Whispering Verse

Even without looking carefully, Shade could sense the whispering elements of the relic from the pile of weeds and branches in front of him.

A little excited, he put little Mia on his shoulders and stepped into the overly large crow's nest. After a simple search, he found a lot of gems and metal jewelry.

Of course there were shiny gold coins among them, but it was a pity that there were only two relic coins, and they were both poet-level [King's Eggs], which made Shade wonder whether the crow used by Fanarius had the shape of a female crow.

At this point, Shade had eight special coins in his hand, and the final harvest in the crow's nest was not just these.

Shade didn't want to leave this nest behind, so after rummaging through it, he lit the already flammable weed pile with fire. As abnormal black smoke billowed into the sky and the fire lasted for half an hour, Shade later found a ring and three black crow sticks sharper than knives in the ashes of the crow's nest. feather.

Only the ring is a relic, and there is a strong demonic power left on the crow's feathers, which is obviously demonic material.

Out of caution, Shade collected the feathers and planned to give them to the doctor. Then he noticed that the cat on his shoulder seemed to be interested in the black ring.

The band of the ring is made of black jade, and the oval ring surface resembles a crow's eye. The ring seemed to have no lines, but in fact there were some imperceptible carvings. After rubbing it with his fingertips, Shade read out the meaning of the carvings:

[The reversal of blindness and light is the reflection of the essence of the soul. 】

"Yeah, it's a very familiar sentence pattern. I seem to know what it is."

He thought for a moment, reached out and patted the cat on the head to comfort it, then put the ring on his finger, turned around and looked at the scenery of the black forest.

Shade's eyesight was already outstanding, and since this was a high place, and the mountains and forests after the rain did not obstruct his vision, this time he actually saw the scenery of the urban area of ​​Yuewan City in the south directly, and he could see it extremely clearly. :

"It is indeed this, a clerical-level relic - the Eye of the Crow."

The clerical relic [Crow's Eye], whose name sounds like a magic eye, is actually a ring. This relic is quite famous, and many marksmen have held it. Its most outstanding effect is to give the wearer outstanding vision.

Wearing the ring and rubbing the ring surface will have a better effect than setting up a telescope, because the ring's effect can even protect the eyes from the interference of ordinary fog.

In addition to imparting extraordinary vision, this relic can also restore vision to blind people, or offset the "blindness" effect caused by other relics.

This reminded Shade of the [Ring of Mind] he got in the Green Lake area with the help of Megan and Audrey.

The function of the poet-level relic [Ring of Mood] is to enhance specific emotions and offset the wear and tear of emotions. This can resist the negative characteristic of "grinding emotions" of [The Ring of Immortality], but [Ring of Mood] itself resists the effect of the relic's characteristics. It can also lead to blindness.

Now [Crow's Eye] just restrains the negative characteristics of [Ring of Mind], but what follows is [Crow's Eye]'s own characteristics:

“If I remember correctly, the negative effects brought about by [Crow’s Eye] are mainly in two aspects.

The first is 'Crow's Curiosity', which greatly enhances the user's curiosity. This has little effect, as long as you control yourself;

The key is that this relic will bring about the 'Crow Curse', causing black feathers to gradually grow on the user's body, and it is almost irreversible. This resulted in all previous holders of [Crow's Eye] automatically giving up after only holding it for a short period of time. "

[Foreigners, the current strength of the original fire can completely block the effects of the "Crow's Curse". 】

"That's good."

Shade nodded, then felt the cat poking him with its tail. Turning his head, the big amber eyes were indeed looking at him. Even if Shade didn't understand cat language or read minds, he could still read its mind at this moment.

So Shade patted the cat's head again:

"I know you like this ring. I'll give it to you to play with when you get back."

As long as the effect of [Crow's Eye] is not triggered, there is no need to worry about little Mia suddenly turning into a "crow cat". If it is just put on the tail, then this is just an ordinary toy that is slightly dangerous.

"Meow~"

The cat meowed softly, and although Shade said he wouldn't let little Mia play with it, he was very interested in [Crow's Eye].

Anyway, he couldn't meet anyone else on the remote hill in the Black Forest, so he took out the silver crescent-shaped jade stone from his pocket.

He grabbed the "jade" with his left hand and raised it to the front of his body. As the "jade" glowed slightly and extended upwards and downwards, the beautiful sage-level relic - [Star Trace] longbow appeared in Shade's hand.

He drew the bow and shot an arrow. The bow itself had the effect of enhancing vision. At this time, combined with the [Crow's Eye], Shade could even clearly see a man smoking in the window glass of a tall building in the north of the city.

This is not only excellent eyesight, the two relics play an even better role when paired together. This is a very classic case of using relics together.

With the bright silver arrow still appearing in his hand, Shade adjusted his direction again, trying to explore the limit of his vision in this state.

However, he did not explore the limit in the end, but found that in such a aiming state, not only his eyesight improved, but his sight could even penetrate some thinner materials to see behind and inside them. Such as dirty glass, pools with floating algae, and canopies of sparse leaves.

In other words, he can achieve a certain degree of perspective in this state:

"So, if I can find a higher position and snipe the enemy somewhere in the city from a long distance, the enemy will not know who did it until they die. It is also wrong. High-energy and fast flying objects enter the sky above the city. The church should There will be a reaction.”

Shade continued to spin in circles while thinking:

"Um?"

A strange flying creature appeared in the field of vision, and it didn't seem to be far away from here.

Shade then moved the bow in his hand and looked with his own eyes, but there was nothing in the sky in that direction.

After setting up the long bow again, the thing that looked like a flying dragon appeared again, and seemed to have noticed this side:

"Oh, it turns out that not only can you achieve a certain degree of perspective, but you can also see through illusions to a certain extent."

Thinking in his mind, Shade let go of the arrow held in his left hand, and then a ray of silver light cut through the blue sky after the rain, passed head-on through the mouth of the hybrid dragon beast that was sprinting towards this side, and then emerged from it It penetrated the tail vertebra behind the body.

The dragon beast with unknown blood maintained its posture and continued to glide in the air, and then fell into the black forest, causing a cloud of birds and smoke.

Shade, who was actually not good at using bow weapons, put away the [Star Trace], patted Mia's little head, and put the cat away as well. He jumped down from the dilapidated castle and then turned into a group of red butterflies and flew into the forest.

A few minutes later, when the unfamiliar ring warlocks who hurriedly found the fallen dragon beast in the forest, Shade was already waiting for them beside the monster's body.

The two of them didn't say much nonsense. The four-ring life ring appeared behind the stranger's body at the same time, and then two flying moonlight rings controlled the four-ring warlock.

"Is there no one left in [Dragon Feast Order]?"

Shade asked suspiciously, but did not ask him to answer.

After putting on the mind crystal ring and punching him twice, giving him a peaceful sleep, I wanted to take some of his blood and use [Echo of Blood] to track the man's whereabouts, but before Shade could do this, he was far away. Suddenly there was a dull sound, and then the ground shook slightly, causing a few leaves to fall and float to Shade's shoulders:

"Looks like there's no need to look for it."

With a light jump, Shade turned into a flock of butterflies and came to the branch. After returning to his human form, he rubbed the [Crow's Eye] on his hand and stood on the branch looking into the distance.

There is a small village deep in the forest in the distance, and obvious traces of the ring warlock's battle are gradually spreading there. The battle must have just started. Judging from the traces of magical reactions, one of the parties seems to be the ring warlocks of the Church of Dawn and the Church of the Sun, and the other party is, as expected, the [Dragon Eater Order].

"Is it such a coincidence that the church is taking action here?"

So the red butterflies illuminated by the sun flew lightly over the forest sea.

Erwin Village is a very inconspicuous small village located in the black forest northwest of Yuewan City. The location of this village can only be found on the most detailed map of the Yuewan area.

The humble village naturally has its own role. For example, it is used by some humble people as a base for biological experiments and dragon beast hatching. But even the most inconspicuous people will occasionally be noticed, which is why the church took action this afternoon.

Of course, the joint actions of Dawn Church and Sun Church did not achieve a crushing victory.

But this is also expected. The church has investigated this inconspicuous dragon beast hatching base in advance, and an important [Dragon Feast Ceremony] will be held this afternoon. Not only are some big figures from the Dragon Feast Order present, but even the most mysterious "Dragon Feast Sacrifice" of the order will appear here.

Therefore, the team sent by the church this time is not only led by Mr. Joshua Brooklyn, the thirteen-ring warlock of the local Dawn Church, "The Hand of Glory", but even the chosen one, Iluna Bayas, is also a member of the team. Depart with safety guaranteed.

As the first large-scale operation taken by the Yuewan Diocese against the Dragon Feast Order, Iluna could not even find a way to notify Shade before the operation started.

And when she saw with her own eyes the "Dragon Feast Sacrifice Ground" and the extremely weird "Dragon Feast Ceremony" at the original threshing floor outside the village, she had no intention of thinking about these things. .

PS: Mia’s Seven Rings:

[The change between positive and negative is the beginning of a new life] - Metamorphosis Ring - Transform into a human being but need to speak;

[The change between stillness and silence is a display of hidden power] - Fish Training Ring - Speak but not as a cat;

[The replacement of blood and flesh is the sublimation of flesh and blood soul] - Vampire Ring - Become a vampire but have blood thirst;

[The struggle between disease and cleanliness is the tempering of nature] - Epidemic doctor's ring - resists blood thirst but is not a punishment for short life;

[The intertwining of life and death is the answer to the meaning of life] - The Ring of Immortality - increasing life and grinding emotions;

[The blend of joy and sorrow is the inner interpretation of wisdom] - The Ring of Mind - Storing emotions leads to blindness;

[The reversal of blindness and light is the reflection of the essence of the soul] - Crow's Eye - Increases vision and grows crow feathers.