Whispering Verse

As the sun set, the heavy fog that had shrouded the city of Fort Midhill for three days became thicker and thicker. Shade, who was in a bad mood, left Count Darak's mansion with Priest August, leaving only the grieving old butler to clean up the mess.

After the nails are pulled out, those vague memories will gradually be restored, and the church should also judge the disappearance of the third nail based on the next change in Sikal Mountain. As for Shad and Priest August, no one would know they had ever been here.

Walking along the street in the thick fog, Shade looked down at the Rhodes card in his hand [Ancient Fairy Tale: Sleeping Princess]:

"Priest, do things about life and death always make people feel sad? I have nothing to do with that count, but I am still sad about his passing."

"This is normal, young man. I have seen life and death countless times in my life. There are too many such things. Although many people have said it before, I still want to emphasize that since we are alive, we must cherish the present moment. Time, don’t leave any regrets to yourself.”

The priest stroked his pipe, and Shade nodded, solemnly added the cards in his hand to his deck, and used the thaumaturgy [Treasure Object] to assimilate them into part of the deck:

"Speaking of which, priest, just now in the earl's study, I signaled you with my eyes that I wanted to play Rhodes with the earl. How did you understand my eyes?"

Shade still remembered this incident, and the old priest smiled:

"What you mean is so easy to understand - before I send the Earl away, I want to get Rhodes cards from him to satisfy my habit of collecting Rhodes cards. Look, wasn't my guess accurate?"

In fact, he got it completely wrong.

Priest August returned to the Dawn Church, while Shade braved the fog and went up the mountain, preparing to return home again. The journey was not smooth. The road into the mountain was temporarily blocked by the local police in Fort Mibas. According to the news released by the city hall, there has been heavy fog in the mountains recently. For the safety of citizens, starting from today, the tenth day of the Dead Leaf Moon. Starting from the 7th and lasting for two weeks, from 6 pm to 7 am the next day, ordinary citizens who do not hold special passes are not allowed to enter the mountainous area.

Of course, this simple blockade cannot stop Shade, but it also means that the church has realized the emergency of the situation, and the Sikal Mountain at night is really very dangerous.

On the way up the mountain, the heavy fog made Shade almost lose the right direction. The undead wandering in the fog also caused him considerable trouble.

Even though the [Night Watch] sword in his hand can detect the location of powerful spirits from a distance regardless of the obstruction of thick fog, and the Witch Emperor's blessing can reduce the malice of the undead, Shade must sometimes face the enemy head-on.

In order to fight against the undead of Middleburg, he actually prepared some means. For example, the special alchemy item "Spirit Dispelling Amulet" bought from Old John, and the simple magic potion "Spirit Expelling Dust" he tried to make himself. The former can make the spirit body subconsciously reluctant to approach, while the latter can directly cause harm to the spirit body. Sprinkling it beside the tent also has a warning effect when sleeping outdoors.

However, these conventional methods are ineffective against the powerful individuals among the evil spirits of Fort Rice. As long as Shade enters their detection range, the evil spirits will immediately rush towards him.

After the two earthquakes, the power of the top evil spirits coming from the narrow room was no less than that of the warlocks in the middle circle. Even Shade had to deal with it carefully.

It's nothing if you just deal with one enemy, but there are so many souls hidden in the heavy fog in the mountains that should have left. Therefore, if he accidentally moved the battlefield too far during the battle, Shade would have to face attacks from two or even three enemies at the same time.

Guiding death, mind blast, solar ray, light spell, silver moon slash. Magic spells were used in turn, and [Night Watch] cooperated with [Moonlight Great Sword] and [Blade of Disrupted Time] countless times in the fog. Leaving behind streaks of light and shadow.

Even though he could use [Illusion of Moon Shadow] to hide at night, when Shade approached the ruined tower in the mountain, he was still followed by three undead wrapped in thick fog. One is a headless woodcutter, the other is an armored knight with a sword, and the last one is a two-headed tiger.

Shade didn't know what the tiger had gone through during his lifetime.

He almost ran away and rushed into the ruined tower, only to find that the fog inside the tower was very thin. Turning around and looking outside, in the thick fog outside the tower, three undead were just circling around, as if they were afraid of something and didn't dare to break in.

Shade was relieved now. He was originally worried that he would be suddenly attacked by the undead after walking out of the hidden wall one day.

"Since you don't dare to come in."

He temporarily put the long sword aside, crossed his arms in front of his chest, pointed in the direction outside the tower door, drew a cross arc, and then bumped forward sideways:

"I'm not welcome."

These evil spirits have chased Shade all the way, and he must come back with revenge.

(Little Mia is running.)

After solving the third nail, Shade suddenly found that he had no target in Fort Midhill.

The first time I stepped into that city in early autumn was to rescue Priest Augustus, during which I met many people. But now, if you look at the notepad, except for meeting Grace and Helen next week, everything in Middlesbrough is over.

Of course, the issue of the Chosen and the narrow room has not been resolved, but that is the issue of the church. As for who the chosen one will be this time and how the ceremony will be held, those are still unknown.

To this end, Shade visited the Prophets Association again on Friday morning. When meeting Vice President Mark, the middle-aged man in formal attire jokingly said to Shade:

"You come here almost eight times a week, and every time you use your cat as an excuse. You don't have to bring the cat with you next time. Who here doesn't know that you are here to see Luvia Anat?"

There was a lot of people coming and going in the lobby on the first floor, but because they were close to the reception desk, the young ladies in uniform were laughing.

"It's your working time now. I can't call her out alone. This is against the rules."

Shade was not embarrassed, he still paid the divination fee, and then met Luvia in the separate divination room on the second floor.

The good news that the third nail was successfully pulled out was naturally something Luvia had to be informed of. But after listening to Shade's story, Luvia became a little worried:

"[The narrow space between life and death] is an unknowable relic. Although it cannot produce consciousness itself, it will not be indifferent to it. Once you remove all four nails that fix the narrow space and the material world, the narrow space may be restored in advance. break out."

"That's why the church will remove the nails and prepare for the ceremony together. According to Iluna, as soon as all the nails are removed, the ceremony will start immediately."

"The question is, what about the Joker who was taken away by Joey Patton?"

Luvia asked, frowning thoughtfully:

"As long as it involves the chosen ones, you must not let down your guard. Anything could happen around them. The association headquarters plans to send two high-circle prophets to arrive in Middleburg around the weekend, specifically to divine the location of Joey Barton. .But things shouldn’t be that easy to resolve.”

"The question now is, what exactly is this chosen ceremony?"

Shade put the soft Mia cat in his arms on the table. It lay there unwilling to move at all:

"Items related to the ancient god [Ancient Death God], these two points are necessary for the understanding of death itself. In addition, the fragment also mentioned that the location of the ceremony is the border area between life and death, and the candidates for the ceremony , to personally kill a person who has been resurrected from the dead.”

He counted the requests on his fingers:

"But it's still not a complete ceremony, and I'm curious if Joey Barton will know what the ceremony is."

"He will definitely know, this is the fate of the chosen one."

Luvia said, hesitating for a moment:

"I recently learned about the whereabouts of a poet-level relic [Dandelion Coin] from a friend from out of town. If you are lucky enough, you can get it this weekend, and you can use it for divination. If not, the [Dandelion Coin] You can also take out the fortune teller’s silver coins.”

"Should I tell Sister Devlin that she is the second candidate? Let her prepare in advance?"

Shade asked, and the purple-eyed girl narrowed her eyes slightly:

"Shade, who do you think the fire-wielding nun is?"

"Reliable, calm, kind, and doesn't like to talk much."

Luvia thought for a moment:

"Then, while ensuring that she will not leak the secret, tell her about the candidate. Since the spiritual cult led by the nun is a modern branch of the Ancient God Sect, it should not be difficult to find something related to the power of the Ancient God. Items. We need to be prepared. I really hope that Joey Barton can die before the ceremony. In this way, Sister Devlin becomes the chosen one, which is the best result at present."

The reason why they did not want the third candidate, Priest August, was because neither Shade nor Luvia wanted to involve the priest in such a fatal matter.

"no problem."

Shade nodded, but still felt vaguely uneasy. What he is most wary of now is not the problem of Hazama, but the problem of vampires. Armand Bernhard, who brought his nephew from the southern country to Fort Midhill in the autumn, only had preliminary guesses about what he wanted to do.

And if this guess is correct, with Xia De's current state, he cannot guarantee that he can control all situations. After all, only the last one of the three-ring spiritual runes is missing now, and the fourth-ring is right in front of us. But only the last drop of his divinity remained.

[Outlander, what do you want to do with this power? 】

There was a murmur in my ears.

"I have a drop of divinity, the united churches and colleges, the vampires who don't know what to do, the missing Joey Barton, the ring warlock organization who came from other places, and the players on the card table are not "Sir, I think I see the situation most clearly, but I also understand best how dangerous the next thing will be. Maybe Joey Barton is not the biggest trouble."