Chapter 3211

Silvia said, while leaving the stairs and walking towards the left hand side.

The ground was not rugged and steep mountain rocks, but flat bricks and stones that had been covered by snow for thousands of years. After walking about ten steps, as the snow melted, what looked like rocks protruding from the ground were revealed; this was the remaining part of a wall.

The entrance to the 【Space Labyrinth】 was of course not here. Silvia stopped in front of the wall, then lowered her head and counted the bread stones under her feet on the spot, and finally used her long boots to accurately step on three of them in succession:

"Xia De, remember the position of these three stones; this is the way to open the entrance."

So, silently, a large hole appeared in the ground beside the two of them. At the entrance of the hole, there were stone steps leading downwards; the style of the stone steps was the same as the previous stairs leading to the top of the mountain.

The straight stone steps totaled thirteen, and at the end of the thirteen steps was a flat wall surface. So even if someone who didn't know the secret here discovered the underground part, they would suspect whether there was another space behind the wall.

Xia De summoned the life ring, and under the illumination of the 【Space-Time】 spirit rune, the hidden wall disappeared without a trace. He and Silvia continued to walk inside, and then saw the familiar Old God statue and the circular space.

The notes and data originally stored here had all been transferred to the tower. Thus, after the twelfth landmark "Saint Byrons Library Underground Second Floor," Xia De possessed the thirteenth landmark "Fatumunster Snow Mountain Peak."

After he entered the 【Space Labyrinth】 and established this landmark, he returned to the tower at a higher place with Silvia.

The witch held Xia De's hand and said another thing:

"In the future, you can come to this snow mountain by yourself, but if you don't want to jump down from the top of the mountain by yourself, but want to go to Victoria Street to enter the city, you still need to enter this tower to use the portal room, right?"

Xia De nodded:

"So, I need a key to this place."

The black-haired girl smiled, but she refused to give the key:

"Sorry, although you gave me the key to your home, I cannot give you the key to this place. This is the rule of the space great witch lineage; the key can only be held by the space great witch herself and her apprentice. It has been like this for generations; this rule is written into the apprentice manual."

But just before Xia De said "You still want me to become your apprentice," Silvia gave another solution. She would not use such things to "threaten" Xia De; Emma Silvia is not that kind of girl.

Her expression was very gentle:

"Although I cannot give you the key directly, I can temporarily lend the key and this tower to you; this is completely in line with the regulations. However..."

Silvia's right index finger brushed across Xia De's chest, and his figure was reflected in her golden eyes:

"You have to pay me something."

"How much do I have to pay?"

Xia De blinked at her:

"Is a lifetime enough?"

Her finger hooked Xia De's collar:

"I am not the kind of girl who would be coaxed by sweet words. There is an assessment every three years and a rating every period. If your 'workload' is not enough and you don't pass the assessment, I have the power to take back the key in the future."

(Little Mia is running...)

"Over here!"

When Xia De had just arrived at the gate of Kyle-Todd Town along the path at the foot of the mountain, he had already seen the platinum-haired witch waiting for him here waving at him:

"You said you could come over at 9:30; the time is really just right."

She said with a smile, and then greeted the cat on Xia De's shoulder:

"Little Mia, good morning."

But the cat still remembered that she had "hurt" Xia De a few days ago, so the petty cat did not pay attention to her; this was the exact opposite of the situation where the cat and the owl got along well at the beginning.

Yesterday, Elder Harald entrusted Xia De to go to the mountain to deal with the polluted area, but because Xia De brought information about the Angel-level relic 【Sword-Inheritor Brood Nest】 this morning, he and the witch first went to the "Snow Mountain Hall" to meet the elder before going up the mountain.

This meeting place was not the room where "Potion Merchant" Mr. Sargent was recuperating, but the courtyard outside the banquet hall.

Xia De gave the extra "Holy Blood" to the elder, and when recounting the characteristics of the relic, he first emphasized one sentence:

"This is information provided by my friend. He said that I can share this information with people I can trust, but he did not let me spread it completely. So I need you to guarantee that you will not tell others after you know the characteristics of the relic."

The information about that Angel-level relic belongs to the secrets of the vampires, and it is also related to one of the clans. It is understandable that the vampires do not want more people to know.

"Can't tell the Church either, right?"

Elder Harald asked.

"Yes, but you can share the prepared healing potions or the information detected with the Church."

So Elder Harald and Miss Reinhardt swore to the Holy Mountain respectively, and only then did Xia De tell them the information he saw from the "Red Little Bat" this morning.

The complete containment information was too long, so Xia De only highlighted the key points. And the three core things were naturally "reversing the metalization effect," "detecting the current number of magic swords," and "the method to sever the magic sword."

Reversing the metalization effect requires the use of the vampires' unique rituals and unique magic potions. The formulas for the rituals and magic potions are all in Xia De's head, and now Elder Harald and Potion Merchant Mr. Sargent need to raise the materials themselves.

Among them, the old man's transformation stage was still very early, so it was relatively easy to treat. But even so, he was after all injured by an Angel-level relic; even if the injuries caused by the relic were completely eliminated, casting spells would still be affected within one or two months, so Miss Reinhardt still had to step up for the All-Souls Festival.

Xia De didn't need to care about collecting materials; his focus was on detecting the number of magic swords:

"Actually, the conditions for the magic sword's transformation targets are very harsh. Mr. Sargent and Elder Harald both meet the conditions; it is really a coincidence among coincidences.

The number of magic swords should be less than thirteen now, otherwise the magic swords would not have fled on Tuesday, but would have appeared together to kill us all. We have seen a total of 7 magic swords so far; I think even if there are magic swords that have not appeared, the number will not exceed 9."

"The detection ritual you mentioned is not complicated. I will prepare it in a while, and we will start the ritual in the evening."

Elder Harald said, and Xia De nodded:

"The other thing is the method to sever the magic sword. There are a total of 23 relics; this list can be shared with the Church in part. I will give you the list in a while, and you can send someone to the city to deliver the letter, Elder."

"No problem. In addition, half an hour ago, the Church in the city sent someone to deliver a letter. They found a prophet to help investigate the whereabouts of the magic sword. It is said that they have already used the controlled sword as bait and are setting a trap, and they also wanted to invite me to participate in the action, but I refused.

Perhaps we don't need to continue the investigation; the Church might be able to contain those magic swords."

This is the best result, but based on Xia De's experience, things will definitely not end so simply.

Xia De later went to visit Mr. Sargent, and only then did he and the witch prepare to set off together. This trip also brought Miss Stella Larson, and Xia De originally thought she would bring more followers.

"According to the last experience, encountering danger is just one more victim. With you following this time, there is no need for them to come again. Bringing you two up the mountain this time, actually, my grandfather also hopes that I can go to the small auditorium on the mountain to give you two a baptismal blessing."

"What is that?"

The first pollution point is on the northern slope of the snow mountain, and compared to walking, taking a boat around the island is faster. When the three people set off from the pier in the western part of the town and sat down on the small boat, Xia De asked the witch.

The latter knocked on the side of the boat to let the boat start by itself, and she thought for a while:

"You can understand it as a unique local ritual. Through this ritual, you become a part of the Fatum people. Although it will not bring an increase in power, it is no problem to become luckier within the range of the snow mountain, not be attacked by wild animals at will, and not get lost easily."

She continued to introduce to Xia De and her apprentice:

"There are many small auditoriums built by my tribesmen on the mountain; those were built by us Fatum people to worship the Holy Mountain. One of the important processes of the All-Souls Festival is to let the young people in the tribe hold torches and climb the mountain in the dark night starting from the Snow Mountain Hall, and then light the fire basins in the small auditoriums located in the mountain in turn, until they reach the top of the mountain."

Xia De sat face to face with the witch, and the white-haired witch apprentice who looked a bit thin sat beside the witch. She looked up at the vast snow mountain with awe:

"Miss, so we are going to the top of the mountain in a while, right?"

"No need to go to the main auditorium at the top of the mountain; the auditorium near the mountainside will do. You follow me; we will probably go there in the afternoon. I hope you all like the scenery on the snow mountain."

The small boat slowly sailed away from the pier of the small town. When the town could no longer be seen at all, the witch knocked on the side of the boat again, letting it break through the wind and waves at an exaggerated speed. The wind on the morning of winter was slightly cold on the face, and at this time the cat had already curled up in Xia De's clothes and fallen asleep.

The three people were all looking at the surrounding scenery, and Xia De suddenly missed the group of chocobos living in the Vesta Forest. Little Mia is good at everything, but she can't turn into a mount to take him on his way. Most of the time, it is even Xia De who plays the role of the "mount."

"In the future, I am afraid we will need to use our legs to move on the snow mountain many times. Taking a boat like this is rare. Miss Reinhardt, perhaps we can find some transportation to take on the mountain."

He then suggested to the witch, but the latter shook her head and refused to do so:

"Even if the Anjou royal family wants to climb the mountain, they cannot ride horses or take cars. This is respect for the Holy Mountain. And the road is very difficult to walk after entering the mountain; even horses probably cannot walk the mountain road... unless you like riding ibexes. This can be found in the mountain, but I see that only people of my grandfather's age like this kind of mount."

?? PS: It's so hard to find a job...

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