Whispering Verse

The area shrouded by the dark realm of angel-level relics is not just about people falling into coma and being forgotten. These darknesses are trying to melt and devour everything around them until all entities and non-entities become part of the darkness.

As a result, the earth turned black, the trees and grass became more and more weird and distorted, and everything seemed to have the property of absorbing light. Even the space itself was affected by this darkness that enveloped everything, and some chaos appeared in the space itself.

It's as if a certain space has been dissolved by darkness, causing some locations to be connected to incoherent distances. If you make a wrong step, you may not know where you are going.

This kind of chaos does not occur on a large scale, and the overall space remains normal. When Shade almost made a wrong move, he became wary because of his core spirit rune time and space.

If you really get lost in a place like this, even Shade may have a hard time finding the right path. After all, he only has thaumaturgy perception time and does not have the high-circle thaumaturgy perception space known as the nemesis of "lost syndrome".

There are demonic "hidden servants" hidden in the darkness. On the periphery of the dark realm, these one-eyed demons in robes are scattered evenly, because the magical rituals arranged by the church on the periphery of the area are preventing them from spreading more darkness. to the outside world.

The power of the relics within the domain also affected Shade's powerful soul perception ability. Coupled with the restriction of his field of vision, he had just set out for five minutes when he ran into the hidden servant rushing towards him from the darkness. The opponent's field of vision was particularly large in the darkness.

But this time Shade was fully prepared. He put the seal on the moonlight sword and faced the enemy with the sword in both hands. When the opponent rushed forward, he slashed forward fiercely. Even if the two-handed sword failed to split this terrifying creature with huge vertical pupils on its face into two pieces, the exorcism power attached to the sword itself still made it risk all over its body. Emitting terrible black smoke.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Shade stretched out his hand again:

"Mind blast!"

The accumulated strength and high mental concentration caused the short creature that was pointed at to fly backwards. The vertical pupils on its oval face exploded, and then it flew into the darkness and disappeared.

Without the Light Spirit Rune, even if the opponent is divided into corpses, the "Secret Servant" cannot be completely killed, so Shade did not bother to chase after him. Instead, he took advantage of the opportunity when the mind blast caused the opponent to temporarily lose the ability to move, and quickly leave.

Before arriving at the edge of Forest Town where the fortune tellers were stationed, Shade encountered the Secret Servant three times in total. In addition to the first encounter with a single individual, the second encounter with pairs of individuals, and the third encounter with dozens of individuals performing a ceremony in a black rice field.

The second encounter ended with Shade escaping with his sword, and the third time he lay in the rice field for ten minutes without daring to move, witnessing with his own eyes the black flames of those demons offering sacrifices, and the expansion of those flames and the dark realm. related.

At the edge of the dark realm, hidden servants in shabby robes are everywhere like rats, and each individual is not exactly the same. This is not only reflected in appearance, but also in power. This kind of demonic creature seems to have great differences among individuals within the race. Perhaps in the core of the dark realm, there will be demons that are no less than high-level warlocks.

Fortunately, the enemies Shade has encountered so far are not strong.

Like the outside of the town, Forest Town was completely shrouded in darkness, with no sign of any normal life at all. Black shadows wandered around the town, and there were some black crystals on the ground that looked like table salt.

Shade originally thought that the diviners would be able to resist when the domain suddenly expanded, but judging from the current situation, they might also suffer heavy losses when the relics lose control.

Bang!

Shade was thinking about how to find Luvia when a shocking explosion suddenly came from the town.

The sound transmission inside the relic is also affected, and this darkness can also absorb sound. At this moment, Shade could hear the sound outside the town, which only meant that the explosion scene was definitely more terrifying than he thought.

"Is it a battle between ring warlocks? Or something else?"

The distance is too far, and the strong whisper element seriously hinders perception.

She whispered in Shade's ear, which made Shade turn his head to the side subconsciously. Every time he heard her voice in the dark, Shade always thought she was beside him.

Although Shade and the metal box behind him were both glowing, the darkness was extremely capable of swallowing light, and he didn't have to worry about being discovered by others from a distance.

Therefore, there was no deliberate avoidance and he headed directly towards the direction from which the sound came.

The sound came from Center Street in Forest Town. Shade entered the town from the east in the dark and needed to pass Douglas Street before turning onto Center Street.

But as soon as he entered the gloomy town, Shade saw people lying on the ground. These are the residents of the small town, who have fallen into drowsiness due to the arrival of darkness. It's been about six hours since the incident, and their condition is pretty good, and the blackening of their skin is not serious.

If the matter is solved quickly and the treatment is timely, they will not remember anything after waking up. The church can easily handle the matter if they wake up.

After approaching the intersection of the two streets, in addition to local townspeople, there were many outsiders lying on the street. This can be judged from the clothing.

After careful inspection, Shade understood through those Ouroboros pendants that these were people from the Prophet Association.

Luvia said that in order to cooperate with the Zhengshen Church, this time the Prophet Association dispatched one-third of Tobesk's ring soothsayers, that is, 12 people, to this town. Shade counted in the dark and found 7 of them near the intersection, and among these 7 people, two were wearing the metal magical amulets provided by the church that Luvia mentioned in her letter. .

The diviners only provide support and do not need to enter the dark realm, so the church does not issue talismans to everyone. Judging from the current situation, they still resisted for a while and encountered trouble during the collective transfer.

"Is the power of the relic enhanced? Why is it still affected if you wear the amulet? There is another one here!"

Because the surroundings were so dark, Shade could only see the person lying on the ground when he was very close. Therefore, the woman leaning against the low wall at the street corner was the last one Shade noticed.

He ran over quickly and was surprised to see that it was Luvia.

"Oh, my Mia, what on earth is going on~"

Shade sighed and knelt down on one knee next to the brown-haired female fortune teller very worriedly. She closed her eyes, tilted her head and sat against the low wall. There was no trace of injury on her body, just like a sleeping princess.

"Luvia, Luvia!"

He shouted softly and shook Luvia's shoulders, but there was no response from the other party. When Shade let go, he even fell forward because of his imbalance and fell on him.

"What should we do in this situation?"

Shade tried hard to think of a solution. At the same time, the sound coming from the central street continued. Now Shade was sure that this should be two high-level warlocks fighting, and he felt the element of chaos.

"let me see"

He reached into his pocket and gave Luvia some water treated with the Food of Satiety, but it had no effect. Then he put the Evergreen Leaf into her mouth, but it still had no effect. So I took a few drops of the weak angel potion and put it in her mouth, but it still didn't work.

Finally, he looked behind him:

谷/span\u003e "It might be useful to put God's gift box on Luvia's head."

But after thinking about it, I felt that this was a bit too exaggerated, so I put my finger on her forehead:

"How about it?"

She has been eroded by the power of darkness, and you only need to temporarily drive away the darkness for her to wake up.

If Shade has the light spirit rune, he only needs to summon the life ring and let the light shine on Luvia. But he didn't, so he had to think of other ways.

He reached out and took Luvia's hand, wanting to pass on his light to her just like the last time he and Tifa fought against the enemy. But the darkness that time was only brought about when the devil appeared. This time it was a real angel-level relic. This method did not work at all.

"Well, that's all."

He took out the red ink pad box prepared for the seal from his pocket, cut his finger with a knife, and dropped his own blood into it. Then he took some No. 3 holy water drops and added it (note), and then mixed it with the luminous grass material he brought with him. leaves.

Glowing grass is a unique plant that can emit light spontaneously only in a completely light-free environment late at night. It mostly grows in the primeval forests in the southern part of the Old World. It is a common special plant and is often used in various ceremonies.

After mixing all the materials, Shade dipped his little finger in red ink pad and very carefully drew a circular ritual matrix on Luvia's forehead, and added some runes representing "light" in it. .

This is the basic ritual that Shade needs to learn in the first grade - luminescence. Engraving the ritual on an object can make the object glow slightly for a short time.

After mixing many materials prepared by Shade, the completed ritual did not make Luvia shine. After the red traces flickered briefly for a few times, the girl with purple eyes made a sleepy sound, then trembled a few times and opened her eyes.

"It actually works. What ingredient is responsible for it?"

Shade was very happy.

"Oh, Shade, why are you here? Am I dreaming?"

Luvia still had a hazy look in her eyes when she opened them. Those purple eyes were blinking hard, and the expression on her face showed that her whole body was weak at this time.

Unlike Shade, she woke up directly inside the angel-level relic without any protection. The feeling at this time should be more uncomfortable than Shade's experience on the fishbone pirate ship.

After a few breaths, the purple-eyed girl finally woke up. But he suddenly covered his mouth and asked Xia De with some exhaustion:

"What does this taste like in my mouth?"

It smells like youthful leaves and many strange potions.

In this darkness, Shade told the current situation and helped Luvia determine the current date as Saturday at 12:23 noon.

Luvia also told Shade what happened to her, and the situation was probably similar to what Shade had guessed. Around 7:10 this morning, the darkness in the distance suddenly spread, reaching its current scale almost instantly.

The amulet handed over to the Prophet's Association by the church was still functional for the first few dozen minutes, but when President Stan organized the prophets to prepare to join the church team for transfer, they encountered the enemy. In addition, the deep darkness became stronger and stronger, so that the talisman failed, and all ring warlocks below the middle ring were unconscious.

And Luvia was wearing two amulets given to her by Iluna, so she lasted a little longer.

"So what's the fight over there?"

The sound coming from Center Street continued.

"Is President Stan fighting a powerful demonic entity?"

Shade asked again.

President Stan originally returned to the city after the Dark Realm was under control, but because of the Darkness incident, he once again entered the forefront of containing this angel-level relic. The diviners of the Coordinating Association helped the church find the target.

Luvia was not in the team originally and came to town temporarily just to meet Iluna.

"It's not a demon, it's another ring warlock."

With Shade's help, Luvia stood up with difficulty. In order to prevent the darkness from making her fall into sleep again, Shade originally wanted to hand her the glowing box he was carrying behind him, but the God's gift box could only be held by children, and Luvia could not carry it at all.

So Shade collected the talismans from the unconscious fortune tellers, plus Luvia's original two, the four talismans together could barely allow her to move in this area.

But she can’t be too far away from Shade. Luvia described it like this:

"You are like the sun now, no, the moon. Although the darkness cannot be completely dispelled, your side is the place where the darkness is most difficult to affect."

"President Stan is fighting the Ring Warlock. Have you found Darkness?"

Shade was shocked.

"No, no, there are not only Darkness and Bloodweeper who are external ring warlocks in this area."

Luvia reached out and patted her head a few times, trying to wake up her groggy brain:

"It's the Truth Society."

Shade knew about this organization. A few weeks ago, he and Priest August caught a madman in the cemetery who tried to fuse the relics with his body. The Truth Society is a ring magician organization rooted in the south of the Old World. It has ancient inheritance and studies taboo rituals and thaumaturgy. It is wanted by the Orthodox Church all year round.

"The opponent is a nine-ring warlock and a five-ring warlock."

"But isn't Mr. Stan ten rings? And there should be other ring warlocks from your association around him. But from the sound, it seems that both sides are evenly matched? Could it be that the Truth Society has a method that is not affected by the dark realm?"