Whispering Poems

Chapter 1639 The seven-day journey started again
[Outlander, you have stepped into the "Time Corridor". 】

[A message from the ancient god "Father of the Infinite Tree":]

[Fifth Epoch 923 spring, Central Continent, Lost Forest. 】

[Event: Travelers' Story Meeting. 】

[Duration three 10 minutes (2/3). 】

[You have additional information. 】

[The figure of the father of the infinite tree continues to watch you. 】

[The ancient god of time will continue to test you. 】

[Help the travelers to end the story with the "God of Journey". 】

[The father of the infinite tree will give you rewards: thaumaturgy - powerful spatial perception, a piece of real information - dragon. 】

He continued to take a step in the thick white mist without pausing, and as the white mist slowly opened to both sides like a curtain, the dense forest land in the dark night with thin mist drifting was displayed in front of Xia De.

The temperature is very different from that of a warm and comfortable home, and the rancid smell made Xia De, who had just had breakfast, very uncomfortable.This time, he didn't pay attention to observe the green glowing lines on the trees, let alone the corpses nailed to the trees, but ran forward immediately.

[Note that the fog in this forest is similar to the composition of the fog in the central island of Green Lake. 】

Last time, "she" didn't have such a reminder, probably because when Xia De landed on the island for the second time, he had more in-depth contact with the dense fog on the island.

Of course, now is not the time to think about such things.The malice of the Lost Forest chased after him closely.In the endless darkness that he couldn't look back, the remnants of the souls lost on the road and the land's malice towards travelers tried to make him stay in this endless mountain forest forever.

In the eerie forest, whispers that tempt Xia De to stop and rest in place are continuous, and the hoarse voice whispering despair is trying to convince Xia De that the end of the journey must be hopeless death.

The temperature of the body is dropping rapidly, and the physical strength is losing at an abnormal rate.It was only half a minute of running in the forest, and Xia De was already out of breath, but at this moment, a faint warm yellow bonfire glow appeared in the gap between the forests in front of him.

At this moment, all abnormalities in the forest disappeared.Xia De subconsciously slowed down and continued to move forward, and finally came to the camp in the forest occupied by bonfires and small tents.

It didn't seem long since Xia De left last time.The witch Alella Andriana, the maid Clara, the old knight Zafiel Yellen of the Kingdom of Naboth, and the bard Decca Enriquez who claimed to be a baron, just like the first time Shade went to Just like when I came, sitting around the campfire.

But this time their spirits were not numb.

The old knight took good care of the bonfire, with dry firewood piled up beside him; the bard was writing something in his notebook with a serious expression on his face; Other items prepared to complete the journey included a very conspicuous card; while the maid in the black dress leaned against her master to rest with her eyes closed, and was awakened by Shad's footsteps.

His footsteps caught everyone's attention, and the young brown-haired witch stood up first, with a relieved smile on her face:
"You're finally back? We've been waiting for you for a long time."

"Long time no see, ma'am, I kept you waiting. Did something happen while I was away?"

Shad asked, walking towards the bonfire.The witch nodded:

"Some lost souls have once arrived at this camp. But they are all souls, not living people like us. Even though I tried to keep them to ask about the situation, they still left one by one."

"This woodland can devour souls."

The voice of the bard was trembling with half fear and half excitement and said:

"If we hadn't finished God's seven-day travel story, I think we'd be lost here too."

"Calm down."

The old knight patted the listless bard's shoulder with a generous slap. He still looked so reliable:
"God gave us a chance, and we are doing well so far, don't give up hope."

Xia De, who rushed towards him very politely, smiled, and Xia De also nodded in response.

Xia De, who came to the bonfire, lowered his eyes and looked at the item placed under the witch's feet, the card with the card back he was familiar with;
"This is... Our identity cards, didn't they all disappear when the gods allowed us to rest?"

Xia De curiously pointed to the card and said:
"Miss Andriana, is this the 'Game of Life' card you carry around?"

The witch was taken aback for a moment, then shook her head:
"No, I don't play card games. This is my divination card, which led me here to find Clara's sister."

After the witch agreed, the maid Clara bent down and picked up the card, and handed it to Shad for inspection.Shad turned the card face up, and then saw the face of the card.

The man who couldn't see his face turned his back to the outside of the card, holding a book in one hand and pointing to the inside of the card, while the background of the card was the grotesque glowing bubbles in the infinite black starry sky.

"Everything is impermanent."

He was startled, but blinked, and returned the card to the witch.

Miss Arella Andriana asked with some doubts:
"Look at your expression, do you recognize this card?"

"Yes, according to rumors, the thirteen cards that this card belongs to are the origin of all 'Game of Life' cards. This... is very valuable."

He pursed his lips and said, but in the end he didn't propose that he wanted the witch to leave the cards to a specific person after this adventure, or put the cards in a specific place.

Having been through so much, and being exposed to so many Impermanence cards, Shad has long understood that these cards can only be owned by those who are destined to own them.Instead of deliberately creating an event to let the future self get this card, it is better to let the card itself travel through thousands of years of history, across the years of the fifth era, and actively appear in his hands in a reasonable way. If he is really destined to have it.

Everything is impermanent, everything is impermanent, this cannot be achieved through deliberate pursuit.Besides, Xia De has long learned the lesson of wanton manipulation of time and fate.

Now that Xia De has come back, the seven-day story that went on to the second day can naturally continue.The four people by the bonfire came to the narrow space between the bonfire and the tent together with Xia De. After sitting down in a circle like last time, Xia De took out the unicorn power that he had obtained from the elf girl. Method, handed the notebook to the witch.

This high-ranking witch obviously has the ability to read quickly. Just as she was flipping through the book, Xia De also transformed the toy cat in her pocket back into the appearance of Mia.

"Meow~"

Although a little uncomfortable with the surrounding environment, Mia still screamed happily, wriggling in Xia De's arms.Several other people were also attracted by the meowing, but no one asked why Shad brought a cat.

At this time, voices also appeared in the dilapidated small tent.The traveler with the luggage on his back stepped out of the tent again:

"The traveler under the moon has returned, the short break is over, let us continue the story of this boring night."

The god said kindly, then looked at the cat that Xia De was holding, and said nothing after being slightly surprised.

He still sat on the ground opposite Shad, with his back to the bonfire.The stack of cards in the luggage flew out automatically and landed on the open space among the crowd, and everyone's ID card also flew in front of them.

Xia De's identity card "Traveler under the Moon" had a blank card last time, but this time there was content on the card.

It was a grassland with the dark blue night sky as the background, and the silver moon occupied nearly half of the area above the card, illuminating the small figure walking from left to right on the grassland.The figure on the card is really small, like an ant compared to the huge moon.If Xia De wasn't very familiar with himself, he wouldn't even recognize that figure as himself.

"Meow~"

Mia immediately stretched out her paws to fiddle with the card, but after sniffing it, she found that it was inedible, so she suddenly lost interest.

"Where did the last story go?"

God asked with a smile, looking at the bard who lowered his head and dared not look around.Feeling the "weight" of that gaze, the poet says:

"The travelers met a black-robed boatman by the river. After defeating the Cyclops and getting gold coins, the boatman refused to let the travelers under the moon board."

"Yes, the stories of the travelers will continue here. Since you don't want to give up your companions, is there another way? The story must continue. If you don't make a decision for a long time, terrible things may happen. "

The god looked at Xia De again, and Xia De nodded:

"Since the traveler under the moon is unable to board the ship because he is different from other travelers, he will find a way to make himself the same as other travelers."

He took out the bottle of brown potion, first touched Mia's little head warningly, and after the cat made a whimpering sound, he pulled out the cork and took two gulps under the eyes of everyone. ——Prevent other accidents from insufficient deformation time.

The familiar burning sensation of the body appeared, followed by the feeling that the whole body was melting.When all this was over, Xia De opened his eyes and saw that everyone seemed to have grown taller, and Mia was looking at him cautiously, with a look of wanting to get close but not daring to get close.

"I'm not proficient in Transfiguration, so I can only rely on potions."

The man's voice coming out of the cat's mouth was very strange, but the witch still nodded.Xia De then looked at Mia again, an orange and white cat about one year old, smaller than Xia De's cat.

It walked over hesitantly, then lay down in front of Xia De's front paws, and made a very gentle "meow" sound.Xia De did not understand cat language because he became a cat, but at least he understood that his "warning" to Mia before his transformation was still very useful.

(End of this chapter)