Chapter 1356: Special Preparations

Hearing Luvia's joke, Xia De also asked with a smile:

"Whether I am a man or not, aren't you the one who knows best? I mean, I have already promised to help her, so I must help her. Moreover, compared to turning a pumpkin into a carriage, turning mice into horses, and turning crude clothes into dance dresses and crystal shoes, inquiring about news is still relatively easy. I only need to walk a few steps."

After finishing, he added:

"I can't even turn little Mia into a horse to ride now, let alone mice."

Luvia was amused by him:

"You haven't forgotten that dream where you rode a cat and flew toward the sun?" Xia De blinked and didn't speak.

Unlike the last time he went to Eldron Lake to face the major event mentioned by Stone Osanfort, this time, because it was clearly known that the matter could only be handled by Xia De and the guardians, although Miss Bernice followed them, she clearly said that others of the Golden Dawn, including Miss Lasers, didn't need to accompany them.

And for Xia De, what he needed to prepare was just the way to restore spirit. Although his earth power had been strengthened many times, and even had the help of that rune stone, it was still far from reaching the strength of the soul guarding Randel Valley.

Among them, the most important and most effective way to restore spirit was naturally the small pink perfume bottle in Xia De's hand. Interestingly, ever since this bottle was transferred from the hands of 【Desire】 to Xia De's hands, it rarely showed dissatisfaction.

Even if it was consumed in large quantities by Xia De for various reasons, the bottle could always be actively refilled when Xia De wasn't paying attention. And the full-bottle state of the perfume bottle, according to the concentration of "Desire Essential Oil," would also have different recovery effects and sequelae effects.

The most concentrated time for the perfume in that bottle so far was the night of Ajielina's birthday. Xia De had gone to the City of Eternal Night halfway through, and after coming back, he drank a big mouthful. But when he woke up the next day, he found that the perfume bottle placed on the bedside table was actually actively emitting a faint pink light.

Lei Qianya, Dorothy, and Luvia all knew about this, and the latter heard it from Xia De.

And for ring warlocks, because the essence of spirit is not just energy, potions that restore spirit are extremely rare, and supernatural abilities like 【Silent Moonlight】 that Xia De had already transferred to Miss Olandode that could restore spirit were almost non-existent. So, Luvia believed that before setting off this Tuesday, preparations should be made to keep that perfume bottle in its most concentrated state.

"Even if the sequelae are strong, at worst, I will help Xia De alleviate them after coming back."

Luvia said this sentence with great courage in front of Miss Lasers and Miss Bernice. Miss Lasers understood it immediately, while the blonde witch reacted for a while before understanding.

"We set off at 3:30 in the afternoon, there is still some time now."

So the purple-eyed girl held Xia De's hand and said to the two leaders of the Golden Dawn:

"Is there a room in the opera house with good soundproofing? Xia De and I... are going to prepare."

This time, even the witch understood immediately. Miss Lasers led Xia De and Luvia to the next room, the witch's private lounge. When feeling tired, Miss Bernice would take a nap in the next room, which was very quiet and no one would disturb them.

The blonde witch stood in place without following them, but after the footsteps walked away, she ran after them again. Because that lounge was right next door, when she caught up, she happened to see Miss Lasers standing outside the door, and Luvia was holding the doorknob inside the room, preparing to close the door:

"Wait a minute!"

Miss Bernice said, and Luvia looked at her from inside the room door curiously:

"What's the matter? Oh, you don't have to worry about us missing the departure time, I will calculate the time."

"No, I mean..."

Her face flushed red, but she still said:

"I'll help too. Although I can't... with Xia De... but..."

Miss Lasers on the side was already shocked and couldn't speak, while Luvia frowned slightly:

"This won't do, you don't understand anything, you'll only add to the chaos."

"Wait, is this the point?"

Miss Lasers' words blurted out, and Luvia thought for a while and changed her mind:

"However, it's fine. It's almost two o'clock now, and Xia De and I can't do anything. Playing some other tricks, my role alone isn't big. You can come in, but you have to listen to me in a while."

The witch lowered her head and "hmm"ed. Seeing Luvia move away from the doorway, she walked in from the half-covered doorway.

The two walked toward the interior of the room together, and the room door was closed. Only Miss Lasers was left standing in the corridor alone. She opened her mouth and looked at the doorknob, and it took a long time before she sighed slightly.

When it was 3:30, Miss Lasers appeared in the corridor again and entered the room. The room looked very normal. Three people were sitting on the sofa. Xia De and Luvia were sitting opposite each other, and the purple-eyed girl was peeling an orange while looking at the terrain map on the coffee table.

Xia De and Miss Bernice were sitting on the same side. The beautiful blonde witch tilted her head and leaned on Xia De's shoulder, her golden long hair scattered and covering her face.

Besides that, Miss Lasers also noticed that her clothes were no longer the same set as just now, and the close-fitting black fabric on her legs, which she had only seen once, made her leg shape unusually obvious and even showed some flesh color. And in the southeast corner of the coffee table, the full bottle of pink small bottle was placed there. The young girl couldn't judge the concentration through the color, but she thought it must be very different from an hour ago.

She subconsciously sniffed, but there was no strange smell in the air. If it weren't for seeing the most famous female opera house actor in the Old Continent in this era and Xia De's intimate posture, Miss Lasers would have thought that they were just singing and dancing indoors just now.

"It's time."

The young girl reminded with a slightly red face, and then sat down next to Luvia somewhat cautiously. The purple-eyed girl put the orange slices into her mouth, and the remaining half of the orange that hadn't been completely peeled was casually placed next to the map:

"We are also almost prepared. I have to admit that the invention of that Miss Sylvia is still very interesting... Don't talk about this, then prepare to set off. I divined for myself this morning, and the action tonight may not go smoothly, but at least we can get the results we want."

Miss Lasers was very impressed. She could say such serious words after doing such unserious things.

"Then let's set off. Although these may still not be enough, it should be enough to hold on until the guardians take action."

Xia De also said, putting away the pink perfume bottle. The witch who was originally leaning on his shoulder tidied up her long hair, avoiding Miss Lasers' eyes and not making eye contact with her:

"Then let's set off, arriving early can also mean being prepared early."

"I hope the church already has emergency measures. The protagonist tonight is the guardian, but when the guardian and Xia De deal with the crazy earth, I think it shouldn't be peaceful around."

Luvia stood up:

"May everything be safe."

Because Luvia had problems with her riding skills, the three of them were still riding two horses.

The address left by the guardian for Xia De was located in the northeast of the city, quite close to the old cemetery of the Granger family. They set off at 3:40, and when they arrived near the target location and saw the footprints on the forest land in the snow that already showed signs of melting, the time was already approaching 5:00 in the afternoon.

"It's the church's people, look at this, it's clearly the footprints of the church's standard boots."

After the three dismounted, Luvia observed the ground and said. The witch floated slightly and observed the surroundings from a higher place:

"There are no signs of smoke or birds being startled nearby. They passed here at least half an hour ago."

"Arrived faster than us."

Luvia said, and asked Xia De, who had the earth rune stone tied to his wrist: "Can you perceive the crazy earth now?"

"No. We are still some distance from the destination. Of course, it is also possible that there is no problem yet."

"We can't ride horses ahead, let's lead the horses and walk forward." Miss Bernice suggested.

Continuing to walk forward, besides footprints, some strange black gravel appeared on the snow. And around the black gravel, there were very obvious traces of fighting. However, probably because there were many people from the church, it looked like the battle wasn't intense and ended quickly.

Xia De had strong curiosity about those black gravels. Because when he picked up the gravel to check, he actually found that these stones were extremely similar to the black stones made by his "Gold Stone" Holy Grail.

But obviously, the stones here were stronger and attached with elements. After Miss Bernice's identification, this was a special stone called "Basic Rock":

"Only Randel Valley and a small part of the surrounding areas can produce such stones. General researchers believe that this is the prototype of all stones, the first kind of stone created by the gods when they created the world in the initial era. However, this kind of stone is not very useful. Except for being extremely strong, there are not many points worth noting. Therefore, although rare, it is not valued by people."

"So, the stones transformed by my Holy Grail are a degraded version of 'Basic Rock'?"

Xia De asked, and then was curious about where these stones came from.

They soon got the answer to this question. After walking forward for less than twenty steps, the three of them heard heavy footsteps coming closer from afar.

Looking at the front of the forest, blurred figures were shaking and walking over bit by bit. Humanoid, but that was not a human, but a strange creature wrapped in black rocks all over its body.

In the evil cultists who believe in 【Stone Heart Demon】, there once appeared a ring warlock who mastered "Earth Power" and could transform into a stone man form, but he was killed by the church more than half a month ago. The monster walking toward the three at this moment was definitely not a stone man transformed by a human; this was an enemy born naturally. ===== CHAPTER 1357 =====

Among the cultists who believe in the 【Stone Heart Demon】, there once appeared a sorcerer who mastered the "Power of Earth" and could transform into a stone man form, but he was killed by the church more than half a month ago. The monster currently walking toward the three of them is definitely not a stone man transformed from a human; this is a naturally occurring enemy.