Whispering Verse

Night, ten o'clock.

The carriage passed through the night fog and arrived at the northern edge of Tobesk City. The blond elf in a cold-proof robe carefully pulled Shade's sleeves and followed him along the crooked road into the densely populated low-rise buildings on the outskirts of the city. A small village of shacks and two-storey simple houses.

Stepping on the mud and smelling various weird smells, the two continued to move away from the city. There are no gas street lights here, not even the light of many candles. The villages formed based on the city seem to be left at the other end of time by the city not far away.

The lights were still on in the village tavern, and noisy sounds could be heard from a distance. Fortunately, it was not the only way for the two of them to pass. The guard dogs raised by the villagers smelled the smell of strangers entering the village, but before they could bark to intimidate, they were frightened by the scent of the superior creature and were too scared to move.

After nightfall, the temperature dropped below ten degrees, and you could vaguely see the white mist coming out of your mouth while you were breathing. The strangers walked on the dirt road in the country. They did not talk, but quickly passed through the village and entered the woods outside the village. After walking along the forest path for less than five minutes, I saw a gravel path and the unmarked cemetery at the end of the path:

"This is it. Be careful now. That Mr. Copus has a bad temper."

Shade whispered to Emilia, and the blonde nodded immediately. The foreigner who continued to lead her forward also realized in a daze that it was about this time a year ago that it was another blonde girl who took him to visit here for the first time.

[And now, the blonde girl from a year ago has become your lover. 】

The voice in his ear smiled softly, and Shade thought "she" was hinting at something, but now was not the time to think about these things.

There is no fog outside the city, but there is a thick fog lingering in the closed cemetery. Emilia, who followed Shade to the entrance of the cemetery, tightly wrapped her robe and felt like she had entered the world of a horror novel. As an elf with a strong sense of vitality, she has always hated this kind of cemetery environment.

"Follow me."

Shade reminded softly again, and pushed open the rusty fence door with a harsh "squeak" sound. In an instant, the mist that had been motionless in the cemetery began to spin as if being stirred by an invisible hand. A pale figure in the depths of the fog quickly floated towards the two people at the door, frightening Emilia so much that she hurriedly hid behind Shade, but because Shade was carrying something on his back, she could not stick to his back. On the back:

"Wraith!"

"It's fine."

He reached out and pressed the badge on his chest, soft light radiated around him, and with a long wailing sound of "Ah~", the power from the "Death Angel" dispersed the resentful spirit and mist.

At this time, in front of the gravekeeper's hut in the center of the cemetery, that is, the stone house, the dim light of the kerosene lamp inside the door illuminated the owner of the house. The thin middle-aged man, who looked like he had overindulged himself and turned pale, was already waiting impatiently at the door for this visitor.

"Mr. Copus, long time no see."

Shade took the initiative to say hello, and Emilia pulled the hem of Shade's clothes and followed Shade forward.

"You were here nine days ago."

The cemetery guard said coldly, and then glanced at the girl with a head exposed behind Shade:

"Elves?"

Sure enough, the illusion spell on her body is not very effective in a place like Tobesk where mysterious people are everywhere.

"This is my friend. She is entangled in a relic and wants you to see what kind of relic it is. Of course, the price is based on the normal relic identification fee."

Shade used a spell to bring the rusty silver leaf-shaped brooch to Mr. Copus. The pale middle-aged man reached out to take it, then sniffed it gently and said in a cold tone:

"Under normal circumstances, this kind of thing should not take the initiative to entangle pure-blood elves. The Keeper-level relic-the ghost bone tree exists in the material world in plural forms. The tree itself is made of bones, and it will constantly lure people to the tree. Commit suicide, and absorb souls and corpses. At the same time, the fruit of the tree is this."

He shook the jewelry in his hand:

"The relic derivative - Ghost Bone Tree·Suicide Mark, the person who holds it will continue to encounter various misfortunes, and people around him will die one after another. When despair accumulates to a certain level, the holder will actively look for the Ghost Bone Tree and Suicide. Of course, this kind of suicide is not considered to be bewitched, but is considered a sincere suicide by the ring warlock, so it will trigger a suicide reversal.

Because of this danger, the last two recorded Ghost Bone Trees, one was eradicated by the Church of Nature in 1544 of the Sixth Era Universal Calendar, and the other is now under the care of the Serkses Higher Medical School, but the fruits grown from that tree It's in the shape of a headband, not a brooch. Unexpectedly, after three hundred years, in this troubled era, even this kind of thing has been revived. "

Shade felt Emilia behind him pressing closer to him:

"Then how do we lift the curse of the relic? Are we going to find the tree that is its original form?"

"This is one way, or to find the believers of the old god-the God of Luck, that is, the [Forest Hermits] who believe in the [White Holy Tree]. Their magic potion-Oak Lucky Potion can directly cure this problem. A curse.”

Now Shade was relieved. Old John had a good relationship with the "Forest Hermits". Shade himself had even used some pink essence to purchase the "Oak Lucky Potion" from Old John.

Thinking of this, he breathed a sigh of relief. In the afternoon, he had already asked Luvia for help. Luvia took Emilia to meet President Addis Stan. Luvia did not introduce Emily in detail at that time. Ya's identity, but Shade believed that the strongest diviner in Tobesk probably also saw the origin of the elf girl. After all, St. Byrons has a cooperative relationship with the Prophet Association.

In this way, the curse of the cultist has been eradicated, and the curse of the brooch will be lifted when old John comes back tomorrow. As long as those cultists are caught again, Emilia's problem will be completely solved.

Shad pulled Emilia to thank Mr. Copps. After paying the reward - 5 pounds 3 shillings, he took Emilia's hand and wanted to leave, but the pale middle-aged man again Reminder:

"If you want to fight, stay away from me and don't cause me any trouble."

After leaving the cemetery, the two hurriedly walked into the woods between the cemetery and the village. Shade led the way without saying a word. Emilia lowered her head and was held by his hand without saying a word.

The footsteps of the two were very light, and the woods under the moonlight were especially peaceful.

And in this tranquility, a sudden crow crow broke the tranquility. The crow flew high into the sky from the forest, and suddenly turned into a ball of black light in front of the moon and fell towards their location.

Shade, who was just walking with his head lowered, twisted around and slashed his right hand upwards. A dazzling silver light blade flew out from the forest, splitting the black light wrapped in the crow from the middle, but it only caused it to explode. A cloud of smoke.

Quack~Quack~Quack~Quack~

The sound of flapping wings came one after another, and more and more crows flew high into the sky from all over the forest, covering the moon and stars in just a few breaths. Dense crowds of crows were swarming above them. Emilia tugged on the back of Shade's clothes and watched as Shade, who was standing in front of her, reached for the long sword on his back.

Quack, quack, quack~

The cries of crows merged into one, hovering above their heads to form a symbol representing the evil god of misfortune. And as those crows turned into black light one by one, countless black lights rushed from the air to the ground like raindrops. To his surprise, Shade did not draw his sword. Instead, he used his free left hand to twist a pink petal and put it in front of his mouth:

"Flying Flower Curse!"

With a gentle blow, thousands of petals sharper than blades, mixed with pink poisonous mist, collided with the black light crows. Shade did not watch the show where he was, but took Emilia and ran deep into the woods:

"Run quickly, those cultists are indeed here!"

As if they were in a panic, they did not run towards the cemetery or the village, but headed deeper into the more deserted woods. And the crows quickly got rid of the control of the petals and chased them closely behind them.

The moonlight was still so gentle, shining on the escape path of Shade and Amelia. The elf girl who was held by Shade and ran with him under the moonlight felt the breeze of the moonlit night and looked at his side face. For some reason, she felt as if an arrow had been shot in her heart.

She loved the story of the night.

But the ring warlock with the six-ring life ring suspended behind him had already appeared in front of their direction. The stranger wearing a black cloak and a clown mask seemed to know in advance that they would appear here. The moment Shade and Amelia saw him, his long-established thaumaturgy was already directed towards them. Released.

Enlightenment-[Fear], Whisper-[Ghost] bloom together:

"The devil eats the body."

Black mist gushes out from his broad sleeves, and then the mist turns into dozens of amorphous ghosts wearing armor, flying towards the two "escaping" people.

Shadra held the hand of Emilia, who was thinking wildly, to stop, and then was swallowed up by the ghost turned into the black mist before she could react.

The group of crows chasing behind the two people also flew into the black mist at this time, entangled with the black mist as if they had turned into a giant black cocoon, completely sealing the possibility of their escape. The infiltrating roars of ghosts and the cries of crows merged together. This scene was more like a scene from a horror story than the cemetery just now.

The ring warlock wearing a clown mask waited patiently for a while before walking forward. However, after dispelling the black fog, he found that there was nothing in the fog.

"So, [The Order of Doom] really only sent two people this time."

Shade's voice came from behind him, and the stranger turned around to see Shade leading the blonde girl standing not far away. The blonde girl looked at him with a hostile face, and after a clang sound, the sword was drawn out, and the silver sword light rose under the moonlit night.