Universal Mechanic

Luo Mengli smiled helplessly and said: So it seems that this is the tacit understanding between us.

As she spoke, Luo Mengli looked at Xiao Mingqin and Xi Qiling whom she met unexpectedly.

Xi Qiling: Ah, this is really an unexpected situation, but our goals should be different.

Luo Mengli snapped her fingers and said: Our target is the magic stone of the big guy inside. Judging from your combination, the target should be the meat, right?

Xiao Mingqin nodded and said, "Yes, the sauce for making Kabayaki. By the way, have you eaten yet? I have grilled eel and hot rice."

Luo Mengli raised her hand and said: Give me a bowl! I haven't eaten yet!

Asta also raised his hand and said: Three bowls, one bowl for me, Finn, and Ross.

Xi Qiling spread the picnic mat on the ground and said: Then I'll have a bowl too.

Xiao Mingqin said while preparing eel rice: That’s five bowls then!

after a while

Xiao Mingqin said while preparing green tea: Come to think of it, someone has been watching us since just now?

Xi Qiling said while eating: Don't worry, maybe they want to cause trouble? I have set up a barrier and they can't get in.

Luo Mengli looked at the crowd outside and said with sudden realization: Ah, they might be here to see me, because I asked my student to take the application for withdrawal from the association over.

Xi Qiling looked at the badges on them and said: Oh, so this is what the Alchemist Society is like. But is it necessary to quit?

Luo Mengli took a sip of hot tea and said: Because the election for the president is approaching, I have no interest in it. However, some people recommended me to run for the election, so I simply withdrew. Of course, it is also possible that I thought they were too troublesome, so I left a bomb at the headquarters? But it was actually a blank bullet, so it would be fine even if the countdown ended.

Xi Qiling smiled and said: You are really bad~.

Luo Mengli: Please, please, don’t snatch my meat with a smile on your face!

As they talked, the two began to engage in an offensive and defensive battle with chopsticks.

Xiao Mingqin said with a wry smile: Actually, I still have a lot of inventory here, so there is no need to be so aggressive, right?

Xi Qiling and Luo Mengli said at the same time: It tastes better this way!

Xiao Mingqin: ...Fen, do you want to add a little more?

As Xiao Mingqin spoke, he turned and looked at Finn and Ross who were eating.

Fen said while drinking tea: No need, but by the way, don’t you care about them?

Xiao Mingqin shook his head and said: My job is only to cook and make sure everyone has enough to eat. As for how they play, I don’t care because it’s too troublesome.

Astha: By the way, what's for dinner?

Xiao Mingqin: Sandworms and eels. Of course, I will cook them in various ways so you don’t have to worry about getting tired of them.

After a few people have eaten

Asta swung his greatsword and destroyed the frozen weeds in front of him that were like spikes in the ground with his sword energy. Then he said.

Asta: No wonder no one wants to explore. For most people, just dealing with these frozen weeds is hard enough.

Xi Qiling broke off an ice cone and said: That's true, maybe he has become stronger in these ten years, right?

Ashtar: So why didn't anyone come to handle it before? There should be quite a few people who can handle it, right?

Hearing Asta's question, Xi Qiling spread his hands and said, "To put it bluntly, there is no money. Although there are people who can deal with it, the rulers at the time thought that instead of spending a lot of money to deal with it, it would be better to let this place become a monster territory. Maybe they can use this to make money. But you also saw the result. As a result, the monster territory expanded to a degree that they could not control, and they had to evacuate here in the end."

Luo Mengli said as she observed: But this situation is surprisingly common. After all, if you are lucky you can get a stable resource. However, there is nothing valuable here, not even basic herbs.

Xi Qiling shrugged and said: After all, it is simply frozen. No wonder no one wants to come. Not to mention making a profit, it will only result in a loss.

Xiao Mingqin picked up a fruit that was frozen into an ice cube and said: Even I don’t think this can be used for cooking. It has no nutritional value at all.

Xi Qiling took the fruit and said: It has no ornamental value.

Asta: Okay, it's almost time to get serious.

After Asta finished speaking, everyone dispersed and hid away.

Xiao Mingqin stepped on the handle of the straight knife whose blade was inserted into the tree trunk and said: Hey, why are you targeting me? I'm just a chef.

Xi Qiling flapped his wings and floated in the air and said: Which chef can jump to a height of two meters, use a knife to break the ice layer, insert it into the tree trunk, and stand on the handle of the knife?

Xiao Mingqin shrugged and said: I am just more flexible. But this is clearly a breath, right? And it is at the level of a real dragon.

Xi Qiling's forehead veins popped out and he said unhappily: Yeah, I guess this is not a monster territory at all, there is simply a dragon crossing the Dragon Gate here.

Luo Mengli stood on a branch and said: But it seems that it has failed. It doesn’t have the pressure and aura of a real dragon, but it doesn’t have the aura of death either.

Xiao Mingqin added: But there is no breath of life either.

At this time, Asta's voice came from the front: Hey, come here quickly! There is some trouble here.

Just after the three of them jumped to the ground and came to Asta.

Xiao Mingqin sighed and said: Unfortunately, it seems that we can’t eat it.

Luo Mengli: This is not a question of whether it can be eaten or not, right?

Xi Qiling: ...This is indeed a big trouble.

What was in front of everyone at this moment was a twisted dragon that was both alive and dead?

It was a white dragon with silver scales. The scales that should have been beautiful looked quite disgusting to them.

Asta raised the sword in his hand and said: Hey, Ross is complaining that they don’t have such disgusting things over there.

Luo Mengli also took out a spear and said: That's really incredible, I bet Chu Yunqi has already fired forbidden spells here.

Xi Qiling assumed the magic circle and said: Then everyone has no objection to blasting this thing until not even the nucleus is left, right?

Xiao Mingqin pulled out the Ten Immortal Swords and said: Yes, yes, I will definitely use the best quality whetstone to maintain your knives in the future, so come and help me deal with this thing first.

As Xiao Mingqin spoke, the ten immortal swords that were rotating beside him automatically blocked the white dragon's claws in front of Xiao Mingqin and cut the claws into pieces.

Xiao Mingqin frowned and said: The feeling is not normal, Asta, don't hold back!

Asta: I know!

At this moment, with a flash of blue flame, the white dragon was directly cut in half by Asta who was wearing armor, and a long spear was inserted into the white dragon's head and then directly blew it into pieces.

Luo Mengli suddenly shouted: Damn!

However, suddenly, as if time was reversed, the white dragon returned to its original state, and a huge amount of energy was contained in the dragon's mouth. The breath just now was activated again, but in contrast, Xi Qiling's pseudo-forbidden spell was also activated. The white fire column that followed directly offset the dragon's breath.

Xi Qiling drew a new magic circle and said: This is not an ability that a dragon can have!

At this moment, as the ten-colored sword light flashed, the white dragon was neatly cut into pieces of meat, and as the huge dusk-colored sword energy fell, those pieces of meat were completely destroyed.

After Asta landed, he said: Still not working?

At this moment, the white dragon returned to its original state after a twist.

Xiao Mingqin smiled and said: That’s not right, it still works. It seems that the recovery effect has its limits.

At this moment, Bai Long's arm suddenly turned into a pile of meat and fell to the ground.

Luo Mengli observed Bai Long and said: There is a limit to the recovery, Xiao Mingqin and Asta will be cut into pieces!

As she spoke, Luo Mengli held the two swords in her hands and slashed directly at the white dragon.

Xiao Mingqin: So cutting it into minced meat will be enough, right?

Asta held two daggers in his hands and said: Then let us help you chop it up first.

After saying that, Asta and Luo Mengli chopped the white dragon into pieces together.

Asta said as he swung the sword: It feels wrong, like cutting sand with water added.

Luo Mengli: So this is not some unlimited recovery. Okay, that’s almost it, Xiao Mingqin, it’s your turn!

As they spoke, the two of them moved aside to avoid Xiao Mingqin's attack.

Xiao Mingqin: Got it.

As Xiao Mingqin spoke, he waved his hand and the ten-colored sword light flashed again, directly cutting the white dragon into meat scraps.

However, after a while of twisting, the white dragon returned to its original state, but in an instant it turned into a pile of meat residue on the ground.

Xi Qiling: Get out of the way! The big one is coming!

At this moment, the forbidden spell prepared by Xi Qiling was already in place in the air. As red flames gushed out from the magic circle, the meat residue on the ground was completely burned to ashes.

And the white dragon did not recover again.

Luo Mengli: Hmm, is there something? Asta!

Asta: Got it!

Just when everyone was preparing to take a break, something suddenly rushed into the sky from the bottom of the lake that had been melted by Xi Qiling's forbidden spell, and Luo Mengli directly threw the sword in her hand into the air.

Asta appeared directly next to Luo Mengli's sword, sealed the thing with a spell card and said: Exactly one hundred and twenty degrees!

Then Asta was caught by Xi Qiling with magic and landed steadily on the ground.

Luo Mengli came up to Asta and looked at what he was holding and said, "So what is this? ... Oh, a banned book? That's fine, let's go team up and kill a certain librarian, okay?"

Asta shook his head and said: Don't worry, that guy is so poor that at most he lost his glasses. By the way, did Xiao Mingqin find anything?

Xiao Mingqin took back the Ten Swords of the Immortal Eater and said: The lake water has turned into normal lake water, which means that the source of everything is that forbidden book.

Asta sighed and said: Then I will go and give the book to him, what about you?

Xiao Mingqin said helplessly: I still have to collect ingredients.

Luo Mengli also said helplessly: I also need magic stones but it is too expensive to buy them. I have to find the next prey.

Xi Qiling used magic to make the phone float in the air while typing and said: Wait a moment, I'll go and report and collect information to see if there is a suitable target.

Ashtar: See you later then.

Then Asta opened the space door and arrived outside the gate of the Void Library.

Asta pushed open the door and walked in, went straight to the counter, pressed the bell on the table and said.

Asta: Hey, are you okay?

Yue Qiance woke up and stretched while saying: I was busy all day and finally got some sleep. Hmm, is that a banned book? It doesn't have a library label. Is it new? Where did you get it from?

As he spoke, Yue Qiance suddenly came to his senses and took the banned book from Asta's hand and began to study it.

Asta looked at Yue Qiance, whose attention had been taken away by the banned book, and shook his head helplessly, saying: Just listen and watch at the same time.

after a while

After closing the forbidden book, Yue Qiance said: So that's how it is, I roughly understand what happened. The title of this book is Guardian, so the white dragon probably thought that this book could be used to help overcome the tribulation.

Asta sat on the chair and asked: This is the title of the book, but what about the content?

After Yue Qiance handed the forbidden book Guardian to Shub-Nicholas beside him, he said: This book will turn the user into a guardian - a guardian without life or thoughts.

Shub-Niggurath said as he sealed the forbidden book: "This book is very young? Only about twenty years old, right? And please have some tea."

Asta took the tea brought by the tentacle and said: Thank you, but so that's how it is. But after we defeat the white dragon, we have to run away with this book, right?

Yue Qiance asked doubtfully: "Run? In this book, the only setting is to die together, right?

Shub-Niggurath thought for a moment and said: ...Maybe there is someone controlling it behind the scenes. Is there really nothing nearby?

Asta: Ross had the hounds explore the area nearby and Xiao Mingqin used the Ten Swords of the Immortal Eater to check the bottom of the lake but they found nothing.

Yue Qiance looked at Shub-Nicholas and said: Is there any magic or something on it?

Shub-Niggurath said without giving it much thought: ...No, never mind. The banned books should have been recycled by us anyway.

Yue Qiance: But this requires compensation. Do you need any books?

Asta: ...I really don't know how to complain, but there is no need for it for now. After all, you don't have a book that can be used to find ingredients, right?

Yue Qiance: Are you sure?

As he spoke, Yue Qiance took out a book with a smile.

Yue Qiance: The Book of the Seeker is a special magic book that can search for something, but the disadvantage is that the search range is a bit limited or there is no way to limit the range. Wouldn't it be better? Anyway, if you need it, I can lend it to you now.

Asta: You have all kinds of strange books here.

Yue Qiance: Well, our people won’t be restricted by distance anyway, and this book can add a lot of additional entries to ensure its accuracy.

Asta: Anyway, if I give it to Xi Qiling, she should be able to use it well.

As he spoke, Asta took out a library card and gave it to Yue Qiance.

Yue Qiance inserted the library card into the card reader to register the borrowing of the book, and then returned it to Asta together with the book.

Yue Qiance: Oh, many of us bought the books directly and haven’t borrowed them for a long time.

Asta sent a message to Xi Qiling and said: Xi Qiling is very happy and said he will come to borrow it again when the time comes.

Yue Qiance said while drinking tea: Then remember to remind her that this book can only be used once and must be taken back after use. Of course, there is no such restriction this time. If it is someone you know, just raise the price.

Asta said while typing: She said it doesn't matter, but there is such a useful thing but we haven't seen you use it?

Yue Qiance scratched his head and said: That happened about ten years ago. Do you want to hear my long story?

After handing the book to a hound, Asta said: I have nothing to do anyway.

Yue Qiance: So where should I start?