The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 300 Exploring the Underground River

The invisible magic circle is the essence of the Water Curtain House.

However, apart from the invisible magic circle stones at the main gate and chimney opening, which are a reduced version with a one-year lifespan, the array stones placed in the recesses of the four window sills are complete versions of invisible magic circles with added charging and energy storage runes, making them reusable.

The lower-grade magic ores of slightly better quality were used on these four invisible magic arrays.

When moving, take the array stones with you, so you can easily set up magic arrays in the wild to visually hide your camp.

Finally, there was a fist-sized piece of intermediate-grade magic copper ore.

After Moran used purification techniques to remove impurities from the ore, he carefully melted it into a copper plate one centimeter thick using metallurgy.

Then, a small-scale intermediate-level composite magic circle with warning and protective functions was carefully drawn on it.

This is not for use in residences.

It's such a waste that Moran only managed to get one piece of such high-quality magic ore after mining for so long, and it's only enough to live in a valley for a year.

This magic circle can also be carried with you. When you spend the night in the wild, you can activate it. Not to mention ordinary wild beasts, even low-level magical beasts cannot break through it, and it can hold off mid-level magical beasts for a while.

With this and a tent card, she could go wherever she wanted in the inner area and stay there without worrying about wild animal attacks.

It can also be useful in the fifth-grade trials.

It can be said that this piece of magic copper ore was her biggest gain during the mining process.

"Finally done!"

Moran put down the magic copper plate in front of the workbench in the study and looked at the magic ore box next to him.

The box of magic ore that was once full is now empty, leaving only the twelve magic gems in the wooden box on her table.

This was the energy core she intended to use for her magic robe, but she hadn't used it yet because she didn't have suitable magic fabric.

There was still quite a bit of ore left in the ordinary ore bin on the other side, and even more in the basement.

However, these are not needed for the time being.

Half a month passed while they were crafting various magical items.

There are only eighteen days left in this school year before it ends.

Moran finally completed all the preparations for her residence.

With eighteen days left, she didn't plan to be idle.

After tending to and harvesting the various crops planted in the valley, Moran took out the unused black boar hide and sewed a new large mining backpack for himself.

"Dean! If I'm not back by the 15th, remember to remind me!"

After speaking to the head of the guard, she entered the mine through the secret door in the basement.

This is the perfect time to mine.

This time, she won't mine ordinary ores; she'll only mine magic ores.

When it's made into a magical item, it can be taken into the survival trials in the outer areas.

When you get tired of mining, you can read books. The area near the underground river is vast, and most spells can be practiced along the riverbank.

Mining and learning magic can be done at the same time.

But she hasn't even reached the end of the underground river yet!
To find out where this underground river flowed and whether there was a chance to directly enter the core area through it, this time she didn't immediately go down into the caves on both sides of the river to search for minerals. Instead, she flew downstream along the river. Every now and then, she would glance at the map to see how far she was from the core area.

She would only stop mining for a while when her gold-detecting magic probe reached into the rock walls on both sides of the river and detected traces of magical ore.

When Moran went down into the mine before, he discovered that although the underground river was not straight and had many twists and turns, it generally flowed northward, towards the core area.

Therefore, the possibility of this river flowing into the core area is still very high.

Moran followed the river downstream, and she was right; the underground river really did flow to the core area.

She could even see the hedge wall underground.

No, it should be called a tree root wall.

Unexpectedly, the boundary between the core area and the inner perimeter area extends deep underground.

However, just like on the ground, it automatically made way for Moran as she approached.

As she flew further, the river became narrower and narrower, the part above the water getting smaller and smaller, and the part below the water getting larger and larger, until it finally merged completely into the stone wall, leaving her with no more space to fly on her broom.

At this moment, Moran opened the map and found that she was currently located underground in Moon Lake, north of Academy Mountain.

She thought for a moment, then put the flying broom into her expanded bag and cast a water shield spell on herself.

This involves a special application technique of the Water Shield technique.

It was discovered by a blue witch who sought refuge in the sea during the Age of Gods.

The water elemental force is evenly spread out to form a sphere, completely enveloping oneself. The water itself is considered the object to be defended, but the air is not excluded. Then, one enters the water with this water shield, allowing one to walk and breathe underwater.

When the water shield's energy is low, simply replenish its magic.

If the Water Shield spell level is not high enough to create a water shield bubble that can cover the whole body, you can settle for just covering the head.

If that doesn't work, you can make even greater sacrifices in defense, focusing all your defensive capabilities on dissipating water while minimizing other defensive aspects. This will allow the water shield bubble to cover a larger area and a wider range.

The rainproof rune combination was inspired by this application of the Water Shield spell.

This also led to the creation of a series of water-related rune combinations: waterproof rune combinations, moisturizing rune combinations, water-repelling rune combinations, and so on.

However, the water-repelling rune combination used to create water-repelling gems that enable underwater breathing and walking is a mid-level rune combination. Although Moran had also learned how to make it, it required mid-level water elemental gems as the main material.

She doesn't have such a magic gem.

Fortunately, Water Shield is a good alternative to Water Repellent Gem.

The only drawback is that Water Shield is an instant defensive spell, which requires a high level of concentration to maintain. At most, one can focus some attention on physical movements, and even then, one cannot move too fast, so it is impossible to cast other spells.

Furthermore, part of the Water Shield's defensive power is used for waterproofing, which reduces its ability to defend against other types of damage, making it difficult to deal with other dangers.

Moran might not dare to use it in the wild, but if the water shield is broken underwater, he will be at a great disadvantage.

However, we are currently in the core area.

Even underground, in the core area, there are no creatures that could pose a threat to the little witch.

Therefore, Moran doesn't need to worry about any powerful underwater beasts in the water.

She wanted to go into the water to see if the underground river led to Crescent Lake.