Whispering Verse

"Don't get too close, it's not right."

The witch told Shade that the unicorn was actually blocking them. After they got close, he stood in front of them and stopped them from moving forward.

There doesn't seem to be anything special about the nearby area; the color of the snow and the sound of the wind are normal. But both Shade and Miss Bernanise noticed something was wrong with their sixth sense, so Shade bent down and made a snowball and threw it into the forest in front of him, but nothing happened.

"It's a little too quiet."

The witch whispered to Shade:

"Even in the depth of winter, the earth has sounds, but I didn't hear any sounds. It was as if the land in front of me was dead."

She frowned slightly:

"Don't move here. I'm stronger than you. I'll go check on the situation."

"No, no, it's not about who is stronger at this time."

Shade hurriedly stopped him, then realized that the little beast standing in front of them did not dodge because of his approach. Apparently, the unicorn also got his gender wrong:

"What's going on ahead?" (ancient Elf language)

Shade asked, and Miss Benenice looked at him in surprise, not quite understanding what he was talking about.

The young unicorn was obviously confused. Shade was very sure that it was not born yet in the era when the ancient Elvish language was still in use. However, according to the information mentioned in "Elf Knowledge", the unicorn race has no understanding of this kind of language. A peculiar language with extraordinary understanding ability.

"What's going on ahead?" (ancient Elf language)

In order to prevent himself from having an accent, Shade said it again. This time, the pure white beast obviously understood, and happily let out a "Hang~" sound, and then happily circled around Shade. So when Miss Benanis bit her lip, Shade raised his hand and touched its forehead. Because he had developed a technique when touching cats, the unicorn seemed to be very useful.

"I just spoke ancient Elvish and asked it if it knew what happened ahead."

Shade explained something to Miss Benenice, and the witch asked:

"It seems to understand your words, but how do you understand its answer?"

"Even ancient elves cannot communicate directly with unicorns, but don't forget that I also have the [Fish Training Ring], which you saw last week."

Just as he was about to look for the ring in his pocket, he didn't expect the little beast to bite Shade's hem lightly, and then motioned for him to look towards the snow. In the surprised eyes of Shad and the Witch, its hooves actually wrote the characters of modern Elvish on the ground:

【Earth, madness, petrification】

"Unicorns can actually write?"

The witch said in shock, and Shade frowned slightly:

"The intelligence of a unicorn is not low to begin with, but since it speaks Elvish language, it means that there were elves around it originally. The larger elven settlement areas in the material world are either overseas or together with the three major academies, which is interesting , where did it come from?”

"No matter where it was originally, since it has nowhere to go now, I thought it would be a good idea for me to take it in."

The witch said, looking at the characters on the ground, she recognized this:

"Petrified? Interesting, Crazy Land again?"

That kind of strange area, you have to step into it to notice something is wrong, but you can't feel it from the outside.

"But doesn't this kind of problem only happen once in a few decades in the Randall Valley? In addition to last week's incident, I have already encountered it twice."

Shade muttered, but this was not beyond his expectation:

"Let me handle it."

As he spoke, he bent down, pried out the hard soil from under the snow, and tried to move forward, but not only did the unicorn bite his front again, but even Miss Bernice stopped him:

"what are you up to?"

"The use of the power of the earth and healing aura requires standing on the land in question."

Shade said matter-of-factly.

"If the unicorn is right, you will be petrified. Although I don't know the principle clearly, it probably means that any flesh and blood that enters the area ahead will be petrified."

The witch emphasized, throwing out a fireball. The fireball flew towards the area in front of it and hit the tree trunk. After the flames exploded, the bark peeled off, and the inside turned out to be a stone core:

"Obviously, I was right, and even the plants were affected."

Shade nodded:

"Don't worry, I've come into contact with a petrified relic before, and I have high resistance. Don't worry about me."

In fact, "she" has already given the hint. Shade doesn't have to worry about "Crazy Land" having too much impact on him. As long as he is fast, it will be fine.

The witch was still worried, but seeing that Shade was so confident, she could only watch him move forward and be prepared to respond. The unicorn stood pitifully in the snow and looked at him, as if Shade was about to die.

Stepping forward, when he entered the woodland in question, he immediately felt the oppressive and crazy power.

Although the petrification effect was ineffective on Shade himself, he still felt that his actions became a little sluggish. Without hesitation, he crushed the hard soil with his hands. The hands were raised forward, and as the fingers spread, the soil fell from the fingertips.

But they did not fall into the ground beneath their feet. As the earthy aura conceived in Shade's hands, the falling soil gathered in the air. All the surrounding light seemed to be collected by the soil. It was still afternoon, but the surroundings became pitch black. Only Shade, whose body was emitting silver light, and the clay Holy Grail, which was emitting golden light, were still shining.

But that strange scene only lasted for a moment. As the surrounding light returned, the Holy Grail of dirt slowly moved downwards and submerged into the snow and soil.

Where the Holy Grail fell to the ground, earth-yellow spiritual light emerged like a fountain. But this time, it didn't go as smoothly as it did at the manor with Miss Lassers. The strange power in the underground was stimulated, and black sludge seeped out from the ground while the Holy Grail of Mud healed the earth.

Shade was familiar with this thing. This black sludge had appeared in the "Miss Norma Buried Alive" incident in Tobesk City, the Emerald Dream, and the Randall Valley Manor incident.

Both the Unicorn and Miss Bernice looked like they were facing an enemy, but Shade was not panicked at all. He stood there, watching the mud seeping out of the snow gradually turn into an faceless black human figure. The humanoid rushed towards him, but as Shade's body glowed - the light technique could not only be used with hands, the bright silver moonlight forced Hei Ni to stop.

The Holy Grail of Earthly Dirt took advantage of the brief moment when the black mud and Shade were in a stalemate, and finally let the thin khaki aura completely cover every piece of surrounding land.

But it was still not over. The spiritual energy quickly enveloped the black sludge, and then slowly dissolved them.

The massive consumption of the spirit brought a sense of exhaustion to the body. When the Clay Holy Grail resurfaced from the ground, Shade staggered and almost lost his balance, but fortunately, Miss Benenice arrived in time to support him:

"The Holy Grail of clay is actually constructed by the effect of a spell. This is contrary to common sense. Hamilton, how are you doing now?"

The little beast also screamed happily at this time, came to the forest still covered by spiritual energy, and ran around Shade.

"It's okay. Sorry, I probably have to drink some magic potion."

After speaking, he whispered in his heart:

"The appearance of using the spell this time seems a little more fancy than the last time."

[As you continue to purify the land, the effect of the spell will increase. This is a gift from the earth. 】

"She" murmured, and Shade, who looked a little pale, nodded and held the clay Holy Grail in front of him. What surprised him a little was that the characters on the cup were no longer "pure water" but "fruit".

"Although I heard Larses describe it once, I was still surprised when I actually saw it. This can definitely not be called a spell. This is a divine spell, derived from the oldest earth sect."

Miss Benenice made a listening gesture, she was listening to the joy of the earth:

"It's really amazing. It's completely purified. Only the power of [Mother Goddess Earth] can do this."

Then he looked at Shade with some worry:

"What kind of potion do you want to drink? If you feel like you can't hold on using magic with this kind of range, let's go back to the city first. I can squeeze in time and leave the city with you at any time."

"fine."

He rummaged around to find a small pink bottle, pulled out the stopper, and carefully took a sip. Afterwards, not only did I feel that my depleted spirit was recovering quickly, I even felt that my whole body was heating up.

Although Shade moved quickly, the witch beside him still smelled the scent of essence. She felt herself blushing a little, but she didn't know why, and the unicorn in the forest also smelled the smell and tilted her head to look at Shade.

Shade did not explain what it was, but took back the bottle and showed the Holy Grail to the witch:

"The Holy Grail this time is a little different from the last one. What does 'fruitful' mean? Last time I got 'pure water'."

"Purified water" has been configured into a magic potion by the witch.

"It seems that your basic courses are still a bit poor."

The blonde witch with a strange expression said, shaking her finger, and a large piece of soil flew from her feet.

She let the piece of soil fall into the Holy Grail of Clay in Shade's hand. As Shade's almost imperceptible spirit was consumed, a little light appeared on the rim of the cup. Looking at the contents of the cup again, the soil has disappeared, but instead there is a red apple:

"Exactly what I thought."

The witch said lightly:

"Turn soil into fruit. The ancient character 'fruit' has a special meaning in the Church of the Sun."

"This spell is really magical."

Shade also praised, took back the cup, broke the apple and gave it to the witch and the unicorn.

"That's why I'm curious, who is the soul that gave you power in the dream?"

The witch refused the apple, and Shade himself didn't want to eat it, so the whole apple was worth the price of the pure white beast.

It had a big mouth. After chewing the apple, it happily bit the hem of Shade's clothes and led him forward dozens of steps. In the snowdrift under the "stone tree" that had been blown open by the witch, Shade discovered a humanoid stone statue.

PS: Do you have any other good opinions on the effect of the "Holy Grail of Clay"?