A Bountiful Harvest!
"A miracle! A miracle!"
"By Meritellie..."
"Did you see that light...?"
A miracle... The cacophony of noise startled Ailin awake.
"Phew~"
He instinctively sat up from the ground, the biting cold sending a shiver down his spine.
A fine, icy mist, like a long dragon of fog, was spewed from Ailin's mouth, covering the marble floor, which still bore traces of the ritual, with a layer of snow-white frost.
"White Frost!"
He stared blankly at the white marks on the ground and murmured to himself.
After a while, the sweltering heat of July dispelled the chill in Ailin's body, allowing his mind to function normally.
"I've passed out," he said, listening to the commotion outside the statue. "But it shouldn't have been long, otherwise, with the golden light that Meritellie gave when she left and her promise to grant Ianna Divine Art, I should be surrounded by people by now."
"This is outrageous!" Ailin said, looking down.
The frost on the ground melted into faint water stains in a short time in the summer environment.
A cutscene can have such a huge impact...
Etc!
What did those seven combined golden treasure chests contain?
What about the remaining two gold and two purple ones?
Ailin quickly opened the Witcher's Handbook.
[WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!]
As soon as the pages of the Witcher's Handbook were opened, three large, blood-red characters came into view.
The bright red, as if freshly spilled blood served as a warning, turning everything before them into an eerie crimson.
The flickering candlelight made the kind face on the statue of Meritellie appear even more sinister.
The system notification contained a long list of warnings, similar to the Conjunction of the Spheres alert when a hunting mission is completed, except that it did not include the subsequent "Conjunction of the Spheres fluctuations detected," and was simply a warning.
Ailin recalled the incessant ringing of System Notification at the end of the cutscene. Looking at the extremely bizarre system notifications in front of him, a terrifying thought suddenly popped into his head.
Could it be... that he really saw White Frost?
In an instant.
The "window" emitting a blinding white light flashed through my mind, and I blinked...
Ailin couldn't help but shiver.
What exactly is White Frost?
Although the cutscenes provided a lot of information, such as "Avallac is speeding through the Spiral with the Wild Hunt to deliver something," "White Frost is indeed chasing the Wild Hunt," and "White Frost seems to have eroded the very bottom of the Spiral,"...
But Ailin's doubts only grew.
"... Icon Chamber..."
"... Meritellie ..."
"...miracle..."
The sound of footsteps grew louder and louder, and more and more people were becoming aware of the miracle of Meritellie's arrival.
However, as the core building of the Temple of Melitele and the place where the high High Priest served the goddess, no one dared to enter the iconostasis without Ianna's permission, especially since a miracle had just occurred there.
"But I should hurry up, there are still many treasure chests I haven't opened..."
Ailin temporarily set aside his doubts about "White Frost" and made a thought.
[Ding! Ion El '@#￥%&'s Chest *18 has been opened]
[Obtained: Conqueror's Armor of the Wild Hunt (Red) *1, Unicorn Horn (Gold) *1, Wild Hunt Standard Fireball (Gold) *1, Parnovius's Scepter *1 (Purple), Sera's Rose Pendant (Purple), Experience Orbs *34]
"The Conqueror's Armor of the Wild Hunt..."
After the system notification appeared, Ailin's gaze immediately fell on the blood-red text that represented transcendent quality.
Although the system notification showed armor, when his mind switched to the inventory, what appeared were scattered gold-quality helmets, breastplates, gauntlets, shoulder pads, greaves, and boots.
Each one has its own unique effect, just like the "Night Color" that Francesca gave him.
However, the Conqueror's Armor of the Wild Hunt is more similar to the two Wild Hunt that Ailin saw a few days ago, with grotesque steel ribs on the chest and sharp red spikes on the shoulders, knees, and elbows, rather than what was seen in the cutscene. The robes, plant decorations, and tassels are more like the exquisite attire of elves.
[Name: Conqueror's Armor of the Wild Hunt]
[Type: Magical Item]
[Function:
1. Helmet - Skull: Disguise your face with a skull illusion, which has a deterrent effect on non-supernatural creatures and a probability of having a deterrent effect on supernatural creatures.
2. Chest Armor - Ghostly: When activated, it turns the user into Ghosting, making them immune to physical attacks.
3. Handguards - Iron Grip: Enhances strength and provides immunity to disarming.
4. Shoulder Pad - Balance: Balances elements and greatly suppresses elemental surges.
5. Greaves - Magic Amplification: Increases spell power and gathers magic energy.
6. Boots - Flat: Immune to the negative effects of most terrains such as swamps, silt, and snowfields.
Set bonus:
1. Spiral: Allows the wearer to walk on the spiral with their physical body.
2. Resurrection: When a fatal attack strikes, the Conqueror's Armor of the Wild Hunt, either actively or passively, to teleport to a predetermined target point via a spiral. Current target point: Tyr Na Lia.
[Note: The powerful elven sages Avallac and Eredin, after enduring the pursuit of the "White Frost" and plundering most of the worlds conquered by Ain El, finally gathered all the materials to create this powerful equipment. For Long-lived race race like Ain El, every member who can fight and is willing to fight for their people is more valuable than gold.]
Each component of the set is highly practical and specific, with a clear focus on conquering all realms.
The illusion concealed the elves' harmless and handsome appearance, enhancing their strength and magic, making every Ain El incredibly powerful beneath their Conquest Armor...
Ailin slowly looked down, cold sweat breaking out on his forehead, especially on the "Immunity Disarmament" section.
Fortunately, when we ambushed those two Wild Hunt, their staffs were loosely stuck in the ground; otherwise, even an ambush would have been extremely dangerous with so many buffs.
It can be said that the "Conqueror's Armor of the Wild Hunt" provides an almost comprehensive upgrade for the wearer.
Even the seemingly useless "Shoulder Pads of Balance," which supposedly "balances the elements and suppresses elemental turmoil," appears extremely terrifying in his eyes, let alone to Aion El.
Because Wild Hunt seems to have found a unique use for this feature in reverse.
By utilizing "balance" to control the elements, one can actively instigate elemental uprisings, just like the Wild Hunt leader Parnovius did.
Fire Element, the element with the most volatile temper, can actually stop acting up whenever it wants.
It should be known that even the most skilled sorcerers in the Northern Continent, once the Fire Element goes berserk and doesn't stop within five seconds, will be engulfed in flames and turned into a screaming torch.
This is what Moyuan Heng Gedimidis said in class.
Therefore, although the enhancement of power and spell strength was vague, Ailin instinctively felt that the amplification must be terrifying.
The six individual effects alone, and the seven gold-quality @#￥%&'s Chest required to acquire this set of equipment, already make it a great deal, not to mention the set bonus.
"Can't a spiral walk on its own? I've learned something new..."
"Voluntary sacrifice... Teleportation to the designated save point..."
"No wonder those wizards in the forest were so interested in the Wild Hunt's corpse; it turns out the Wild Hunt who attacked Ban Ad weren't dead..."
"No... not necessarily... at least Sera's Wild Hunt died at my hands, which means these effects aren't absolute."
"Current record point..."
Ailin's tone suddenly faltered, and he said in surprise:
"...Tir Na Lia!"
Tyr Na Lia is the capital of the otherworldly elf kingdom of Ain El, and the seat of their king Oberon Muhitachi—in other words, the Wild Hunt's stronghold.
He looked at the simple, unadorned language on the panel, lost in thought.
This is a very useful feature, perhaps more useful than all other features of the Conquest Armor combined.
The noise outside the statue grew louder and louder. With a thought, Ailin quickly switched to other gains.
[Name: The Unicorn Horn]
[Type: Potions/Magic Materials/Oddities]
[Function: 1. Detoxification: Unicorn Horn is a panacea for detoxification.]
2. Poison testing: Unicorn Horn can be used to detect toxins.
[Note: Unicorns can travel between different parallel worlds and even time. Perhaps detoxification and poison testing are just the most primitive uses. What do you think?]
Ailin thought so too.
After all, this was the first magical material he had ever seen with quality and an interface, and the quality was even gold. Moreover, the unicorn was the only magical creature that could rival the Wild Hunt.
However, its usage needs to be studied, so we'll leave it aside for now.
[Name: Wild Hunt Standard Fireball]
[Type: Fire Element Veteran Spell]
[Learning Requirements: Fire Affinity 40, Mysticism 70]
[Function: You can use the Fireball spell to summon a fireball with extremely high temperature, explosive power, and extremely fast flight speed, whose power is limited only by the caster's magic power.]
[Note: This is an old-school spell, so ingeniously structured and concise that it would drive Ban Ad and the Aretuza Academy crazy. It represents several top papers from the Brotherhood of Sorcerers and a rising star among warlocks! It's just a pity you're a demon hunter...]
The fireball spell cast by Parnovius of the Wild Hunt was truly impressive.
Several fireballs shattered the sorcerer's magical barrier, killing seven mid-level sorcerers and blasting away five high-level sorcerers, including one with a magical source.
Unfortunately, Ailin is still far from meeting the requirements for learning fire affinity.
[Name: Parnovius's Scepter]
[Type: Magical Item]
[Function: Extremely powerful Fire Element magic.]
[Note: Always remember! Focus is the key to high efficiency!]
This is the staff that comes with the Fireball spell.
Same.
Keep it at the bottom of the box for now.
[Name: Sera's Rose Pendant]
[Type: Magical Item]
[Function: Preserve a rose's dream using masterful alchemy.]
[Note: Well... the purple quality isn't just a perfunctory effort; it just shows that some people are genuinely willing to spend money for enjoyment.]
Ailin was quite curious about the dream about the rose.
Unfortunately, now is clearly not the time to examine it closely.
After reviewing the results of the eighteen Ain El @#￥%&'s Chest, Ailin became increasingly interested in the Immortal's Memory Crystal.
"It's a pity that because of that suspected White Frost, we missed the cutscenes for the remaining two gold and one purple items," Ailin sighed.
To be honest, he didn't regret it too much.
The harvest blessing is time-limited, and he must open the box immediately. He can't do it in batches, so even if he had to do it again, he would make the same choice.
and...
Ailin vaguely felt that it was the last "window" that made him lose consciousness that was the core of the "White Frost" he wanted to know.
Unfortunately, there's still too little information... far too little...
"Ta-da~ Ta-da~"
His ears twitched as he heard the footsteps of a large group of people.
"Ianna, Vesemir ...and the Sorceress ..."
Ailin immediately recognized the newcomer's identity.
[Treasure Chests: 18 Sorcerer's Chest, 5 Spiked Fiend's Chest, 5 Giant Ghoul's Chest, 5 Ghoul's Chest, 5 Rotfiend's Chest]
With thirty-eight treasure chests remaining in his inventory, Ailin quickly prayed, "Praise be to the Mother of All Things..."
Then, gritting my teeth, I opened all the treasure chests.
It's not bad.
Besides the rotten flesh used to feed the Rock Troll, there were 67 Experience Orbs, 11 Lesser Experience Orbs, and two gold orbs and one purple orb. The purple orb was Spiked Fiend Heart Essence Fluid.
The gold quality version has two recipes...
One is "The Hangman's Oil":
[Name: The Hangman's Venom]
[Type: Sword Oil Recipe]
[Refining Requirements: Alchemy LV1]
[Ingredients: Dog Oil *1, flea flakes*4]
[Function: Applied to weapons, it increases damage against humans and Demi-human]
[Note: Witchers are human too...]
The other one is "Honeycomb Bomb":
[Name: Honeycomb Bomb]
[Type: Bomb Recipe]
[Refining Requirements: Alchemy LV2]
[Ingredients: Saltpeter*1, Calcium*2]
[Function: 1. Deals fragmentation damage to enemies within the blast radius and inflicts minor fire damage.]
2. Can destroy Monster's Nest.
[Note: I was lucky!]
The Hangman's Venom is not useful for now, but it should be useful for both Wild Hunt and Warlocks in the future. It's just unknown whether this Sword Oil can weaken magical barriers; otherwise, if it's just a poison, its versatility is relatively low.
The Honeycomb Bomb was indeed a surprise.
Although we don't know how it performs in reality, saltpeter and calcium are both commonly used medicinal materials, and the temple has reserves of them. We can refine a few pills and give them to Arthur and his companions.
The Dwarven Bomb is used by dwarves for mining. It's about half a person's height and weighs twenty or thirty kilograms, which is really too cumbersome.
Aside from Vesemir, few ordinary humans could carry it without affecting their combat capabilities, let alone destroy the Monster's Nest, which would be even more difficult.
At least Honeycomb Bomb are easy to carry.
If one isn't enough, we can just throw away a few more.
"Ta-da~ Ta-da~"
The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and they were no more than ten meters away from the gate of the sanctuary.
Ailin calmly glanced around the icon room and roughly cleaned up the traces left by the ritual on the floor.
The windows of the iconostasis were very high and narrow, not allowing a person to pass through, so he quietly put on "Night Color" to become invisible and silent, and hid behind the icon of the goddess.
He wasn't intentionally trying to hide it.
However, the miracles of the goddess are highly sensitive from any perspective.
Without knowing Ianna's attitude, revealing to outsiders that the miracle is related to him might lead to some unpleasant consequences.
not to mention...
He also planned to secretly join the war without Ianna's knowledge.
At this point, it's better to avoid trouble.
"I hope Vesemir hasn't told anyone else about my visit to the icon chamber..." he thought.
Vesemir's mouth must be very tight...