Whispering Verse

"In the worst case scenario, at least the witch can be saved, which is not a bad result. I am in good condition today, so what should we continue to divine?"

Luvia asked the two of them, and Iluna thought about it:

"There are still five keys left of the thirteen keys, and Laplace Howard's entire plan is also more important. Secondary is where the soul of Maria Edwards is floating in the Green Lake area."

"There is also the 'Edwards Den Magic'. I very much suspect that this is actually the name given by the soothsayer for the ceremony of the chosen ones. Finally, it is the way to enter another island."

Shade added that the three of them discussed it and finally decided to divine the whereabouts of the remaining five keys. The news from Maria Edwards is not necessarily important. Shade feels that many clues can be investigated on the way to enter the island, and the Prophet Association is also working hard for this. As for the divine ascension technique and the diviner's plan, it is possible that too many coins will be consumed because it involves the chosen one.

Then one of the brand new coins that Iluna brought was thrown into the sky and scattered into ashes before falling back in front of Luvia. The girl with purple eyes opened her eyes, with a thoughtful look on her face:

"It's very interesting. Three of the remaining five keys have been fully formed. One is in the hands of the [Tyranny Club] and the other is in the hands of the [Dragon Eater Order]. If there are no accidents, this should refer to the two Edwards. This is the cultist. The last one that has taken shape is in the hands of the [Truth Society]. Through divination, they learned that it was traded from the soul of the last gravekeeper of the small town cemetery on the island after they landed on the island. of."

This approach is consistent with Megan and Shad exchanging keys from the blacksmith and the mineralogist.

"Where are the two that haven't been formed yet?"

"One clue is on the island, and the other is outside the island. The one on the island is not specifically inside the island, but under the waters on the edge of the island covered with white mist, in the soul of the boatman who used to be in the town of Green Lake. Hidden inside. The clues outside the island are in the hands of the descendants of the last mayor of Green Lake Town."

"Wait a moment."

Iluna asked Shade in confusion:

"Isn't the mayor of Green Lake Town a member of the Edwards family?"

"No, the mayor and the lord are not the same concept. However, more than a hundred years have passed since the town of Green Lake was abandoned. I am afraid that the fifth and sixth generation Edwards do not know who the mayor was at that time. Know."

"It doesn't matter, I divined everything. Including the location of the boatman's body underwater, I divined everything."

Luvia smiled and said:

"This kind of divination to find something, especially the divination that can delineate the area with detailed information, is the simplest. The underwater clues still require Shade to go there personally. As for the descendants of the mayor, they are now in the lake. There is someone living in the City of Glass on the other side. I will write down the specific address now, but I can only divine the clues in his hands. We have to find out what they are specifically."

The first [Mechanical Prayer] solved all the key problems, and Luvia picked up the second one:

"Do you need to continue divination as to the relationship between the bloody door and Edwardsden's magic?"

Iluna motioned to Shade to make up his mind, and Shade thought about it:

"Well, let's try and see if we can get the answer."

A coin was tossed into the sky, but to no avail. The three of them discussed again, and Luvia threw a [Mechanical Blessing] and a [Ghost Iron Coin] into the sky at the same time.

The two coins scattered ashes in the air, and Luvia opened her eyes, meeting the probing gazes of Shade and Iluna;

"The results are not very clear, but what is certain is that the Space Chosen Ceremony is only a part of Edwardsden's magic. This is not only related to family integration, but also to the creation of space required by the ceremony. And after the Chosen Ceremony In addition, Edwardsden’s magic has other secrets. He collected the flesh and blood of the descendants of Green Lake Town and made thirteen keys that are all related to it. Becoming the chosen one is only part of his plan, he is seeking other things."

After three special fortune-tellings in succession, her face turned a little pale. Shade asked her to take a rest while Iluna poured her a cup of hot tea. Luvia did not force herself, holding the teacup and sorting out her thoughts:

"If you want to see Laplace Klein Howard, you must pass through the bloody door. Although the door appeared in Edwards' dreams, the door itself is on another island. Edwards passed through' The symbolic act of passing through the door will copy the power awakened in the bloodline, just like the nutrients absorbed by the root system, and pass it to the fortune teller at the top of the root system, and truly realize the soul and flesh and blood after the so-called 'banquet' The fusion of . And the thirteen keys, as Shade guessed, symbolize the inferior version of the ceremony of the thirteen chosen ones in "The Whispering Canto". The process of finding the keys is the process of finding the chosen ones. And the key itself represents The history and heritage of the Edwards family are accumulated, and the thirteen keys that open the door are equivalent to the last door opened by the chosen ones: the Edwards opened the final door."

This passage is somewhat complicated, and the ritual knowledge involved is also quite abstract. This is only the part that Luvia can see. The fortune tellers on the island should be more prepared:

"I don't know what the final purpose of Edwards Den's magic is. I have never seen such a ritual."

"In other words, the stronger the Edwards are, the stronger the final diviner will be. And by collecting these keys, is it actually equivalent to helping him in his ritual?"

Iluna frowned and concluded, Luvia shook her head:

"That ceremony is a ceremony of unity. It's not that if we don't collect the keys, the ceremony can't be carried out. Laplace Howard has a way to get those keys back and open the door himself. And once we can gather enough thirteen people in advance, With the key, you can land on the island in advance before the opponent's ritual is launched, and see him through that door before he can perform the ritual."

Shade finally understood the most important and final task before him:

"Collect the thirteen keys as soon as possible, then lead people to the island, defeat or contain Laplace Klein Howard."

Luvia nodded slightly:

"The final message of this divination: Once the ritual is activated, all Edwards will instantly appear on another foggy island, and will be guided to the bloody door. This is the space hidden in their blood. Power is passed down from generation to generation and can’t be erased just like the bloodline prophecy.”

There were only two coins left on the table. Iluna kept the [Home Coin] that could be exchanged for a house, and picked up the last [Mechanical Blessing]:

"Now that the goal has been clarified, we can ignore the other details of Edwards Den's magic for the time being. Just like when we fought against the 'Silver Eyed One' and [Mercury Blood], for the last time, please do your best to divine. What dangers are there around and in the hands of that diviner that we have to face?"

This is a danger that may be encountered in divination in the future. Although the demon has been eradicated, the methods around the "ancestor" are not just demons.

Luvia also understood what Iluna meant, but she had already performed divination three times in a row, so both Shade and Iluna asked her to take a rest. The three of them started chatting over cups of tea. On this rainy Monday morning, under the light of the gas lamp in the hotel room, they talked to each other about their thoughts and plans.

Iluna liked this atmosphere very much. Chatting in a warm room on a rainy day was a joy, not to mention having Shade and Luvia by her side. She complained to Luvia that Green Lake City's environment was not as good as Tobesk's, and talked to Shad about whether Green Lake would turn green as rumored, and finally recommended Luvia to try Green Lake City's specialty wildberry jam. , the jam made from blueberries and cranberries produced on the shores of Green Lake is only sold locally, but the taste is quite good.

Luvia smiled and listened to her words, and the topic she raised was Shade's several visits to the island, the scenery he saw on the island, and the topography of the island.

As for Shad, in addition to mentioning that the [Witch Council] was preparing supplies for the Chosen Ceremony for Rusty Edwards and Durut Giles, he also mentioned that after the incident in the Green Lake area is over, he said There is no need to go to the town where Miss Mia Gold’s family is:

"I'm really curious about that lady."

He held the lively cat to prevent it from putting its paws into his tea cup:

"Due to my serious illness in the spring, and because Miss Gold herself was too busy to entertain me, the original spring trip was cancelled. This time I have to go anyway, starting from Fort Midhill to A small town on the east coast of the Old World, it won’t take long.”

The chat lasted for an hour, during which Luvia repeatedly claimed that she had rested, but Shade and Iluna still did not allow her to toss the coin. It was not until 10:30 in the morning that the fourth coin finally flew high into the sky.

Just as the coin fell and quickly scattered into ashes, the purple-eyed girl suddenly groaned in pain, and then blood spilled from the corner of her mouth:

"It's okay, I'm okay. I've seen too much."

Shade hurriedly supported her, and Iluna handed her his handkerchief, and put his hand with the warm sun's rays on her back. This was a healing thaumaturgy.

However, Luvia's condition was not as bad as they imagined. It was not that there was something wrong with the divination itself, but that she saw something very dangerous:

"This decisive battle is definitely more dangerous and troublesome than in the Randall Valley. No matter how powerful the contaminated guardian in the Randall Valley was, no matter how powerful he was, he was essentially just one individual. But now, Lapra There are at least five things that go beyond the Thirteen Rings around S. Klein Howard."