Iluna cuddled up to Shade by the fire, which made the eighteen-year-old girl feel very at ease, and at the same time she felt a little happy:
"Xia De, these are just everyone's speculations, but this is the only thing we can do here.
It is not easy to explore this castle that is mostly submerged in water. Our progress is very slow. At present, we have only inspected the third, fourth and fifth floors of the building on the water, and then discovered these."
While the werewolf girl was distributing food and clean drinking water to everyone, Shade checked the four girls' current harvest. They were not stone tablets or magical props engraved with important clues, but four rectangular stone slabs the size of letter paper.
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Although the materials of the four stone slabs are slightly different, they feel very similar to the touch. The white and gray color can easily remind people of the luminous ashes floating in the sky.
"Speaking of which, will those ash cause environmental harm?"
Shade suddenly asked. The werewolf girl who had just wiped the apple on her skirt and was about to open her mouth quickly took the red apple away from her mouth. Her ears also stood up slightly. She looked at Shade's face in the firelight.
:
"Miss Wilder said that although those ashes exist physically, they are essentially a space-time phenomenon."
The green dragon girl who was elegantly controlling the pots and pans brought by Shade and preparing to cook nodded:
"I have never been exposed to such a weird space. I only heard my teacher talk about similar situations before. This space is not only a time chaos, but its own disordered time flow is also accelerating the decay and collapse of everything in it.
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To put it simply, those ashes represent the collapse of time. Although the impact on those of us who are time-resistant living people is not significant, it is obvious that the collapse of this castle is strongly related to it. I suggest that you do not come into contact with those things for a long time.
ash."
The green dragon girl has beautiful emerald-like eyes, and she seems to be gifted with time as well:
"Although I haven't been taught anything like the secret records here, I have gained a lot from just these ashes. It is difficult to find other places where I can come into contact with this strange phenomenon. I want to use this to develop a method based on
The secret technique of time collapse, this trip is not in vain!"
Probably because of the strength of her race, she is in the best mental state among the four girls present. And I don’t know if it is because of the fourth son of the dragon’s blessing that “all mortal dragons will know your nobility”, although she
He showed vigilance just now, but when he spoke, he didn't express any dissatisfaction with Xia De:
"Speaking of which, Mr. Hamilton, are you a dragonborn? I smell the scent of a dragon on you. What kind of dragon are you?"
"Don't ask my friend like this, Miss Wilder, Shade is human!"
Iluna immediately hugged Shade's arm and said, and the green dragon girl cast a suspicious look.
The four small stone slabs were all blank on one side and had text and patterns on the other. However, the content of the four stone slabs was different. The four girls had obviously checked them, so they did not pay attention to how Shade played with them.
The green dragon girl and Miss Metz were busy cooking on the bonfire. With the food, everyone wanted to eat hot food. The green dragon girl even made black tea; after the werewolf girl finished eating the red apple, she went to continue.
Organize the supplies that Shade took out.
Iluna originally didn't want to move, but seeing that everyone was busy working, she was too embarrassed to just lean on Shade, so she took the initiative to help Miss Bister pack her things.
The hot chicken rice was ready in five minutes, and with the sauce brought by Sha De, the smell even made Sha De, who had just eaten breakfast, feel the aroma.
Because Xia De was here, no matter how hungry the girls were, they would sit by the fire and eat their meals very reservedly, so Xia De asked again:
"Have you read all these four books?"
"Book?"
Four pairs of eyes looked at Shade from the heat:
"What book? Wait, you mean, these four stone tablets are books?"
Miss Metz, who was the first to come here, asked in surprise. Shade nodded:
"Of course. I know some secrets from the First Age. At that time, in order to preserve the precious books for a longer time, they usually used some techniques to make the books like this. These stone slabs were actually covers.
I have been fortunate enough to come into contact with precious documents from the First Age, and the feeling is that no, no, I don’t have to give up my job. I mean, the manufacturing technology of these books is consistent with those ancient books. These four books themselves are definitely not products of the First Age.
"
Because they did not trigger Shad's magic "Ancient Voice", and the knowledge about ancient books came from the Gaddis Library in the Valley of Death more than 600 years ago, when Shad came into contact with the "Yager Scroll" and
"The Book of Unnamed Sacrifice" (Chapter 722).
"I remembered that you mentioned this before."
Iluna, who was huddled next to Shade with her rice bowl in hand, said:
"It seems that you have to read the names on the books before you can open these books."
"Yes."
After seeking the opinions of the four girls, Shade read out the words on the four stone tablets:
"The first one is "The Wolf of the Ancestral Spirits", then "The Glorious Sun" and "The Blessing of Books", and finally "The Making of Delicious Black Tea and Desserts"?"
As he finished speaking, the four stone slabs placed by Shade in front of the fire glowed at the same time. After a moment, the warm firelight illuminated the four rolls of parchment. Judging from the weight, each parchment contained a lot of content.
The four books were all ordinary objects. When Shade raised his hand, they all flew up. Seeing that the girls holding the rice bowls were still looking at him, he made a small deduction:
"Assuming that these four books correspond to the four of you who came in college uniforms, then "The Wolf of the Ancestral Spirit" is obviously related to Miss Bister."
The first volume of parchment flew towards the werewolf, and then the second volume flew towards Iluna:
""The Glorious Sun" belongs to Iluna, and then "The Blessing of Books"."
This name is not very recognizable, but Shade has seen Luvia perform a thaumaturgy with this name in the Randall Valley before (Chapter 1320), which was a defensive thaumaturgy.
While hesitating, the human witch Miss Metz whispered:
"This should have something to do with me. I am proficient in the secrets of knowledge and inheritance."
So when the third roll of parchment flew towards her, everyone looked at the green dragon girl. The latter also realized something, raised her neck and said:
"Making black tea and snacks delicious is of course a great ability. Don't look down on this ability. Every capable girl should have her own secret recipe for black tea and snacks."
She said something that no one understood, but at least Shade knew that the green dragon girl would not be disappointed with this knowledge.
"So, is this what we came here for?"
They did not look through the books in a hurry but continued to eat. Iluna expressed her doubts in a timely manner:
"After we learn the contents of these books, can we leave here?"
"It shouldn't be that simple. This is a so-called college, not a library. I still insist on my point of view. We need to find a teacher and have an environment to teach classes in order to complete the course."
The green dragon girl said that everyone else agreed with her. And if these four books can be regarded as "textbooks", then they are undoubtedly one step closer to achieving their goal.
"We may be able to leave this way, but what about this gentleman? He doesn't have a college uniform, how is he going to get out of here?"
The werewolf girl was still concerned about this, but Shade told her not to worry:
"The way I came here is different from yours, and the way I walked is also different. But teacher, are you sure you haven't seen anyone else here?"
The mission given by the tree father showed that the "Lord of the Black Robe" should be nearby. But since Eluna and the other four said that he was not, maybe the first thing Shade needs to do this time is to find out that person.
A god.
Although the girls did not fully explore the nearby area, at least there are some clues for Shade to investigate. That was mentioned by the werewolf Miss Bister. In fact, she is the highest level witch here, although she is only the eleventh level.
But judging from her age, she can be called a real genius:
"There is a passage on the flooded second floor of this building that leads to the first floor. This is the only passage we have found so far that leads to the first floor. The water outside is very dangerous and we basically will not enter it.
The water area is a little better.
But the passage on the second floor floor is very narrow and cannot be easily expanded. Ms. Metz said there is a risk of collapsing the entire building. The four of us are unable to pass through there, and the secret method of spatial movement is prohibited underwater. This
The material of the castle itself is strictly prohibited from passing through walls and turning fossils into mud.”
She gesticulated and said while eating her meal:
"However, after I turned into a wolf form, I could barely crawl through that hole. However, Miss Metz couldn't tell what was going on in the water below, so I was prohibited from doing so alone. We never explore alone."
Shade then became energetic:
"I'm also proficient in transfiguration. I can turn into a cat and go see it with you."
After saying that, he stood up directly. Although he unexpectedly met Iluna on this journey, it was obvious that he could not waste time easily:
"Miss Bister, take me to take a look. If possible, the two of us will go to the first floor now to investigate the clues. You finish your meal first, and we will set off when you are full."
"No, no, I can leave now. Please wait for me."
She pushed all the food in the bowl into her mouth at once. The girl with wolf ears puffed out her cheeks like a hamster and chewed a few more times before swallowing all the food with a gulp:
"Okay, let's go now."
"I'll go with you too. Although I can't go down to the first floor, I can wait for you at the entrance of the passage in the water."
The green dragon girl said that she put down her job, and of course Iluna would not stay:
"I'll follow you, otherwise you'll have to stay in the water on the second floor. Miss Metz, please stay and take care of the luggage and the bonfire. We'll be back soon."