Whispering Poems

Chapter 1368 The Spirit's Prophecy
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The servants and maids subconsciously protected Margaret, and Shade also stood in front of Margaret.But seeing that the old man really fell down, he squatted down again and tried to help him up.The old man was not unconscious, and he wanted to struggle to stand up, but even if he held Xia De's hand, he still couldn't get up:

"Oh, young man, I can't seem to feel my right leg anymore."

He groaned as he spoke.

"Your right leg is still there, is it unconscious? Let me knock, do you feel it?"

Xia De then patted the knee of the old man's right leg with his hand, and at the same time as the old man expressed his unconsciousness again, "she" gave the answer.

[Signs of petrification appeared on the right leg. 】

"what?"

He was startled, but there was obviously no sign of Crazy Earth around the Stonemasons Association.So after getting the old man's consent, Xia De rolled up his trousers. His right leg was not petrified, it was still flesh, but the color was very different from the color of his hands and face.

[The high probability is the influence of the crazy land, but the symptoms are very mild. 】

This was a remarkable thing, and the staff of the association rushed over after hearing the news and sent the old gentleman to the hospital.

Xia De originally thought that the old man had come into contact with the black mud somewhere, and he only needed to investigate the corresponding location and then purify it, which would even allow him to obtain another Holy Grail.But the result was worse than he thought. When Margaret bid farewell to him and he was on his way to the Wilde Opera House in a carriage alone, when chatting with the coachman, the coachman also told Shad similar things:
"At two o'clock this afternoon, when I was waiting for guests at the entrance of the Prophet Association in the city center, I saw people using a stretcher to carry out a young man who couldn't see clearly and was wearing the uniform of the Association. I heard that he suddenly became paralyzed. No, the whole lower body is numb.”

This gave Xia De a very bad feeling.

After rushing to the Wilde Opera House, Shade quickly found Miss Benanis in the director's office on the third floor.Seeing Shad coming, Miss Benanis confirmed Shad's conjecture:

"Xia De, bad news. Since noon today, ordinary people with petrified limbs have appeared one after another in the urban area. It's not complete petrification, like some kind of physical disease, but the church has judged that this is related to the distortion of the earth. Crazy about it."

Her expression is serious:
"It's other cases that we don't know about, and there are more than 200 cases. These people live in various locations in the Randall Valley, and there is no commonality at all."

"Is the water source polluted again? Or is the land completely out of control?"

Xia De asked in shock.

"The situation is unclear at this time."

Miss Lathers, coming in from the door, said she had just returned from outside:

"There is news from the intelligence dealers in the black market that those patients who have symptoms of petrification in their limbs have been fully taken over by the church. They are not directly and completely petrified, but have abnormal hardening symptoms in their muscles or bones. The church has released rumors , calling the disease the 'Plague of Petrification', interpreting it as a disease of the bones, will probably be in the papers tomorrow."

"Plague? Is it contagious?"

"probably not."

"Will the symptoms continue to worsen?"

"meeting."

said Miss Lathers, turning and closing the door:
"The first case appeared at 35:[-] noon, and then similar cases appeared in various areas of the city. Because a large number of similar cases appeared in a short period of time, it aroused the attention of the Church of the Five Gods in this diocese. It's about the earth."

The young girl had a worried expression on her face:
"I'm very worried. This is a harbinger of a complete madness on the earth."

The witch frowned slightly:

"I'll go to the parliament first and report the situation to the speaker. Since 100 cases can appear today, and there may be more tomorrow, we can't assume that the church has a way to control the situation in a short period of time. Really, although I thought it would happen sooner or later. problem, but I didn’t expect it to be so fast.”

Speaking of standing up and walking to the corridor outside, Miss Lassus asked Shad:

"Can you contact the guardians as soon as possible? At least you must know what the situation is now."

Xia De shook his head slightly:

"I can't get in touch. They don't want to show up easily now. Moreover, I suspect that even they can't solve this matter."

Originally, Xia De and Luvia made an appointment to meet the elf girl outside the city tonight and get back the "clean water of the elf" that Xia De wanted.But Luvia arrived at the opera house 10 minutes later than the scheduled time, and she spoke about the large number of abnormal cases in the city:
"The association will organize a large-scale divination ceremony tonight to locate the location of the possible crazy land. Xia De, I can't go outside the city with you tonight."

The girl with purple eyes apologized, Xia De shook his head:
"It's okay, I'll go by myself. But what's the situation? Crazy Earth, has it appeared in the water source again?"

"I hope so."

Luvia's and Miss Lathers' concerns were surprisingly consistent:
"The association has communicated with the local church. This is not a source of pollution, but more like a plague."

She said the word with difficulty:

"The earth is sick, and the essence of the crazy earth is a local phenomenon caused by the madness of the earth. Now, this phenomenon has become more and more intense, so that it has also produced additional effects in areas where there are no strong symptoms."

Shad and Miss Lathers looked at each other:

"There is no way to treat it?"

"Hold the Chosen Ceremony."

Luvia looked at Xia De:

"Looking at the current situation, it can only be suppressed and cannot be reversed. According to the news from the association headquarters, the date when the first Randall flower will bloom normally this year should be two weeks later, in the first half of March. And in Before that, no one knew what was going to happen."

"Witches, you should come to this city soon, right?"

Miss Lathers asked suddenly, Xia De nodded, and Iluna would come soon.

Miss Benanis hadn't returned from the council until Shad rode out of the city.Therefore, only Miss Lathers stayed at the Opera House to wait for the news, and Shad went to see Elf Miss Emilia alone.

This time there was no accident. Xia De lit a bonfire in the snow-covered forest, and after waiting for less than 10 minutes, he heard a cry of "ang~".

He stood up immediately, and sure enough, he saw the little pure white beast emitting soft light, and jumped out from the forest carrying the elf girl who was sitting sideways.The young unicorn was very excited to see Xia De, but before running over, he carefully observed his surroundings, not knowing what he was looking at.

"Are you here again?"

Xia De smiled and stroked the top of the little beast's head. With excitement in its blue eyes, the latter lay docilely beside Xia De.The elf girl also greeted Xia De, and gave the bag she was holding to Xia De:
"The materials you want, these should be enough."

Inside are small glass bottles filled with "clean water of spirits".

"That's enough, maybe even a little too much."

Xia De immediately said, and the elf girl waved her hand to indicate that it was okay.However, she didn't get up and leave immediately, but looked around vigilantly:

"Did something happen in the past two days? How do you feel that this place is a little different from when I came here on Monday? It's hard to say what it feels like. In short, something is wrong."

"hold head high!"

The little beast also barked in agreement.

"Your inspiration is quite sharp, and the curse of the earth is spreading."

Xia De briefly described what happened in the city today, and the elf girl was greatly surprised:

"I didn't expect that the prophecy actually happened."

"prophecy?"

Xia De was taken aback for a moment, thinking that the other party also knew the whispered poems.

"The prophecy of the elves, it is rumored that after the disappearance of the world tree, the power to stabilize the foundation of the earth will disappear. Therefore, the earth of the material world under our feet has become unstable step by step in the changing era, until it is completely crazy. And People living on the land will also gradually integrate with the earth during this process, and the initial manifestation is almost a petrified plague."

In order to describe more accurately, she used modern Elvish to tell these things:

"You and that lady, don't stay in the Randall Valley. Get out of here quickly. Even if the resistance of ring warlocks is much higher than that of ordinary people, if you stay in this land for a long time, problems will arise sooner or later."

"The Randall Valley is considered in mysticism, the center of the material world. Sooner or later, this disaster will spread to other places."

Xia De's hand gently stroked the hair on the back of the unicorn, and the elf looked at Xia De's side face in the firelight, feeling that at this moment, Xia De's eyes seemed to be shining:

"you want."

"Let's see here what the church will do to solve this matter. If I can do something, I will lend a helping hand. This is a major event that may not be encountered once in an era. Even if you take these risks, stay It's worth it to come down, but I can't let Miss Daniste see me, after all, I'm leaving the station without reporting."

"Is the life of correspondence students like this?"

The elf girl thought hesitantly, looked at the bonfire lit in front of her, and stretched out her hands to feel the heat:
"Speaking of which, I was accepted by Miss Daniste as a temporary librarian's assistant."

She said suddenly, and then thanked softly amidst the sound of the crackling bonfire:

"Miss Dennist said it was her student who suggested it. Was it you?"

"It's just a small matter. Miss Dennist just happened to ask me, and I happened to see your application again."

Xia De said indifferently, and the elf girl blushed again in the light of the bonfire to thank:

"After we met, you always helped me. I'm really embarrassed."

"Aren't you helping me with these?"

Xia De pointed to the small bottles beside him:
"Also, you'd better stop appearing in the Randall Valley too often recently. Before spring comes, many terrible things will happen here. I hope this time is the last time we meet before spring."

(End of this chapter)