Whispering Verse

"five!"

A thunder exploded from the sky, and it was the first time Shade heard such a clear sound in the narrow room. And then, dozens of jet-black beams of light fell straight down from the dense foggy sky like light rain.

Shade dodged immediately regardless of his injuries, but the black light rain actually started to move after him.

"Four!"

His nose twitched, Shade smelled the fragrance of flowers in that bedroom, and he was about to leave. The dark scythe swept from the front again, and Shade couldn't dodge it because of the rain of light tracking from behind. And once you stop to defend, you may be attacked continuously by those light rains until you are unable to do anything.

"no solution anymore."

The power of the last red butterfly was completely absorbed into the body. Shade's footsteps stopped for a moment, and then his whole body exploded and turned into a group of red butterflies flying high into the sky.

"three!"

But the red butterflies did not fly too far. The owner of the Mystic Lock suppressed the high-altitude flight and forced Shade back to the ground, returning to human form. . Shade was actually very glad that Barton did this. For a moment, he almost thought that he was really the group consciousness of the red butterfly group.

"Sure enough, you can't rely too much on the power of relics."

The black light rain followed closely, and at the same time, Joey Barton floated slowly. He held a black sphere in his hand, and the sphere was expanding. Shade had a hunch that once the black ball exploded, the shield of the [Soul Ring] and the [False Immortality] combined might not be able to save his injuries.

"two!"

Someone was shaking Shade's shoulders. In his half-asleep and half-awake state, Shade's consciousness seemed to be divided into two parts.

"Mr. Watson, this is the power I realized in the narrow room. Being so deep into death, so touching death, I understand what the end is."

Barton's voice seemed to come from far away, but he was so close. The special growth environment made him more talented than Iluna and Darkness. Coupled with Hazama's strength, the danger of this battle was as dangerous as Darkness's decisive battle:

"Is it more difficult every time you face the chosen one than the last time?"

Shade, who was running, clasped his hands together, then pulled them apart suddenly, and the arc of silver moonlight struck the man flying at low altitude.

"Grant you—"

The black ball bursts, time seems to stand still at this moment, darkness falls, and everything around seems to be pushed to the end, representing the end of the end:

"——Death destined!"

"wake up!"

The feeling of cold water pouring on his head awakened Shade's stilled consciousness from his dream:

"oh!"

He gasped and opened his eyes, breathing heavily, enjoying the joy of fresh life. Then he coughed violently, coughing up blood from his lungs.

The cold water slid down his cheeks, and someone actually poured water on Shade's face.

He returned to the basement of Cassandra's Auction House, supported his body with one hand, and sat on the soft four-poster bed. The black veil around has been pulled away. Miss Aurora is sitting on the side of the bed and holding Shade's left hand. Mother-in-law Cassandra is holding a red butterfly pendant with a nervous look on her face, presumably intending to present it to Grace and Helen. Ask for help.

As for the old witch's apprentice, Miss Rita Swift, she stood at the bedside with an empty bowl and smiled at Shade rather sheepishly.

It was she who poured the water.

The fire in the fireplace was relit, and the shadow of the old witch on the side of the bed was projected onto the bed. The sound of the maids moving around made the world more vivid, and also made Shade's cold soul feel the temperature of the real world again.

Shade, who was breathing heavily, could still feel the death of everything in the last moment of his dream. He believed that Joey Barton couldn't use that move without any cost, but even he didn't want to face that kind of scene again.

Looking down at his right hand, the doctor's black crystal amulet had broken into pieces. Although the three relic rings on the left hand are intact, the chaotic whispering elements mean that they are on the verge of getting out of control.

Shade quickly took off the ring in his hand, and the sorceresses waiting nearby took the ring and rushed it to the containment room on the other side of the basement.

"Shadow, how are you feeling now?"

Miss Aurora asked with concern, Shade shook his head:

"The situation is very bad, very bad. If there is no targeted plan, I am afraid the church will not be able to take advantage of it."

He briefly talked about what happened in the Hazama dream, focusing on the fact that Joey Barton relied on the talent of the chosen one and the knowledge he gained from the Truth Society to gradually integrate the unknowable matter of "The Hazama of Life and Death". Relics:

"He can even open the mystery lock [the narrow space of life and death] in the narrow room. The two are superimposed, and it is difficult to imagine how to defeat him. And the last move, the indiscriminate large-scale attack of destined death , within the covering range, even if you have the ability to avoid instant death, you will be pushed to the end. It is really terrifying, I can't imagine a mortal being able to do this."

Miss Rita Swift handed Shade a towel, and Shade wiped the water from his face. Miss Aurora's hand is transmitting warmth to Shade, and he feels better:

"But what is certain is that Barton really wants to enter real death through one of the three passages, and then find the soul of his beloved in death."

"We and Devlin are guarding the passage on the mountainside. There is a church and a phoenix at the top of the mountain. Does he want to pass through the door at the foot of the mountain?"

Miss Aurora guessed:

"After all, you met him near the natural church in the narrow room."

"That might just be to distract the church. He just used the mystery lock, and the guarding souls in the church can also notice it, not to mention the church you mentioned entering the narrow room to look for him. I think soon, We can get the news from the Five Gods Church. Therefore, it is possible for him to use three channels."

After hesitating, he added:

"The chosen ones of balance stay at the church at the foot of the mountain. In addition, the church has three thirteen-ring magicians locally, and there is one from the three major thaumaturgy academies. Even if they are scattered, there is still a thirteen-ring magician in one passage."

"No, the three thirteen rings of the church should all be on the mountain. They are needed for the ceremony."

Grandma Cassandra said, this old witch who always smiled, now also had a worried expression on her face:

"No matter what, the last moment is finally coming. It seems that the ceremony is not today on Tuesday, but should be tomorrow, Wednesday evening. Shade, what are you going to do tomorrow?"

Shade blinked:

"Since Fort Midhill is so dangerous tomorrow, I plan to stay in Tobesk and wait for your good news."

"This is a poor lie."

Miss Aurora smiled:

"In short, no matter what you want to do, be careful."

She would never have imagined what Shade's goal was.

In just one hour when Xia De fell asleep, most of the real time had passed.

It was noon on Tuesday, and the witches invited Shade to have lunch with them, but Shade declined the invitation as he still had things to do. Before he left Cassandra Auction House, Granny Cassandra handed Shad a somewhat rusty red butterfly pendant. This was a complete pendant with the whispering element attached to it:

"The teachers are still in the room, and they are expected to be able to move around tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Now that the room is on the verge of collapse, they dare not go out at the risk of catalyzing a disaster. Shade, this is an item made by the teachers. It can allow you to temporarily Use part of the red butterfly's power. But don't use it lightly unless absolutely necessary, the power attached to it is too powerful."

"Grace and Helen."

Mother-in-law Cassandra couldn't possibly know what Shade wanted to do, but the Gemini girls probably guessed that Shade would enter the narrow room again tomorrow.

After bidding farewell to the two witches, Shade once again went to the Church of the Sun in the Diocese of Fort Midhill, and it took a lot of effort to see Iluna.

He told the seventeen-year-old girl about the situation in the dream, emphasizing the mystery of the lock and the fate of death, and reminded her to be careful. At the same time, Shade also knew that the average level of the team sent into the narrow room by the Church of Nature today was level 8.

But neither Shade nor Iluna was very optimistic about their actions.

Wrote a letter to Sister Devlin at the House of the Blind and then returned to Tobesk. When he got home, it was already the evening. Shade was holding someone else's cat in his arms and waiting for Luvia to get off work on the first floor of the Prophet's Association. Then the two went to a restaurant on Silver Cross Avenue for dinner.

Luvia listened quietly to Shade's account of what happened today. After he finished speaking, she asked softly:

"So after returning home, you will prepare your travel equipment, and then go to Fort Midhill to wait for the church ceremony to start tomorrow?"

"Yes, when the church ceremony begins, it is when the protective power of the three channels is most dispersed. There is a high probability that Joey Barton will take action at that time. I will go deep into the narrow room, using this body instead of going deep into the narrow room through dreams. In the Narrows, I will see the end of Joey Barton."

Shade was cutting the steak on the dinner plate:

"Since he doesn't want to look back, and he doesn't want to look back, I can only regard him as an enemy. Fortunately, with the [Night Watch] in hand, I have the confidence to face the Mystic Lock again. Coupled with Iluna, this time It shouldn’t be a big problem.”

Although his tone was relaxed, Luvia knew how dangerous this was.

The purple-eyed girl specially put on light makeup in order to go out to dinner with Shade. At this time, she pursed her lips:

"You chose to go to the church at the bottom of the mountain instead of the mountain? Why?"

Shade used the fork in his hand to arrange the three pieces of meat in parallel on the plate. Mia Cat looked at him expectantly:

"Priest August is at the top of the mountain now, and Sister Devlin is following the witches to the mountainside. Isn't the rest of the answer obvious? Moreover, Iluna is at the bottom of the mountain. Even to protect her safety, I can't go anywhere else. place."

"Does she need your protection?"

Luvia whispered, shaking her red wine glass under the gas lamp, the wine-red liquid showed a blurred color:

"I really hate this feeling of waiting, waiting for you to come back from your adventure."

"Since the Starry Whale did not appear tonight, it will definitely appear tomorrow night. While you are waiting for me to come back, you can also complete the major activities of the School of Liberal Arts this fall. This process is not boring."

Shade sighed:

"Actually, I also want to see this legendary creature. Unfortunately, I will most likely be in the narrow room tomorrow night."

"You know, that's not what I'm talking about."

Luvia shook her head, lowered her head and dug out the divination card from her handbag, pushed it to Shade and motioned for him to draw one:

"It's still the same old rule. Before setting off, let me do some divination for you, my knight."

Shade nodded, first patted off Mia's outstretched paw, and then took out a picture from the middle:

"The ferryman."

The playing card shows an endless river surface, with only half of the huge moon floating on the water. The ferryman in a robe shook his oar and sailed towards the moon.

He placed the card face up on the top of the deck, and then handed the cards back to Luvia:

"So, what does this card mean?"

"You will become an important guide, guide the direction for someone important, and be rewarded for it - this is the most basic meaning of this card."

"What about other meanings?"

Luvia shook her head and said nothing. Shade could tell that she was in a bad mood, but he also understood what she was thinking at this time. The three of them had obviously agreed to witness all this together, but this time, it was Shade and Iluna who faced it again, while Luvia could only wait silently.

"Iluna told me today that she will be able to return to Tobesk on the weekend, and she also invited us to have dinner and watch the opera together. By then, shall we still go to the King of Delrayon Opera House? Maybe this time we can change it place."

He changed the subject with a smile, and the waiter pushed the dining cart and brought clam soup. Shade loosened the buttons on his formal cuffs, then motioned for Luvia to look over:

"look."

He pierced his fingers into his sleeves, and then "twisted" a somewhat withered red rose out of the sleeves:

"For you, Luvia."

The young waiter on the side thought it was magic, but the girl with purple eyes saw that it was the effect of thaumaturgy [toy making].

She took the flower and forced a smile. Shade leaned back and leaned slightly on the back of his chair. He looked away from the beautiful girl at the same table and looked at the crystal chandelier above the high-end restaurant.

That light is beautiful, very beautiful.

[How many flowers did you buy from that flower seller? 】

There was a murmur in my ears.

"Baduo."

Shade remembered it clearly.

【How many flowers have been given out now? 】

"Iluna, Queen Diana, Miss Carina, Tifa, and Luvia sent five flowers."

He thought for a moment:

"Oh, and Lecia and Dorothy, they took one together. So, there are still two flowers left."

[Who are you going to give the rest to? 】

The light reflected Shade's eyes brightly, and there were many ladies around him secretly looking at him. Luvia also took the flowers and looked across the table at the handsome young man with a smile on his face.

Sometimes, the purple-eyed girl couldn't believe how lucky she was to meet this young detective who loved cats.

"Those flowers are not just roses. As for who I plan to give them to."

His right hand unconsciously reached to his chest, tapped it lightly, and then took out a handkerchief. This movement was so natural that no one could tell there was anything wrong with it.

Only "she" is smiling gently, "she" always does.