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Chapter 343 - 141: Return to the Main Plane

Chapter 343: Chapter 141: Return to the Main Plane

Marquina sat expressionless in the chair in the side hall, watching Aske come over to hand in his task, and the Enchanting Demon, who had been shaken till dizzy and dazed atop the array on the wooden board.

"Miss Marquina, I’ve rescued the person for you," Aske said, pinching the Enchanting Demon’s chin on the ground and flipping her eyelid up. "See, she’s still alive and kicking."

Marquina: ..........

"Why not enjoy it while it’s fresh?" she muttered under her breath.

"What?" Aske indicated he hadn’t heard.

"Nothing." Marquina waved her hand dismissively, with a tone of ennui, "I’ve prepared the recipe. Take it."

She pulled out a scroll from her bosom (do not ask which part of her bosom), and handed it lightly to Aske. The latter took it and spread it out to see, indeed, it was the familiar bilingual text, Chinese writing with English annotations:

-Main Ingredient-

Worm of Valar Eagle (Dead) 1 (Worm_of_Valar_Eagle(Dead))

-Subsidiary-

Shell of Illusion 1 (Shell_of_Illusion)

Tears of Horror 10 drops (Tears_of_Scared)

High-Purity Fine Powder Sodium Chloride Crystals 3g (Powder_of_Salt)

-Processing-

Pour the Tears of Horror into the crevice of the Shell of Illusion, and once the shell opens up, quickly put in the high-purity fine powder sodium chloride crystals (to be produced through the crystallization method). After the shell exudes enough liquid, add in the dead Worm of Valar Eagle and consume after it dissolves in the liquid.

It is worth mentioning that in this world where Extraordinary Power exists, an interesting setting is that once a material is the scientific name of some Spiritual Material, and the reader realizes it is a Spiritual Material,

no matter what language it is written in, in the eyes of the readers who are intended to see it, it will display in the language most familiar to them.

For example, for the same term, Thira sees it in Sirius language, while Eleanor sees it in Frankified Latin.

As for Aske, like other players in the previous game, he sees it in both Chinese and English.

Perhaps this is because our country starts widespread English education from elementary school...

In any case, this worldview is very enigmatic, a paradise for those who like to dig into lore, a nightmare for those who insist on plausibility. However, there is one advantage to this setting; you cannot make up a fake term. At most, you can only use the wrong Spiritual Material to falsify the recipe.

Seeing the familiar bilingual text on this recipe, Aske roughly felt it should be authentic, and would know for sure after having Mia use her Same Order Intuition to appraise it once he got back.

Carefully tucking the recipe away, Aske stared at the scratches on Marquina’s face and curiously asked:

"Miss Marquina, your face..."

"It was the cat," replied Marquina deadpanned.

"Oh, your cat must be quite mischievous," Aske said earnestly. Reading his mind, Marquina realized he had no hint of sarcasm, which made her even more disheartened.

After Aske left, Marquina went deeper into the palace to report the incident to the Enchanting Demon Queen.

"So, he didn’t notice your presence at all?" the Queen asked.

"Yes, judging from the Mind Reading results, it seems so," Marquina answered, "This means that what Camellia said about him having a moral scrupulousness should be true as well."

"Hmm." The Queen’s lips curled slightly as she laughed, "The Camellia that fears the opposite sex has met this morally scrupulous Aske. The two of them are indeed a match made in heaven. Since he wants that item, then let’s give it to Camellia, let him take extra care of her."

"Of course, of course," Marquina thought to herself.

Her sister, who had a fear of men, could certainly only be with him, and since he was a gentleman who wouldn’t even eat the meat delivered to his mouth, he was perfectly suited for her sister to use all the Enchanting Demon’s tactics to wear him down, turning even an iron rod into dry tinder.

If she were with any other person of the opposite sex, given their special circumstances, they would probably even have difficulty having children. In that case, aren’t they a match made in heaven?

A few more days passed, and when Marquina saw Aske off, her look had completely changed to one of seeing her brother-in-law.

"After you’ve infiltrated Emperor Otto’s side, light this candle," she said, handing over a strangely shaped candle after the trio had passed through the teleportation gate and returned to the Main Plane. "As long as the candle is lit, I will sense it from here, opening a passageway between the two planes so I can come out and meet with you."

"Okay," Aske took the candle and carefully put it away.

"Additionally, take this, Your Highness," Marquina said as she took out another item, her face showing a hint of pain for parting with it, but she handed it to Medea.

"What is this? Extraordinary Traits?" Medea asked, somewhat puzzled.

Mia, who had only glanced at it, immediately changed her expression—her Spiritual Intuition told her that it was the main material for Shadow III!

Medea noticed Mia’s change in mind, read her thoughts, and naturally understood the situation. Smiling, she thanked Marquina and bade her farewell. After sending her back through the teleportation gate, Medea turned around casually and said in a playful tone,

"What should we do with this thing then? Not knowing the Sequence, should we just crush it?"

"Wait!" Mia quickly rushed over, "I’ll buy it from you."

"2000 pounds, or 4000 silver marks," Medea demanded exorbitantly.

"Ugh!" Mia immediately spit out. God, 2000 pounds, that price is outrageous! Even selling little Mia wouldn’t cover it!

So she turned to Aske pleadingly for help, launching her young girl’s tearful talent!

Aske was also very troubled. After all, it was Medea’s property, and of course, he couldn’t use his Squad Leader status to forcibly allocate it.

In fact, even when Thira wanted to learn Extraordinary Swordsmanship from Peggy, Aske could only help mediate with Peggy, and if Peggy really didn’t want to, he would of course not force her.

After all, demanding team members to give up their profits without compensation is the bane that led to the dissolution of countless teams.

"Medea," Aske pondered for a moment, understanding that the Enchanting Demon Queen wanted him to owe Medea a favor, so he could only negotiate with her, "Besides money, there must be other ways to make an exchange, right?"

I get what you’re implying. Could you do me a favor?

Medea thought that was fine, and so, with a slight smile, she responded:

"Hehe, seeing as we’re all team members, Mia, if you do whatever I say for the entire day tomorrow, I’ll give it to you. How about it?"

"Deal!" Mia immediately agreed as she heard the simple request, enthusiastically committing without fully realizing the Squad Leader’s efforts involved.

Thus, everyone continued their journey to Mingxing City—of course, as usual, those who wanted to travel went to the Main Plane, and those who didn’t stayed on Fire Island, planting flowers, reading books, and leading an easy-going life.

Aske took out the newly-acquired Shadow III recipe and had Mia identify it with her Spiritual Intuition. It was indeed genuine.

After getting the main material from Medea, as long as they gathered the corresponding auxiliary materials, they’d be able to prepare the Shadow III Magic Potion.

Phantom shells were a relatively common type of Spiritual Material. In the Holy Solomon Empire, many decadent nobles used them to make Hallucinogenic Medicine, so it was usually possible to buy them from a high-end apothecary.

The other auxiliary material, "Tears of Horror," was more particular.

Horror is an intangible Spiritual Body that becomes a phantom when a spirit is terrified and frightened before death. Such creatures have strong resistance to Mind Power and are first-rate at escaping; what’s more troublesome is that they are extremely rare.

But of course, this would not be a problem for him.