Miss Witch's Forbidden Book Secret

But soon, a barrage of phone calls interrupted his thoughts completely.

Omar handed the microphone to the operator, and several operators nearby, along with communications sorcerers, immediately recorded the communication and wrote it down in notebooks for Omar to review.

As he watched, the young apprentice under Rexar opened his mouth, but remained silent.

At 15:34, the third node of the Cross Zone was devastated. The attacker was Furnessa Bonaparte.

At 15:37, the fourth node of the Cross Zone was attacked and the ritual was destroyed. The attacker was Fernina Bonaparte.

At 15:37, the Observatory No. 1 node suffered devastating damage...

At 15:37, the second node in the Castle District encountered...

At 15:43, at the fifth node of the observatory...

One page after another.

The spatial lock nodes and the ritual nodes for the incarnation of the main path in the entire Fogmoon City are independent of each other, but there are still twenty-four nodes.

In just one hour, at least eight nodes were attacked, and five nodes were completely destroyed, resulting in a significant decrease in the stability of the space lock.

Without exception, the main culprits were all Funina Bonaparte.

The snowflakes flew past his eyes like snowflakes, and Omar couldn't help but take a deep breath, only to find that he couldn't breathe.

The communications mage beside him, looking extremely anxious, whispered, "Your Excellency, although the damage caused is immense, the Bloodthorns show no signs of abating. However, if the City Hall uses this opportunity to spread propaganda, it's very likely that the chaotic situation can be stabilized."

"Moreover, judging from the current situation, Bonaparte is probably... probably not human."

This is not an exaggeration.

Omar also realized that the Great Guardian was most likely an immortal spirit, or a hive of dolls with a hive mentality, or simply a self-governing golem, or a shared account.

He hesitated for a moment, then said, “Give supreme control of the spatial lock to the prophet Guzar and the Palace of Wisdom behind him. Let the Celestials help us maintain the spatial lock. All the spare manpower should go and preside over the incarnation of the Lord, preparing for the descent of the Bloodthorn.”

"I'll go find Lord Sazddewey immediately and request permission to use the Philosopher's Stone to lower the water level. We need to officially begin the ceremony before General Nora arrives!"

Omar's voice hadn't even faded yet.

—Boom!

A flash of lightning streaked across the window, and the rain intensified, drowning out his voice.

At this moment.

It's raining.

Dark clouds gathered on the horizon, and a chilling wind raged through the mountains, pushing the billowing sails as the ship sailed south.

In an instant, a bolt of lightning exploded in the sky and fell into Nora's eyes.

Nora Selassie was standing in the cabin, looking out the porthole, when she saw:

The first raindrop landed on the heavy glass porthole, leaving a long trail as the mountains outside transformed into fertile fields. Then came the second, the third...

Countless raindrops wove a dense net, hurled from the swirling, low-hanging clouds in the sky, threatening to envelop the entire Misty Moon City.

The adjutant beside him reminded him, "General, Fogmoon City is just ahead."

Nora asked, "How much further?"

"We are now 100 kilometers away from Fogmoon City. The 24 infantry regiments of the Fifth and Sixth Legions are ready and resupplyed."

Upon discovering that Nopheus had escaped, Nara immediately abandoned their original plan and instead headed east to borrow a route from the dwarves of the mountain tribes, before entering the territory of Irisland from the three counties of Winter in the northeast.

This turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

The three counties of Frostwinter were originally the home of the border legion, as well as the hometown of Nara and her grandfather, Marquis Selassie. Moreover, the newly appointed local governor and the Silver Mist ruler, Lost, had quite a dispute. When they saw that Nara only brought 30,000 men and two legions, without any reinforcements from the Empire, they completely misjudged Nara's purpose. Instead of stopping her, they let her pass.

Nora gazed at a fertile plain in the distance, but the view outside the window was blurred by the raging wind and rain, and she could see nothing clearly.

She took a deep breath and gave the order: "Advance, target: Mistmoon City!"

Chapter 411 The Philosopher's Stone and Avina's Secrets

"Things are really getting restless in Mistmoon City... The target of the Hand of Transformation is probably Bloodthorn, Knight Lovisa."

Inside the carriage, Tia and Lovisa sat facing each other. She turned her head to look out the window and nodded.

"We've arrived."

Ibn Musa’s workshop.

Lovisa immediately got out of the car and accompanied Tia to the workshop to visit Ibn.

Because Hogil, the vice-commander of Saint Engard and a Sequence 3 Knight, had arrived at Golden Moon Bay and taken over the work at the Knights' headquarters, Lovisa, having nothing better to do, simply became Tia's full-time bodyguard.

With Grand Knight Lord Lovisa by his side to protect him.

There is also the Supreme Antimony Refinement, a product of decades of hard work by Santese, which serves as the raw material for Philosopher's Stone.

And the Philosopher Stone, a masterpiece crafted by the great artisan Ibn Musa and the Book of Fire, was completed to perfection.

In addition, the Moon Tower, the Upside-Down Temple, and the Laurel Grove, three sacred sites, protect Tia in the deep sea.

Throughout history, there has probably never been a promotion sequence with such a luxurious configuration.

Putting aside other things.

Tia wouldn't even have used up all the Philosopher's Stones before advancing to Sequence Four...

The Proto-Antimony given by Jeremiah was quite large, weighing nearly two kilograms. If it were used to equip the Philosopher's Stone, then—

Inside Ibn's workshop, on the alchemy table.

The irregular red crystals lay inside the gradually cooling oval brass device, looking from a distance like a cluster of red crystal coral.

As soon as Tia and Lovisa arrived at the workshop, they saw the ultraviolet light above Ibn Musa's head.

Tia recognized these devices; the oval-shaped objects were scientifically called "philosopher eggs," imitating the sacred number 0, signifying the creator's authority to "nurture the world."

Iben turned the copper knob at the bottom of the Philosopher's Egg, and the brass shell of the Philosopher's Egg melted away, leaving only a glass inner core, revealing the red Philosopher's Stone.

Then, a solution was injected into the glass inner tube to dissolve the Philosopher's Stone, followed by the injection of ultrapure water to dilute it to a concentration acceptable to humans, and finally it was sealed in a crystal glass syringe.

The final result was 333ml of injection solution.

If it's merely used to immerse and corrupt the soul with extraordinary elements, then 250ml is sufficient. Tia has other uses for the remaining 83ml.

Ibn Musa, who was preparing the injection solution, hunched over and groaned, "You've finally come."

Tia instantly felt the atmosphere in the workshop change and become grim.

—This is an illusion.

Ibn Musa adjusted his glasses and said curiously, “Sit down. I was wondering why you were several tens of minutes late. The Philosopher’s Stone you requested is almost finished. I’ll inject it into a syringe for you in a moment, and the knight next to you can do the injection.”

“Lovisa Barr, right? Your St. Enggard should have taught this.”

Knight Lovisa quickly replied, "Yes, Master! Although I'm a bit rusty, I have learned how to administer injections and IV drips."

"You can't be rusty; it's best to practice first."

Ibn chuckled a few times and used a long, thin syringe to draw out the bright red injection fluid.

When Tia saw that the old man Ibn had prepared a whole row of eleven syringes for her, she felt a little pain in her buttocks and immediately said, "Vera is a nun from the church, she should have learned this."

Lovisa gave it her full approval.

She could do it, but if something went wrong, it would be disastrous! She would be heartbroken to waste even a little bit of this precious Philosopher's Stone injection, let alone something that wasn't even hers!

Even if we don't mind the waste, her skills aren't great; 250ml of injection fluid means she needs to inject eight or nine vials.

If her hand trembled and she missed the spot, wouldn't she have left a bunch of needle marks on Miss Sulf's buttocks?!

It's better to leave the acupuncture to professional nuns.

Seeing this, Ibn Musa chuckled and added, "Afterwards, prepare a calming ritual, lie down and get the injection. After the injection, your soul will naturally sink into the deep sea to absorb the spiritual essence of the Philosopher's Stone and replenish your extraordinary elements."

"The entire treatment lasts for two days, and an injection is given every six hours."

Tia nodded to indicate that she understood completely.

Handing a row of syringes to Tia, Ibn Musa sat down on the sofa, leaning on his cane, finally relaxing. "Now that things have come to this, my work is done. You're going to fight to the death in Mistmoon City. I'm not an Iris Flower person, and I'm not close to those students of Ulrich. To be honest, these things have nothing to do with me."

“But Anne is a very promising craftswoman, and you, Tia, I know you.”

Tia found this statement strange.

It's been so many days, you must know me by now! A Sequence Four craftsman isn't some senile old man from the wealthy area of ​​Great Harbor!

Before Tia could even ask a question, Iben gasped for breath, his voice barely audible: "I know your sister, Avina Sulph."

"Avina?"

“That’s right. Your sister, Avina, I last saw her about a year and a half ago. Two years ago, the Wisdom Palace specifically sought her out to design a part of the node ritual of the Destiny Star Chart. But the design fee that Dongya Bahram—that is, the Faceless One and the Great Prophet—sent to Ansu was skimmed off layer by layer. The little left, about four or five thousand gold pounds, was robbed by the pirates of the Hand of Transformation in the southern waters of the Theocracy.”

Ibn Musa slowly unfolds the past that Tia does not know.

"It was because of this incident that she had already planned to go to Tianfang to collect the debt. But as far as I know, she did not succeed."

Tia raised an eyebrow and said, "She's dead again?"

Ibn choked.

This is definitely their biological child.

He said, "It's not that bad. Avina went to collect her debts, but ended up throwing the dozen or so prophets who had withheld her design fees into the sea, which angered the Wisdom Palace. The Wisdom Palace chased her to the eastern mountains."

That makes sense.

Anna is a witch from the eastern mountains. She was already poor, and then Aviana stole the potatoes she had hidden away for the winter.

Ibn concluded, "And coincidentally, on the snow-capped mountains of the eastern region, there was a node on the Star Chart of Destiny. Relying on her understanding of the Star Chart, she directly destroyed it and used its rituals to project herself into the deep sea. Her physical body underwent a special ceremony to become a spirit. At that time, she was already a Sequence Four prophet. After reaching Sequence Four, her soul was no different from her spirit body, so she evaded the pursuit of the Wisdom Palace in the deep sea."

"As for what happened after that, I left Tianfang and don't know anything about it. But Dongya is very interested in her, so the danger may very well extend to you, little Sulph."

"Alright, that's enough. You can all go back now, I should get some rest too."

really......

Tia thought of the first nightmare that the "secret historian" Barragas had designed for her.

At the time, she thought her sister and the prophets were in cahoots to repair the star map of destiny—turns out they were being chased there...

In any case, Avina is indeed connected to the prophets.

I wonder if that prophet Guzar is still in Mistmoon City.

Tia stopped her wandering thoughts, placed a strip of Philosopher's Stone injections in the safe, and looked up at Lovisa, saying:

"Sir Lovisa, take me back to the Knights' headquarters and prepare a quiet room, then summon Vera. I can prepare for my promotion."

Chapter 412 Injection

After leaving the workshop, Tia took Lovisa's carriage to the Knights' headquarters.

Injecting the Philosopher's Stone doesn't require an intensive care unit; a regular bedroom with two or three purification rituals is sufficient. Therefore, Tia completed the entire process in the bedroom assigned to her by the Knights.

Tia originally wanted to go straight through the formalities, but Lovisa stopped her and dragged her to the cafeteria for a meal.

Whether it's injecting the philosopher's stone or performing other rituals, you have to eat a full meal first; you absolutely cannot go hungry.

A weak physical body can, in turn, affect the soul.

After being dragged to the cafeteria by Lovisa, and since she was already there, Tia simply invited Vera to join her for a meal.

She had originally wanted to invite Anne along, but unfortunately Anne was at Golden Moon Bay harbor, on a ship with Evelyn to pick up the alchemical potion sent by Earl Perricone, and wasn't in the city center.

Vera was quite happy, it was time for dinner.

Eating should be a joyful experience.

While there was still time, Tia immediately said to Lovisa, "I need two days to inject the Philosopher's Stone. During these two days, could you please contact Marn for me?"

"The spatial lock on the Mistmoon City has been greatly damaged. As soon as I complete my advancement, I will immediately hold a banquet to gather people from the Alchemy Society and all walks of life to go to Mistmoon City."

Lovisa said seriously, "I understand, Your Excellency! Commander Hogel has already instructed me to leave these matters to me."

Tia nodded and said, "Please. I've already prepared the invitations, and Brigitte Montlima has also arrived at Golden Moon Bay. We can invite her as well."

"If nothing unexpected happens, once we start our real operation, the rebels in Mistmoon City will soon find out. Speed ​​is of the essence, so let's not delay."

"Yes, Your Excellency!"