A moment later, he slightly raised his face and unwillingly asked, "How on earth did you see through my intricate disguise?"

"The smell was too strong."

Charlotte disdainfully covered her nose.

She didn't know if it was psychological, but a few days ago when she saw the guy with the white turban in Moon Forest City, she didn't think he smelled this bad.

"Don't overdo it! I specifically went to the public bath before coming here, and this cloak is newly bought!"

The white turban raised his voice.

Because of this, he suffered many cold stares in the public bath. As soon as he entered, the summoners inside scattered in panic, fleeing the bath in terror, shouting, "Boss, you've got a stinky mud in the bath!"

And the culprit of all this was Ethan!

Ethan was the first to say he smelled like stinky mud, even though the guy claimed he was merely repeating the beasts' evaluation, the white turban was sure it was a rumor.

The white turban always avenged his grudges, and he had set his eyes on Ethan.

"What's with your waist and cane?—Stop, don't get up, just stay there, don't come near us!"

Seeing the white turban trying to get up from the ground, Lady Fengweidie lost her usual composure.

This creature, appearing human but smelling like stinky mud, was one of the few things that could frighten her in recent years.

She didn't know if the smell was contagious, to be safe, she had to keep more than ten meters away from this unknown creature.

"I fell!"

"Fell? Did you get attacked in the city again?"

Lady Fengweidie immediately became alert. After the attack in the Market District ended, the frantic robot was nowhere to be seen. She suspected it might still be lurking somewhere in Lindong County, so she increased the number of patrols and temporarily included some classroom students into the patrol team.

"No, I fell while climbing the wall."

The white turban complained, "Why are there so many patrols today? I was caught by them while climbing the City Lord's Mansion wall, what's so suspicious about it?"

For rock climbing enthusiasts, it seemed quite normal!

Upon hearing this, Lady Fengweidie's eyelids twitched violently, her hands clenched into fists, wanting to change her profession from a Summoner to a Berserker and give the white turban two kicks.

But on the other hand, she had to admit that the white turban indeed had a keen sense of observation, which was likely why he made a name for himself in the poaching industry.

After a sigh, Lady Fengweidie asked, "What exactly were you trying to say earlier?"

"Maybe Ethan… Sakaki isn't as powerful as you might think, maybe he just countered those ghostly things in terms of attributes, just as summoners are countered by them. Miss Charlotte, from what I observe, your partner seems to possess the same power."

This statement caused Lady Fengweidie to fall into contemplation.

There had always been relationships of mutual restraint between monster species, but in the past, monster researchers only roughly categorized them into land, sea, and flying types. In recent years, academic journals indeed proposed the concept of classifying monster species in more detail, suggesting that the restraining relationships between monsters were far more intricate than they had imagined.

The concept of "attributes" was first proposed by the white turban, it was the first time she heard of it.

"What do you mean by 'attributes'?"

"Take those mechanical monsters as an example, they are all metal, very resistant to attacks, and most summoner attacks have little effect on them. In my theory, monsters with similar characteristics can be defined as 'metal' or 'steel,' and this white dragon possesses an attribute that precisely restrains this one."

"But it's clearly a dragon type."

Lady Fengweidie pointed out the flaw in the white turban's theory.

"No one ever stipulated that monsters can only have a single attribute. Besides possessing the 'dragon' attribute, it may also have another unknown attribute that can restrain mechanical monsters."

The white turban got more excited as he talked, "That means if we can understand this unknown attribute, we can form a restraining relationship with mechanical monsters!"

............

Meanwhile, on the other side.

"Old Sen, don't you find something peculiar?"

Leaving the tomb and returning to the surface, the information master Rowena spoke up, "Was it this cold here before?"

"It probably results from the teacher's ice elemental magic."

The lake remained frozen over.

"No, I know her magic very well as her partner. After domain magic is released, the altered temperature should gradually rise until it returns to normal. We stayed in the tomb for so long, the temperature outside should have already recovered, and look under the ice, were there this many fish before?"

Upon hearing this, Ethan looked down, seeing a school of fish pushing its way beneath his feet. They appeared quite joyful as if wanting to break through the ice to reach him.

He pondered for a moment, then picked up the cat on his shoulder, and placed her on the ice. As expected, the fish swam toward the cat.

Immediately, he felt something unusual.

Perhaps because the school of fish under the ice was too dense or because he hadn't slept well for the past couple of days, he closed his eyes for a long time before reluctantly opening them again.

When he opened them again, the cat was in front of him, curiously looking up at him.

But this time, there were many words floating in the air behind the cat, similar to the skill panel that appeared out of nowhere when he first practiced the Fireball Skill.

『Ice Brocade Carp (Water/Ice), Level: 11』.

Many words overlapped, and the numbers after the level flickered between 10, 11, and 12.

"They definitely didn't look like this before!"

Rowena said with certainty, "They used to be red, why are they blue now? And the patterns on the scales are more orderly than before!"

She had always held the attitude of a tourist, attempting to interact with the fish under the ice upon arrival.

The beasts of this plane were much smarter than those in their world. While most could not speak, even the lowest-grade beasts understood human intentions. In the empire's monster compendium, such intelligence was only awakened by a few high-level monsters.

"Your feelings are not wrong."

Ethan responded, perhaps because they took away the discarded files from the tomb, the world was indeed undergoing change. Before, he was very sure that this world's beasts had no concept of attributes, spraying fire and spitting venom were mainly innate skills of very few creatures.

Now, natural elements seemed to be returning to this world.

Affected by Lindong's domain magic, the monsters near the lake acquired the "ice" attribute, which might be why they were drawn to Lindong.

"I told you... Wait, look over there!"

Rowena accelerated all of a sudden, flapping her wings toward the shore.

The frantic robot remained frozen as it was showcased like a monument at the edge of the frozen lake. As they stepped out of the frozen lake, the mist lingering by the lake had faded away, replaced by slowly falling snowflakes, which seemed out-of-place for the season.

By the side of the frozen robot, they discovered an entirely white antelope. The part cut open on its abdomen turned into an ice layer, and through the ice layer, they could see its heart-like core pulsating, the worm-like hoses also disappeared, and the antelope's horns and ladders transformed into the same icy material.

『Snow Summoning Antelope (Ice), Level: 25』.

Ethan remembered this type of creature was originally called the Mist Weaving Antelope, known for their talent of summoning fog, hence their name. Now, although he could vaguely see the original outline, it had entirely turned into a new species.

This prompted him to hasten his return to the city.

At the break of dawn, Lindong County was bustling. Summoners and their beast partners came out into the streets, adapting to these sudden changes. Amidst the crowd, he spotted a familiar figure.

Lady Fengweidie also noticed Ethan and his companions, immediately walking toward them with the large silver butterfly by her side, which was taller than a human.

『Silverwing Butterfly (Insect/Fairy), Level: 64』.

Upon receiving the report, she came onto the streets without delay. The summoners' beasts experienced varying degrees of change; some could breathe fire, others could spray water. Their fur color changed, making them appear as seemingly new species.

"What exactly have you done?"