Miss Witch's Forbidden Book Secret

Merlin chuckled wryly as he leaned back on the bed, his chest wrapped in bandages, and said, "To be honest, I really do feel much better now. Your Highness, where did you get the Twin Serpent Eyes?"

"The Ansu people," said Katrin.

"Ansu people?"

Merlin was taken aback and didn't know what to say for a moment.

His curse was brought by the Ansu people, but now it has been alleviated because of them. Fate is so unpredictable and treacherous.

"It's actually Anzu people. I thought it was that cultist Lundl who made some gains. But I didn't expect it to be Anzu people—when did the Mercury family become so generous?"

"To be precise, it wasn't Miss Mercury who delivered the medicine to you; Miss Anne is currently in Westerburg. The one who brought the medicine was Saint Tia Sulph of Ansu. As for where she obtained the Twin Serpent Eyes... perhaps it was an investment from the Mercury family. The Mercury Marquises throughout history have always had a keen eye for investment."

Katrin also had to admit the Murcorley family's investment methods.

She added, "Moreover, thanks to this reinforcement from Ansu, the problems on the Great Icefield have been alleviated considerably. Kira!"

Katrin beckoned Kira, who was outside the door, to come in.

Kira, draped in a red cloak, bowed her head and handed Merlin a document.

Merlin picked up the document and flipped through a few pages, then was immediately taken aback.

Seeing Merlin's reaction, Katrin smiled and said, "That's right, High Councilor. One-third of the high-sequence spirits on the Great Ice Plains have been directly eliminated by our distinguished guest, and they are the worst third! The remaining third are being hunted by Alexander and the Inquisition, while the last third has completely disappeared. Now, Nighthold will soon be able to establish effective management on the Great Ice Plains."

"The Ansu people probably won't be too happy. But who cares about them? The only thing we need to care about is this newly promoted Saint with considerable strength."

Katrin pointed to the name "Tia Sulph, Daughter of the Tower" on the first line of the report.

Merlin pondered, "Does she have conditions?"

"Yes, quite a few. Sulph wants the secret manual."

"original?"

“How could that be, Uncle Merlin? She wants a translation, even if it’s just one copy.”

Merlin looked up at Katrin and shook his head, saying, "This is a matter for your Pinnock family. I will not interfere."

Katrin's eyes crinkled into a smile, finally revealing a sincere one. "Thank you for your understanding."

"But Catherine, what secret manual do you want to give her?"

"Merchants in the Far East always say that if someone sends you a peach, you should give them a plum of equal weight in return. The Mercury family has finished investing, and now it's the turn of my Solomon royal family to invest. Besides, she has beautiful hair, and those purebloods might even like her. Moreover, once the North expands into the Great Ice Plains, we'll need to have a serious talk with Ansu."

"You want to..."

"Give her everything."

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Before leaving, Bernice explained the situation to Tia with a mix of regret and helplessness.

The situation on the Great Icefield has escalated, and the Empire is quite cunning about it. The most direct tactic is to rely on Nighthold to rebuild control over the Great Icefield—or at least its control and administration of the tundra.

However, this created numerous conflicts between the Empire and the nations of Iris and Ansu. Both Iris and Ansu relied on the mineral resources of the Great Icefield.

Especially for Ansu, the Dragon Blood Mine is the lifeblood of the Ansu army, and it is impossible for them to hand it over to the Empire.

Tia guessed that Albert would have to rally a group of human rights organizations and support barbarian separatism, and also launch the Royal Navy to "defend the barbarian sea frontiers" so that the clans of the Great Icefield could have a high degree of autonomy and sovereignty.

With Anzu acting as an offshore balancing force, it's impossible for the Empire to take over the Great Icefield, or at least the border region between the Icefield and Tundra with Dragonblood mines.

The Seven Seas will certainly have to jump around in this storm – if the mineral resources of the Great Icefield become insecure, then the mineral-rich Seven Seas will become high-quality mineral-producing countries, which can fill the loopholes in the transit trade of the Tianfang Canal waterway.

Then you have to treat Vera like a precious treasure.

After all, without Vera, everything is gone.

However, this is a matter for the cabinet, the royal family, and parliament.

As a specialist in the Anti-Corruption Bureau, Tia has always maintained the fine tradition of political neutrality and has no intention of getting involved.

Her thoughts were still on the Great Icefield—Aviana and the Prophet had not yet been found.

If nothing unexpected happens, they have probably all gone to the frigid zone. And since there are no obvious deep-sea turbulences or spiritual fluctuations yet, it means that the projection ritual has not yet begun.

Arctic regions...

Tia returned from her wilderness adventure and first met up with Vera at the guild hall in Eternal Night Keep.

Upon arriving at the clubhouse, Vera saw Tia and immediately grabbed her wrist, whispering in her ear, "Come to the bedroom with me first! Something important has happened!"

Tia asked suspiciously, "If you're sick, go get treatment."

"I'm not sick!"

"What is it that we have to go to the bedroom to talk about...?"

"Oh dear! It's very private, only the two of us can do it. It wouldn't be good if other people saw us!"

Tia: "???"

Upon entering the bedroom, Vera pressed Tia down to sit on the edge of the bed, then stood on tiptoe to open the wardrobe.

Tia found it outrageous: "Vera, is your universe that big?"

"Huh? What are you thinking? I'm talking about this, this! The secret manual!"

Vera paused as she opened the wardrobe, then pulled out a briefcase and opened it in front of Tia. Inside were stacks of manuscripts that smelled of sacred wood oils.

Tia glanced at it and was also surprised, "A secret manual?"

Vera was also happy, and although it wasn't for her, she still showed it off:

"That's right, the secret manual! Princess Catherine sent it over, not long before you arrived. What secret deal did you make with that princess? How come you're like a siren seducing a sailor, bewitching him the moment you open your mouth!?"

“Vera, I’m not a siren. If I truly possessed such seductive power, you would have been bedridden the moment I entered the room, instead of just charging you a gold pound.”

The nun replied unhappily, "That's not necessarily true. I'm in great physical condition."

Tia retorted with a sarcastic comment, then saw the stacks of manuscript papers and quickly began to flip through them. After two minutes of going through all the papers, she realized something was wrong.

This is indeed a secret manual.

But there was more than one.

Instead, there are six complete secret texts:

The Golden Book of Oak in the Earth;

The King's Book of Victory and Book of Glory;

The Book of Blood and the Book of Chaos, both unsheathed blades;

And, the Book of the End, which is about alchemy.

Chapter 528 Preparing to Elevate the Sanctuary

It is indeed a secret text, especially the last one, which is undoubtedly the final book.

Tia is an alchemist. She doesn't need to carefully distinguish the authenticity of alchemical texts; she only needs to glance at them to know whether they are fabricated by laymen.

In the Ten Books of Alchemy, the Book of the City of Gold, the Book of Creation, and the Book of the Hearthfire correspond to the three wonders: "Alchemy," "Homunculus," and "Philosopher's Stone," respectively.

The Book of White Roses, the Book of Red Roses, and the Book of Balance correspond to the three elements of "soul," "body," and "spirit of balance," respectively.

The Book of Transformation, the Book of Sublimation, and the Book of the Black Sea correspond to three types of knowledge: "material substitution," "material sublimation," and "material properties," respectively.

The other nine books in the Book of the End are fundamentally different. They focus on the most basic knowledge and content, which is not something alchemists pay much attention to: the "four elements" of earth, water, fire, and wind, and how the four elements constitute the world.

The related rituals involve things like "creating an alternate dimension", "compressing the world", "half-plane travel", "reality collapse", and "space warp".

These practices are now largely replaced by rituals from other sources. Tia has limited interest in them, but with the Book of the End, the entire system of alchemy is complete: four elements, three fundamental elements, two basic substances, two directions of alchemy, and three great wonders.

This is the complete puzzle of alchemy.

If she can perfect the "Transformation Ritual" now, modify the ritual model of the Transformation Ritual, change the part of the law spell to entering the upside-down temple and then embedding the ritual, then diving into the deep sea and filling the temple with the seven secret books, she can quickly raise the temple to the shallow water area.

This allows the creation of "transformation rituals" that can be used by sequence nine people and even ordinary people.

By spreading this transformation ritual, the Temple will use it as an anchor point in reality and will not sink. The only concern is that it might rise to the surface, or even rise to the material world.

This requires Tia to manually operate the ritual, periodically shutting it down and forcibly lowering it using the sanctuary projection. Once this happens, over time, those who use the ritual will pray to her, offer spiritual support, and strengthen her and the sanctuary's power.

Ultimately, her knowledge and extraordinary powers may transcend the scope of Sequence Two.

It becomes the living sequence one.

However, Tia didn't have too many ideas about how high she could reach. Life is unpredictable, so she shouldn't have too high expectations for the future.

Her main purpose in elevating the temple was:

He stirred up the deep-sea currents, rescued his sister Avina, completely shattered the prophet's delusions, and then made Donya Bahram jump out to fight her personally, ending their feud.

Tia put the basic secret manual back into her suitcase, took a deep breath, her chest rising and falling slightly to calm herself down, and then looked at Vera with fiery eyes.

Vera felt a chill run down her spine from being stared at and asked uneasily, "What's wrong? Why are you so excited?"

"Vera, I absolutely love you!"

"Etc., etc!"

Before Vera could react, the girl leaned in and pounced on her, kissing her deeply for several seconds, making Vera blush and pant, and even eating a few strands of Tia's hair.

Finally released, Vera said irritably, "What kind of blasphemy is this? This is Eternal Night Fortress, not Westerburg Fortress, and certainly not Silver Fortress!"

"I'm so excited—I originally wanted the Golden Book. But I never expected that Catherine would send me six secret books, and the Book of the End is among them!"

"Then go kiss Katrin, why are you kissing me...?"

"Because I like you, but I don't like Katrin."

"Tsk..."

To be honest, it works really well for hitting straight shots.

Vera clutched the priest's robe and coat, looking somewhat bewildered.

Tia stopped teasing the little nun and said seriously, "I need to focus all my attention on the conversion ceremony and the elevation of the temple for the next period of time. Vera, you have to do me a favor."

Vera asked, puzzled, "What do you mean?"

"Later, please tell Grand Mage Merlin that as long as my Sanctuary is upgraded, the prophets will panic and we will join forces to deal with Dongya."

Tia wasn't very confident that she could take on the Palace of Wisdom alone.

Vera asked blankly, "I'll go in a bit. But why 'in a bit'? What are we doing now?"

"eat."

Tia rubbed her fingers, her right index and middle fingers pinching her left middle finger, her nails flashing with a cold light, and she scratched her fingertip, drawing out bright red blood that smelled sweet and was shimmering.

This was to leave a portion of the holy light within Vera's body.

Of course, there are other ways to leave behind holy light, but they take too long, so it's better to drink it directly.

Vera swallowed hard, gently pressed her tongue against Tia's finger, first sticking out the tip of her tongue to lick it a few times, then swallowing it with a "pop," her tongue wrapping around the finger as she swallowed the liquid, before spitting it out with the glistening saliva.

"That's it?"

“That’s fine. We’ll connect directly to the Moon Gazing Tower—it’s still 20,000 meters high, so it can project onto your side. Then you can use the tower to exercise your authority.”

After leaving the holy light within Vera's body.

With the bedroom door tightly shut, Tia awaited the Empire's cooperation while she devoted herself entirely to perfecting the conversion ceremony.

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At this very moment, in the dangerous restricted zone of the extreme cold at the heart of the Great Icefield, a silvery-white chain descended from an altitude of ten thousand meters, breaking through the barrier between the material world and the deep sea, and plunging thousands of meters into the ocean.

Dozens of chains crisscrossed, forming a closed space that was ten kilometers long, wide, and high.

Within this spatial lock, the dragon flapped its wings and struggled desperately, but before it could take flight, a gray-black beam of death light suddenly pierced through its scales and spiritual body from tens of kilometers away.

Silver Dragon roared in pain, and the multi-headed giant serpent Palam and the ancient eye demon Undying Lord attacked from outside the spatial lock.

Param angrily tore at the spatial lock, producing a clanging sound like metal striking stone.

The Eye Demon rolled its body—a giant eyeball—staring in a distant direction, its pupil reflecting a kaleidoscope of colors.

And in the direction the Eye Demon was staring at.