Whispering Verse

Holding the cat and leaning on the back of the sofa, he turned his head slightly and looked out the window at Tobesk in the distance. In the morning of late autumn, being able to stay at home with nothing to do is particularly pleasant for outsiders who have been traveling all autumn:

"I want to take a good rest. I've been really busy these days."

"It's time to rest. Oh, one more thing, the observation of star whales has ended. Last night when the witch led her followers to deal with the problem on the third floor, I used my astronomical telescope and saw whales swimming in the starry sky. The scene of moving towards the dark moon was beautiful. Of course, my poor telescope was broken later because I observed the fight between the two great beings. Because there were many people waiting for those astral creatures, the Godcaller probably It will be more famous than before. After all, no one has ever heard that a mortal can call a god twice, especially the god of Silver Moon, who is suspected to be an old god from the past era."

Luvia said with a smile, and Shade shook his head in embarrassment:

"This is nothing special. If I don't have to do it, I don't want to be the carrier of the gods. First, the master of the blood feast, and then the vampire Duke Lao Er, hope that I will not encounter the evil god related to blood again. "

Shade said with some fear. Luvia did not want to continue talking about the topic of gods. Diviners are more avoidant than ordinary magicians, so she changed the topic:

"Xia De, I don't want to move the stargazing equipment on the third floor. Can I leave it at your house? This way, it's convenient for me. I can come over anytime at night."

Purple eyes looked at Shade.

[Do you know what this means? 】

A voice rang in my ears.

"Of course I understand, I'm not a fool."

Shade responded in his heart, but nodded slightly on the surface:

"No problem, just leave the key in your hand with you. When I'm not at home for something, you can always come and help me feed Mia."

He and Luvia both laughed.

"The third chosen one is Sister Devlin, and the third section of the poem finally ends."

Luvia let out a long breath:

"In short, since this spring, a lot has happened throughout the year, but this time it is still complete. I hope that everything will be peaceful in the remaining two months of this year."

It's already October, Friday the 25th of the Dead Leaf Moon.

"I also hope that life can be calmer. I haven't been idle all autumn."

Shade shook his head and thought about the time:

"How about we go to dinner together at noon? Tifa made a reservation for us at the restaurant before leaving. She said Miss Carina asked her to help make the reservation. After opening the door of death on Wednesday night, until I come back in the early morning, you and Carina What did Miss Linna say?"

"About the Chosen One, I'll talk to you again when I have time. I told some unimportant secrets, and she is also willing to share more topics about the Chosen One with me."

Suddenly smiled:

"Shade, you have a really good appetite. I thought you were full with your breakfast."

Luvia teased, looking down at the front of her clothes, not knowing what she was thinking of. Then, she took out her pocket watch, took a look at it, stood up and pointed upstairs:

"It's not yet ten o'clock. Let's go and talk to you about the third floor before lunch. Miss Servitt probably told you that the traveler's travel door has been scrapped, but there are other conditions. I hope you don't I’m so surprised, not only did I not expect this, but even the duchess didn’t expect such a thing to happen.”

Holding the cat in his arms and following Luvia to the third floor, Shade was happy to find that the corridor was still the same as it was before, without the horrific scene of debris left in his imagination.

However, all traces of the sealing ceremony arranged on the third floor were gone. After Luvia turned on the gas light in the corridor at the entrance of the stairs, Shade was sure that the place looked no different from before.

There are three doors in the corridor, two are room doors and one is a trap door leading to the attic. The oil paintings hanging on the walls were selected by Tifa, and the style of the kerosene lamps were changed during the renovation. Shade rarely uses the third floor, but Luvia has been here frequently in the past month.

"You might not believe it."

Luvia covered her forehead and looked like she had a headache. Then the four-ring life ring behind her appeared. The fourth ring had a new black iron-colored whispering spirit rune [Death], which she helped open the door of death. reward.

The spiritual light of [Death] shone on the empty corridor. In that light, the space in the center of the corridor was distorted, and then the dark iron grate doors appeared on the ceiling of the corridor, one on the left and one on the left, almost completely symmetrical.

Complex iron art outlines the holy emblem of the ancient god [Ancient Death] on the fence gate. Patterns of elder flowers and mandala flowers appear alternately on both sides of the fence gate. The black iron railings resemble vines. The two are connected in series. Black iron-colored hinges locked the two doors together, but the lock was not visible.

This fence door completely blocked the entire corridor, and the other part of the corridor behind the door could be seen through the gap in the fence. However, in the gap between the two fence doors on the left and right, white mist actually floated out.

It's not the cold and wet fog in Hazama, but another familiar white fog.

"this"

Shade was stunned.

"Yes, that's right, it's what you think."

Luvia said, reaching out to the fence door and pushing it. Of course, because there was an iron chain, it couldn't be pushed open. She tried to untie the iron chain, but she couldn't pull it at all:

"Because of my adventurous actions with Carina Cavendish, the [Traveller's Travel Gate] was out of control, and what's even more unfortunate was that the border was also out of control. But fortunately, luck was good, and the two kinds of out of control were superimposed on each other. Together, it seems that a door that has been permanently fixed here has been opened. The boundary has become another kind of wonderful space."

She turned to look at Shade:

"Yes, it's the kind of space you're familiar with."

"[Ancient Death] legacy, soul cemetery?!"

Shade gave the answer, but asked doubtfully:

"But how could it be, how could [Soul Cemetery] appear here?"

"The spaces left by the ancient gods are definitely not formed naturally. They are created by some kind of great power and can be summoned through some special rituals. You once said that because you were present when Darkness was killed, [Everything is impermanent· Dark] absorbed [Dark Dungeon], allowing the door of the Dark Dungeon to be placed in the basement. You also said that in addition to killing the chosen ones, there are other ways to call these spaces using rituals or special means, but the conditions are very harsh .”

Seeing Shade nodding, the purple-eyed girl continued:

"What we did that night was a little different from what you said about the way witches of the Fifth Age open doors, but it was most likely a ritual to call the gate of the [Soul Cemetery]. It was an eye-opener for the witch and I. But it is almost impossible to repeat this ritual process.”

In fact, it is completely impossible. Shade can't think of anyone else who would be trapped in death:

"Two doors in the basement and one door on the third floor. Now I have three more doors in my house."

He sighed softly.

"But the problem now is that neither Carina Cavendish nor I can open this door."

Luvia tried to shake the hinges on the fence door again:

"I think you should be able to open it. After all, probably no one knows these wonderful spaces better than you."

She left the gate and it slowly disappeared.

Shade, who was holding the cat, reluctantly accepted the fact that he had lost another relic, but had an extra door. The life ring appeared behind him, the spiritual light of [True Death] shone in the center of the corridor, and the fence door appeared again:

"According to my summary, in addition to the location of the door, there are three requirements for entering the space left by the ancient gods: First, you must have the corresponding spiritual runes, such as [Death] and [Real Death]."

Shade also came to the fence gate and put Mia on the floor. The cat looked at the fence gate in front of him curiously, and then slipped through the gap in the fence - this was easy for the small cat. It made it to the second half of the corridor.

"Then you need a spell. For example, [World Tree protects me in time]."

Shade said, then looked at the fence gate in front of him, and finally recognized the elderflower as words:

"And corresponding to [Soul Cemetery], it should be - [The eternal end protects me before the end.]"

As he chanted softly in the ancient language, the hinges on the door began to move. It released the two closed gates and circled around the iron pole on the right, like a metal snake.

Luvia tried to push again, but still didn’t push away:

"What about the third point?"

Shade smiled and said:

“The third point is that you need some kind of special artifact, such as [Time Corridor] - Time Key, [Judge’s Court] - Ancient God Emblem, [Space Labyrinth] - Ancient God Statue, [Witch Council] - Witch Jewelry. Because the dark door in the basement was obtained through special means, it does not require artifacts or spiritual runes, only spells, but this is not possible. The question is, what special artifacts are needed to open this door?"

Shade thought deeply, then pushed casually——

Squeak~

The door opened, but behind it was not the second half of the corridor where little Mia was, but a white mist door with white mist creeping behind it.

"Huh? Why did you open it?"

[Put your hands on the railing. 】

"She" reminded softly, Shade immediately did so and received a quick reply:

[To open this door, you need to be contaminated with the breath of death. This requires complex rituals, but any living person who comes out of death has the breath of death on his body. 】

Shade finally understood when the voice of "her" sounded in his ears. After telling Luvia the answer, Luvia nodded curiously:

"Let's go in and have a look."

She grabbed Shad's hand. This door was pushed open by Shad. She needed to grab Shad to enter.

"Okay, I'm also curious about what it does."

Little Mia squeezed out again from the gap in the fence. The cat looked at the white mist door with a shocked expression on its face, wondering why the front and back of the door were different.

Shade smiled and hugged Mia, and then walked into the fog door with Luvia.