Lord of Arcane

Chapter 722 Cook's Progress Witch Statue
After dispelling [Eye of the Sky], Xia Duo reopened the spell notes and continued to study the petrification spell.

Combined with some of the [Mud-Stone Transformation] data that the Tower of Time already has, he has already determined the petrification spell that is powerful enough to petrify metal, and its general appearance.

The awakening of the blood not long ago allowed Xia Duo to come into contact with the sixth layer of the magic net. Although this was not in his expectation or even in his plan, he had to admit——

Access to the sixth layer of the magic net has a considerable impetus for deriving the whole picture of the petrification spell.

Does this prove from the side that it is almost impossible for low-level mages to develop high-level spells expressed by low-level elements!
……

Near noon, Norman, the guard downstairs, came to report suddenly, "My lord, Cook please see me!"

Xia Duo didn't raise his head, and still focused on his notes. He didn't even stop writing with the Mithril pen in his hand. He only raised his eyelids at the interval between line breaks, and glanced at the door:
"What is Cook here for? Shouldn't he be busy in the cafeteria at this time?"

"My lord, Cook is here to bring you lunch!"

"Oh?"

Xia Duo put down his pen, and suddenly remembered that he had given Cook a lot of opportunities before. Although the end of the year was agreed, it was almost the end of the year, so he said: "Let him in! Let's see how much he has improved during this time! "

Norman took the order and left quickly, while Xia Duo calmly put away the notes on the desk and went to the restaurant downstairs, where Cook was already waiting.

"Cook, don't make progress like last time! It's almost the end of the year, you know!"

"My lord, it's different this time. During this period of time, I have left all the affairs of the cafeteria to the apprentices, and I have worked hard to practice my cooking skills. This time, I promise to satisfy you!"

Cook said proudly that at present, apart from the lord, there is no one who has eaten the dishes he made, but has not said yes!
And the lord's evaluation is actually in the past tense, now he is sure to let the lord agree!
"Oh? Then I have to taste it!"

Xia Duo turned his gaze to the dining table. The dishes were the same as before. There was still a braised pork (venison), a stir-fried vegetable (lettuce), and a mushroom egg soup.

If you practice for a long time, maybe you can really make a breakthrough.

Casually picked up a piece of braised pork and put it in his mouth, Xia Duo looked at Cook in surprise, it was really different from before.

He is not a professional gourmet, he just tastes it with the taste of an ordinary person. Cook’s previous problems such as insufficient heat and too much spice, basically none of them this time.

Eating this piece of sweet, soft and glutinous braised pork, if Xia Duo closed his eyes, he would almost think that it was made by a certain chef on earth.

This familiar smell made him attack one after another.

"It's really good! As far as this braised pork dish is concerned, your cooking skills have completely surpassed mine!"

I have to admit that the braised pork cooked by Cook this time is really good!Xia Duo naturally did not hesitate to praise, and at the same time he did not forget to stretch his chopsticks towards the lettuce plate.

"Well, the lettuce is also good, but it's a little raw, it's better to be more cooked next time!"

"Yes, my lord!"

Cook hastily agreed, he was already happy at this moment, and the two dishes have been affirmed by the lord, it seems that he is not worried about his position being replaced by others!

……

Mushroom and egg soup is also quite good, and when eating the staple food, steamed buns, Xia Duo finally couldn't help frowning, "Who told you to put sugar in the steamed buns!"

"grown ups--"

Cook was stunned for a moment. He had passed the test normally. Could it be that he was going to fall on the last staple food?
Xia Duo reluctantly ate a sweet steamed bun. Looking at the nervous and dazed Cook in front of him, he knew that his words and deeds would have a huge impact on the people below, so he said:
"It's not that sweet steamed buns are bad, but that I don't like sweet steamed buns. I don't need to make sweet ones in the future. I can add some vegetables, minced meat and other fillings to make them salty. I want to see the results by the end of the year!"

Ending with an order can be regarded as the ruling trick that Xia Duo has explored. Being friendly to the people will make them feel uneasy, which is just right.

Sure enough, Cook, who got the new task, was no longer nervous and dazed, but full of confidence and fighting spirit. He stroked his chest and replied loudly:
"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

……

After lunch, Xia Duo came to the barracks. Ji Bu, Qiao Qi and others were already waiting here, but Xia Duo came here this time not to listen to their report, but to have other matters.

"Where's Jabas? Isn't he here yet?"

"My lord, Jabas is going to rush back from the ruins, and it will probably be a little later."

"Then I'll go see the statue first. When Jabas comes back, ask him to find me at the statue. Go ahead and do your work. You don't need to accompany me!"

Saying that, Xia Duo walked straight to where the statue was.

Although he didn't participate in the excavation and transportation of the scale armor statue, when he observed the territory through the [Eye of the Sky] in the morning, the ruins excavation site was also his observation target.

The most important thing is that such a large statue is placed in the barracks in the open air, and it can be seen at a glance from the sky.

……

Slowly approaching the statue, Xia Duo still felt a little uneasy. Not only the hideous scale-armored creature shape is shocking, but also the petrified field that may be activated at any time also brought him a great sense of oppression.

However, relatively speaking, there were no petrification events during excavation and transportation. Perhaps the only remaining petrification of the statue after a long period of time has been triggered by Jabas.

"This is the legendary creator race, the Sarukh witch?"

Turning around this tall scale creature statue with a snake tail and a human body a few times, Xia Duo had some guesses in his heart.

The statue is about three meters high, but this is obviously not the true length of the scale creature that the statue portrays. Almost half of the tail is coiled on the stone pillar that serves as the base of the statue.

The statue is still intact as a whole, except for a small section of the tail that is broken, which is considered a major damage, and the rest are damages in some details, which do not affect Xia Duo's overall impression of it.

However, judging from the raised shape of the statue's one hand and the hollow space where the fingers hold it, it seems that this statue is missing an important part.

That is something held by the owner of the statue, maybe a weapon, or a personal accessory.

Xia Duo speculates that it should be some kind of weapon, at least possessing the attributes of a weapon. As for what it is, we have to wait for Jabas to come over and ask.

He turned around, and there was nothing related to the statue except for the truncated tail that was placed next to the base of the statue.

In the end, Xia Duo took out his notes, imprinted the image of the statue on the notes, from all angles, and wrote a sentence under the front view, "Suspected to be a Sarukh witch".

(End of this chapter)