Chapter 2681 Chocobo in the Forest
“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 rod is a standard cylindrical shape, with densely layered runes engraved on the surface. The runes are connected in series, and the miraculous elements slowly flow through it.
“It’s actually 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 into the heart of the dead apostle, and it will be completely lost. The ability to absorb life force.
Then burn it with a flame to get rid of it completely. 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, and is also effective against the black mist monster you mentioned in the forest. ”
The three bone rods are about the same length as a normal person’s upper arm. According to the priest, they are actually more like nails than rods:
“I understand, I will bring the good news soon.”
The priest is very relieved 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, and it can transform into a male.” It’s basic ability for women and old people to become younger, but with your ability, it should be okay to be 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 are obtained, the hunt for Death Apostles can officially begin. However, this morning, after Shade said goodbye to Iluna and Luvia at home, he did not go to Vista City immediately. Instead, he still went to the forest to find the elf girl.
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 is surrounded by a simple semi-open wooden fence, and simple runes are 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 to be fed by the elf girl. And more similar creatures were poking their heads out of the forest on the opposite side of the fence, obviously aware that dinner was about to begin.
This is a large bird creature. The adult is about two meters tall and looks somewhat like an ostrich. They are covered with bright feathers and have a larger head with a tuft of upward-turned feathers. The eyes are large, bright and full of intelligence, and the hard and slightly curved mouth looks perfect for pecking at plants.
This is also the first time that Shade saw “chocobos” in reality. The great witches of the fifth era like to ride unicorns, while witches who are not so rich and status generally ride chocobos, and even Even “Feliana’s Notes” mentioned the issue of raising chocobos.
“Good morning, where did you get these chocobos?”
Shad 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 also didn’t mind being touched by Shade, because all their attention was on the basin held by the elf girl.
“I remember that only Zalas Academy of Literature and the Church of Nature have large populations of chocobos, and 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 Just discovered them.
Their tribe must have lived in this inaccessible forest for many, many years. I guess it was left behind by the ancestors of the Nightsinging elves before they left the forest, or their ancestors strayed into it before the Nightsinging elves left. of this area. Chocobos are not very powerful in combat, but fortunately their intelligence is much stronger than that of beasts, so they have only lived in this small area for so many years.
After I confirmed that they were ownerless, I adopted them. Sometimes I would choose one as a mount when I needed to travel long distances in the forest. ”
Xia De 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.
“In fact, 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 on the side pouring a whole bag of cats. The grain fell under the fence.
The little chocobo with light blue feathers lowered his head and sniffed, then lowered his head and started eating with his eyes lit up.
“This kind of cat food is very expensive. Your cat will lose his temper.”
The elf said with a smile.
“Mia doesn’t know anyway. As long as I replenish the consumed cat food in time, she won’t find me feeding other creatures outside.”
Shad rubbed the little chocobo’s head again, and watched these cute creatures eating breakfast with the elves:
“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 ultimate 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, it is necessary to use a time weapon of at least angelic level to destroy the integrity of the physical body of the twisted tree hole. ”
Xia De 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 smiled and turned to him and asked:
“Look, in your opinion, this method is just expensive. But if I tell other people about this method, their first thought is definitely: the conditions are too harsh and it can’t be completed at all.
In fact, this method is very simple. The twisted tree hole mistakenly connects the channels of two times, so it must be stabilized first, then filled in, and finally the connection between different times is cut off. Now you have learned the magic of thaumaturgy. Whether it is the original fire or the fire of the sun, it can melt the sands of time. As for [Ocarina of Time], you can obviously borrow it, right? ”
“But each time a tree hole is destroyed, a 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 holes. There is no way to deal with it other than elimination.”
The 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 Aura] 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 give birth to new leaves. To you as a gift. ”
Xia De was startled and asked in surprise:
“[Youthless Leaf]?”
But he immediately shook his head:
“The Everlasting Leaf is far less precious than the Philosopher’s Stone. It is uneconomical to consume one part of the Philosopher’s Stone + one part of the Sands of Time for the leaves.”
“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 force that maintains stability, so that you can increase the number of times you 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, What you get in exchange for a piece of the Philosopher’s Stone 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 not bad. Shade currently still has a copy of the Philosopher’s Stone, 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 wanted to discuss with the two ladies in the hotel about destroying the tree hole. When he arrived at the hotel, he discovered that it seemed that Miss Winslet and Miss Danist did not sleep last night.
It was still room 321. Shade happened to meet Miss Bell at the door, who was holding a saucer and preparing to enter, so the black-haired girl 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 and 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 is a newly painted oil painting on an easel.
“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, nothing is cursed on that mountain or in that area. The big tree. 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 death of your teacher should not be far from the time of 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 of this book.