Whispering Verse

"The original era was hundreds of millions of years long. Humans, elves, dwarves, dragons, orcs, all races walked on the earth, splendid civilizations blossomed and bore fruit, the thirteen original ancient gods and those lucky ones who touched the highest Living together in heaven, but occasionally becoming saints to intervene in human affairs, spellcasters of various talents and professions wantonly explore the potential of souls and flesh, record and create new knowledge, and pursue the mysteries of the world and the meaning of life. The vast The world is far larger than today's material world, and even in the void outside the world, there are countless small worlds composed of stable fragments."

He took a deep breath:

"People today can't imagine all this. They can't imagine how prosperous, brilliant and glorious the original era was when even I could only peek into a corner. But all this is gone, everything has disappeared. Outside the world It has become a real void. The gods have left and slept. Even if they still exist, they no longer look at the miserable mortals. The extraordinary no longer have the power of the past. The civilization of mortals has degraded from generation to generation. Even those magical races have also It gradually disappeared in time and space, leaving only the last reverberation still echoing in the corner."

"so."

Shade asked:

"The first era was longer than all subsequent eras combined? Yes, I have heard of this too."

The fortune teller looked at him with sad eyes:

"Or can it be said that the old days of the First Era were the truly normal era? From then on, starting from the Second Era after the ancient gods left one after another, is it already the remnants of the old days and the end of the world? Where is the afterglow from before?"

The two looked at each other. The fortune teller nodded slightly to Shade, turned around and left from the door. The footsteps faded away, leaving only Shade under the light of the bonfire, silently thinking about this information that was unknown to be true or false:

"This world"

Edwards' "ancestors" followed the agreement and did not prevent Shade from leaving the island. When Shade jumped from the window to the street, what he saw was the familiar tentacled man, Sloth Edwards, who was transformed into a tentacled evil creature because of his fear of death. He was controlling a giant tree above the town. The general group of tentacles growing from the ground prevents the space aberrations that appear on the island from destroying the town.

For Sloth Edwards, who possesses both spatial abilities and a seemingly indestructible body, eradicating these things is only a matter of time. Because of this, Shade was not intercepted by monsters on his way out.

He returned to the pier on the north shore of the island along the original route. The doctor's coffin had disappeared. He and Lesia should have left the range of the white mist. However, Shade did not leave immediately. Instead, he plunged into the water on the pier of the pier, then stayed close to the bottom of the water, starting from the pier, and swam clockwise along the water on the edge of the island.

Because Luvia provided a specific location, Shade, who also moved quickly underwater, soon discovered a strange place with a faint green light under the waters in the northeastern part of the island.

After getting closer, I found a sunken ship lying on the bottom of the water. It was a small wooden ship, about the same size as the broken wooden ship that Shade could summon. The ship broke into two parts from the center, and at the break, there was the faint green light that Shade saw in the distance.

The light was insubstantial and seemed to just shine. And when Shade moved over, he saw two water ghosts suddenly emerging from the bottom of the boat, and he realized that the light was the bait used by the water ghosts to attract prey.

These two monsters were not dangerous to him. Shade led them aside to kill them to prevent them from polluting the water. After returning to the broken wooden boat, I was troubled that I could not see the soul of the boatman.

Although the island is dotted with various residents from the Green Lake Town era, these souls can only be completely observed when the space is chaotic. Shade could wait under the water, but he was afraid that the doctors and others would worry about him. But when I left, I was worried that something else would happen.

"Then take them all away."

Even if most of the souls on the island stay because of the angelic relic [Soul Storybook], they all conform to the main characteristics of souls that cannot leave, that is, they must rely on a certain item or a certain place. And exist.

For example, the old woman who married into the Edwards family at the old tomb of the lighthouse and the blacksmith in the town cemetery are all attached to their own tombs, while the mineralogist is an old oil painting. Shade certainly couldn't move the entire lake, so he planned to take the remains of the sunken ship away.

Because he was worried that turning the sunken ship into a toy would affect the souls that had not yet appeared, he even patiently dug the hull out of the lake bottom first, brought them to the surface, and then threw away the fish he picked up from the bottom of the lake. The skeleton summoned his old wooden boat.

The fragments of the ship's wreckage were placed on the ship, and the two main bodies were tied with ropes, and then towed by Shade's boat in a direction away from the island.

Thaumaturgy - [Call Old Wooden Ship] The boat summoned has no sails and no steam engine as a power source, but it does not need Shade to row it. It can move in the direction Shade wants at a speed that is neither fast nor slow.

Shade then stood on the bow of the boat, watching the fog in front of him getting lighter and lighter as the wooden boat moved forward. However, he was surprised to notice that the fog on the water channel that the ship sailed through was almost cleared away, leaving a blank area without fog. Only when the boat is far away will the white mist fill the excluded gap.

"What's the reason for this?"

Shade thought in his mind, and gradually he could see the lights of the village near the lake in the distance through the white fog:

"This little boat, which is related to the boat in 'True Death,' apparently has powers that I haven't discovered yet."

After successfully leaving the white fog area, I looked up at the number of souls patrolling in the night fog above the lake. Looking into the distance, although he didn't see anyone on the lake to help him, the red butterfly pendant hanging around his waist was already sparkling.

The boat continued to move forward, and not long after, Megan and Audrey's cruise ship appeared out of thin air on the lake where there was nothing. On the ship were not only the doctor and Lesia waiting for Shade, but also Megan, the owner of the cruise ship, and even Miss Carina and Tifa.

Lesia was still wearing the same dress she was wearing when going on a date with Shade, but now she was wearing a women's coat. The red-haired duchess stood beside her grandniece and looked at Shade, who was looking up from the bow of the boat. The two looked at each other, and Shade actually felt that he could understand the helplessness in the latter's eyes.

Although she had conflicts with Lesia in the past, she sincerely cared about her brother's descendants and never thought that Lesia would be involved in the Chosen One's affairs.

Seeing that there were still things being dragged behind the boat, Megan motioned to several of her girls from Zhonghuan to go to the water and help Shade move the wreckage of the broken ship to the deck of the cruise ship.

When Shade also came to the deck, Lesia was the first to step forward and hug him, and she refused to let go. The doctor leaned in front of the deck fence and gave Shade a reassuring gesture.

The cruise ship returned quietly and headed towards the connection between the Duin River and Green Lake. Grace and Helen had already gone back, and before leaving, they entrusted Dorothy to deliver a letter to Shade as a farewell, but Dorothy did not come with them, but at this time she should have known that Shade had returned safely.

Little Mia, who was supposed to stay in the hotel and be taken care of by Dorothy, was actually being held by Tifa at this time. In the arms of the black-haired maid, she looked at Shade with wide eyes, as if hoping that Shade would take her into his arms. The girl exchanges with the cat in Tifa's arms.

As for Shade himself, he hugged Lesia who refused to let go, and looked up at the vision in the night sky:

"The mutation in space is increasing, and the ceremony of the chosen ones in space must be held as soon as possible. Tonight is just the beginning before the final stage of the mutation, but it is also the beginning of the decisive battle. We must be as soon as possible."

He thought again of the words of the fortune teller on the island just now, thinking that he might want to talk to him again.

"The church should be able to clean up these things, right?"

Miss Carina and Megan personally moved the important wreckage of the boat to the cabin using spells. The doctor pointed to the sky, and Shade nodded:

"Doctor, don't underestimate the church. If they can't handle this, how can they maintain order in the material world? Let's go back."

Another thing came to mind:

"Besides, even if the church can't handle it, it's not our turn to intervene. Someone else can solve this trouble, and he should have arrived."

At the same time, at Green Lake City Railway Station, the arriving train has stopped steadily. Passengers carrying large and small luggage, even though they are dusty, are still very interested in this city that is undergoing major negotiations.

After leaving the train station, I saw the night sky shrouded in thick fog again. The voices of people talking added a bit of vitality to this quiet night. However, the patrolling police and unknown teams soon persuaded them to return to their residences as soon as possible. At the same time, rumors that there might be martial law tonight also made the guests who did not know the city a little panic.

The guests leaving the station quickly integrated into the city, and behind them, the old man and the old priest in white robes who did not want to crowd with other people finally walked out of the station gate and came to the quiet street.

The inexplicable flickering light of the gas street lamp made everything on the street dark and unclear. The shadow of the soul peered at him in the darkness. The power of death was being aroused by an inexplicable force.

The cold night wind blew, causing the priest's robe to swing back and rustle. There seemed to be countless terrifying faces in the swirling fog overhead. In the shadows of the streets, there were more and more invisible shadows.

The old priest Lath August put down his luggage and looked up at the stars.

There seemed to be more sounds of flapping wings in the wind, but it seemed to be just an illusion.

PS: Picture of this chapter - "Priest Augustus".

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