Flickering starlight
The Lantern Knight manages the entire Pharmacy Group's inventory. I can do more quests with him and get some Lantern Knight Troll Regeneration Gland and Fire Salamander Embers along the way. As for the Bone Eerie Bone Powder the Bone Monster and the Human-Armor Beast Scales that are out of stock in the Academy's Storehouse, I can take advantage of the opportunity to help Gregory reverse-engineer the Inscription and improve the Three-Layer Bomb, and then get some from this young master of the Munitions Family through cooperation.
In addition, with the Plague Water testing formula reward that Frey is about to submit for approval, she Knight Token's tokens. By combining these sources of income, the materials needed to refine the Dragon Blood Potion can be fully resolved.
Lu Yuan had already calculated the score clearly in his mind, and readily nodded in agreement.
As he chatted idly with Oden in his mind about their next plans, he reached out his left hand to gather up the used Heating Cauldron, mortar and pestle, and various glasswares on the table, carrying them to the sink to rinse them clean with water.
After washing, he picked up a rag and carefully wiped away the dark red medicine stains and mineral powder residue on the work surface and utensils. He put each utensil back on the shelf as it was, making sure that there was no trace of the special smell of alchemy left in the room, so that Gregory would not find out that he had secretly made something in the Potion Room when he returned.
As Lu Yuan placed the last vessel back in its place in the warm and quiet Potion Room, far from the Knight Academy, in the depths of the Northern Territory, a fierce blizzard raged day and night among the continuous snow-capped Snow Mountain.
More than two days had passed since the Blue Knight and Brunkel awoke from the Land of the Dead Silence cave.
Two days ago, the head nun guarding the Stone Platform saw the two people's breathing fluctuate violently. In order to wake the two unconscious people, she had no choice but to crush the only Pure White Feather she had ever kept on her journey. The feather had a pale golden glow on its edge and could connect with the gaze of Angel.
Although the Golden Eyes that appeared in that instant soothed the physical wounds and mental exhaustion of everyone, the massive golden light that pierced through the entire blizzard and froze the snow dozens of meters outside the cave also completely exposed their hiding place.
The rebel army of the Northern Territory Tribal Alliance, which had been searching around the Snow Mountain, along with a large number of Heretic pursuers from the Withered Glory Society had rushed to the scene, swarmed in the direction from which the golden light soared into the sky, trapping the Snow Mountain in layers upon layers.
Since the day the Blue Knight awoke on the Stone Platform and opened his eyes for a brief moment, he has remained in a deep coma for the past few days, with his eyes closed, his breath weak, and completely unconscious.
Fortunately, the nuns accompanying him carried a large amount of Holy Water and Sanity-Stabilizing Potion. During the two days of their escape, the nuns had to pry open the Blue Knight's mouth and pour the potions into his mouth every few hours. Only with the continuous flow of Holy Water and the potion's power could they barely stop the Blue Knight's condition from deteriorating.
But now, the nuns had completely exhausted their Holy Water and potions, leaving them in dire straits. Even the golden light of Blessing that the nuns had been Hymn and hanging up could only last a few breaths before dissipating, unable to stop the surging Contamination within the Blue Knight's body.
The Heretic aura and Contamination of the Pathway within the Blue Knight's body became increasingly severe. Beneath his pale, cold skin, a strange, decaying aura seeped outwards, and he was on the verge of completely crossing that boundary and becoming a mindless, out-of-control monster.
Worse still, the Contamination aura emanating from the Blue Knight' bodies was as dazzling as a torch in the dark night for the heretics of the same clan, the Heretic Withered Glory Society, amidst the vast white snowstorm. No matter which remote ridge they fled to, the Heretic pursuers behind them could follow the scent and relentlessly pursue them.
If it weren't for the persistent, lingering voice in Brunkel's mind repeatedly echoing the words, "Send the Blue Knight back to the Knight Academy as soon as possible, regardless of whether she has been Contamination or not, "Brunkel, with her ruthless nature—who could even behead her own Contamination father without hesitation—would have executed the Blue Knight on the spot the moment the nun shook her head two days ago.
But as Brunkel watched the increasingly dangerous Blue Knight, she knew perfectly well that, given their current desperate state, they could only hold out for another day at most.
If, within the next day, she is still unable to lead her people away from the pursuit of these Heretic and tribal alliance rebels, causing the Blue Knight to suffer from a prolonged lack of treatment and become completely twisted.
Even if no one knew who had etched those words into his mind, Brunkel would not hesitate to draw his sword and execute the Blue Knight on the spot. He would never tolerate a Fourth Order knight turning into a Heretic monster under his very nose.
In the past two days, Brunkel did not sit idly by in the original cave. As soon as footsteps were heard outside the cave, she decisively carried the unconscious Blue Knight on her back and led the nun, who had completely lost her trump card, to fight her way out of the original cave.
After breaking out of that cave, they have been wandering and moving around in this treacherous and complex Snow Mountain. Under the cover of the swirling snow and the winding ice cliffs and caves, they have been constantly fighting a Heretic war against the heretics who came to surround them. By fighting and retreating in a tug-of-war, they have managed to hold out for more than two days and have survived until now.
After more than two days of non-stop breaking through, relocating, and fighting, even Fourth Order Brunkel was starting to feel the strain. Her heavy clothes were stained dark red with frozen scabs, and she was covered in wounds of varying depths. Both her mental and physical strength had been completely exhausted to the point of exhaustion.
In a newly discovered, narrow cave, Brunkel and the nun were huddled against the cold rock wall, panting heavily. But before they could catch their breath, the howling wind and snow outside the cave were accompanied by the sound of heavy, rapid footsteps once again.
Led by Fourth Order Heretic, dozens of Heretic had completely surrounded the cave, following the aura emanating from the Blue Knight, and forced Brunkel and the others inside into a hopeless situation.
Hearing the approaching crunch of snow outside the cave, Brunkel slowly propped up his battered body. His fingers, white with cold, gripped the broad, flat, blunt Execution Longsword at his waist. His eyes were cold as he stared at the snow-filled cave entrance, ready to rush out of the cave and fight to the death.
Just as Brunkel was about to draw his sword and rush out of the cave, the sky outside the cave, which was still bright daylight, suddenly began to twinkle with countless stars without warning.
The stars seemed to have fallen directly from the highest heavens into the Real World, their breathtaking brilliance cascading down from the grey sky.