"Mr. Hamilton, please treat me as well. I need to find a way back to the camp. I don't have your ability to face the gods directly."
Miss Violet extended her hand to Shade, who nodded and held her soft white right hand. The light of the silver moon flickered, and the stable spiritual output acted on reality in the form of four elements. The thirteenth ring witch closed her eyes and let out a long breath:
"I'm afraid I still need your help with the sacrifice. I'm sure we don't have anything suitable to offer to the gods."
"But what kind of sacrifice does the god need? I don't believe that the god only asks us for lake water, dew and tears."
Shade thought for a moment:
"Let me think... Is there any special liquid that can increase wisdom after drinking it?"
"Of course."
It was Miss Theresa who gave the answer:
"Every year before exam week, there are people in the college selling similar things, but I don't think those banned drugs are the answer."
"Yes, yes, 'wisdom potion', 'cleverness potion', these are all fake, not your own wisdom."
Shad nodded immediately. He had heard Dr. Schneider mention a similar potion during exam week.
"In addition to magic potions, there is also a special liquid called 'Water of Wisdom', which is a very rare alchemical raw material."
Miss Theresa continued.
"So where can we find this liquid?"
"Where the Lake God appears, the surrounding living water will spontaneously transform into 'Water of Wisdom'. And the closer to the God, the stronger the extraordinary effect of the water."
Miss Violet gave the answer. Shade looked back at the tower. It was indeed common for special materials to appear at the place where the gods descended. Unfortunately, he could not bring the special materials back to his own time.
"Then it's definitely not this. How can we offer the water under the feet of God as a sacrifice?"
"Yes, the test of the wise should require wisdom to answer. The sacrifice required by the gods must be very rare, but the gods will not give a test that cannot be completed."
Violet looked around.
"Mr. Hamilton, I think you can find the answer where you are going, and we should be able to find the answer here as well."
“Maybe this has something to do with the ancient gods?”
Xia De put forward his own opinion, and the Witch Queen raised her eyebrows:
"You actually know the ancient gods?"
"Yes, the great man in the tower is related to the ancient god of wisdom and knowledge. In the ancient times, the thirteen ancient gods had left us, but the material world still retains items containing their power. Perhaps, I should look for the 'water' that contains the power of the ancient gods."
“It sounds like that might be the answer.”
Miss Violet said, and then saw the white mist already wrapped around Shade:
"You're leaving again."
Xia De looked down:
"We have half a minute left. Let's continue our conversation. Be careful by the lake. Although we should be able to find the answer to the trial in the Lost Lake area, there is no need to take too many risks. My operation is much safer than yours."
"Since I was promoted to the thirteenth level, I haven't heard anyone telling me to be careful for a long time."
Miss Violet smiled, and then reminded:
"Since you are from... then remember to use the information you have to find out whether the Great One's cult has made other sacrifices."
"Yes, I will look up the information."
Shade's vision was almost completely covered by white fog, and the witch's voice became unusually vague:
“I don’t know when I’ll be able to come next time, Miss Violet, Miss Theresa, be safe, and see you next time!”
"Remember to bring your cat back next time. Even if you can't get it, seeing it again will give you a feeling of happiness..."
The thick white mist disappeared between the two witches, and at the same time, Shade's hands on them disappeared. Shade didn't hear the second half of the sentence, but he nodded in agreement.
Miss Theresa sighed softly with a sense of loss, then put her hand to her forehead.
"Your face is very red."
Miss Violet reminded him, then looked at her right hand and tried to grasp it a few times:
“That’s really interesting.”
"Blushing is a very normal thing."
Miss Theresa immediately retorted, but the Witch Queen sneered:
"I didn't say you were interesting, why are you in such a hurry?"
She looked deeply at the place where Xia De left:
"When he held my hand just now, I felt... a very special feeling."
"You like him?"
Miss Theresa asked cautiously, and Miss Violet snorted again:
"Schultz, you really don't know anything. That's why you haven't graduated yet."
"I... ... "
"If you judge a person based on appearance alone, then the best you can do is become someone like me."
Miss Theresa pursed her lips:
"Aunt, what do you want to say?"
"Holding his hand, I felt some strange... resonance? It was like striking a bell and then placing your hand on the surface of the bell."
Violet looked at her palms.
"But that is an incomplete echo. It should be called a residual echo. He has a strange power to reflect the past, analyze history, and travel through time... It's really interesting to be a stranger who witnesses the story. Next time should be the last time he comes here."
Without waiting for Miss Theresa to ask, she answered:
"I know this because he asked the gods if he could tell us about the third trial as well. It's a shame that we can't keep him here forever. But it's just as well. A man like him isn't fit to be in our time."
Miss Theresa stood aside, not knowing what to say. Although she had guessed that the strange man would leave forever sooner or later, when she really knew this, there were still some unspeakable emotions in her heart.
"Come to think of it, Theresa, he is just like you, pursuing far more than just the power of the thirteen rings. Can't you see that?"
Miss Violet drew out the Night Watcher and prepared to return to the lakeside camp.
"I... ... "
Miss Theresa lowered her head slightly, afraid that her thoughts would be seen.
"The cat and I both have supreme beauty, and you have enough ambition. Schultz, but sometimes you lack some insight and wisdom. This is the difference between you and that man. He has seen a lot of things, but you haven't."
The Witch Queen looked at her distant niece:
"But you are still young and have a chance. This is your luckiest part. Fate has allowed us to encounter such a thing, which means that fate has arranged more things for you in the future."
She held the Night's Watch tightly, frowning slightly as she saw Shad and a middle-aged man fighting the Balrog.
At this point in time, the Night's Watch has not yet been placed at the foot of Mount Sikar to suppress the Balrog, so Miss Violet does not know what this scene means.
She raised her eyebrows and praised in a light tone:
"Of course, I admit that he is a very attractive man. The witch he just mentioned who helped him with his thesis is a very lucky guy."
(Priest Augustus at his morning prayers...)
The second return in the year 5177 of the Fifth Era meant that Shade had a new mission. However, he had completed this kind of mission of searching for an uncertain item many times, so he did not think it was particularly difficult.
In particular, this type of task theoretically has no deadline for completion.
After returning home, it was still Sunday morning. After turning Mia back, the cat immediately continued to chew the dried sausage, but after just one bite, it made a strange sound with its throat. It pushed the dried sausage aside with its little paw in disgust, and then meowed to urge Xia De to make breakfast.
Any item that does not belong to this era, whether it is a toy or a real object, will be worn away by time. The dried sausage is completely inedible, and the traces of time once again remind Shade what he is doing. In his opinion, this dried sausage from the Fifth Epoch is not worthy of being compared with the "souvenirs" he got in the past, so he threw it into the kitchen cabinet and waited for time to destroy it.
"Um?"
When he went downstairs to get milk and newspapers, he opened the door and immediately felt the coolness of the winter morning. Then he saw a large wooden box placed at the door. Shade immediately remembered the "wooden box theft method" he discussed with Dr. Schneider yesterday. He suddenly shrank back, exposing Mia who was following behind him.
Mia glanced back at Shad and immediately followed him back through the door, thinking this was very amusing.
"There is no whispering element. Come to think of it, how could you be so unlucky as to have someone steal from my house?"
Xia De said in his heart, and walked to the door to check the wooden box amidst "her" laughter:
"From Taylor and Wanda United Mining Company?"
He remembered that when the college mailed him the manuscript pages, it was also sent by this company. Afterwards, Shade also investigated and found that this was a large mining company in the south-central part of the kingdom, mainly mining gold and some rare metal deposits. It was a small but wealthy large company.
He first fetched the newspaper and goat's milk, then looked around to see if there was anyone in Saint Teresa's Square, then he picked up the heavy wooden box with both hands and carried it into the hallway.
Perhaps the noise of going upstairs was too loud and woke Dorothy up. When Shad came up to the second floor carrying a wooden box with a cheerful cat on it, the sleepy blonde girl came out of the bedroom in her slippers and pajamas:
"Good morning, Shad, oh, what is this?"
"Do you remember the mission item Miss Danister sent me? The high-value academy commission that the librarian gave me."
Shad said, but he kept his promise and did not tell anyone the truth about the commission.
The wooden box was extremely heavy, as if it contained a piece of metal. And indeed, it was. Dorothy went to heat the milk to prepare the bread. After Shad used a crowbar to pry open the wooden box, he found that the bottom of the square wooden box had a standard silver-gray rectangular block, the length of the long side was the same as the side of the wooden box, and the top was covered with straw:
"Is the alchemical item for detecting spiritual light so large?"
Shade was surprised, but then realized that the silver-gray rectangle was just a container.
There was also a letter to Shad placed in the straw. There were no words on the letter. Only when it was illuminated by Shad's core spiritual rune, the Silver Moon, did the handwriting of Miss Danister appear.
The letter explained the use of this alchemical item, which was a palm-sized mirror imprisoned in the silver-gray rectangle. Because the production of this alchemical item used a derivative of the angel-level relic Burgundy's evil mirror, that is, the broken lens residue, this alchemical item that collected spiritual light must be carefully stored.
When Shade needs to use it, he can take the mirror out of the silver-gray rectangular container, but he must put the mirror back into the silver-gray metal block within 17 hours and keep it in the containment state for more than 11 hours before he can take it out again. The method of using the mirror is also very simple. Aim the mirror at the spiritual rune that needs to collect spiritual light, the distance cannot exceed 15 feet (about 4.6 meters), and keep the action for 30 seconds.
This basically means that it is impossible for Shade to hide in a corner and secretly collect spiritual light. But fortunately, now we know that Sir Prisha, the "Moon of Guidance", is suspected to be an academic spy. As long as we find concrete evidence, Shade will have many negotiation options.