Whispering Verse

"You haven't got it yet?"

Shade asked, and the witch eating the apple smiled:

"Yes, Shade, you are very keen, it is indeed temporary. The "Threaded Text" was handed over to the gods last time, and the "Unknown Sacrifice Book" describing the power of the sun was found but it was sealed and cannot be obtained for the time being. But the description The "Yager Scroll" of the mystery of death has no seal and can be obtained now. We originally planned to wait until the long black snow is over to get it, but since you have appeared, let's get it now."

She glanced at the pale Miss Samuel, who was shivering as if she had a bad cold:

"Becky, you stay here to look after the luggage and my apprentice. Shade, you go with me. The black snow seems to have no effect on you."

"Yes, I am immune to the power of death."

"This is more convenient."

She stood up, her cloak covering her lace-up ladies' boots. Seeing Shade staring at her boots, he joked again:

"If you like to watch it, then there is time on this trip and you can watch it as you like."

"I did not mean that."

"It doesn't matter."

She signaled to Shade that there was no need to explain more, and then walked out the door first.

The ruins nearby are all part of the Cadiz Library. However, due to building collapse and other weird reasons, it is impossible to reach every corner of the library from the foyer where the bonfire is located, so it is necessary to find another entrance to enter the library. deeper.

After leaving the foyer, the undead who had revived because of the black snow noticed them again.

Miss Olanode took Shade's hand and brought him into the air again. Together, the two used moonlight to temporarily drive away the evil spirits in the sky, but they did not relax their vigilance:

"Be safe, souls are not the only ones that can fly."

"Roar!"

The astonishing roar even made Shade worried that it would cause an avalanche, and the black spots appearing in the distance in the black snow seemed to be

It was a huge skeleton with wings on its back and a long tail covered with bone spurs. The red light in his eyes danced, vaguely reminding Shade of Darkness' human pus form.

"Bone Dragon. There are too many relics buried in the Silent Valley. The Gaddis Library is only a part of it. It flew here from other places. Shade, hold on to me."

Facing the black snow, the thirteen golden steps shine brightly.

"Moonlight Great Sword!"

This is a familiar name, but the big sword extending from Miss Olanold's hand is almost a hundred meters long:

"Ha~"

The translucent orange weapon swung forward in a sweeping motion, sweeping through the wind and snow, almost turning the sky yellow. The giant skeleton dragon had no chance to dodge and became a wreck under the sword.

The giant sword disintegrated into sporadic light spots flying around, and Miss Olanold also pulled Shade into the dark hole on the side of the cliff. After entering the building, the undead outside became quiet again.

"The moonlight sword just now was really powerful."

Shade let go of Miss Olanode's hand and praised him from the bottom of his heart. The latter clapped her hands and then summoned three fireballs to guard her side and provide light at the same time:

"[Moonlight Great Sword] is a very ancient thaumaturgy, simple and effective. Over the long years, users have developed many forms and effects of it. If I have time, I can tell you in detail, but Now please follow me."

After looking around to determine their location, they walked all the way inward along this dark passage. Boots stepped on the dusty floor, and the musty smell was so choking that it was almost impossible to breathe. This road is very weird. There are no doors or windows on both sides, only mottled murals. There is no road at the end of the passage, only a statue as tall as a person stands in front of the wall.

By the light of those fireballs, Shade saw the statue. The image is of a robed skeleton holding a stone slab with its skeletal arms. The statue is made of bronze, but its surface is already rusty. It has probably stood here for countless years.

Because of the rust on the surface, the metal is no longer flat. Instead, the skeleton seems to have dense bone spurs, making it even more weird and terrifying.

The more he stared at it, the more Shade felt that something was wrong with it. When his eyes met the empty eye sockets, a suction force seemed to suck Shade's spirit into him.

A white hand blocked Shade's eyes, and Miss Olanode blocked the gaze between Shade and the skeleton:

"Don't look at it, it's not something a living person should be exposed to.

I once heard the teacher mention this, soul-casting skeletons, forbidden alchemy weapons made by people in the second era using twisted knowledge. Like the so-called "giant weapons", they are servants of ancient extraordinary beings. That slate is the "Yager Scroll". We found it when Fiona had an accident, but because we had to send Fiona back, we never went to get it. "

As he spoke, he stopped Shade behind him, and then stretched out his hand to touch the stone slab held by the skeleton.

There was a slight cracking sound, and there were bloody cracks on Miss Olanode's palm. She took back her hand, and as the green smoke covered the surface of her hand, the cracks slowly healed. This was the elf's healing technique:

"Malice towards the living is the characteristic of this evil alchemy weapon. It would have been more troublesome to temporarily transform yourself into an undead creature to deceive the statue, but since you are here, Shade, you come and get it."

She motioned for Shade to come forward.

"But I am also a living person."

"For this era, you haven't been born yet. Don't worry, nothing will happen."

With a smile on his lips, he led Sha De to the skull statue.

Since she said this, Shade carefully stretched out his hand. Nothing really happens during palm extension. Just when his hand was about to touch the stone slab, the skull moved suddenly.

Instead of launching an attack, he moved his arms to block Shade's hand, preventing him from touching the stone slab:

"You are not a living person. What are you?"

The monotone voice was in a language Shade had never heard of, which was probably the language of the time the skeletons were made. After Shade translated for Miss Olanode, he replied:

"I'm human."

"Are you the one who came back from the dead?"

"Yes."

Shade once entered and exited through the gate in front of the water, and he could indeed be regarded as coming back from the dead. Speaking of which, Shade meets both of the two conditions for the third chosen candidate: "eyes related to death" and "almost capable of resurrecting from the dead." His eyes can see things that normal ring warlocks cannot. Undead.

"Answer a question and this book can be given to you."

Shade raised his eyebrows, asked the witch behind him again, and then replied:

"Of course, what's the problem."

"What is death?"

After translating to Miss Olanold, the latter wanted to answer, but Shade stopped her with a smile:

"I know this issue, I'm quite clear about it."

As he spoke, he lightly touched the air with his unstretched left hand, and the black gap immediately opened. After the gap, there is a shallow shoal in front of quiet water.

That is not the underworld, it is just a conceptual place where the concept of "death" appears due to the observation of living people, and therefore does not have the concept of time and space. Theoretically speaking, anyone who opens a passage to this place from any place in any era will arrive at the same location. But precisely because of observation, what should have been the same "position" becomes different.

Therefore, behind the gap at this time, there is no Shade's "Kiss of the Tree" bonfire, no light of the dark moon, and no door of death at the foot of Mount Sikal.

"Look, this is death. Death in its truest form."

Shade said softly, as if he was praising the beauty of this thaumaturgy.

Miss Olanode took two steps back and looked at the gap in horror. The skeleton did not respond immediately, as if it was also shocked by Shade's actions:

"Real Death"

With a sizzling sound, the skeleton uttered the last few words, and then collapsed and scattered into a pile of completely rusted metal debris.

The stone slab of the "Yager Scroll" fell among the bronze remains, but did not shatter due to the fall. Shade learned his lesson and did not dare to look at the stone slab carefully. He glanced at the position of the stone slab with his peripheral vision, then took off his coat, intending to wrap it up.

"Xia De, that gap was..."

“The concept of leading to death itself can be understood as the most real death.”

Shade briefly explained it, and Miss Olanold must understand:

"I once entered death through the relic [Death Door], and then came back. Yes, through the power of the god we saw in the Forest of Thousand Trees [Yahua Door]."

"The Door of Death. Are you talking about a double-open stone door with the story of death carved on it?"

Miss Olanode asked suspiciously. Shade nodded and prepared to pick up the stone slabs from the wreckage:

"Have you seen this door in this day and age?"

"Yes, but why did you enter that door."

The pointed-eared witch frowned and grabbed Shade's wrist to prevent him from squatting down, wanting to confirm whether he was really still alive:

"Now, this door is an instrument of torture. It is the most terrible torture instrument used by the Supreme Witch Council to punish witches who have made mistakes. We do not use horrific punishments such as hanging and beheading. This is not decent. Prisoners on death row, will Enter death's door and walk into death."

"What happened between the Fifth Era and the Sixth Era?"

This is the question in Shade's mind. The instrument of torture controlled by the Witch Council in this era actually became the key relic in the hands of the Orthodox Church in the next era to help seal Hazama. The change of eras has buried too many truths. Even Shade, an investigator who can step forward in time, cannot know the whole truth.

"I've never heard of a living person coming out of the door again."

Miss Olanode added, and unfortunately, Shade had heard of two of them.