Whispering Verse

The shadow of the soul only has the upper body, and the lower body seems to have been cut off. The shadow was extremely transparent, swaying in the cold wind in the room. Shade was not used to this scene:

"How many more statues do you have? Where are those mermaid statues now?"

Shade asked in a low voice.

He wanted to make sure what the statue was. He wasn't going to hold it or touch it, so it wasn't dangerous. As for asking after killing, it is to prevent the other party from using those dangerous statues to play tricks on you, and the soul shadow summoned by [Soul Echo] will not lie.

"Those statues are useless if thrown away. In order to find a way to lift the curse, I kept three of them. They are in the basement."

He spoke in a tone that had no fluctuation at all, and the voice seemed to come from a far away place, hollow and feeble.

"How to enter the basement? Is it dangerous? What else is there in the basement?"

he asked again.

"The basement can be entered through the door next to the broom cupboard on the stairs. Do not step on the first floor after entering the basement, otherwise the door will be locked. There are those statues in the basement, and there are amulets I bought to expel the curse. I asked I received the exorcism materials needed for exorcism, as well as some things I thought would be useful in protecting myself.”

The shadow answered again.

"So where do you keep your money?"

The last time I didn't take the money from the dead Ponton family, it was because I promised Miss Bayas not to take any extra things, and strictly speaking, it's not a very good behavior to collect money from that kind of massacre.

But this time it was different. The other party was purely seeking death. Xia De had no psychological barriers to taking money from such people. Of course, if the amount is huge, he will donate part of this ill-gotten wealth to the Dawn Church.

"I only have some change at home. Most of it is stored in a private bank in Coldwater Port, and a small amount is with my wife who is visiting relatives in her hometown."

It seems that Dawn Church will not be able to get the money. The private bank will not recognize the person but not the document. Shade has no time or idea to embarrass a woman who does not know where she is.

"Okay then, let's go."

After asking some more details of the story just now, and making sure that the other party was not lying, he waved his hand and the shadow of his soul automatically dissipated. After rummaging through the body for a while, I realized that it was foolish to search for a wallet on a homebody.

So they went to the basement first. The basement of Jason Dral's house was smaller than that of Shade's house. He stood on the stone steps going down and found the gas lamp knob on one side of the wall. Under the faint light, Shade saw at a glance the three statues placed on the box facing the stairs, covered with red cloth. The outlines under the red cloth indeed resembled mermaids.

He was very careful not to get close, and then quickly looked away:

"Feel something?"

[The element of blasphemy, that is a relic. Very cursed, but not as powerful as active blood money. 】

"It is indeed a relic."

Out of caution, Shade just stood on the steps and had no intention of entering the basement. Looking around, the things piled up in the basement were messy and diverse. Behind the statue covered with red cloth, there were actually the holy symbols of five righteous gods hanging at the same time.

Stacks of religious classics were piled up in the corner, and metal, wooden and even crystal amulets of various shapes that looked like travel souvenirs were hung on the wall on the left. The floor of the basement was sprinkled with snow-white refined salt, and on the shelves in front of the wall on the right were incomprehensible things such as stones, metals, and herbs.

Under the box with three mermaid statues, there are five or six oil paintings standing, facing the statues covered by red cloth. Because of the angle, it took Shade some effort to see the contents of the oil paintings. Cats were actually painted on them.

"Aiming an oil painting of a cat at a mermaid... He already has this idea, but he is not willing to go to the Zhengshen Church for help. It's really... wait a minute."

Shade's eyes looked at the shelf in front of the right wall again, staring at the bundle of blue grass tied up on the second floor on the left. His brows furrowed slightly:

"Why does this look so familiar..."

After a moment of recalling, he got the answer, and his eyes suddenly widened:

“Weather vane bluegrass!”

The reward from the Lakeview Manor incident was superimposed on the angel-level [Time Key] reward, allowing Shade to obtain two kinds of [Time and Space] thaumaturgy. However, [Laleg's Jump], which can move 10 feet (approximately 3.04 meters) in space, cannot be mastered until next month due to the lack of main materials.

After that, Shade read the description and sketch of this plant from the first-year ring magician's textbook, so he could recognize the things on the shelf at a glance.

"Is this the point of coming to Coldwater Port City?"

Subconsciously, he wanted to get it, but he immediately stopped. After carefully avoiding the traps on the floor, he came to the locker and took the bundle of plants tied with cloth strips in his hands.

After a little inspection, it was confirmed that this is indeed the main learning material needed for the thaumaturgy [Ralleg's Jump].

Weathervane bluegrass is extremely rare even in the New World. The ones here were probably brought back by Jason Dral when he was investigating banned smuggled goods.

In addition to this, there are many other ores and herbs on the shelf, but unfortunately Shade doesn't know many of them. But now that you are here, there is no need to leave empty-handed. I picked up some ores and put them in my pocket. It was too troublesome to pick up the herbs, so I picked up a few bottles of liquid with labels.

Because of the existence of the statue covered with red cloth, Shade did not dare to continue searching for good things here. After scanning around and letting the voice in his head confirm that there were no relics other than statues, he left the basement and prepared to leave.

Naturally, he had to climb out of the window to leave, but as soon as he got close to the window, he discovered that there was someone in the muddy alley.

"what happened?"

Feeling alert, I leaned against the wall by the window and looked out. There were five people within sight of me in the alley. These people were obviously not passing by, but were waiting for something.

"Oops."

Then I went to the window on the side of the main entrance and looked out. I saw someone walking by with an umbrella in Mermaid Lane outside. Their eyes were secretly looking in the direction of the house, which showed that the front door was not safe either.

"Who has Mr. Delal provoked? Wait...can't it be the Orthodox Church?"

If you think about it carefully, the middle-aged man who was killed by Shade just now bought banned books, killed homeless people to get blood, and even got so many strange things in the basement, it is not impossible to be targeted by the church.

"No matter who he offended, I can't tell if I stay here."

After thinking for a while, he quickly went to the second floor of the house, found the trap door leading to the attic, and climbed up the ladder.

There were some debris piled up in the attic, and Shade didn't pay attention. Instead, he pushed open the only window in the attic.

Looking outside, I saw that the rain was still heavy, and from the current angle, it seemed that the house on the other side of the alley was not far away.

"Should be able to jump over."

He touched the frog legs in his pocket, and reluctantly gave up some of the stones in his pocket that were too heavy. Reciting a mantra, he threw the twirling frog legs into his pocket, found the right moment, pushed open the window and jumped.

Shade didn't know if the people watching the house below had seen him, so he jumped into the air, and after confirming that he could land on the opposite roof, he was ready to jump again.

The roof was strong enough, and Shade did not break a big hole in the roof due to the vibration of the landing. He lowered his body, jogged two steps forward on someone else's roof, found the right direction, and then jumped into the air again.

Under the rainy sky, he was as inconspicuous as a small black dot. But this time he did not run again after landing. Instead, he lay on the roof wearing a robe and observed his surroundings. He did not see anyone chasing him from the alley below. people.

So we took off again, this time choosing the shorter house diagonally ahead. This house was located at the intersection of a street and an alley. After Shade lay down and confirmed that no one was around, he immediately jumped from the roof to the ground, and then took off his mask and robe.

Instead of leaving them here, they were rolled up and tucked inside the coat.

He rearranged his wet clothes, covered his head with his hands like a man hiding from the rain, and rushed out of the alley.

Regardless of what happened behind him, Shade made up his mind that he had nothing to do with it. He leaned against the low wall at his feet, bent over and ran forward, disappearing into the distance of the street in the rainy and hazy afternoon of this seaport city.

Shade, who was walking away, didn't notice that not far from him running out of the alley, there was a carriage parked across the street.

And a few seconds after he ran past, the carriage window with a crack opened was pushed open, revealing a delicate face and long fiery red hair.

The girl wearing a silver tiara looked out the window doubtfully, but Shade, who wanted to go home, had already run away.

A group of policemen ran towards the carriage from a distance behind a middle-aged man wearing a black coat and a tough face. The coachman jumped out of the carriage and checked the middle-aged man's ID before allowing him to approach:

"Your Highness."

The man put away his umbrella and trotted to the carriage window in the rain. He lowered his head respectfully and said, not daring to look at the face of the person in the window:

"We have surrounded the target's house. When the operation starts later, we will bring out some sensitive things. The mermaid statue you want will definitely be fine."

"Don't be careless. The church also knows what's going on here. I don't want the Zhengshen Church to know what I took with me. You know how I do things."

The red-haired girl sitting in the carriage said, her tone was not harsh, but it still made the man in the rain couldn't help but shiver. The middle-aged man puts his right foot on the ground and opens his shoulders:

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, nothing will go wrong."

After saying that, he bowed slightly to the car window, then turned around and returned to the scene of the action with his people.

But what the young girl sitting in the carriage cared about most at this time was no longer whether the relic she heard about by chance would be in her hands.

The rainy scene outside the window reflected in her eyes, and she closed the car window again. Although the space inside the carriage is not large, it is fully equipped with sofas, coffee tables, incense burners, and porcelain tea cups.

The red-haired girl wears a silver crown and a white dress. There is a row of sterling silver decorative buttons on the waist part, and a pair of small black leather shoes on her feet.

He raised his little finger and picked up the tea cup in front of him, his brown eyes showing a thoughtful look. After waiting for a while, he murmured softly:

"Did I get dazzled just now?"

As he spoke, he raised his right hand and touched the shining ruby ​​earring on his right ear:

"Why is Shade here?"

(Little Mia is running...)

On the other side, Shade returned to the small hotel in the rain. After packing his things, he looked out the window and saw no tracers, so he quickly checked out and left.

I held an umbrella and walked around the nearby alleys for a few times before making a long circle and arriving at the pier. Carrying the suitcase, I walked onto the trestle. After making sure no one was looking, I leaned over and pretended to fish something out of the water, then plunged directly into the sea water.

He had never held an umbrella, and his whole body was soaked. When he entered the water, he even felt warmer under the water.

Under the influence of the spell [Underwater Breathing], he held the suitcase wrapped in canvas with one hand and paddled with the other hand to move underwater. Guided by a fairly good sense of direction, we quickly reached the cliff outside the dock through underwater movement.

First, he slightly probed his head under the water to confirm that the black stone in front of him was the reef when he landed. Then he returned to the water again, found the rope extending from the underwater gap, and then followed the crack under the cliff inward. tour.

It was almost evening at this time, and the low tide exposed part of the crack to the water. Shade was actually swimming and walking. I have already walked this road once, so I didn’t encounter any surprises on my way back.

When he landed in a dark cave, he still held a big fish that was seeking its own death. Shade, who was soaked all over, almost tripped over a turtle on the ground as he walked towards the hidden wall at the end.

Call out the life ring to make the wall disappear, then walk towards the statue of the ancient god and touch it. After reciting the incantation to enter the space maze, touch the signpost representing home and enter the circular space again.

Shade, who quickly walked out of the basement and was still dripping with water, wiped the water on his face and saw at a glance that it was still raining in St. Teresa Square outside the window.

He stared blankly at the rainy scene outside the window, and after a while he took a deep breath, dropped his suitcase, and slowly sat down against the wall, not caring that the seawater on his body wet the wall and floor:

"Oh, although I didn't encounter any danger on this trip, I was really tired."

The serious expression on his face finally relaxed. He just looked at the rainy scene outside the window and listened to the sound of raindrops hitting the glass. It took him a long time to calm down.

He stood up and looked at the dead fish in his hand. It was originally alive, but it died after getting close to the statue of the ancient god. It's not that the statue of the ancient god [Primal Rift] prohibits living creatures from moving through space, but that living creatures cannot withstand the mental impact of being close to the statue. It seems that unless the opponent's mental resistance is confirmed to be strong enough, it is temporarily impossible to move a living creature through space.

I took a serious shower at home to wash away all the smell of sea water from my body. After throwing the clothes into the basin in the bathroom to soak, he went out with an umbrella and took a carriage to Quill Avenue.