The Witch's Wandering Alchemist's Diary

I looked at the firebell with the Eye of Grandet.

【Fire Bell】

It is a [fire] alchemy material.

It feels a little hot to the touch.

"A fire-attribute herb that can only grow on the edge of hot springs."

(Note: When the fire bell flower matures, red seeds will appear in the stamen. Only with sufficient temperature can the seeds develop.)

Lou Le felt numb after just one glance.

"It can only grow near hot springs? No wonder Chester told him not to kill the kobolds here."

If you want to raise firebells, you need to create a volcanic environment inside the carriage.

However, after much thought, none of the environments—forests, swamps, hills, grasslands—can be replaced by a volcanic environment.

Unless you build a mountain out of the water yourself in the middle of the lake, shaping it into a volcano.

Or, simply divide the lake in two.

This is barely enough to squeeze out the space needed for the volcanic environment.

But how do you create a hot spring environment?

Lou Le had no ideas at the moment. She thought, "I should see how the kobolds here do it. They've been here for so long, they should know Firebell better than I do."

With that in mind, she took the initiative to go find the kobolds.

The kobold tribe in the mountains is relatively easy to find.

They were in a cave halfway up the mountain, and in front of the cave they had cleared a space. Many kobolds were lying on the ground sunbathing.

The fur of these kobolds was fiery red, making them look very vibrant.

Lou Le was only standing a hundred meters away when the kobolds started barking wildly.

"Tsk."

Lou Le clicked his tongue in amazement, but still walked slowly toward the cave.

Fire crows surrounded her, radiating a scorching heat.

The activated ropes were wrapped around Lou Le's waist like snakes, ready to launch him at any moment.

The kobold's barks grew louder and more urgent.

The warning smell was very strong.

Lou Le just smiled and made a provocative gesture towards the kobolds.

A burly kobold roared angrily and charged at Lou Le on all fours.

The speed was astonishing, but Lou Le simply beckoned.

The fire crows circled, constantly spitting out fireballs.

The kobold dodged left and right, avoiding countless fireball attacks.

But fireballs rained down, each one barely managing to burn the skin. However, these kobolds were covered in hair.

The moment the flames touched it, it burst into flames, turning it into a large fireball.

Dog-headed people have a habit of applying oil to their fur to keep it shiny.

The shinier the fur of a dog-headed man, the more attractive he is.

However, this habit also caused the kobolds to completely lose their fire resistance.

The kobold screamed repeatedly, but he still stumbled and ran towards Lou Le.

As it approached Lou Le, it barked wildly, snapped its teeth, and spewed out a cone of flame from its mouth.

Although it startled Lou Le, it was completely useless.

The second-class mage armor firmly blocked Lou Le's path, while the cone-shaped flame scattered in all directions like parted streams of water.

The kobold glared at Lou Le with hatred before crashing heavily to the ground.

Lou Le stepped forward, glanced at the kobold's charred body, and threw it into the magic book's space.

Upon seeing this, the kobolds in the tribe immediately stopped barking.

They scrambled to get into the cave, but Lou Le simply beckoned with his finger, causing the fire crows to launch fireballs and set the kobolds ablaze.

Lou Le yawned, initially finding it amusing.

I'm starting to feel a bit bored.

The dead were all young kobolds, and Lou Le didn't care at all.

She was looking for an old kobold, a priest, a kobold who could speak the Common Tongue.

Arriving at the plaza in front of the cave, she collected all the kobold corpses.

There are no longer any living kobolds here, but standing in front of the cave, you can still faintly hear the barking of dogs inside.

After glancing at the cave, Lou Le had no urge to go in.

Just kidding, going into caves is far too dangerous.

She wouldn't fight kobolds in narrow terrain.

Lou Le stood at the cave entrance and shouted, "Find a priest and answer me! Then I might spare the kobolds inside."

After calling several times, the kobolds inside the cave did not respond at all.

The little witch gathered a lot of damp tree leaves and piled them up in the cave.

Then dozens of fire crows rushed into the cave and set the damp trees and leaves ablaze.

Instantly, the cave was filled with thick smoke.

Lou Le took out a frost potion and slammed it hard against the wall at the cave entrance.

In the blink of an eye, the ice layer continued to spread, growing many prominent ice clusters.

It almost completely sealed off the entrance to the cave.

Lou Le then began using frost rays to continuously thicken the ice layer until the entire cave entrance was completely sealed.

Through the ice, the smoke inside could be seen growing thicker and thicker.

Even the barking grew louder and louder.

It sounded like they were arguing.

Lou Le yawned as he waited for the priest to come out.

Eventually, the barking, which sounded like arguing dogs, gradually subsided.

Then came the sound of footsteps. Through the ice and thick smoke, Lou Le saw an old, dog-headed man.

It held a bone staff with two or three skulls tied to it.

However, it looks like a kobold skull.

It coughed incessantly and said in a hoarse voice, "Master! I am the priest of this kobold tribe."

Lou Le took a few steps back and came to the square, where most of the ice layer was removed and the ice melted into a puddle of water.

Thick smoke billowed out immediately, and many kobolds rushed out of the cave, lying on the square, breathing heavily.

The kobold priest walked shakily to Lou Le's side, knelt on the ground, and said, "Master, what are your orders?"

Looking at the submissive kobold priest before him, Lou Le asked with some curiosity, "You seem quite familiar with doing this?"

The kobold priest pointed to the heads on his bone staff: "These are my father's, these are my uncle's, these are my grandfather's."

"They were all killed by the mages, but the tribe survived in the end."

"They told me before that the priest's duty is to contribute to the continuation of the tribe. They all did that, so perhaps today it's my turn."

The kobold priest spoke very sadly.

Lou Le glanced at him and said, "I just want to know how to raise fire bells. As for your life, I don't want it right now."