OBS Chapter 4061 The Witches' "Kill Order"
Chapter 4061 The Witches' "Kill Order"
Chapter 4061 The Witches' "Kill Order"
As Shad leaned against a bookshelf at the edge of the study area, gazing at the unicorn girls, Emilia appeared behind him and whispered:
"Ellie is very strict with them, and they study very hard. Sometimes I see them holding a book and reading for a whole morning."
Shad counted the number of unicorn girls present:
"The number of unicorns that have mastered human shapeshifting is growing a bit too fast, isn't it?"
"The professors say it's due to Ellie's unique Fate Link talent, as well as the combined effect of the unicorn population."
Emilia looked at the girls, most of whom were shorter than Adelina:
“Now that these little guys have become human, taking care of them is much easier, and my workload has been reduced considerably. Shad, hasn't the situation in Arcadia City deteriorated drastically recently? No, I don't want the situation to worsen, but do I still need to go there?”
She just returned from there this week and is clearly already looking forward to new adventures. It's not that Emilia dislikes the academy, but she's become addicted to the continuous adventures she's had over the past year.
“We don’t need you for now, but Adelina will probably be there next Wednesday to live as an apprentice to the local witch for a while.”
"so good."
The pointy-eared elf girl sighed, then took Shad's hand and led him to a secluded spot among the bookshelves in the library. Blushing, she pointed to herself and cautiously savored the sweet taste of love.
After spending some time at the academy, it was already 10:00 AM when Shad arrived in Arcadia City. The handover of the Blue Ink Library wouldn't take place until next week, so Shad still couldn't use the main entrance that day.
Sensing the Moon Mark, Megan had already left the area, so Shad went directly to Fragrant Mansion. Miss Rowling opened the door for him on the first floor, smiling as she said:
Welcome back.
This was clearly a welcome speech that Vige had instructed in advance. However, today I saw Vige not in the study or the bedroom, but in the potion laboratory of the Fragrant Mansion dungeon.
Viggo is processing a batch of potion ingredients here, to create those unique perfumes. Glass perfume bottles fill the table, a medley of various floral scents. The temperature in the enclosed underground space is slightly higher than above ground, and the laboratory is illuminated by cool-toned light sources.
However, to prevent external odors from interfering with the perfume making process, Shade did not go inside but waited at the door.
Hearing that Xia De had arrived, Wei Ge coughed lightly and left the laboratory, welcoming him with a hug in the underground palace corridor:
Welcome back.
She said the same thing, and then kissed Shad on the cheek again:
"I didn't see you all day yesterday, and I was really worried you wouldn't come today. After all, I didn't know where to look for you, cough cough, cough cough."
She looked at Shad, who was thinking that Adelina would be arriving next week, and he would absolutely not pretend not to know her; that would be a complete deception of Viggo.
"Sometime next week, I will tell you who I am, definitely no later than the time when the girl from afar arrives."
A smile immediately appeared on Wei Ge's face:
"Let me confirm, today is Sunday, so 'next week' refers to the week of tomorrow, right?"
"Yes, Vige, I hope you won't blame me then."
"What are you saying? You've helped me so much, how could I blame you?"
In any case, at least compared to when Shad delivered the leather goods on Friday night, Viggo's mood had clearly returned to normal. She entrusted the work in the potion lab to the girls under her command, and then returned to the surface with Shad.
After sitting down on the sofa, Shad first handed Viggo the amulets made by Priest Augustus. Since he didn't need them himself, he gave her both extra amulets.
"Keep one, and find an opportunity to trade the other to the church. I'll get new amulets later next week, and then I'll distribute them to Miss McDonald and Miss Rowling."
Vigé didn't express her gratitude verbally, but instead kissed Shad's cheek again. Afterwards, she told Shad about what had happened here on the Saturday he was away.
First, there's Adele Isabella's "kill order"—
"His Excellency the Speaker is preparing to issue an order to the Parliament during Sunday evening's meeting. From now on, we will regard the [Holy Son Alliance] as an enemy organization and confront it whenever we encounter it, with the goal of completely eliminating the 'Holy Son Alliance's' 'Infant Mother'."
Viggo said that it wasn't because Adele thought the [Holy Son Alliance]'s actions were too blasphemous, but because of what the "Infant Mother" said on Friday night—
Is it because you can't have children?
Not all witches care about this, but not caring doesn't mean others can bring it up freely.
Whether the "Saint Mary" holding the baby knew on Friday night that the group belonged to the [Witch Council], or knew the characteristics of witches, Adele didn't know, but she, Megan, Bella, and Vigo were genuinely angry.
“Few people would dare to provoke us with this. If this were the Fifth Age, that ‘Holy Mother’ would probably have her soul extracted and made into a candle, then tormented for hundreds of years after it was lit.”
Wei Ge said somewhat angrily, then asked Xia De apologetically:
"The witch you know also mentioned this to you, right? We are infertile."
Her golden eyes were fixed on Xia De, and the implication of those words was that she had some kind of feeling for him.
Xia De knew Wei Ge's feelings and gave her a direct answer:
"It's okay, I don't care about it."
Vivi understood Xia De's implied meaning, and a smile bloomed on her pale face. Even when facing the next topic, she no longer appeared vulnerable:
“Yesterday, the great witch of fate divined for me about my mother. Although her fate is still uncertain, she confirmed that my sister, who was split into four parts, does indeed exist. The divination indicated that to find one of the four parts, we need to seek the help of an alchemist. My mother has some secret laboratories in this area, and one of my sister's parts is in one of them.”
In her past life, Adele also mentioned that the lady Lemaître had many secret laboratories in the Arcadia region, where clues related to the Emerald Book could even be found.
"So, you're going to continue contacting the Jade Alchemy Association, right? Didn't the council say they'd send you any extra help?"
Judging from the current situation, Vigo alone is indeed not enough to deal with the current situation in the Arcadia region.
Wei Ge sighed and said with considerable regret:
"His Excellency the Speaker brought up this matter yesterday. Although I said that given the current situation, all parties are still carrying out their actions covertly, and our council has no need to send other Great Witches to support me, His Excellency the Speaker clearly disagrees with my opinion."
"So who wants to come?"
"It hasn't been decided yet. After that young girl arrives here next week, other witches will come to help me at the beginning of the weekend or the week after next."
She remembered Bella's enthusiastic suggestion that although Moon Bay affairs were busy, she could temporarily withdraw, but Viggo didn't tell Shad about this:
In short, there isn't much time left to spend alone with you.
Xia De then comforted him:
"On the bright side, what if the witch sent to this area is the witch I know?"
Wei Ge felt she would be even more disappointed.
Bella spent Saturday performing divination, while Adele searched the city for traces of the Holy Son Alliance yesterday. Unfortunately, the group avoided the enraged 13th-tier Great Witch, otherwise Adele could have killed the "Holy Mother" again.
Intelligence about the [Holy Son Alliance] has now been shared with almost all local organizations, and Adele is clearly genuinely angry this time. She even promised Vige that if Vige could uncover more clues about this organization, she would reward Vige with the highest level of mission difficulty.
Megan, who also spent Saturday in Arcadia, was studying the "safe assembly" in the underground palace.
This thing is also a machine that was activated by the "distorted life spark". Megan had heard Shad talk about it before, but this was the first time she had ever come into contact with it in person.
Megan inherited some of Laplace Howard's research materials and achievements. Although she is not the kind of crazy human experimentation scholar, she still has some insights into the study of living organisms.
Viggo was unaware of what Megan had done to the "safe aggregate," but Megan did provide a research report on the "mechanical lifeform" before she left.
Instead of searching for the "distorted life spark," she studied the various life indicators and behavioral characteristics of this metallic life form, identifying the action patterns and weaknesses of the active machinery.
For example, since the other party is a living being, it will definitely exhibit characteristics of a living being. The "reproduction" ability of active machinery no longer needs to be verified; the ancient supernatural beings named it "metal plague," which already explains the matter well.
Another characteristic of life is that it needs to take in energy from the outside to continue to function. Megan's research shows that active machines that have gained life from fire also have this characteristic.
However, the active machines do not replenish their own consumption through kerosene or gas. Megan discovered that they can spontaneously absorb all the energy around them, including life force, as well as natural energy represented by solar energy, geothermal energy, and elemental energy.
Megan concluded that the danger of this mechanical life form lies not only in its rapid proliferative capacity, but also in its ability to absorb all energy to nourish itself and become stronger, which in itself is damaging to the entire world.
If these seemingly "weak" mechanical life forms cannot be controlled in time, once they accumulate to a sufficient scale, the "mechanical army" will leave only scorched wastelands wherever it goes.
PS: Bonus chapter for Chinese New Year, 2/10.