Chapter 188 Holiday

Genting Library.

The difference between day and night is not clear here, and the gray fog covers the entire cloud top.

The disguised scene had faded away at some point, leaving only white bones scattered all over the ground and dried brown-red bloodstains decorating the neatly arranged scrolls in the bookcases.

The dark cross hangs upside down, and the bone-colored tombstone stands silently.

Under the cross, inside the bone tablet, a man and a tall machine sat facing each other peacefully.

Carton held the black chess piece and placed the last chess piece in his hand that would decide the victory in a very orderly manner.

“Check.”

The chess pieces that were suitable for humans to play with were too small for a "robot" like Cotton. He looked a bit funny and awkward holding the black flag, and his posture was not as elegant and beautiful as that of Principal Braceside opposite him.

However, the principal's elegant posture was ruined the next second, and he picked up the white king chess piece on the chessboard while cursing.

"I don't want to play anymore! With your computing power, how is this different from cheating?!"

Carton had long been accustomed to the principal's tricks and was able to clean up the chess pieces on the board without any problems.

After rearranging the black and white chess pieces on the chessboard, Carton carefully put the entire chessboard into his metal abdomen for next use.

"The Elf Forest caught fire a few days ago." The principal said dimly.

The mechanical fingers that closed the metal abdomen of Cotton paused, and he turned his head with a creaking sound and looked at him, his big lightbulb eyes flickering as if he was a little stunned.

He repeated, "On fire? Elven forest??"

What a niche combination of words! He actually didn’t understand it.

The principal was amused. He patted his big lightbulb eyes and said, "Yes, you heard it right. It was the Elf Forest where the elves live. It caught fire a few days ago and almost burned the entire forest."

"But aren't the trees in the Elven Forest protected from the flames by the Mother Tree?"

"So this fire came out of strange circumstances." The principal slowly moved down his chair and turned to face the huge black inverted cross.

"Katon, don't you feel that the seal of Cloudtop Realm is loosening faster and faster..."

"Could this be related to the fire in the Elf Forest?" asked Carton.

"It's hard to say, who knows... In fact, we know nothing about the fire right now." The principal added, "But we will know when Lu Yi and the others come back."

"Yesterday, I received their letter. Lu Yi has successfully obtained the things we left under the elf tree from the elves. It is expected to arrive in Bryside tomorrow."

…

Perhaps the blessing of the elves took effect, Lu Yi and Saman's return journey was extremely smooth, and they even arrived in Braceside one day earlier than originally planned.

During this period, the courses of various colleges have almost ended, and most of Bryside's students are carrying out field practical course tasks. The campus is far less lively than before.

But despite this, people continued to greet the two along the way.

By the time the two of them reached Building Zero, Lu Yi's face had already frozen with smile.

Saman resisted the urge to pinch Lu Yi's cheek and said seriously, "Lu Yi, let me tell you, being an approachable chairman is far less enjoyable than being a cold and ruthless chairman!

"At least there will be fewer people greeting you on the street. I think it's not worth wasting your precious time on things like this."

At least when he goes out normally, not so many people come up to him and say hello, Saman thought, could this be the fan club effect that the deputy headmaster had told him about before?

Lu Yi immediately followed suit and said, "Okay, senior, I will pay attention to this aspect in the future."

Saman looked at his serious answer but felt his hands itching even more.

Saman coughed twice and urged, "Let's go quickly. You can have a holiday after completing the task..."

Zero floor lobby.

Carton was a little surprised when he saw the two of them. "The principal told me that you would arrive at school tomorrow, but I didn't expect you to arrive today."

"The journey back was very smooth, and we arrived ahead of schedule." Lu Yi replied.

"It's good as long as it goes well, it's good as long as it goes well..."

Professor Cotton still had that cold mechanical voice, but Lu Yi could hear a little relief and happiness in this seemingly flat mechanical voice.

Lu Yi thought, I don’t know if it’s because he has been with 857 for a long time, or if his perception ability has improved.

But anyway, it's good news.

"Have you got the quest item? I need to check if it is the item mentioned in the quest."

"I got it." Lu Yi immediately took out the wooden box given by the elves from the space.

"You haven't opened this small bottle before, right?" Carton asked nervously.

"No, you told us when we accepted the mission. After getting it from the elves, I stored it in the space ring you gave me and never took it out." Lu Yi replied.

Saman nodded, "I can testify that I have not used this space ring during this journey."

Professor Carton breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good. I believe you."

The wooden box was tightly closed. Professor Cotton stretched out his mechanical arm as if facing a great enemy and opened the box extremely carefully.

The exquisite dark green bottle lay quietly on the cushion in the wooden box. Carton held his breath and picked up the bottle.

Carton uncorked the bottle extremely quickly, and then closed the bottle at a speed that was too fast for the naked eye to follow.

The whole process took less than a second, and the two people in front of him couldn't see anything clearly.

[“…Was that divine blood just now? I seemed to sense a vaguely familiar feeling.”] Lu Yi asked uncertainly.

If he had not swallowed the same divine blood of Ares many times before, Lu Yi would not have been able to detect the clues in an instant.

857 confirmed his guess, [Yes, Lu Yi, the system has determined that this is the energy of the divine blood! ]

After confirming that this was divine blood, Lu Yi began to hesitate.

[“God’s blood…857, whose god’s blood do you think this is?”]

He didn't expect 857 to give a specific answer, but after a pause, 857 said with certainty: [This is not the blood of a certain god.]

[This is the blood of many gods mixed together, at least more than ten gods! ]

Lu Yi took a breath, [“Could this thing be a product of Ragnarok?”]

The blood of more than a dozen gods, it is even a question whether there are still more than a dozen gods alive now!

[I guess so.]

[“How could the human race possess such a heaven-defying thing…”]

【A hen.】

Suddenly, there was something wrong with the way Lu Yi looked at Carton.

Professor Carton felt a chill on the back of his neck because of his gaze. He paused for a moment and asked, "Lu Yi, do you have anything else to say?"

"Oh, there is indeed something else." Lu Yi blinked, "Professor Carton, can we get an S grade for this final practical task?"

"Of course, if you can also provide information about the fire in the Elf Forest, the rating of this practical mission will be directly upgraded to S+!"

Lu Yi's eyes suddenly lit up.

He repeated to Professor Carton what he had said to Saman.

Carton held the magic stone used for recording and listened carefully to Lu Yi's narration, occasionally asking one or two questions to determine more details.

By the time the two of them finished recording their conversation, two hours had passed.

Carton looked at the orange-red sunset outside the window, and finally put away the sixth magic stone with reluctance.

"It's getting late. You should go back first. If you have any more questions later, I will send someone to contact you."

"Okay, goodbye, Professor Carton."

"Goodbye, Professor Carton."

…

After leaving the Zero Building, the two walked side by side on the road.

"When are you planning to leave school?" asked Samantha.

Lu Yi thought for a while and replied, "It should be two or three weeks. The practical tasks of other students in the first year will be completed in these weeks, and the student union will have to record the follow-up information."

Saman raised his eyebrows and asked, "But what does this have to do with you?"

Lu Yi was stunned for a moment, "I need my autograph..."

Saman shook his head in a mature manner and gave a knowing smile.

"Oh, you don't understand. The signature of the chief archiver at the end of the semester is not urgently needed right now, and it won't affect anything if you wait until next semester to sign it.

"Or rather, this is what most prefects usually do."

Saman said slowly: "Little brother, you are too kind to your subordinates.

"If you can't lead a team, you have to work hard until you die. Otherwise, what are so many deputy heads and secretaries for? They are just there to do the work!"

Lu Yi nodded thoughtfully, as if something in his mind suddenly clicked into place at this moment.

I would rather die than let my friend die.

He's going to start enjoying his holidays!

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