Whispering Verse

Carrying the metal box behind him, Shade got into a carriage at St. Teresa Square and went to the southern edge of Tobesk. He transferred to a carriage that could leave the city and spent a lot of money to persuade the coachman to set off to the countryside further south.

Judging from the map, although the area of ​​the Dark Realm has expanded a lot overnight, it is still quite far away from Tobesk City. After comparing it with the woman's voice in his heart, Shade decided to go to Bode Village in the south of Tobesk first.

It's not because that village is the closest to the disappeared area, but because from the terrain point of view, if you go further, you will encounter the checkpoint of the Zhengshen Church.

Due to the characteristics of the dark realm and the fact that the incident had just happened all morning, the disappearance of such a large area did not attract the attention and awareness of the locals.

In and out of town, everything showed that it was a very peaceful Saturday morning. Ordinary people can't notice anything until darkness strikes. Shade even had a few words with the coachman. The coachman, who claimed to have lived in Nancheng for thirty-two years, was not aware of the changes in the terrain outside the city or the loss of large areas in his memory.

This change in perception is terrifying.

The coachman dropped Shade at the entrance of Bode Village, and the stranger's visit to this humble village naturally aroused the curiosity and vigilance of the villagers.

This village is unremarkable, with low houses connected together to form a simple human settlement. Most of the buildings are made of soil, stone and straw. Compared with the city that is only half an hour's drive away, time here seems to have been set back before the steam age.

But that's actually wrong to say, because Shade still saw traces of steam pipes and gas pipes. However, the two pipelines are only distributed along the central axis of the village and do not completely penetrate into the village. This shows that in this village of more than 30 households, only a very small number of people can enjoy the convenience of steam and gas.

There was a local sheriff in the village. Hearing that a stranger had arrived, he dutifully came to find out why Shade came here.

Shade originally wanted to fool around with his identity, and then left the village and walked south on foot. But thinking that starting from the city of Tobesk and heading further south, there was a high probability that we would pass through this village, so after introducing myself as the writer John Watson, I pretended to casually ask the bearded Sheriff:

"My friend set off first, and he should have passed through this village. Excuse me, are there any strangers passing by here today?"

The police officer with a police star on his chest was curious about the writer in front of him who was carrying a metal box to collect materials, but he still enthusiastically answered the city man's question:

"Sorry sir, no outsiders have passed through the village so far this morning. But at about eight o'clock, the little boy from the Osas family was peeing in the field and saw a large group of carriages from the Peace Church passing by on the dirt road outside the village. You Are your friends with people from the Zhengshen Church?"

In this way, Shade understood that the loss of control in the dark realm should have happened around seven o'clock this morning, because it was exactly about an hour from the city to this area. The appearance of the Zhengshen Church team means that the out-of-control relics are still barely under control, but there is no need to worry that the darkness will swallow Tobesk in a few hours.

"Seeing the last divine descending incident, there are still some benefits. At least it made the Zhengshen Church more vigilant."

After leaving Bode Village, Shade continued south, carrying a metal box along the dirt road in the deserted wilderness for a long run. The area swallowed by darkness disappears, but can be entered through a specific method. And if ordinary people enter it by mistake, it is almost impossible to get out again. Luvia had already figured out how to get into the relic, but what Shade really needed to worry about was being discovered by the church.

Eighteen minutes after leaving Bode Village, he saw a small group of cavalry wearing Royal Army uniforms and riding horses from a distance. After taking a detour and avoiding it, they continued forward. Soon they encountered an infantry team of about 15 people, patrolling along the dirt road with long guns on their backs.

They still took a detour to avoid it, and relied on past echoes to learn that the Tobesk City Hall had closed off the nearby area on the grounds that the Royal Army was experimenting with new steam cannons at the front, prohibiting anyone from intruding.

This once again shows that everything is still under control, and the temporary loss of control of the relic is most likely an accidental phenomenon caused by the appearance of the chosen one.

Shade had good luck today. After meeting the patroller for the second time, he continued forward half a mile (about 800m) to the edge of the Dark Realm. He only found traces of the divine ritual, but did not encounter the Zhengshen Church's team.

After all, the perimeter of the disappearing area is so large that even if the church abandons the defense of the city and marches out in full force, it will be impossible for them to do so every ten steps.

"It should be around here."

Being far away from the city means being far away from the mist over the city. The late summer noon sun was equally dazzling. Shade looked at the map in his hand and compared the meanings of the magical ritual runes on the ground to confirm that he had not taken the wrong path.

Standing on a country road with cow dung lying in front of me, I couldn't see any darkness around me. But in fact, this path should branch about five meters from Shade's feet, instead of being a straight road like it is now.

"Okay then, the adventure is about to officially begin."

Shade held the strap on his shoulders with both hands, the life ring slowly appeared on his back, and the core runes of time and space bloomed:

"Space stabilizing halo!"

The invisible fluctuations centered on Shade and spread in all directions. Using thaumaturgy with the life ring fully revealed, the thaumaturgy effect is maximized.

Valley/span\u003e With the flow of spirit in the body and the fluctuation of elements, Shade's vision gradually began to fluctuate slightly, just like the scenery reflected in the water, which became blurred because the water surface was stirred.

Some black mist was finally noticed. Shade knew that barely interfering with angel-level relics in this way was already his limit, so he did not continue to use thaumaturgy to try to expel these unstable spaces, but ran forward quickly, and then Jump sideways forward

Click!

He felt like he had smashed an invisible mirror, and then his whole body seemed to jump out of the sun into the icehouse where ice cubes were stored.

But what's more serious is that darkness surges up, covering all the scenery in front of him. Shade, who lost his vision, could not immediately sense the existence of the ground, so when he landed, he thought he had jumped into the abyss. He failed to control his balance and fell to the ground.

First he felt the ground through touch, and as the silver halo on his body dispersed little by little, he barely illuminated the solid earth beneath him. And the biting chill slowly flowed throughout the body at the same time.

This is the power that Professor Augustus gave to Shade. Although the source of the priest's power is still unclear, the chill in his body has indeed driven away the colder feeling brought by the surrounding environment and dispelled the almost uncontrollable feeling after entering the darkness. Drowsiness, and the intense mental pressure brought about by the deep darkness.

It's just that although this power is magical, it still can't completely resist the negative effects of angel-level relics. Shade felt that even if he stood still, his physical strength and body temperature were rapidly losing, and his spiritual recovery speed was at least twice as slow as in the normal area. The feeling of headache, nausea, and numbness all over the body became clearer and stronger little by little. This space obviously had strong malice towards Shade, a guy who could shine on his own.

After being protected by Priest August, I felt much better now than when I broke into the fishbone pirate ship. Since there is no external manifestation of "divine afterglow" on the body, it means that the dark realm of angelic relics, which is the lair of demons, has nothing to do with the old gods.

"This is the best news yet."

The surroundings were extremely quiet, but when Shade got up, he clearly felt that something was peering at him in the invisible darkness. Maybe it was just a small creature, but maybe it was a giant-like creature squatting in front.

He squinted into the darkness, but was unable to see beyond the darkness. I can only wonder in my heart that I am staring at something, which makes the feeling of hair in my heart getting stronger and stronger.

Shivering violently, Shade closed his eyes and inhaled and exhaled deeply, adapting to the strange environment around him.

After adjusting his mood, he softly called Silver Moon, but the moonlight blooming on his fingertips could not illuminate his eyes at all. The moonlight covered an area that was only about the size of a fingernail. Even though the icy chill in his body rushed into his eyes, allowing Shade to barely see a small area around him, the surroundings still seemed to be wrapped in thick black mist, and his field of vision was only a little better than the state where he could not see his fingers. .

"Angel-level relics are indeed extraordinary, but fortunately I was prepared."

He rummaged through his pocket and found out the viscous bright yellow oil-like medicine prepared by the ophthalmologist. After carefully dripping it into his eyes, he blinked and the darkness in front of him gradually melted away. The area covered by his field of vision finally seemed to be in the sky. In the deepest night.

Although it is still inconvenient to move, at least there will be no more trouble in close combat.

I touched my belongings in case I lost something when I fell down just now. Then he looked behind him. Of course the heavy box was still there, but the box itself was also emitting a faint golden light.

The light was not strong either, but Shade was still very happy to see a stable light source other than himself in the darkness.

Except for the protection of other powers like Shade, or the talismans provided by the church, ordinary people will fall into a deep sleep in the dark realm, gradually being assimilated in the darkness, and melting into unknown corners.

If you look carefully at the surrounding air, you can see dark shadows walking back and forth that are difficult to detect. These are the last traces left by the people who melted into the dark realm. It can be said that they are the old traces of history recorded by darkness.

Shade actually knew the core of the Dark Realm, where Ivan Darkness might have held the Chosen One Ceremony. Just know the specific terrain of the disappearing area and then find the center point in the space.

But he couldn't rush directly to the core of the relic, not only because he definitely couldn't deal with the many demons in the darkness alone, but also because without the "balanced" chosen one Iluna, Shade knew that he couldn't defeat Da Kness's.

"Here first."

He took out his notebook and looked at the simple map he drew. The place illuminated by the faint light from the finger is Forest Town. The town itself is not strange, but before the scope of the dark realm expanded this morning, most of the prophets from the Prophet Association were stationed here. Luvia sent In his last letter, he also said that he had made contact with Iluna who was deep in the front line in this town.

"Meet Luvia first and then make plans."

Thinking about his next plan, he took back his notebook and walked deeper into the darkness.