Chapter 1377: Chips and Potions

Regardless, at least for now, no one could see the Guardian's shadow, so it was impossible to judge what their situation was.

And after meeting Sister Daelin that night, Xia De finally received the documents Miss Danister had someone send to the Abundant Earth Hotel. Those documents were some rumors and uncertain history about the early establishment of St. Byrons.

Xia De took the documents home to check. After first learning the 【Soul Lash】 miracle, he arranged those handwritten or photocopied materials one by one under the gas desk lamp.

Actually, although those materials were very thick, they could only be counted as three parts in total.

The two handwritten ones were part of the notes left by a certain witch principal of the previous era, discovered by Principal Pigman in recent years, as well as part of the content hand-copied from the principal's memorandum. The one photographed with a camera was part of a huge stone tablet for which Miss Danister did not specify the source.

The three materials jointly indicated that the current location of the academy indeed came from the territory of a certain Old God in the Fifth Era. And regarding the transaction conditions given by Miss Mana Feliana, the three materials had completely different answers.

The notes of the unknown witch principal believed that the initial founders used an interesting story to win the favor of the Night God, thus obtaining the land;

The ancient principal's memorandum recorded that the real chips the founders brought out came from an ancient god of the First Era, a treasure that even Old Gods could not refuse;

As for that stone tablet, it recorded that the founders did not bring out chips, but released some kind of astonishing ancient beast, forcing the Night God to give up a small part of the territory.

Of course, Xia De believed that among "an interesting story," "a treasure of the First Era," and "an ancient beast," the last possibility was the lowest. He had been in this world for nearly a year, so he naturally knew what gods represented, so he didn't believe that the Night God 【Eternal Night Curtain】 would be scared by any ancient beast.

Moreover, Miss Feliana and Miss Olanod didn't seem like people who would release ancient beasts.

"So, what Fiona forgot is most likely a treasure of the First Era. An interesting story is more like the chip I proposed." Xia De guessed.

Because the decisive battle in Randall Valley would most likely be this week, in order to have a precious 40-minute rest, Xia De did not use the 3028 Time Key for the last time on Monday. However, he did remember to open the 【God's Gift Box】 to obtain this week's gift.

What he got last week was an ivory comb, and this week it was actually a very beautiful white ceramic teacup, and there were even patterns of cats playing on the cup. Although it was just an ordinary item, Xia De liked this teacup very much, so he planned to keep it for his own use. And this week's task was to learn how to brew black tea and pour tea for people older than himself.

This was easy; among Xia De's friends, those younger than this body's age were the minority.

Because it was already the third day of the Month of Rising Winds, Xia De didn't rush to Randall Valley, but used the morning to handle some private matters at the beginning of the month in the city.

After returning home with Mia, who had eaten her lunch, he headed to that southern city. When he walked out of the Forgotten Church, he found the atmosphere in the city was even more tense than the previous two days. And after arriving at the Wang Erde Opera House, he heard from Miss Lathers that another small earthquake had occurred in the east of the city around dawn today.

Although the direct impact of the earthquake only caused cracks in the walls of a few houses, after the earthquake ended, a fire spread from the residential block in all directions, and it wasn't until this morning that the fire was completely extinguished.

"Look over there."

Miss Lathers stood by the window and pointed toward the east of the city: "Do you see the smoke over there?"

The city was already foggy, so Xia De had a hard time seeing the black smoke drifting into the sky in the distance: "I thought that was the smoke from the chimneys of the steam factories in the east of the city."

"It's smoke and dust after burning. This fire caused at least a hundred deaths..."

The young blonde girl looked out the window. Among everyone, only she was a true Randall Valley native,

and only her hometown was truly here.

Miss Aurora and Miss Bernice went out of the city to investigate the situation outside, while Miss Sylvia and Miss Galina were at Miss Bernice's manor. So after leaving the Wang Erde Opera House, Xia De went to the manor again.

Just as he entered the gate of the manor, he saw Tifa and the old witch's apprentice, Miss Rita Swift, who had beautiful flaxen hair, chatting and laughing with a team of maids, carrying teacups and pushing a dining cart, walking toward the corner on the right side of the corridor.

Seeing Xia De appear, the black-haired maid greeted him very enthusiastically, while Miss Swift was a bit reserved, not at all like the way she had forcefully kissed Xia De at the end of last year.

Miss Sylvia and Miss Galina were in the basement, and the maids were preparing to send them afternoon tea and snacks. When Xia De saw the two Great Witches, they were in the potion workshop in the basement, expressing their respective views on a bottle of yellowish-brown liquid.

"Those fallen earth element giants are quite troublesome. Miss Swift brought Mother Cassandra's potion formula—Mud Potion. This kind of potion can turn solid stone into mud, similar to the spell 'Fossil to Mud,' but with a degrading effect. But if you are willing to spend money and add some expensive catalysts and enhancers, it can also exert an effect no less than the spell."

The Northern Duchess said. She was wearing a black long dress today, with long boots on her feet, and a black leather coat over a white lady's shirt on her upper body, but the coat was not buttoned. This kind of attire was the first time Xia De had seen it; it was probably because there was no "Duchess" here, only "Great Witch."

"We tried to mix the potion, but the color is not quite the same as the finished product Mother Cassandra mentioned."

Miss Sylvia said with some distress, and then handed the potion to Miss Swift for her to check: "Mother's potion-making technique is quite strong; we still have a lot to learn."

And Miss Swift had already pulled out the stopper and sniffed the smell inside:

"The smell is fine. If it's just the color that's different, I think the effect shouldn't be affected much." "Why not try it."

And so, Miss Galina proposed, and Xia De was a bit surprised: "Try it? Go out of the city now and find a monster?" "No, no, we already have one."

Miss Sylvia said with a smile:

"In order to study the local monsters well, Bernice went out of the city last night and caught one to put in the basement." Saying this, the group left the potion workshop and walked toward the deeper part of the basement.

On Saturday night, where Miss Sylvia opened the portal, there was now a huge piece of solid ice. The surface of the ice was engraved with ancient golden seal runes, and inside the ice was a monster Xia De was quite familiar with.

Miss Galina waved at Tifa, and so the black-haired maid and the other maids together released flames to melt the symbols on the surface of the ice.

After the seal was destroyed, the maids retreated to Xia De's side, and Miss Galina glanced at Xia De again, so Xia De flicked his hand forward casually:

"Moonlight Slash."

The silver moonlight slashed deep cracks into the solid ice, and then a clear cracking sound came from inside the ice. As the cracks continued to expand, eventually, amidst a roar, the ice shattered, and the fallen earth element giant gained its freedom.

Unfortunately, this freedom lasted only for a second:

"Web Spell."

Miss Sylvia's lazy voice came, and although it was one of the basic spells, after being used by her, it didn't shoot out white spider silk the thickness of a cable like the normal effect.

Xia De keenly sensed the abnormality in space, and then three eight-legged spiders the size of a human head appeared from the void, and almost instantly wove into a transparent large web connected in space, trapping the earth element giant within it.

Because of the power of space, the effect of Miss Sylvia's "Web Spell" was even more outstanding. Although the head of the trapped monster could still move slightly, the other parts of its body were completely still like a specimen.

"The effect of the Enlightenment—【Weaving】 Spirit Rune."

The young Great Witch responded reservedly to Xia De's

confusion, while Miss Galina reminded him from the side: "Xia De didn't ask at all."

While speaking, she signaled Miss Swift to come forward. And so, the flaxen-haired girl approached with the bottle of potion, and then threw the potion bottle toward the chest of the element giant.

The bottle collided and shattered on the monster's body, and the liquid splashed out and adhered to the stone surface. As the potion faintly glowed, the hissing sound of corrosion appeared along with white smoke. The monster's chest collapsed inward at a speed visible to the naked eye, and after waiting for half a minute, because the damage exceeded the threshold, the fallen element giant, under the gaze of everyone, collapsed into a pile of black gravel amidst a sound that was almost a lament.

"So this is basic rock? It's my first time seeing it."

Miss Sylvia picked up those stones with interest, while Miss Galina discussed the effect of the potion with Miss Swift. As for Tifa, she took the other maids to clean up the shattered ice and stones to prevent the owner of the manor from complaining.

"For ordinary element giants, this kind of potion is enough. This time the Speaker approved an extra action fund for us, so there's no need to worry about expenses. We can even sell a batch to the Orthodox Church; they would be very willing to buy them."

Miss Galina looked to be in a very good mood. Seeing Miss Sylvia walk over with the stones she had picked, she asked her again:

"You arrived earlier than me; do you know how far Xia De and Bernice's relationship has developed?" ===== CHAPTER 1378 =====