Whispering Verse

When doctors synthesize medicines, they occasionally use terms that Shade doesn't understand to refer to certain additives. Although Shade's understanding of herbal medicine and potions is very shallow, judging from the synthesis method and the order in which the potions are added, this "red potion" is likely to be an active ingredient.

"This is a laboratory purity synthetic medicine given to me by my friend at Tobesk Third Mechanical College."

"lie."

The black-haired girl looked down at the medical records and said without raising her head. Mr. Alfred's sweat immediately flowed down the side of his face. Shade shook his head and put down the notebook in his hand:

"Doctor, I have reason to believe that the so-called 'red potion' is a powerful hallucinogenic drug that you bought from the black market. This unknown illegal drug irritated the eyes of the musician Mr. Bundy, and also plunged him into addiction and addiction. Hallucinations, ultimately leading to the tragedy of suicide.”

"It's definitely not a hallucinogenic drug! I've tried it myself! It's just for treating the eyes."

Mr. Alfred spoke loudly again, but when Shade stared at him with scrutinizing eyes, he felt that he was inexplicably afraid of the young man in front of him.

"What exactly is the red potion?"

He stared into the eye of the ophthalmologist and asked. The middle-aged man shivered in fear, but still looked at him bravely.

The two looked at each other for a long time, except that Shade wanted to blink very much, but his eyes remained unchanged. The doctor looked into Shade's eyes, feeling increasingly frightened. The young man opposite clearly didn't show any ferocious temperament, and he wasn't as scary as the gangsters he saw in the nearby neighborhood. But the more he stared at Shade, the inexplicable pressure made him feel hairy in his heart, as if he was looking up. To some unspeakable behemoth.

Finally, the doctor gave up concealing it and looked away dejectedly:

"That's a gift from our ancestors."

Shade sighed and turned to look at his assistant. The brunette looked like she was looking forward to the story, while Shade was lamenting that this troublesome matter had finally come to an end.

Compared with Shade's investigation process, Dr. Alfred's story is relatively boring.

The doctor is not a native of Tobesk, but has settled here from another place. Although he successfully settled in this big city known as the Pearl of the North, Jacob Alfred still returns to his hometown every year.

When he returned to his hometown this spring, the doctor considered selling his old house in his hometown to obtain cash to expand his clinic in Tobesk. While cleaning up the old house, an earthquake unexpectedly occurred in the area. The earthquake caused cracks to appear in the wall of the basement of the old house. After the crack, Dr. Alfred discovered a hollow secret compartment used to place items. There were three items in the compartment, a bottle containing a red potion, and a sign with "Unknown" written on it. A parchment scroll in the name's language, and a ring.

“It’s wonderful!”

The brunette said ladylike.

"That's it. I don't recognize the words on the parchment, and the ring looks like an antique. As for those potions, although I don't know the specific function, I saw the symbol of the eye on the parchment, so I thought it might be useful. The eyes are useful. Later, I experimented with white mice and found that it was indeed useful. Later, I added some other herbs to make it work on people. Mr. Bundy was my first experimental subject. I really succeeded. Yes, he really regained his sight."

Dr. Alfred took out an old suitcase from the safe, put it on the coffee table, unlocked it with the key, opened the suitcase, took out the three items and put them on the table. Only three-quarters of the red liquid in the yellowed bottle was left, and the rest was mixed into the bright yellow potion. The parchment looked quite ancient, and it was indeed written in ancient languages.

As for the last simple square iron ring

[Outlander, you have come into contact with "Whispers". 】

"Oh? A relic?"

"A relic?"

The maid was a little surprised. It was difficult to find a relic that didn't work without knowing its specific characteristics. Shade's soul is sensitive, so he can make quick judgments.

He put on gloves and held the ring in his hand, and the voice in his ear directly confirmed that it was a relic.

The ring of the ring is black iron, and the surface of the ring is made of darker, rustic black iron. The ring surface is rectangular, slightly convex around and concave inside, but the pattern inside the rectangle is convex.

Shade suddenly widened his eyes:

"Can a ring also count as a seal?"

This is an ancient metal signet ring, and the seal pattern

"Dong dong dong~"

The three of them looked at the study door behind them. The sudden knock on the door did not frighten them too much, but they all felt frightened at this moment.

The person outside the door knocked on the door panel very regularly, with no intention of stopping at all.

"Doctor, may I ask, is there anyone else in your family?"

Miss Servit frowned slightly and asked, going to see the doctor again. After doubts, a frightened expression appeared on the doctor's face:

"No, before you came, there should be no one else here. Someone broke into my place! Oh, who is it, who is outside!"

He asked loudly, but there was no answer from outside the door. The knocking maintained the original frequency, but the sound became louder and louder.

Miss Servit stood up:

"Detective, be careful."

Both she and Shade felt an abnormal feeling coming from outside the door.

Asking the doctor to hide under the desk, Shade also stood up.

The icy wind quickly penetrated through the crack of the door. It was obviously a late summer afternoon, but the light in the area where the door was located suddenly dimmed, as if something was absorbing the light.

However, in just a few seconds, the two people standing in the middle of the study saw that the area near the door had fallen into darkness. The door was completely hidden in the darkness, and the sound of knocking on the door seemed to be completely absorbed by the darkness and disappeared.

"What's this?"

Tifa asked softly, taking a step forward to block Shade behind her. Miss Carina asked her to follow Shade, and one of her orders was to protect Shade.

Shade rubbed the surface of the metal signet ring in his hand with his fingertips, and then carefully put it on his index finger. He already knew what kind of relic it was, and the seal pattern on the ring was exactly the exorcism emblem on the fifth age prophet Liddell.

This is the [Demon Hunting Seal], which is the mark used by the demon hunters of the Third Age to hunt evil spirits and demons. Shade just heard Luvia say yesterday that he would definitely encounter it as long as he walked forward, but he didn't expect that this seal was actually a ring.

If what he just saw was a seal, he would never touch the ring.

"I think it's probably the demons attracted by this ring. Once this ring is not held by a ring warlock for a long time, it will attract demons when encountering a ring warlock again. This is one of the negative characteristics, like a ring The original holder hopes that the next owner of the ring will understand the mission he has to shoulder."

Shade whispered.

"What?"

The maid thought for a moment that she had heard wrongly.

"This ring is a relic, and its negative property is that it attracts demons. I don't know why, it appeared in my hand when I was looking for it, and I don't even know why there are demons in Tobesk City, but now the demons are here , the remaining evil spirits and demons from the Third Age are coming."

He walked towards the darkness that was constantly creeping forward, but his right hand was held by Tifa. The maid girl frowned and asked seriously:

"Wait, Mr. Hamilton, what do you want to do?"

"Of course it's an experiment to see if I can fight against this thing. It's not powerful, yes, it's not powerful."

This was also the reason why Shade didn't immediately escape through the window. He had the weak angel potion on him, and he also had the [Demon Hunting Seal]. Just then, a demon who "she" thought was relatively weak appeared, and the stranger wanted to test whether the weapon he had prepared so hard was effective.

Miss Servit couldn't believe it. Shade from the second ring thought that the terrifying creature that brought darkness was not powerful:

"Mr. Hamilton, I know what this is. This is a secret servant that comes out of the out-of-control angel-level relic [Dark Realm] outside the city. It brings darkness to devour light, expands the scope of the Dark Realm, and tries to plunge the entire world into In the forgotten darkness. I must ensure your safety, let’s leave now!”

It means that she can deal with this thing, but with Shade by her side, she can't risk it.

"Secret Servant? Oh, it turns out to be a derivative of a runaway angel-level relic. I've heard about this, so I can't leave."

Seeing that the maid was still holding him, she explained again:

"Don't worry, the thing I'm not afraid of the most is darkness. Darkness cannot swallow us."

"Detective, are you worried that this darkness will spread in the neighborhood and swallow more humans, so you don't want to leave?"

The maid asked in disbelief.

"Why do you think so? Even if I am a good person, I am not so good."

His expression was equally serious, and he looked at his assistant today:

"Miss Servit, no, Tifa, do you think that I am the kind of person who seeks death?"

He directly addressed the girl in front of him by her name.

"How will you behave when Miss Carina takes you to deal with things? Tifa, although you are not wearing a maid dress now, please return to normal as a maid."

"But"

"I will not brag about myself in front of a beautiful girl for the sake of face, nor will I rely on your strength just because you are by my side. This time, you are a maid and a detective assistant. Please obey my orders. Hold on to my hand and come with me to deal with this thing.”

He looked into Tifa's eyes, who looked at his serious expression. After blinking, her expression became a little more relaxed:

"But I must emphasize two points. First, if we are really in danger, we will retreat immediately. Second, you are not my master until the young lady decides to marry you, so please don't order me."

Shade nodded:

"Yes, Miss Tifa Servet, I may need you to protect me later. But at least for now, please hold my hand tightly and don't be swallowed by the darkness."

The two held hands together, Shade took the first step, and then they walked together into the darkness that was crawling forward in front of them.

Stepping from the normal area in the study to the edge of darkness, there was no spatial movement, but the body still felt weightless. But what the black-haired girl cared about was not that moment of weightlessness, but that after entering the darkness, the darkness that enveloped her from all directions would melt her body and steal her soul in the next second.

This terrifying hallucination of being swallowed by darkness did not last long, and the faint light dispelled the abnormal emotions.

She saw the hand she was holding glowing slightly, and then she saw Shad's entire body emitting that pure, heart-warming holy silver light. It seems that because the two parties are holding hands, the light is slightly attached to her body, keeping the darkness around her away.

"You see, the darkness cannot swallow me."

Shade said, and the two of them summoned the life ring together. The darkness was also unable to swallow up the four-color dazzling light on Shade's life ring, because the life rings of both sides were too close. Therefore, after the two metal rings appeared in the steam mist, they rubbed out sparks while rotating rapidly, and then slowly Resize and drift away to the opposite direction.

"Here's the plan. Find the demon, and kill it. How do you feel?"

Shade asked, looking into the darkness around him.

"It's a very simple plan, but how do you find the other party? Are you waiting for the other party to attack us?"

Tifa also looked around.

"No, no, please wait a moment Silver Moon!"

The silver light on his fingertips shimmered slightly, unable to dispel the darkness at all. This is the first time that Silver Moon's light has no effect, but this is what Shade expected. After all, even the sage-level relic [Fishbone Pirate Ship] can suppress the moonlight. It is normal that the angel-level relic that specifically targets light is more powerful.

"In this case, I will touch this darkness even deeper."

Take a deep breath and draw air into your lungs. After listening for a moment and getting the hint, he led Tifa forward.

The area shrouded in darkness itself is not large, and this is not a spatial anomaly. Therefore, if you choose the right direction, there will be an abnormal sound in front of you in just a dozen steps.