Danmaku, my skills refresh weekly.

Charles paused, his hand rubbing against his shield: "She's looking for medicine?"

He was somewhat surprised; during his time with the Loki Familia, Ciel had not noticed Riveria engaging in similar activities.

"I thought she had given up, but I didn't expect that she would still take action when she saw something within reach?"

"You know?" Alfia asked, slightly surprised.

"It's probably due to my childhood friend's illness. Do you know why, among the elven royal family, only Rivera has set foot in the world?"

Alfia pondered for a moment: "Oh, it's that one..."

The high elves seem unable to adapt to the air outside of Wangsen. When exposed to the outside world, they develop serious illnesses such as coughing and difficulty breathing, eventually becoming bedridden day after day.

"The reason why the royal family cannot leave Wang Sen is probably a punishment from the gods."

This was the first time Charles had heard this term: "What punishment?"

Alfia pondered for a moment and then shared a rumor: "It is said that the elven gods created them by combining themselves with fairy spirits, or that they are half-gods."

"The Elf King Shesen... well, or rather, the Great Sacred Tree in most villages is inhabited by fairy spirits, who revere it as if it were their ancestor."

Alfia chuckled lightly: "It's just people's unwilling slander. In ancient times, no matter how the land changed, the Elven race always kept their own ways to themselves and was unwilling to go to war for the world."

"As a race born with the ability to cast spells, they only guard their own small territory and preserve themselves."

"So, some people started spreading rumors that the gods had cursed them, making it impossible for them to leave the forest."

Charles was surprised: "But, isn't that absolute?"

Alfia nodded: "Not all elves are so stoic. Some children, with their 'freedom' and 'ideals,' left the forest and integrated into the world, like the most famous bard 'Vessen,' and the high elf princess Celtia, who fought alongside Albert back then."

"The current elven royal family is actually a descendant of that princess's sister."

Ciel leaned back on the bed, saying, "Elves, they really do feel a bit like incomplete 'artificial intelligence.' Their personalities are all so strange."

Although the elves of each tribe have slightly different personalities, and there are also "heretic" individuals, the overall impression of the elves is that they are all cut from the same mold.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder, stubbornness, integrity, facial paralysis...

"Moreover, it's easy to produce yandere characters..."

In fact, the elves who have made a name for themselves in Orario are all quite individualistic.

Those elves who remained in the forest, brainwashed by the tribe day after day, formed a complete, stereotypical race, much like clones.

Ciel remembered that Celty, the mage of the Astrea Familia, came from a homeland that had an insatiable thirst for "knowledge," and was willing to take lives and study corpses in order to obtain it.

Moreover, this has been the case for an entire village for thousands of years.

"These are just ordinary elves; for high elves (royalty), the situation is much more complicated..."

Alfia poured herself a cup of black tea, took a sip, and said, "Half-elves already belong to the demi-human race, while elves and high elves are two completely different races."

"Before the Age of Gods, as a race born with magical abilities, they possessed 'magic power' from birth. This is completely different from the 'spiritual power' we use in magic today. High elves were born with a higher magical talent than ordinary elves, and their inherent 'magic power reserves' were also different."

"To high elves, the outside world is like a fish out of water; they suffer from 'magical suffocation.'"

"Unless the Elf race is changed, there is no cure."

Charles said thoughtfully, "It looks a bit like altitude sickness."

Just like some people adapt to the thin air quickly when they go to high altitudes, but others react quickly and never recover unless they use supplemental oxygen...

Perhaps it was because Wang Sen's 'oxygen/magic concentration' was too high that Aina felt like the whole world was a plateau.

This is different from Alfia's situation...

In Ciel's understanding, the Alfia sisters are more like a genetic mutation.

Albinism, heterochromia, and unusual talents make him a unique individual resulting from incomplete genetic evolution.

In my memory, the only person with heterochromia is the princess of "Belden" in the temperate Far East, who has a bloodline of more than 30 kinds of demi-humans—Talvi.

However, her genes failed to evolve, which instead limited her, preventing her from ever leveling up.

Seeing Sharl deep in thought, Alfia said calmly, "That high elf seems to be coming to you to resolve some trouble. What do you plan to do?"

"Like I said, this 'disease' is not easy to cure."

"Winning over the high elves is not an easy task."

Charles pondered for a moment: "No rush. This represents the power of the entire elven race, as well as a group of incredibly talented 'spellcasting races.' Let me think..."

It should be said: Madam, you didn't want this either...

still is……

Private tutor...

Chapter 419 Rimuru's Transformation!

Charles doesn't care if more people search for him; rather, his goal is to lure more adventurers into the man-made labyrinth.

On the one hand, it tests the performance of the newly built maze; on the other hand, it can urge the 'weirdos' to take more active action and accelerate the progress of the maze.

Meanwhile, Ciel himself took advantage of the remaining time with [Lucky Star] to frantically seek out other members of the Dark Faction and rack up a winning streak.

He carried the [Mirror of the Trickster], and the two Ciel wandered through the man-made labyrinth like ghosts, beating up any living person they encountered. In the realm of the undead, they didn't even hold back.

The rewards for winning streaks are very stingy.

Xia Er achieved a winning streak of 132, and his total gains included: a certain amount of experience points, 3 disassemblers, 3 equipment reforgers, 2 one-star hero cards, 1 two-star hero card, and 2 pieces of equipment.

The experience points increased Shar's overall abilities by approximately 120 points, which is equivalent to gaining an additional +1 to all abilities for each winning streak.

The disassembly tool was still a mystery to Xia Er; after all, this wasn't a game, and equipment wasn't something that couldn't be removed. He decided to find a guinea pig to test it out.

The reforging device is a mysterious furnace that should be able to reshape some equipment by throwing it in. Xia Er wondered if he could throw in other Tier 1 weapons and see if they would hatch into LoL equipment.

The individual pieces were a giant's belt and a recurve bow. Charles sensed a connection between them, suggesting they could be assembled into a complete set. However, he didn't attempt to do so. Instead, he gave the equipment to Fels, letting her study it and perhaps replicate a similar magical item.

As for hero cards...

"These three cards contain one of a hero's abilities, which adventurers should be able to use to create new templates."

At this moment, Alfia, Fels, and Sharl are gathered together, and on the table are three hero cards engraved with mysterious magical runes.

The cards depict a spider, a white-haired goddess, and a blonde vampire, all dressed in red battle suits and wearing demon masks.

Fels interrupted, "Wait, I sensed the law of equivalent exchange from the runes above. Perhaps it's not about addition, but about substitution."

"Replacement?" Charles asked, puzzled.

"Simply put, it means replacing your 'vessel' with 'their' appearance, and all the skills and magic you previously possessed may disappear," Fels explained.

Charles frowned: "So, you mean to erase oneself and take the shape of these heroes?"

Alfia suddenly realized: "It's just like the dream crystal you had before."

[The Emperor's command is over] Charles thought of this skill and said disappointedly:

"There's only one skill inside, so we won't need it for now."

“Not entirely…” Fels flipped the card over, reminding him, “Does this count as a piece of equipment? Can your bear use it?”

"Yes, and Pochi too."

Charles recalled Pochi, and the void twisted. Pochi, who was invisible, sat on the ground with his tongue sticking out.

Charles checked the hero cards again.

The card characters are all from the Crimson Moon synergy: Elise the Spider Queen, Diana the Moon Goddess, and Vladimir the Crimson Reaper.

However, when Ciel handed Iris's card to Pochi and put it in his equipment slot, Pochi stuck out his tongue with a憨厚 (honest and simple) expression.

"Why don't you change it a little..."

Boqi: Xuhachi, Hachi.

Ciel: "Hurry up and become a beautiful girl!"

Pochi: I think you're making things difficult for me, Pochi.

Alfia revealed her beautiful dead fish eyes: "Isn't it a bit too much to ask a bear to turn into a spider?"

Charles replaced two more cards, but Poch did not give any feedback.

Seeing this, Fels analyzed, "It's probably a matter of compatibility. Not everyone can inherit the legacy of a 'hero.' At least a certain level of aptitude is required."

"Compatible?" Ciel rolled his eyes. "Where am I supposed to find you a Spider-Man, a Moon Goddess, and a vampire?"

“Should I go deep into the depths and catch a ‘giant spider’?” Alfia suggested.

"That thing is completely uncontrollable. If you're going to choose a monster, at least make sure it's obedient."

"A heretic?" Fels asked.

"Hmm... well, it's not impossible." Charles became interested: "Are there Spider-Men inside?"

Fels remained silent: "It seems not..."

Charles was taken aback.

He remembered that in the main storyline, there was a Spider-Man who was killed by Dix, and they still haven't found him?

Having made a note of this, Charles decided that he would find the heretics wandering in the labyrinth when he had time, and give them a complete family.

at the moment……

“If Pochi isn’t working, let’s give Rimuru a try,” Ciel suggested.

Upon hearing this, Rimuru's round body emerged from Ciel's arms, and Ciel placed the [Moon Goddess] card in front of the slime.

"Hmm~, want some, boss?"

"Try it."

In terms of divinity, Rimuru's body contains the scattered divine power of the three pillar gods, so there is some connection. As for the issue of the template being replaced, Rimuru has four clones besides his main body, so losing one wouldn't matter.

Rimuru obediently wriggled his body, jumped, and landed on the Moon Goddess's card.

A round moon and stars are slowly rising.

Silver light fell, the hero's glory landed on Rimuru, and was ultimately swallowed by the black sludge.

Rimuru's round body began to wriggle, gradually stretching out its hands and feet...