Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 451 Moru

Sherlock did not dare to answer Isabel's words.

He looked at his nose with his eyes, his nose at his mouth, and his mouth at his heart. He pretended that he didn't hear anything and focused on the document Aiwas handed him.

After confirming that Aiwass and Isabel did not intend to continue talking about this topic, little Sherlock suddenly spoke, attracting Aiwass' attention and changing the dangerous topic: "According to this document, Freya The young lady is studying in the Fifth Circle. And what a coincidence is that Mr. Yunus is also in the Fifth Circle."

The Eternal Theocracy is divided into twenty-two rings from the bottom to the top.

Generally speaking, the closer you get to the top, the greater the proportion of immortal species, the smaller the number, the cleaner the environment, and the slower the pace of life.

Below the tenth ring are basically a mixture of various races, while the first ring is the liveliest and most prosperous place - all kinds of goods from all over the world, various advanced magic technology products, and various entertainment venues are all built here.

In a sense, this place can even be called the center of the world.

"The Eternal Theocracy has almost no factories within its territory, and because of this, it has basically no industrial population. The very few industrial facilities are all built below the fifth ring, and dangerous research is basically placed in the second to fifth rings. .

"The fifth circle belongs to the fields of medicine, chemistry, biology and paleontology. It is very reasonable for Miss Freya to study abroad in the fifth circle."

Sherlock flipped through the documents and said casually: "I'm not sure if you know... the 'Moru' in Miss Freya's name was given to herself by her. This is a special kind that has been lost for hundreds of years. The mysterious herb was rediscovered by Miss Freya.

"The roots of its herb are black, and the color of the flowers is like milk. If you eat it directly, you can effectively resist the charm, curse and deformation from the path of love in a short period of time, and as long as you have any 'still life' If any living creature comes into direct contact with this herb, it will quickly wither and decay within an hour.

“Therefore it cannot be stored and transported conveniently, and only phantoms, lifeless undead or steel machinery can access it.

"——It is the core material of the 'panacea'."

Sherlock said softly: "That's the herb that was once destroyed by Echidna."

In fact, Freya's achievement of "recreating the lost panacea formula from the Round Table era" at such a young age is directly related to her finally discovering the lost "Murusha".

The "panacea" has long been just a legend in Avalon.

It is the ultimate magic potion that can cure any disease and reach the ultimate level of "medicine". It can even extend the lifespan of a "mortal" and delay inevitable death.

Aiwass read this part of occult knowledge from the school library...

That was a story that happened in the time when giants still ruled this island.

The last giant king once snatched the magic potion formula from a witch named "Echidna"... and Echidna stole this formula from the apostle of the Lord of Scales and Feathers.

The witch is the phantom of the path of love. In essence, she is a special kind of fairy.

It's just that unlike fairies who are born naturally from water, wind, and trees, witches are phantoms promoted from extraordinary "witches" - they are blessed by the power of the beast master, and have beautiful and twisted bodies. At the same time, he also gained the ability to breed new monsters.

"I've heard of her," Aiwass nodded. "The witch was once a lizard man—she was a follower of the Beast Lord. After being promoted to a witch, she had fair skin, beauty, and eternal youth. The upper body, and a huge and ferocious monster-like snake tail.

"She usually lives underground. She is gentle and kind like a girl during the day, and violent and ugly like a crazy woman after nightfall. She eats the flesh of various intelligent creatures, and also eats human flesh - she eats the flesh of men and drinks the blood of women. . Because of this, she also had contact with the Giant King who raised humans..."

When Aiwass said this, he glanced at Isabel and stopped talking.

Because since then, Echidna's ending has not been very harmonious.

Her cooperation with the Giant King soon fell apart. She was then imprisoned and raped by the Giant King, and the formula for the panacea was taken away from her.

During the twenty years of imprisonment, she gave birth to twelve children and eight stillborn babies for him - the names of these monsters are familiar to everyone, including Cerberus, Chimera, Otysius, Hydra...

Eventually the giant king strangled her to death in a drunken rage.

Although their respective paths are different, they basically become BOSSs of different copies in the end.

And players’ gold-earning mounts.

"Before she died, she cursed the core material of the panacea, Molucca, to cause it to deteriorate and 'not be touched by mortal mortals'. She also cursed the giant kingdom to 'perish like snow melting' - this curse It finally came true thirty years later.”

Aiwass simply explained to Isabel, who was somewhat interested: "Because as long as any animal touches the Molus, it will immediately become corrupted. The panacea that the Giant King wants will become extinct."

The small amount of panacea that already existed at that time had long been used up and expired over the years.

And Freya found the deteriorated "New Moru", proving that it is not extinct yet.

In the end, the panacea of ​​the new era was successfully recreated——

"The panacea has indeed been created, but the raw materials themselves have deteriorated, so the effects are different. It can cure most diseases, but it cannot prolong life. At the same time, taking too much in a short period of time will produce strong side effects. Addictive. Its value is reduced a lot as a result.”

Aiwass admires his sister whom he has "never met".

This panacea is a by-product obtained from drawing cards in the mall - an expensive consumable that can instantly remove most negative effects, a "universal anti-control medicine" with a CD of 30 seconds. It is also called the "Big Purple Bottle" by players.

Its official name is "Freya's Tears".

Aiwass thought that Freya was the name of a goddess or apostle... It was only now that he roughly understood the origin of this medicine's name.

Sherlock analyzed carefully on the side: "I speculate that Miss Freya went to the Theocracy because she believed that the new panacea had too many impurities and the active ingredients had not been completely purified, and Avalon could no longer provide her with help. . So she sought help from the elves - after all, she can't go to Star Antimony or Iris with her technology. At least the Theocracy is with us."    "There is also a possibility that she is simply looking for those who have experienced The old elves of the age of giants.”

Aiwass added: "This simple possibility cannot be ignored."

"That's not important. We'll find out when we go to The Theocracy and take a look. Anyway, she and Mr. Yunus are very close."

Sherlock shook his head slightly and became serious: "Compared to that...your family has lost the memory of Miss Freya, this matter may be more important."

He looked at the section in the document highlighted in red by Mycroft - the "unstable resurrection mixture" invented by Freya, which did not have any valid experimental records.

Mycroft also went to the drug research institute where Freya once worked and searched repeatedly. He confirmed that this medicine did not have any relevant experimental records.

——It’s not that it’s been eliminated, it’s that it never existed. Because the numbers of other records are consecutive, the dates are also correct.

In other words, the drug was never tested at all. No one has ever been able to prove that it ever worked successfully.

Then why does the Palace of Silver and Tin still record this as Freya's achievement?

Sensing something was wrong, Mycroft went to the painter who was responsible for making Freya's portrait.

Then I learned crucial information.

This item was added by old Moriarty himself.

"There are three possibilities now."

Sherlock carefully analyzed: "First, there is no 'resurrection mixture'. Professor Moriarty had other purposes for adding this; second, there is such a mixture, and Miss Freya is in Moria." It was verified in front of Professor Di and expressed some kind of "unstable characteristics", which is why your family's specialized amnesia came from this; thirdly, your amnesia is not directly related to the side effects of the "Resurrection Mixture", but It has something to do with the experiment itself - after the experiment, your memories were erased voluntarily or involuntarily."

"Which one do you prefer?"

Aiwass immediately asked: "I think the first one can be ruled out first. Among the second and third types, I am relatively inclined to the third one..."

"——I'm not leaning towards either one, Aiwass."

Little Sherlock said coldly: "Before you actually get the evidence, a conjecture can only be a conjecture - if you have already determined the conjecture in your mind and then look for evidence, it is no longer seeking the truth, but just to comfort yourself."

Hearing this, Aiwass was slightly startled.

His pupils trembled slightly, realizing that Sherlock was right.

"Ha ha……"

Aiwass burst out laughing, stretched out his hand and grabbed Sherlock's hair hard until it was a mess: "It's so embarrassing. I told people this before... but I forgot about it first."

——In his heart, he still couldn't let go of Professor Moriarty, who would become the world-destroying boss in the future.

In other words, it was because the professor had been missing for so long that Aiwass could not find any trace of him and felt even more anxious.

Now that things are involving him again, it makes it difficult for Aiwass to remain absolutely objective and calm.

"Hey, Fox."

Little Sherlock had a stinky face and suddenly said: "You are wary of your adoptive father James, right?"

Hearing this, Aiwass turned his attention to Sherlock.

He guessed it.

A few months ago, Sherlock's sharpness would have only made Aiwass flustered and troublesome. But now he feels at ease.

"Don't worry, I will help you."

Sherlock replied briefly.

He glanced at Isabel and added: "Her Majesty, too."

"-'Her Majesty' especially!"

Isabel glared at him and corrected her voice.

Then the three of them looked at each other and smiled.

Aiwass felt that the faint anxiety in his heart, which was like caked milk powder, was washed away.

Indeed. Aiwass thought.

Now I am not alone.

(End of this chapter)