RNP Chapter 2681 Chocobo in the Forest
Chapter 2681 Chocobo in the Forest
Chapter 2681 Chocobo in the Forest
"Good morning, Detective. Everything is ready for you."
The priest handed the carefully protected briefcase to Shade, and after opening it, there were three white bone sticks of the same length and thickness. The bone sticks were standard cylindrical, with densely stacked runes engraved on the surface. The runes were connected in series, and the miracle elements slowly flowed through them.
"It would be better to make a metal rod, but even if I have some blacksmithing skills, I can't make one in one day. These should be enough. If you nail any one of them into the heart of the dead apostle, it will completely lose its ability to absorb life force.
Then burn it with fire, and you can completely get rid of it. In order to prevent accidents, I made three for you. If there are any left, you can keep them for yourself. This weapon can also deal with ordinary undead creatures, and it is also effective against the black fog monster in the forest you mentioned. "
The three bone rods were about the same length as a normal person's upper arm. According to the priest, they were more like nails than rods:
"I understand. I'll be back with good news soon."
The priest was very confident in Shad:
"Be careful. I'm not worried about you, but I'm worried that you'll disturb it and let it run away. It will be hard to find it again. This thing has a strong ability to transform flesh and blood. Turning men into women and old people into young people are basic abilities. But with your ability, it should be okay to be cautious."
After saying this, the old priest left without even giving Shade a chance to invite him to stay for breakfast. Priest Augustus seemed very busy today, probably because something happened in the church.
Now that the right weapons were in hand, the hunt for the dead could officially begin. However, after saying goodbye to Iluna and Luvia at home that morning, Shad did not immediately go to Vesta City, but went to the forest to find the elf girl first.
The place where I met her that day was not her tree house, nor the sea of flowers when we first met, but a small meadow in the forest not far from the tree house.
The meadow was surrounded by a simple semi-open wooden fence, on which were drawn simple runes to repel wild beasts.
Inside the fence, more than a dozen white, yellow, and light blue bird creatures of varying sizes were waiting to be fed by the elf girl. More similar creatures were poking their heads out of the woods opposite the fence, apparently noticing that it was time for dinner.
This is a large bird, with an adult about two meters tall, and looks a bit like an ostrich. They are covered with bright feathers, have a large head, and a tuft of feathers on top of their head that curl upwards. Their eyes are large, bright, and full of spirituality, and their hard, slightly curved beaks look like they are perfect for pecking at plants.
It was also the first time that Shade saw a "Chocobo" in reality. The great witches of the Fifth Age liked to ride unicorns, while witches who were not so rich and powerful generally rode Chocobos. Even the "Notes of Felianna" mentioned the issue of raising Chocobos.
"Good morning, where did you get these Chocobos?"
Shade asked curiously, standing beside the elf girl and touching the feathers on the heads of the chocobos waiting to be fed. They didn't mind being touched by Shade, because all their attention was on the basin in the hands of the elf girl.
"I remember that only the Zalaas Academy of Literature and the Church of Nature have large-scale Chocobo populations. St. Byrons only has a few hundred of them as ornamental alien creatures. Was this obtained from the academy?"
"I found them in the woods."
The elf girl said as she worked. Not only did she have to feed the chocobos, she also had to stop them from fighting over food. But it was clear that the chocobos liked her very much:
"When I first lived here, I often took walks around here. These poor little creatures lived deep in the woods to the west. One day, a hungry little creature ran up to me and asked for food, so I discovered them.
Their tribe should have lived in this forest for many years. I guess the ancestors of the Nightsong Elves left the forest, or their ancestors strayed into this area before the Nightsong Elves left. The fighting power of the Chocobos is not strong, but their intelligence is much stronger than that of wild beasts, so they have only lived in this small area for so many years.
After I confirmed that they were ownerless, I adopted them, and sometimes when I needed to travel long distances in the woods, I would pick one as a mount."
Shade smiled and said:
"I was worried that your life would be boring, but it looks like it's pretty fulfilling."
The elf girl threw all the remaining food in the bowl to the inside of the fence, and the chocobos gathered around to enjoy breakfast.
"In fact, this is how elves should live. The lives of elves nowadays are a little too modern."
She patted the little Chocobo that was still standing in front of the fence because it didn't get breakfast. She was about to pour out the food crumbs in the bowl, but saw Shade next to her pouring a whole bag of cat food under the fence.
The little chocobo with light blue feathers lowered its head and sniffed, then its eyes lit up and it lowered its head and began to eat.
"This cat food is expensive. Your cat will be upset."
The elf said with a smile.
"Mia doesn't know anyway. As long as I replenish the consumed cat food in time, it won't be able to find out that I'm feeding other creatures outside."
Shade rubbed the little chocobo's head again, and watched these cute creatures eat breakfast with the elves:
"I've read the method you gave me last night to contain the tree hole. Although I know it would be difficult to contain such a thing, isn't this a bit too exaggerated?
Use the Philosopher's Stone to cast the [Ancient Elves' Stability Principle] to the limit, and then fill the tree hole with a sufficient amount of [Sand of Time] melted by the special flame. Finally, you need to use a time weapon of at least angel level to destroy the integrity of the physical body of the distorted tree hole. "
Xia De took a deep breath:
"Although the [Ocarina of Time] is obviously the most suitable angel-level time weapon, isn't this method a bit too expensive?"
The elf girl smiled and turned to ask him:
“You see, in your opinion, this method is just expensive. But if I tell this method to others, their first thought will definitely be: the conditions are too harsh and it is impossible to complete.
In fact, this method is very simple. The twisted tree hole is a wrong connection between two time channels, so we must stabilize it first, then fill it up, and finally cut off the connection between different times. Now you have learned the magic, whether it is the primordial fire or the sun fire, it can melt the sand of time. As for the [Ocarina of Time], you can obviously borrow it, right? "
"But each time a tree hole is destroyed, a Philosopher's Stone must be used. Even the True God Church will not choose to destroy every tree hole. Fortunately, the large-scale rituals collected by the Dawn Church can accommodate tree holes, so there is no other way to deal with them except to destroy them."
The elf had nothing to say about this, but at least the method she provided was real and effective:
“I admit that it is a bit expensive, but there are rewards for destroying twisted tree holes.
You can get the Holy Grail by using [Power of the Earth·Healing Aura] to calm the restlessness of the earth. Similarly, you can also get a reward by destroying the twisted tree hole: the wood is dead, but it will give birth to new leaves as a gift to you. "
Xia De was startled, and asked with some surprise:
"【Leaf of Eternal Youth】?"
But he immediately shook his head:
"The preciousness of the Eternal Youth Leaf is far less than that of the Philosopher's Stone. It is not worthwhile to consume one Philosopher's Stone and one Sand of Time for the Leaf."
"What if it's not just leaves?"
The elf continued to speak with a smile, fully whetting Shade's appetite:
"Haven't you always wanted to know how to 'charge' those tree holes, strengthen the power to maintain stability, so that you can increase the number of times you can use the tree holes normally?"
The twisted tree holes have a normal usage limit. Once the limit is exhausted, they will completely collapse, thus forming an uncontrollable expanding time rift.
"Yes. Destroy the tree hole?"
"Yes, if you destroy a tree hole, the remaining sustaining power will be attached to the leaves, and you can use those leaves to 'charge' other tree holes. Of course, this will not consume those leaves. So, in fact, one Philosopher's Stone can be exchanged for at least one leaf of eternal youth and at least one extra time travel opportunity."
By this calculation, this exchange is actually not bad. And Shade still has a Philosopher's Stone in his hand, but he has not yet decided which tree hole to destroy.
With thoughts in mind, he said goodbye to the elf girl and the chocobos, and when he entered the city, he wanted to discuss the matter of destroying the tree hole with the two ladies in the hotel. But when he arrived at the hotel, he found that it seemed that Miss Winslet and Miss Danister did not sleep last night.
Still in room 321, Shad happened to meet Miss Bell at the door who was about to come in with a tea tray, so the black-haired girl told him what happened last night.
After entering the room, I saw the red-haired girl curled up on the sofa with a blanket on her face, and Miss Winslet was sitting beside her, hugging her shoulders and comforting her. In the corner of the room, there was a newly painted oil painting on the easel.
"Oh, what's going on?"
He immediately walked towards the red-haired sorceress, and the witch next to her stood up and gave up her seat on the sofa.
"I wrote a letter last night and asked the college to send professors to Karas Mountain to search for the cursed tree. I was waiting for news last night. No, nothing. There is no cursed tree on that mountain or in that area. Was the teacher's body taken away by someone?"
Tears were about to well up in her rose-red eyes as she spoke. She opened her arms and hugged Xia De. Xia De patted her on the back and whispered to her in comfort:
"Your teacher's death should have been not too far from his disappearance, which was many years ago. Is divination ineffective?"
PS: The picture in this chapter is "Chocobos in the Forest".
The book club exploded this morning for unknown reasons. We are currently appealing and have set up a new group (with fan value requirements). The group number is in the book introduction.