Witch, Fireball and Steam Evil God

Chapter 20 Do Not Look at What Is Indecent (Please Read~)

Borrow 35 gold lions from Ivy, of which 25 gold lions are used to purchase "Simple Production Process of Magic Scrolls" published by the June Flower Printing Factory in the Imperial Capital, and 10 gold lions are used to purchase 20 sheets of energy-storing parchment for making scrolls.

Minus the savings he had accumulated over the past two years and the 50 silver antelopes he had just taken from the Minotaur gentleman, he still owed Ivy a total of 4 gold lions and 50 silver antelopes.

Of course, Ethan explained to Ivy that he wanted to buy a scriptwriting textbook. His dream has always been to become the exclusive screenwriter of the Imperial Capital Opera House. After he is transferred to work in the General Administration, he plans to spend his spare time on the creation of stage plays.

Fortunately, Ivy, who always liked to get to the bottom of things, seemed to be worried. After lending him the money, she just stayed on the deck waiting for him and didn't care what Ethan bought with the money.

After all, I still had evil thoughts.

Ethan, who was carrying the bag, suddenly realized a serious problem.

Before setting off, Ivy claimed that the tree man Lao Mu was a dangerous person and that he would fall into an abyss from which there was no return if he was not careful. However, after getting to know him, she found that the most dangerous thing Lao Mu had ever done was to point the spray nozzle of "Dark Creatures Repel 3.0" at him. Apart from that, he had no intention of cheating him of his money.

However, when Ivy offered to lend him money without interest, the door to a new world opened to Ethan.

Once people's desires and evil thoughts are aroused, they can no longer be resisted.

Ethan offered a self-criticism in his heart.

However, the road to becoming an elemental shaper is long and difficult. In addition to recording basic elemental spells, "Fireball and Icebolt Magic" also briefly mentions the principles of magic composition.

Each extraordinary path has its own unique way of advancement. For elemental shapers, constantly broadening their horizons, increasing their own knowledge of mysticism, and strengthening their connection with natural elements are the means to hone their magic power.

To use the terminology that Ethan himself came up with, he needs to improve his intelligence.

The stronger his magic power, the more powerful the spells he can cast.

However, after traveling through time, he could not see his own panel, and the only cheat code he had was only able to check the proficiency of his own skills, so he could only judge the current strength of his magic power through comparison.

Conservatively speaking, she should be slightly stronger than the witch who attacked the town some time ago.

So, how can he improve his intelligence?
The answer is to read more books related to the occult. This is the experience Ethan has summed up in the past two years.

He has read through all the works related to occultism in the library of Creekwood Town, and unknowingly became an occult expert in the eyes of the townspeople. He feels that this is not a great achievement at all, as all the books he has read are public resources open to everyone.

However, there are not many people in the town who are really willing to read books. When they encounter problems, they prefer to come to Ethan for consultation and listen to his refined and summarized knowledge.

In Ethan's opinion, there are roughly two ways to get in touch with more mysticism.

First, it is the position.

As long as he was transferred to work at the headquarters of the Shelter Bureau, all the occult books in the Imperial Capital Library would be released for him to read. In addition, the work in the civil service department was relatively leisurely, so he had plenty of time to read. His goal at work was also simple: to retire after he had finished reading all the occult works in the Imperial Capital Library.

Second, it is wealth.

As long as he could make enough money, he could buy a lot of occult books in places like Hearth Bay, including some skill-related magic books.

Now that the first goal was in sight, the second goal could not be left behind, so Ethan gritted his teeth and bought the "Simple Production Process of Magic Scrolls". As long as he could master the production process of magic scrolls, he could make fireballs and ice arrows into magic scrolls and sell them to others in Hearth Bay.

If all goes well, this will make money much faster than working.

After a trip to Hearth Bay, Ethan realized that the principles of confidentiality and free trade here were very suitable for him.

Thinking of this, he tightened his hands holding the bag involuntarily, and he couldn't help feeling a little nervous. After all, he had been a hardworking worker in the first half of his life and had no business experience. He had to start from scratch to accumulate everything.

But no matter what, Lao Sen’s Magic Scroll Shop has officially set sail!
Ethan and Ivy each had their own thoughts, and everything went smoothly on the way back. There was no accident like Ethan sneezed and Ivy was teleported into someone else's house or the sewer.

Ethan piled the shopping bags on the box and returned to Ivy's apartment. Miss Chloe, with her neck held high, was already waiting at the door. When she saw the two of them, she happily jumped and trotted over. She took the initiative to use her head to support the box and carried the infrastructure of the Bureau of Reception's Creekwood Intelligence Station into the house. The first thing Ivy did when she got home was to take off her wet windbreaker and rushed into her room. Soon, the sound of water came from inside.

Ethan opened the box and looked through the list inside.

This box actually contained "basic" facilities, and only four types of items. He finally knew what the black viscous solution filled with an ominous smell in the bottle was.

"A Relaxing Mental Blocker 2.0" is a blocker prepared using the secretions of SI-0321. It can effectively block the mental effects of most low-level curses on investigators.

The few words in the introduction made Ethan's scalp tingle.

『Oral solution』.

This thing is for drinking.

He tried to bring the bottle of solution closer to Miss Chloe, who immediately made a frightened "coo" sound, flapped her wings and hid under the table.

You see, even Miss Chloe doesn't drink.

The last few items were several manuals with "Curse and Containment Terminology Comparison Table" written on the cover. Ethan needed this very much. These contained objects were all encrypted conversations, such as SI-0321. Without the reference table, he had no idea what these things were.

But Ethan soon regretted it.

When he curiously looked up the entry SI-0321 through the number in the manual, what came into his sight was an object with a main body that looked like a red balloon, with several tentacles connected to the bottom of the balloon. The balloon seemed to be both its head and body. Five palm-sized eyeballs occupied the front of the monster, and in the center of the eyeballs was a protruding, trumpet-shaped mouth.

『Squint』

This is the name given to this strange creature by the containment bureau. The manual warns in the most prominent position that the creature was first witnessed after an aristocratic party. The case resulted in the deaths of seven people, including the Duke's youngest son. There were no obvious injuries on his body, and the cause of death was suffocation.

Then, the manual wrote in red font: "All investigators should not make eye contact with anyone who glares for more than 3 seconds if they encounter someone glaring at them."

Research has shown that after staring into the eyes of a person for three seconds, one will fall into hallucination. Since all subjects who have experienced hallucinations have died, the containment agency has no way of knowing what the hallucination world looks like.

The "SI" code refers to a containment object that will show strong hostility towards investigators and is lethal.

The so-called SI-0321 secretion is the mucus extracted from the eyeballs of "squinting" people by researchers. They unexpectedly discovered that this mucus has the effect of blocking mental influence.

Ethan's stomach churned. At that moment, he understood why some people said that ignorance is bliss.

Drinking this stuff is roughly equivalent to sucking your squinting eyeball.

He didn't know what others thought, but he simply couldn't bring himself to say it.

Before he knew it, the bedroom had fallen silent. Soon the sound of the door opening rescued Ethan from this nightmare. Ivy was wearing a loose white satin nightgown, still emitting steam. Her short blond hair was simply tied into a ponytail, and the iconic tuft of golden hair on top of her head was temporarily gone.

There is a faint fragrance in the air.

Ethan raised the manual and took the initiative to say, "I am reviewing the content of my future work, but before the work officially begins, I have one more question."

"Just ask."

"You said before that you would stay in Riverwood Town for a while. I want to know what our real goal is?"

"Found a magic book."

　Thanks to book friend 20200916155419269 for the 100 starting coins!
　　Thanks to shiyantuxiu for the reward of 1101 Qidian coins!
　　
　
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