Whispering Poems

Chapter 1762 The Missing Conch

A group of people continued to move forward according to the guidance of the black balance, and the flames kept shaking with the walking of the four, illuminating the terrifying and strange shadows one by one, and then throwing them behind.

"That is to say, if you want to get something here, there are not only ways including paying currency."

The witch who walked in the front concluded in a low voice, of course she was talking to Shad:
"Before we entered here, His Majesty did not mention this situation."

Xia De looked at the back of the witch in front of him:
"Never think that you understand this kind of weird place. It's already unexpected that His Majesty can prepare currency for you in advance. However, I always feel that the currency is weird. Mrs. Miles, are you okay?"

Because he put his hands on the old woman's shoulders, Xia De could feel that the old woman's walking movements became more and more strenuous:
"Miss Higgins, how far is it?"

"I can't estimate the specific time needed."

"Don't worry about me, just keep moving forward. No matter what, I must find his soul and let him tell me why he didn't come back. I've waited too long, even if I die here, I will To see him again."

Mrs. Miles' attitude is very firm, her weak and old body can't hinder her determination, she is even begging Shad not to pay attention to her:

"Young man, I've waited all my life, even in my dreams, to see him again on a sunny day at the junction where we parted, where the sage and rosemary and thyme grew. .Please keep going, I know he must be waiting for me."

As if to prove that she could continue walking, she tried her best not to shake her body, but she couldn't overcome her instinct.Fortunately, Xia De didn't want to say go back now:
"Mrs. Miles, please relax - puppetry."

Xia De temporarily took over the walking of the elderly woman. As for the boy behind him, he can still persist on his own, so there is no need for Xia De to take special care of him.

The next road was quite long, and a group of people held torches and held down the shoulders of the predecessors, walking through this strange place like this.The cautious witch didn't talk to Xia De again, but patiently looked for the direction according to the pointing of the balance.She took the wrong way several times, because there was a "dead end" in this maze-like market, that is, after turning into a certain alley, she found that the end of the road was blocked by a certain stall.

As a result, a group of people had to spend a longer time moving forward.The light of the torches in everyone's hands was only about two-thirds brighter than when they first entered the camp.If they still can't reach the destination, then even if the mental strength of two ordinary people can still support them, they will have to end their first exploration into the camp.

Suddenly the witch at the front slowed down, and she stretched out three fingers towards the back.This is the secret signal agreed upon by her and Xia De. One finger represents danger, two fingers represent arrival at the destination, and three fingers represent encountering a shadow outside the street vendor again.

They didn't want to avoid it, so they walked straight over.At the strange booth this time, there was a black coin and three chipped porcelain teacups on the tattered wooden table in front of the shadow. The teacups were dirty and there were blood stains on the inner wall.

The black shadow stood quietly behind the wooden table, and did not make any movement after the four people arrived in front of it.

The witch tried to move forward, but was not blocked.The other three followed closely, and no one was stopped this time.

"It doesn't look like it's mandatory participation."

Miss Higgins discussed with Shad in a low voice:
"Things on the table, it's supposed to be one of those classic bets where one of the three cups grabs the coin and then switches positions for us to guess. Are you interested in that?"

The importance of coins is naturally needless to say here, but the participation conditions are unknown, and the possibility of losing cannot be ruled out.

Xia De thought for a while, and felt that he needed to get his own currency:

"I'll try it."

Anyway, sooner or later you have to try.

Mrs. Miles and the boy were still hiding behind them, and then Shad and the witch came back to the wooden table with the cups.

The black figure behind the table raised his hand and pointed to the black balance floating beside the witch, and then it automatically flew to the table.The end facing it pressed down immediately, Xia De held up the torch and looked at the witch:
"Miss Higgins, can you lend me some coins? I promise I will return them."

The witch put the coin with her own face on it, and with just one coin, the balance returned to balance, which meant that this was a game of betting one coin with one coin.

Hei Ying reached out to use the cup, and buckled the coin that was originally on the table, and then moved quickly with both hands at the same time, swapping the positions of the three inverted teacups in front of him.

Its hands were extremely fast, and if it wasn't for the obstruction of the sound transmission in the fog, Shad even doubted that he would hear the sonic boom.It is quite difficult for the dynamic vision to capture the correct position of the teacup, and the drifting black fog will occasionally cause a large area of ​​blind spots in front of the eyes. Even if it is only a moment, it is enough to lose the correct choice.

Sombra stopped after 20 seconds, motioning for Xia De to guess.At this time, Xia De no longer knew which one was the correct answer, and his perception was suppressed, which also made him unable to rely on his own inspiration to seek the answer.

But fortunately there is a method of perception that is not limited in any way.

"which one?"

【middle. 】

Shad pointed to the teacup in the middle, and after the shadow turned it over, he pushed the coin in it to Shad.The coin was flipped to the front, and there was Xia De's own head on it.

Both Xia De and the Witch breathed a sigh of relief. After Xia De returned Miss Higgins' coins, Miss Higgins looked at the table again.It's a pity that there is no second coin on the table, which means that they can only play this seemingly simple "game" once.

"There will be opportunities in the future."

Compared with the large number of street vendors, the number of special "characters" such as magicians is quite small.But they soon saw a third strange black figure, but this time everyone avoided it without thinking, because the other party stood in the fence surrounded by tree branches after everyone appeared, holding a A sword gestured back and forth.

There is a high probability that a duel will be used to obtain coins or other items. Naturally, the degree of danger is needless to say.Here, if you can avoid fighting, try to avoid it as much as possible.

The state of Mrs. Miles and the boy is getting worse and worse, and the exhaustion of physical strength is a small problem at this time. After the excessive consumption of mental strength, the two have already experienced slight auditory hallucinations and visual hallucinations.According to the boy, he now has an urge to stay put and sleep, or find a random vendor and trade his soul for the idea of ​​"permanent sleep."

Fortunately, the destination guided by the black scale was finally determined.After encountering a dead end again and taking a careful detour, they stopped in front of a booth placed on the ground.

On the yellowish-brown blood-stained rags, eight items were scattered scattered.Only two of them were revealed, and the remaining six items were completely invisible under the black mist.

The witch let out a long breath, and after the white mist in her mouth dissipated, she carefully bent over while pulling her skirt, placed the scale in front of the booth, and asked softly:
"Hello. We want to call a spirit. If it is gone, please bring it to us. If it is not dead, then please tell us that it is not dead."

She clearly stated her request, and the black mist covering the six items dissipated, revealing the appearance of the traded items.

The two items that were not covered by the black mist were all flesh and blood, so they were definitely not items for calling souls.

The six items revealed at this moment are each a small bottle of colorless and transparent water, packed in a sealed glass container;

A cut-off sword, the blade is made of metal, even if you just look at it, you will have the feeling that your soul will be sucked out;
A blood-stained pink-white conch, about the same size as Shad's palm;

A gray fossil conch, similar in size to the former, with whispering elements and strong miracle elements coexisting;

A pair of pink bras were neatly stacked there, not only out of place with the surrounding items, but also out of place with this area. Xia De once thought that he was hallucinating.

The last one is a small figure suspected to be made of tin. The figure is like a nobleman with open hands and a frightened face. It is about the size of a finger.

Among the six items, only the rune on the surface of the gray petrified conch was revealed in the direction of Xia De, so Xia De could only see the words on that thing - [Missing, so communicate].

Before Xia De could speak, Miss Higgins couldn't help covering her mouth in horror.She didn't look at other items, but stared at the tin figurine with wide eyes, and said to Xia De in a trembling voice:
"It's the soul."

"soul?"

"Yes, a solidified soul. How can this kind of thing be sold here? Only demons can do this kind of thing. A solidified soul will never have the possibility of going on. Unless it is destroyed, it can only be endured continuously." Suffering until the end of the world. This is the solidification of souls into objects, which is a great sin, and the gods will spurn everyone who tries to do so."

"But at least one possibility is ruled out, and the first two pieces of meat are ruled out, so it's one of five choices. No, it's one of four choices."

Xia De pointed to the bottle of transparent water, and said with certainty:
"This is not what you want. I know this bottle of water. I have never heard of anyone naming it, so I named it myself: the water of the River Styx. This is the real death. the waters of the river Styx."

In fact, the water in real death is not water. The dark waters, the tidal flats, and the dark moon are all only because of the presence of people, which can be observed by people.

There is nothing in death, as Priest Augustus and Shad had said.But if special means are used, it is indeed possible to bring the water there and even the stones on the tidal flat to the material world.This is the top-level death-related material, and it is also effective in assisting the rituals of destruction, death, and corruption of life, but this is the first time Xia De has seen this kind of water outside of death.

White smoke came out of his mouth when he spoke, and even though the state of "Shadow of the Moon" was always under the moon and the blessing of "Living Moon" never getting tired under the moon was superimposed, he still felt a little Tiredness:
"Choose one of four, what do you know?"

He asked the young witch, who pointed to the fossil conch:

"This, the relic [Missing Conch]. Talking to the conch, you can pass your thoughts to the ears of the person you miss, and establish a short-term call. Of course, the other party must be a living person."

Having said that, she already has an idea.So he put the black metal balance on the ground, and said to the shadow sitting cross-legged behind the booth:
"I don't want to buy it, can I borrow this?"

She pointed to the fossilized conch, and the motionless black figure then pointed to the scales, which became unbalanced again.But the Witch just puts down one coin, and the balance is reached again:
"You see, it really makes sense for His Majesty to choose me."

She said to Xia De, and saw the pale old Mrs. Miles, with the support of the boy, she could hardly hold the torch, so she threw the coin to the black shadow, and she picked up the gray fossilized conch, Stick it to your ear:

"Can you hear that? Is it His Majesty? Okay, yes, yes, broken sword, pink and white conch, bra, yes, no kidding. Runes? Sorry, no way to touch and watch carefully, feel? Should be all the same Regarding the undead, the details are like this. Yes, you are right. Okay, I will take care of Mrs. Miles. Oh, I will also take care of myself, I hope your time is up too."

She stood up straight and talked to the conch respectfully. No one could hear the conch except her.When the call was over, Miss Higgins took away the conch with a lot of interest. Seeing Xia De looking at her, she explained as if to defend herself:

"It's certainly right to be respectful when talking to a witch with such an identity. Even if His Majesty can only hear my voice, one day, I can become such a witch."

She tried her best to raise her head to express her ambition, and Xia De said with a smile:

"Yes, I wish you success."

Although the conversation between Miss Higgins and the witch emperor of the desert was brief, at least there was something to gain:
"I contacted His Majesty, but after all, I can only briefly describe the appearance, so His Majesty only confirmed what this thing is."

Higgins pointed to the woman's bra, and it could be seen that the young witch was not surprised by its appearance, which showed that in their era, the textile industry had reached a very high level, and at least decorations such as lace were commonplace.Moreover, hundreds of years have passed since Shade told the little girl about the steam industry in "Hope Town" and awakened her to become a witch. Presumably, the material world has entered the era of the steam industry.

"The relic [Charm of the Undead] can only be used by women. Wearing it will greatly increase the probability of pregnancy after intercourse with an undead creature. Of course, the other party does not have to be a vampire or the like, and the undead who already has the ability to reproduce can also be forgotten. , Not to mention. But this relic is ineffective against witches. It seems that this is not something Mrs. Miles wants to use, and it is impossible to attract undead. Speaking of which, Your Majesty said that you would not want to know if a man wears this relic. "

She is not very comfortable with this kind of topic, so she didn't go deep into it.Afterwards, he lowered his voice and encouraged Xia De while looking into his eyes:
"Do you want to try?"

(End of this chapter)