Whispering Verse

Chapter 2899: The Nest and the Rabbit

"Someone from the Priory does go to the woodland. We have people in Willendal City. They are also engaged in the same black market business as me. If you are interested, I can introduce you to each other."

Old John saw that Shade no longer mentioned the devil, so he lowered his head to deal with the pocket watch. Shade asked curiously:

"I wanted to ask just now, this pocket watch is a relic, right? Can relics be disassembled?"

"To be precise, the real relic is just the gem embedded in the mechanical core of the pocket watch - the document-level relic [Heart of Flowing Light]. Space storage relics Rare, right? This is a time storage item that can be used to store time, or steal time.

Put the gem in a pocket watch, and then you can steal other people's time and store it in it, so that you can live longer. Unfortunately, once this relic is used, it must not be taken off, otherwise you will lose as much time as you use it. There are many relics with similar effects, and this one has fewer side effects. "

With a light click, the tweezers in Old John's right hand steadily took off the white gem the size of two grains of rice. Shade pushed the small box next to him, and the gem was immersed in the rice paste in the box.

"You know what, detective? In the past month, the number of out-of-control time relics found in various parts of the Old World is more than ten times higher than in normal years. In the city of Tobesk alone, the number of time accidents that have occurred in the past two weeks has exceeded that in the past half a century.

Do you know what stores are on both sides of my store?"

He suddenly asked, and Shade certainly knew:

"On the left are a grocery store and a used bookstore, and on the right are a used clothing store and a closed flower shop that has never been open since I met you."

"Yes, that flower shop closed down three years ago. , the original owner of the store was murdered while walking at night, and the store was later inherited by her nephew, but no one knows why it has not been dealt with. Just this Tuesday, the store suddenly opened and became a spice shop selling low-quality spices.

Several of our neighbors went to visit and found a newspaper from more than 50 years ago on the counter, and the owner thought it was 1799. "

Old John shook his head and sighed, but the matter should have been resolved. When Shade left the pawnshop, he took a special look and saw that the closed flower shop was still closed.

Centered on the most unstable area of ​​time in the material world-Vestal Woodland, the consequences of the instability of time are gradually affecting the entire world. This is exactly the same as before. The first manifestation of the disaster is the frequent appearance of related relics, followed by various abnormal phenomena symbolizing the disaster that spread throughout the world and became more and more serious.

If the seal of Vestal Woodland is not properly handled in the end, in addition to the entire forest area being completely lost in the chaotic time, it may really be as Long-haired Luvia once said, monsters from different eras will come to the present time from that "time hole".

After saying goodbye to Old John and returning home, the princess who heard that Shade had returned to Tobesk appeared again. However, this time, Leicia did not escape from the banquet or the meeting, so she had more time this time:

"Shade!"

The princess opened her arms to Shade and gave him a passionate kiss.

When Shade returned to the Accordion Inn with the sword and the cat, Miss Danister, who had gone out in the morning, had already returned. When Shade saw her, she was with Flora in the hotel room, watching the light and shadow of the "Dragon and Man" story that was once again displayed on the wooden board.

"Flora, didn't you see it this morning?"

Shade asked curiously, but the latter still stared at the story projected in the room:

"But it's interesting, isn't it?"

After confirmation by Saint Byrons and the Church of Nature, the "Blade of the Sky" from the early Sixth Era came to the local area to deal with the black dragon in the summer of the Common Calendar 226.

The dragon egg in the light and shadow first appeared in the winter at the end of 227. Although it was a year and a half apart, it was completely consistent.

During dinner, the red-haired girl shared the information provided by the church with everyone. Although the incident that happened sixteen centuries ago involved the thirteen-ring warlock, the handling process was quite mediocre.

The cause of the incident was that a black dragon was observed flying from overseas in the eastern part of the old continent. After tracking, it was found that it finally landed in the Vista Forest. Considering the size of the black dragon, the church at that time believed that it was an adult dragon, so in order to prevent accidents, the thirteen-ring paladin was asked to deal with it.

It took him half a month to find the dragon in the forest, which seemed to be preparing for a growth period of sleep. The fight between the two ended with the victory of the thirteen-ring warlock, but he did not kill the dragon, but contacted the church and sent it back to the east coast of the old continent, letting it fly back to the direction it came from.

According to Mr. Astraea, the "Blade of the Sky", the mission was only ordinary among all the missions he had performed. Although he had experienced the battle, the black dragon was obviously not strong enough.

After he defeated the dragon, he did check the nest that the black dragon had just built, but he did not find any other creatures in the nest.

"It was a male black dragon, and because it was an adult, it was indeed in the breeding season."

Miss Danister mentioned this:

"So it seems that the black dragon found a mate in the forest, but did not intend to let it live in its lair. After the black dragon was expelled from the Old World by the church, the unknown creature gave birth to the egg, And abandoned it for unknown reasons.

Judging from the size of the dragon egg seen in the light and shadow, it can be inferred that its mother is not an ordinary creature. At the beginning of the Sixth Age, the Vesta Woodland was much more desolate than it is now. The alien creatures that were active in this forest back then were difficult for us to imagine today. "

Although the black dragon was sent away in 226, the Paladin did not destroy the dragon's nest, but blocked it. Since there have been no rumors of a "huge nest of unknown life" in the local area in recent years, the dragon's nest should still exist.

While the church shared information, Miss Danister also revealed that today's dragon beasts are likely to be descendants of the black dragons of those years. The church has organized a team this afternoon to enter the forest in the evening to search for the dragon's nest, hoping to find clues from the dragon's nest that were not discovered back then.

"So now there are two valuable lairs in the forest, one is the dragon's lair in 226, and the other is the lair where the dragon beast and the devil were trading in 1499. I don't know which one will be found first."

Agelina clasped her fingers and said:

"But the nest in 1499 may provide us with traces of the dragon beast. So what is the value of the dragon's nest in 226?"

Luvia answered her question:

"If you can know what its parent body is, you might be able to think of a way to target it. Even if it has been deformed, as long as the body is still its own, it will definitely still be affected by the bloodline."

After dinner, Shade went to talk to Carina who was lying in bed for a while, then left little Mia with Tifa, and entered the forest alone again.

Doctor Schneider did not lose control tonight. When Shade knocked on the door and walked into his wooden house in the dense forest, the doctor was handling a roasted rabbit very carefully. The small brush in his hand was brushing sauce on the golden rabbit meat. .

"Why are you still eating so late?"

Shade asked curiously, and the doctor sitting on the small stool in front of the fireplace laughed:

"As expected, even you didn't notice it, detective. Take a closer look."

Shade sat on another wooden bench in front of the fireplace, stretched his head and stared at the piece of rabbit meat that was strung together, and then said in surprise:

"Isn't this a rabbit?"

"Of course not, this is a sacrifice I made with the power of my soul. Tomorrow's ceremony requires a soul as a sacrifice, but I can't really get a soul to sacrifice, right?"

As he spoke, he brushed the "rabbit meat" a few more times with a small brush, so the light brown stuff on the brush was definitely not sauce:

"What's the matter with coming to me so late? If it wasn't an emergency, you would have told me when you came tomorrow."

Shade looked away from the fireplace:

"Doctor, if I still want to find [Repayment of Greed] now, it's the 'Wish Demon-Zatanna'. Can you help me call it over?"

He briefly described what happened to the jet-black dragon beast. After hearing the story, the doctor sighed:

"This business seems to be generous without any tricks, but it has made a lot of money in this business. Although it chose wisdom instead of soul, for that soul, that wisdom is the most valuable thing.

No problem, I can still find it. At that time, I thought that I might need its power and knowledge in the future, but I couldn't just snap my fingers and have it appear in front of us immediately. "

The doctor asked Shade for a pen and paper, wrote half a page of text on it, and drew a not too complicated ritual matrix:

“Although it cannot be considered an evil spirit when it becomes a relic, we can still summon its projection to communicate by summoning the devil.

When the time comes, you can tell me that I am looking for it, and it will definitely not dare to play any tricks. Of course, the real demon summoning ritual is very evil and blasphemous, and I don’t think you will be able to use it, so I modified it for you to ensure that you will have no problems summoning its projection. "

"Shall I do it myself?"

"Yes, you also know that I will hold a ceremony tomorrow night, and you can't be distracted before tomorrow night.

If the ritual is successful, I will go through a period of weakness to adjust my strength. You definitely won't be able to wait that long. Don't worry, it's not like you haven't dealt with it before, and the ritual I gave you is absolutely safe. "