Amber Sword

"Sky Blue Spear... Aunt Tania, where did you get this information?" Brand saw Princess Griffine tense up, as if drawing back a bowstring, and she asked cautiously.

"It originated from a guess," Tania adjusted her glasses, "I accidentally discovered some things, and they inspired me."

The Princess breathed a sigh of relief and sat back down. "I see..."

"I see?" The Elf Lady was greatly displeased. "Shouldn’t you ask what inspired me?"

"No... I’m sorry, I was too surprised." Princess Griffine changed her words with an awkward laugh, she really didn’t care. She only cared whether everything that happened underground in Ambeser had leaked out, but the elf’s nature was odd, and she knew that if she didn’t go along with the elf’s mood, today might be endless. So she had to feign interest and ask, "Then Aunt Tania, what exactly inspired you? Could it be those documents lost before the era of fading light?"

"Of course not," Tania was startled, "The documents before the Tower of Heaven’s collapse are long beyond reach. That’s everything countless wizards have pursued all their lives. How could I find them?" She placed a finger on her lips, reminding them seriously, "Don’t joke about this matter, have you seen the fury of the Silver People?"

"I understand, Aunt Tania, so what exactly did you discover?" Princess Griffine asked helplessly.

"You will soon understand."

Brand saw the Princess exchange a look with him indicating to wait a moment. He could somewhat understand the Princess’s feelings at the moment, but contrary to her expectations, he didn’t feel anxious at all. On the contrary, he wanted to know why this Elf Lady was so confident. He had a vague feeling that perhaps this was originally the quest line about the Sky Blue Spear in the game.

At this moment, Tania clapped her hands. The little girl had already moved the box out from the back of the hall—Brand originally thought the so-called ’gem-encrusted box’ was jewelry box-sized, but then realized he was wrong. It was really a box, about two-thirds the height of Carlo, and the little girl used all her strength to drag it out, her face red with exhaustion.

Tania stood up—she stood on the exhibition platform only reaching Brand’s shoulder—and then spread her wings thin as cicada’s wings and flew onto the box. Brand saw that the crystals embedded in the box were actually defensive spells, and the Elf Lady placed her fingers on those crystals, the spells lit up one by one and were self-canceled.

Only then did she fly up, grabbed the iron ring on the box, and opened the box. "What is this?" After the box was opened, the Princess’s gaze was inevitably drawn to its contents: a large and two small black metal disks.

But beside her, Brand’s gaze slightly contracted. He almost stood up from his chair immediately, but bit his tongue hard to calm down, the pain made him instantly regain clarity.

This was the Earth Tablet.

It records the original text of the Cruz people’s creation epic, the Poem of the Blue, a holy relic. Legend has it that it carries the words that decipher all secrets between the Mortal World. In the future, it triggered a blood-soaked Wizard War because of it. It is the root of World’s conflict, and yet, here it appeared before him once again.

Although named Earth Tablet, it is essentially these specially textured metal disks. The least advanced ones are black like Black Iron, more advanced ones resemble Gold and platinum. But regardless of the kind, the box contained unmistakably Earth Tablets.

He suddenly realized why this elderly Elf Lady claimed she discovered something that could indirectly prove the whereabouts of the Sky Blue Spear. Legend has it that the Earth Tablet records all secrets of the world, and if what she found happens to relate to the Sky Blue Spear, then reaching this conclusion didn’t seem difficult.

"I don’t know what these things are either," Tania treasured the metal disks in the box, and raised her head to explain to Griffine, "I and a group of adventurers unearthed them from ruins north of the Golden Birdflower Plateau. I traded other antiques from them for these because I found them interesting."