Whispering Poems

Chapter 1652 Remains Coffin and Agreement

After bidding farewell to Old John, Mia would definitely not be able to take Mia with him for a while, so Xia De and Priest Augustus returned to No. [-], Plaza Saint Teresa together, and then the two went to have dinner before heading to Tobesk railway station in the north of the city.

The priest changed out of his usual clergyman's robe, while Shad remained in his usual black coat.

As the sun set, the five people who came with missions and secrets met at the gate of Tobysk Railway Station.After looking at each other, they divided into two groups and entered the train station.

The light at the intersection quickly dimmed, making the shadows of people passing by in a hurry longer and longer.In the dim setting sun, the gas street lamps flickered a few times, and were quickly lit up in sequence from far to near, and then straightly outlined the intertwined interior of the Northern Pearl under the night sky.

The trains come in and out one after another, and the dusty travelers pass by strangers. Although they may never meet again in their lifetime, they still don't know how to cherish the miracle of meeting at this moment.During the special period, the patrolling police officers stopped and went in the station, but no one noticed them. There were two ladies sitting on the bench on the westernmost side of the platform, and three men waiting on the edge of the platform.

The night has gradually deepened.The nights in spring are not very cold, but very gentle.It's just that the dust in the train station is a bit heavy, and the smell is unacceptable, but these make the scene at this time more realistic.

The dim yellow gas lamp illuminated the waiting five people, and the slow passing train blew the clothes of the three men, but they at the end of the platform did not participate in the journey that was preparing to leave the station. People's joys and sorrows.

The speed of the steam train that had just started was not fast, the levers on the wheels made rhythmic sounds, and the siren blared, as if it could make the land where people lived for generations tremble.

Bill Schneider, who was wearing a brown coat and a black hat, looked at the passing train in front of him.After the last car passed by, he looked down at his silver pocket watch.Clap~ There was a crisp sound of closing the watch cover, making the two people around him and the two ladies sitting on the bench behind him all look at him.

"It's seven o'clock, and there is still an hour. According to the request of the academy, I can now tell you about the relic and the trouble we may encounter."

He said softly, and brought Shad and Priest Augustus to the bench.Dorothy, who was wearing a black gauze dress, and Luvia, who was dressed in men's clothing, both stood up and asked Dr. Schneider to sit down - Luvia herself had short hair with a shawl, and it looked more neutral after being tied into a short ponytail.

The doctor opened the briefcase he was holding, and after confirming that the silence spell was still in effect, he said briefly:

"Tonight's delivery target is an angel-level relic [Remains of the Nameless Person]. The coffin is a special containment container made by the academy. The first requirement of the mission is that the coffin must not be opened under any circumstances."

He passed the black and white photo of the coffin to the four people for viewing, and then continued:
"The earliest surviving record of [The Remains of the Nameless One] comes from a stone tablet of the Third Era, and its original origin is in the early Second Era. The relic was lost in the late Fifth Era, suspected to be some kind of confrontational seal. About three years ago , St. Byrence's archaeological team discovered its traces in the New World, and successfully obtained it half a year ago, and completed its containment a month ago. Passing through Tobesk, it is part of the containment measures. What we need to do is to preserve the coffin until the next Once the sun came up."

He paused and said to the crowd:
"I've already rented a carriage and a warehouse in the West End of Tobesque, we need to stay there for one night."

The west area of ​​Tobesk is the industrial area of ​​Tobesk, and most of the steam factories and warehouses are concentrated there.

"What is our enemy?"

Luvia asked.

"Two parts. One part comes from the characteristics of the relic. We can't know all the characteristics of the relic itself. What we can know is that after night falls, the relic itself will be in a relatively active state. During this period, its power may break through the shackles of the coffin, creating space. out of place, and attract monsters beyond human comprehension."

"Is it enough to kill monsters?"

"No, you need to sprinkle salt on the coffin to strengthen the seal."

"It sounds like a weird superstition."

Priest Augustus whispered.

"Another part of the enemy came from the New World. Other than the Academy, there were other people who also discovered the remains. They didn't dare to confront the Academy's professors directly in the New World, nor did they dare to fight the Academy's support fleet at sea. But After entering the hinterland of civilization in the Old Continent, the academy was constrained, which gave those ring warlocks a chance."

The doctor passed this part of the information to the other four people:
"But don't worry too much. The strength of the academy cannot directly affect Tobesk, and it is difficult for those ring warlocks from the New World to act in Tobesk. After all, this is the most important parish of the Church of the Five Gods. Therefore, the academy will only Calling up one of our Ring Warlock squads to take part in the operation is a testament to the faith the Academy has placed in us."

Dr. Schneider is optimistic:
"The enemies this time do not belong to the same organization. They may come together, or they may be alone. After entering the northern territory of the old continent, Tobesk is the last place where they may succeed, so there is still some pressure tonight of."

He let everyone read the materials, and after five people signed the documents, the doctor passed these documents to the college through the poem manuscript pages he carried with him to prove the formality of the process.

The next step is to wait. Luvia, as the fortune teller in the team, also carried out a fortune teller for tonight's action.The results were rather confusing and difficult to decipher because of the angelic relic, but at least she didn't think it was bad news.

At [-]:[-] p.m., three loud shots were fired at close intervals from the east of the railway station.Xia De turned to look in that direction, seeing that other people didn't care, he also pretended not to hear.

For tonight's action, he not only brought the black time key, but even the [Night Watchman] was brought out by him.The long sword is not easy to hide, so Shade wrapped the scabbard in cloth and carried it with him as a long stick.

He couldn't go home overnight, and he wasn't worried about Little Mia.Rezia has agreed to take care of the cat tonight, and Dorothy has already hinted to Shad just now that Her Royal Highness has met Mia at No. A displeased cat is brought to the yordle house.

"Attention, the train is arriving early!"

The sound in the distance attracted the attention of Dr. Schneider. He raised his right hand and spoke, so Priest Augustus and the two ladies went to different directions to guard. Shade and the doctor, who were the highest in the team, continued to stand on the platform.

Not long after, the roaring train came to a stop with smoke, and white steam rushed from the bottom of the carriage onto the platform.This is a freight train, so there are not many people picking up the station.In the steam, the door of the first carriage was pushed open by Carrara~ from the inside, the huge carriage was quite empty, only a wooden crate was placed in the middle of the carriage, and six Ring Warlocks who seemed to be lack of sleep surrounded the wooden crate box, looked towards the platform quite vigilantly.

They are all central, and two of them are even eighth.Shad had no idea who these people were, but they were certainly not correspondence students.

A group of people in the carriage nodded to the doctor, so the doctor boarded the carriage first to confirm his identity, and after a while he gestured to Xia De below, so Xia De entered the carriage swiftly.

"Finally confirm the cargo information."

The bald man in the black hat headed by the carriage said that he was tall and extremely strong.The two lowest-ranking five-ring magicians opened the top cover of the unsealed wooden box. After the cover was lifted, there was hay inside. After the hay was pulled away, a dark metal coffin was revealed.

It was illuminated by the candles in hand, the kerosene lamp being carried, and the dim lights on the platform outside the carriage. The light was obviously weak, but the extremely smooth black metal could reflect a very conspicuous light.The coffin lid can even be used as a mirror. Simply put, this is a very high-grade coffin that has been polished.

Of course, Dr. Schneider didn't know how Xia De evaluated the things in front of him. He winked at Xia De, so Xia De, who had the strongest perception, reached out and touched the surface of the coffin.Although this coffin and the coffin on the central island of Green Lake are all black metal, the feeling after touching it is completely different.

bang~ bang~ bang~
Even without closing his eyes, [Heart of Stone] was automatically triggered at this moment, making Xia De feel the sound of heartbeat, which was more obvious than the noisy sound on the platform.At the same time, he couldn't detect any elements originally, but immediately felt the whisper after touching it.

【should be no problem. 】

"She" said softly, so Xia De nodded, and the doctor came to the head of the coffin. After pushing away the weeds, he saw more than 30 densely packed on the surface of the coffin through the kerosene lamp carried by the side. slots, but at this time only seven slots are filled with diamond-shaped gray crystals.

He picked out one of them and threw it to the bald man wearing a hat, who let out a long breath:

"It's finally over, and I won't accept this kind of task next time."

Every time a different team receives the coffin, one of the crystals needs to be taken out and given to the previous team.This was part of the containment ceremony, but Shad didn't feel any changes in the coffin after the crystal left.

The bald man took a step back away from the coffin, and then threw the gray cloth salt bag in his pocket and tied it with a string to the doctor:
"Keep it for your use. You must not use coarse salt, you must use refined salt. There is no need to save this money."

After that, he didn't say anything more to Xia De and the doctor, but with a smile, he called his companions to jump out of the car and left here.Listening to their conversation, it seems that they want to stay in the local area for a few days for sightseeing, and they rarely come to Tobesk.

After the group had gone far away, Xia De closed the lid of the wooden box to cover the polished black coffin.The doctor waved his hand in the distance, signaling to Priest Augustus, who was on guard outside, to find the porter he had found in advance.

In fact, even Xia De could lift the coffin by himself, but now the workers in other carriages are unloading, if he walks out with a coffin, it is equivalent to delivering goods to the church directly.

There was no accident in transporting the wooden box and the coffin inside out of the station. The carriage hired by the doctor was parked outside the station.

Speaking of which, Shad was also familiar with the style of that carriage.On the first day he came to this world, when the corpse transporter transported the corpse of Detective Sparrow, he used a carriage of a similar style, but this time the carriage did not hang the holy emblem of the Church of Creation and Destruction.

The coffin was placed in a narrow and closed carriage, but there was no driver in this carriage, and Dr. Schneider drove it himself for safety and security.The driver's seat was wide enough for two, and Priest Augustus sat beside him.

Xia De and Dorothy entered the carriage together. Because there was a coffin inside, there was no room for them to stay on the sides, so they stayed behind the carriage.

In order to prevent danger, the five people were restrained together because they were too concentrated, so the last Luvia did not get in the car.Soon after the carriage leaves, she will follow from a distance.In this way, no matter what happens, she can take care of the four of them.

Of course, Luvia is not running to follow the carriage.She borrowed from Iluna the bone whistle that can call the bone horse that can move on any terrain.The bone whistle could only be used by Iluna herself, but after she gained wisdom in the Pantanal and modified the bone whistle, she could lend it out for a short time.

Thaumaturgy will call upon the power of shadow and death to hide Luvia's whereabouts in the dark night.This highly maneuverable mount is very helpful for tonight's operations.

"Then we'll see you later!"

Xia De waved to the purple-eyed girl, and Luvia turned and left.After everything was ready, Schneider ordered to grab the carriage, and the carriage carrying the four people and the coffin set off.Shade and Dorothy held on to the side wall of the carriage, and looked back at the night and the street scene from the open rear door of the carriage, while Dr. Schneider, who was sitting in the driver's seat in front, looked around very vigilantly.

Tobesk under the night is more peaceful and peaceful than ever.This seems to be another ordinary night in this city. The arrival of spring makes people's nightlife longer than usual, but as the night becomes darker, there are almost no pedestrians on the road.

The fog in Tobesk tonight is thicker than the previous few days, and the carriages running on the streets are like ghosts in the fog.The starry sky was covered by heavy fog, but three moons could still be seen.Today, March is the moon phase of the waning moon, which is suitable for physical and mental healing spells.Of course, although the moon phase cycle has an impact on Xia De, a ring warlock with the "moon" as the core system, Xia De has always only felt the enhancement of the moon relative to himself, and has never felt that different moon relatives have certain spellcasting abilities. suppression.

"By the way, Dorothy, did you know that there is an eclipse at the end of this month?"

Although the atmosphere was tense, Xia De still felt a little strange for not speaking.So, while the eyes are still looking back, the mouth is already open.

The compartment was very small, and although there was a strange smell inside, the smell of perfume on Dorothy's body could also penetrate Shade's nose.The perfume Miss Writer uses is very high-end. Although Xia De can't name it, it feels very similar to Leiziya's perfume.

"A lunar eclipse? Yes, I heard from 'her'. For astronomical phenomena such as lunar eclipses and solar eclipses, the church must communicate with the kingdom in advance to prevent events that try to disrupt social order due to astronomical phenomena."

Although she lowered her voice, Dorothy was still worried about being heard by the doctors and priests, so she didn't mention Rezia's name directly.She moved closer to Xia De, and noticed that Xia De's nose moved a few times, and a smile appeared on his face.

"It's like this. I'm going to learn a powerful thaumaturgy called [Black Moon Talisman] during the lunar eclipse. According to the book, during the lunar eclipse, except for the [Black Moon Talisman] and a few other moon miracles related to destruction and ending. In addition to the surgery, most of the moon thaumaturgy will be suppressed, which is the low ebb of my ring magician's power. I really hope that I can stay at home safely that day."

Miss Writer's green eyes slightly turned to him:

"Usually speaking like this, it means that you must not be at home that day. Speaking of which, last time the Red Butterfly Day was the closing of the Circle City Riding Competition, which is the third day of this month. After 21 days, it will be around the end of this month. It's better to postpone it until the day of the lunar eclipse."

From the phrase "Day of the Red Butterflies" Dorothy's voice almost whispered:
"Lezia and I are very curious, whether we can 'beat' you when you are the weakest, oh, Rezia, don't laugh, don't you think so too?"

It seems that she is using a new power to communicate with Rezia at any time.

The "she" next to Xia De's ear smiled lightly for some reason, like the gentle wind blowing in the long night, making Xia De's spirit more concentrated:
"To be honest, Dorothy, I don't think eclipses matter to me. However, people I know in Randall's Valley, and a nun who wears a blindfold, agree that eclipses matter to me. Of course there is no problem with the day of the red butterfly, but the exact date of the lunar eclipse cannot be confirmed yet, and Luvia told me that it will take a few days to confirm, why are we talking about this now? We are on a mission now.”

Dorothy laughed again at Shade's words.As soon as the smiles were revealed, the two people who were next to the coffin immediately saw that the scene outside the carriage changed from the night street scene of the city to a dim moonlit path in the forest in an instant.

The entire transformation process was exceptionally smooth, as if the street really connected the forest.

"Doctor, the scene has changed!"

Xia De hurriedly reminded, and threw the salt bag to Dorothy.The doctor's steady voice sounded from the front:
"The power of the relic has leaked. According to the information given by the academy, we are now in Tobesk and the forest at the same time, in a state of overlapping space. I will slow down now to prevent hitting the wall. You solve the problem as soon as possible."

(End of this chapter)