However, because the magic circle was a bit complex, she still couldn't understand it for now.
“Then work harder.”
Someone cheered her on half-heartedly while picking out equipment that suited them.
“The storage doesn't just have magic tools; there are also some alchemy materials.”
The petite witch flipped her card to show Susie.
“True. In fact, there are quite a few of the materials Diana mentioned just now.”
Susie adjusted her glasses and said something that made Diana jump instantly.
“What! Let me see! No! I have to go to the workshop!”
Jumping, checking, and then dashing out the door.
The whole process was completed in ten seconds, but no one in the room was surprised.
Research... everyone was like that.
“In that case, I'll go study the Clan Leader's self-destructing magic circle too. Speaking of which, just as a reference, Susie, what kind of familiar do you plan to sign a contract with?”
“That? It's nothing much. You guys know it, right? The one in the Grey Mist Swamp.”
When asked, Susie didn't hesitate to mention the thing she had already decided on.
However, as soon as she said it, even the petite witch closest to her quickly distanced herself.
“That's going too far!”
Looking at the two women who had instantly retreated to the door, Susie felt deeply pained.
“Your aesthetic is just too bizarre!”
“Exactly. Out of everything you could pick, you chose that thing.”
“What do you mean ‘that thing’! It matches my research direction perfectly, okay? It's a matter of strength!”
“But we're talking about the matter of looks right now.”
The three of them began a debate in the room over whether a familiar should prioritize ‘strength’ or ‘aesthetics.’
Meanwhile, on Lan Qingyou's side.
Under the effect of the teleportation circle, Lan Qingyou instantly traveled from the Golden Plains to the Cursed Corridor—or more accurately, to the ‘Empress's Farm’ where Jiang Lan was.
“Hey, did Formation 505 break the heavenly laws or something?”
As soon as she opened her eyes, Lan Qingyou saw a group of people staring at her.
Then, after seeing who was there, she was immediately amused.
【The Star】 Ruan Qingyi, 【The Sun】 Ingrid, 【The Moon】 Shang Chuan, 【The Emperor】 Gu Xiaobei, 【Hierophant】 Nemo, 【Magician】 David, 【Death】 Li Huai, 【Chariot】 Olf, 【Wheel of Fortune】 Esmeralda.
There was even 【Righteousness】 Riesling, who had been regretting not participating last time, and 【Justice】 Chu Yuan, who was usually busy handling official business in the office.
This guy surely knew no one would give him any more blood, so he wanted to come and mooch some.
Next to these people was the owner of the farm, 【Empress】 Jiang Lan.
Compared to the avatar on her card, the real Jiang Lan looked a bit more kindly.
Standing next to Jiang Lan was a woman Lan Qingyou didn't recognize, who had a beauty mark under her eye.
“This is...”
Facing this ‘all-star lineup,’ Lan Qingyou didn't feel any stage fright at all. Instead, she asked about the woman she didn't know first.
After all, she knew everyone else; only this woman was unfamiliar to her.
Now that a ‘great enemy’ was at the door, she had to ask clearly.
“Hello, Witch of the Tower. My name is Frenna. I just joined Tarot Villa at Jiang Lan's invitation. I am the holder of the Lovers card.”
As she spoke, the woman took out her card.
On the back of the card, a winged woman used her wings to form a heart shape, highlighting the attributes of the ‘Lovers.’
The first impression Frenna gave Lan Qingyou was one of ‘allure.’
If Lan Qingyou had to give her a role, it would be an existence that ‘exuded femininity’ and materialized the word ‘charm.’
Never mind Frenna—even if you said she was Freya, the goddess of beauty, Lan Qingyou would find it believable.
Of course, that was assuming Lan Qingyou didn't have her Magic Eye.
“A Charm talent?”
Lan Qingyou asked with a feigned tone of uncertain doubt, and subsequently received a polite smile and a nod of confirmation. The other party didn't intend to hide it at all and was quite open.
“Frenna is a breeding expert with excellent ranching techniques. She has raised many monsters before. Then she was targeted by the people from Formation 505 and fled all the way from the neighboring area into this place, where I happened to take her in.”
“The result was that after the people from Formation 505 chased her here, they wanted to take both me and my seeds away too.”
After the introductions, 【Empress】 Jiang Lan gave Lan Qingyou a brief overview of the situation with a bitter smile.
Good heavens, Formation 505 intended to eat and take everything, not letting anyone go!
Lan Qingyou looked around and found that everyone looked indifferent. Clearly, these guys had already known about this before she arrived.
They sure moved fast.
She had only stayed in front of the teleportation circle for a little while, and they had all already teleported over.
“Hmm, wait.”
Lan Qingyou suddenly thought of an interesting question.
“What's wrong?”
“The High Priestess mentioned before that time seems to flow differently here. So how can the Lovers and those 505 guys stay in a place like this?”
Lan Qingyou's words made everyone realize the point.
Especially those who were in the dungeon and had heard about this place, they all looked at Jiang Lan with questioning eyes.
“Because our current location is at the edge of the Cursed Corridor.”
“...”
The Empress's single sentence silenced everyone.
Well... it felt like someone had just asked a stupid question. Who was it?
“So, what's the plan? Shall we start now?”
As long as she wasn't embarrassed, the embarrassment belonged to others.
Facing everyone's gaze, Lan Qingyou, who had just come from the Adventurers' Guild in the Golden Plains, didn't care at all and changed the subject.
“We can start, but before that, it's best to have Fate perform a divination.”
Facing the eager Lan Qingyou, 【Justice】 Chu Yuan directly stopped her.
The Wheel of Fortune performing a divination?
“Divining what?”
Lan Qingyou looked at him in confusion.
“Where the blood on these guys is, of course. Otherwise, if we just kill them like this, how are we going to find it?”
“...”
Makes sense. I have no rebuttal.
Lan Qingyou shut her mouth.
Meanwhile, 【Wheel of Fortune】 Esmeralda began her divination under the curious gazes of the group.
Her divination tool was a crystal ball resting on a square cushion.
Lan Qingyou peeked at it and found that besides being a World Item, the crystal ball had nothing special about it. At most, it was just an auxiliary tool for the other party's talent, so she stopped paying attention to it.
The Wheel of Fortune's divination talent could be used three times a day. Not only was the accuracy 100%, but the divined matters were also extremely precise.
For example, things like the coordinates of Lan Qingyou's shelter could be obtained once divined.
It was miraculous. At least in Lan Qingyou's view, even in this magical world full of mana, its level of fantasy could rank in the top five.
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