Whispering Verse

Although the crystal in his hand was the address of the college, before Shade had time to take a second look, all the words on the page were cleared, and a big number "3" appeared.

The four people beside the wall held their breath, but they were all very excited:

"Shadow, get ready!"

Dr. Schneider reminded loudly.

The number "2" appears.

Shade hurriedly took out his house key and threw it against the wall along with the pages in front of him and the messy pile of things in his pocket.

The number "1" appears.

"If I come back late, remember to help me feed the cat."

He shouted loudly, and then the crystal in his hand exploded with an astonishing white light like a bomb exploding. In the room with the doors and windows closed, a strong wind suddenly rose in the light. The four doctors closed their eyes subconsciously. After a few seconds, the light disappeared together with the strong wind, and Shade, who was originally standing, also disappeared.

Papers picked up by the wind fell like snowflakes in the air. Missing with Shade were one-fifth of the coffee table in front of him and half of the sofa behind him. Both seemed to have been precisely cut, with abnormal cross-sections. tidy.

"Oh~"

The doctor sighed, looked around the room as if it had been struck by a storm, and murmured in a low voice:

"This movement... is much smaller than I thought."

(Little Mia is running...)

It seemed as if it was forced into a round ball by an external force, and then rolled rapidly in the narrow pipe. Then it seemed to be stuffed into the muzzle of the gun, and then it was pushed forward with great force.

Bizarre illusions unfolded before his eyes one by one, and the strange hallucinations made it difficult for Shade to distinguish between true and false. He saw strange scenes such as the giant black octopus dancing its tentacles under the dusky sky, the sun falling in the doomsday scene, the giant black hand falling from the sky and destroying the material world, Miss Louisa and Miss Bayas hugging each other and kissing, etc. .

"Miss Louisa doesn't know Miss Bayas at all. What am I thinking?"

My confused mind felt like it was going to explode because it had received too much information at once. But soon there was a feeling of being on the ground again under his feet. Shade just felt his body swaying, and then he saw that the picture in front of him was fixed, and the space jump was over.

Close your eyes and take a deep breath to suppress the feeling of vomiting that comes with the dizziness. At the same time, the air flowing in from the nasal cavity formed a new sense of smell. The air was dry and slightly cold, and was filled with the unique smell of paper and ink.

Shade liked the taste.

When he opened his eyes, there was undoubtedly a large library in front of him, and there was actually a solid wood floor under his feet. He stood in the open space in the middle of the bookshelves. The tawny wooden bookshelves arranged at random heights stretched far away from his eyes. Sometimes high and sometimes low, the arrangement is not neat, but there is an inexplicable sense of order.

On the bookshelf closest to Shade, there is a brass nameplate with "History (Fifth Era 1~100)". The bookshelf is filled with books, and the information of the books is marked on the spines with texts from various eras. In an era when knowledge is wealth, just the visible part of the library in front of you is enough to buy the entire Tobesk.

Looking up at the sky, the curved ceiling, which is high in the middle and low on all sides, seems to be as high as a four-story building. Shade stood directly under the ceiling at the highest point, which should be the center of the library. The sound of footsteps coming from everywhere showed that this place was being used. Perhaps just a bookshelf or two away, there stood a real on-campus magician of St. Byrons.

The temperature in the library was lower than that of Tobesk in midsummer. He took a deep breath again and let the cold air flow into his lungs, allowing his mind to completely return to normal.

The space between the bookshelves where he was sitting was generally circular. Not far from Shade, three middle-aged men in blue robes with the St. Byrons school emblem on their chests were hurriedly rolling up the books placed on the tripod. Large scroll of brown parchment.

With a quick glance, Shade saw the map outline on the scroll with faded ink. However, the part of the coastline he saw seemed different from any place he knew, and it was not even the shape of the coastline of the New World...

"Mr. Hamilton, please follow me. Miss Denister is waiting for you."

The two men wore brown leather gloves and continued to "fight" with the map that was constantly squirming and trying to unfold, while the woman among them spoke to Shade in very skilled Drarian language. She was tall and looked to be in her forties. It's just that the corners of his eyes are slightly raised, giving people a very fierce feeling.

Shade nodded while looking around, trying to imprint everything he saw in his mind. The woman's voice in his ears had already told him that there were traces of the four elements almost everywhere in this space. This is really St. Byrons, that academy of thaumaturgy hidden in the far north, really exists.

Then he followed the woman, walking along the narrow aisle in the bookshelf toward the interior or exterior. Seeing that Shade took one last look at the huge map, the woman explained to him:

"[The Broken Old World Map] is a relatively safe one among the angel-level relics contained in the academy. Its containment method is simple, and its negative characteristics are relatively uncomplicated. It should not be expanded for more than 30 seconds at a time. Something went wrong.”

"What happens if it exceeds thirty seconds?"

Shade asked, listening to the light sound of his shoes on the wooden floor. But when you walk between the bookshelves, the wooden floor turns into stone tiles. It seems that the floors inside the library are not of the same material.

"Over thirty seconds, the map will randomly teleport surrounding items to any corner of the material world. Mr. Hamilton, this may not sound serious, but once it exceeds thirty seconds, the range will become increasingly larger as time goes by." Big, and the effect lasts forever. Combined with the fact that the map is unaffected by any magic or spell, do you know what this means?"

The woman asked, taking Shade to the right at the corner ahead. Standing in the aisle between the bookshelves was a boy who looked younger than Miss Bayas. He glanced at Shade curiously.

"Once it exceeds thirty seconds, no one can get close to the map, because once they get close, they will be teleported. It is also impossible to use extraordinary abilities to roll up the map, so the map's range of influence will become larger and larger."

Shade replied, looking around at the bookshelves around him. Most of the books I have seen so far are in Delarian or Kasonric. The writing in these two languages ​​is actually very similar.

Occasionally, he would catch a glimpse of books with strange words. After making sure that the contents of the books around him were safe, Shade would try to decipher them. For example, there is a "Pink Book" on the bookshelf I just passed. This book is the only pink book on the entire bookshelf.

"This relic is kept by the School of Library Management. The last time it was used in this way was more than thirty years ago. This time it was taken out at Miss Danister's request. It is said that the map was a product before the Third Age, and was in the At the end of the Fourth Age, a serious out-of-control event occurred, which directly changed the topography of the material world, causing the main continent in the Fourth Age literature to split into the east-west, north-south continents of the Fifth Age, and the central... Here we are."

The woman suddenly stopped at the end of the bookshelf in front of her and signaled Shade to continue walking forward.

After passing the bookshelves, there is another open space among the bookshelves. Shade suddenly felt that the library here was actually more like a maze, hiding countless years of precious knowledge.

The woman turned and left behind Shade. Shade took two steps forward and saw a coffee table and four couches placed in the open space. The coffee table is made of glass with scattered books stacked on it, and the couches are all dark fabric sofas.

The red-haired lady wearing small glasses is sitting on the sofa waiting for Shade. She has a soft expression and beautiful face. She is holding a book in her hand whose name is too far away to be seen clearly.

Unlike the red hair unique to the Cavendish royal family, her hair is not bright in color, but can be considered dull.

I don't know if it's the influence of the high-level warlock's power or the effect of the relic [Eternal Youth Leaf], but she looks to be less than thirty years old. But according to what Shade heard, her age should not be younger than...

"Good afternoon, Mr. Hamilton. From the look in your eyes, I seem to see that you are thinking of something rude."

Delarian was equally proficient in speaking, and his tone had these teasing qualities.

"good afternoon."

Just taking a few steps forward and not even sitting down, the woman's voice in his ear was already reminding Shade of the strength of the other party.

He nodded slightly to show respect:

"Miss Denister."

"Red Moon Witch" Daniste, the librarian of St. Byrons Comprehensive College, is the first thirteen-ring warlock Shade has seen in this world. The woman with a soft smile in front of her is one of the strongest mortals in this world.

The lady in front of her did not have much of a fierce temperament. On the contrary, the way she sat on the sofa holding a book looked very much like an ordinary person who had not been exposed to the occult. But the more this happens, the more something is wrong. The temperament of the ring warlocks will have unusual changes after possessing the four elements of spiritual contact. The lady in front of them should be able to perfectly control all their power.

After respectful greetings, Shade sat down on the sofa opposite Miss Denister. He didn't quite understand what the other party wanted to do with him, but since he didn't run away when he received the notice just now, he certainly couldn't show anything strange now.

"Welcome to St. Byron's, Shad Suellen Hamilton."

The librarian said softly, but did not give Shade a chance to speak:

"Show me your life ring."

This was Miss Denister's first request after Shade sat down. So she summoned the metal ring behind her amid the whistle and roar, but the Red Moon Witch only glanced at it and asked Shade to take it back.

Xia De originally thought it was the [little match girl] who aroused suspicion, but unexpectedly the question suddenly changed:

"Actually, I'm curious, Mr. Hamilton, why is your middle name Suellen?"

The index finger of her right hand wearing an emerald ring shook slightly, and the teacup and teapot on the coffee table jumped up automatically, filling Shade with tea.

Then he snapped his fingers again, and the corner of the thirteen-ring warlock's life wheel appeared in front of Shade's eyes. What he could see was one of Miss Danist's core runes [Red Moon].

I felt a little surprised in my heart, but still answered "honestly":

"I have no previous memory. When I am awake, I only know my own name. When I was signing the documents for the disposal of the body to the former detective, I came up with a word on the spur of the moment. 'Suellen' was the first word that jumped into my head. "

This is not a lie, just omitting some details. After all, a woman's voice talking in her head does "words jump into my head."

The Red Moon Witch nodded and raised her right hand slightly. The shadows of the red moon, yellow moon and silver moon appeared on her palm. The three-wheeled moon is almost located at the three vertices of an equilateral triangle, rotating in the palm of the thirteen-ring sorceress:

"We are all people connected to the moon. But the word Selun means more than just the silver moon."

Shade nodded but didn't speak. He thought it would be best to just listen at the moment.

"Mr. Hamilton, when you reach your senior year and have a deeper understanding of ancient writing, you will understand that words with this pronunciation have appeared in most civilizations, and they all represent the silver moon. One theory is that in In the oldest era, there were not three moons in the sky, but one. The silver moon was the first moon."

Hearing this, Shade thought that when he met the [Innocent Creator] for the second time, in the "illusion" created by him to match his story, there was only a silver moon in the sky.

The idea that the Silver Moon is the original moon is probably more than just speculation.

The discussion about the moon allowed Shade to get a little familiar with Miss Daniste. But then, she suddenly changed the topic:

"We'll talk about the moon later. That's why I came to you. Now, let's talk about your lower fourth ring sublimation words. For talented students, we have always supported checking the "Sublimation Book" in advance. ". As for whether you can be trusted, I don't think you need to think about it anymore. After all, no one is completely trustworthy."

She shook the book in her hand and looked at Shade with her eyes. Her tone was still so soothing, just like a normal chat with friends during tea time:

"So what needs to be considered now is, Mr. Hamilton, which core rune do you want to use to participate in the construction of the lower fourth ring of the word of sublimation?"

"It will be all right."

Shade replied that he had inquired with the doctor in advance and that which core rune he chose would not affect him.

"So, do you expect to use the current one-ring spiritual runes to find and build, or do you want to challenge yourself and are not satisfied with the current spiritual runes? In fact, in the construction of the word of sublimation, the meaning is completely consistent. Of course it is good, but it is close to The Spirit Rune can also be added to the build. But I think your Enlightenment Spirit Rune probably won’t work because it’s too long.”

she asked again.

"[Gluttony] and [Echo] are both fine. I just hope to be promoted to the second ring as soon as possible."

Choosing the spiritual runes of each ring will not have much impact on the future, only the difficulty of obtaining the other three runes in Word of Ascension will.

"That way your options are clear."

The big black hard-covered book turned automatically in Miss Daniste's hands, making a clattering sound.