"His Majesty!?"
"Lord God Envoy!?"
Amy and Tesosomok both stared at Ella in surprise. But I heard Ella continue:
"However, I need to get some water from the Black Spring in advance. I need it now."
"Want spring water?" The leader stared at Ella cautiously, "What do you want to do?"
"Since I am going to directly come into contact with the power of the God of Spring, of course I have to say hello to it in advance." Ella said, "This is basic respect, isn't it?"
"The God of Fountains will not listen to the messenger of the evil god." A warrior muttered in the leader's ear. "For a long time, only our priests can hear it. The other party must be taking the opportunity to test the poison."
The leader glanced at Ella up and down. Of course he also knew that Ella wanted to test the toxicity. However, the poison of the Black Spring comes from the power of the God of Spring. Their tribe has not found the antidote to the Black Spring for nearly a thousand years. It is naturally impossible for Ella to find it in one night.
"Okay." He agreed, "I will ask my subordinates to bring the spring water today. Tomorrow night is the time for our competition."
After saying this, the leader turned and left with the warriors. Seeing Ella's confident look, the surrounding city-state lords gradually showed expressions of understanding.
"I underestimated the power of the Envoy of God." Tesosomok said first, "It is natural that Quetzalcoatl cannot be afraid of the spring god of a small tribe."
"Of course, but now is not the time to praise." Ella said seriously to Tesosomok, "Please strengthen your defense tonight and prepare to face the enemy who attacks at night."
"Night attack?" Tesosomok was startled again, "Is the competition tomorrow night their lie?"
"There will probably be a night attack, but even if there is, there won't be many enemies. Just make a trap and let them take the bait."
Tesosomok didn't understand how Aila came to this conclusion, but since the divine envoy said so, there was a high probability that there would be no problem. So he glanced at the surrounding lords of the various states and led them to make defensive arrangements.
After Tesosomok and others left, Dast suddenly gave a thumbs up to Ella:
"High! Really high! You are worthy of being my disciple! He pretended to ask for the Black Spring sample, and it seemed like he was really preparing for a competition. It will be much easier to break through when they relax their guard!"
"Of course, so Master, don't be idle now." Ella said, "Go and explore the surrounding area, find the most suitable route for a breakout, and then have our guards prepare!"
"Discovered? Who am I, your master? Let alone exploring, even if I were to find out the water curtain and bring some spring water over, they wouldn't be able to find me."
Dust boasted triumphantly in front of Ella for a while, and then left to get ready.
"So, Your Majesty." After waiting for the two groups to leave, Amy asked seriously, "What exactly do you want to do?"
"What do you want to do? Amy? What do you mean?"
"Your Majesty can deceive others, but you can't deceive me. Tesosomok will arrange the defense, and Dast will arrange the breakout. In other words, neither of these is the most important thing. What about you, Your Majesty? You can arrange it yourself. Where is it? You don’t really want to undo the poison of the black spring in one night, do you?”
"I still can't hide it from you, Amy." Ella smiled bitterly, "There may be a sneak attack. After all, I think the warriors behind the leader are not very convinced. This is not a regular army. It is inevitable that someone will attack on their own against the leader's wishes. There may be a breakout. If I find that the toxicity of the black spring cannot be resolved, this is a backup plan. Otherwise, I would not have agreed to this competition."
"Your Majesty, I know the saying: 'Wherever poisonous snakes are infested, there must be an antidote nearby.' But judging from the behavior of these tribesmen, this spring water should not be suitable." Amy said, "If the antidote is It is impossible for them to agree to give His Majesty a sample of something that is waiting very nearby. Moreover, the leader described the poisonous nature of this spring water as divine power. According to this description, this spring water probably has no antidote at all."
Ella smiled triumphantly.
"That's what they think. Amy, have you forgotten? I am the honorary principal of the Alchemy Academy, and I am the greatest alchemist in the world today besides Paracelsus!"
"Then... Your Majesty, is there a way to create an antidote?"
"After listening to their descriptions, I already have some clues. Let's go and prepare some suitable utensils to give these primitive people a little alchemical shock."
That night, the water from the Black Spring arrived belatedly.
Ella poured water into an earthenware bowl and held it under the light to observe carefully. The water was clear and transparent, just like ordinary water. I fanned and sniffed again, but I didn't smell any special smell. It looked like just ordinary spring water, and had nothing to do with the word "black".
"Amy, find an animal and try it."
Amy nodded and took out a green quechar bird caught specifically for this purpose. As soon as it touched the water of the black spring, the bird jumped away like an electric shock. Amy pressed the bird's throat and poured the spring water down, and saw that the bird began to beat wildly, and its whine became extremely sad, but it did not die for a while.
"It's not as exaggerated as the tribe people said. It needs to be refined."
Ella put the bird aside for the moment, poured the delivered Black Spring water into a kettle, and placed it on a bonfire to heat it carefully. After the water vapor came out of the kettle, she heated it for a while and then moved the kettle away. When the water inside cooled down, she heated it again. After several repetitions, she took the remaining liquid out of the fire and poured it into four bowls.
Ella threw a gold Aztlan decorative bead into the first bowl, into the second a silver coin she had brought from the old road, into the third bowl the tip of an iron arrow, and placed a bronze lock in the last bowl.
Except for the gold beads and silver coins, which showed no reaction, bubbles appeared on the surfaces of several other items in the bowl.
"Your Majesty, look!"
Amy came over holding the bird. By the time Ella went through the above steps, the bird was already dead. Ella squeezed open the bird's beak and found many blisters inside. The bird was dissected open again, and as the tribesmen said, the internal organs showed signs of ulceration and faint traces of burning.
Ella went to wash her hands in clean water and then stood up.
"Your Majesty, how is it?" Amy asked with concern, "Can you use alchemy to make an antidote?"
"Of course, the level of civilization of this group of tribes is much lower than I expected." Ella said, "The Seven Hills Empire discovered the antidote for this kind of spring water 1,800 years ago, and this tribe, But even now I still think that this spring water is the power of God.”
