Whispering Verse

Shade took his hands off the wall, straightened up and raised his head, looking at the entire family tree spreading down from the original starting point:

"One person in the first generation, two people in the second generation, three people in the third generation, and six people in the sixth generation. The seemingly ordinary ancient crazy families that multiplied here, in the end, what is left behind are these roots that are still unknown. And every root system has the possibility of producing more offspring, which is really touching. If the lifespan of Edwards is in line with normal people, then..."

He suddenly asked in his heart:

"Last time on the roof of the Opera House, what were the core spiritual runes of the Fulen brothers?"

[Space, immortality, twins. 】

"What else did you think of?"

Seeing that Shade was mid-sentence, the pharmacist asked again. Shade shook his head again, which made the sorceress obviously angry:

"I found that you are not very interested in the elixir studied by Edwards. Instead, you are interested in Edwards' descendants. If so, can you tell me what exactly you want to do?"

"This can be said - my mentor discovered a letter from the Edwards family a hundred years ago, which contained an important ritual symbol, and that symbol was related to the mentor's secret research. The mentor asked me to investigate the Edwards family to find the ritual The meaning of the symbols.”

"To have a young six-ring warlock like you as a student, your mentor is either very beautiful or very powerful."

"Or both."

Shade smiled, looked at the pharmacist lady again, and asked tentatively:

"Are you interested in that ritual symbol?"

"Interested, but I'm not a member of the Edwards family."

The pharmacist lady said, and then said sarcastically:

"But I'm surprised that you said you're not interested in the elixir of life. Everyone alive is afraid of death. This is human nature. Maybe you just haven't reached that stage."

"I have [Eternal Youth Leaf]."

Shade said very cautiously:

"And my friend, a high-level warlock, shared with me some of the witch emperor's, um... secrets of immortality in the fifth era."

He continued to test the woman, but her expression remained normal.

"I have seen a very real death. To me, the meaning of life lies not in life itself, but in the process. I am not a philosopher, so I can't make many big principles. I can only say that all mortals are mortal, and I cherish every second of my life and everything I have now."

The outsider who has lived his second life is really moved by his words:

"Compared to a longer life, a quality life, a life that can feel the temperature, is the most precious."

The sorceress's eyes wandered for a moment, and her voice became inexplicably softer:

"Life with temperature...speak as if you were dead."

Shade smiled and did not refute. I don’t know if it was because she knew the purpose of Shade’s investigation. The pharmacist’s next tone was even gentler:

"Immortality can also be seen as a curse. You can realize this, which means you are smarter than most ring magicians. Now write down this picture. Your mentor will definitely be very satisfied. I dare you. Bet that no matter how well-informed he or she is, they will definitely not be able to investigate these clues."

"Yes, unless you see it with your own eyes, who can know that the Edwards family has produced so many descendants after leaving Green Lake Town?"

Xia De looked at the bloody root system map:

"And what I'm even more curious about is who is continuing to write about future generations. Or does the picture itself have the power to continue writing automatically?"

It doesn't take time to copy this picture. Xia De will remember "her" after looking at it once. When he returns home, Xia De will use

After confirming that Shade had written down all the contents, the pharmacist used another bottle of potion to "wash" away the contents on the restaurant wall. While waiting, Shade also said:

"It seems like the Edwards family really values ​​family members."

"Why do you say that?"

"They put the family tree on the wall of the restaurant so that everyone can see it while eating. But speaking of it, the information about the sixth generation Edwards has already reached the bottom of this wall. If they If there are any more descendants, won’t it be impossible to write on this wall?”

Then he looked at the pharmacist lady and mentioned another possibility:

"Or, the person who originally made this picture originally thought that the family would end with the sixth generation, or that the sixth generation would complete some kind of mission?"

"Look what I do, I don't know these things."

The pharmacist lady glanced at him, and Shade nodded:

"Then thank you very much for coming to the island with me. The journey went smoothly."

"It's not free, and that piece of orichalcum is worth it."

With that said, the two of them planned to leave the mansion. Shade didn't think there were any clues that he could easily find here. He planned to investigate again in the Green Lake area and land on the island again if there were clues. Anyway, he could walk on water and run faster than the steamboat.

"In addition, if you still have special metals such as mithril and fine gold, you can also contact me. I will purchase such in-demand commodities for a long time."

The sorceress mentioned it again, and Shade joked:

"If I have the Philosopher's Stone, will you take it?"

The pharmacist lady obviously didn't consider this sentence to be true. She showed a rare smile, which was also evidence that her view of Shade had changed:

"Of course I'll take it. I'll take it if I sell all the family property. Did you know that before the Edwards family was destroyed, they really released news that they wanted to acquire the Philosopher's Stone. But they are just ordinary people, so how can they..."

She suddenly frowned, and she and Shade were at the door of the building, looking into the thick fog. Shade also closed his mouth. Although his eyes could not see anything yet, his perception had discovered that two people were moving towards here.

The opponent's level is obviously not as good as the lady traveling with Sha De, and her perception ability is far inferior to that of Sha De, so they haven't discovered Sha De yet.

"I remember you said that someone might not even land on the island once every few months."

Shade said softly, and the pharmacist lady frowned slightly:

"Now is not the time to talk about this, and I didn't expect to meet anyone else. But who would come here? There is obviously nothing left on this island."

She took out another glass tube half the size of her index finger from her small shoulder bag. Inside the container was a silver liquid like mercury:

"Go and deal with those two people, leaving at least one alive."

"Wait a minute, why should I go alone? Even if you can't exert the power of the high ring, you can still do it with me. Isn't it more convenient? And what is this you gave me?"

Shade asked in surprise.

"Men always have so many problems."

The sorceress complained and threw the small bottle to Shade:

"Just go ahead. My current situation is very complicated. If you can, try not to do anything. This liquid allows you to directly use a low-level word of sublimation. Although the effect is a little worse than the prepared word of sublimation. , but at least there are no side effects.”

"ah?"

Shade hurriedly caught the thrown glass container, and "she" said softly in his ear:

[There is no specific area as a condition. In any case, you cannot use the low-level word of sublimation to summon the demigod witch from the past. 】

"Madam, how can we use the words of sublimation to deal with these two people?"

He then stuffed the glass tube into his pocket and patted it to prevent it from slipping out:

"When you ask questions later, I will also be listening."

The sorceress glanced at him and nodded:

"As long as you are not afraid of getting into trouble, fine. Let me remind you, those two people are about the same level as you, so don't be too careless."

"I know, that's why I said to reassure you. Even though I'm young, I actually have a lot of combat experience."

As he spoke, he pulled out a black key from his chest and whispered something that the sorceress didn't understand. As the light flickered under Shade's feet, the key in his hand extended to both sides until it formed a dark wood. stick.

The pharmacist lady raised her eyebrows:

"Relic? Or a staff? It's really rare. No wonder you are so confident."

"Yeah, I rely on this weapon."

Shade walked toward the thick fog.

He did not rely on himself to discover the other party in advance and carry out a sneak attack. It would be bad if the other party was from the church. He kept walking forward until the two ring warlocks, whose senses were obviously dull, stopped and looked at him, and Shade stopped.

At this time, both sides could clearly sense the other's presence, but in the fog they could only see the other's silhouette.

"who are you?"

Shade asked directly, but the answer he got was that one of the two people suddenly waved to him.

Fragments of light flashed through the fog. Shade raised his hand to block it forward with the [Stand of Yggdrasil]. He only heard a soft sound of "Peng", and a shining but almost transparent "whirlwind". The "dart"-like weapon was knocked away by the long staff.

But it wasn't over yet. The boomerang that bounced off entered the thick fog and swirled, then spun back and hit Shade again.

"Is this... a spiritual weapon?"

Shade raised his eyebrows. Except for Sister Devlin's ice-colored scythe, he rarely encountered opponents who were as good at using spiritual weapons as he was:

"Spiritual weapons are not omnipotent!"

This time, he did not raise the long staff, but slammed it upward with his free right hand. The "Moonlight Slash" attached to the palm flashed through the fog, not even the pharmacist lady behind Shade. Capturing details beyond that flash of light, the boomerang shattered into points of light in the fog.

The shattering of the spiritual weapon did not distract the enemy. The two people, whose appearance could not be seen clearly in the fog, quickly separated, and then while casting spells, they approached Shade from the left to the right. Shade then shook the long staff in his hand, and several rings of moonlight from the top of the staff flew towards the two of them one after another.