Chapter 640: Aether-eating slime?
"Are you sure you caught the wrong one?" Horn stood in front of the iron cage inlaid with glass, pointed at the domestic cat-sized creature in front of him, and asked Rene, "Is this a slime?"
Rene nodded firmly.
This is not Horn's random suspicion, but the creatures in the iron cage are too strange.
In the open space outside the etheric spire of the Mechanical Palace, a half-person-high glass iron cage stood.
There is a translucent creature lying in the iron cage, its body is constantly rising and falling, and a stream of light blue sparkling smoke is emitted from its ears from time to time.
This little thing was beaten several times with a holy cannon by the factory guards. Now he is seriously injured and lying on the ground dying.
Horn had previously suspected that he had caught it wrong because it didn't look like a slime at all, but instead looked like a translucent fluorescent hairless rabbit.
The head of a rabbit, the body of a mouse, the paws of a lizard, and the "trunk" of an elephant.
Its most prominent feature is its slender mouth, which is as long as its head. Horn squatted down and took a closer look, and he could still see the round mouthparts and two rows of fine teeth.
What is very interesting is that its skin is still composed of translucent slime afterbirth, and you can clearly see the light blue fluorescent flowing liquid and crystallized slime core inside.
According to Horn's rough estimate, this small creature is about 40 centimeters with its slender tail, but its real torso is only about 20 centimeters, only a little smaller than his boots.
"We have never seen a slime like this." Schlingman of the Bald Head Club knocked on the glass cover and said with longing eyes, "Generally speaking, slimes do not have the ability to grow teeth, but it actually does. Teeth... If you don’t want them, can you give them to me?”
"No." Horn refused and asked Robert from the White Mountain Monastery, "Have you done any divination on it?"
"We conducted a divination on its origin." Robert shook his head, "But obviously its origin is quite complicated, and we couldn't give an accurate result despite our best efforts. Only one tarot card was drawn out of three - high position. Tower.”
Horn subconsciously turned his head and looked at the ether tower beside him: "...Does it refer to this tower?"
"Not necessarily. This is not a divination based on the starry sky, but a complex divination without clear boundaries. The tower may refer to the etheric spire, or it may refer to drastic changes or subversion."
"Can I still continue divination?"
"It's difficult. If you continue, you may go crazy or become a vegetative state before the divination is finished." Robert shook his head, "Our White Mountain Hermitage is not like the Scales Hermitage, and we will not use astrology without restraint."
In astrology, it has always been the case that the clearer and smaller the conditions, the clearer and more accurate the results will be, while the more complex, higher the energy level, and the farther back in time, the greater the price, and the fuzzy the results.
Sometimes it's not just about draining mana, but even life.
Therefore, most of the time, astrologers will use fuzzy divination, which is relatively low-cost and low-risk, and decide whether to proceed to the next step of approaching divination based on the results.
So in theory, it is possible to use infinitely fuzzy divination in astrology to approximate clear results.
According to Shilov's mother's notes, they found this tower through continuous fuzzy divination and calculations with astrological instruments.
As soon as Horn thought of Shilov, the door of the Aether Tower slowly opened, and Jeanne pushed Shilov and walked out of the tower.
"Hiss-"
As if it sensed Jeanna's arrival, the strange creature suddenly stood up tremblingly, its black pupils stared at Jeanna, and let out a low, threatening roar.
Horn raised his chin at Jeanne: "Walk around twice and see how it reacts."
Jeanne rolled her eyes, but did it anyway. After walking around the glass cover, the strange creature turned towards Jeanne and even hit the glass cover with its head.
Jeanne's face showed a look of disgust: "I don't know why, I always feel that this thing is so disgusting."
Shilov turned the wheelchair and came to Horn: "I have tested its body fluids, and it also has the magic-loving bacteria that can discharge electricity. Maybe it may be the first generation of Jeanne's dependents like Lana."
"But Lana gives me a sense of closeness, like a biological sister." Jeana stared at the gadget in the glass cover, "I hated this gadget the first time I saw it."
As the master of the Bald Club who specializes in monsters, Schlingman understands monsters better than monsters: "This is strange. Generally, monster relatives have a certain degree of surrender to witches, and it is rare to actively attack witches or other relatives of the first generation. situation.
In this case, why don't you give it to me? I have the alchemy potion, hearty bread and red dragon fruit. I can even feed it and train it. I can keep it and train it properly. ”
"I can't give it to you." Among the many secret parties in the Mechanical Palace, the one Shilov hates the most is the members of the Bald Club. "Its research value is very high."
Saying that, Shilov looked at Horn: "It has thin ether in its body. Apart from star-cast gears, this is the first time I have seen a creature with ether."
As if thinking of something, Horn reminded Shilov: "When we found it, he was hiding in the Holy Wheel of the Wheel. It seems that he is dependent on the ether on the star-cast gear?"
"Not sure." Shilov shook his head, "But according to my careful observation and guessing, ether is not the condition to maintain its life, but the driving force for its use of spells, so it is not a strictly defined monster. This may be a A brand new species of creature? ”
"Oh?" Schlingman took a step forward instantly.
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Shilov suddenly turned her head, her ears and tails all exploded, and her previously calm face almost turned into a vicious expression, and a rare low growl of "Woo" came from her throat.
Schlingmann had no choice but to withdraw within five steps of Shilov.
Looking at the "lightning slime" trapped in the iron cage and glass cover, Horn fell into deep thought. This special slime could not have fallen from the coconut tree. There must be an origin and reason for its appearance.
Especially its ability to absorb and store ether, it is really difficult to disassociate it from the ether spire.
Thinking about it carefully, this so-called "Lightning Wizard" took action three times in total. The first time was against the disguised witcher. Horn suspected that the witcher discovered it while cleaning the sewer.
The second time was against Lana, but this time it was an active attack and the target was its "similar kind".
The third time was the lightning explosion in the textile factory two days later. It was also passively triggered. Judging from the situation at that time, it should be replenishing the ether.
Although it is uncertain whether it has similar attacks in the wild, judging from these three times, its behavior pattern is passive towards ordinary people and active towards "similar people".
It should have appeared only after Horn and others arrived on the island, otherwise it would have been impossible for Granny Shilov and the demon hunters to discover it.
It first appeared in the summer of 1445. In other words, it appeared during the half year from the winter of 1444 to the summer of 1445...
Could it be that this thing drank the spring water from the moon pool with lightning and turned into a lightning slime?
This cannot explain where the lightning magic-loving bacteria in its body came from. A slime that drank from the lightning moon spring just happened to touch Jeanne's foot skin?
"Keep it alive first, give it food, but don't let it come into contact with the ether. Study it first to see what it is." At a loss for the moment, Horn had to put it aside for the time being. "Study it first and see. What is it?”
Several holy gunmen worked together to lift the heavy glass-covered iron cage and walked towards an independent research room.
Shilov originally turned her wheelchair to follow, but was stopped by Horn: "Shilov, wait a minute, I have something else to ask you."
Shilov was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "That's right, I also have an idea to tell you."
(End of chapter)