Chapter 79-79- Purple Commander

It was a late autumn morning. The gentle sunlight shone on the earth, drawing a golden line at the junction of the snow-capped mountains and the blue sky.

In the guest room of the air-raid shelter, Yvette put down the quill pen in her hand and looked at the manuscript of the "Fire Magic Codex" spread out on the table in front of her, which was filled with cursive characters. A faint smile appeared on her beautiful face.

Although it was a new attempt and took a lot of effort, the "Fire Magic Codex" was finally completed. Each of the spells in it was a small-scale spell of about 200 to 500 runes. For a natural mage, it was at the limit of the spell size that could be mastered with the brain.

She also reserved a considerable number of interfaces so that these spells could automatically connect together when used simultaneously with other spells in the magic book, producing a powerful chemical reaction.

However, in terms of learning difficulty, this "Fire Magic Codex" is also hellish.

After all, on the Glowing Continent, mages only used a dozen or so runes, which could be memorized quickly and put into practice. However, the spells in the "Fire Magic Codex" were each the length of a short essay. How difficult would it be to master them?

Especially for novices who don’t understand runes, they have to ask someone who knows runes to help translate them into spells, and the number of words they have to memorize has to increase by dozens or hundreds. Every time they use it, they have to chant on the spot for a while. The picture is simply too beautiful.

Walking out of the air-raid shelter, on the opposite hillside, Yvette saw Dugrabi curled up in the "cave" he had dug himself, sleeping soundly with a haystack as his pillow. There was also an exquisite fireplace next to him with firewood burning in it.

After waking it up, Yvette suspended the Pyromancy Codex in front of it, gave it a brief introduction, and then said, "I will keep this manuscript for myself. I suggest you copy it down first. That way, in case of an emergency, such as an aurora appearing, you will be able to take the codex with you and leave in time."

"Uh...copy?" Dougrabi looked at his paws. "Teacher, are you serious?"

"Then you should memorize all the spells in the magic book as soon as possible, or be able to resist going back when the aurora appears in the future." Yvette said lightly.

She naturally did this on purpose, because otherwise, Dougrabi would lack the motivation to work hard. Although he would learn, his efficiency would definitely not be high.

We still have to force it.

After the teacher left, Dougrabi, looking at the precious manuscript before him, fell into deep thought. He didn't know when the aurora would appear, and he couldn't copy it. His only thought seemed to be to work hard and memorize everything as quickly as possible, just in case.

But at this moment, it saw Bingyu happily passing by the cave entrance, holding a small package in his hand, and it seemed that he had picked up some good things from some ruins outside.

It immediately called out, "Blue Hair! Blue Hair, did you hear me? Come here quickly!"

"How rude! Didn't I tell you my name is Bingyu, Mr. Dugrabi?" Bingyu looked at it unhappily, but still walked over.

"Okay, okay, it's Bingyu, so be it. Do me a favor and copy down the contents of this notebook." Although he was asking for help, Dugrabi was very rude to people other than his teacher, especially to alchemical creatures.

Bingyu said in surprise: "Huh? Why?"

"Why so many questions? Just do what you're told to do."

"I—no!" Bingyu turned her head away proudly, humming, "You told me to do it and I'll do it. Aren't you looking down on me too much? I'm not Little Jasmine!"

Dugrabi looked at it ferociously. How dare a mere alchemical creation refuse the request of the noble dragon clan?

It's just that Jasmine's hands lack five human-like fingers, making it difficult for her to hold a pen. Otherwise, she wouldn't bother asking this stinky woman who shot her in the butt eight years ago and hasn't apologized to her to this day for help.

"Ah..." Bingyu was frightened by Dugrabi's eyes. She quickly hugged her chest, took two steps back and said, "Don't do anything rash, or I'll call Miss Kindhearted to come and deal with you!"

Tsk, she's still a stinky woman who likes to tell tales...

Dougrabi was disdainful in his heart, but he had to admit that he was indeed a little afraid of this. After a moment of silence, he suddenly changed his tone and said slyly, "This is a rare treasure left by the previous civilization! I asked you to copy it for your own good. If you don't write it down, what if this precious manuscript is damaged?"

"What? Left behind by a previous civilization?" Bingyu immediately perked up, picking up the manuscript and carefully examining it. But soon, a strange expression appeared on her face again. "But why does this handwriting look so fresh? Is this really from a previous civilization? Wasn't it from last week? And what's written here? I can't understand it."

"What do you know? This is the effect of top-notch magic."

"Is there such magic?"

"Of course there is. If you don't want it, I will take it away and won't let you study it in the future." Dugrabi said insidiously.

"Hey, don't, don't be like that, Mr. Dugrabi..." Adhering to the innocence and love for human civilization inherited from the mechanical race, Bingyu immediately gave in. "Copy it for me, and I'll give it back to you after I'm done!"

"Make two copies."

"ah?"

"The second one is the reward you have to pay." Dugrabi said leisurely.

"Okay." Bingyu said this, feeling as if she had been cheated, but she didn't know where the problem was. She couldn't help but puff up her face and feel a little unhappy.

…

The completion of the "Fire Magic Codex" gave Yvette a brief sense of satisfaction. She decided to take a break for a while and start developing the next secret book, the "Wind Magic Codex" based on the wind element - of course, it was also written in the language of Radiance.

And just as she had stopped her efforts and began to rest and digest the various experiences she had gained from the "Fire Magic Codex"...

In the city of Kux, Spider Woman is about to reach a small peak in her life.

After joining the King of Tianhai and serving him for so long, by consuming the flesh and blood nutrients that were rewarded like a fixed salary every month, she finally accumulated enough "evolution factors" needed for promotion and decided to apply to the commander for the use of the mother nest.

The Kux's Hive is a sixth-stage aberration, known as the "Pale Hive." Compared to other Hives, its unique ability allows its "Heirs" to receive special enhancements, allowing them to leapfrog two stages, but never surpass the fifth-stage "Lord."

That's right, "Heirs of God" is what the highly intelligent aberrations call their own kind. But one unique thing is that, in their eyes, aberrations below the third stage are not considered Heirs of God, but simply aberrations or tools. Only those who have reached the third stage, the "elite", are considered Heirs of God.

Of course, during the years of harassment, Spider-Woman has revealed all this information to Yvette.

Arriving at the center of Kux, Spider Woman looked at the huge cave on the ground that looked like a white intestine leading to the ground and fell in.

After falling to the bottom, she saw the nest master here, who was also her direct superior "Lloyd", and was respectfully called "Purple Commander".

The name Lloyd was given to himself by Purple Commander, who had seen it in a fragment of a past memory and used it simply for convenience. But generally, he could only be addressed as "Purple Commander" or "Mr. Purple." Only the King of the Sky Sea, one of the Four Great Ocean Monarchs and the ruler of the Abyssal Flow North Sea, could address him directly as Lloyd.

It looks like a strange creature covered with purple chitin. Its shell has obvious crab characteristics and many spikes, but its facial features are very similar to those of humans. There are wriggling white squid tentacles hanging down from its chin, like an old man's long beard.

Seeing Spider-Woman coming, Purple Commander sat behind a table and said expressionlessly, "Abella, what's the matter?"

"Lord Zi, I would like to apply for promotion." The spider girl said respectfully while half-kneeling.

Abella was the pseudo-human name she gave herself, and her honorific was "Spider Witch." However, since her true rank was only a fourth-tier leader, she had never heard of the honorific Spider Witch—only elites were below her, and most elites couldn't speak human language.

If this promotion is completed, the other two guards, Mountain Whale and Fish Man, will have to address her as "Lady Spider Demon" when they see her in the future.

"There will be a vacant spot in the mother nest soon. Since you have almost completed enough merits, just get ready." Commander Zi said lightly.

"That's great, thank you Lord Zi!" Spider Woman said excitedly.

"During this period, have you been attacked by that mysterious foreign lord again?" Commander Zi asked again.

"Yes, she still comes." After saying that, Spider Woman added, "But I am now stronger than her. After the promotion is completed, I will hunt her down personally and quell the hidden danger. Please rest assured, sir."

In fact, for her, the change in combat power from a fourth-stage leader to a fifth-stage lord would not be that big. After all, she had been strengthened by the Pale Mother Nest before and possessed the strength of the fifth stage. The promotion would only give her a slight enhancement.

But she was still very confident, because she had become more and more courageous in the previous battles and was able to suppress the silver-haired girl. Now she had become a real lord, so wasn't it a sure win?

If she could successfully eat the silver-haired girl, she would receive a huge amount of evolutionary factors that fell from the sky. She might be able to use this to start her journey to the sixth stage!

"That's fine." Commander Zi nodded slightly and didn't take the matter to heart. After all, the mysterious lord had been hanging around nearby for many years. He couldn't even break through Abella, one of the three hive guards. Why should he pay attention to him?

I just don't know which side that lord belongs to. If she really has no affiliation, it is not impossible for Abella to spare her life, and then control her with the mother nest and turn her into another helper under her command.

(End of this chapter)