Chapter 304 : Sun Medallion
Chapter 304: Sun Medallion
As the carriage entered the outskirts of Duling City, it soon arrived at the gates of Rose Manor.
Just like the last time they came, the moment Vivian pressed the doorbell, the entirely snow-white owl opened the gate for the two of them.
"Welcome back, Miss Vivian. The clan leader is waiting for you two in the reception hall."
"I know———let’s go, Janna."
As the two stepped into the barrier, the silver-white world of Rose Manor, built entirely from frost, entered Janna’s view. At the same time, standing at the entrance of the Rose Castle was the alchemical being Isis, who still wore a stern expression.
"Good afternoon, Miss Janna. I may need to place a blindfold on you that blocks mental perception in a moment."
"No problem."
After all, the place Janna was about to enter was one of the Rose Family’s top-secret grounds, so it was only reasonable to undergo some confidentiality measures beforehand.
"My apologies."
After offering a brief apology, Isis placed a black blindfold, about half the size of Janna’s face, over her eyes.
"Janna, hold my hand tightly."
"Okay."
Hearing Vivian’s voice, Janna naturally held onto her cold left hand.
"This way, ladies."
Under Isis's guidance, Janna could roughly sense that they first entered the reception hall inside the Rose Castle. Then, after several twists and turns and walking for nearly fifteen minutes, the blindfold over Janna’s face was finally removed by Isis.
"The clan leader is waiting for you two inside. I’ll take my leave now."
"Thank you."
"You’re too kind."
With Isis’s departure, Janna, standing beside Vivian, finally saw what lay before her.
"So this is an underground teleportation array—"
Though surrounded by pitch darkness, Janna could still discern that this was an artificial stone cavern. At its center was a circular platform engraved with glowing white, intricate patterns—the teleportation array.
"Janna, wear this on you."
At this moment, only Janna, Vivian, and Herman-Rose were present in the vast cavern.
Before Janna could finish observing her surroundings, Herman-Rose, who stood beside the teleportation array, tossed a completely golden magical ornament toward her. The ornament was inlaid with red jade at its center and shaped like a sun.
"The temperature in the Extreme Cold Secret Realm is far too low for you. This Sun Medallion will help shield you from the cold."
"Thank you, Mr. Herman—ah, it's hot."
As soon as Janna caught the Sun Medallion and her palm touched the red jade, a burning sensation surged through her hand, causing her to let out a soft gasp.
"Are you alright, Janna? You're sweating so much on your forehead."
"I'm fine. Just... a bit hot."
The longer Janna held the Sun Medallion, the more she could feel her body temperature rapidly rising.
Before long, a thin layer of sweat had already covered her forehead, placing her in a state of extreme heat.
"Father, is this thing you gave Janna really safe? It won’t hurt her, right?"
"Don’t worry, it’ll be fine once she’s inside the secret realm. With her current physique, without the Sun Medallion’s protection, she’d be frozen into an ice sculpture within thirty minutes."
"Quick, activate the teleportation array! I think Janna can’t take it anymore!"
Seeing the visible flush on Janna’s face, Vivian, who could no longer bother with her father’s explanations, urged anxiously.
"Buzz—"
Frost-blue mana surged from Herman-Rose’s hand and quickly flowed into the teleportation array beneath their feet.
In an instant, brilliant white light erupted. As the teleportation array activated rapidly, twisted spatial power began to emerge from the array’s surroundings.
"Bring her in."
Seeing the array activate, Vivian didn’t hesitate. She carried Janna on her back and charged into the teleportation array.
"Buzz—"
With a second echoing sound, Janna, surrounded by flames, felt herself swiftly swallowed by a white light. Moments later, amidst the disorienting spin, the figures of Janna and her companions quickly vanished from the underground teleportation array—
"So cool..."
Feeling the sudden drop in temperature around her, Janna, who had been scorched by the Sun Medallion, immediately felt a refreshing chill wash away the heat.
"Every three hours, you must recharge the Sun Medallion. Otherwise, once the heat fades, you’ll quickly freeze into an ice sculpture."
Upon hearing Herman-Rose’s reminder, Janna carefully stored the Sun Medallion close to her and nodded seriously.
"Thank you for the reminder, Mr. Herman, and for lending me your witch artifact."
The moment she received the Sun Medallion, Janna realized that its quality matched that of the White Bone Medal previously gifted by Anthony-Blackcrow—it was a top-tier apprentice-level witch artifact, if not higher.
Moreover, like the White Bone Medal, the Sun Medallion was a passive defense-type witch artifact.
Its primary targets were also shadow creatures, making it a very practical artifact in Duling’s witch gathering grounds.
After all, in terms of geographical proximity in the Primary Material World, Duling was quite close to the Shadow World and was frequently invaded by shadow creatures.
Nearly every few years, a wave of shadow creature invasions would occur. The one Janna experienced last year was considered a relatively small-scale incursion.
"Stay close to me. If we encounter any ferocious beasts, you’ll have to deal with them yourselves."
With that, a frost-formed whirlwind rose from beneath Herman-Rose, lifting him high into the air until only a vague silhouette could be seen.
"Janna, it’s hard to walk in all this snow. Do you want me to carry you?"
"If you carry me, wouldn’t it be even harder to walk?"
Seeing Vivian’s confident expression, Janna couldn't help but wonder what method she had to move so freely in the blizzard of this extreme cold region.
"You’re underestimating me."
As soon as she spoke, a dense layer of ice-blue scales, fine like glass, spread across Vivian’s arms and neck. Then, her legs fused together and transformed into a snake’s tail. In the blink of an eye, her body shifted from a human form into a half-human, half-snake appearance.
"In such extreme environments, bloodline-side apprentices really do have an edge—"
"Hisss—"
A hissing sound came from Vivian’s mouth. Seeing those eyes filled entirely with white and the ice crystal on her forehead glowing with ice-blue light, Janna suddenly recalled—when Vivian entered her bloodline transformation state, she apparently became both deaf and blind—