Whispering Verse

Ordinary people in the circus could not see this strange soul, and Rusty Edwards, as a spirit, was not afraid of the sun at all, so Shade took her away from the tent. With Megan's ancestor guiding him, Shade no longer had to wander around the camp this time, and he easily found out that the tiger was in the largest tent in the center.

The tent watcher originally didn't want Shad to go in, but Shad said he paid to visit and paid a 10-pence entrance fee, so he was allowed to enter.

The size of this circus is considered medium-level, so although there are no groups of animals in the troupe, there are also horses and tigers that are used for both performances and pulling carts, many cats and dogs that are used as pets for performances, magician's rabbits, and parrots.

Among them, the tiger is of course the most important animal in the entire circus. When animal performances are performed in public, the tiger is the best gimmick to attract guests.

On this Thursday morning, the tiger was locked in a cage, lying there lazily as if sleeping. Because Shade paid money to come in, the young animal trainer apprentice who was playing cards with the clown did not stop him from approaching, but only warned Shade:

"Please don't feed food randomly, and don't reach into the cage casually - the two things can actually be the same thing."

"Great sense of humor."

Shade approached the cage, but didn't notice anything unusual about the tiger. Looking at Rusty Edwards on the side, the girl shook her head quickly:

"This is not a tiger."

"Isn't it?"

Shade hesitated a little, glanced back, and saw that the two card players were concentrating on their hands, and quickly reached into the cage to touch a handful of tigers. The tiger who was touched opened his eyes and looked at the person outside the cage suspiciously, not sure what he was doing.

[There is an elemental reaction, suspected of deformation. 】

Shade understood something, and asked the little girl beside him:

"He's not a tiger, so what is he?"

Rust Edwards said without thinking:

"Of course he's a trainer, but now he thinks he's a tiger, which is really funny."

Shade nodded, turned around and walked to the two people playing cards, and asked the young apprentice of the animal trainer:

"Excuse me, where is your teacher? I am very interested in communicating with him about his experience in raising tigers. I also raised a similar thing."

Little Mia, who was basking in the sun on the windowsill at home and watching pigeons, lazily rubbed her face with her paws.

"How do I know?"

The apprentice said without looking back, but then, the coin dropped from Shade's hand to the table. The clown quickly held the two coins in front of him, and then answered first:

"Dear guest, Mr. Tiger said he wanted to take a look around. It's too stuffy in the tent. You leave the camp and go east. There is a river over there. He should be there."

"Oh, this is mine!"

The animal trainer's apprentice reached out to grab the coin, and the two began to play around. From beginning to end, they never raised their heads to see who Shade was.

So Shade left the tent and walked east through the farmland with Rust. After a few minutes, they saw the river that the clown talked about. This is a tributary of the Duin River that runs through the cities on the north and south sides of Green Lake, and will eventually merge into Green Lake. As expected, the animal trainer with the head of a tiger and the body of a human was here. When Shade saw it, it had its back to the direction of the camp and was lying on the belly of a dead cattle, eating the body.

Hearing the footsteps, the "Animal Tamer" immediately turned around, allowing Shade to see the furry face and the blood stains near his mouth.

No need to say any nonsense, the tiger-headed trainer pounced on Shade, and at that moment the shadow of the real tiger flashed behind it. Shade frowned slightly and took a step back. The next second, he appeared behind the trainer. The trainer who threw himself on the ground forced a large hole half a meter deep into the ground.

Crazy laughter came from its mouth, and as its mouth opened wide, dozens of translucent monsters with human heads and tiger bodies emerged from its body. Approximately a spirit body, but possessing physical properties. After the "Beast Tamer" suddenly waved the whip wrapped around his waist, the monsters rushed towards Shade.

"It turns out it's really the beast tamer - the Seal of Heaton!"

The long sword in his hand pointed forward, and the exploding golden shield knocked all the monsters that jumped forward at once and flew back.

With a bang, the whip in the trainer's hand exploded, and the dim-colored monsters got up and walked slowly towards Shade again. At the same time, the animal trainer's long whip was swung at Shade's head, but in the air, it was stopped by the chain flying out of Shade's sleeve.

The whip and the chain were entangled, and Shade and the trainer pulled hard in their direction at the same time. And those monsters with human heads and tiger bodies also took this opportunity to pounce on him again.

"ha!"

Rusty Edwards suddenly appeared from behind the "Animal Tamer", holding his right wrist with his left hand, and while slashing his right hand from the top of his head to the lower right, he was three meters away from the "Animal Tamer" There were also cracks with the same trajectory on his body.

The long whip dissipated, and the human-headed tiger monsters exploded into clouds of smoke. After a scream, the animal trainer's body split into two halves and fell to the left and right. He shivered a few times on the river beach and then became motionless. The black blood dyed the river bank red, the whispering elements gradually dissipated from the tiger, and the battle was over.

"Very beautiful Dimensional Slash, good coordination, Mr. Durut Giles will be proud of you."

Shade smiled and praised, and the girl raised her chest slightly to make a proud expression, and then spoke rude words that she didn't know where she learned, while spitting around the tiger's body.

As a soul, she naturally has no saliva.

Shade came to the tiger's body and put his hand on it. As it dies, the tiger's head remains unchanged, while the human body is covered with tiger hair and is changing back to its original appearance. But this corpse must not be left alone here. Any corpse contaminated by the whispering element must be dealt with strictly, otherwise it will definitely cause other troubles.

"So, the cognitive-altering relics that appear here in the circus are to replace the things in the circus with the humans in the circus?"

"Yes, the sage-level relic [Dark Moon Circus]. Fortunately, this relic is still in the advent stage and has not been completely assimilated to the circus. Otherwise, even if the lady comes in person, it will be difficult to completely solve this matter. "

A clear female voice came from behind, but Shade did not look back. They did not hide themselves. Shade had just noticed the arrival of the maids:

"Dark Moon Circus? That's a nice name. Is it really a sage-level relic?"

He clapped his hands and stood up from the corpse, then asked Tifa behind him, who nodded slightly to Shade with a smile on his face. Two other maid ladies from Central came with them. Although the three of them were not wearing the iconic black and white maid skirts, but were each wearing casual clothes, their walking and standing postures all showed the elegance of maids. temperament.

Rather than hiding from the stranger's arrival, Rusty Edwards floated above the tiger's carcass. He looked at Tifa, then down at himself, and then showed an interesting shocked expression.

"The lady specially sent us to deal with this matter. This matter is very important."

Tifa gave Shade a hug.

Her companions behind her were covering their mouths, laughing and whispering, probably making jokes about maids, knights, and duchess. Rust covered his face with his open-fingered hands, looking embarrassed. The look.

Tifa also noticed this soul that she had seen at Tobesk's banquet, but she and the other two girls came in disguise, so they were not afraid of revealing their identities:

"Sage-level relic [Darkmoon Circus], event type. Usually, it will infect and assimilate medium-sized or above circuses in stages, or other groups with animal performances. When all members of [Darkmoon Circus] are completed After coming and being assimilated, the complete sage-level relics will massacre the entire area. Their combined power cannot be resisted by any single Thirteenth Ring.

The arrival of the circus is divided into three stages, and each stage will have a strong core presence. The current status should only be the first stage. "

"Core? Is this it?"

Shade glanced at the tiger's body, and Tifa shook her head slightly:

"According to the information provided by the lady, this is just the animal trainer in the circus, and there are at least three animal trainers in the Dark Moon Circus. The core of the circus refers to: The Fool - the clown, the wise man - the fortune teller, and the leader - Dark Moon rabbit."

"Well what's the last one?"

Shade raised his eyebrows in surprise, and the black-haired girl smiled and explained:

"No kidding, that is a black-haired rabbit with at least thirteen rings of strength. The circus is named after it. The rabbit is similar in size to little Mia, but it is far more powerful than little Mia. But okay Now, the leader only comes in the final third stage. It is not certain which one of the first two stages, the clown or the fortune teller, will appear. But as long as the core is removed, the Dark Moon Circus can be expelled."

"It shouldn't be a clown. I just asked in the camp. There are only two clowns in the circus. One is performing ball tossing for the children, and the other is playing cards with people in the tent. They are both normal people."

Shade said, looking at Rust's soul, and the little girl nodded:

"Yes yes, clowns are normal."

"Then things will be much simpler. When the lady sent us out, she was originally worried that the second stage had already appeared. Detective, you helped us solve many problems."

Tifa winked at Shade, with that playful look that she would never show when she was around Miss Carina.