Whispering Verse

Just now, the boy John provided a valid clue, and after Shade shared it with the witch around him, Audrey also believed that the two missing boys might have encountered the door that occasionally appeared by the river.

So the two continued to walk forward, and after a while they came to the area pointed out by the boy. Megan shared the colorful mushroom potion with Shade, and they both dropped it into their eyes.

Because this is a diluted version of the potion, it is definitely not as effective as eating the mushrooms directly, so they cannot fully see the black cracks in the air. They can only see some distorted light and shadow, and they cannot touch them because they cannot completely observe them.

Continuing to move forward, he carefully observed the area on the river where a door might appear. Shade originally thought it would take some time, but he didn't expect that within five minutes, they both saw the door standing abruptly.

The streets are much higher than the river, and every mile or so there is a small opening in the street on the river side, with steps leading to the real river. This is both to facilitate the transfer of goods and to facilitate the maintenance of the river channel by the city hall.

At this time, at the end of the small dock at the bottom of the steps, a wooden door stood quietly in the thin sunlight, as if it was attracting people who saw it to open it.

“The Whispering Element.”

Shade said softly, and Audrey nodded slightly:

"Yes, a relic. I'm not sure what it is yet. Let's take a closer look."

Go down the narrow stone steps and step onto the trestle of the small pier to reach the end. The door was a wooden door painted with white paint. It looked quite shabby, with mottled colors on the surface, but it blended in well with the environment.

The door has no keyhole, but does have a slightly rusty gold door handle. Audrey thought about what this was, while Shade went around to the back of the door and saw that although the mottled details of the door panels at the back and front were slightly different, the shapes were the same. On the door frame on the side, he found a line of engravings:

【Open it and fulfill all your dreams. 】

He translated these words and told them to Audrey, who was thoughtful:

"I have a rough idea of ​​what it is, but I'm not entirely sure. Open it, no, no, don't open it with your hands, don't touch it directly."

She made a move to open the door, but the door didn't move at all. Then he looked at Shade, who nodded. The chain flew out of his sleeve and grabbed the door handle. Then with just a slight pull, the door was opened.

Light shot out from inside the door, illuminating the faces of Shad and Megan. The two of them widened their eyes together, and Shade believed that what Megan and he saw were definitely not the same scenery.

He saw the interior of his home through the door, which was the view of the living room on the second floor of No. 6 Saint Teresa Square. The furniture, layout and even the scenery of the square outside the window are exactly the same as at home. If it weren't for the "Desire" mermaid oil painting hanging on the wall, which turned into a blank canvas inside the door, Shade almost thought that this door was a door to a connected space.

"I saw my own home."

Shade said to the girl next to him, and then asked softly:

"What do you see?"

"I saw."

Audrey opened her mouth subconsciously, but immediately closed her mouth cautiously. She glared at Shade unreasonably, then closed her eyes, and Audrey turned into Megan.

And Meghan didn’t pay any attention to Shade’s topic just now:

"I know what it is. A location-type relic, Keeper level - [Response Door]. When you open the door, you will see the scene you desire most. Gold, silver, treasure, power, beauty, strength and wisdom, you can get whatever you want. And they are all true. But the price is that you can only have them by entering the door, and once you step inside, you can never get out on your own."

As she spoke, she looked at the scene inside the door:

"The information describes it as being like a big mouth. This door will randomly appear in any water-related scene, and has the ability to tempt people to open the door. Once the door is opened with skin contact with the door handle, even the ring The warlock must also make an extremely difficult choice before he can break free from the urge to enter this door."

"These are all negative characteristics. Does the information say whether this door has any beneficial effect on us?"

Shade asked curiously, and Megan thought for a while:

"Can you really fulfill your wish? Or use it to kill people? This is too troublesome. Not all relics can develop so-called positive characteristics, so most relics can only be contained."

"Can this door be contained?"

Shade asked next, and Megan shook her head:

"After it stays in a certain area for a period of time, it will move on its own and cannot be stopped by any means. However, we can set up a ceremony on this small pier to drive away the idlers who may come by, or prevent them from seeing it. Just like it is now. Of course, the best way is to report it to the church and let the church seal this door before it leaves."

"That's a good idea."

"In addition, if they are people who have just fallen into it, they will never be able to get out on their own, but those of us who have not entered the door can try to rescue them. Although this is not good for us, it should be able to make up for it. There are gaps in the description of this relic. As you can probably guess, few people are willing to meddle in such nosy matters."

But Shade can also see that Meghan is willing to do this, and curiosity should play a greater role than kindness.

"How to do?"

"Guess what the person trapped inside the door desires, and then throw the corresponding desire into the door, and you can temporarily reveal a scene that does not belong to your desire."

She gave an example:

"For example, if someone wants food, then we throw delicious food at the door. But this way, we cannot rescue those who want something too abstract."

For example, if Shade was trapped in it, it would be difficult for him to imagine what he would have to throw in to save himself.

Shade had a lot of toys with him, so he threw some cooked food and fruits first, but the scene inside the door did not change. Then, a large handful of coins were thrown out. When the coins clattered to the floor, the interior of No. 6 Saint Teresa Square in Shade's eyes finally changed.

It was a shabby house with only a table and a bed on the four bare walls. But the floor, bed board and tabletop were covered with banknotes, coins and gold bars and bricks.

The whole room became splendid, but the seventeen-year-old boy lying on the body of a thin boy and gnawing on it seemed out of place with this scene.

He turned around when he heard the door open, and the dried blood around his mouth made that face extremely terrifying. Seeing the door being opened and the familiar city outside, the seventeen-year-old tall boy rushed out. Shade and Megan made way for him, allowing him to rush towards the steps leading to the street. Then Shade asked the thin soul who appeared behind the boy, the boy whose corpse was eaten:

"How did you die?"

"He strangled him to death."

Soul said dryly, Megan added:

"Didn't lie."

The "Bully Hansen" mentioned by the boy John had stumbled up the seven or eight steps when he suddenly heard the sound of breaking through the air behind him. Because he was trapped inside the door for too long, his stagnant thoughts failed to allow him to react immediately.

When he realized the danger and lowered his head, what he saw was dark chains coming out of his chest.

Pink crystals appeared around the penetrating wound, and without even leaving a wailing cry, the cannibal boy's body exploded into a pile of pink crystals.

The chains sizzled, and the dark souls were bound and flew back. The souls corrupted by the whispering elements were not infected by the pink crystals under Shade's control.

With just a slight flick, the soul was thrown into the door again, and then the door was closed.

Shade sighed and drew a crack in the air. The gap of death opened. The soul of the thin boy bowed slightly to Shade, and then walked towards the beach behind the crack that was illuminated by the dark moon.

Megan did not comment on Shade's behavior. This great witch of knowledge and wisdom looked curiously at the slowly "healing" crack:

"You opened a gap in space! You can still do this kind of thing in Green Lake now. Wait! Is this a real death? It's incredible!"

She looked surprised:

"If I hadn't met that nun, I would definitely have thought that you were Death's chosen one. To open this kind of passage requires not only power, but also authority. Death is willing to let you use its power, otherwise you will be considered a witch. The emperor is not qualified to intervene in real death. How did you master this power? This is completely unimaginable in our era."

"This story is a bit long. It was last fall. Let's talk about it when we get back."

The chain retracted into Shade's sleeve, and the closed door stood motionless by the river. The two of them left here while talking. As for the crystallization after the physical explosion, it had quietly melted into the air.

Being able to go out for a walk before dinner really helped to improve the mood. At least when Megan and Shade returned to the cruise ship together, the bad mood affected by the family story had disappeared. However, considering the family banquet tonight, Meghan, who originally had no intention of dressing up, decided to prepare some clothes.

As for Shade, what he was most worried about was that Dr. Schneider, who also lived in the Green Lake Hotel, met two brothers from the [Mirror Association] who came to the hotel for a banquet. The blindness of the two brothers was directly related to the doctor. Although Shade was sure that the two brothers together would not be able to defeat the current doctor, he was very worried that once they conflicted with the doctor, they would destroy the doctor and Shade's search for the devil. plan.

In short, the sun sank to the west, and the cloudy Green Lake City ushered in another evening. More than half of spring has passed, and the days are getting longer and longer. When the carriage drove Shade and Megan to the hotel, the gas street lamps on both sides of the street were not lit yet.

The scheduled party time was half past six in the evening, but it was only six o'clock when Shade and Megan arrived.