Whispering Verse

"No need to remind me, my eyes are fine... I didn't expect that it requires space-related runes to open it, so the church didn't find it. If you hadn't prompted me to gather nearby elements, I wouldn't have been able to find this place. .”

Guessing in his mind, Shade lowered his head to check the passage in front of him, but the bloody footprints did not extend in:

"At least one of the two nine-ring warlocks from a hundred years ago knew about this place and tried to open the passage with blood, so the blood stains on the wall looked like they were smeared, but in the end they were unable to walk in because the method of opening had nothing to do with the blood stains. Did they fight over this secret? But why did they die together? Are they really crazy? "

【You have come into contact with "miracle". 】

"Are you sure there are only miracles ahead and no blasphemy elements related to evil gods? Or whispering elements related to relics?"

Shade asked, the woman's whispering voice in his ear was actually particularly useful.

[At least not yet. 】

After thinking for a while, he bent down, picked up the oil lamp, and carried the cat into the passage revealed on the basement wall. After passing through the hidden wall, the wall became solid again.

The passage is not long, and there is an open space at the other end.

Oil lamps illuminated this place, a standard circular space with a height only slightly higher than the basement outside. There was a strange smell of orange in the air, not the decay of a basement that had been empty for so long. Sundries and books are piled up next to the curved walls, while a white stone statue is placed in the center of the space.

The base is a circular platform, and on the platform stands a statue of a man with two heads, both of which have no faces. He holds a book in his left hand and points forward with his right hand. The direction the finger pointed was the direction of Shade and Mia.

The two-headed man wears a rolled-up floor-length robe and is barefoot. Due to the style of the sculpture, he presents an unusually sacred posture.

Under the dim light of kerosene lamp, time seems to have left no trace on the statue. After being watched by Shade, the statue spontaneously emitted a soft holy white light, which gradually became brighter than the light of an oil lamp, illuminating everything here.

The surprised Shade took a step back, not because of the light, but because he had seen this two-headed statue before.

In the lobby on the first floor of the Prophet's Association, among the oil paintings of the thirteen founding series of Rhodes cards, there is an impressive image of this statue. But the face of the card is not a statue but a real image of a man, with his back facing the outside of the card, one hand holding a book and the other pointing toward the "inside" of the card. The background of the card is the bizarre bubbles in the infinite starry sky.

"I remember that the name of that card is - Creation Space... Is this a statue of an ancient god? It's actually under my house?"

He was surprised to think that there were still only reminders of the [Miracle] element in his ears, so Shade did not retreat. He placed little Mia and the kerosene lamp against the wall, and told the cat not to wander around. Mia instinctively felt uncomfortable in this space, so she just watched Shade worriedly as he approached the statue.

When I stood on the edge, I felt nothing. There was no discomfort at all when I came into contact with the statue of the false god [Vampire Duke Loair] not long ago.

But the closer he got, the more his head felt swollen, and countless overlapping whispers echoed in his head. At the same time, the skin could feel a tearing sensation, as if a dull knife was gently scratching the skin.

In the end, Shade even had the same feeling as when he saw the saint again. Fortunately, the "divine afterglow" state was enough to offset this discomfort.

It's just a statue of an ancient god, but it actually has the same sense of oppression as the old saint.

"The first ancient gods and the later ones are really different."

He thought to himself.

There is an obvious inscription carved on the base under the white stone statue. Shade, who experienced the [Dark Box] incident, should not have interpreted it. But the sight was just a touch, and he could not help but understand these words. This was beyond his control. The statue of the ancient god resonated with Shade's power.

His hand involuntarily touched the warm base, and the holy white light shone on his face. Shade uncontrollably read out those words:

"The original crack protects you in the infinite space."

After finishing reading, the strange state disappeared. Shade quickly took two steps back. Seeing that nothing happened, his panic subsided. He frowned and looked at the statue in front of him:

"This sentence sounds familiar."

Muttering to himself, he thought of the words engraved on the [Time Key], "The World Tree protects you in time," and the incantation for using the Time Key is "The World Tree protects me in time."

"Could it be that?"

Shade suddenly had a bold idea.

He immediately moved away from the statue, then picked up the frightened cat by the wall, and left with the oil lamp. After passing through the hidden wall, the wall automatically returns to its original state.

Shade left the first floor and returned to Room 1 on the second floor, leaving the cat here while he picked up the weapons and relics. I took a deep breath at the top of the stairs and returned to the basement again when I was ready.

The moment you pass through the hidden wall and look at the statue, the double-headed statue lights up again. Shade recited the incantation against the wall, but nothing happened, so he nervously approached the two-headed statue of the ancient god. Putting his hand on the base, he whispered:

"May the original crack protect me in the infinite space."

After waiting for less than a second, the surrounding white fog quickly surged in, wrapping Shade in it.

Standing in this slightly familiar thick fog, Shade also heard the murmuring voice coming from his ears as expected:

[Outlander, you have entered the ‘space maze’. 】

[Message from the ancient god "Original Crack": ]

[Existing space road signs: 1. 】

"it is as expected!"

A vague path appeared in the hazy white mist, and Shade saw a bare wooden signpost erected in the path. The wood was broken and crooked, as if it had been exposed to wind and sun for hundreds of years in the wild. The style of the road sign is ordinary. In addition to the arrow pointing in the direction, a few letters are crookedly engraved on the wooden stick supporting the arrow.

This is an ancient text, and the meaning of the word made up of multiple letters is "1".

He was slightly excited and looked at the path in front of him which was not very long:

"Is this teleportable? The key to the Ancient God of Time can enter the past time. The statue of the Ancient God of Space can move through space?"

He didn't dare to step into the surrounding white mist easily, but he could walk into the vague path. After thinking about it, I walked over and reached out to touch the wooden signpost at the end of the path.

A woman's voice whispered in her ear:

[The original rift will guide you. 】

The white mist swept across the path and completely enveloped Shade who touched the road sign. He felt dizzy, and when it ended, he found himself in a circular space with a two-headed white stone statue.

An excited expression immediately appeared on his face:

"Is this a new statue? Am I really teleported? Where are I now? What's the cooldown time for the statue?"

He asked in his mind, but he heard a woman's laughter.

Only then did I think of a possibility, so I immediately looked at the wall. The oil lamp I put down a few minutes ago and the debris accumulated here were all in their original positions:

"So, this is... St. Teresa's Square passed down from St. Teresa's Square? An existing space landmark is actually here?"

He didn't know what expression to make.