Tashiniya felt that, combined with Doragon's commission, these items were very likely the mission's objectives.
If that was the case, then the "milk that removes all status effects," and even the enchanted equipment, were all real!
She was confident that as an Archangel destined to defeat the Demon Lord and save the entire Aetheram Continent from peril, she, Tashiniya, was highly respected on the Aetheram Continent.
The Elven Kingdom would never deceive her with fake or shoddy products.
Therefore... Tashiniya decided to display good angelic ethics: she would requisition this batch of mission objectives!
She would consider it Doragon funding her grand plan to defeat the Demon Lord, and when she completed her mission and returned to the Heavens, she would definitely remember Doragon's help!
Tashiniya thought herself incredibly clever.
She really needed milk.
This descent to the Nether had involved some operational error on her part; she had intended to summon a hero from another world but accidentally selected herself as the summon target.
Simply put, Tashiniya, the Archangel responsible for reincarnating heroes for the Aetheram Continent, had turned herself into a hero of the Aetheram Continent.
If she didn't solve the Demon Lord Army's problem, she couldn't return to the Heavens for promotion, and the key was that her power had been sealed after this operational error brought her to the Nether.
So, even though she was an Archangel on the verge of ascending to godhood, she was currently truly an Lv20 Mage; although she still had some other self-preservation methods... Tashiniya still missed her formidable power.
Presumably, the seal from the Heavens should also be some kind of status effect, right?
If the milk and those items were useful to her, Tashiniya wouldn't mind, after returning and ascending to become a Holy Archangel, incorporating the entire Elven Kingdom into the Tashiniya Cult.
The milk, she was determined to have it!
The current problem was that her own gold coins, even with the small stash she'd saved from kickbacks, weren't enough.
Tashiniya had a clever idea, and coincidentally, this idea resonated with Weini and the others.
"This one! And these too!"
Tashiniya swept her small hand across the items.
"Calculate the total price!"
The clerk wiped a cold sweat and replied directly:
"Ten thousand gold coins."
"Ten thousand?!"
Tashiniya shrieked.
"You're not just eyeing our money and quoting a price, are you? Those idiots from Doragon only gave us a ten-thousand-gold-coin deposit to explore the secrets of your Elven Court!"
"Captain, your words must be elegant to conform to the spirit of a Knight!"
"I'm an Archangel! What do I need the spirit of a Knight for?! Besides, Lulu, don't you think this guy's quote is just too coincidental?"
Cold sweat instantly drenched the clerk's back.
This was bad; in his haste, he had directly quoted the base price Beixi had given him!
As he was wondering how to respond, Lulu said with a righteous expression:
"Perhaps it really is a coincidence? Furthermore, the price of these goods is worth ten thousand gold coins!"
"Coincidence... Is it that Velnidoline? Damn it! That idiotic Goddess of Fate, I've already been scammed to this extent, and she's still playing tricks on me!"
The clerk was a bit stiff.
This Archangel... was really easy to deceive.
"Then there's nothing to be done."
Tashiniya pouted, then turned her head to scan everyone. Lulu was easy to convince; she also really wanted a set of enchanted equipment.
Weini needed alchemical potions, and Deconis wanted healing potions to practice her M-like constitution.
So, the only one left to deal with was... "An Duo."
Tashiniya's expression was amiable, but before she could finish speaking, An Duo, the usually shy little dragon girl, shrieked.
"No! Absolutely not! An Duo finally saved up a hundred gold coins! I won't spend them!"
"But these hundred gold coins were also part of the deposit we all received together, An Duo, please help us out."
"Even if... even if Big Sister Tashiniya says that, if you want to take An Duo's gold coins, you'll have to step over An Duo's corpse!"
Tashiniya looked a bit troubled.
Weini smiled and stepped forward.
"Let me talk to her, An Duo, just imagine, if the milk really can remove all status effects, then wouldn't your poverty curse..."
An Duo's big eyes fluttered, seeming a little swayed.
Finally, under Weini and Tashiniya's persuasion, An Duo reluctantly took out all her savings from her small pocket.
"If it doesn't work, will the Elven Kingdom really pay An Duo back a hundred gold coins?"
"Don't worry, for something like this, leave it to this Archangel!"
"Alright..."
The ten thousand gold coins deposit just received from Doragon were completely spent.
An Duo watched eagerly as Tashiniya bought and packed all the items.
The first thing she did was rush over and pick up the milk barrel.
The ton-heavy iron barrel was as light as a feather in her hands, and strangely, the barrel seemed to have spatial magic, as if there wasn't much milk, yet An Duo kept drinking until she hiccuped.
This magical scene also made Tashiniya a little more hopeful about removing her seal.
"An Duo, how is it?"
As soon as An Duo put down the iron barrel, Weini eagerly asked.
"Mmm..."
An Duo wiped the milk from the corner of her mouth, tilted her head cutely, and thought for a moment.
"Delicious!"
"..."
Tashiniya pushed Weini aside and said with a cheerful smile:
"For something like this, an experiment will do!"
Saying that, Tashiniya pulled out one hundred and one gold coins.
Weini was stunned, a look of displeasure on her face as she said:
"Idiot Archangel, how do you still have so much money!"
"Oh, my!"
Tashiniya waved her hand casually.
"As a captain, isn't it only right to take a little kickback?"
"Captain, taking kickbacks is by no means an act of a righteous Knight!"
"I already told you, Lulu! I'm an Archangel, not a Knight! You can tell that to Yegla, the single-minded God of Knights!"
"Anyway... let An Duo try it first. An Duo, these gold coins are for you!"
Upon hearing this, An Duo's eyes instantly gleamed with golden light.
"Really! An Duo knew Big Sister Tashiniya was the best!"
The four of them nervously stared at An Duo, watching her put all one hundred and one shining gold coins into her small pocket.
"It worked?!"
Tashiniya was overjoyed.
If even An Duo's poverty curse, which far surpassed the authority of a god, could be solved, then her Heavenly seal... could it be that she could defeat the Demon Lord today and return gloriously to the Heavens to ascend to godhood?
The next moment, the entire Elven Court suddenly vibrated with a "hum," and a large array covered with runes in the sky gradually closed.
The shadow of the Ancient Elven Tree also projected onto the sky through the array.
Countless spatial teleportation magic arrays opened simultaneously from all directions, and the dense magical fluctuations squeezed the Elven Court, causing an earthquake that wouldn't destroy buildings.
The clerk's face changed beside them.
"It's about to begin..."
All the Elven Kingdom's magic arrays had been deployed; the war with Doragon was about to officially begin.
"Ah!!!"
Suddenly, a piercing shriek rang out, and the clerk looked back.
It seemed that the earthquake just now had caused this dragon girl, whose body was already unbalanced due to her massive tail, to fall to the ground.
Her small, unfastened pocket fell to the ground, and one hundred and one glittering gold coins, like orderly soldiers, rolled in a line towards the sewer.
In that brief moment of distraction, all the gold coins disappeared.
An Duo stared at her now empty small pocket, her bright big eyes instantly filling with tears.
"An Duo's gold coins..."
As tears rolled down, a silver-white glow erupted from An Duo.
"Damn it! These are fake and shoddy products! This Archangel is going to complain about you! Give me my money back!"
Tashiniya angrily slammed the table.
Her one hundred and one gold coins had just gone down the drain!
"More importantly! Idiot Archangel! An Duo is losing control, run!"
The next moment, accompanied by An Duo's burst of crying, a hundred-meter-tall, chubby, somewhat cute silver-white giant dragon crashed through the Adventurer's Shop and all the surrounding buildings.
On this day, everyone in the Elven Court saw that plump, somewhat adorable silver-white