Chapter 2651 Thaumatology-Forest Trail
The information on the “ancient ruins” and “danger zones” marked on the map is not very detailed. If Shade wants to know the details, he needs to explore it himself. He also deliberately found on the map the forest where the elf girl temporarily lived. Of course, the hermits also discovered the strangeness there and marked it as “extremely dangerous and difficult to enter.”
Although this map has detailed terrain descriptions but lacks key information, the price is not expensive.
Mr. Meloni and Mr. Davis also admitted that the secrets known to the Hermits were by no means the only ones marked on the map. Just to keep this woodland sealed to the Paradox Bug, they will not display all that information. But if Shade really encounters trouble and needs help, he can come here at any time to ask them for specific information.
After all, no one knows what measures are used to seal the “Paradox Bug”, so it would be safer if some information is hidden.
In addition to maps, the [Forest Hermits Group] has also found many stone slabs or antiquities left in the ruins in many ancient ruins during their exploration of the forest over the years.
They have never destroyed any ruins, but they do not mind removing stone slabs and antiquities from those ruins that have been seriously damaged. Therefore, at the bottom of the hermits’ “receipt list”, there are a large number of miscellaneous items that even they themselves do not know the origin of.
Shad was very interested in this and left Miss Denister to continue talking to Mr. Davis while he followed Mr. Meloni to the underground warehouse nearby.
When Shade came back not long after, he had an antique silver-plated vase with an obvious elf style in his hand, a notebook recording local demon legends, and a copy of the old **** [The Forgotten Old Man] Parchments on which believers prayed, and a beautiful sterling silver jewelry box set with rubies.
In the end, Shade’s shopping this time included Time Anchor × 1, Acorn × 30, Thaumaturgy – Forest Path, Thaumaturgy – Colorful Magic Berry (for Dorothy), Thaumaturgy – Acorn Blessing Spell (for Luvia), woodland map and miscellaneous items x 4. In addition, there are some unique local potion materials and souvenirs, which he plans to take back and give to his friends.
The “Time Anchor” is exchanged for [Noble Blood Red], and other transactions are paid in cash. The spell Miss Danister chose was relatively cheap, so Shade took the initiative to help her pay for it.
In addition to asking about paradox bugs, time travel rules and shopping this afternoon, the two also chatted more with the hermits and agreed to fight against the [Tree Hole Association] together.
It is currently known that the [Tree Hole Association] has mastered at least one tree hole, and the dragon beast from the past came out of that tree hole. The hermits will help find historical records of local dragon beasts to locate the time point where the dragon beast belongs.
If the data can state the time of its death, then there might be a chance to permanently eliminate it.
“You want to travel through time and kill the dragon in the past? But this does not affect the [Tree Hole Association] from using the dragon at the time before it died.”
Mr. Davis reminded that Shad certainly knew this:
“So the best result is that we cannot determine the time of death of the dragon. In this way, we can go to the [Tree Hole Association] to find its age and kill it. Of course, if we can **** the tree hole, Maybe we don’t even have to deal with the dragon.”
“Mr. Watson, do you want to make history?”
“No, no, history has already happened. The fate of that dragon in the past has been determined at the time when we are talking. I will not create history, I just want to complete history.”
“This is a very dangerous idea, especially if you plan to travel through time.”
He saw that Shade had bought a second “time anchor” and thought that Shade actually had a time curse.
Xia De smiled:
“Of course it is dangerous, but compared to the [Tree Hole Association] using monsters from the past, our actions actually maintain the stability of time.”
The hermits had nothing to say, but at least they did not speak out to stop Shade’s plan.
Although the [Forest Hermits] are mysterious, they are not a completely hidden organization like the [Guiding Light Hermitage]. After the Battle of the Pantanal, Old John personally said that the Hermits assisted the [Church of Nature] in dealing with the swamps that were polluted after the death of evil creatures in the Pantanal. Therefore, Shade was not sure whether the Hermits really will not cooperate with the church again in the future.
When he and Miss Danister left the woodland where the hermits were stationed at four o’clock in the afternoon, he expressed his worries to the red-haired girl.
Miss Danister reassured Shade:
“Principal Professor Pigman will soon contact the church to inquire about the situation in Vista City. At that time, he will say that the college has detected abnormal local time fluctuations. If the Hermits take the initiative to contact the church, the college will also find a way ”
The two of them were outside Xiaomigu Village. Mr. Van Buren took them through the tree hole and left. Although the rain has stopped, there is still a long way to go back, and trekking in the forest after the rain is not an interesting journey, so the red-haired girl suggested:
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“Would you like to learn the new magic technique you bought now? The ritual materials are all available and the venue is suitable. Let me help you.”
The ritual materials required for Thaumatology-[Forest Path] are very simple, and the content of the ritual is not complicated, and it is even very interesting.
This requires Shade to find a big tree that is wider than his waist, and after arranging the ritual array around the big tree, use leaves to hide the traces of the ritual as much as possible. Then the ritual was activated, and Shade quickly ran clockwise around the big tree. After running 99 laps, he leaned against a big tree and rushed forward while the world was spinning.
The leaves on the ground in front have been cleared by the red-haired girl, and a path has been formed between the accumulated leaves. Shade, who was spinning in the world, walked crookedly along the path, and jumped suddenly at the end of the path——
Bang!
He bumped his head against the tree he had just started from, groaned “Oh~”, then covered his head and held on to the tree to prevent himself from falling. With his physical condition, he would not be easily dizzy. It was the power of the ritual that made him dizzy and unable to distinguish between east, west, north and south.
“I think it’s successful.”
Xia De said, feeling dizzy, and then couldn’t help but retching. The red-haired **** the side covered her mouth and walked toward him with squinted eyes. She patted his back gently and remembered something, which made her smile even happier.
To successfully learn thaumaturgy, you need to give it a try. The casting materials needed to perform thaumaturgy are leaves in the forest, so it will be more troublesome to perform thaumaturgy in the depth of winter.
Shad held Miss Daniste’s hand, and as the leaves were thrown out by him, the woodland in front of him seemed to have changed. But no matter how Xia De recalled it, the scene in front of him was no different from before:
“The cast was successful, but”
“As long as we move forward, don’t we know whether we have succeeded? Grab my hand and don’t let go.”
She moved forward with Shade in a good mood. Shade looked around, but still didn’t find any difference between the surroundings and just now. But the spirit is being steadily consumed, and the thaumaturgic effect is indeed continuing.
The woodland after rain is very different from that on a sunny day. The moist smell has a special smell of humus. However, as evening approached, the entire land was dyed golden, and it was still beautiful from a certain angle.
“There must be a reason why you buy those sundries, right?”
She held Xia De’s hand and asked, Xia De nodded:
“The antique silver-plated vase with an elf style is very similar to the pattern of the lantern I found where I found the holy symbol. Since you said that the Nightsong elves lived nearby, maybe it has something to do with them.
Oh, speaking of which, can you help me contact the Night Song Elf in the academy? I want to ask them if they know about the terrifying black mist-like monster that exists in this forest. ”
Seeing the red-haired girl nodding, Shade continued:
“That notebook is what I read to kill time. Last time we went to the Bennet family cemetery, didn’t we talk about the demon that was sealed a hundred years ago? I want to know more information. As for that volume Parchment, coincidentally, I know a friend who believes in the old **** [Old Forgotten], and she will like this.
But I really didn’t expect that there were traces of the old **** here in the Vista Grove. ”
“That friend is a beautiful girl, right?”
She asked with a smile, Shade did not deny:
“As for the sterling silver jewelry box, it is an antique in the style of the Fifth Age. The hermits found no clues, but I felt the faint elements in it. After we go back, we will check it with Miss Winslet. Let’s take a moment.”
In the end, Shade and Miss Denister used the magic “forest path” to shorten the distance by about half and returned to the city.
The air in the urban area of Vista City is particularly fresh in the evening after the autumn rain. Although it is a small city, thanks to the good urban greening and infrastructure construction, there are not many muddy areas on the ground even after the rain.
The two of them talked about this thaumaturgy when they met Miss Winslet in the hotel. The young lady standing in front of the window with the dim sunset behind her asked suspiciously:
“I came back holding hands. This afternoon, there shouldn’t be any major events that require Shade to use the Mystery Lock, right?”
“Of course not. We are just going to see the [Forest Hermits], and of course we will not fight with them. Flora, don’t pay too much attention to Shade’s mysterious lock. Maybe when you really see it, you will feel that it is not there. It’s so interesting as I thought.”
The red-haired girl smiled, and then suddenly realized that at some point, Flora Winslet had also started to call Shade by his first name instead of his last name.
“You and Charlotte have both met before you can say this. Shade, come on, I have already obtained the materials from the parliament and prepared the semi-finished product according to the ancient potion formula you gave. Now. I need your flame to give me warmth.”
PS: Which one is more beautiful and suitable between the pictures in this chapter and the previous chapter?