Whispering Verse

"It's a pity that the only special coin left is the blood money in my hand."

Shade reminded.

"It doesn't matter. I have made great achievements this time. It should be no problem to apply for a relic from the church."

Iluna said happily.

After that, the three of them set off to the basement. Shade first put all the relics transported this time back behind the hidden wall in the basement. As for the harvest of ordinary items, that is, the [Future Man] card made of unknown metal. After Luvia's inspection and confirmation that it was indeed an ordinary item, Shade caught it in Miss Feliana's possession. Use it as a bookmark in your notebook.

In the circular space behind the hidden wall, it was determined where the ancient god of space [Primary Crack] stood. After being unable to put down the door, Shade formally determined the location of the door leading to the [Dark Dungeon].

The entrance to the basement is behind a staircase on the first floor, with steps to the west of the basement and a hidden wall to the opposite east. At this time, Shade was standing in front of the north wall of the basement holding [Origin Darkness]. Under the gaze of the cat on his shoulder and the two girls beside him, he threw the cards into the air.

The newly installed gas lamp was very bright, but under this light, the cards did not fall under the influence of gravity. Instead, they floated towards the wall in front of them until the back of the cards was completely attached to the wall.

Shade stretched out his finger, pointed at the card, and at the same time whispered:

"dark!"

A strange halo of light radiated from the surface of the cards as his fingertips touched them. At the same time, thin white mist floated out from the gap between the back of the card and the wall, climbing along the wall.

Shade took [Origin Darkness] away from the wall, but the white mist did not disappear. Instead, it became denser and denser, until it completely turned into a white mist door that made it impossible to see the wall behind it. After a few seconds, because no one entered, the white mist disappeared and the wall returned to normal.

"No problem, now this is the entrance to the space [Dark Dungeon] left behind by the ancient god [Fu Xing's Darkness]."

Shade patted the wall, and it looked normal.

"Unlike the normal entrance, you don't need the [Dark] Spirit Rune to enter this door. You only need to put your hand on the wall and recite the incantation. The incantation is like this."

Shade coughed:

"May the darkness protect me in the shadows."

White mist appeared again between the palm and the wall, and the white mist door was formed.

Leaving Mia outside, the three of them walked in together. As expected, behind the white mist door was a space completely shrouded in white mist.

[Outlander, you have entered the "dark dungeon". 】

"Take a step here and you can enter the [Dark Dungeon]. It is a special area of ​​almost infinite area opened up by the Great One. It can even be directly called the 'Shadow Realm'. The internal terrain of the dungeon is similar to a maze, and all the people except the gods are imprisoned. and the shadow of any creature other than a god in the form of a saint.”

Shade recalled the information he got from the leaves, stretched out his hand and waved it in the air, and the mist wrapped around his hand:

"The correct entry conditions are to find the location of the door and possess [Darkness]. The correct way to use it requires a relic called 'Black Robe Fragment'. But because of the special nature of this door, we don't need it."

Luvia looked around curiously. Iluna had entered the [Judge's Court] before, and Shade had experienced many similar places. Only she came to the white mist for the first time:

"What's the use here?"

"Normally, we can only see our own shadow through the dungeon."

Following Shade's words, the surrounding white mist dispersed slightly, and three bronze trap doors appeared on the ground. On the trap door, the names of the three of them were written in the common language of Delarion, which was easy to distinguish.

"Because we entered together, we were able to see everyone's dungeon, but in reality, we could only open our own door."

"Our shadow? Is that another us in the dungeon behind the door?"

Iluna asked curiously, and only Shade, who knew the information about the [Dark Dungeon] through the Father of the Infinite Tree, could give such detailed knowledge.

Their "other self" is far less convenient than the voice in Shade's ear. Even if they enter here, they can only know that this is the [Dark Dungeon] and know nothing else.

"No, no, you can think of it as, well, it's hard to describe. It's probably like us in the mirror. It's exactly the same, but it doesn't really exist."

Shade explained, Iluna still didn't understand, but Luvia showed a clear expression:

"We are recorded by darkness."

"That's almost the meaning. Going to the depths of the dungeon to face oneself, talk to oneself or even fight with oneself can allow people who enter here to see themselves better, which will help them learn some thaumaturgy that requires a strong heart. But in the end The important thing is that even an out-of-control ring warlock can gradually recover from the process of losing control as long as he has not completely lost his mind and met himself in the dungeon."

"Multiple available reversals of control? That's quite interesting."

Luvia commented.

In fact, this is no longer interesting. Among the three spaces that Shade can currently fully use, namely the time corridor, the space maze and the dark dungeon, the dark dungeon's role in reversing the out-of-control state can be ranked second.

"Of course, this is just meeting yourself. With someone's hair, blood, part of their soul and real name in hand, you can also open someone's dungeon. Talk to him to get information, or defeat him to get some of his memories. Even thaumaturgy and incantation are possible. But if you do this, you will also inherit the other party's negative emotions, which has a very big impact. Generally speaking, it is not worth doing it for the sake of power."

"It sounds like the dungeon left by the ancient gods is like a specimen room in the dark, recording the specimens of all life that has ever appeared."

Iluna gave an inappropriate example, but she frowned in confusion:

"However, I seem to have heard of similar places."

"What?"

Shade and Luvia both looked at her, and Iluna smiled sheepishly:

"When I was training in the Holy See, I heard the old priests talk about the situation of [Church of Dawn], that is, [Church of Light and Darkness]. I seem to have heard of such a saying that [Church of Dawn] has the power to control out-of-control environments. The normal way for a warlock, but the conditions are very harsh, and if there are no specific spiritual runes, complex rituals are required.”

"The Church of Dawn also controls the way to the [Dark Dungeon]!" Gu

Luvia understood immediately:

"Xia De said that the [Blood Spirit School] has almost found the [Creation Delivery Room], so the space left by the Thirteen Ancient Gods does not have to be discovered with the appearance of the chosen ones. Those ancient ring warlock organizations, Perhaps we have mastered some of them. Speaking of which, the Prophet Association seems to have a strange statement."

Luvia frowned slightly, not knowing what she was thinking of. Shade thought more. He confirmed some time ago that most of the power of the old gods came from the departed ancient gods. Then the power of the righteous gods may also come from the ancient gods. Therefore, [Mr. Dawn], the [God of Light and Darkness], most likely inherited the power of the ancient god [The Walking Dark], so the church can enter the [Dark Dungeon].

Thinking about it this way, the priesthoods of the Five Righteous Gods seem to correspond to the main priesthoods of the ancient gods.

"About this place, that's pretty much it. We don't have anyone we want to see right now, so let's go see ourselves, maybe we'll get something. The time here is synchronized with the outside, and there is a door deep in the dungeon that can leave."

Shade said to the two girls, and then squatted down first, trying to open the door with his name engraved on it.

But he didn't expect that as soon as his hand grasped the handle, the door collapsed into gray dust in the white mist.

He stared blankly at the only metal door handle left in his hand, and then the door handle gradually scattered into dust and dissipated in the white mist.

"Why do you feel like I won't be surprised if anything happens to you?"

Luvia said with a smile, squatting down and opening her own door. Under the trap door was a deep staircase. Although the white mist drifted down, it was not as dense as the ground. Therefore, you could see some murals carved on both sides of the wall, which seemed to be a Woman holding a baby.

Iluna also opened her door, and there was also a deep staircase below. The mural next to the door also showed a woman holding a baby.

"Look, we're all normal."

said the seventeen-year-old girl.

"Well ladies, who wants to give me some hair and blood? I want to go down there and have a look too."

He looked at Luvia, who smiled:

"Shad, don't even think about it."

He looked at Iluna again, who shook her head slightly:

"That's not okay, Shade, girls always have their own secrets."

They each walked down their own dark staircase, the trapdoor closing behind them. Shade couldn't get close to the two trap doors and could only watch them melt into the mist.

"Really, how could my door shatter?"

He was very dissatisfied.

[Probably related to your use of divinity. 】

Her voice whispered.

"It's indeed possible."

Shade looked at the white mist in front of him:

"Compared with time, space, balance, and the white mist left by the witch, the functions here are equally interesting. The self in the darkness, the specimen room of mortal things, and the dungeon. I think you should have some additional information there, right?"

[Outlander, when you touch the doorknob, you gain additional information. 】

[Sacrifice a drop of divinity and gain the opportunity to go deep into the dungeon once a month. 】

[Sacrifice a powerful soul stained with darkness and gain a chance to go deep into the dungeon. 】

Shade didn't know what a "powerful soul" was, but soul trading was strictly prohibited. Regardless of whether it is in the black market, the academy, or other channels, once the transaction of souls is discovered, the church has unlimited law enforcement and killing powers.

Moreover, in the Sixth Age's ring magician system, there are already quite few thaumaturgy and incantations that simply use the soul. These are things that you can't even buy.

"But what are the chances of going deeper into the dungeon?"

[The dark dungeon is composed of a vast space, and generally you only enter the shallow part of the dungeon. Deep in the dungeon, some terrible things are imprisoned. The shadows of demons from the Third Age, demons older than that, monsters that only exist in the subspace, and unknowable humanoid relics are all in deeper layers. In addition, there are some secrets of ancient eras buried deeper in the dungeon. After each sacrifice, you have three hours to explore. Knowledge, strength, relics, wealth, as long as you come out alive, you will definitely gain something. 】

"Dungeon crawler? Ancient evil? Sounds very dangerous."

Shade said, looked around, then took a step back, walked out of the wall and returned to his basement:

"Sacrificing other people's souls, this kind of thing is not something I can do unless I really meet a bad person."

He picked up the cat that was sniffing around on the ground:

"I don't know if [Church of Dawn] will do this. At most, the church only knows about sacrificing divinity, and will not get the information about sacrificing dark souls. However, divinity can actually be explored once a month. If you are lucky, I really accidentally opened the [Dark Dungeon] once a month, which would probably be very interesting.

Right, Mia? "

She was chuckling again for some reason.

He walked out of the basement with the lazy squirming cat in his arms, but when he was standing on the steps, Shade suddenly turned his head and looked at the wall of the basement:

"According to this trend, there won't be more and more 'doors' at No. 6 Saint Teresa Square, right?"

No one answered his question.

"But fortunately, my house is big enough. Even if there are thirteen, ahem, twelve doors, it is still enough to accommodate it."

Thinking in his mind, Shade left the basement and was about to close the window. It seemed to be raining outside. But when closing the window, he was very careful not to stand in the window for fear of being struck by lightning.