Chapter 116

Storm Church, reception hall.

Upon learning that Boge had only spent two months to complete the path of Transcendent, Bishop Lu En turned and went directly to the storage room very readily.

When he returned to the reception hall again, there was an extra wooden box in his hand.

"Your Highness, please open it and take a look," Bishop Lu En signaled with his hand.

Xia Mingyu opened the wooden box, and inside were two vials of potion and a piece of straw paper resting quietly.

In the first vial, the tip of a tiny cat tail was floating quietly in a pale green liquid.

In the second vial, a section of snake body about two inches long was soaking, with the white snake bone exposed at the broken end.

"Your Highness, if a Hunter wants to advance to Master Hunter, they need to take three Hunter magic potions at once; one of them is the Cat Tail magic potion made from the tip of a Shadow Cat's tail, which can increase flexibility and balance."

"The other vial is the Viper magic potion made from a Copper-Headed Viper, which can increase explosive power," Bishop Lu En explained.

"But because Hunters are gradually declining, the storage room here now only stores these two magic potions, so on the other piece of paper is the formula for the Bear Skin magic potion, which requires Your Highness to craft it yourself," Lu En added.

"Thank you very much, Bishop." Xia Mingyu put away the box and handed it to Boge, then thanked him solemnly.

Sending magic potions was one thing, but even giving the magic potion formula... This bishop was really enthusiastic!

"It's nothing; being able to help Your Highness is also the honor of the Storm Church." Bishop Lu En waved his hand.

"However, please do not leak the formula for the Bear Skin magic potion at will, because Hunter magic potions can significantly enhance a person's physique once digested, belonging to strategic secrets; during the Dragon-Lion War, the church created quite a few insane Hunters in order to increase military strength in a short time."

As if remembering some terrifying scene, Lu En said with lingering fear.

"I swear to the kingdom that raised me, I will not..."

After making the guarantee to this bishop that he would not leak the magic potion formula, Xia Mingyu took Boge and prepared to leave.

During this time, Bishop Lu En also asked Boge if he was willing to believe in the God of Storm and Hunt, but after being refused without hesitation by Boge, who claimed that Xia Mingyu was the only god he believed in, Bishop Lu En felt regretful but didn't say anything more.

After all, if there were a chance to be an attendant to the heir of a kingdom of 1.4 billion citizens, he might have just taken off this priest's robe and knelt down.

And after the door was closed again, this plump bishop was silent for a moment, then suddenly danced excitedly, like a drunk panda.

"Oh ho ho, I am the first person to preach in the Eastern Continent for the Storm Church!" he muttered to himself from time to time.

It wasn't until the door was knocked lightly by the gatekeeper who came to report first that he quickly returned to a serious, high-minded posture, holding the scripture and looking compassionate.

On the carriage on the way back, Xia Mingyu flipped through the formula for the Bear Skin magic potion.

Almost all the materials were very common, and he could ensure they were easily found in the potion shops of Twilight City, except for one core material—the skin from the chest of a bear-type magic beast, and the extraction time could not exceed one week.

In the "Magic Beast Illustrated Guide" he had read, it was mentioned that bear-type magic beasts also belonged to the upper tier among all magic beasts, and at least possessed combat power above the Morning Star Rank.

This meant that this material was definitely quite rare, which was perhaps why there were no ready-made Bear Skin potions in the Storm Church branch of Twilight City.

"Better go ask Lady Rosa."

When Xia Mingyu had this thought, he was suddenly stunned.

Because in his impression, the male protagonists in those fantasy novels he watched on Blue Star all fought to the death for promotion resources.

As a result, after he traveled, he just asked for whatever he lacked, and naturally, someone would send it.

This is also... too cool!

Xia Mingyu's mouth rose, and he couldn't help but laugh out loud in the carriage while holding his stomach.

Red Fox Castle, living room.

The wood in the fireplace was burning fiercely, and the reddish firelight shone on the portrait on the wall depicting the last whisper of the knight Red Fire before his death.

"The skin from the chest of a bear-type magic beast, and it cannot exceed one week..."

Rosa sat on the sofa, listening to Xia Mingyu's words, and a look of difficulty inevitably appeared on her weathered face.

"Your Highness, such rare materials probably don't exist in all of Twilight City, but I remember that Earth Bears haunt the Southern Wind Forest not too far from Twilight City; after Luo Yi and Ronan return, I can let them go and hunt an Earth Bear for you."

Rosa thought for a moment and answered.

"Are Luo Yi and Ronan not in the castle?" Xia Mingyu was stunned.

"Yesterday, a messenger came to ask for help; in the territory of the William fief, a powerful named magic beast appeared, and it has already caused the death of many subjects."

"Only a Crescent Knight can barely deal with a named magic beast, so to ensure nothing went wrong, my two sons set off immediately in the middle of the night." Rosa explained.

Named magic beast... Xia Mingyu inevitably thought of the Black Tail that always wagged its tail and begged for mercy in front of him.

So, it was this strong?

"Lady Rosa, don't trouble Luo Yi and the others; I will take my attendant and go to the Southern Wind Forest," Xia Mingyu thought for a moment and said.

The distance from the William fief to Twilight City was not short, and it was estimated that it would be half a month before Luo Yi and the others returned, and it would take even longer with the time needed for hunting.

And he must seize every minute to increase the power he held; Boge was his important arm and could not waste this development time.

"Your Highness, do you need me to arrange a team of Transcendent Knights to protect your safety?" Hearing this, Rosa asked with concern.

"No need, you seem to have forgotten, I am also Morning Star."

Xia Mingyu smiled slightly; he spread his palm, and a mass of black flame clouds rose from his palm.

This was the black magic power unique to him that he awakened after stepping into the Morning Star Rank.

"Since that is the case, then I wish you a safe journey."

Rosa didn't force it anymore and blessed him gently.

After leaving the living room and reaching the corridor, the smile on Xia Mingyu's face soon disappeared; he looked at the knights sweating profusely on the castle training ground outside the window and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

The reason he just refused Rosa's suggestion to provide Transcendent Knight guards was not only because of his confidence in his current strength, but most importantly...

Without the two Crescent Knights on duty, the safety level of Red Fox Castle and even Twilight City would undoubtedly drop significantly; if another team of Transcendent Knights were taken away, it would really become an empty shell!

"Is this named magic beast that suddenly appeared in the William fief really a coincidence?"

Xia Mingyu couldn't help but feel a trace of worry in his heart; could that Gluttonous monarch be trying to take action against the Martha family again, just like he did against the Harvesters last time?

"Set off for the Southern Wind Forest today; by then, with two Morning Star combat powers, if a crisis occurs, we can also help Lady Rosa." He made the decision silently.

With the help of the butler Saimen, Xia Mingyu soon obtained the supplies and baggage needed for the hunting trip.

Afterward, he rode the tall black horse and, together with Boge, who was riding a brown horse, left Red Fox Castle.

To speed up the journey, this time he gave up taking the carriage and chose to ride a horse.

Fortunately, during his time at Black Wolf Castle, he had learned to ride a horse under Kalen's guidance; although he wasn't yet able to fight flexibly on horseback like a knight, it was definitely no problem for traveling.

Time passed in a flash, and three full days passed in the blink of an eye.

At noon.

The sun hung high in the cloudless sky, pouring scorching light onto the wilderness, and the distant mountains were distorted and deformed in the heat waves, like mirage-like illusions.

Occasionally, a few vultures circled in the high sky, making shrill cries.

"So hot..."

Xia Mingyu, riding on the black horse, pressed the black top hat on his head as low as possible, but it couldn't cover the slight burning sensation of the sunlight shining on his skin.

After all, it was just a top hat, not a sunscreen mask from Blue Star.

"Freeze, wind."

Xia Mingyu condensed black magic power at his fingertips, like painting an ink wash painting in the air, drawing two magic crests, and then superimposed them to release.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

A gust of icy cold wind blew, and Xia Mingyu narrowed his eyes comfortably.

During these days of traveling, the bumping on the horse's back was fine; only this scorching sunlight was something he really couldn't stand, and he even experienced the feeling of torture from military training in college before.

Fortunately, he could still occasionally rely on the unreasonable existence of magic to create cold air similar to an air conditioner to cool down, which made him deeply realize the happiness of being a mage.

"My lord, we will be at the Southern Wind Forest soon; there will be tree shade to cover us, so it won't be as hot as it is now."

Boge, who was also riding on the horse, looked straight ahead and said.

With the blessing of Eagle Eye, his vision limit was far higher than Xia Mingyu's.

"Black Stone, charge!"

Hearing this, Xia Mingyu's face showed joy; he slapped the horse's rump of the black horse beneath him.

Hiss!

The black horse let out a high-pitched neigh, sprayed a puff of hot air from its nostrils, raised its front hooves high, and suddenly exploded, galloping forward like a black lightning bolt.

"Galloping on horseback!"

Feeling the wild wind whistling past his face and the green dots he could gradually see in the distance, Xia Mingyu couldn't help but laugh out loud.

This black horse was a gift from Abot, the lord of Iron Horse fief; because it was indeed human-like and had a physique that could be called a hero among horses, he had been riding it and named it Black Stone.

After a while, the two finally arrived at the Southern Wind Forest.

This was the vastest forest in the entire Southern Region, producing many rare medicinal herbs and also home to many fierce magic beasts.

Even the Martha family's exclusive mount, the Red Flame Fox, inhabited some of it in the dense forest.

However, before leaving, Xia Mingyu heard the butler Saimen mention that there were bandits haunting the Southern Wind Forest recently, who had already killed many people who went to collect herbs and hunt, reminding him to pay attention to safety.

But Xia Mingyu actually wanted to meet them.

After all, it was a pity not to use his new abilities to kill a few evildoers to liven things up after finally advancing to Morning Star!

(End of chapter)