I became a vampire princess and then a dragon girl?

"Well, whatever Tina likes."

Eve is quite supportive of Istina's contented attitude, after all, she is also a Buddhist person.

She is a little uncomfortable with the mentality that the next one might be better.

They continued along the path deeper into the valley. As the mountain walls on both sides gradually became lower, a huge lake appeared before their eyes. A small island was vaguely visible in the center of the lake.

According to the elves' letter, a material called Spring Jade Butterfly can be harvested on the small island in this lake.

In order to prevent Eve from returning empty-handed, the elves left a lot behind from the last harvest, and the timing was just right for Eve to have a chance to harvest as well.

As for how to cross the lake, it is quite casual. If you want to fly, you can fly. If you don’t want to fly, you can go down and see the scenery at the bottom of the lake. But once you make a choice, you can only go to the end.

To put it simply, once you choose to fly over, no matter how you lower your altitude, you will not be able to touch the water surface. The same is true in reverse. Once you choose to go to the bottom of the lake, you will be as far away from the lake surface as a world away.

However, before making a choice, Eve cautiously reached out her hand to feel the calm lake water, obviously having been taught a lesson by the slime water just now.

“…What the hell is this…”

Looking at the handful of water in her hand, which still seemed a little strange, Eve didn't know what to say.

Although it looks similar, and the feel is not as sticky and elastic as slime, this thing is definitely not water!

This time, the water in the lake felt more like transparent mercury to her. It was heavy but liquid, and it would roll out small balls on its own.

But the good news is that this stuff is not as toxic as mercury. Otherwise, standing in front of such a large lake of mercury, all the alarm magic on Eve's body would probably go off like crazy.

"So... which way? On the water? Or underwater?"

Looking at Istina Eve beside her, the choice was directly put into her hands.

"Hmm... underwater? I think it would be more interesting over there, like Moon Lake."

After hesitating for a moment, Istina also gave her answer.

"Okay, let's get in the water."

As she spoke, Eve directly cast a barrier on the two of them, instead of the usual underwater breathing and movement magic. After all, she was really not sure whether this thing in the lake could be counted as water.

thump--

Accompanied by two sounds of water, two figures jumped into the crystal clear lake water.

§203 Concept Replacement

“There’s really no way to reach the surface…”

The first thing Eve did as soon as she entered the water was to personally verify what the elves said in the letter. After all, practice makes perfect.

And as the records say, even though they had just entered the water and seemed to be only a few centimeters away from the surface, she could no longer stretch her hands out of the water.

When she tried to stretch out her hand, although the visual distance did not change, her arm seemed to have reached into a hidden void and was completely unable to cross this tiny distance.

As for the principle, it is the same as that of the pavilion, it is still a trick of concept replacement.

I always feel that many things in this wonderland have a lot to do with the concept system.

It is clear that conceptual knowledge and magical heritage have almost been completely cut off in the outside world, but here they can be seen everywhere. It is truly worthy of being a place left by the God of Creation.

To be honest, if it weren't for Eve's support of the vampire library, she probably wouldn't have known about the existence of this knowledge.

At least when she was still a hero, she had no idea that this kind of magic existed.

There are many types of conceptual magic, some of which directly extract concepts as a means of attack, while others take the route of replacing and manipulating concepts.

Take the trick of manipulating concepts for example. Although the means of implementation are relatively complicated, the results can be very interesting.

For example, you can take a cup of ordinary purified water, and then tell the other person that the cup contains drug X. As long as you drink it, you will keep having X and become addicted to XXX.

Then no matter whether the other person believes what you say or not, as long as you pour the glass of water into her, she will really become a RXQ who keeps sending X.

Because conceptually, that glass of ordinary water has really become drug X, and naturally it will have the effect you mentioned.

Not scientific at all, but magical.

Similarly, if you tell someone that he is a pig, then the other person will really treat himself as a pig.

You can even use this trick to orchestrate a temporary rebellion.

It's like sneaking behind enemy lines, then stopping someone at random and telling them that you are her master. Then the other person will really treat you as her master and tell you everything they know.

Ah, but whether the above two situations can take effect and whether they can take effect completely depends on the power gap between the two sides.

However, Eve has not yet touched upon the above parts. She is working on conceptual magic oriented towards frontal attack.

As for whether it will be involved in the future...it's hard to say.

In principle, what she is doing now is to extract the concept itself and attach it to the weapon as a means of attack.

Although it's not impossible for Eve to condense the concept itself into a weapon, considering the existence of Ilvia and Arcana, she decided not to do so unless it was absolutely necessary.

After all, using other weapons in front of the two of them would be a definite minefield, and Eve didn't want to appear the day she saw herself being stabbed.

As for the actual effect, let me give you a few simple examples. If she fights with the concept of cutting, she can cut a person into two different individuals in a spiritual sense with one knife. When facing the enemy's attack, she can also cut off the concept of damage and then watch it as a big firework.

She can even use this skill to change some natural phenomena that are normal, such as changing the sun to rise in the east and set in the west, and water to flow to lower places.

Eve's main purpose in researching this was to develop some attack methods that would cause less friendly damage to herself, so that she wouldn't have to become a teammate killer every day.

The destructive magic is good in all other aspects except that it is a little too powerful. Once there are teammates around, it is difficult to use it.

However, her application of the concept is still a little lacking in practical testing, and it seems a bit like empty talk.

However, after this trip to Wonderland, Eve has gained a lot more experience in the operating principles of the probability field, and should be able to make improvements and perfections soon.

After all, there are so many real examples in front of her, and she has experienced it several times herself.

If she still can't make any improvements, then she can't be called the top genius in the history of the vampires.

Let’s talk about Eve and the others’ current situation.

Being in this mercury-like lake, and because there is a layer of shield around them that blocks the lake water, they can only walk to the island in the middle of the lake.

The situation at the bottom of the lake was no different from before. It was still a bunch of seemingly real things, such as emerald-like algae and lake bottom mud mixed with various metal powders.

And just like the extremely quiet valley just now, the lake here has absolutely no undercurrents, and is as calm as a pool of stagnant water.

But considering the mercury-like texture of the lake water itself, maybe it's not surprising?

In short, Istina's wish to come and see the underwater scenery was largely dashed.

So a new problem appeared before them...

"My lord, why haven't you arrived yet?"

After discovering that the scenery here was similar, the two of them began to move quickly, but strangely, they still did not reach the island in the middle of the lake.

Although the distance between the shore and the island in the middle of the lake was not too close, it was definitely not so close that they would not be able to reach it even if they traveled quickly for a while.

"Let me see."

Eve stopped moving forward, closed her eyes slightly, and began to feel whether there were any unusual movements in the concepts around her.

"Hmm... no need to run fast, that's useless, just walk slowly and normally."

After a moment's silence, Eve gave her answer.

Well, it’s another case of concept change.

What has changed this time is the concept of arrival. Now the word "arrival" has completely disappeared in the lake.

This means that they have no chance of reaching the island in the middle of the lake until their consciousness returns to normal.

The next moment their consciousness is restored, they might appear directly next to the island in the middle of the lake.

"That's it..."

After hearing what Eve said, Istina nodded slightly, and began to walk aimlessly at the bottom of the lake holding Eve's hand.

Since there's nothing much to see at the bottom of the lake, let's look at her brave hero~

After a while, when Eve and the other girl took a casual step forward while chatting, a giant tree suddenly appeared in front of them. Even the lake water around them disappeared in an instant and retreated to their feet. The shore where they set out was still faintly visible in the distance.

Although the process was a bit strange, they still successfully arrived at their destination.

And the Spring Jade Butterfly is waiting for them to harvest somewhere on this small island.

§204 Spring Jade Butterfly

According to the letter given to Eve by the elves, the "Spring Jade Butterfly" was produced on the island in the middle of the lake in the area representing "Spring".

However, the letter did not explain what this material looked like. Due to the variability within the Creation Courtyard, the appearance of this material was different every time it was collected.

But the letter also mentioned that as long as Eve encountered this kind of material, she would know what it was at that moment.

Judging from the description, it seems like this is some kind of conceptual operation trick.

The most eye-catching thing on the island in the middle of the lake is undoubtedly the giant tree in front of the two people. It is rooted in the center of the island, and green buds are sprouting on its branches.

But after a quick glance, Eve didn't find anything that made her think, "That's it!" It seemed that Chun Jing Yu Die wasn't here.

"Let's go, let's just take a walk~"

Holding Istina's little hand, Eve was about to take her for a walk around the island, but Tina held her back.

"?What's the matter?"

"Um... the brave one?"

"Ok?"

"Can I hug you again?"

"…well."

After a moment of silence, Eve sighed helplessly.

"Only until you find the Chunjing Jade Butterfly."

"Good~"

As soon as she got Eve's consent, Istina couldn't wait to pick up her petite body and hold it in front of her.

The two soft human hearts in front of the girl were constantly announcing their existence to Eve.

Fufu, it's really fun to hold the hero like this.

In a sense, Istina likes to hug Eve because Eve is usually very proactive and strong, and there is a sense of contrast when she is held in her arms like this.

“Hmph~Hmph~~”

While walking on the island in the middle of the lake and looking at the surrounding scenery, Istina hummed an unknown tune casually, looking very happy.

As for Eve's mentality at this moment...

Haha, are you so happy just hugging yourself like a pillow?

Although it is indeed quite comfortable to be held like this...

All I can say is that someone doesn't know how to appreciate what he has.

After the two of them circled to the other side of the island for a distance, Eve suddenly saw a flash of snow-white from the corner of her eye.

"Tina! Wait! Look to the left!"

"Um?!"

Hearing Eve's cry, Istina also looked around, where a cluster of flowers formed by snowflakes was hidden under the shadow of a big tree.

The moment they saw this cluster of flowers, their name appeared in their minds - Spring Ice Butterfly.

"Okay, let me go."

After swaying twice, Eve pretended to jump to the ground to observe the Chunjing Jade Butterfly not far away from a close distance.

"Oh…"