Whispering Verse

"Shadow, you know what you are going to do."

Miss Feliana's voice sounded in his ears, and Shade nodded. The courage to face the darkness made him understand what magic the [Kiss of the Tree] spiritual rune possessed. At this moment, with the help of the power of divinity that had not dissipated, he threw out the letter given by Dorothy, which read [Kiss of the Tree]. 】The parchment scroll of the story:

"Under the tree."

He said softly, raising his hands slightly, almost holding the roll of parchment:

"I've never lacked courage."

The roll of parchment burned in the air, and the letters floated away, blending into the life ring behind them. The touch of witch, divinity and darkness finally allowed him to completely recall the feeling of the last adventure in the Forest of Thousand Trees.

"Um?"

Iluna and Tifa raised their heads and looked up at the sky. They actually saw the starry sky, which unfolded like a picture scroll.

The surroundings became different, the bonfire was burning and crackling, and the red-gold bonfire appeared around the three of them at some point. The burning flame made people feel extremely reassured.

The silver moon hangs high, illuminating the earth together with the stars. The crown of the tree swayed, and the giant tree stood behind them

The night wind blew through the sea of ​​trees and swayed the bonfire at your feet. The fresh air in the forest is refreshing, and even the dark "spring" surging in front of you cannot destroy the comfort of this moment.

"Is this... a mythical lock?"

Tifa first saw the current situation, and then looked at Shade in front of the bonfire.

Shade said nothing, but looked at the bonfire in front of him. The last time I saw this red-gold flame, there were three other figures beside the flame, but this time it was just him.

Breathing the forest air, the beating of your heart seems to coincide with the sounds of nature under the stars.

Under the round moon above the head, dozens of flowing fire streams gush out from the bonfire, forming long spiral dragons in the air, rushing towards the "spring" that is still spewing pus.

If the function of the Mystery Lock - [The Little Match Girl], which was born from Shade's "Pity", is four almost priceless wishes, then at this moment, the Mystery Lock - [Kiss of the Tree], which was born from "Courage" Its function is to suppress and seal any hostile force.

The long stream of flames swept through the demon who was still in the process of "turning over", or Darkness, or there was no difference between the two. The fire wrapped around it, pulling it towards the bonfire little by little. Once it actually overlaps with the bonfire, the Mystic Lock completes the entire process of suppression.

If Shade can be promoted to a high level and truly demonstrate this Mystical Lock with his own power, then the Ring Warlock suppressed by the Mystic Lock will regress back to the first level for a long time, and the relics suppressed by the Mystic Lock will return to the first level within a certain period of time. It cannot display any characteristics at all.

At this moment, using the divine power tainted during promotion and the help of Miss Feliana, Mysuo-[Tree Kiss] is even enough to suppress the Third Age evil spirit demon-Human Pussy that has not yet fully recovered.

The reversal process caused by suicide was still continuing, and Darkness's screams and the demon's roar were almost indistinguishable in the creeping darkness. There were obvious drag marks on the ground. It was resisting violently, but it was still inevitably entangled in the fire flow, and it was getting closer to its end point.

Shade did not continue to care about this failed thing, but looked past Iluna and Tifa towards the distance of the forest.

Once in Professor Garcia's "Closed Space" course, Shade once asked what would happen if a Ring Warlock had multiple Mysteries. The professor didn't give the answer at the time, but now he knew. He could clearly sense the snowy street in the distance of the forest.

Although it is a mystery lock constructed from two different spiritual runes, in fact the two mystery locks are completely pieced together. If Shade wanted to, he could even immediately transfer the scene here to the streets of a town that couldn't be seen in the distance. Of course, this will also cause a great drain on the spirit.

"Xia De..."

Iluna poked Shade, and Shade came back to his senses and noticed that most of the mud-like thing had been dragged into the bonfire. On the surface of the black viscous liquid, Darkness's face appeared alternately with the black liquid, but most of them were countless small and densely packed human faces.

They are all wailing and cursing. These are the last remnants of souls that have been swallowed by human pus, and are the products of the pus of humanity flowing out.

Shade looked at the black mud, and at Darkness's face that occasionally appeared on the surface of the mud:

"Dark Chosen One, will you regret what you have done?"

Darkness' distorted face rushed out from the surface of the black mud, but was pulled back by the black mud:

"regret?"

Countless overlapping voices sounded together, and he was laughing:

"I will walk alone in the darkness until the end."

"But now it's the end."

Tifa reminded.

"So I've seen that ultimately, behind the curtain of darkness, I've seen everything."

The terrifying face completely occupied most of the surface of the black mud, but this still could not prevent it from being engulfed by the bonfire:

"The unexpected person..."

"Um?"

Shade raised his eyebrows:

"At this moment, I finally saw the essence of [darkness]. When I crossed the curtain that covered the world, I saw everything."

"What exactly do you want to say?"

Iluna asked impatiently, only the last bit of black mud was left that was not ignited by the bonfire.

"The epic has begun, and the whispered poem is the last chapter. Even if you kill me and reverse the fate that has already happened, you can't change the fact that the door opens. I am waiting for you in darkness and sleep, the unexpected person , you are destined to be the most miserable one."

The bonfire engulfed it, and the red-gold flames surged into the sky like a fountain at this moment, and then sprinkled down bit by bit.

As countless points of light fell from the sky like fireflies, the forest scenery split from the starry sky above, revealing the black sky in the dark realm.

But the black sky is also splitting, revealing the real sea of ​​stars and the three moons in the sea of ​​stars.

The mystery chain dissipates, and without the support of the chosen ones, the dark realm will also be far away.

The scenery of the late summer night became clearer little by little. Among the countless scattered red-gold light spots, they were standing on the top of a small hill covered with grass and flowers in the Millwood Forest, as if they could reach out and touch it at this moment. Touch the stars.

The pus on the ground evaporated as the dark realm receded, and the light spots in the sky were so gorgeous under the moonlit night.

But there was still a black human figure lying in front of them with extremely weak aura. This was Darkness, the human pus whose power was completely suppressed. The Mystic Lock only suppresses the power and will not kill him.

"Iluna, go and solve it."

Shade said, while he took out another empty glass bottle and filled up some of the pus that had lost its power remaining on the ground.

The girl with long brown hair nodded and was about to step forward when "Darkness" suddenly raised her head and opened her mouth. The black sword hilt shot out from his mouth, and Iluna quickly turned sideways to avoid it.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the figure actually flew straight up, trying to make a final escape attempt.

"Ring Warlock, Devil's Mouth, Half-body Demon, Human Pussy Form, You and Me, Suicide Flip. The chosen one is indeed favored by fate. How many other forms can he have? Can he escape like this?"

Shade took out the Holy Emblem from his pocket and said to Iluna almost at the same time:

"Praise the sun - Sunshine Gun!"

Two golden thunderbolts rose from the ground, passed through the light spots in the sky, and simultaneously hit the black figure in the sky under the moonlight.

In the wind, under the moon, at the bottom of the sea of ​​​​stars, the human pus Darkness exploded in the air, and the dark pus shot out in all directions.

"Darkness is dead! I felt it, I killed another chosen one! Oh, I seem to have gained some power! Yes, we succeeded!"

Iluna said excitedly under the moonlight, but did not notice that some light got into Shade's pocket containing the Rhodes cards.

"But why did it explode so far? Oh, it seems that the demon has not completely merged with Darkness. It still has one hand left. Darkness is dead, but its body is about to escape."

Tifa reminded while holding Mia.

"It's okay, let me do it."

A gentle voice appeared behind Shade. He turned around and saw that Miss Felianna hadn't left yet. But her figure has faded, and it's time for her to wake up from her dream.

"You were wondering... would I ever see you again?"

Shade asked softly, and the blond witch smiled:

"Xia De, I have seen you more than once in my life."

In the surprised eyes of Iluna and Tifa, she hugged Shade and then kissed him gently on the forehead.

[Outlander, you have obtained "Witch Reverberation-Feliana". 】

"Witch Reverberation" is a trace of the past that Shade can draw from the death place of a witch who has voting rights in the [Witch Council]. But Miss Feliana obviously did not die here. This witch seemed to have insight into the deeper secrets of the [Witch Council], so she was able to give Shade this reverberation.

She let go of Sha De, looked at Sha De with her golden eyes, and opened her palm to Sha De:

"Xia De, don't worry about separation. We will meet again one day. Isn't separation just for the sake of seeing each other again?"

"teacher......"

Shade had a thousand words to say, but in the end he just took off the [Metamorphosis Ring] and placed it in Mia's palm with an extremely dissatisfied look in her eyes.

"You really understand me."

Miss Feliana said with a smile, put the ring on her transparent finger, and then looked at the three of them one by one.

"Now that you can see me, I think it is necessary to give you a gift."

She said to Tifa, the maid was a little embarrassed and didn't know what to say, and some golden light had already flowed from Miss Felianna into her body.

"This is......"

Tifa hesitated in disbelief.

"I'm glad Shade has a friend like you."

She said to Iluna again. The young girl was equally embarrassed, blushing and afraid to look at her:

"Nice to meet you, Miss Feliana."

Iluna once expressed her envy to Miss Feliana to Shade at the rainy window.

"If you want to further explore your talents, you may be able to seek help from the witch corresponding to [Balance]."

Miss Feliana finally looked at Shade, but in the end she just smiled at him, and then said to the three of them:

"It's time to wake up from my dream, so why not do something interesting before I wake up. Shade, you can leave while I attract attention. There seem to be a lot of people under the hill. Now, look at this, forever Don’t underestimate the power of a relic, and don’t be fooled by superficial properties.”

She touches the ring on her finger:

"The change between positive and negative is the beginning of a new life."

Her figure dispersed into a ball of golden light and disappeared into the inexplicable white mist.

Then, red high heels stepped out of the thick fog, followed by a black skirt. Holding the pointed hat on her head, her long blond hair swaying behind her, the witch of the Fifth Era, Myrna Feliana, dressed in white and black skirt, truly stood under the starry sky of the Sixth Era.

The night wind blew her long hair, shook the brim of her hat, and pulled at the hem of her skirt.

The pendant around Shade's neck gave off a temperature that burned his skin.