I don't want to be an elf!

"Actually, when I was reading ancient books, I had vaguely guessed that the Seventeen Beasts came from human beings." Lan Duoluke said, "It's just that behind the demise of human beings, it has something to do with gods. Unexpected anyway."

"No one has ever associated the devil with the gods before." Nephlian said, "If it's not Tohka who said this, but someone else, we will all think that person is a lunatic talking nonsense."

"However, compared to this, I care more about this new member."

As she said that, Landoru looked at Yatogami Tohka who was standing beside her, her face was always as straight as Nephren's because she was not good at expressing her feelings, and she softened a little: "A person who may come from the world Any creatures out there... anyway, thank you for your sacrifices for the golden goblin."

"Well, although I don't know what a spirit crystal is, it must be a very precious thing, right?"

Navde's expression became serious, and she said seriously: "No matter what the result is, this is a great favor to us, just tell me what is useful to me in the future, I will definitely help!"

"It's not a big deal, I just happen to have a spare spirit crystal, which happened to be handed over to Shi Wan and Hei Zhugong for research." Yatogami Tohka waved his hand and said, "You don't need to care, I just did what I wanted Everyone in the Fourth Fairy Warehouse treated me very well, so I also want to do something for them as much as possible.”

Hearing these pure words and unaffected frankness, Nafude and Lando Luke didn't say anything more.

Just now, they were still a little strange and wary of this new member of the fourth goblin warehouse.

After all, a stranger suddenly came to the home where they had lived for more than ten years, and it was when they were on a business trip, no one could accept it immediately.

While not hostile, it wasn't friendly either.

However, after knowing what Yatogami Tohka did for them, the last guard in their hearts disappeared.

They don't think Yatogami Tohka is acting at all, and she hides her calculations and schemes under this innocent appearance.

After all, they golden goblins don't have anything, so if they are helping them in order to get something, such a purpose is obviously stupid.

In this case, Yatogami Tohka's dedication is even more selfless.

"However, you just said that the spiritual crystal is the foundation of your life, right?" Lan Duoluke asked curiously, "Where did you get the other spiritual crystal that you gave to the Great Sage and Black Candle Master? ?”

Because of the same question, William asked it once before.

After all, it's the obvious question.

If it is said that spirit crystals are the source of power of elves, once they are deprived, they will lose their lives...

So where did the spirit crystal in Yatogami Tohka's hand come from?

Facing Landoruk's question, Yatogami Toka didn't change his face, and once again used his perfunctory excuse to answer William.

"I do not remember."

"Don't remember?" Lan Duolu blinked unexpectedly, "Then how did you remember your spirit crystal?"

"Hei Zhugong told me." Yatogami Tohka shrugged, "When he checked my life form, he found the spiritual crystal in my body. After his reminder, I suddenly remembered my There is also a spirit crystal."

"I've heard that people with amnesia will recall a corresponding memory under certain stimuli. This is probably the case with you."

Lan Duolu nodded, without doubting her thoughts at all, and instead found a reason to convince herself: "The golden goblin also has a similar situation, especially in the middle and late stages of previous life erosion, when seeing certain things , Memories that do not belong to me will appear in my mind.”

"Although the principle is slightly different, this is probably the case." Cordoli agreed, "In short, Shixiang made a deal with the great sage and Lord Black Candle with the spirit crystal that he got from nowhere. If they can succeed, we will be able to live equally and freely on the floating continental archipelago like other orcs."

"Ah, I didn't expect so many interesting things to happen when I left." Navde said regretfully, "Life on the Saxifraga is so boring, I really envy you, if I didn't It’s good to go on this trip.”

"Anyway, we came with reinforcements. When the work of excavating the ruins is over, we can go back to the fourth fairy warehouse together." Atheya said with a smile, "If we are lucky, maybe we don't need to be as The weapons went on fighting."

"It would be great if things could really go so smoothly."

Imagining such a future, Cordoli and the others couldn't help but put on a smile of anticipation.

Yatogami Tohka couldn't help looking in the direction of the second floating island.

It's been more than two weeks, and there is still no news from those two guys.

I really don’t know if the progress is going smoothly or not.

"Swann, Lord Black Candle, you two need to work harder for me."

Chapter 51 Sarah, let's start the final experiment

at the same time.

The second floating island is inside Black Candle Lord Castle.

Around the craggy pitch-black castle, ominous black smoke shrouded it.

In the gardens around the castle, the colorful flowers that were carefully cared for by the maids have all withered now.

The petals are dry and the fallen leaves are withered, revealing a sense of decay.

It's like a garden that has been abandoned for decades.

It's hard to imagine that just two weeks ago, these bushes were in full bloom.

"Ding----!"

Inside the castle, there was a crisp sound.

That voice was not deafening, but it carried a piercing force that could pierce the eardrum, causing anyone who heard the voice to temporarily ring in their ears.

With this soft sound, the violent magic power seemed to materialize, mobilizing the surrounding black mist, tightly sealing any exit of the castle.

Doors, windows, even ant holes are blocked...

It was as if it was preventing something inside from escaping.

"Seven tests, declared failure."

In the dark castle, the great sage Swan rubbed his bloodshot eyes, and drew an extra cross on the experiment log.

At this moment, he has completely lost the decency and calmness of two weeks ago.

The well-groomed hair and beard now look unkempt, the white robe is stained with several magic potions, and there are obvious scars on the hands and face...

However, he doesn't seem to care about these.

Because all his energy was put on the spirit crystal that caused the commotion just now.

"Damn it, what went wrong."

Swan, with red eyes, tugged at his hair, venting his inner depression: "The magic power circuit has obviously been calculated, and the internal structure of the crystal has also been analyzed. It stands to reason that you only need to pour the magic power into it naturally, and you will be able to It is right to activate the power in it, but why it always fails!"

Since he got the spiritual crystal symbolizing hope from Yatogami Tohka two weeks ago, he has been studying it with Black Candle day and night.

I thought that by virtue of my outstanding magical ability, and Hei Zhugong's talent and power as an earth god, the combination of the two people with the deepest knowledge of magic in this world would surely be able to easily analyze this power composition called spirit crystal... ....

However, the reality is as it is now.

Their experiments have not progressed for a long time.

There are countless plans and experimental ideas drawn on the draft table, and a few sheets of paper pasted on the wall clearly marked the structures and circuits they analyzed, and they consumed most of the various spell-casting media and alchemy materials in the cabinet.

In order to better understand the nature of spirit crystals, in just two weeks, Shi Wan even created a magic that had never been seen in this world, crystal magic using gems as a medium, hoping to get inspiration from it.

Unfortunately, their efforts did not elicit a response from the spirit crystal.

Looking at the spirit crystal that was placed in a three-dimensional container, gradually suppressed by magic power, and finally returned to calm, Shi Wan's eyes were full of depression.

Every failed attempt will cause strong fluctuations in the spirit crystal.

According to their observations, such fluctuations are extremely harmful to ordinary life forms, and serious changes may even lead to distortion of life forms.

Whether it's the withered flowers outside, or the rat cockroaches that mutate into monsters in the experiment, it proves this.

For safety reasons, even the maids and servants in this castle were temporarily dismissed, leaving only Swann, who is a curse aggregate, and Black Candle, the god of the earth, who are almost immune to the side effects of spirit crystal fluctuations. people stay here.

"Huh... It's really tiring to suppress this thing."

Seeing that the spirit crystal had returned to calm, the highly concentrated Black Candle stopped pouring magic power into the container,

There is no need to suppress the runaway spirit crystal anymore, and finally he has some time to talk. Hei Zhugong said with a sad face: "Today, I will conduct up to three more experiments. I am really drained. We need to use the magic power to maintain the floating continental islands."

"There are only three times left? Then we should conduct experiments according to the magic circuit proposed by the old man." Shi Wan rubbed his brows and said, "Your experiment method is simply too ink-stained! And so many times all ended in failure, the old man has long since Said it won't work."

"Use the magic power circuit you designed?" Black Candle showed obvious disdain, "Using that rough and violent magic power circuit on this kind of artwork is simply a blasphemy against the creator of the spirit crystal!"

"After hundreds of experiments, it has long been proven that it is not as fragile as it seems, but is just unstable in nature." Swann sneered, "Maybe the reason why the experiment failed is because the method you used to infuse the magic power was too detailed. The time was too long and it caused a rejection reaction. Instead of wasting time and opportunities, it is better to do as I said."

"Failure is the mother of success, not to mention the previous failures are not nothing."

"Apart from the data of its berserk, what else have we got? What I want is not its berserk, but to find a way to stably refine the Star God fragments!"

"Wrong!" Hei Zhugong's voice revealed a bit of pride, "You don't really think that the reaction of the spirit crystal just now is to simply run away?"

"Isn't it?"

Swan was visibly taken aback.

Hei Zhugong snorted twice, as if you begged me and I would tell you the answer.

The corners of Shi Wan's eyes twitched twice, he picked up the pills on the table, poured out two and swallowed them.

The next moment, a cool feeling flooded into his brain, allowing his overloaded nerves to breathe and rest.

Taking advantage of the effect of the drug to cheer himself up, he began to summarize today's experimental data.

So far, they have constructed many different models to test the structure and stability of the spirit crystal, and hope to get a model that can flow naturally like the spirit crystal in Yatogami Juka's body.

However, with so many models, none of them were successful.

No matter which kind of magic circuit is used, the spirit crystal will eventually fall into a state of berserk.

"and many more......"

As if aware of something, Shi Wan frowned: "Why do different models and magic circuits get the same runaway data?"

"You finally noticed it."

Black Candle shook his head, expressing his agreement: "The only answer is that the spirit crystal is not runaway."

"If it's not a runaway, then what is it?"

"Return to its original state." Hei Zhugong said firmly, "The spirit crystal we see now is the product of countless refinements, and under our constant stimulation, it tends to return to its original state .”

"Wait, how is this possible?" Shi Wan was stunned, "How could the most primitive state be stronger than the refined state? This is simply unreasonable!"

"Perhaps we have fallen into a logical misunderstanding."

Looking at the pure and quiet spirit crystal in the container, as if he had found the truth, the fire of Hei Zhugong's soul flickered with excitement: "The so-called refinement does not mean stronger, but more stable."

"So that's it!" Shi Wan's eyes lit up, "If this is the case, the power contained in it that can distort life forms can also be explained."

"Um......"

Hearing Shi Wan's words, the fire of soul in Black Candle's eyes dimmed slightly.

If the soul crystal returns to its original state every time, it will cause a distortion of life, then the price to be refined from the initial state to a stable state is self-evident.

The eyes he looked at at Lingjing were full of complexity.

This crystallization like a work of art may have finally reached such a stable state after the sacrifice of countless lives.

Who exactly made it?

Yatogami Tohka?

But such a girl seems unable to do such a cruel thing.

"never mind......"

Sighing, Hei Zhugong put these thoughts behind him.

These are not things he should think about.

His job is to analyze the refined method of spirit crystallization.

But now, he has a clue about the refining method of the spirit crystal, so it's time to proceed to the second stage.

"Do we really want to continue?" Black Candle asked, "I always feel that we will enter a taboo area next, and once we step in, we will be cursed by it forever."

"At this point, there is no way out."

"There is always a way out, but you don't want to choose."

"That's for you."

Shi Wan sat down on the chair, and there was a trace of weakness in his voice: "For the old man, there is no way out."

He is a man who should have died 500 years ago.

It's just because he planted a curse on himself, and after changing his life form, he was able to continue his life.

But the curse is not eternal.

Swann put his hand on his chest, where the dark scar had been.