Whispering Poems

Chapter 1182 Medal and Abandoned Church

In short, the matter of Tobesk has been dealt with temporarily, and the new adventure can start.Considering that he might not be back until very late, on Tuesday morning, Xia De entrusted Dorothy to take care of Mia temporarily today, and Miss Writer of course agreed.

"May the original crack bless me in the infinite space."

In the basement of his home, Xia De reached out to touch the statue of the ancient god alone, and as the thick white fog around him surged rapidly, he entered the fog.

[Outlander, you have stepped into the 'space maze'. 】

[Message from the ancient god "Primary Rift":]

[Existing space road signs: 5. 】

Glancing at the five dilapidated road signs on the trail, Xia De raised his head and drank the potion "Oak Tree's Lucky Potion", and then held up the white stone crystal in the mist:

"Sacrifice to the space labyrinth."

The stone turned into a wisp of white mist and disappeared in Xia De's hands. At the same time, "she" reminded:

[New information has been obtained, you can search for new space landmarks, please choose a direction. 】

"southwest."

Xia De said in a very calm voice, the voice fell, and the sixth road sign appeared on the path in the thick fog, still in the dilapidated shape that seemed to have been destroyed by time for a hundred years.

After passing the first five road signs, Xia De stretched out his hand and pressed it on the rotten wood.

[The original crack will guide you. 】

The surrounding white mist slowly dispersed, like a curtain moving towards the sides.Xia De looked at the statue of the ancient god that he touched, and as he watched, the statue emitted a soft light, illuminating the dark circular space.

"Every hidden space seems to be the same size."

He muttered softly, and then looked at the other items here except the statue.

In fact, due to the similar hidden space, as long as one has the "space" spirit rune, one can enter, so before Shade arrives at a certain space, there may be things left by other people here.

For example, he found the information left by the "Light Guiding Priory" in the basement of his home, and found a corpse whose identity has not been identified so far in the vineyard of the White River Valley, and the island in the center of the Pantanal Lake is an empty corpse. Rough gray stone bookshelves.

At this time, the hidden space corresponding to the sixth road sign was not empty, and there was an iron box next to the wall.The box itself was covered with wood, and some rusty iron bars hooped the box. This appearance inexplicably reminded Xia De of the relic [Treasure Box Monster] he encountered on the [Fishbone Pirate Ship].

[No, it is certain that this is just an ordinary box. 】

"She" reminded softly.

So Xia De didn't leave here in a hurry to confirm which city it was, but knelt down on one knee in front of the box.

The box itself has a built-in lock. Judging from the shape of the lock, the box may be quite old.Fortunately, under the effect of [Key to the Door], this lock does not exist.Just when he lifted the lid of the box, Xia De was a little worried that the ancient wooden box would disintegrate.

squeak~
Fortunately, it was much stronger than it looked. After opening it, I saw that half of the box was full of books.

""Randall Valley Folklore", "Spring City Fairy Tales", "The Silmarillion", "Crazy Earth", "Praise of Flowers"."

He took out a few of the books and looked through them, and he was sure that seven of them were books written by ring warlocks, while the others were mostly religious books of the Orthodox Church, or ordinary books that recorded folklore or mythological stories.

Let's look at the other items in the box besides the book. They are two extremely gorgeous jewel-encrusted metal medals in the box, an unsealed letter, and gold coins all over the bottom of the box.

Shad had seen those two medals more than once at many banquets in Tobesk during the winter, and they were seen in the medals hanging on the chests of the Carsonrick nobles who attended the banquet.

"let me see."

He rubbed his fingertips on the metal medal, and then noticed the medal number.In this way, it is very simple to know who the original owners of these medals are.

There was no postage stamp or address on the unsealed letter, but there was some faded dark blue ink on the envelope, which told Shad who the letter was for:

[To you who read this letter. 】

"Letter to me."

Xia De nodded and took out the letter paper.The exaggerated cursive letters used by the nobles come into view, which are quite difficult to read:

【To those who opened this letter.I don't know your identity, and I can't confirm the identity of the next Ring Warlock who will come here, but if you want, can you read my story? 】

Shad continued to look down, and then described the story of a low-level warlock named "Thomas Granger".Mr. Granger was born in a well-known local family in Randall Valley. He unexpectedly awakened his talent, and under the guidance of a passing local ring wizard, he successfully became a ring wizard.

"It seems that this is indeed the Randall Valley."

It took him ten years to advance to the fourth ring, but he also knew that his limit was probably like this.Entering middle age, Mr. Granger focused more on his ordinary life as a nobleman's heir, until this gentleman was cursed by an accident.The curse not only left him with only a few weeks to live, but it also stained the items he carried with him.

Other items are not important, but the two family treasured medals cannot be left alone like this.That strange curse will not weaken with the passage of time, but will become stronger and stronger. Therefore, Mr. Granger, at the end of his life, put these books and medals here to suppress the curse with miracle elements.

He hoped that the latecomers could return those two medals to his family.And the gold coins at the bottom of the box and the books in his own collection are the rewards for returning the medal.

"There is indeed no curse on the medal. It seems that his thinking is correct. But why is it not written in this letter? How did he find this place?"

Xia De muttered, and saw that the date written on the signature was 1780, but now it is 1854.Although the time is less than a hundred years, it is already a long time ago.

There are no traces of the curse on the items in the box, and the gold coins covered at the bottom of the box, after rough identification by Shade, are the original "Randall coins" in the Randall Valley area before the establishment of the Carson Rik United Kingdom. Gold coins minted in the Principality, an antique now known as the Randall Crown.

He counted it, and there are 51 gold coins in total, all of which are in good condition.Although he is not sure about the value that can be sold, Xia De believes that if they are converted into money, it will definitely exceed his current savings.

"Thank you, Mr. Granger."

He said softly, intending to send the medal back.This is not only because of the rewards of these gold coins, but also because he knows nothing about the Randall Valley, and in order to find the key mentioned by "Luvia", he must at least establish a certain social relationship in the local area.

"I hope that the Granger family won't fall as well."

The books and gold coins were kept where they were, and they were moved home when they returned, and the letters and medals were put in their pockets.Xia De turned to look at the wall facing the statue, and under the light of the [Time and Space] spirit rune, the hidden path was opened.

As usual, it was dark outside, only slightly cold air poured in.

"What's out there?"

Walking out along the narrow and long hidden passage, after confirming that there is no one here, I lit the moonlight on my fingertips.

This is the corner of a dilapidated room. The space here is not very large, and the surrounding walls, including the ceiling, are all made of square bricks and stones.Next to the wall on the right, there are some half-collapsed stone shelves. It seems that this place should be a storage room or something.

Although there is dust on the ground, there are no spider webs or small animals such as mice or bats.Although the air is not good, it does not have the smell of corruption that is unique to abandoned buildings:
"Perhaps there are still people living here."

The door to leave the room was on the side, and the stairs up were blocked by collapsed shelves, and it looked like it was still underground this time.

However, when Xia De walked to the top of the stone stairs, he unexpectedly found that the stone door could not be pushed open.

"Flianna's Witch's Light!"

The palm of his right hand exuded a golden light, and as his arm melted and penetrated the wooden door, Xia De saw that the corridor outside had collapsed, and a part of the ceiling blocked the position of the door.

There is no way, Xia De can only use [Moonlight Great Sword] and [Witch's Light] to forcibly open up an outward path.Fortunately, the collapse of the ceiling only reached the position of this door. After leaving the underground storage room, he could still choose to go in another direction.

"It's all like this. It seems that no one lives there, but why don't you see any small animals?"

This is indeed an abandoned building, and the interior space of the building itself is really not small.Although there were collapsed walls and ceilings everywhere, which greatly restricted Shad's comprehensive exploration, he still felt that this place might be an abandoned church.

Of course, the churches of the Church of the Five Gods will not be abandoned easily, but the churches of the old gods who have gone away may have been preserved in the sixth era for various reasons.

It's a pity that time is fair to churches without faith, and there is no trace of the church's ownership left here.

Relying on his understanding of church buildings, Xia De broke through a wall before finding the corridor leading to the front hall.Along the semi-curved corridor to the end, the sunlight makes the eyes that have adapted to the darkness a little uncomfortable.

Shad raised his hand to cover his eyebrows, squinted, and saw the nave of the church in the snow, illuminated by the sun.

There is a big hole above the church door in the eastern part of the ceiling, the winter sun slanted in, and specks of dust swirled around the beam of light, which illuminated the old stone pulpit.This picture is extremely shocking, the traces of time and time are clearly visible here, and the pulpit in the light seems to have witnessed all the stories here.

(End of this chapter)