Miss Witch's Forbidden Book Secret

Santis objected, "Why not kill that governor first? The city hall is much easier to deal with than the Ministry of the Interior!"

His opposition was not without reason.

Putting everything else aside, that Governor Scarlett is currently only Sequence Eight—a king who may have just reached Sequence Seven. Meanwhile, the Minister of the Interior, Old Kamas, as a senior member of the Alchemy Society, is already at Sequence Five, and there are quite a few such extraordinary individuals in the Ministry of the Interior building!

"I have my reasons for doing this."

Sazdive calmly said, "A depth of four thousand meters is no small matter. We need to create a major upheaval. Killing just one governor will have too little impact. Old Kamas is the best option."

"Moreover—Santis, old Kamas is deeply trusted by Jeremiah, and the Ministry of the Interior is heavily guarded. Your Perfect Star Antimony is most likely there as well."

When this was mentioned, Santis paused slightly as he played with the crimson philosopher's stone in his hand.

He turned his head away and didn't comment.

Who cares who Sozdewey will attack first!

Now that the Philosopher's Stone is complete, let's get back the Prestige Antimony first. He's counting on using Prestige Antimony to accomplish his great task and advance to Sequence Three!

Moreover, if we kill that junior governor, the ensuing turmoil might not be enough to raise Bloodthorn by 4000m, which would be awkward.

That's where he'll have to put in the effort—his Philosopher's Stone is just the right amount to suppress the water level of reality, forcibly compressing the distance between reality and the Bloodthorns.

The less trouble, the better.

Santis said, "In that case, I have no objection!"

Seeing this, Omar quickly added, "No objection."

Sazdewi stroked the ring on his hand, his calm eyes revealing no emotion.

He did indeed want to kill Kamas first.

However, besides the two reasons mentioned above, there is another point:

He sensed a danger in that Consul Scarlett Lane that was definitely not on her level.

To be on the safe side, let's deal with old Kamas first.

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With Jeremiah's southward journey, signs of turmoil were emerging in the city of Fogmoon. While Golden Moon Bay was far from peaceful, it remained relatively calm.

At least that's how it is for the Ansu Fifth Fleet navy and the knights of the Golden Forge Knights, who are escorting the second scientific expedition exchange group.

They were still very excited halfway through the journey. They heard that they might encounter a prophet from heaven this time. The armored knights of the knightly order lubricated their power armor and kissed their armored wives three times, reciting holy words in preparation for replicating the church's Eastern Expedition.

For thousands of years, the Crusaders ended the chaos of the Prophet's Year by conquering the Prophet's Palace of Wisdom and ushered in the Year of Faith!

When they arrived at Golden Moon Bay, they found it to be completely calm and peaceful.

This is even worse than Ansu!

There are still a group of Imperial fleets eyeing the northern tip of the Ansu Sea!

Where are the enemies? Where are the prophets? Where have they all gone?!

Meanwhile, several research vessels were slowly sailing away from the escort fleet and then entering the port of Jin Yue Bay.

On the deck, Vera was on high alert, clutching her suitcase, and then took out her crucifix and prayed tremblingly.

Others may not know about the turbulent events that have taken place in Golden Moon Bay—but she does!

She hadn't seen Tia in the Upside-Down Temple for over nine days! There hadn't even been any feedback, and she had no idea what had happened!

She waited in Newport for four or five days before finally getting a chance to ask Count Perricone, only to learn that Tia was in grave danger and was engaged in a heated debate with the prophets.

She had no idea how dangerous or passionate it would be, which made her very conflicted.

But she later returned to Silver Castle and asked Pope Peter for "a gift" to protect herself and to give to Tia.

So, with a compassionate heart that said, "If I don't go to hell, who will?", she boarded the ship without hesitation.

The above information was all heard by Evelyn from Vera.

Not far behind Vera, Evelyn followed closely behind.

She was slightly surprised to see the calm and peaceful Golden Moon Bay, but her gaze was quickly drawn to the red furry ball that was clearly terrified but was still cautiously moving forward.

In that instant, Evelyn had to admit that she was shocked by Vera.

The fact that such contradictory traits as being afraid of death and being brave and fearless can coexist so reasonably in one person is simply a two-headed monster, Miss Vera!

Truly worthy of being an alchemist who can switch between front and back and deeply understand the way of balance!

Evelyn coughed a few times and asked with concern, "Miss Vera, are you feeling alright?"

"I'm not afraid!"

"what?"

Chapter 392 The Charming Annie

"So, the prophets of Tianfang have already escaped Golden Moon Bay?"

Beside Lovisa, Mayor Rafa Morley of Golden Moon Bay, who was one-quarter Silvermist Clan blood and had inherited his grandfather's robust physique and handsome face, breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the news.

He slumped back in his chair, looking at the two people across the conference table, and said in a relaxed tone, "Lady Lovisa, Envoy Sulf, does this mean that this matter is considered to be over?"

“By the way, Envoy Sulph! Could you tell me how you defeated the Celestials in your nightmare? Ah! I mean, I’m very interested in these superhumans… cough, perhaps you don’t know this, but I’m also a writer.”

"Oh, do you have any books? I'd like to read them."

"Ahem... I won't embarrass myself by showing this, I won't embarrass myself by showing this."

In the conference room, Lovisa suddenly glanced nervously at Tia.

Tia didn't understand what Lovisa meant, and said frankly, "Of course, that's no problem, but that's not the most important thing right now. If you're interested, I can provide you with some memos."

Rafa laughed and said, "Your promise is enough!"

Seeing that the matter was not yet settled, Lovisa immediately interrupted, "Mayor, Special Envoy! Master Ibn Musa asked me to inform you that the matter you entrusted to him is almost completed."

"So fast?"

Tia's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she immediately asked about it.

Rafa initially wanted to gather material for his stories by writing in his notebook, but he couldn't understand anything at all.

The very words spoken by Tia and Lovisa were a heavy burden for an ordinary person like him, followed by dizziness. He had no choice but to get up and leave to avoid the pollution of knowledge.

But for Tia—this is indeed good news.

If the Philosopher's Stone can be completed, she can directly prepare to advance to Sequence Four. At that time, even if Santis comes looking for her, she will have the strength to fight back.

Moreover, once she reaches Sequence Four, the Book of Transformation and the Book of Ascension that she possesses will have a purpose.

For example, the "Transformation Ritual" in the Book of Transformation uses three rituals—soul cutting, guardian angels, and inorganic transformation—to forcibly achieve a balance between the three aspects of body, soul, and spirit through "spiritual-physical transformation," thereby simultaneously accomplishing the three great deeds of "perfect archetype," "origin of knowledge," and "grand miracle."

The only problem is that Tia can't find a ready-made Sequence 5 Prophet and Sequence 5 Holy Grail to arrange the Soul Cutting and Guardian Angels.

The former could be given to Brigitte, but she is only Sequence Six and not keen on advancement.

Vera would also work, as she is compatible with the Holy Grail, but her sequence level is too low.

It will take a while.

Unlike the Book of Transformation, the Book of Ascension does not offer a shortcut directly to Sequence 3, but rather a more "clumsy" or "gradual" ascetic approach.

Simply put—it's the kind of nightmare that Byragis wove for Tia.

But it is even more dangerous; it is not only about facing fear, but also about facing oneself and the object of desire itself.

This is also a viable path—it's just too slow compared to the conversion rituals.

She's not a masochist, why waste her precious time suffering? And suffering for the sake of suffering, she might even develop a terrible XP imprint on her soul...

However, the Book of Ascension still provides a wealth of rituals related to great philosophers, including high-sequence rituals and secret, non-circulating ones, which greatly inspired Tia.

After obtaining the Book of Ascension, she readily modified the simple low-sequence ritual of Golden Fire, simplifying the ritual model. In exchange for reducing the temperature and burning time of the flame, she significantly reduced the consumption of gold, enhanced the characteristics of the flame, and, combined with her extraordinary transmutation ability, could now easily construct three fireballs the size of a human head, instead of 1 gram of gold.

Furthermore, by paying more gold, the flames can inflict bizarre effects such as soul weakness, fear, hallucinations, bleeding, and even, in addition to burns, "stabs," "poisoning," "hypnosis," "limb deformities," "uncontrollable laughter," and "incontinence"—effects that flames should never have.

The latter was created by Tia by incorporating the Book of Transformation. It was originally a ritual with a skill synergy mechanism similar to "Hand of Transformation," but she forcibly changed it into Frankenstein.

A complete Frankenstein's monster.

Then, the system was further optimized to use other materials such as flesh, sacred wood, and star antimony to maintain the efficiency of the Golden Fire.

When Tia showed Lovisa her masterpiece.

Lovisa couldn't understand the structure of this rather simple and basic Golden Fire Ritual at all!

But that was exactly what Tia wanted to achieve.

Otherwise, if she encountered a superhuman like Milke who was proficient in ritual studies, he would copy her with his Sharingan as soon as she finished performing the ritual, and then she would be out of luck.

These two secret manuals have countless uses, but there was simply not enough time, and Tia didn't fully explore them.

After briefly demonstrating her recent experience to Knight Lovisa, Tia promptly stopped.

At that very moment, the conference room door was suddenly pushed open with a bang.

A flustered Annie, clutching her skirt, rushed in, looking neither noble nor ladylike. As soon as she entered, she exclaimed, "Sister Lovisa, I've found someone who can influence nightmares! I need to go help Tia now! Please arrange a ship for me..."

Before she could finish speaking, Anne froze, her hand that had been holding up her skirt suddenly slipped, leaving her flustered and unsure of what to do with it.

Especially when she saw Tia and Knight Lovisa looking at each other with strange expressions, Annie's face flushed red.

How did I suddenly wake up?

They didn't even tell her!

Fortunately, she hadn't sent the letter to her brother yet, otherwise it would have been a real laughing stock.

It was as if a miracle had happened and she had gotten Tia pregnant. She was even thinking about what to name the child, but Tia looked blank and said, "Girls can't get pregnant from each other. I just ate too much these past two days!"

—Oh, she's downstairs. That's alright then.

Lovisa asked疑惑地, "Miss Mercury, you just said..."

"I didn't say anything!"

The young lady of Mercury quickly regained her composure as an eldest noblewoman, though her face was still flushed.

She patted her chest to ease the awkwardness and corrected, "It's great that Tia is awake! Now that she's awake, the Sanctuary Inheritance Ceremony must be complete, right?"

"It is indeed completed."

Lovisa nodded, but she still felt that something was off about the atmosphere.

This straightforward knight didn't quite understand this.

"Phew...that's great. Master Iben's Philosopher's Stone is almost finished too, it's in the final stage, and it should take another four or five days."

Annie coughed lightly again, pursed her lips, and said, "And Tia, could you come out with me for a moment?"

Chapter 393 Straight ball

Second floor of the city hall, the corridor outside the conference room.

Anne pulled Tia's wrist out, and after checking that no one was around, she stood on tiptoe, pinched Tia's shoulders, and sniffed all over her body.

Then she pinched Tia's ears, tugged at her cheeks, and made Tia open her mouth with an "ah." Seeing the black-haired girl tense up, Annie stretched out her index finger and thumb and precisely pinched Tia's chest, snapping it open while listening intently.

Anne studied an interdisciplinary program combining theological and engineering disciplines at Saint Laurent University. She took general education courses at the theological seminary, and although her level of expertise in first aid and medical care was not particularly high, she at least had some basic knowledge.

With the aid of supernatural powers, this ability to hear one's own thoughts can be performed barehanded.

But without any equipment to assist her, Tia felt strangely like an old Chinese medicine doctor taking her pulse...

After a thorough examination, Annie confirmed:

The heartbeat is soft and white, oh no, the arterial valves smell milky, I want to suck on them...

That's not the point. The key thing is that Tia's heartbeat is normal, and her physical body is perfectly fine. In other words, the dangerous nightmare at least didn't affect her physical body.

However, considering that Master Eben also mentioned the historian "Byreges" and that he had also participated, Anne was somewhat uncertain.

Better safe than sorry!

The deep sea is mysterious and unpredictable, and nightmares are unfathomable. That historian of secrets is probably specifically targeting Tia's soul!