In front of this black shadow was still the same table thrown together from rotten planks, and among the three items on it, originally only a pitch‑black severed hand was not shrouded by the black mist. After the boy expressed his desire to purchase something, the remaining two items also revealed their appearance.
One was a rolled‑up blood‑stained parchment, tied around with a piece of rotten meat that looked like an umbilical cord; the other was placed in a glass jar, a red gel that looked like an embryo.
Shard had no idea what the former was, but he recognized the latter at a glance:
"Relic—Imitation Philosopher's Stone."
This thing, after he came to this world, was the direct fuse that ignited the summer Godfall night in Tobesk, so it left a deep impression on him. The Witch clearly knew this thing as well. Although she somewhat wanted to buy it to study, she was worried that she had already lost quite a few coins, so she did not speak.
