Whispering Verse

"Doctor, there are still 17 seconds."

Shade reminded him again, but he was already relieved. Holding the sword, he watched the Balrog's body disappear little by little on the distant platform, while the flames on the doctor's body became stronger and stronger.

Finally, when there were 10 seconds left before the doctor had to step through the door again, the Balrog on the platform in the center of the large hollow in the belly of the mountain completely disappeared.

The doctor shook his right hand that returned to normal, and the flames on his body gradually extinguished. He smiled and turned to look at Shade, only to see Shade looking behind him in surprise.

Dr. Schneider felt something fast flying past his face, and then he saw a black stone with red cracks on the surface rushing towards Shade's heart.

Shade instinctively swung the long sword in his hand and slashed forward. At this moment, he felt as if the sword was guiding his hand, stabbing the black stone with extremely precise precision.

The stone was pierced through the sword, and the crimson cracks on the surface that looked like flames flickered for a few times, then stopped completely.

"This is the heart of the Balrog. Yes, it's the Balrog itself, not an evil spirit demon. I didn't expect that the Balrog that mimicked it also has this kind of organ. Wait a minute."

The doctor reached out and touched the stone that exuded residual warmth:

"The heart of a simple Balrog, with no other power. Pack it up in the bottle from the suitcase, the one I labeled. Oh, there's not enough time..."

The doctor patted Shade on the shoulder, then trotted into the half-open door.

There was a clanging sound, and as the wooden door with the metal base disappeared, the metal key fell onto the stone platform. At the same time, as the doctor left, the two fireballs he summoned for lighting also disappeared.

The entire hollow in the heart of the mountain returned to darkness, leaving only the bright yellow rune on the long sword in Shade's hand [Unintentional Clarity, Sword Kills Demons], which shimmered in the darkness:

"Silver Moon!"

Holding the sword in his left hand, the silver moon lit up on the fingertips of Shade's right hand. He squinted at the sword in his hand, then bent down to pick up the key, and put the devil's heart pierced by the sword into the bottle prepared by the doctor in advance. After entering, he slowly walked towards the edge of the stone platform.

Standing on the wooden plank in front of the broken bridge, he looked across the central stone platform and looked at the stone platform hidden in the deep darkness on the other side of the mountain. When the flames of the Balrog illuminated the entire mountainside just now, Shade vaguely saw a stone tablet standing on the stone platform on the other side of the mountainside.

After hesitating for a moment, he raised his right hand high and raised his right index finger:

"Silver Moon!"

Standing on the edge of the stone platform, with the abyss at his feet, the bright moonlight burst out from his fingertips. The sudden light made the mountainside seem to turn into daylight, and even the long sword in his hand was stained with moonlight. The dazzling moonlight did not have much impact on the caster, so Shade could see the entirety of the stone tablet.

The distance was too far and he couldn't see a single letter clearly, but at least he could see the base of the stone tablet and the shape of the stone tablet itself.

The knowledge in [Witch Reverberation: Feliana] immediately matched it. The style of the stone tablet opposite was obviously that of the end of the Fifth Age. And judging from the format, it was made using a spell that could only be used by high-level witches.

"It seems that the hallucination I saw when I lifted the sword just now is true. Violet Marshall, the Witch Emperor of the Fifth Age, left a stone tablet here. And hundreds of years ago, Dr. Alfred's ancestor After the high-level warlock came here, he did not explore it. He just stayed and sealed the Balrog. Yes, it seems that there is a high probability that the location corresponding to this place in the narrow room is the seal on the mountainside. !”

Shade extinguished the silver light on his fingertips, packed up the suitcase, and after erasing the traces of the ceremony, left with the suitcase in one hand and the sword in the other.

(Little Mia is running)

"Come, detective, let's clink glasses for friendship and today's victory!"

In Tobesk East District, the lights on the first and second floors of the Schneider Psychological Clinic have long been turned off, but the lights are still on in the bedrooms on the third floor. Under the bright and pleasant gas light, Shade and Dr. Schneider each held a glass goblet and clinked glasses in front of the window to celebrate.

It was half past nine that night. The key on the wooden door on the wall had been returned to its original position, the suitcase was opened and placed on the desk in the bedroom, and the bottles and jars were shining under the gas lamp. The long sword was wrapped in a sheet by Shade and leaned against the wall at the door.

"Congratulations, doctor."

The two clinked glasses, and the middle-aged doctor could hardly suppress the smile on his face:

"It went more smoothly than I thought. It's really good. This is already the seventh demon I've devoured."

In his right eye, a terrifying scarlet light flashed, but this was just the doctor showing off this impressive power to Shade:

"In addition, I also learned two additional thaumaturgy related to Balrog, and obtained a brand new spiritual rune."

Xia De toasted again:

"What a pity, doctor, you haven't held the ceremony to advance to the sixth ring yet. The current spiritual runes can only be regarded as the fifth ring."

"No, no, I deliberately control the digestion process of the Balrog's power. I think if everything goes well, I can get one or two more spiritual runes after Huang Yue's full ceremony is held at the end of this month."

Both of them were in a good mood, so they chose to stand in front of the open window and talk in the night breeze.

Shade took a sip of the red wine provided by the doctor, which was said to be extremely expensive, and squinted his eyes to look at the night view of Tobesk:

"Doctor, are you sure swallowing such a weird thing won't make you lose control?"

"My mood may have changed a bit in recent days, but at least it's not out of control yet."

The doctor said, the smile on his face became lighter:

"Don't worry about me, I have made all preparations. At least I will never lose control until I successfully rescue the souls of Mr. Sherf Tim and Miss Shana Aya."

Shade nodded:

"It's better to be safer, so you go to my house tomorrow morning. There is a door in my basement that can help you suppress your emotions."

He is referring to the door leading to the [Dark Dungeon], because this is the door obtained by killing the chosen one, so the use of the dungeon does not have to be limited to ring warlocks with "dark" spirit runes. After entering the trap door that represents oneself in the dungeon, one can talk or even fight with "oneself" in the darkness, thereby reversing the loss of control.

According to Iluna, the Church of Light and Darkness, the Holy See of the Church of Dawn, has also found a door that can enter the dark dungeon, so the probability of the Ring Warlocks of the Church of Dawn going out of control is lower than that of other churches.

"OK."

The doctor nodded and said without asking any more questions:

"But I can't identify the sword you got. You can go to Old John for identification. He is absolutely reliable. Or, go to the academy for identification. I remember your relationship with the librarian, Miss Danister. Very nice, she even gave you an academy assignment with high practical credits.”

"Yeah, but I don't think I'll go to the academy for appraisal."

Shade looked back at the sword by the wall:

"Once the academy knows that I have this, I won't be able to run around with it. And I got the news from the sword that this sword can be the key to solving the problem in the hazama. It shouldn't always belong to me. .”

"Just decide for yourself."

"And the heart of the Balrog"

Xia Deyou mentioned this.

"All the spoils are yours."

The doctor shook his head indifferently. Although it was Shade who found the location, strictly speaking, the heart of the Balrog was the doctor's trophy:

"If the piece of heart were intact, it would be worth quite a bit, probably enough to buy your neighbor's house."

This metaphor can fully understand the value of the "flawless Balrog heart".

"Unfortunately, I have absorbed too much of its power, and now it is almost equivalent to an empty shell. This kind of thing has never appeared on the market. Let me estimate it. Its current value should not exceed five thousand pounds."

"This is already very valuable. Who can make so much money at once? Oh, if it can be sold at a high price, I would even want to learn the expensive thaumaturgy that the priest gave me."

Shade said with a smile, and then asked:

"But why did my heart attack me at that time? I thought it was evil spirits and demons trying to possess me."

"Impossible, you were wearing a demon hunting seal at the time, and the soul of the evil spirit demon has been extracted and crushed by me."

The doctor shook his head:

"Let's not talk about it. In short, tonight is really a great harvest. But I want to remind you, detective, don't go to Fort Midhill often. Because of my strength, I am very sensitive to the elements of whispers and blasphemy. Except for Tobes I have never felt the elemental chaos anywhere that I felt like at Middlesbrough on the night of Gram's arrival."

"So how do you feel about Fort Midhill now? Have you discovered anything?"

Shade asked curiously, and the doctor thought about it while holding the wine glass:

"The last calm before the volcano erupts."

"Volcano"

Shade sighed, drank the red wine in the glass, and looked at the night sky in the east district of Tobesk with the doctor. The lights of the buildings in the distance were dotted, and the chimneys further away were still spewing black smoke into the night sky.

Big cities are particularly quiet at night, especially in such wealthy areas. All that could be heard was the barking of dogs in the alley and the rhythmic sound of carriages rolling over the stone pavement as they approached from outside the block.

"But in this way, a warrior who slays a dragon and a hero who slays demons appear beside me at the same time."

He sighed softly.

"Kill the dragon, where did the dragon come from? Are there any dragons in Fort Midhill? I can't deal with this."

The doctor asked curiously, picked up a wine bottle from the small round table nearby and poured wine for Shade, then pointed at himself with a smile:

"Besides, I can't be considered a hero."