Whispering Verse

"Speaking of which, I just wanted to ask, where did this sword come from?"

Luvia asked curiously.

"I got it on an adventure with the doctor. This is an angel-level sword. Unfortunately, I can only hold it for a short time."

Shade didn't remember to talk to Luvia about the sword before he came.

"Oh, this is really awesome."

Dorothy also said:

"It turns out that you entrusted me to temporarily take care of your cat on Monday for this reason. But what did you and the doctor do to get a relic of this value?"

Both girls looked at Shade curiously. Shade glanced at the doctor. The doctor shook his head hurriedly:

"Let the detective say it's mainly the detective's fault."

"Um"

It was impossible for Shade to say that the doctor had swallowed a Balrog, so he could only keep his mouth shut:

"This is also a secret, a not-so-important secret."

Since Shade claimed to have a way to solve the problem on the third floor, the others did not stay long and left after saying a few words. After all, the time was brought by Shadela so early, and most of them hadn't had breakfast yet.

After Shade said goodbye to his friends in the foyer, he did not turn around and go upstairs with Mia who was watching him on the stairs. Instead, he waited in the foyer for a while.

Sure enough, there was a knock on the door. It was Luvia who was back.

"Are you still going to Fort Midhill today?"

she asked directly, and the two of them went upstairs to continue the conversation. .

"certainly."

"There was another earthquake there. The last earthquake caused the emergence of evil spirits and the increase in power of those terrible guys. I don't know what will happen this time."

Luvia said worriedly.

"That's not the only issue."

Shade asked Luvia to sit down first, and he waved his hand to draw a black crack in the air. Luvia immediately closed her eyes. Her strength was not enough to allow her to look directly at "death".

Shade looked through this crack at the beach in front of the tranquil waters illuminated by the dark moon, and the red-gold bonfire on the beach that was the trace of the secret seal of "Kiss of the Tree". The flame was a little weak:

"The seal I left behind has been severely weakened by two earthquakes. Unless I take the risk and push open the door through the narrow space again, once a third earthquake occurs, the effect of the Kiss of the Tree will be completely destroyed. The situation was again as it was before I arrived at Fort Midhill.”

In fact, Shade wanted to say "before the priest sealed it", but he promised the priest not to tell his secret. Although the thaumaturgy [True Death] can allow Shade to pass through the crack and directly enter behind the door of death, in this way he will directly complete the transformation from the world of the living to the world of the dead. His soul and body are subject to This change cannot occur, so the transition must be made through a narrow space.

"No, no, you can't go again. Do you want to die again? You were able to escape last time, but that won't happen this time. Don't forget that after the two earthquakes, the Hazama itself has also undergone new changes."

Luvia stopped Shade’s idea:

"The key now is the third chosen one. The poem has indicated that he or she can solve this big trouble."

But the problem is that four coins are not enough for divination.

"I understand. I will enter the Sin Mansion today and try to get the blood money."

Shade picked up the long sword on the coffee table:

"We can't wait any longer, not even if the city of Fort Midhill can still exist, but also to get ahead of the church and the college. Iluna told me last night that the church is already taking action. Once I can get enough With coins, almost all current difficulties can be solved.”

"Wait a moment, I will perform a divination for you to determine whether your trip will go well."

Luvia reached into her pocket and took out a silver coin with blasphemous elements. This is the clerical relic [Soothsayer's Silver Coin] that Iluna applied to the Church of the Sun. Even a magician who has never learned divination can rely on this coin to enhance his inspiration and capture more traces of fate when making one of two choices.

For a magician who is proficient in divination, this is almost a "divination amplifier". Although it has the flaw of misleading fate and thus falling into a fate trap, this coin is an extremely useful relic for any fortune teller.

Luvia asked for a piece of Shad's hair, rolled it with one hand, and threw the coin away with the other. Her purple eyes seemed to light up at this moment, and the thrown coin did not fall, but kept spinning in the air, and it took a full half minute to fall.

Luvia closed her eyes and took a deep breath before opening her eyes:

"I can't tell whether this trip will be life-threatening, but I can be sure that you can meet an old friend from the secret-keeper-level [Sin Mansion]."

"Old friend?"

"Not the people you met at Fort Midhill, but old friends from far away places."

Regardless, getting new coins is the most important thing right now.

It was not safe at home now, so after sending Luvia away, Shade took the cat back from the church and sent it to Dorothy, asking her to take care of it. In this way, he could leave Tobesk City with peace of mind.

The location of [Sin Mansion] is closer to the top of the mountain than the ruined tower in the mountain. According to the information provided by Granny Cassandra, this relic, rated as a Keeper of Secrets, usually does not stay in one location for more than three weeks. When Shade stepped out of the ruined tower and felt the blood he carried with him, When money can still feel similar coins, you know that [Sin Mansion] is still on Mount Sikar.

Because of yesterday's earthquake, Shade was still worried about encountering evil spirits on the way up the mountain. But he was very lucky this time. Of course, it may also be because there was no fog in Sikal Mountain in the morning, so the journey was relatively safe.

It's just that with the arrival of late autumn, most of the green color when Xia De first saw this place in early autumn has turned into golden yellow. The leaves falling from the branches not only dye the earth golden, but also make the branches bare. I wonder if this scene indicates the end of the city under the mountain.

Although he did not encounter evil spirits, Shade encountered a group of ring warlocks from the Righteous God Church on the way. They knew each other's identity because they used magic to drive away mosquitoes in the mountains while walking, and sprinkled holy water on the ground, as if they were surveying the terrain.

It seems that the large-scale ceremony led by the Natural Church is really about to begin.

At 9:23 a.m., Shade, holding the [Night Watch], arrived at the outskirts of the [Sin Mansion], and saw the three-story building surrounded by a fence with black spikes from the fallen leaves.

What Shade didn't expect was that when he looked at the main door of the building, he just saw the door closing silently. I don’t know if some unlucky guy accidentally entered it, or if the soul captured by the relic in the [Sin Mansion] is at work.

The night watchman's long sword was inserted into the scabbard and was held by Sha De in his hand. When Sha De walked out of the forest and formally set foot on the gravel path leading to the mansion, the sword immediately vibrated slightly. But when Shade passed through the black fence gate decorated with thorns, the sword returned to its original state, as if he knew that the sword holder was determined to approach a dangerous place.