Shade had not mistaken the person, and what he saw was not an illusion. Shade was familiar with Miss Fiona Drago's power because he had used the maze to rescue the sleeping princess and had borrowed her power many times in the maze.
The girl in front of him was undoubtedly the girl he had met in the Gaddis Library. From the Thousand Tree Forest in the Western Continent, to the Dead Valley in the Central Continent, and now to the City of Eternal Night in the Northern Continent, Shad had met the founder of Saint Byrons for the third time.
"Miss Fiona Drago?"
He called the young witch's name again, pronouncing it in the standard Fifth Age language, but the Red Dragon Witch dressed as a maid just kept repeating:
"Welcome to the Dragon Maid Cafe, what may I do for you?"
Her expression was somewhat dull, and there was no real feeling in her eyes. Seeing this, Xia De could only reach out and touch her forehead, wanting to check the situation more carefully:
"Oh, the last time we met, he was still at level 7. In just four years, he has already reached level 11? Miss Feliana and Miss Orlanod are really..."
Then a huge force came:
"rude!"
The witch grabbed Shade's hand and tried to push him to the ground, but Shade had already scattered into a group of flying red butterflies. As the witch's tail swept over and turned the two butterflies that couldn't dodge into red spots, most of the red butterflies had gathered at the white table closest to the door, and Shade sat down at the table:
"Excuse me, please give me the menu."
Miss Drago stood there slowly, and only came over after at least half a minute, handed the menu to him, and then stood quietly by and waited.
The red-covered menu has the store name printed in gold on the cover. When opened, there are pictures on the left side of each side and text introduction on the right side.
The first page clearly reads:
The golden crispy pancakes blessed by the great god of wealth "Golden Slug" will increase the wealth fortune of the eater within 72 hours after eating.
The pancakes may have a slimy texture of slug juice, which is a blessing from God.
The price is written below:
You need to pay 30 ounces (about 850.49g) of gold, or sacrifice 1.5 pounds (about 0.68kg) of any body of yours to the night.
This price is actually quite suitable, but I don’t know how powerful the wealth fortune will be in 72 hours.
Xia De turned to the second page, and the following content was equally shocking:
The soul black coffee of the demon king. After drinking it, one will degenerate into a high-level evil demon.
Not everyone is qualified to drink this drink, so please don't order it, you trashy soul.
The price is either your soul or a satisfying story.
The accompanying picture is of bubbling coffee, and the page is depicted in such detail that Shad can see thousands of wailing souls stretching their arms out in the coffee, as if there was a black lava hell there.
Xia De blinked and turned to the third page:
Philosopher's Stone macarons, available for take-out.
Made by a great sage, this delicate dessert will not cause weight gain or tooth decay even if you eat too much.
The picture is a very common colorful round cake, and Xiao Mia likes this kind of dessert very much. Although it has no descriptive function, it seems that this is the real philosopher's stone that has been carved into the shape of a round cake, the pinnacle of alchemy.
Of course, the price is also high:
You need to pay for 10 gallons (about 45.46L) of Moonlight Water.
Xia De calculated that with the speed at which the "Moonlight Water" was produced by the ritual in his attic, even if Ajelina, who was turning 17 today, reached the age of Priest Augustus, he would not be able to collect so many materials.
Knowing that he couldn't waste time, he didn't read every page of the menu carefully, but turned directly to the last page. As expected, just as he thought, "Dragon Maid Cafe" not only sells snacks and coffee, but also sells everything mentioned in the store name.
Half-blood dragon maid - Fiona Drago, an eleventh-level witch and part-time eleventh-ring warlock, a mortal lost in the City of Eternal Night, a red dragon royal family on the paternal side, and a half-blood elf on the maternal side.
Beautiful mortal women understand time, but do not understand the greatness of the night.
The picture on the side is a very beautiful and detailed portrait of the Red Dragon Witch. She is wearing a black and white maid dress, with her hands clasped together and hanging down in front of her chest. Her big red tail hangs on the floor, passing over the bottom of her dress and the black leather shoes that are faintly visible. The tip of the tail stops behind her feet, and there is a small package at her feet. The background is this cafe, but compared to the detailed portrait of the maid herself, the cafe looks a bit simple.
Permanent control requires payment of light.
"Light?"
There was no number written here, so Shade didn't know the exact amount. But no matter what, he couldn't let Miss Fiona stay here. Not only because she was his friend, but also because he needed to know the current situation, and St. Byrons also needed the future principal.
"Miss Maid, I want this."
He placed the menu on the table and said to Fiona. The red dragon girl looked down at the menu:
"The customer has purchased a maid. How would you like to pay?"
"Um... what payment channels do you allow here?"
Shad asked back.
Fiona then turned and walked to the counter, then took out a black glass jar. This kind of glass jar is often used to store materials that cannot be exposed to direct sunlight, and there is one in the basement of the Shade family.
"Please use this."
She opened the lid of the glass jar, and Xia De subconsciously took a look inside. The darkness that seemed to lead directly to the bottomless abyss immediately made him dizzy.
All the surrounding light gathered into the jar at this moment, and the room immediately became dark. Xia De noticed that the night outside the door was even a little restless, so he immediately stretched out his finger:
"moonlight."
When the bright silver moonlight came on, the black jar immediately gave up the ordinary light around it. From Xia De's fingertips, several silver filaments connected to the depths of the black jar, and the light was quickly absorbed by the black jar.
“How much do I need to pay?”
Feeling the rapid consumption of his spirit, Shad asked Fiona beside him, the places where the Tree Father gave him tests not only had no concept of time and space, but also the spirit and physical strength were almost impossible to recover.
The maid didn't answer, but just stood there quietly looking at Shade's hand. Shade knew that he couldn't waste too much time, so he simply summoned the Life Ring and released the "Light Spell" with the strongest posture.
Under normal circumstances, this kind of lighting magic is enough to make the moonlight wash over half of the city, but at this time it only caused hundreds of silver bright lines to appear between Shade's fingers and the black jar.
The rapid consumption of spirit did not bring any optimistic signs. The black tank continuously absorbed the light, and Shade just waited attentively. He was not worried that this was a trap. He knew that honesty was the most important thing in such places.
While waiting for his sense of spirit to be consumed, Shade also discovered that in this state, when the light connected from his fingers to the other end, he could manipulate the light to "deform" more easily than usual, that is, to transform the light into other forms.
This ability allowed him to develop several different variations of the basic magic "Moonlight Slash" at a low level. Taking advantage of this precious state, Shade thought about the changes in his own offensive magic.
The first thing that came to mind was the "sun in the palm" that Yin Luna showed Miss Jialina not long ago. Gradually, the moonlight shifted from Xia De's fingertips to appearing from his palm, as if he was holding up a round silver moon:
“But it has no offensive power.”
As he thought about it, he recalled his own magical confinement aura, so he struggled to transform the silver sphere in his palm into a ring that floated in his palm.
This process was quite difficult and took nearly five minutes to complete. Looking at the dense silver filaments flowing out of the ring in his hand and connecting to the black jar, like a moldy donut, Xia De felt that the mental attack generated by this appearance might be stronger than the actual attack power:
"A simple ring still has no offensive power. Even if I put it on my head, I can't become an angel myself."
He continued to think, and then controlled the jagged blades of light to appear on the outer edge of the ring. But this simply changed the appearance of the confinement aura, and did not increase its attack power. It was just like using ink to draw the shape of "king" on the forehead of Little Mia, which would not turn Little Mia cat into Big Mia tiger.
Changes in appearance are not enough to produce fundamental changes.
But Shade could no longer think further, because the rapid withdrawal of the light had already depleted his spiritual power to a dangerous level. The pink vial of desire could not be brought here. Even if Shade was partially exempt from the rule that spiritual power could not be restored, the slow recovery speed was not enough to offset such a terrible consumption. And considering that no one knew what would happen next, the current situation was quite dangerous.
So, give up this witch
she asked with a smile.
"How is that possible?"
As Shade spoke, he actually thrust his glowing hand into the black jar. The darkness swallowed his hand, but the faint light of the silver moon protected Shade's hand from disappearing completely. The darkness of nothingness made the spirit withdraw more quickly, and even the life ring behind him began to falter. But at this moment, in the middle of the flowing light, some burning golden residue appeared. As the skin on Shade's fingers cracked horribly as if burned, golden light shone through the cracks.
The cracks soon spread to Shade's entire arm, and the remaining divine light completely illuminated the mouth of the black jar. Shade also stopped casting the "light spell" at this time. The darkness seemed to be afraid of the divine light. After just a few seconds, the container itself began to tremble. With a slight sound, spider-web-like cracks appeared clearly on the surface of the black glass jar.