Whispering Poems

"A series of mistakes."

Xia De felt that this statement was a bit familiar, and then realized that this was the second time to use the time key of "Fifth Epoch 1576 Summer - Black Mist Camp". The relic "Pedestal of Destiny" is part of the answer given in response to his question "Why did I come to this world" when divination for him.

The whole answer at that time was "you appeared because of an absolutely impossible accident, you appeared because of the chaos of the collapse of time and space, you appeared because of someone's desperate wish, you appeared because of a series of mistakes", and this Xia De didn't know if it was a coincidence that the words said by the fortune teller at that time.

He would not break his promise to Maria Edwards to protect her grandchildren.Although detouring from here can avoid trouble, it is definitely not Shad's way.So he took a step forward, and the root-haired figure retreated to the side to make way, watching Xia De come under the cross:

"It's a choice you make yourself."

Xia De looked up at the two brothers and sisters who were unconscious. Even if the townspeople didn't speak again at this moment, Xia De could guess that the fortune-teller was looking forward to whether he was really willing to donate his blood for the Green brothers and sisters.

But of course he wouldn't do that, cutting his own hand was a trivial matter, and handing over blood to the enemy rashly was a foolish act.

"A liquid containing a huge spirit, right?"

He reached into his pocket and took out the pink perfume bottle.

Glancing at the luminous liquid emitting an ambiguous pink in the mist, Xia De uncorked the bottle and slowly poured the liquid on the roots at the bottom of the cross.

Because the adventure in the Green Lake area does not require frequent use of expensive thaumaturgy spells such as "Power of the Earth Healing Spiritual Qi", Xia De actually did not consume much of the liquid in the perfume bottle in the past two months.The pink liquid in today's perfume vials even glows, proof of that.

This item is the best recovery potion Shade prepared for his last adventure in the Green Lake area. He thought that he might drink them all at the end.But unfortunately, these perfumes are not left to the end.

When the pink perfume touches the air, it turns into a stream of pink light that keeps descending in the rainy night.The tree roots, which were only slightly trembling, immediately moved like real animals after touching the liquid.

The earthquake happened again, but the slightly shaking ground still failed to make any response from the townspeople in the house and kneeling at the intersection.

The entangled tree roots are tearing at each other, trying to get more exposure to these essences.The force of the roots sucking the liquid became stronger, and the roots entwined around the bodies of the Green brothers receded little by little.

It seems that the perfume's ability to arouse desire also works on these absolutely soulless roots.They entangled and tore, becoming more and more disgusting like a group of mating snakes.

The greedy tree roots eventually absorbed all the liquid in the small perfume bottle, leaving not a drop for Shad.After two months, there was no more perfume in the small perfume bottle, and the entangled tree roots continued to wriggle, and retreated to the ground together.

Brother and sister Green fell from the cross, Xia De stretched out his hand to catch them, but saw thick fog coming, and the two of them, like the Edwards brothers, disappeared out of thin air.

The cross collapsed, and blood-red trees emerged from the ground like in a cemetery.In the blink of an eye, a bloody tree with luxuriant branches stood in the middle of the intersection.This once again made Xia De sure that the Seer wanted to rely on his hands to complete the last part of the ceremony.

Looking around again, although the townspeople in black ponchos were still there, the avatar of the fortune-teller made of roots had disappeared without a trace.

Just like in the cemetery just now, Xia De once again felt the power that could not be observed with any senses.And as he once again stretched out his hand to touch the trunk of the bloody tree, "she" next to his ear gave another hint:
[Outlander, you feel miracles, blasphemy, enlightenment and whispers. 】

[Outlander, you have come into contact with the "Edwards Den Magic", and you have extracted the power that symbolizes the "pious soul". 】

[Your field of vision on the island is further expanded; you are weakened by the suppression of island power; your probability of being attacked by island creatures is reduced. 】

Xia De frowned slightly, looked left and right, and picked up a small tree root tentacle wriggling on the ground with the sword in his hand.Then he took out a return spell again, folded it, and disappeared into the mist.

Open your eyes, the light of the bonfire illuminates the lobby on the first floor of the Green Lake Inn.Seeing that Xia De came back again, and this time he didn't look embarrassed, Dorothy and Rezia, who were waiting for him by the campfire, immediately came over.

"I am fine."

Shade said that this time he left for more than ten minutes, and the number of girls who were able to move on the first floor of the hotel became more.However, a small number of people were resting after the battle. It seemed that while Shade was away, the girls in the hotel experienced the battle again.

"There was an abnormal earthquake just now, and the hotel's ritual failed for half a minute."

Tifa came over and said, while Miss Hayley Aurora dried Shade's clothes again.

A larger empty glass test tube was brought, and Xia De put the slightly trembling root into it.However, before he explained the reason for his return this time, Tifa told him the good news:

"Miss Aurora contacted us through the council a few minutes ago, and she has joined Granny Cassandra and Miss Bernice on the shore."

She handed Shad a small box on the table by the campfire, containing a gray stone.The shape of the stone is irregular, but three of its larger faces are unusually smooth.

"At present, we still cannot enter the parliament from here, but through this, we can once again establish contact with the great witch on the shore. Miss Aurora asked us to leave this to you."

"How do I use this?"

Since they sent this specially, there should be new progress.

"Hold this in one hand, any piece of witch jewelry in the other, and praise the original witch."

Tifa said, and Shad took out Megan's earrings.After the girls around him stepped back temporarily, he clasped his hands and said softly:
"Praise the Chaos Witch, may the glory of the Witch last forever."

The earring on the right hand shone slightly, while the stone in the left hand turned into stone powder.Those stone powders floated out from Xia De's fingers, and then in front of him, formed the extremely vague figure of Miss Aurora:

"Xia De! It's so good to see you're okay~"

Her figure kept flickering like the "Mirror Hidden Man" just now, and her voice was quite unclear.Miss Aurora herself knew that this connection was not stable, so she didn't give Xia De a chance to speak. She reached forward as if trying to grab Xia De's hand, but the hands of the two passed through each other. The witch regretted Shaking his head, he quickly explained what he wanted to tell Xia De:
"First, Your Excellency, the Speaker of the Council, made a special alchemy item. We will contact you again in 10 minutes, and we will find a way to deliver that item to you; second, the divination of the Prophet Association has obtained Significant progress, you remember to go to the waters outside the island to investigate, a ship stranded on the reef has important clues; third, at present, no one will be able to enter the island you are on within an hour, but the church has already thought of it Other ways, projection, the church intends to cast"

Her figure was misplaced and distorted, and then the figure made of dust disappeared completely.

"projection?"

When Xia De came back last time, he heard about this plan from the note given by Sister Devlin. Miss Deckert said:
"Yes, since you can't use space transfer to make your physical body appear on the island, then you can make your illusory figure appear here."

"But how?"

Lesia asked. Tifa, who is good at sealing and summoning, had an idea:

"Although churches and colleges cannot come here, they should still be able to enter the island of reality."

Now even the writer lady understood:
"If the ceremony is held at the same location, if it can be successful, it is indeed possible to project a part of itself onto the island where we are. But on the one hand, we need to support it, and on the other hand, the projection may not be stable."

Just now Miss Aurora just wanted to talk to Xia De, but her voice and figure were already very unstable.

"But there is a way."

Shad said, handing Tifa the test tube containing the tree roots:

"There are several huge tree roots under this island, which are part of it. If the witches can still contact here after a while, try to find a way to send this outside the island, and try to see if you can analyze what it is. "

The maid put away the test tube, and asked worriedly:
"You came back this time because."

So Xia De described what he saw and heard just now. Dorothy gave Xia De a new idea about why the fortune-teller built and maintained the town that had entered the steam age:
"Xia De, according to what you said, the ultimate goal of that fortune-teller is to imitate the ceremony of the thirteen chosen ones in "Whispering Verses". Since the thirteen keys correspond to the chosen ones, does that town represent civilization?"

She is worthy of being a writer, and her thinking is quite active:
"The ritual is to imitate the epics involving the sixth era. Epics can't only have heroes, but also have a background. Moreover, for the ring magician system, the elements of miracles, blasphemy, and whispers can be symbolized by looking for magical items and powerful relics respectively , but only 'enlightenment' requires the power of civilization. This kind of ceremony is the most complicated ceremony I have come into contact with so far. Perhaps, the town really represents civilization and the soil of the family roots you mentioned."