Whispering Verse

Shade still doesn't fully understand how big Lesia's "small business" is. He only knows that she has a private fleet and business group, which are involved in ordnance, food and in-demand medicines. As for that batch of special steel, it is just one part of the business. The loss of that batch of goods is a small matter, but if the business in the Yuewan area is affected every time, then it is a big deal.

After learning about the little trouble Lesia had encountered, Shade didn't want to leave immediately. He got a brand new thaumaturgy last night [Adele's Time Pause], and he wanted to try the effect. This thaumaturgy is named after the Great Witch of Time, which means that this thaumaturgy was improved or even created by herself.

Shade explained his idea of ​​experimenting with thaumaturgy, and both princesses agreed to cooperate with him.

But Lecia still has some questions:

"But thaumaturgy such as time suspension, even for those with time talents, can only be learned and mastered after the twelfth ring."

"My situation here is a bit special, and this is not a range of time pause, it can only target a single object. As for casting spells, you need to use a pocket watch to assist."

This refers to Miss Adele Isabella's pocket watch. Even for Shade, this thaumaturgy is a bit too difficult. The pocket watch is not necessary, it is just used to reduce the requirements for spell casting. When Shade meets the conditions for casting the spell, he actually doesn't need the pocket watch.

"Time pauses"

Agelina, who had the least experience, sighed softly. First she felt that she was still far away from Shade, and then her face turned slightly red after she didn't know what she thought of.

"Lecia, let me try it on you first."

Shade suggested, and the red-haired princess smiled and nodded:

"OK."

She then stood up and waited for Shade to cast the spell, but after waiting for a long time, she saw no movement from Shade:

"What's wrong?"

Shade blinked:

"It's over. Don't you feel anything?"

Shade had consumed two-thirds of his spirit at this time, and Agelina on the side also nodded:

"Yes, sister, you were motionless for two or three seconds just now, as if you had turned into a statue. I didn't stay still on purpose. I couldn't see your breathing, couldn't hear your heartbeat, and your hair was frozen. In the air, his expression was completely frozen."

"Is this so? I really have no experience at all."

Lesia said while recalling, and then saw Shade taking out a small bottle of pink perfume and taking a sip.

Agelina also wanted to comment on this thaumaturgy, and then she suddenly saw her sister teleporting and sitting next to Shade. Shade, who was holding the perfume bottle just now, turned into a Tea cup.

The little princess suddenly realized:

"I really didn't feel anything just now."

"You were still for fourteen seconds."

Lesia said, and Shade once again felt that he had consumed two-thirds of his spirit. Lesia is a sixth-level warlock and a quarter of the chosen ones, while Agelina is a first-level warlock. The difference between the two is easy to understand. However, although it consumes a lot of money, in battle, such a "time stop" that can be activated purely by looking at it is simply the best means of control.

There is no possibility of breaking free from this kind of control. Either you can withstand it or you cannot. But time resistance is not so easy to obtain.

"I'll try again!"

Agelina picked up the apple on the plate on the coffee table with great interest, walked a few steps towards the door, and then threw the apple towards Shade with a smile:

"be careful!"

The apple flew to the top of the coffee table and suddenly stopped there. Lesia reached out to touch it, but unexpectedly she actually got it in her hand:

"Can external forces affect immobile objects?"

She said curiously, and after letting go of her hand, she saw the apple floating in the air again:

"A stationary object affected by an external force will become stationary again after the external force disappears?"

She held the apple again and took a bite, then found that she had actually taken a bite and swallowed it successfully. Shade, who felt that his spiritual consumption was not much this time, also understood that "Adele's Time Stop" consumes much less of dead things than living things.

"External forces can affect the immobilized object, but once my spellcasting effect ends, it will return to its original state. Lesia, hold on to the apple and be careful."

He warned, and then Lesia felt that the apple in her hand wanted to move forward, but fortunately she held it tightly.

The red-haired princess reached out and touched her stomach:

"It's funny, the apple wants to keep moving, but the bite I took was completely normal."

"The power of the time system is always so fascinating and dangerous. This thaumaturgy should be used with caution. I shouldn't use it often."

This is also to prevent being recognized by the witches. This thaumaturgy is probably the signature thaumaturgy of the great witch of time. Things from past centuries cannot be revealed easily, and Shade must hide them well.

The two princesses had a lot of ideas about Shade's new ability, and they also raised topics worth thinking about, such as how to know that they are suspended in time. They were also amused by the joke that Shade told about the time-suspended target who was repeatedly carried up and down the stairs to the point where he thought he was trapped in a 'circulating staircase'.

However, Shade did not stay in Yodel Palace for long. After saying goodbye to Lesia and Agelina, he wanted to go to Old John immediately and take the relic [Sudden Destiny] home. But after getting into the carriage and asking the driver to go to Dawn Church, Shade was still a little worried about the situation of Priest August.

On Wednesday morning, Dawn Church in Dawn Square was as busy as usual. Priest August did not ask for leave today, and Shade successfully met him in the church.

The priest is preparing for the "Feast of Holy Prayer" next month, and there seems to be no problem when talking to Shade. He claimed that Dr. Schneider's psychological counseling was quite useful, and asked Shade to try it if he had time.

But Shade still felt that the matter was not that simple. He ostensibly said goodbye to Priest Augustus, but actually went to see Bishop Owen in the church.

Bishop Owen knew that Shade had a good relationship with Priest Augustus and was willing to answer his questions:

"There is indeed something wrong with Larter recently. He is often in a low mood, and he always says some very disappointing things. No, this does not mean that Larter cannot understand other people's thoughts. I mean that as long as he participates in the conversation, he will always be guided. In a very pessimistic direction.”

The old bishop sat behind his desk and received the visiting detective:

"In the past few days, he seems to be doing well on the surface, but I can see that his mental state is still not quite right. I have seen this kind of situation. Those young priests and priests, if they are in a short period of time, I listened to too many unspeakable things during prayer, and I may indeed feel depressed for a while. But Rat is so old, so I will pay attention to him."

"Besides being depressed and being disappointed when speaking, does the priest show any other symptoms?"

Shade asked again worriedly. Bishop Owen shook his head:

"That's not true."

Therefore, the priest's situation should be observed for a while, at least until the element disorder in his body is discovered, this is a controllable matter.

Next, Shade went to Old John's pawn shop as planned and borrowed the relics. Father John also told Shade to be steady, accurate and ruthless in attacking him.

However, Shade did not set off immediately, but took the cat to have lunch first. After lunch, I said goodbye to the cat who was about to take a nap on the windowsill, and then I took the metal rod into the basement.

"A new adventure is about to begin again."

[Don’t forget, you still have a normal time key that you haven’t used yet. 】

"She" seemed to want to laugh, but Shade just thought it was an illusion:

"Yes, yes, tonight or tomorrow morning. I hope the scenery of Moon Bay is charming enough."

Instead of bringing [Sudden Destiny] into the space maze, Shade stood beside the statue of the ancient god and hesitated for a moment, then hit himself hard on the head with it.

Although his physical strength is high enough now, Shade's strength is also strong enough. In order to prevent accidents and waste the "white stone crystal" he got from Megan, Shade actually gave it to himself.

"oh!"

Although he didn't see stars after knocking, he almost knocked himself down:

"Next time I'll definitely find a relic that doesn't have such big 'side effects'."

Temporarily placing the heavy metal rod next to the wall, Shade stretched out his hand to touch the statue:

"May the original crack protect me in the infinite space."

White mist surged in and engulfed Sha De who was touching his forehead.

[Outlander, you have entered the "space maze". 】

[Message from the ancient god "Original Crack": ]

[Existing space landmark: 9. 】

Thick white fog dispersed around, and only a trail appeared in the thin fog not far away. On the trail were nine worn-out wooden signposts.

Shade wasted no time and directly held up the white stone crystal in the fog:

"Offer sacrifices to the labyrinth of space."

The spar melted into the mist, and at the same time "she" prompted:

[New information obtained: New space landmarks can be searched. Please select a direction. 】

"southwest."

As he finished speaking, the trail in the thick fog extended further into the distance. In the new area of ​​the trail, old road signs that seemed to have been damaged by time for hundreds of years were revealed bit by bit.

Shade walked over, passing the road signs leading to Coldwater Port, Middleburg, Huntington, the Everglades, the Randall River Valley, and the Green Lake area, and placed his hand on the final target.

[The original rift will guide you. 】

The white mist dissipated, and the statue of the ancient space god and the familiar circular space appeared in front of Sha De. It's just that there are no items belonging to him on the wall. It's similar to the situation under the Green Lake Hotel. It's so clean that there's no dust. This means that Shade didn't get unknown clues just after arriving in a new city. and investigative tasks.

It’s not that no one except Shade can discover these hidden spaces. People such as the ancestors of the [Light-Guiding Hermitage], Thomas Granger of Randall Valley, etc. have discovered hidden spaces, but these people in this The times have long since disappeared:

"Where will this exit lead?"

The life ring emerged, and the [Time and Space] spirit runes emitted spiritual light, causing the wall pointing in the direction of the statue to "melt", revealing the hidden passage. There is no light from outside, and no smell can drift in here.

Shade took a deep breath and prepared himself, then walked outside along the passage.

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