Whispering Verse

Amidst the rumbling rain, strange-looking figures appeared from windows, alleyways and rooftops in the surrounding seemingly abandoned houses. At the same time, after Shade and the professor finally jumped out of the window, shadowy figures of local residents also appeared on the street behind them.

Professor Katya might not be able to see clearly due to his old age, but Shade could see clearly that the faces of the residents were clearly as ugly and terrifying as in the oil paintings. Maybe not as pure and scary as the captain of the fishbone pirate ship, but definitely not a normal human being:

"This old street...Professor, Mr. Scott, you run first. Go to the direction indicated by Miss Princes."

As Shade said, a silver arc of light flew out of his hand and cut off the head of the male servant who stuck his head out of the window where the two of them jumped from just now.

The head fell on the rainy street, spinning and stopping at the feet of Professor Katya. The eyes were not closed, and the strange fish eyes turned red, looking extremely disgusting.

Professor Katya looked at Shade in surprise, with a look of realization on his face:

"So you are...I understand! Let's go first."

How could a folklorist who had worked with the church not know about the existence of ring warlocks? The professor grabbed the students who were looking around in fear and ran straight to the streets that were not blocked yet.

Lecia and Shade stood together. The former nodded and took a deep breath. As the paper roll thrown casually burned, light green light spots on his body flew out vaguely. A few seconds later, the forest archer carrying the quiver on his back An illusory figure appeared beside her.

"The cult here is transforming humans into those terrifying fish-men."

The princess summarized the situation in the rain, controlled the archer to set up a bow and shoot an arrow. The green light cut through the rain curtain and accurately penetrated the throat of the fish-faced creature closest to the two people. Others looked at them in fear.

"Mr. Jude's cure for the mermaid curse shouldn't be a lie. If he transforms into a mermaid, the curse may disappear. He used these words to attract the local cursed ring magicians, hoping to transform them into such ugly things to send to the sea. We also prepare more manpower for the ceremony.”

Shade also said, with his back leaning against Princess Lesia, the silver moonlight in his hand gently pushed forward. The arc of light cut through the rain curtain like a shock wave, cutting off three fish-faced creatures that rushed out of the abandoned stone house.

Although these things look scary, they have no special powers at all other than being difficult to kill and being physically stronger.

Just as Shade was thinking this, Lesia suddenly pulled his arm and made him take two steps back. Almost in the next second, an arrow made of black liquid flew past his face.

The two of them looked at the alley to the side at the same time. Mr. Jude, who said he was going to pick up antiques upstairs, was looking at the two of them with a slender salted fish in his hand. A voice like a mouthful of phlegm passed through the rain curtain and reached the two of them. In the ears:

"I originally thought that you were really reporters, and I wanted to transform you into my Lord's dependents. Unexpectedly, you turned out to be ring warlocks attracted by the rumors I spread. That would be even better..."

People with fish-like features hid in every corner of the street and peered at the two people. Shade, reminded by the woman's voice in his ear, noticed that there were at least four ring-like creatures hidden among the fish-like creatures. Warlock.

Since this ancient street is the stronghold of the Scarlet Secret Cult, there must be more than one ring warlock stationed here. I am afraid that the residents of this entire street are all terrifying creatures transformed by the Tantric Cult. Some of them live here, and some of them have already infiltrated into the city.

"Your companions can't escape either. Someone will intercept them. This street has been controlled by us for hundreds of years. A large ceremony is held from the ground to high in the sky to ensure that no matter what happens, it will not attract the attention of outsiders."

Mr. Jude looked towards the direction in which the two scholars were escaping, Lecia pursed her lips, and Shade looked across the rain curtain towards the Peace Church located in the old town of Coldwater Port. The church is not very far from here, but even if there is no so-called ceremony, in the heavy rain, the sound of the steam bomb cannot be heard from this street.

"Xia De, you..."

The princess, who was soaked all over, glanced at Shade. Her long red hair stuck to her face and she looked very embarrassed:

"Do you know what you're going to do?"

Shade nodded:

"Understood, but we need to buy some time so that we can have a chance to escape."

"no problem."

She took out a roll of parchment in each hand. As the flames burned in the rain, an almost solid princess holding a spindle appeared on the left side, and an equally solid little girl wearing slippers and carrying a basket appeared on the right side.

Dorothy said that an important manifestation of their mutual influence is that both of them can use their power.

The whistle and bell rang, and the ring warlocks hidden in the building rushed out, but they all seemed to be low-level warlocks. The princess holding the spindle and the little match girl stepped forward to meet them in the rain. Mr. Jude, who was closest to the two, once again shook the slender salted fish in his hand. Lesia drew a slender line from the earring with her right hand. The red ribbon flew towards Mr. Jude.

Mr. Jude did not dodge, and the salted fish in his hand emitted a faint silver light. He quickly swung the fish in the rain. Although it looked ridiculous, the red ribbon actually shifted in its direction.

Shade dropped the frog legs in his hand, squatted slightly in the rain, and then jumped into the air. Looking up at the rainy sky, when I reached the highest point, my body disappeared out of thin air, and then appeared 30 feet away at a higher point.

"This height is enough."

The tallest building in the neighborhood was not taller than him. Shade squinted his eyes and looked in the direction of the Peace Church, then pointed his finger at the sky, and the whole body's spirit exploded violently at this moment:

"Silver Moon!"

On a rainy and hazy morning, even a flash of light cannot travel very far. However, it was located at a high altitude with no buildings to block it. The light that almost blinded the eyes of everyone on the ground still attracted the attention of the Peace Church.

Shade landed safely, and Lesia was not harmed because she lowered her head and closed her eyes in time, but most of her opponents lost all their vision in a short period of time.

"Let's go!"

The strange light appearing in the city has attracted the attention of the church, and the local high-circle warlock may appear at any time. The members of the cult also thought of this. In the chaos after the flash, not many people thought about keeping Shade and Lesia.

"Wait, he's the only one who's seen our faces up close."

The blurry figure of the archer next to the princess appeared again. He bent his bow and nocked an arrow, and the arrow shot through the rain curtain towards Mr. Jude at the entrance of the alley. But the blind middle-aged man actually blocked the arrow with a flick of the salted fish in his hand.

"That fish has special resistance to energy attacks!"

"The church people are coming!"

Golden light spots have appeared high in the sky, and it will be too late if we don't move away.

"You go first, and you must not let the church see you."

Shade pushed Lesia and then rushed towards Mr. Jude. The princess nodded worriedly:

"Run east in a moment, I'll wait for you there."

After saying that, he held up the hem of his skirt and ran towards the direction where the two scholars left.

The boots stepped on the puddles, but the splashes couldn't keep up with the moving footsteps. Mr. Jude turned and ran down the alley toward another block. The sound behind him told him that someone was chasing him:

"Stop him!"

Although his eyes were temporarily blind, he knew there were helpers ahead.

The two fish-like creatures lurking in the alley immediately passed Mr. Jude and shot at Shade with guns. However, the old-fashioned gunpowder guns they used were prone to problems in rainy days. At this moment, they were still aiming at moving objects. Two consecutive shots Shade was unharmed despite the gunshots.

The sound of wind came from behind. Mr. Jude remembered the sharp moonlight he had just seen, and immediately turned around to block it with the salted fish in his hand. But unexpectedly, what split the rain curtain and the air was not moonlight, but more like an object like playing cards:

"What?"

The salted fish, which could withstand energy, was actually cut into two sections by a card, which surprised Shade. He thought it was a relic, but he didn't expect it to be an alchemy item.

Immediately, the stranger, who still had a dozen steps left to catch up with his opponent, let the flying moonlight hit Mr. Jude's head.

The middle-aged man continued running while letting the life ring appear behind him. The [Guardian] spirit runes flashed, and the metal full-body armor wrapped with seaweed actually appeared from the air, blocking the moonlight attack.

The armor moved slowly, as if trying to stop him. But Shade, who was catching up, raised his sword and dropped it. The giant sword in both hands carried huge potential energy and slashed straight down. The metal armor was split into two, and the cut section was extremely smooth.

"oh!"

Mr. Jude, who was running in front, spat out a mouthful of blood, and the thaumaturgic backlash made him stagger and almost fall down.

The second spiritual rune [Drowning] lit up, and the blasphemous spiritual light spurted out, making Shade, who was catching up in the rain, suddenly feel short of breath:

"Breathing underwater."

The thaumaturgic effect was targeted, and Shade continued to approach with the two-handed sword. Mr. Jude stopped running away. He held his chest and breathed heavily, then turned to face Shade:

"You think I'm afraid of you because I'm blind?"

The four-ring warlock's life ring appears completely, and the three runes [Guardian], [Fish] and [Sacrifice] light up at the same time. The flickering silver light made the middle-aged man seem to have grown taller. His face became closer to the terrifying look in the oil painting, and his hands gathered the rainwater, fixing the liquid into a slender stabbing sword and a shield with a mermaid pattern.

The gunshot rang out. It was Shade who fired a shot. His revolver was fairly waterproof. But Mr. Jude resisted the shot, and then his ears detected the sound of wind on both sides at the same time, so the stabbing sword in his right hand pierced the flying card, and the shield in his left hand blocked another card.

Because he was blind, he did not see that Shade had jumped into the sky with the power of the spell that had not faded away.

"Ah!"

The sword light fell, and the corpses and patches of blood fell onto the bumpy alley floor. The silver giant sword disappeared in Shade's hand, and the blood attached to the sword left more traces on his trousers.

Because he knew it was a low-level ring, Xia De dared to catch up. This is not a fair fight. If the opponent's eyes can see that the attacks on both sides are just cards, he will never choose to give up the defense on the front.

At this time, there was another gunshot behind him, and Shade subconsciously dodged it. It happened that a whole team of ring warlocks had appeared behind the alley, so instead of killing the two fish-like creatures that shot at him, he jumped up suddenly, jumped onto the roof next to the alley, and then left quickly in the rain. .

There were scattered gunshots behind him, and the golden light unique to magic appeared in Kezem Lane. Shade vaguely heard the sound of the group of church ring warlocks rushing up behind him:

"Look, I knew there must be a mermaid who can shoot!"

Heading east, after crossing two streets, we successfully saw Lecia and the carriage. The coachman and the two scholars' eyes were seriously injured. Only the maid in the carriage was lucky to be fine.

Shade jumped off the roof, squatted down using the momentum of his fall, and then jumped into the car through the window:

"Come on...oh!"

Then he bumped into the blind men in the carriage.

The maid and the father-in-law could not bear the wailing of the people in the carriage. Together they set up the carriage and drove everyone along the rain-stormed streets to the distance.