Whispering Verse

In the ancient times of unknown time, people struggling to survive in the darkness found their last settlement in a desert. But soon after, monsters chasing the souls of living people followed.

It did not directly massacre the people here, but instead imprisoned them and required the people in the settlements to sacrifice their flesh and souls on time while maintaining the growth of the population.

This situation lasted for a long time, until the knights came from afar and gathered the last resistance forces in the settlement to rush towards the "devil".

This battle lasted for a long time. When the old people and children in the settlement boldly approached the battlefield, they saw only corpses on the ground, seriously injured devils and dying knights.

Shade pressed one hand on the coffin lid and read out the final ending of the story:

"The knight said that he was a believer in the ancient earth god. After the Mother Earth Goddess left, he still followed the old tradition and traveled across the earth with his own feet.

He had only his last breath left, so he decided to use the [Mother Goddess Church], which is also the core magic of the Lost Earth Order, 'Power of the Earth: Bless All Things', at the cost of turning his soul and body into a stone statue. Permanently change the shape and nature of this land, and seal the devil. "

Miss Knight listened carefully:

"This is a true knight."

Shade nodded:

"So the knight stood up with the help of people, and turned into a stone statue while waving goodbye. And in accordance with his last wish, people built a church to store the sealed devil and the knight's belongings. And the statue of the knight, that is, It will always stand in front of the church.”

The female knight immediately looked at the door in surprise:

"Mr. Hamilton, you are saying that the statue outside is..."

"Yes, it is the body and soul of the unknown knight."

"He's not dead."

Miss Meister, who was standing under the high platform where the coffin was placed, suddenly said:

"The definition of death is the end of the soul, but his soul has not left and is still here to watch over everything."

"What an admirable knight."

Miss Knight said again, saluting towards the door.

Xia De looked at the coffin hesitantly and frowned:

"But if what is said above is correct, then the devil who was sealed by divine magic and what we are looking for are now in the coffin.

I investigated and found out that the 'Heart of the Oasis' is the physical blessing of the ancient god Mother Earth. It is normal for this knight to have a compass fragment looking for the blessing. "

The brown-skinned lady in cool clothes naturally understood what Shade was hesitating about. She crossed her left arm across her chest and pointed forward with her right hand painted with red nail polish:

"You are worried that once the coffin is opened, the sealed thing will be released."

"Yes."

Shade nodded slightly:

"Although the statue is still there and the power of the seal is still there, I am not sure what is going on inside the coffin now. I am not even sure what the 'devil' being described is. In this language, the word 'devil' Words are used to describe evil beings, not specific species.”

Fortunately, the forty minutes this time were less than half, and the "church mausoleum" was also very cool, so he had time to continue thinking.

"You make your own decision. Miss Knight and I are just leading the way for you."

Miss Meister sat down on the chair in the front row to rest, while Shade asked Miss Knight to check the mausoleum with her again.

Although the knight's "corpse" is outside, it does not prevent the church from being decorated to the specifications of a mausoleum, so there are naturally some "funeral objects". I don't know if it is because of the influence of this desert, but most of the mortal objects that should have been turned into dust are only rotten or dilapidated. Most of the items with extraordinary power, although Shade cannot identify the purpose, All still available.

From this point of view, in the lost era where the story takes place, the popularity of supernatural power was much higher than in the Sixth Age. These funerary objects will be good things for future generations. This is also in line with Shade's guess about the First Era to the Sixth Era. Since the end of the First Era, which lasted for millions and tens of millions of years, the world has indeed begun to collapse.

Of course, their most important harvest was not the burial objects, but the new writing that Shade found on the side of the stone platform under the coffin.

Those words were not hidden, but they were located very low and the light in the room was dim. Shade only discovered them when he controlled the light ball to fly around:

"This is."

"Is it a new story? About the death of the ancient knight?"

The gray-haired knight lady asked, Shade shook his head:

"No. It says at the beginning that before the knight turned into a stone statue, he orally described how to use the ancient god's magic 'Power of the Earth: Bless All Things', so the ancestors engraved these contents here. They I know that no power can reach eternity, so I hope that people can seal this place again in the future.”

He read the above description carefully:

"I also know the magic of the Power of the Earth series, but the magic here is completely different from the ones I have mastered. It doesn't even need to be studied deliberately. It seems to be a ritual like sacrifice or sacrifice——

First, and most importantly, this power must be passed down from other masters of the ‘Power of the Earth, Blessing of All Things’, or at least there must be stone statues left by the predecessors, both are fine;

Then, step on the ground, recite incantations, and hold high-level alchemical materials such as the Philosopher's Stone/Mercury Blood/All Things Blood Essence, which can be used to shape life.

Finally, on the premise of believing in any one of the thirteen ancient gods, any naturally growing intelligent life can use the power of the earth to achieve something that does not harm the earth itself at the cost of turning its body and soul into a statue. Miracle'. Generally speaking, the stronger your soul, the more powerful the miracles you can achieve. "

He pursed his lips and read these contents again:

"According to the last words left by the knight, this is the power that everyone in the Order of the Earth has when the Mother Goddess of the Earth has not left. When the believers in the Order are about to die, they will use this method to repay themselves Earth. Of course, their petrified souls will be led away by angels at that time instead of staying."

Miss Knight then asked seriously:

"Is this okay? Mr. Hamilton, please tell me the spell. After the coffin is opened, if that terrible thing is really released, I will recreate the ritual to seal the monster again.

I know that I am definitely no better than that ancient hero, but I believe that as long as my sacrifice can block it for even two seconds, you can take away the compass. I just ask you to go to my hometown to help Her Majesty the Queen after you find the 'Heart of Oasis'. Like my father, I believe in the God of Justice, the ancient dragon god who symbolizes light, so I meet the conditions you mentioned. "

Miss Meister, who was sitting below, smiled and looked at the two people under the strange white light as if they were acting, while Shade looked at the female knight with some surprise:

"Even if you say so, although we have stone statues, we don't have the precious alchemy materials mentioned here."

In reality, he did have the [Philosopher's Stone], but it was a relic that he couldn't bring with him. [Blood of Mercury] is a precious relic that the illegal ring warlock group that the outsiders first encountered could not find it after spending two eras, and [Blood Essence of All Things] Sha De had never heard of it.

"Maybe it's among the knight's relics."

The female knight looked at the coffin:

"Anyway, we can't help but open the coffin. Please tell me the incantation, Mr. Hamilton. It's one of the few things I can do."

Shade straightened up:

"You seem to have self-destructive tendencies?"

"No."

The female knight holding the helmet shook her head seriously:

"I know that compared to you, I am just a useless ordinary person. If I rely on myself alone, there is no possibility of finding the Heart of the Oasis. But if you can move on with my sacrifice, I believe in you You are all good people who will help Her Majesty the Queen after you find that strange object."

"You said something wrong."

Schade pointed out:

"Although ordinary people are indeed weak, they are not completely useless. Don't look down on yourself so much. As for that spell."

He looked at Miss Meister, who was sitting there with her bare feet off the ground, looking very childish. The latter just smiled and nodded.

"I can tell you, but I won't help you move the statue outside, so don't think about self-sacrifice, that is meaningless."

The brief incantation was read out by Shade, and Miss Knight memorized it without saying a word. In fact, Shade doubted whether she could really remember those weird pronunciations.

Then, Shade handed the cat on his shoulder to Miss Knight and asked her to step back a little before he planned to open the coffin. The light brown-skinned lady still sat there without moving, and Shade did not call for help from the god.

The coffin was not locked at all, and there were no other protective measures. Perhaps the ancestors felt that people who came here could not be stopped by locks and mechanisms alone. The ancient knight's [Power of the Earth: Blessing All Things] only sealed the devil here. He did not use his power to prevent people from opening the seal. The reason for this is not something that outsiders can know today.

Perhaps the long time and this sea of ​​sand have destroyed the power of the ancient gods' magic.

In short, after Shade was ready, he pushed open the coffin lid with great effort, and then the black smoke rushed out from it and spread directly into the interior of the entire closed building.

The coffin disappeared in front of Shade. He turned around and looked back in the darkness. Miss Meister, Miss Knight, and the cat with its tail on fire also disappeared into the black smoke.

After frowning slightly, he stretched his hand to the side, and the gorgeous silver moonlight sword was caught in Shade's hand. Sha De prepared himself for danger, but after waiting for a few seconds, he only heard the familiar sound of "meow~".