Ofeichher felt that he was in a daze, but he did not feel sleepy. He reached out and grabbed the gem and put it in front of him to take a closer look.

"What kind of essentia is it? Can it be directly absorbed to make people stronger? Anyway, this should be my thing, do you still want to lock it up and hide it secretly?"

Finn didn't expect to be questioned so directly, but he looked a little embarrassed: "You don't know what essentia is, but there are many people who want to snatch it." With such a high purity and completion of essentia crystal, its existence is far from enough to describe it in the word precious. If you really don't know what essentia is for, I'll have to keep it for you. Not to mention the extra evil, even the Church will lock you up and even torture you until you reveal how you made it. ”

"You don't need to keep it. I know how to use it. ”

Orfiicher was still stunned and stretched out his left arm, trying in vain to get the gem.

Seeing that he couldn't get the gem for a while, he asked again, "Then you know how to use this thing?"

Finn held the jewel box high above the top, and watched with some helplessness as Ofeichher made a fuss like a child.

Fein responded: "As far as this unique high-purity essentia crystal is concerned, I don't have time to study it right now—some of it needs to be dealt with urgently." But I can tell you five common essentia uses, and you need to tell me exactly how you're going to use it. Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll have to force it to stay. Otherwise, it will not only bring disaster to you, but it may also cause more people, including me. ”

"Oh?"

"You, you sit down. Finn pressed Ophiecher back to sit down on the plank, turned and closed the box, and placed it on the table behind him. With the lantern on the table, Ofeichher saw that the box was engraved with wavy runes.

Finn poured himself a glass of water and sat down in front of Ophiecher again. From the smell, it probably is some kind of flower tea.

He took a sip before continuing: "The uses of essentia have not been well classified so far, but the five categories mentioned just now are common - one is to make extraordinary objects with various incredible effects, the second is to use it as a spell material for some extraordinary spell, the third is to directly grind it and swallow it and turn it into a monster, the fourth is to make it into an elixir and sprinkle it on the places that leave love, hatred, hatred, obsession and hatred to summon ghosts, and the fifth is to use it for rituals to go straight to the sacred or summon demons.

"Within each of these categories there are countless people studying and harnessing the power of essenica. There are creators who create strange things, and of course, there are miracle messengers who abuse strange things in vain, there are mages who use them purely to change the properties and effects of spells, and there are wizards who use them to create puppets that are not inferior to demons and monsters, there are witchers who take small amounts according to the recipe to obtain specific aberrations, and there are witches who ingest them unscrupulously, there are soothsayers who use a small amount of elixir to prophesy, and there are necromancers who secretly manipulate a large number of ghosts behind them, the church needs to contact the gods regularly to listen to the holy will, and there is another group of people who do not cooperate with each other to use secret rituals to create hidden events。

"—Do you understand, Orfeyche, that you carry such a essentia crystal far more dangerous than if you carry dozens of times as many gems and gold around you. Even if these people have their own forces, and some of them are superficially abiding by social morality and law-abiding, anyone will want to take advantage of it!"

After listening to such a series of words, Ou Fei Yiche couldn't help but pluck his ears with his little tail finger: "Aren't you too?"

"If I were, we wouldn't need this conversation. Finn spread his hands widely, looking helpless, "What do you think?"

"And what do you want? Why don't you show me your notes? ”

Fein pointed at Ophiecher, "Isn't that obvious? Of course I want you." ”

"Me!?"

"Originally, I had wanted to add another male apprentice for a long time. It's a bit about my reputation as an expert in secret rituals, and I only have two female apprentices younger than you, which has to say that there will be a lot of bad rumors. Personally, I don't really care about these things, but my job still requires dealing with all aspects, which is a rather troublesome burden. ”

Finn scratched his face a little sadly.

He continued: "Moreover, due to various church policies, we, as scholars, have to go to the front line first, face all kinds of demons and monsters, in order to obtain materials for our research. With all the focus on, it's very rare that those two girls haven't collapsed until now. There won't be many ladies who want to go into the chaos and danger alone many times, and they may be drenched in blood by the enemies they have slain.

"If you are willing to be my apprentice, then in exchange I am willing to provide you with the same shelter as I did for the youngest daughter of the Goslar family. ”

"Whew......" Ofiicher was half frightened, "Don't be ambiguous in your words, it turns out that you just want me to be your apprentice." ”

"Of course it doesn't stop there!" Finn immediately responded, "Becoming my apprentice is nothing more than an exchange for asylum. But it's you who won't let me touch this essentia crystal. The fact that you can skip the ritual and extract the bloodline factor directly is enough to shock the whole world! You are the most valuable research material, and you have power beyond your comprehension. This is more valuable than this essentia crystal. ”

Ofiicher only felt more and more tired: "You mean to say?"

"If you would like to be my apprentice and allow me to do some experiments on you, as well as lend me that power once in a while. I'll be happy to take care of this essentia crystal for you for the time being, so that no one, including me, of course, will be moved by the essentia and no one will even know about its existence. ”

"What if I don't want to?"

"Then I'll have to take care of this essentia crystal first. Well, I can't guarantee anything else. After all, the study of secret rituals is a very important thing. Finn lowered the speed of his speech meaningfully.

He added: "You have also seen that the local church, which claims to protect the residents from the hidden images of the event, is even unconscious during this momentous event. I guess it's only now that I've been reminded to find the location of the ceremonial organizer. Their blind confidence in their blessed powers and coping mechanisms, as well as their contempt for the study of secret rituals, cause many to suffer greatly from these events. Secret ritual experts exist to curb the dangers of covert events. ”

Ofeicher felt his eyelids begin to darken: "You say all this, it's all based on a premise - I don't know how to use this essentia. That's why you want to take it away on the grounds that it doesn't go wrong. And that's the condition for talking about what you have, right?"

He stretched out his hand to the iron box: "You give me that, and I'll show you how I can use it now." ”

Finn didn't respond for a while, just put the steaming cup of flower tea to his lips and sipped. The steam was churning, but it couldn't hide the sharp gaze thrown by those squinted eyes.

After looking at Ofei's stupid expression for a while, Fein continued, "I hope you don't do anything out of the ordinary. ”

Ofi Yiche was silent, just reached out and picked up the gem in the tin box that he handed over.

I saw him close his eyes, and after a while, he said, "Activate." ”

Finn watched as the orange thorn crystals inside the gem shone even brighter, as if they were gradually burning out of thin air. A burning orange mist of light was gradually absorbed by Ofei Yiche's whole body.

"Alright," Orfeicher tossed the empty gem into Finn's hand, "Thank you for saying so much, I refuse." ”

With a thud, he fell asleep.