Whispering Verse

The two people who appeared on the rooftop were both southerners and looked exactly the same. He had brown hair and was wearing a black formal suit, except that one person wore a monocle on the right side and the other person wore a monocle on the left side.

The man with the monocle on the right looked at the small compass in his hand, and then he was surprised to see the thing in the center of the roof:

"It's true, here are the vertebrae of the 'Twin Crack Monster' that we need for promotion!"

"Wait, why does this appear here? Doesn't this kind of monster only appear around the unstable islands that are bombarded by lightning after storms at sea?"

The man with the monocle on the left was obviously calmer, but he soon found a reason for himself:

"Before I came to Tobesk, I heard that this place was not ordinary dangerous. I didn't expect to encounter such a rare monster when I came to the opera."

After saying that, the two held hands together again, and two life rings belonging to the five-ring warlock appeared at the same time behind them. The core spiritual runes of the two life rings are all Enlightenment-[Space], Enlightenment-[Immortality], and Enlightenment-[Twin Life]. At this time, the flashing auras were the [Space] Spirit Rune and the whisper - [Assassin].

On the surface of the rooftop under the night sky, the bodies of two brothers with exactly the same appearance became transparent little by little, as if they were melting. This is not simply invisible, but directly integrated with the space.

However, before their thaumaturgy could fully take effect, the keen ring magicians saw the figure of a strange young man also appear on the roof.

Shade, who had used illusion magic to mold his face, said nothing. Since he had just boasted to Miss Carina about killing this monster, he certainly couldn't let others do it.

The twin monster, who was recovering from his injuries, immediately discovered the three humans on the rooftop. It didn't care at all about the two people with the same appearance, but looked directly at the man who fought it just now. It seemed to have no sound structure. It just opened its two upper body mouths towards Shade, revealing the densely packed tiny flesh buds inside. Then it pressed its two legs and four arms on the ground at the same time, arching its waist and making a predatory gesture. action.

Shade raised his right hand, as if the night had gathered directly into his hand, and the light-absorbing black ball quickly formed, even causing the light around him to almost completely disappear. In the darkness, Shade watched the child-sized monster rush toward him, and then threw the "shadow ball" in his hand.

But as if the continuous picture was cut off for a second, the monster's figure suddenly disappeared and then suddenly appeared further ahead, completely escaping the attack of the shadow ball, and then jumped directly in front of Shade.

While its body jumped into the air, its thin body grew rapidly, as if its original body was the product of being compressed by space. In less than half a second, the monster's body had become taller than Shade. Its speed is extremely fast, and the space around its body is abnormally distorted when it moves, which means that the growth of its body is indeed the function of some kind of space force.

The mouth, which was densely packed with fleshy sprouts, bit into Shade's position, but Shade also disappeared in front of it and then appeared behind it. But the next second, the monster disappeared in front of Shade like a tarsal maggot and appeared behind Shade. It was obvious that Xia De couldn't move again because [Lagra's jump] had to be separated by ten seconds. Virtue, there is no way to move through space again.

The two mouths alternately bite the human in front of him viciously, but what escapes from the mouth is a large number of shiny butterflies. The butterflies soared into the sky, and the monsters that landed on the ground also charged into the sky like toads after accumulating power.

But this time, what it saw were dozens of silver moonlight rings flying out of the hands of humans who appeared under the starry sky:

"Light of confinement!"

Even though the body can be blurred by the power of space, those strange halos seem to have a tracking effect, tracing it with bright light traces in the air. Shade, who fell from the air, landed lightly and stepped on the ground with his right foot again:

"Space stabilizing halo!"

The monster was forced to appear in the sky under the moonlit night, and in the next moment, its feet, four arms, heads and body were imprisoned by dozens of moonlight rings. At that moment, it seemed to be stagnant in the air, while Shade on the ground raised his arms high:

"Moonlight Slash!"

His whole body turned into a silver arc of light and soared into the sky. The silver arc streaked across the night sky, passed through the monster's body and rushed towards the sea of ​​stars shrouded in mist. Shade's body appeared in the air, then turned into a swarm of butterflies and flew to the rooftop. The monster that was penetrated by the moonlight above the rooftop split into two pieces on the left and right before falling down.

Shade appeared among the butterflies, adjusted his tie, and did not turn around to look at the corpse of the monster that was turning into ashes. Instead, he looked at the two ring warlocks who did not participate in the battle because of his actions. Their core spiritual runes are all "space", and they seem to be able to work together to use thaumaturgy, which looks interesting:

"Southerner?"

Shade asked, and the man with the monocle on his left eye nodded slightly. They were all frightened by Shade's sharp attack just now. Shade himself was one level higher than them. In addition, he was much stronger than those of the same level. Therefore, the men who looked exactly the same even thought he was a local high-level warlock. :

"Sorry, we have no intention of snatching your prey. We didn't know it was chased here by you just now."

The man holding the compass bowed and said softly. Seeing that Shade had no intention of fighting with them, he asked:

"Excuse me, do you still need the weirdly shaped vertebrae with twin clefts?"

Shade didn't want to talk to them anymore. He didn't know if the illusion resistance of the two people on the other side was strong and whether they could see his face. So, he twirled his fingers. This is a universal gesture that can be understood by people from all countries.

Sure enough, the two people opposite showed expressions of realization. The Ringman, who didn't have a compass, took out his wallet and checkbook from his pocket, but then put it back and took out two emeralds the size of the first knuckles of his thumb from the wallet compartment. The style of the gem was very ordinary, and it was impossible to trace Shade through the whereabouts of the gem.

Shade didn't know how much the monster's body parts were worth, but he didn't care. Showing Carina that he was really powerful was the most important thing. So he waved his hand without thinking about bargaining, and under the pull of the spell, the emerald fell into his hand. Still without speaking, he turned around and walked to the edge of the rooftop, then jumped down with a slight jump.

The two people, who looked the same, waited cautiously for a while, and then approached the body that was only the size of a baby in the ashes.

One person bends down to handle the material to ensure that it can be used in the ceremony, while the other person looks around for warning.

"Tobesk City is indeed very dangerous. We have only been here less than three days, and we have encountered such a powerful ring warlock."

The man holding the compass said, and the other man nodded with deep understanding:

"The person just now is probably more than just the Nine Rings. It seems that we can't stay here any longer. After the count has finished handling the matter, we will leave immediately. The rumored God Caller first appeared here, and this city has experienced Despite the evil god descending, it can still maintain such prosperity... It is worthy of being the Pearl of the North."

They probably misunderstood something.

"solved!"

Below the roof, a group of red butterflies fluttered and re-entered the dressing room through the window. Shade, who emerged from the butterfly swarm, smiled and took out a translucent book from the starry sky-colored bookshelf beside him, opened one of the pages, and showed the scene where he had just killed the enemy with one blow:

"Carina, look."

"very nice."

The witch praised with a smile, and then took the gold necklace from Shade's hand. As for the mirror, Tifa used a rabbit hair pen and the lip gloss from her makeup box to draw some runes on the mirror frame to prevent monsters from appearing again.

"I just met a strange ring warlock."

Shade didn't forget to talk about the two people he met on the rooftop, but Miss Carina didn't care. After all, in a big city like Tobesk, the probability of a ring warlock appearing is much higher than in the countryside.

And now that she had time, she finally told Shade what relic this mirror was:

"Clerical relic [Mirror of the Brave]. The body of the mirror was manufactured in the Fourth Age. It was originally an ordinary alchemy item. It allows the person holding the mirror to see some secret seal traces without affecting the seal effect. , observing the monsters or relics inside the seal. The original creator seemed to want to use this mirror to exercise his courage and enhance his mental resistance. But after the mirror was turned into a relic, in addition to enhancing the original effect of breaking the seal, In addition, there are also negative characteristics: when the seal is broken, there is a probability of directly breaking the seal and releasing sealed monsters and even subspace evil objects."

"Please wait a moment. The mirror in front of us is the relic you mentioned? Is this dressing table a product of the Fourth Era? It looks like it was made four months ago."

Shade asked his doubts, and the witch smiled and said:

"Don't worry, just listen to me.

The relic did indeed have a physical body originally, but in the early fifth era, the mirror was broken due to an unrecorded accident. But the relic [Mirror of the Brave] did not disappear. After losing its entity, it transformed into an event-type relic because of its long-lasting legend. That is, the random mirror becomes the carrier of [Mirror of the Brave]. While inheriting most of the characteristics of the original physical state [Mirror of the Brave], it can continue to reflect itself frequently and for a long time when the ring warlock or read out what I have taught you. After the incantation, subspace sealed objects are randomly released. The more times you use it, the stronger the monster becomes. If it has not been used by a ring warlock for more than 1 year, the strength of the released subspace sealed object will be recalculated. "

This is why the witch clearly saw what it was, but still asked Shade to activate the mirror.

"Of course, because it is only [clerical level], like the seal that originally sealed the Pantanal evil, it can only reflect it, but it cannot break the seal. The monster released by the mirror cannot leave the mirror body for a certain period of three hours. distance, but if it cannot be resealed or killed during this period, the monster will be free. After defeating the released monster, the mirror will actively give you some of the 'treasures' that were once reflected in its mirror. Shade , look into the mirror."

Shade turned to look at the mirror whose properties were temporarily suppressed by Tifa's runes. He himself clearly didn't move, but he in the mirror put his hands in his pockets. Then, Shade actually felt his right pocket sink. When he touched his pocket again, he actually found a piece of red copper the size of half a palm.

"Orichalcum, also called 'Orichalcopper', is a strange spiritual metal. Some people think it is the 'hardest metal given by God'. It is often used to make armor or weapons. Although it is not as rare as mithril, it is still A commodity in high demand among alchemists."

The witch said, seeing Shade looking at the mirror thoughtfully, she asked with a smile:

"Why, you want to challenge the mirror again because of the reward? This can also be regarded as its negative characteristics. You must not be greedy, because no one knows what will be released next. Brave people must also control their greed. .”