Whispering Verse

Chapter 2752 The Devil of Fire, Dezast

After getting the answer, Shade and Miss Danister did not have time to taste Emilia's flower tea, so they got up to go to the ruins to investigate. The elf girl immediately said that she would go too, probably wanting to show her enthusiasm in front of Miss Danister.

The ruins were quite close to the elves' tree house, so there was no need to ride the chocobos. When the three of them came to the ruins that Shade was quite familiar with under the gloomy sky, even Miss Danister had to admit:

"Well, there is really nothing left here."

There were still a few tiles left on the ground, and the only half wall standing was worthless.

The elf girl then reminded:

"In addition to the ground part, there is also an underground part, which is where the secrets of this Temple of Time are stored. The entrance is in the tree hole of this tree - those chocobos have taken me to find some documents about this place."

She pointed to the big tree in the center of the ruins. Shade certainly knew that there was a tree hole here. After all, the end of the space under the tree hole was where he appeared every time.

"Oh, so that's how it is!"

So he understood that the small area between the exit of the hidden passage and the upward spiral staircase was indeed just a "storage room".

"So how do you open the tree hole correctly?"

Shade asked again. He always used [Night Watcher] or [Staff of Yggdrasil] to enhance the "Key of the Door" spell to open the door, but this was obviously not the right way.

This time the elf girl shook her head. The history of this ruins was too long, and she didn't know all the secrets here.

So Shade cast a spell to open the tree hole, and then led the two curious people behind him into the narrow spiral staircase behind the tree hole one by one. Going down the stairs, we came to the bottom end which Shade described as "similar to the size of a hallway".

When Shade came here for the first time, there was nothing here except the torch on the wall. Now, the three of them lit the torch again and checked the walls, floors and ceilings together, but still found no clues:

"The person who solved the puzzle of the Temple of Time obviously took everything away. But this place is not without meaning. At least it tells us what the "treasure room" of the Temple of Time is like."

"So, what is this torch?"

The elf girl asked again, and Miss Danister waved her hand to let the torch fly in front of her. After a brief inspection, she handed it to Shade:

"The material is normal, but you can feel it yourself. I think your perception should be much stronger than mine now."

The shape of the torch is a piece of wood with oily oilcloth tied on the top. The material is indeed very ordinary. So Shade followed Miss Danister's reminder, closed his eyes and let go of his perception to explore more details of the torch. When his mental power touched the cracks inside the wood, he actually felt that those cracks were not naturally formed.

It took at least half a minute for Shade to open his eyes:

"It's interesting. The cracks inside the wood form a short Elvish language. But that ancient Elvish language does not belong to the first era, but was popular around the end of the Fourth Era and the beginning of the Fifth Era. So, this torch did not originally exist here, but was placed here after the treasure was taken away."

"What Elvish language is it?"

The elf asked again. Shade glanced at her and read out these words:

"Ignite the fire of the giant tree and store it in the forest."

With a click, the torch held in his hand broke directly in the middle. The flame on the torch went out, and the two pieces of wood seemed to be accelerated by time during the fall, and they turned into ashes directly.

The silver light ball summoned by Shade then illuminated the ground, and the ashes formed a simple forest map on the ground.

Although the torch was left behind in a very long time ago, fortunately, the map is centered on this ruins, and the east, west, south, north and scale are marked, so the three can determine where the location marked on the map is.

"So what did the elves at the end of the Fourth Age or the early Fifth Age leave here?"

The 18-year-old red-haired sorceress asked the elf girl next to her, who immediately shook her head:

"I don't know."

Since they had a map and it was still early, the three of them were ready to go to the location marked on the map to take a look. But before that, Shade summoned the life ring to open the hidden passage at the bottom of the tree hole, and then motioned the elf and the red-haired girl to follow him in:

"Since you are here, come in and take a look."

The statue of the ancient god is not something that ordinary people can approach and touch. This requires a special identity such as a space spirit rune or a "chosen one". The two girls stood at the entrance of the hidden passage and listened to Shade's introduction of the purpose of this place. The elves had known about the "space maze" for a long time, but Miss Danister was indeed the first time to hear Shade introduce it here.

Because they needed to travel a long distance in the forest later, the three of them rode on the chocobo. Around 3pm, they followed the direction and distance to the location marked on the map. It was almost due north of the old Riverwood Town, but there was nothing in the vast forest.

"Still need to decipher? Shade, what can you feel?"

The elf girl was responsible for taking care of the three lively chocobos, and Miss Danister stood beside Shade:

"From your expression, you seem to have realized something?"

"I just saw the words about flames burning giant trees on the wood grain. I originally thought that there would be clues related to the devil at the end of the map. But now it seems that is not the case. The flames are restless. It is a pity that Sister Devlin is not there. here."

As he spoke, red flames ignited in his palms, and he threw the flames in his palms directly towards the forest in front of him. When the flames touched the ground, there was a dull sound, and the fire seemed to ignite the earth. After waiting for a while, the flames gradually gathered toward the center until the entrance to the cave that did not exist just now was revealed.

This is not just a hole in the ground. There are very typical elf-style stone wall decorations on the ground around the hole. Elf runes are carved on the stone wall on the side of the cave entrance, but the huge claw marks have completely destroyed the defensive ritual here.

But fortunately, the ancient elven writings inscribed on the steps of the cave are still intact:

[We found a wisp of the sacred flame that existed in ancient times in the forest. This flame was too violent. In order to prevent it from harming the habitat that the Nightsong Elf family finally selected, we sealed this wisp of flame here.

If someone comes for this flame, please feel free to take it away. This sealing ritual is only used to prevent the heat of the flame from escaping, and also to deny the approach of evil forces. Otherwise, the ritual has no harmful effects. 】

Leaving the elves outside to take care of them, Shade and Miss Danister went deep into this ancient elven ruins. The cave under the steps is not very deep, but the frequent claw marks on the surrounding walls have destroyed all the rituals just like the entrance of the cave.

At the end of the cave was an overturned gray stone brazier. Although the precious elven antiques were not damaged, there was nothing in it.

Shade bent down and lifted the brazier up again. When he stretched out his hand, he could still feel the residual warmth of the flame that once existed here.

"It seems you know the flames sealed by the elves."

The red-haired girl asked, and Shade nodded:

"Yes, they sealed a ray of the original fire here."

After saying that, Shade blinked again and looked at the huge claw marks left on the four walls. Black flames were burning in the claw marks:

"Before we arrived, the devil took away the flame. This is not a modern thing, it was a hundred years ago."

(Little Mia is running.)

That evening, Dr. Bill Schneider had just finished dinner and was about to take advantage of the evening to sort out recent patient files when he heard from the clinic servant that Detective Shad Hamilton had come to visit.

He met Sha De in the reception room on the second floor, looked at Sha De's expression, and said with a smile:

"It seems that you are not in big trouble this time."

"Doctor, your thirteenth demon is probably found."

Dr. Schneider was not surprised either. He had already guessed that Shade would encounter the devil in the Vista Grove:

"The other party finally appeared? Is it the sealed demon from three hundred years ago, or is there a new evil that has appeared in that forest?"

"It's most likely the same one. Look at this, this is a newly discovered clue."

As Shade spoke, he handed the doctor the smoldering black piece of wood that was sealed by the ice of the holy water, and explained the condition of the charred trees that the hermits found in the forest that were fused with animals.

While listening, the doctor melted the ice and examined the piece of wood. Because he had the power of Sophix, the ancient fire demon, the arsonist, he was not afraid of the flames on it.

After Shade finished speaking, he sighed:

"Well, the demons I guessed last time about the forest were all wrong. The characteristics shown by the other party were too confusing. I admit that I was also misled."

Then Shade watched the doctor's right hand holding the piece of wood turn into black liquid, and directly absorbed the piece of wood:

"Shad, do you remember Sophix, the arsonist?"

"Of course, that was the first demon we dealt with together besides human pus, and my [Night Watch] was also found in the place where it was sealed. I was deeply impressed."

Shade held the teacup:

"You wouldn't say it's still the devil this time, would you? But Sophix has been sealed in the cave at the base of Mount Sikar by the Witch Emperor since the Fifth Era. How could he appear in the time travel in the Vista Woodland?"

"Don't think it's so complicated."

The doctor hurriedly stopped Shade's association:

"I just want to say that there are actually many demons related to fire. I told you a long time ago that the origins of evil spirits and demons are quite complicated. One theory is that they themselves are the incarnation of the evil in the world.

Cannibalism, spreading bad luck, distorting mirror images, desire for proliferation, evil thoughts of human nature, and so on. Among them, Sophix, the arsonist, roughly symbolizes the tyranny of fire, especially after its body is fused with the body of the ancient Balrog.

And the demon you encountered this time symbolizes 'fire' itself - the demon of fire, Dezast. Elemental life was mentioned in the third grade course of St. Byrons. You can think that the essence of this thing is similar to the appearance of fire elemental life. "

Shade has never heard of this name:

"What power does it have? What stories does it leave behind in the past?"