The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 338 The River of Prophecy
Moran slept until she naturally woke up, her mind and body fully restored to their best condition.

After changing into clothes that were easy to move in, she took out some ingredients from her spatial ring and cooked herself a good meal.

After finishing the meal, I put away the {Space Tent Card} and {Mobile Kitchen Card}, and also put the flying broom into the specially reserved area in my space ring.

Then pick up your wand and unleash your magic.

"I want to know, is there anything in the underground passage opposite the tree root wall that could pose a threat to me?"

Moran thought about the events he wanted to foresee and then used his precognitive powers.

Soon, a picture appeared in my mind.

The scene depicts a tranquil underground river.

The images that appear in the prophecy of magical feedback are the foreseen results.

The image is clear, and it doesn't look like a prediction that failed.

A tranquil underground river?

Moran looked at the rushing river beside her. When had the underground river ever been so calm?

There's no reason why the rushing river would suddenly become still after passing through a wall of tree roots. So... does calmness mean safety?
A few days ago, Moran also consulted the oracle about the fortune of entering the inner area through the underground river, and it did indeed indicate that it was slightly auspicious.

Just in case, she tested it again.

It's still a minor good result.

Although it's not a very auspicious sign, it at least proves that she won't encounter any insurmountable dangers if she goes this way, and might even gain some benefits.

Moran felt more confident.

Even so, she still cast three layers of protective magic and a series of buffing spells such as Luck, Wind Walk, and Invisibility on herself, making thorough preparations before heading towards the tree root wall.

The tree root wall, which had remained completely still before, automatically parted to make way for her as she approached.

Moran used his Wind Sensing spell to clear a path, and after finding nothing unusual, he stepped out of the root wall and onto the land of the outer area.

I stood there quietly for a while, and nothing happened.

The dark underground river passage seemed endless. The river channel had widened, but the banks had narrowed considerably, with the widest part of the banks only about three or four meters wide.

Occasionally, caves appear on both sides of the river, and some exposed minerals can be found on the cave walls.

The only sound around us was the flowing river.

Like the inner area, it seems to be relatively safe, a treasure trove where you can mine with peace of mind.

Moran relaxed slightly and walked towards the half-exposed Space Stone in the distance.

The sound of footsteps echoed in the quiet cave, seemingly drowning out the sound of the flowing river.

Moran's mind flashed with the results of the precognition spell.

Calmness represents safety, but the main subject of the foreshadowing image is an underground river. Does this mean there is a problem with the underground river?

Moran's heart, which had just settled down, jumped again as she looked into the river.

Upstream, a black current flowed downstream, and countless spherical black fish leaped out of the water, opening their sharp teeth and mouths to spew water jets at the bank where she was.

Moran immediately unfurled a golden energy shield, protecting herself firmly.

The water arrows struck the golden shield, making a slapping sound.

The advanced Golden Shield technique remained completely still.

The blackfish, however, seemed unaware that their efforts to spew water jets were futile, and became increasingly excited as they jumped, causing the river surface to boil.

"A spherical black fish with grayish-white eyes, a mouth full of sharp teeth, a mouth half the size of its body, and it spits out water jets—is this a gray-eyed piranha?"

After Moran recognized what the fish were, he was completely relieved. Gray-eyed piranhas were low-level aquatic magical beasts, and water arrows were their only magical attack method.

If she remembered correctly, the water arrow from the gray-eyed piranha was less lethal than an apprentice-level spell.

Compared to water arrows, the teeth of the gray-eyed piranha are more formidable.

However, no matter how powerful it is, it cannot break through Moran's magical defense.

Moran even withdrew the Golden Shield spell, relying solely on the continuous defensive spells Golden Armor, Tree Skin, and Stone Skin for defense.

Suddenly, several gray-eyed piranhas, having exhausted their magical energy and run out of water arrows to spit out, leaped out of the water and lunged at her with their mouths wide open.

Then his teeth were broken by the defensive magic on her body and fell to the ground.

He hasn't even broken through the Golden Armor Technique, let alone the innermost defensive magic.

No wonder the prophecy depicted a tranquil underground river.

Her interpretation was correct: the underground river represented the source of danger, and the calmness meant she was safe.

The gray-eyed piranhas posed no threat to her.

However, they are not very aggressive, but they are very resilient.

After falling ashore, it stubbornly pretended to be a ball and rolled into the river.

"Since we're already here, let's not rush back." Moran said, using a levitation spell to float the gray-eyed piranhas that had jumped onto the shore to a place away from the riverbank, and then cast a silencing spell on that area.

There's no need to restrain them anymore; the piranhas, which were originally rolling precisely into the river, suddenly lost their way.

The gray-eyed piranha lives in dark underground waters. Its eyes are grayish-white and it has no ability to see. It mainly relies on sound to find its way.

A single silencing spell can disorient them.

They're rolling around haphazardly right now, and as soon as they roll out, they get bumped back by other fish.

Moran continued to stand outside the range of the silencing spell as bait, occasionally stomping his feet to lure the gray-eyed piranhas ashore.

After piling up a large number of fish on the bank, the black current in the river did not become shallower; instead, it became even thicker.

"Just how many fish are in this river?!"

Moran had intended to catch all the fish in this batch, but now he realized it was probably impossible.

If we keep grabbing them, the land will be overflowing.

She quickly moved into the range of the silencing spell, and the black current in the river, no longer guided by sound, quickly dissipated.

Moran looked at the pile of fish on the shore and helplessly took out the {Slaughtering Tool Card}, directing the tools to slaughter all the fish.

The body parts were thrown into the {kitchen waste bin card} as a way of feeding Vasida's vomiting stomach, leaving only the eye parts.

She caught the fish because she wanted their eyes.

In the Poison Potions section of "The Witch's Potions Handbook," there is a blinding potion that requires the essence of the gray-white eyeballs of a water-type magical beast that has been living in darkness for a long time as an ingredient.

Back when Moran first started potions class, he was relieved that the ingredients for witch potions were all magical plants, without any disgusting things like spiders, earthworms, or toads.

She later learned that the only non-toxic potions that witches would drink themselves were made from magical plants.

When using poisons on others, the ingredients don't matter; all sorts of strange and unusual things can be used.

Moran used alchemy magic to process all the eyeballs of the gray-eyed piranhas, obtaining several large bottles of primary gray-eyed essence.

Then, scoop a bucket of water from the underground river, dig up some river mud and aquatic plants, and extract the essence of the underground water, the essence of the underground river mud, and the essence of the underground river aquatic plants. Mix these with the essence of gray eyes in a certain proportion to obtain a low-level blinding potion.

This potion works wonders when combined with water magic, especially cloud magic.