Chapter 40: The "Bloody Case" in the Field
After nearly ten days, Andrari's key work of gathering all resources for the meteorite was finally over. In Andrei's opinion, this time was really a bit of a labor, but the dwarves and elves felt that it was very rare to be able to create these two powerful magic weapons in just ten days, not to mention the new level of craftsmanship represented by these two artifacts had a cross-era significance.
Marserien had already sent a message to Thornleaf Village. In the past, when their close friends, the Limestone Clan, were not so good at blacksmithing, the easiest way to keep the steel sharp and its longevity was to craft it into heavy weapons such as axes and hammers. The blade is thick and the shaft is thick, and the weapon naturally withstands sharpening and chopping. It's just that such a heavy weapon is a physical burden that most elves can't bear. Now that this has changed slightly, Andrari's new craftsmanship and the years of experience accumulated by the Dwarven Masters, it is likely that the Limestone Clan's level of steel forging will be raised to unprecedented heights in a short period of time. Whether it is a curved long knife that represents the level of Andrari's craftsmanship or a spear with a wooden shaft, the young elf will have another protection in addition to the bow and arrow.
And the arrows of arrows, which are more important to the rangers, may also be able to give them more powerful damage capabilities through these new forging methods!
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Today is a rare sunny day since the rainy season.
In the rainy season of the Demon Realm, as long as it doesn't rain, no matter how thick the black clouds are above your head, the demons are used to calling it a sunny day. The fact that the light rain that has been uninterrupted for more than ten days has stopped for the first time does not mean that the rainy season is about to pass, on the contrary, it indicates that the subsequent rains will never be as mild as before. The season of heavy rains and thunderstorms is just around the corner.
During this brief pause in rain, Galandia's limited sky brought a cheerful brightness to the surroundings of Shattered Sky Mountain. The gentle breeze of the rainy season is blowing the long hair of the succubi, and the mood of the people is softened with the temperature. Today is the good weather for Andre and his entourage to follow the druid master to check the new greenery in the fields.
Along the way, Marcellion and his students took the trouble to introduce the properties of each plant to André and his fellow succubi and cowards. Some need more watering, some grow better in a slightly drier environment, and some vine-growing plants need to be shelved, so that they can spread into an intoxicating shade with the shelf in the future.
Most of the green seedlings have grown to knee height, and the lush greenery is a soothing place for everyone to weave through the fields along the reserved walkway. When approaching the middle of the field, the mischievous Appi restlessly broke free from Livia's arms and playfully jumped between the seedlings in the field.
The young succubus's pretty face, which had been made alive by the abundance of food, was instantly gloomy, and he was sloppy, and the elves had just chased away many rabbits and small omnivores that had attracted to this large farmland. Appi is just a fleshless phantom beast after all, and it looks round and weak, what if he is bullied by those bad guys who destroy the fields?
The little phantom beast bred from His Highness brings more symbolism to the tribe than it actually does, and as Andrari's mascot, it is still very popular with André's subordinates!
Although Andre had always felt that it would be thankful for Ambi not to mess with some large beasts in the wild, how could the bunny raccoon and the like make this troublemaker suffer? Not to mention that on rainy days, Black Furball went out alone more than once. It's just that they can't stand the overflow of succubus motherhood, and a group of people have to trot behind the looming little dot in the field.
Today's Appi seems to be a bit of an anomaly, in the past it disappeared as soon as it ran out, and today it always stays on the ridge after passing through a green field, waiting for the people who follow it to catch up. Just when everyone's minds were full of doubts, Marcellion suddenly noticed that there seemed to be some obvious anomaly in the middle field.
In this season when everything in the Demon Realm is growing, the growth of the new seedlings in the middle of that field is very obvious, and Appi's purpose seems to be here.
It wasn't until they approached the white potato seedlings, which were significantly shorter than the surrounding green, that people realized that this seedling was not only not growing well. In the middle of the field, a meter square, you can't even see the color of the fertile earth - it's a shocking red!
It was an unexpected vision that even Maserien and his students had never seen before, but André and his succubus were no strangers to it. For all of them, except for the succubus Livia and the snake demon Kassandra, who were born in their mother's birth, were born into a similar patch of bright red liquid, a shallow pool of abyssal blood.
Looking at the cautious and surprised expressions of the children of the abyss and the succubi, Maserien also guessed what this bright red puddle was. It's just that in his impression, the rumored abyss blood pools shouldn't only be this size, and it is said that some blood pools can even breed thousands of cowardly demons.
Of course, it cannot be ruled out that this is a rare pool of blood that has been discovered by people just after the formation stage.
It wasn't the first time that Livia and her companions had seen such an anomalous pool of blood, the last time they had seen it was a few months ago. It was the guidance given to them by the Great Abyss Will, the evening that led their son of the Abyss, Arthur Digrell Gesarez (Son of the Abyss, the End of Despair), to descend from the Temple of Andrew, who was entangled in black magic. How could they forget such a shocking scene, but the blood puddle in front of them seemed to be slightly different from the one where the children of the abyss descended.
Both the succubus and the druid wondered what the anomaly was in this pool of blood. Andre wondered that Ambi was a little unusually noisy, and when people scattered around the blood pool, the black hairball, which was originally quite peaceful, began to push and rub the calves of several succubi and elves inexplicably, and the child of the abyss remembered that this little black phantom beast had never shown such aggression since birth. If it weren't for the fact that everyone present let it, I am afraid that with its strength, it would almost be able to help any target. Although it did not cause any harm to the others due to its small size, it did attract the attention of Marserien and Andre.
"It wants to show that this is its territory, or that this pool of blood is its thing!?" the old druid looked at the children of the Abyss, who were obviously more familiar with the little monster.
If Appi wants to prove that this is its territory, it should prioritize driving the people closest to the blood pool. However, it ignored Andre and Marserien, who were standing closest, and even had a stubborn relationship with Rivia, who was closest to it. No matter how the children of the abyss thought about it, they felt that the behavior of the little phantom beast was very abnormal.
Seeing that Appi almost drove around the pool of blood, the targets of its drive were not distinguished by intimacy. This makes André curious about his choice of whom to drive, and walks around the pool of blood, and the children of the abyss, with their excellent eyesight, inadvertently discover the truth hidden among the seedlings.
It was a mark that André was all too familiar with, and he had been around something like that with Ambi for a long time in order to study the shadow spell.
"You did this!?" The Child of the Abyss looked at Ambi who was throwing a tantrum at everyone with a surprised face, "Everyone watch your step, be careful not to step on the shadow rune!"
At this time, everyone noticed the anomaly hidden under the green seedlings at their feet, and the life runes placed by the elven druids were in a very conspicuous position, who hid these runes with unknown effects in the field?
Livia instantly linked Appi's embarrassment every day some time ago with these strange runes, "Appi, you did all this in the rain these days!?"
The little monster snorted in dissatisfaction when he saw that everyone had finally noticed the fruits of its hard work and was not destroying them.
Those who discovered the mystery carefully searched and repaired the runes in the field, six in the first circle, nine in the second circle, twelve in the third circle, eighteen in the fourth circle, and twenty-four in the fifth circle!
Although the composition and meaning of the runes do not seem to be complicated, there are only a few kinds of runes that come and go, but it is possible to carve these sixty-nine runes in the mud and form them into five complete circles - a complete multi-structure shadow circle!
"Is this really the little one's handiwork!?" Materion thought that the tone in which he had asked the question was a little strange.
"I think it's the only one who has the time ......to commit the crime," Andre looked at the young succubus crouching on the ground caressing Appi in distress, "And we have eyewitnesses, don't we?"
"Eyewitness ......?" "It's a pity that no one can understand the stalk of the Children of the Abyss related to their past lives.
"Didn't a lot of people see it running in this direction on a rainy day?" said Andre stared at his young "secretary", who had tried many times in the rain to find a little bit to go out in. All the testimonies point to this disobedient little thing, but because it was too much trouble to find such a little creature in the field on a rainy day, the young succubus had to give up after several attempts without success.
Could it be that such a rigorous magic array was really completed by this little guy alone? Everyone's hearts were thinking about the true answer to this question.