novelonline Chapter 3380 Chloe's Laboratory
Chapter 3380 Chloe's Laboratory
Chapter 3380 Chloe's Laboratory
Shade had long thought of a way to accommodate the unicorn. Now that he knew its origins, he would no longer let it live alone in the castle:
"It's not convenient for me to raise unicorns at home. You've seen the elf last time. If Ellie is willing, I will explain the past to it and let the elf help take care of Ellie. The elf is also taking care of a very large population of unicorns in the academy, so Ellie won't be lonely."
But if he wanted to return to the ice castle again, he still needed Ellie to lead the way. So Shad planned to let it heal its wounds on the island for a while, and then find a way to let it go to St. Byrons when it was completely healed, away from the dangers on the island.
"Ellie is just one of the castle's assets. Before the laboratory was abandoned, His Majesty said that those who passed the test could take a treasure away from the laboratory. Since the early Fifth Era until now, there have been many people who have passed the test."
Ice maid Winnie winked at Shade again:
"Of course, I have only opened the test of finding the badge, especially the test of the last badge, to you."
After saying that, she looked down at the place in her body where the badge had been hidden, and Shade felt as if she was hinting at something.
"Well go on, what's left of this castle?"
"Time will corrupt everything, but ice crystals can be nearly eternal. The most valuable things in the castle right now are the books in the study you saw last week. Although this place is used as a laboratory and does not intentionally keep too valuable books, I think some of the knowledge in it is still useful to you."
Xia De put down his teacup:
"Can I check all the books here?"
The maid pointed to herself:
"You chose me last week, and I am the castle itself, so you can read all the books in the library. But I'm sorry, this castle cannot belong to you."
She bowed solemnly to apologize:
"Her Majesty deliberately avoided pointing the ownership of the castle to you, so before she left for the last time, she gave me instructions: if people in the future want to own this place, they must meet certain conditions. If you want to get the castle completely, you also need to meet these conditions. I'm sorry, this is the instruction left by Her Majesty, and I can't disobey it."
Shade nodded to express his understanding:
"What are the conditions Chloe offered?"
“Four conditions: possess the power granted by His Majesty, gain my support, gain Ellie’s support after she is unsealed, and obtain the key to the castle.
You already have the power of His Majesty, and since you have successfully obtained the badge, I naturally support you; Ellie also seems to like you very much, so the first three conditions are fully met. "
"So what does the key mean? Are you asking me to search for some key fragments in the snowy mountains?"
This task was quite familiar, but the maid smiled and shook her head:
"You should have noticed that I didn't open the gate to welcome you during your two visits. It's not because I don't know etiquette, but because I don't have the key to the gate. Your Majesty left the key somewhere in the snowy mountains before he left. It's an absolutely safe place. Just be careful to keep an eye on it in your future adventures."
But even so, the search range is a bit too large:
"Can I give you some hints?"
"I'm sorry, I don't know where the key is either, but Your Majesty won't do meaningless things. Since she hid the key, maybe the hiding place of the key is a clue for you."
The beautiful ice-blue eyes blinked at Xia De again:
"In the Fifth Era, I heard that there was an ancient temple of the God of Destiny on this snowy mountain that no one had ever seen. Perhaps you can use that as your goal in your search."
"Mr. Tamaki's temple?"
According to what Shade had learned about the ancient gods, the temple of the God of Destiny was the rarest among the thirteen ancient gods. Even after searching the history of the entire Sixth Era, there was no news of the temple of the Ancient God of Destiny appearing in this Era. Shade had actually come across a temple of destiny during his "seven-day trip" in the Lost Forest, but it was a pity that it was in the Fifth Era.
The maid nodded affirmatively:
"Since your majesty said so, then the temple must exist on the snowy mountain. Maybe the key is there."
Xia De wrote down this information. Even if he didn't look for the key, he would still look for the temple. Based on past experience, the ancient temple on the snowy mountain might be related to this chosen one's ceremony:
"So can I come here again and again until I find the key? Or can I only come here once I find it?"
“You are always welcome here.”
This time the maid nodded slightly:
"Please allow me to introduce you to the current state of the castle:
All rooms in the castle complex are now in use, but there is not much left in the castle except for the books in the library. The silks in the castle are antiques, except for the ice, but you probably don't want to move them.
There are some alchemical equipment, potion preparation equipment and a small amount of storable raw materials left over from the last century in the basement and the second floor laboratory, but the equipment and materials are not necessarily better than modern ones. If you need them, you can use them here at any time.
The castle has an armory, where His Majesty collected some relics and alchemical weapons before he left. However, all the relics have been taken away by the witches who passed the test. Only a few alchemical weapons remain, but they are not valuable.
There are also some tea and potion materials in the kitchen. If you want to hold a large banquet here, you will need to supplement the ingredients.
The servants' rooms are now all idle. There is only one castle steward left, and that's me. I also serve as the head maid, head cook, gardener, gardener, and key keeper.
The stables, Chocobo greenhouse, and Unicorn den are also idle, but can be heated up and put back into use at any time.
The portal room has been closed, and all portals need to be repositioned before they can be used again. Although you have not yet acquired ownership of this castle, I can allow you to use the room temporarily.
The energy source for the castle and surrounding buildings is the elemental tides and geothermal energy of the Fatumonster Snow Mountain. The energy room has been maintained by me since Your Majesty left, and it is still intact. "
In the castles and towers of high-level witches in the Fifth Era, "portal rooms" are standard, just like the banquet halls in the manors of modern nobles. Shade is interested in everything here, but is more interested in the portal rooms:
"After repositioning and correcting the portal in the portal room, can it lead to any area?"
"The spatial conditions in the Sixth Era are very different from those in the Fifth Era, and the portals have not been maintained for a long time. For the time being, we only recommend that you reposition and correct them to connect the areas on this island."
Shade immediately thought of Sylvia's tower on the mountain. If the two places could be connected, he wouldn't have to bring Ellie with him every time he came here. Of course, this matter still needed to be discussed with Sylvia.
"Then this castle itself should have power, right? The low temperature during the test, and your ability to handle that whispering elemental aura, are things that modern ring sorcerers find difficult to do."
Xia De asked again.
The maid nodded:
"To me, this castle is like my 'mystery lock', except that it is always open and cannot be moved. I am not as powerful as you think, at least not as powerful as the 13th level earth witch who appeared last time. It's just because of my race that I can do things that human witches can't do."
"Do you have levels in ring sorcerer?"
Xia De continued to ask, and the ice maid Winnie nodded slightly:
"I didn't have it originally. I fell into a long sleep during the transition between the Fifth and Sixth Ages, and after waking up, I had the level of a ring sorcerer."
A thin mist of steam appeared behind her, followed by a brass ring - Shade thought it would be ice. The maid who claimed to be "not strong" actually had a twelve-ring level. And her core spirit rune was only a very simple one - Enlightenment - [Ice and Snow].
"Apart from my own strength, I don't know much about the outside world. Please don't ask me about the Fifth Era. The change of eras has caused some of my memories to become missing and blurred. I even noticed that some of my memories seem to be different from the real situation."
Her voice was very gentle:
"Besides, since I have never left this castle, I don't know more about His Majesty. His Majesty said that once something is pointed at you, you will most likely not be able to get it across time."
"So you can't actually leave the castle?"
"No, I can leave here, but I don't have to."
The maid corrected him, and Shade had a preliminary understanding of the general situation here. The empty rooms in the castle were actually useless to him, and Shade couldn't live here. The other facilities were either in disrepair or just an empty shell.
Therefore, the castle's greatest use to Shade is still the study and the portal room that has not yet been opened. He is very curious about what knowledge Chloe will leave behind, but he also wants to know whether it is possible to build a transmission channel connecting the tower on the top of the mountain to the castle at the foot of the mountain.
Of course, Shade did not forget that he came here not just for this castle:
"The devil once occupied a corridor on the fourth floor. Has that area returned to normal now?"
"Yes, I have cleaned it."
"Then do you know why the demon came here? Does it also want to take over this castle?"
The maid gave a negative answer:
"The demon tried to break into the library and the empty storage room several times, but I stopped it every time. It appeared on the island to look for a weapon, but it mistakenly thought that the weapon was here, or the clue to the weapon was here, so it broke into the castle and drove away Ellie, and at the same time woke me up from my sleep."
PS: This chapter's picture is "Ice Maid Winnie"