Whispering Verse

Chapter 2929 Rebirth Ceremony (※)

Seeing Shade say this, the Countess of Yuewan reminded her again:

"But there are still some unresolved questions. Who is the counterpart of water among earth, wind, water, and fire? And among the seven candidates, two are still missing. Didn't you say that Emilia is only the second candidate?"

"If there are doubts, there are actually many. For example, I have always suspected that maybe Flora's missing uncle will jump out and become the most powerful enemy in the end."

Shade said with a smile, and a question mark immediately appeared on Miss Owl's head. But after joking, Shade also talked about his real thoughts:

"The Bennet family will definitely have a candidate, but I'm just not sure if it's the most critical first candidate. As for other questions, don't worry, the answer will come to me before I find the answer."

"So who are you going to deal with first? The dragon beast? The guardian of the paradox bug? Or the mysterious Bennet?"

Xiwei also asked Shade, and Shade took away the hand touching the cat:

"There's no hurry about Bennet's affairs. I still need to confirm some things. Luvia, you and Bella must confirm the origin of the four Bennet children as soon as possible."

If all the Bennets are eliminated at once, and then the person who should be "debt collected" is found to be dead, then the job of Desire will not be completed, and Shade does not want to run into death to collect debts.

"As for the Paradox Worm Watcher, although we are now certain that we can defeat it, I am worried that once we do, hundreds of bugs will rush out. The hermits of the [Forest Hermits Group] have said that they sleep here. There are tens of thousands of bugs. Miss Danister, go communicate with the three major colleges and the church and prepare for a big battle. Iluna, the final battle with the watchers will require your balancing power to suppress them. Now, let’s deal with the dragon beast first.”

"Are we going to destroy Jindel's grave in the dragon beast's lair? If we are going to do this, we need to prepare in advance to prevent the curse in Flora from appearing again."

Bella reminded, but Shade shook his head:

"I'm going to the forest to see the tomb with my own eyes. If there's nothing I can do, I'll destroy the tomb."

In other words, if there is a way, Shade still doesn't want to do such an immoral thing, and the girls all think that this is indeed what Shade would choose.

What followed was a series of battles, and everyone on the ship became busy. As for the task of taking Shade to the dragon beast's lair, Sylvia and Flora will complete it, because they are the only ones with the most leisure time at the moment.

However, before setting off, Sylvia had to explain to Dorothy about the semi-permanent teleportation array. Flora wanted to arrange for Miss Bell to continue transferring information with the church, so they asked Shade to wait for a while.

After all, it is early in the morning, and there is no rush for time. So after everyone dispersed, Shade went to confirm the harvest of the time key.

The first and most important thing is the [Eternal Youth Leaf] that Sha De is holding in his hand at this moment. Before that, for the "Proof of Time" ceremony, he gave both leaves in his hand to the Witch Council, leaving only the one he got after destroying the tree hole. With the addition of this one, the reserve of leaves in his hand returned to two leaves.

Of course, the leaves themselves are valuable, but more important is the knowledge contained within them.

Under the gaze of little Mia on the table, Shade placed the leaf in front of his right eye. So the golden light flowed into Shade's eyes along the fine veins of the leaves, and "a piece of real information - additional core spiritual runes" was known to Shade.

This is information, not power, so it is not for Shade to directly obtain the third core spirit rune. After taking away the leaves, he closed his eyes and digested it for a moment before fully understanding the contents. Just like Shade's initial guess, this is indeed a method of obtaining core spirit runes that is only for himself. After all, the direction of this method is too clear:

[Completely understand one’s own origin, re-perform the “rebirth ceremony” at the place of birth, and obtain the following components:

The blood of the admired person is like silver but not red;

The mark of the guardian, the supreme power;

The roots of those who teach, the curse corrodes the remains;

The phalanges of the astrologer guide the destiny;

The hair of a man who chases the moon, his devout faith;

The existence of the sacrificed person is replaced by proof.

After completing the ritual, any acquired spiritual runes can be converted into core spiritual runes. The type of spiritual rune elements is determined by the type of the original spiritual runes. 】

Although the final "result" was very clear, in general, Shade didn't understand a word about the middle process.

The general meaning should be to know "something", then go to "a certain place" to perform a "certain ceremony", and six items are required. In other words, there are nine puzzles in this "riddle" waiting for Shade to solve, which is a bit exaggerated.

"She" chuckled in his ear, and Shade touched the cat lying on the table. In fact, although he didn't know the answers to some "puzzles", he could instinctively guess them:

"The blood of the admired person is like silver but not red - this is the Philosopher's Stone, right?"

【Why? 】

"I feel like it's the Philosopher's Stone, but it shouldn't be an ordinary Philosopher's Stone. The roots of the person who taught, the cursed remains - this refers to the cursed tree that turned into after the death of Ms. Helena Carter. Roots?"

【Why? 】

"After all, roots and curses, I can only think of this, and she did teach me. The finger bones of the astrologer, guiding destiny - the finger bones of the astrologer Euclid?"

[Why? ]

"This person who lived a hundred years ago is really too mysterious, and there is a common reason for thinking about him and Ms. Helena Carter: they are both suspected to have died in the "Moon Tower" on Mount Karas. Didn't I understand a long time ago that this place has a very important relationship with me?"

"She" in the ear continued to smile gently, and asked in a light tone:

[So, the location of the ceremony is at the collapsed tower on Mount Karas, right? ]

Although Shad's eyes were looking at the void in front of him, he actually didn't care about anything in his vision. The maids were cleaning the banquet hall and did not disturb him. He placed his right hand on the table and tapped it:

"It is very likely there, but why are these people who died in Mount Karas related to my extra core spirit rune? The rest is the hair of the Moon Chaser. I suddenly thought of Miss Bister, but what does this have to do with her? I probably only thought of her because I just parted with her.

Miss Bister lived in the Fifth Age, and she is not a special existence like Miss Elither. The existence of the sacrificed person is the most difficult to understand. And the mark of the guardian, the Supreme, um. I don't understand."

"Meow~"

Mia put her paw print on the back of Shade's hand on the table, but the force was very light, as if she was stepping on his hand for fun.

"The last one is 'fully aware of one's own origin', isn't this what you mentioned, my path to demigod?"

[So do you know your origin? 】

"I know I came here because of Luvia, but that is my soul."

He pulled out the hand that was stepped on by Mia and pressed it against his chest:

"This body is definitely not brought from my hometown. I can now be sure that the results of the background check conducted by the academy on me are also wrong. So, I still need to know where this body came from. The answer is probably in the collapsed tower."

This time "she" did not speak again, but just smiled gently, so Shade summarized:

"Nine puzzles, including 'origin', 'location', 'admired blood', 'root of teaching', and 'astrological bones', all need to go to the tower to understand. And 'rebirth ceremony', 'guardian seal', 'moon chasing hair', and 'sacrificial existence' still need me to understand."

He thought about it and shook his head:

"But I always feel that these are also related to the collapsed moon tower."

[This does not seem to be solved in a short time. 】

"Yes, if it is really solved, I feel that I may become a demigod in an instant."

Shade said this, and he was not joking. That tower must have a close relationship with his appearance. Although he started this journey from the bedroom on the second floor of No. 6 St. Teresa Square in Tobesk on the "Silver Moon Shining Day" in the summer of 1853, the time and place when he arrived in this world were definitely not then and there.

Various signs indicate that the answer is most likely the spring of 1853, and it is also related to the falling tower.

However, it seems that he does not need to rush this matter at all. Even if the third core spirit rune has not been obtained, he can still prepare the sublimation words of the high ring immediately after he is promoted to the ninth ring.

He only needs to determine what core spirit rune he wants, and then obtain that spirit rune before being promoted to the thirteenth ring, and finally transform it into the core.

Therefore, Xia De has a strong premonition that the acquisition of the third core spirit rune will probably not be a recent thing, or even this year. It will be a long time later. He just hopes that this matter can get an answer before it "ends".

Thinking in his heart, he reached into his pocket and took out the souvenir of this time adventure, which was the silver crescent-shaped pendant that Miss Bist threw to him at the end. Looking at the pendant, his fingertips gently rubbed it:

"My soul came because of the impossible miracle caused by Luvia, so who did my body come from?"

[Maybe it was Mia. 】

"She" said with a smile.

"Meow~"

The cat squatted on the table obediently and looked up at Shade, hoping that Shade would put his hand back as soon as possible.

"Yes, maybe. "Re-"hold the new life ceremony. Is it a ceremony to celebrate the new life, or a ceremony to give the new life?"

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