Emerald Dream, and the Randall Valley Manor incident.
Both the Unicorn and Miss Bernice looked as if they were facing a formidable enemy, but Shade was not panicked at all. He stood there and watched the mud seeping out of the snow gradually turn into an incomprehensible figure.
A black humanoid. The humanoid rushed towards him, but as Shad's body glowed - the light spell was not something that could only be used with hands. The bright silver moonlight forced Heini to stop.
The Holy Grail of Earthly Dirt took advantage of the brief moment when the black mud was in a stalemate with Shade, and finally let the thin khaki aura completely cover every piece of surrounding land.
But it was still not over. The spiritual energy quickly enveloped the black sludge, and then slowly dissolved them.
The massive consumption of the spirit brought a sense of exhaustion to the body. When the Clay Holy Grail resurfaced from the ground, Shade staggered and almost lost his balance, but fortunately, Miss Benanis arrived in time to support him:
"The Holy Grail of clay is actually constructed by the effect of a spell. This is contrary to common sense. Hamilton, how are you doing now?"
The little beast also screamed happily at this time, came to the forest still covered by spiritual energy, and ran around Shade.
"It's okay. Sorry, I probably have to drink some magic potion."
After speaking, he whispered in his heart:
"The appearance of using the spell this time seems a little more fancy than the last time."
[As you continue to purify the land, the effect of the spell will also increase. This is a gift from the earth.]
"She" murmured, and Shade, who looked a little pale, nodded and held the clay Holy Grail in front of him. What surprised him a little was that the characters on the cup were no longer "purified water", but "
Fruitful".
"Although I heard Larses describe it once, I was still surprised when I actually saw it. This can definitely not be called a spell. This is a divine spell, which comes from the oldest earth sect."
Miss Benenice made a listening gesture, she was listening to the joy of the earth:
"It's really amazing. It's completely purified. Only the power of [Mother Goddess Earth] can do this."
Then he looked at Shade with some worry:
"What kind of magic potion do you want to drink? If you feel like you can't hold on using this kind of magic, let's go back to the city first. I can always squeeze out time and leave the city with you."
"fine."
He rummaged through the pink vial, pulled out the stopper, and carefully took a sip. Not only did he feel his depleted spirit recover quickly, but he even felt that his whole body was heating up.
Although Shade moved quickly, the witch on the side still smelled the scent of the essence. She felt herself blushing, but she didn't know why. The unicorn in the forest also smelled the smell and tilted her head to look at Shade.
Shade did not explain what it was, but took back the bottle and showed the Holy Grail to the witch:
"The Holy Grail this time is a little different from the last one. What does 'fruitful' mean? The one I got last time was 'purified water'."
"Purified water" has been configured into a magic potion by the witch.
"It seems that your basic courses are still a bit poor."
The blond witch with a strange expression said, shaking her finger, a large piece of soil flew from her feet.
She let the piece of soil fall into the Holy Grail of Clay in Shade's hand. With the consumption of Shade's almost imperceptible spirit, a little light appeared at the mouth of the cup. Looking at the contents of the cup again, the soil had disappeared.
, but an extra red apple appeared:
"Exactly what I thought."
The witch said lightly:
"Turn soil into fruit. The ancient character 'fruit' has a special meaning in the Church of the Sun."
"This spell is really magical."
Shade also praised, took back the cup, broke open the apple and gave it to the witch and the unicorn.
"That's why I'm curious, who is the soul that gave you power in the dream?"
The witch refused the apple, and Shade himself didn't want to eat it, so a whole apple was given to the pure white beast.
It had a big mouth. After chewing the apple, it happily bit the hem of Shade's clothes and led him forward dozens of steps. The snowdrift under the "stone tree" that had been blasted by the witch
, Shade discovered a humanoid stone statue.
PS: Do you have any other good opinions on the effect of the "Holy Grail of Clay"?