"Good morning, detective, the things prepared for you have been made."
The priest handed the carefully protected suitcase to Shade. After opening it, there were three white bone rods of the same length and thickness. The bone rods were standard cylindrical shapes, with densely packed runes and talismans engraved on the surface.
The stories are connected in series, and the elements of miracle slowly flow through it.
"Actually, it's better to make it into a metal rod, but I can't do it in one day even if I have some blacksmith skills. These should be enough. Nail any one of them to the heart of the dead disciple, and it will completely lose its ability to absorb life force.
ability.
Then burn it with flames to completely eliminate it. In order to prevent accidents, I made three for you. If there are any left, just keep them for yourself. This weapon can also deal with ordinary undead creatures.
The black mist monster you mentioned in the woods is also effective."
The three bone rods are about the same length as a normal human upper arm. According to the priest, they are actually more like nails than rods:
"I understand, I will bring good news soon."
The priest was very reassured about Shade:
"Be careful. I'm not worried about you, but I'm worried that you might disturb it and make it run away. It will be difficult to find it after that. This kind of thing has a powerful ability to transform flesh and blood. It can transform from male to female.
Getting younger is all about basic abilities. But with your ability, it should be okay to be more cautious."
After saying that, the old priest left, not even giving Shade a chance to invite him to stay for breakfast. Priest August seemed very busy today, probably because there was something going on in the church.
Now that the appropriate weapons have been obtained, the hunt for Death Apostles can officially begin. However, after saying goodbye to Iluna and Luvia at home this morning, Shade did not go to Vista City immediately, but still first
Went to find the elf girl in the forest.
The place where I saw her that day was not her tree house, nor the sea of flowers when they first met, but a small patch of grass in the forest not far from the tree house.
The grassland was surrounded by a simple semi-open wooden fence, and simple runes were drawn on the fence to repel wild beasts.
Inside the fence, more than a dozen white, yellow and light blue bird creatures of different sizes are waiting for the elf girl to feed them. And more similar creatures are poking out from the forest on the opposite side of the fence,
Apparently he noticed that dinner was about to begin.
This is a large bird creature. The adult is about two meters tall and looks a bit like an ostrich. Their whole body is covered with bright feathers, their heads are larger, and there is a bunch of upturned feathers on the top of their heads. Their eyes are large and
The bright, intelligent, hard and slightly curved mouth looks very suitable for pecking at plants.
It was also the first time for Shade to see "chocobos" in reality. The great witches of the Fifth Era liked to ride unicorns, while witches who were less wealthy and prestigious generally rode chocobos, even "for free"
The issue of raising chocobos was mentioned in "Leanna's Notes".
"Good morning, where did you get these chocobos?"
Shade asked curiously, standing next to the elf girl and reaching out to touch the feathers on the heads of the chocobos waiting to be fed. They didn't mind being touched by Shade, because all their attention was in the hands of the elf girl.
On the basin.
"I remember that only Zalas Academy of Literature and the Church of Nature have large populations of chocobos, while St. Byrons only has a few hundred as ornamental exotic creatures. Is this from the academy?"
"I found them in the woods."
The elf girl said while working. She not only had to feed the chocobos, she also had to stop the chocobos from competing for food. But it was obvious that the chocobos liked her very much:
"When I first lived here, I often went for walks nearby. These poor little guys lived deep in the woods to the west. Once a very hungry little guy ran up to me and asked for food, so I discovered
they.
Their group must have lived in this inaccessible forest for many, many years. I guess it was the ancestors of the Nightsinging elves who left the forest before they left, or their ancestors strayed into this area before the Nightsinging elves left.
Area. Chocobos are not very powerful in combat, but fortunately their intelligence is much stronger than wild beasts, so they have only lived in this small area for so many years.
After confirming that they were ownerless, I adopted them, and sometimes I would choose one as a mount when I needed to travel long distances in the forest."
Shade smiled and said:
"I was originally worried that your life would be boring, but it seems like your life is quite fulfilling."
The elf girl threw all the food left in the basin to the inside of the fence, and the chocobos gathered around to enjoy breakfast.
"Actually, this is how elves should live. Today's elves' lives are a bit too modern."
She patted the little chocobo that was still standing in front of the fence because it didn't get breakfast. She was about to pour out the food crumbs in the basin, but she saw Shade pouring out a whole bag of cat food.
Under the fence.
The little chocobo with light blue feathers lowered its head and sniffed it, then with its eyes lit up, it lowered its head and started eating.
"This kind of cat food is very expensive, and your cat will lose his temper."
The elf said with a smile.
"Anyway, Mia doesn't know. As long as I replenish the cat food consumed in time, she won't notice that I'm feeding other creatures outside."
Shade rubbed the little chocobo's head again, and watched these cute creatures eating breakfast with the elf:
"I have already read the method of containing tree holes that you gave me last night. Although I know that it will be difficult to contain such things, is this a bit too exaggerated?
Use the Philosopher's Stone to cast the maximum spell [The Stability Principle of Ancient Elves], and then fill the tree hole with a sufficient amount of [Sands of Time] melted with special flames. Finally, you need to use a handful of at least angel-level time
Such weapons destroy the integrity of the physical body of the twisted tree hole."
Shade took a deep breath:
"Although the angel-level time weapon [Ocarina of Time] is obviously the most suitable, is this method too expensive?"
The elf girl turned to him with a smile and asked:
"Look, in your opinion, this method is just expensive. But if I tell other people about this method, their first thought will definitely be: the conditions are too harsh and it can't be completed at all.
In fact, this method is very simple. The twisted tree hole is a wrong connection between two time channels, so you need to stabilize it first, then fill it up, and finally cut off the connection between different times. Now you have learned the thaumaturgy, no matter it is
The original fire or the fire of the sun can melt the sands of time. As for the [Ocarina of Time], you can obviously borrow it, right?"
"But each time a tree hole is destroyed, a piece of the Philosopher's Stone must be used. Even the Zhengshen Church will not choose to destroy every tree hole. Fortunately, the large-scale rituals collected by the Dawn Church can contain the tree hole, so that no one except the tree hole will be destroyed.
There is no way to deal with it other than annihilation.”
Elf has nothing to say about this, at least the method she provided is real and effective:
"I admit that it is a bit more expensive, but there are rewards for destroying the twisted tree holes.
You can get the Holy Grail by using [Power of the Earth·Healing Spirit] to calm the restlessness of the earth. Similarly, you can get a reward by destroying the twisted tree hole: the wood is dead, but it will spawn new leaves for you as a gift.
Gift."
Xia De was startled and asked with some surprise:
"[Youthless Leaf]?"
But he immediately shook his head:
"The Leaf of Youth is far less precious than the Philosopher's Stone. It is not worthwhile to consume one part of the Philosopher's Stone + one part of the Sands of Time for the leaf."
“What if it’s not just leaves?”
The elf continued to say with a smile, which fully whetted Shade's appetite:
"Haven't you always wanted to know how to 'charge' those tree holes to strengthen the power to maintain stability, so that you can increase the number of times you can use the tree holes normally?"
The twisted tree hole has a normal number of uses. Once the number of times is exhausted, it will completely collapse, thus forming an uncontrollable expansion of time cracks.
"Yes. Destroy the tree hole?"
"Yes, destroy a tree hole, and the remaining sustaining power will be attached to the leaves. You can use those leaves to 'charge' other tree holes. Of course, this will not consume those leaves. So, in fact, a virtuous person
What you get in exchange for the Stone of Youth is at least one leaf of youth and at least one extra opportunity to travel through time."
Calculating it this way, this exchange is actually pretty good. Shade still has a copy of the Philosopher's Stone in his hand, but he hasn't decided which tree hole to destroy yet.
With thoughts, he said goodbye to the elf girl and the chocobos, and when he entered the city, he thought about discussing with the two ladies in the hotel about destroying the tree hole. But when he arrived at the hotel, he discovered that it seemed that Miss Winslet had
Didn't sleep with Miss Denister.
It was still room No. 321. Shade happened to meet Miss Bell at the door, who was holding a saucer and preparing to enter, so the brunette told him what happened last night.
After entering the room, they saw the red-haired girl huddled on the sofa with a blanket on her face with a depressed look on her face. Miss Winslet was sitting beside her, hugging her shoulders and comforting her. As for the corner of the room, there was an easel on it.
A newly painted oil painting.
"Oh, what's going on?"
He immediately walked towards the red-haired sorceress, and the witch beside him stood up and gave up her seat on the sofa.
"I wrote a letter last night asking the college to send professors to Karas Mountain to search for the cursed tree. I have been waiting for news last night. No, nothing. There is no cursed tree on that mountain or in that area.
.Was the teacher’s body taken away?”
Her rose-red eyes were about to shed tears as she spoke. She opened her arms and hugged Shade directly. Shade patted her back and comforted her softly:
"The time of your teacher's death should not be far from the time of his disappearance. That was many years ago. Is divination also invalid?"
PS: The picture in this chapter is "Chocobos in the Forest".
The book club group exploded this morning due to unknown reasons. We are currently appealing, and a new group has been established (with fan value requirements). The group number is in the introduction to this book.