Whispering Verse

"Hmm...hardly?"

Shade answered the question using a question.

"Yes, so I bet that there will never be more than three events that match the prophecy on that stone tablet in the past six months, and there may not even be one."

Shade nodded and looked down at Mia who was being held. His mood at the moment was very subtle. The epic of the Sixth Age was actually being promoted by his side again.

"Excuse me, are there any further clues about the second chosen one? Maybe we have found the incident, but there are too many survivors."

"Other portions of the Whispering Cantos held by the Council do not record the Second Chosen One, but our partners have provided information that points to the Second Chosen One's power and connection to darkness. A vital chapter has been missed. One of the chosen ones, now on either side, will not give up a second chance.”

The witch narrowed her eyes, wondering what she was thinking of. Shade nodded again, frowning as if thinking. Miss Carina didn't think much about it, she just thought he was worried about the chosen one, so she comforted him:

"There is no need to worry too much. After all, this matter has nothing to do with us. What happens on the west coast is left to the people on the west coast to solve. I have decided not to return to Saladir County for the time being, and the council also supports me in Toto. Beske continues to stay. This way, even if something happens again in this city, you will still be able to find someone to help."

Shade wanted to continue nodding, but suddenly frowned and looked up at the duchess:

"Sorry, you mean, here..."

He pointed down:

"What else will happen?"

Miss Carina laughed, and for a moment, Shade almost saw the shadow of Princess Lesia in her:

"I knew you knew what I meant. Remember the vampire you brought me?"

"of course I remember."

Xia De resisted the other party's words of sublimation, and the scene of the bloody sun and dusk seemed to have happened yesterday. The vampire belonged to the [Blood Spirit School] and was originally operating around Tobesk, but it was not him who was sent to Tobesk to help the [Lord of the Blood Feast]. It was only because of the corpse of the ancient ring warlock in the [Corpse Tree] that he temporarily became involved in this matter.

"You brought me a letter from the vampire. The council deciphered the cipher text. After deciphering it, we found that the other party appeared around Tobesk for the angel-level relics that were out of control around this city."

She paused, wanting to talk to Shade about the darkness, but Shade immediately indicated that he knew about it.

"There are not many specific details in the letter that I carried with me. But the Council believes that there will be changes in the future of this matter, otherwise the Blood Spirit School has no reason to let vampires come to us from the New World."

But no one knows what the Blood Spirit School wants to do. The corpse of the vampire was severely damaged and had no psychic value. In other words, no answer could be obtained from the vampire.

The two ring warlocks who were originally sent to Tobesk by the [Blood Spirit School] from the New World due to Tobesk's incident should have just entered the Coldwater Port on the night of God's descent. Therefore, the Witch Council believes that those two people are most likely to continue to be responsible for picking up the refugees of the [Mercury Blood] organization in Coldwater Port.

Afterwards, it is possible to abandon the mission and return to the New World, but it is also possible to continue to Tobesk and complete what the vampire has not completed. Miss Carina's current mission in Tobesk is to wait for their arrival and try to capture them alive.

"I will tell you when there is news. People from the Blood Spirit School should come to us with proper identities, so there are times when you need to come forward."

Miss Carina said.

"no problem."

Feeling the carriage stop, Shade turned his head and looked out the window. As the conversation ended, he arrived home.

After returning home, Shade simply saved himself dinner because he was a little full from lunch. But people's dinner can be saved, but cat's dinner can't be saved.

Mia was eating on the sofa, while Shade was sitting on the sofa thinking about things. Just like that, at nine o'clock that night, Luvia finally came.

"Did you really find eleven coins?"

This was the first thing the female fortune teller said when Shade opened the door. At this time, night had completely fallen, and a whole circle of street lights in Saint Teresa Square behind her were on. Workers hired by the city hall were cleaning the square. The vendors that could still be seen during the day had disappeared, leaving only a flock of pigeons still walking around.

Saint Teresa Square, a square located in the center of the city, has some licensed vendors selling goods during the day. But this is not a country market, so it will not disturb the normal lives of the owners of the houses around the square.

"I really found it, Luvia, do you think I like joking?"

Shade asked, inviting the female fortune teller with short brown hair to come in and talk.

But when Luvia walked up the stairs, he entered the basement and picked up the [God's Gift Box].

The tea had been prepared in advance. After sitting down on the sofa, Shade reached out and took out the bag of coins and a [Universal Currency]:

"Look, this is [Universal Currency]. There are ten coins in this dirty little bag. There must be blood money in it, but what the others are, I'm not sure."

He put the small bag tied with a straw rope on the coffee table, and then hugged his curious cat to prevent it from jumping towards him.

Luvia carefully picked up the bag and shook it a few times, with an expression of awe on her face:

"You really did it. It's only been two days since the exam ended on Saturday. What exactly did you encounter?"

"Well...it's hard to say, but before I check the coin, I have something very important to tell you."

"What?"

Luvia glanced at Shade curiously, and Shade lowered his voice:

"I have some news about the second chosen one."

The great witches of the Witch Council have a special way of sharing information, and Miss Carina almost told Shade immediately after getting the information in the morning and when she went to the city to do business in the afternoon.

Therefore, Luvia did not hear any new news from the New World. After getting the information from Shade, she once doubted whether his information was correct.

"Miss Carina said that."

"Witch Council? That should be correct... I didn't expect you to be able to get information from the witch. What price did you pay this time?"

Seeing that Shade could not think of an answer for the time being, Luvia did not continue to ask:

"Shad, you really paid a lot for us... In this way, we must use divination to determine the specific identity of the other party. We are in Tobesk, but the other party's activity range is on the west coast of the Old World. We You can’t even look for it yourself.”

"I want to ask a question, can you directly know the other person's appearance and name by paying a price for divination?"

Shade asked, but Luvia shook her head:

"Of course not. The chosen ones have a special destiny. I can only get some information about them and then find them based on the information. For example, when I first looked for Iluna, I knew that she was a woman and that she belonged to the Sun God. Believer, and knowing that she will arrive in Tobesk at a certain point in time. Use these clues to try your luck at the door of the Church of the Sun, and you can determine the identity of Iluna Bayas three weeks before the doctor meets you."

"If this is the case......"

Although Luvia couldn't directly give the person's name, searching based on some of the information was enough for Shade to exclude some people.

He raised his head and said seriously:

"Actually, I roughly know what the so-called 'pirate' accident is."

"Um?"

The female fortune teller frowned.

"Moreover, I was on that ship. About 22 hours ago, there was a small auction of ring warlocks on the cruise ship outside the cold water port. There were more than ten ring warlocks present at the time. Those who escaped from the [Fishbone Pirate Ship] alive People are all contaminated by a curse similar to the relic [Mermaid Song]."

"Um?"

She looked at Shade with confusion:

"You? Coldwater Harbor?"

Pointing her finger to the west, she probably didn't fully understand what Shade said. After all, even if you take a steam airship that has not yet been put into commercial use, it is completely impossible to travel between Cold Water Port and Tobesk in 22 hours.

"Yes, things are very complicated. How about I take you to see it."

As he spoke, Shade stood up with Mia in his arms.

"Where to go?"

Luvia asked suspiciously and stood up.

"Go to the basement. There are things in the basement that I want to show you. Speaking of which, you are the first person to know this secret. I originally planned not to tell anyone."

While talking, the two walked from the second floor to the first floor, and then from the first floor into the basement.

There was still no light in the basement because no one had been found to install the gas pipes. Shade stretched out his finger to illuminate and led Luvia to the wall facing the stairs.

The female diviner looked around curiously. This was the first time she had visited Shade so many times:

"Are you going to say that there is still space behind this wall?"

Using the light from Shade's fingertips, he looked at the wall in front of him, and then reached out to touch it, but he couldn't feel anything.

"Louvia, you know the original history of this house. It took the church a hundred years without discovering the strangeness here. I think it is impossible for you to know the secrets here unless you use your special divination. .”

Shade is quite confident about this.

"It took the church 100 years not to discover it, but you discovered it as soon as you moved in."

The female diviner whispered, and then saw Shade summoning the life ring:

"Attention, you can look around after entering, but don't leave the wall."

This was the experience Shade gained when he went on a rash expedition for the first time. At that time, Mia was also taken in by Shade, but the cat squatted obediently by the wall and nothing happened. The "souvenir" he brought back last time died suddenly after being caught by Shade and approached the statue.

"Can you tell me first, what's behind the wall? So I can be mentally prepared?"

Luvia asked, and then saw the [Time and Space] spirit runes flashing. After the spiritual light shone on the wall in front of her, the wall disappeared like a phantom, revealing a long, narrow and dark passage.

The female fortune teller raised her eyebrows:

"For example, what kind of underground ruins is behind this, or is it inhabited by ancient beings who have lived for hundreds of years, or is it just a cell where you imprison a pure girl?"

Because the relationship between the two parties is very familiar, the joke Luvia made at this time was not inappropriate.

"You don't have to think so much. There is just a small circular space in the back, with a statue of a god in the center. Note, you can look at the statue, but absolutely, never get close!"

Shade emphasized again, and then walked in first with the cat in his arms, followed closely by Luvia.

As Shade looked at the statue of the ancient god - [Primal Crack], the statue emitted a very soft light.

This light illuminated Shade and the cat, who were already familiar with this, and also illuminated Luvia Anat who followed closely behind.

"Oh, my God!"

Because of the card surface of the Founding Series Rhodes card, Luvia recognized it immediately.

She took a step back in panic, because the hidden wall had returned to normal, so she leaned directly against the wall:

"Ancient God! The statue of [Original Crack]!"

"Yes, that's it."

Shade put the cat into Luvia's arms, and slowly approached the statue amidst the cat's dissatisfied meows. Under Luvia's gaze, Shade disappeared after touching the statue and reciting a mantra to touch it. It took two or three seconds before it appeared again.

"How dare you live here?"

Luvia said in horror.

"It's safe here, and to prevent myself from being affected, you see, I haven't been using the first floor of the house."

Shade said easily. Luvia looked at the statue and then at Shade, really not knowing what to say.