Chapter 3335

"The weapon that the demon wanted to find on the island?"

This answer was about the same as Xia De guessed:

"It still didn't leave after obtaining 【Sword-Inheritor Nest】; this is already a top-level angel-level relic; could the weapon it wants to find be an unknowable-level relic? Or an artifact, no, it can't be an artifact."

Because even the believers of the evil gods extremely hated those ancient evil spirits; evil spirit demons were one of the few things hated by all churches.

"It shouldn't be an unknowable-level relic. I haven't talked to the demon face-to-face, I just know that the weapon it wants to find is not big, and possesses some quite powerful function. It seems to want to use the concept-breaking ability of that weapon to break some kind of shackle, I don't know more than that.

Judging from the determination it showed, I don't think it will leave this island. Even though it was seriously injured by you now, it should still be searching for clues somewhere in the snow mountain, so please be careful later."

The maid reminded, so now there were suspected "castle keys," "ancient god temples," "powerful weapons," and "seriously injured demons" in the snow mountain.

After asking Xia De if he had anything to do this morning and getting the answer "nothing," Miss Maid suggested taking Xia De to visit here. During this period, the unicorn also followed them obediently, and the cat didn't know when it ran from Xia De's pocket to the unicorn's back.

But it seemed that Ai Li was quite interested in carrying Little Mia.

The internal structure of the castle's main building was as complex as a maze during the test last week, but now that the test was over, the internal room layout had returned to normal.

The basement was a storage room, wine cellar, laboratory, and training ground; Xia De checked the alchemical equipment left over from ancient times, and after getting the maid's permission, took two bottles of red wine that were said to be from the early Fifth Era from the wine cellar—there was a special storage method here; the wine cellar was the room with the most items left over in the entire castle, more than 700 bottles of red wine that crossed the era lay quietly there, whether it was past visitors or the maid Winnie, none of them had moved them;

The ground floor was the servants' rooms, laundry room, collective bathroom, and guest rooms; the room where Xia De and Miss Sabel had tea was actually the servants' dining room.

The second floor was the social hub of the castle; the banquet hall was where Xia De and Miss Sabel danced last time; besides that, there were high-end guest rooms, conference rooms, and indoor gardens, but unfortunately, there were only a small number of ornamental plants in the garden now;

The third floor was the living area, with master and secondary bedrooms, dressing rooms, and hot spring bathrooms—which was the room where Xia De turned into a giant cat. The number of rooms on this floor was the largest, and the bedrooms were quite luxurious.

The fourth floor was the study, exhibition room, archive room, higher-end alchemical laboratory, and potion laboratory. Of course, most of the areas at this time were in an empty state, and the alchemical laboratory was even more empty because it had been occupied by the demon.

"Sorry, the fifth floor is temporarily not open to you. There is Her Majesty's private bedroom, dressing room, meditation room, and chapel, and there is also the castle's aerial defense system and some areas that even I cannot enter. Only after you completely own the castle can you continue to go up."

Miss Maid stopped Xia De at the stairs on the fourth floor; the stairs leading to the upper floors were not blocked by any form, and Xia De could actually go up if he broke in. But since the rule was that he couldn't go up now, Xia De also respected Chloe's rules.

Afterwards, they entered the potion laboratory again; the cabinets, alchemical tables, and various furniture were all made of cold ice, and the potions stored here, even with low-temperature preservation, had long since expired and deteriorated, and at this time were just placed in the cabinets as decorations.

A small number of ice boards recording potion formulas were neatly arranged and collected in the drawers, while the remaining storage-resistant materials such as minerals here were classified and placed in different areas.

Just now in the greenhouse, Little Mia wanted to eat a small persimmon, but Xia De didn't allow it; at this moment, it didn't know what it smelled again, and meowed~ at Xia De.

But Xia De just touched the cat perfunctorily, and then curiously checked these extraordinary materials left over from ancient times. He had not forgotten that in order to configure special ink, he now needed a plant called "Tear Gland Fern".

But it was a pity that there was no such material in the laboratory; after all, this kind of herbal medicine could not maintain the efficacy of a thousand years, and Miss Maid would not go out to pick herbs.

"This is..."

After opening another ice box that emitted a cold chill, a test tube containing bright red liquid came into view. Xia De originally thought it was blood, but after reaching out and taking it out, he widened his eyes in surprise:

"Can I use this casually too?"

He turned and asked the maid behind him, who first looked at the test tube, and then nodded gently:

"Yes, 【Philosopher's Stone】 only has these left at present; if you need it, you can take it away directly."

Xia De still underestimated the wealth of the ancient demigod witch; if according to what Miss Maid said, Chloe did not specially leave anything for Xia De, then this was the "remaining material" that she did not care about at all when she abandoned this laboratory.

No modern Ringed Shushi would be willing to give up such a thing.

So that tube of cold Philosopher's Stone was carefully collected by Xia De, and after searching the laboratory more carefully, he found some mithril and refined gold.

These metals were cast into rectangular blocks and stacked together; the area of each piece was not very large, and there was Chloe's personal badge on them. This made them look very pleasing to the eye, and Xia De even felt that he would be reluctant to use them up.

This kind of "small surprise" was everywhere in the castle, but the most precious harvest in the end was still that 【Philosopher's Stone】.

When the visit to the castle ended, it was already noon; Xia De did not intend to return to the town, so he had lunch in the castle. Although the castle lacked ingredients, Miss Maid, who saw that Xia De could turn items into toys, said that she could cook if Xia De provided the raw materials.

So Xia De did not bother the dragon maids again, but waited for the ice maid to prepare lunch in the restaurant with Little Mia and Ai Li.

Looking at the tapestries and badges hanging on the walls, Xia De first thought of Miss Sabel, then guessed how many degrees of flame Miss Maid could withstand when cooking, and then sighed that Little Mia and Ai Li actually got along quite well.

This cat clearly "intimidated" the young little unicorn every time it saw little Liana, but after standing on Ai Li's back and walking around the castle with it this morning, it actually didn't care much about Ai Li approaching Xia De.

So the thoughts of this cat are sometimes really hard to understand.

The steaming hot dishes were soon served; Miss Maid, who held all the servant positions in this castle, had quite good craftsmanship, and both he and Little Mia were very satisfied, while Ai Li only ate the vegetable salad and then asked Xia De for an apple.

Xia De sometimes worried that it would be malnourished because of this.

Elemental life also has the ability to eat; Xia De of course invited Miss Maid to sit down and eat together, but she just asked:

"May I ask if the maid in your home will also sit down and eat with you?"

Xia De originally wanted to say that there was no maid in his home, but then thought that saying so would be very sorry to Tifa, so he had to close his mouth and finish lunch honestly.

After lunch, they left the castle to visit other buildings on the periphery of the castle; these buildings were connected to the castle by ground corridors. Although facilities such as the ground greenhouse, unicorn hut, and land-bird nest were all vacated, they could be enabled quickly if someone took care of them.

The ice maid was unwilling to tell the story of the previous era; regarding Chloe, she only simply told the story of "Her Majesty" during her short stay in this laboratory. Most of the steps of the experiment did not need Chloe to do it herself; according to the maid's statement, there was a witch research team of more than 100 people stationed in this castle during its heyday.

"Then what about this snow mountain? Besides the ancient god temple that might exist here, what else do you know?"

The group had now returned to the hall on the first floor of the castle, and Miss Maid was talking to him in the hall.

"Chloe chose to place the castle in this snow mountain, there must be a reason, right?"

The maid nodded gently:

"Her Majesty said that this is the land of destiny, and the ancient snake god once appeared here and left miracles—just like the miracle when you reversed day and night last summer. Therefore, the laboratory was established here; Her Majesty believed that perhaps it could make the experiment progress more smoothly.

Facts have proven that Her Majesty is worthy of being Her Majesty; a miracle like Ai Li was indeed born here."

"Ang~"

The unicorn at this time was no longer gnawing on apples, but followed Xia De obediently.

"The ancient snake god? That ancient god of destiny? What miracle did He once leave here?"

Xia De asked; whether it was Saint-Byrons, the church, the Prophet Association, the Witch Council, or even the Spiritual Cult, he could not find the connection between Fatumunster Snow Mountain and that God of Destiny.

He even asked Luweiya why the Prophet Association wanted to establish its headquarters in the Principality of Lagson, and the answer he got was "because the association headquarters has always been here, and it has been like this since there were records."

In short, the maid in the castle was the first person to clearly state the relationship between the "God of Destiny" and Fatumunster Snow Mountain.

"Ai Li brought you here and needed to pass through the cave; can you guess what this kind of cave, which often appears in the snow mountain and connects the 'inside and outside' of the snow mountain, is?"

She asked, and Xia De nodded very directly:

"It's the cave drilled out by the giant snake, right?"

She liked to praise Xia De very much:

"Your wisdom and inspiration are indeed outstanding. Yes, that was when the God of Destiny last appeared in the material world, wandering in the snow mountain and drilling out the cave. The god himself did not exert power, but due to the concept of the 'Ouroboros', the cave left by the Great One became a channel connecting the inside and outside."

Gods appearing in the material world will directly affect the basic rules of the material world; Xia De understands this point better than anyone in this era.

(End of chapter)