Chapter 553 Threatening Letter to Gray
"...I initially thought that Miss Freya was studying in the Christian Kingdom."
After a long silence, Sherlock said, "I didn't expect you to cause so much trouble."
Although Freya did not further explain the relationship between the Wine of Immortality and the Tears of Time, everyone obviously understood.
If the immortality of the elves comes from the gift of the Lingbo Tiansi, then the means of prolonging life such as the wine of immortality are essentially to obtain part of the power of the Lingbo Tiansi.
But this life-extending method comes at a price.
The side effect of Xingti's life-extending potion is that it only extends the life of the body but not the soul. Therefore, living too long will cause the body and soul to become disconnected, making it easy for the necromancer to kill them.
The elves' extended lifespan obviously extends their souls as well.
——Its side effect is “amber solidification”.
The elves have a history of thousands of years and a glorious civilization for generations, but the amber has never been completely cured.
The fundamental reason, I'm afraid, is that... Amber is not a disease at all. Like tree-like disease, it is a deformity caused by the influence of the power of the Tao.
Elves are descendants of giant trees, their blood flowing through their veins. Because of this, the purer their bloodline, the easier it is for them to transform into trees; similarly, the more blessings they receive from the Amber God, the easier it is for them to condense into amber.
Therefore, those half-elves born in other places will not turn into trees or condense into amber!
It is because their bloodline is too impure that they cannot turn into trees; and it is also because their lifespan has decreased that they cannot turn into amber!
"Therefore, if I want to cure the amber, I'm afraid I can only dispel or neutralize the gift from the Amber Celestial Master. But that might cause the elves to age rapidly... My research is currently stuck here."
Freya held the bottle of Tears of Time, looking down at it, and spoke softly, "The active ingredient of the wine of immortality is the gift I extracted from the ambered 'elven gem.' Its function is to increase a person's elven bloodline by a small amount—this bloodline won't cause the person to amber, but it does increase their lifespan slightly."
"I've taken it myself and verified its safety. It effectively prolongs my youth... There's nothing I can't drink.
"And the 'Tears of Time'... it's the active ingredients of the Wine of Eternal Life, further purified and condensed, then radically catalyzed, causing its symbolic elements to manifest excessively. It can be used as a material for preservation techniques, greatly enhancing their effectiveness.
"According to my calculations, if taken in small amounts, the Tears of Time can permanently increase the Earth-attributed mana pool for those without elven blood. For half-elves with some elven blood, taking the Tears of Time should purify their bloodline, but it may also be fatal. And for pure-blooded elves, it's a deadly poison. Because I've taken the Wine of Immortality, I haven't taken it again."
"...I have a question, Freya."
Janice raised her hand slightly and asked dryly, "I heard that you alchemists...will encrypt your formulas. So that even if your finished products are analyzed, no one can find the true formula..."
If there were only a dozen or so people, or even thirty or forty people...it might cause unrest, but at least the impact wouldn't be too great.
But if the formula of "Tears of Time" is cracked and reversed...
The entire elf race will suffer a devastating disaster!
"—I know, I can do that, too."
Freya interrupted.
"That means—"
Janice's eyes lit up.
But Freya quickly rejected it: "But I can't possibly encrypt it in a semi-finished product. That would only cause trouble for me, and I wouldn't be able to tell what the active ingredients are."
“…In other words?”
Janice was almost desperate and asked with a hopeful hope.
"I know what you're going to ask."
Freya thought for a moment and replied, "The fourth energy level... might be a little difficult.
"At least the fifth energy level is required to stably work backwards from the finished product and analyze my formula—assuming the person who stole my medicine was able to properly preserve it.
"It must be kept in a brown bottle, out of direct sunlight, and avoid vigorous shaking. The temperature must not exceed 150 degrees Celsius, nor fall below 6 degrees Celsius. It must not be exposed to oxygen and water for long periods of time. At night, it must be covered with a black curtain to avoid being exposed to the light of Venus, otherwise its effects will rapidly decline. I haven't sent it into the dream world, so I'm not sure if its properties will change there, but I suspect they will. Therefore, it cannot be sent through the altar."
"Sounds alright..."
Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Simply avoiding excessive shaking, keeping it dry, and keeping it sealed was difficult enough. Transporting it to Star Antimony for analysis by water was practically impossible. And in the Theocracy, there were no alchemists on Freya's level.
...Unless, it's Professor Moriarty.
Aiwass added in his mind.
He was unsure of Freya's attitude towards her biological father, so he didn't dare to say it directly.
Although Aiwass had never seen that guy since he came to the Theocracy... he always felt that he was like a shadow following him and would appear in any event.
"Wait, Sister Freya, did you just say... a semi-finished product?"
Aiwass suddenly realized something: "So what did you originally plan to do with the Tears of Time?"
"It's not difficult to simply dissolve the gift—just like if a person's liver is sick, you can cut it out and replace it with a new one. But you can't just cut it out without replacing it, because that would be the same as killing someone."
Freya folded her arms and answered simply, "The grace of the Celestial God and the Pillar God can be offset by committing an equal amount of 'sins' on the corresponding path. So, I believe—and I'm just thinking for now—that those active spirits are less likely to amber because they offset some of the grace, and therefore the ambering phenomenon is reversible. If it truly is a disease, then the already ambered areas shouldn't regress."
"But the problem is, once the blessing is completely dissipated, lifespan will also be shortened. I must find a method of prolonging life that will not cause amber to form, as a supplement to the treatment. The Tears of Time are my 'artificial liver'."
Hearing this, Aiwass' heart moved.
——He thought of his “dates”.
It seems to dissolve the amber.
The fruit of sinthorn... could it be that it contains "sin"?
He wanted to bring up this possibility with Freya, but he didn't have the fruits on hand. He decided to wait until the next time his eyes grew fruits and bring them to Freya.
"Why don't you destroy them first?"
Janice looked at the bottle of Tears of Time with some trepidation. "I'm a little nervous looking at it... What if the remaining ones are stolen? Compared to the progress of the Amber Syndrome, I think preventing it from spreading further is more important... After all, you remember the formula, right? Maybe they didn't store it properly and destroyed it, and then come back looking for it?"
Knowing that Freya was synthesizing this deadly substance for which there was no antidote, it was impossible for Janice to just stand by and watch.
And Freya herself couldn't hear anything while she was working, so it was really easy for her to be stolen.
The other party only took one third last time, but maybe they will take it all next time?
"……well."
Freya sighed: "It took me three months to extract this..."
She felt a little distressed, but she also knew that Janice was right.
She could only casually place it on the heating container next to her, and watched with a painful look on her face as it quickly became turbid - she looked like she was about to cry.
The originally stagnant oil-like liquid gradually became clear and transparent when heated.
"What I'm most worried about now is whether the person who stole this bottle of medicine will harm Gray..."
Janice frowned. "There are only two weeks left... March 3rd is the day of the Pope's election. If those crazy people with controlled fire cause Grey to freeze into amber, then we'll be in big trouble... Do you have any concrete evidence to report Cardinal Loki to His Holiness the Pope?"
"...The bad news is, there really isn't anything like that. Because it really isn't necessarily him—there are too many clues related to him, and this could be misleading."
Aiwass replied, “The worse news is that the other party does have malicious intentions towards Her Highness the Saint.
"Because Gloria is a friend of Her Highness the Saint, and so is Bishop Mercedes—one of them killed the other, and the body was placed in my closet. If it weren't for an unexpected situation that day, the body would have been discovered by Her Highness the Saint herself."
At the time, Aiwass only thought that this might be intended to stimulate Gray's spirit and intensify her amber.
But now, after investigating the information about "Tears of Time", a poison that is 100% lethal to elves, especially those that have begun to condense into amber, the meaning of this matter has become completely different.
This is a "threatening letter".
The meaning is also very simple.
——You are next.
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