Chapter 306 Teacher, You Don’t Want to… (3k, please read)
At night, in the simple and secluded courtyard, Atalanta sat on a rattan chair and enjoyed her meal comfortably.
Although the food was a little cold, she still enjoyed it very much.
Leaning against the grape trellis, Lorne tasted the newly brewed wine and looked with interest at Atalanta's cat ears, which seemed to be shaking with satisfaction.
I have to say, raising a cat is a very pleasant thing.
Especially when the cat can become a cat girl, this sense of satisfaction will be multiplied.
After Atalanta had eaten her fill, Lorne took the initiative to step forward and handed her a glass of iced wine.
The female hunter drank it in one gulp, and after the food went into her stomach, she spoke in a deep voice.
"According to what you said, I have inquired about it. There are only a dozen or so God-Blood heroes who have successfully reached the Arcadia Royal City, and most of them have been attacked by monsters."
Basic?
Could it be that the monsters that escaped from the Arcadia Mountains and attacked them wasn't a coincidence?
When Luo En heard this adjective, he frowned slightly and murmured.
"It seems that the water in Arcadia is very deep..."
"How about I help you with divination?"
Seeing that her senior brother's face looked a little solemn, Medea volunteered.
Divination?
That's right, Hecate is the goddess of roads and has the power to guide people.
Since I have no idea for now, I might as well give it a try.
After a brief thought, Loen nodded in agreement.
Then, Medina deftly opened the magic circle diagram, revealing a round oak board.
This thing is composed of twelve grids, with Greek numbers engraved below each one, and simple drawings of animals or gods and monsters such as cows, sheep, crabs, centaurs, etc. above the corresponding ones.
In addition, three gems are inlaid on the edge of each grid, from the 1st to the 12th, they are garnet, amethyst, blue crystal, diamond, emerald, moonstone, ruby, peridot, sapphire, opal, topaz, and turquoise.
Loen touched it with his hand, and the feeling of bumps and depressions on his fingertips made him look down carefully. He vaguely discovered the symbols of major celestial bodies such as the sun, moon, Venus, and other stars on it.
And in the central groove, there is a crystal ball the size of an adult's fist placed inside.
This seems to be the prototype of the Greek astrolabe, and the composition of the celestial pattern and the twelve zodiac signs already has a basic outline.
The eighty-eight constellations are not entirely made up of dead heroes and vague legends, but have basically existed since the creation of the world. It was only later that the constellations were linked to different people or things through storytelling for ease of memory.
It is for this reason that the eighty-eight sets of holy garments corresponding to the constellations existed before those heroes.
Just when Loen was distracted, Medea stood up and stealthily pulled away one of his hair.
"borrow!"
Medea placed a strand of Lorne's hair into the crystal cup that she had prepared in advance. Then, she took out several bottles and jars from the magic array one by one and poured the colorful solutions in them into the crystal cup.
After various strange powders were sprinkled in one after another, the solution reacted violently, producing continuous light pollution of blue, red and purple, and the strand of hair that had been drained of its divine power was also shaking, gradually mixing with the solution to form a freshly-made witchcraft potion.
"The [spirit] in each person is different, and what is taken from the inquirer can guide the astrolabe, move it to the correct position, and convey more accurate information."
While explaining patiently, Medea poured the purple-black solution in the crystal cup into the groove of the star disk. Stars were lit up one by one, and divine patterns floated and flickered.
"Right now, close your eyes, empty your mind, and ask the goddess of the road who is guiding you the questions in your heart."
Seeing that the star map had been fully activated by Loen's unique spirituality, Medea grabbed Loen's arm with both hands and solemnly pulled him towards the crystal ball.
With an attitude of giving it a try, Loen did as he was told, emptying his mind and meditating while asking the question in a deep voice.
"Tell me, what is the source of this [beast disaster]?"
After the crystal ball absorbed the divination potion on the star disk, it began to hum and vibrate, and black, green, cyan, and other lights flashed inside it, like a brilliant starry sky.
At least three colors of divinity?
Could it be that there are three gods involved in the beast disaster, or even more?
Buzz...
Just as Loen was thinking, the ether vibrations in the air became stronger and stronger. Under the rhythm of the divinity, the ether magic spread out ripples in circles, and the crystal ball in the center gradually broke away from the groove and jumped up and down uncontrollably.
Medea, who had never seen such a situation before, looked at the crystal ball in front of her that began to emit brilliant light, and couldn't help swallowing.
It doesn’t feel good.
Snap!
The next moment, a crisp shattering sound was heard, and spider-web-like cracks instantly spread from the inside out to the entire crystal ball.
Without saying a word, Loen quickly pulled Medea behind him and kicked the crystal ball into the pond in front of him. He then drew hundreds of Hermetic lines at lightning speed, sealing the pond tightly.
boom!
The surging divine power formed a terrifying ether tide. The purple-black undercurrent compressed to the extreme carried crystal fragments and shot in all directions. In the end, the terrifying power was completely dissipated by layers of defensive spells.
After the aftermath, Medea looked at the crystal ball fragments scattered all over the floor, feeling like crying but unable to shed tears.
"My crystal ball..."
Although she was a princess of the Kingdom of Colchis by blood, she had been on the island of Aeolus since she was a child and lived a hard life with her aunt Circe, with one meal a day going hungry.
In addition, Circe's restless nature usually caused a series of troubles, requiring large sums of money for compensation, or she consumed a lot of precious materials to do useless experiments, wasting resources.
Because the great witch had encountered a major misfortune and was penniless, she had almost no money left except for a few magic props, so it was always her niece Medea who was responsible for cleaning up the mess.
This caused her and her aunt Circe to become increasingly poor, and they were barely able to make ends meet recently.
Therefore, Medea, who could no longer bear it, followed Atalanta to Arcadia to participate in the fight against the beast disaster.
On the one hand, this was to rid the people of harm; on the other hand, she planned to take the opportunity to earn some extra money to supplement the family income.
As a result, Arcadia had not yet seen her prize money, and the only magic item she had left was also scrapped.
Seeing his junior sister's tearful look, Loen felt bad and immediately opened the magic circle diagram and handed over the two things.
"When you became my disciple before, I didn't give you any gift. I'll make it up to you this time."
Then, he introduced the names and functions of the two items to his little junior sister one by one.
The first one is [The Talisman that can destroy all things].
This purple cursed sword with a lightning-shaped blade was captured by him from the goddess of conspiracy, Melinoe. It was one of the three divine weapons of Hecate, the goddess of the underworld. It was specialized in removing curses and breaking boundaries. It could also improve the efficiency of magic release, making it very suitable for spellcasters like Medea.
The second one is [Pi Tong Zhi Fang].
This was the prize that Loen got from the [Dice Game]. The Dragon Tooth Soldiers summoned with them are quite strong and durable, and are first-class combat servants for magicians.
Now, Loen himself can no longer use this thing. In the last battle, Medea exposed her weakness of lacking experience in fighting enemies and needing a quiet environment to cast spells. Therefore, giving it to her to use can also maximize the value of this thing.
Looking at the two things in her hands, Medea felt happy.
Especially the cursed sword named [Talisman of Destruction of All Laws], she couldn't let it go.
After the excitement, Medea was a little bit unbelieving: "Are these really for me?"
Luo En nodded and said in a deep voice: "That's right, take it."
"Thank you, Brother!"
Medea was ecstatic after getting the exact answer. In excitement, she hugged Loen's neck and kissed her senior brother on the forehead.
Compared to the aunt who always bullies her, this senior brother who takes good care of her is the real relative!
After being suddenly attacked, Loen came to his senses, touched the water marks on his forehead, and felt a little amused.
Atalanta, standing aside, looked at Medea, who ran back happily with the gifts in her arms, with a mocking look in her eyes.
"Teacher, I can't just ignore this kind of thing. You don't want to hear it from Ms. Thetis..."
"Stop, what gift do you want? Just tell me and I'll give it to you!"
Loen quickly waved his hands in surrender and made an expression as if he was willing to make sacrifices for peace.
"Gift, you've already given me one, this is enough."
Atalanta raised the Sky Bow in her hand and spoke with a chuckle.
"So, I want to use this opportunity to ask a question."
"What?"
"Who are my parents?"
Atalanta restrained her smile and looked at her teacher seriously, with a strong desire in her emerald eyes.
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Meanwhile, in the Arcadia Palace.
King Arcadia, who was lying on the bed, coughed violently as if he was going to cough out his lungs. Beads of sweat the size of beans oozed out of his forehead, and the veins under his skin throbbed like earthworms. The bones of his fingers, which were tightly clutching the sheets, turned white, and his nails unknowingly pierced the skin on his palms, and pieces of bright red blood seeped into the sheets.
It seemed that he was enduring great pain.
“Medicine…medicine…give me medicine!”
Accompanied by suppressed growls, the maid outside the door walked into the bedroom with hurried footsteps and carefully presented a dark red pill.
Upon seeing this, King Arcadia snatched the pill like a mad dog pouncing on its prey, swallowed it whole, and then tilted his head back to swallow it.
After a moment, King Arcadia heaved a sigh of relief and lay back on the bed. His originally pale face had a rosy red color.
But even so, the feeling of powerlessness of walking on the brink of life and death, and the gradually worsening symptoms, still made him feel scared.
"Bang!"
King Arcadia slammed his fist on the bed, his face grim.
Why? Why can gods live forever, but he has to suffer pain and injuries?
It's not fair! It's not fair!
"Go, invite the [Headmaster] here..."
King Arcadia waved his hand and pondered, his eyes flickering faintly, as if he had made up his mind.
The trembling maid beside the bed felt as if she had been pardoned, and hurriedly left the depressing and gloomy hall with the tray in her arms.
(End of this chapter)
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