Whispering Poems

Shade and Eluna followed the downward slope to the end, and at the end, they finally saw the red door dripping with blood.

The metal gate completely blocked the passage, and the left and right doors clearly drew the current map of the material world including the New World, the Old World, and the ocean.

The strange red color on the surface of the gate is not paint, but the color of the metal itself.Blood was constantly oozing out of the metal and flowing to the ground. When Xia De and Iluna arrived, the ground in front of the door was simply a pool of blood.

The tail ends of the roots are drilled from the upper, lower, left, and right walls of the channel, and fitted into the door panel, so that the metal and the tree roots are integrated.The pattern of the tree roots guards the central map of the material world from around the gate, but it also seems to be the roots protruding from the void, peeking at the world described in the map.

At this time, eleven keys had been inserted into the thirteen keyholes scattered on the door. The key handles were parallel to the ground, which meant that the twisting was completed.

"Look at where the keyhole is."

Iluna reminded that Shad noticed that six of the keyholes were located in Tobesk City, Coldwater Harbor, Fort Midhill, Lake Pantanal in the center of the Pantanal Swamp, Rand River Valley and present-day Green Lake area.

"Are the keyholes corresponding to the keys that symbolize the thirteen chosen ones on the stage where the story takes place?"

The two went to look at the locations of the other seven keyholes, but found that those keyholes did not indicate the location of the chosen one next.

Because the first six keyholes fell directly on the center of the area, this clearly indicated the location.The latter seven keyholes either fell in uninhabited deserts, oceans, primeval forests and other uninhabited lands, or at the intersection of multiple cities. Obviously, the exact location cannot be specified.

Xia De and Iluna still wrote down those positions, so that as long as there is a seventh candidate, they can verify the correctness of other positions.Although Xia De had the last two keys in his hand, he still chose to use the "door key" to force open the door first.

The point of the "Night Watchman" sword pierced one of the keyholes, and Shad tried to turn his wrist while performing the thaumaturgy.The long sword didn't move at all, but the tree roots embedded in the red metal gate vaguely seemed to squirm.Following Xia De's insistence, a roar came from the depths of the ground, and the ground seemed to shake violently again in response to Xia De's movements.

In the end, Shad gave up:
"I feel like I'm moving the whole island."

He said to Iluna on the side:
"This door is like the core of the entire island, and it is also one of the cores of Edwards' magic. Forcibly opening the door is equivalent to destroying everything here, and it is also equivalent to directly releasing the sealed island, allowing the collapse of space to be directly transmitted to the material world. .”

He took out two keys, and Iluna twisted one of them:
"Then come together and witness all this."

The two of them inserted the keys in their hands into the last two keyholes at the same time, and as they turned gently, the huge clicking sound came not from the inside of the gate in front of them, but from the depths of the ground under their feet.

The deafening sound was louder than anything Shad and Iruna had heard on the island so far.Outside of the sound, Xia De and Iluna glanced at each other, and both felt that the space where the island was located had undergone fundamental changes.

And as the last two keys were turned, on the blood-red door in front of him, thirteen keys and the keyholes simultaneously burst into light.Then, as the roots at the four corners squirmed and spread towards more positions of the gate, the roots finally "swallowed" the two metal doors, and the roots themselves were dyed a brighter blood color by the metal.

In the light, the red metal door itself was melting.When the wooden part finally completely replaced the metal part, it formed a structure similar to the arches that often appear in ancient ruins, thus showing Shade and Iluna a way to move forward.

"Arch", a common mystical symbol, has typical meanings of "crossing boundaries" and "dividing space".For example, the three ancient arches in the Temple of the Night in the Randall Valley are to divide the boundaries between gods and humans.

And when Xia De and Iluna crossed the archway deep in the passage together, they felt that although they were still underground in Edwards' old house, they seemed to have entered another strange space.

"Create space."

Iluna whispered the content of the "Space Chosen One" ritual, but Shade shook his head:
"Not to that extent."

Although the passage ahead is still deep underground and wrapped in tree roots, it is getting wider and wider.After the chandelier on the wall—Shard had only seen anything like it in the Fifth Era—was lit up one by one, they saw stone bookshelves scattered on both sides of the passage behind the arch, piled high with There are densely packed parchment rolls and stone slabs, but there are only a few books that are normally printed.

At the end of the passage was the banquet hall door, which was open to the crack.The door was made of ordinary metal, but it had the overlapping patterns of "Reunifier" and "Family Genealogy" on it.

The passage behind the arch is not long, and the door that opens a gap can be reached in just a few steps.

But since there is a scene similar to a library here, Xia De stretched out his hand:

"Library search - books related to the Philosopher's Stone, the end of the world, and the birth of the soul."

Only a scroll of parchment tied with a ribbon flew into Shad's hand, and the surface of the scroll was imprinted with the bright red "Sage's Stone" symbol pattern.Xia De opened it and took a look, only to see the first line read:

[The Philosopher's Stone itself can be used to make the elixir of life, but the original meaning of its creation is the intention of pursuing "perfect eternity". 】

This is the knowledge about the Philosopher's Stone. Xia De put this unexpected joy in his pocket, and continued with Iluna to the door at the end.There was even some dazzling light behind the crack of the door, Xia De asked Iluna:

"Are you ready?"

The brown-haired girl who was about to celebrate her birthday in a few hours nodded:

"It has been prepared for a long time. This scene is familiar, isn't it? It's you and me again."

There is a look of joy and tension in the eyes.

"Yes, it's you and me again."

The two didn't exchange anything more. Shade inserted his free right hand into the crack of the door, and the door opened.

Prior to this, Shad had guessed several times what the banquet hall venue for the final "Edwards Family Banquet" would be like.

Splendid, perhaps, a place as luxurious as when the great nobles of Tobesk held their banquets;

Perhaps it is a cold and slippery underground space full of mystery and decorated with various strange murals;

Maybe it’s an open space in the woods, like the “Feast of the Earth Mother” two months ago;

Perhaps beyond the imagination of outsiders, there are other stunning and magnificent places that human imagination has exhausted.

But he guessed wrong. When the door finally opened, Shad and Iluna saw a rectangular basement without any decoration, surrounded by gray stone walls, and saw the many people sitting in the same stone room. side of the long table.

Laplace Klein Edwards was located in the center of the long table. On the left and right sides, his descendants sat in order according to their blood relationships, all facing the direction of the door.The table was covered with gold cups, silver plates and sumptuous meals, but even though there were golden candlesticks and bright candles, it still couldn't hide the fact that this place was really shabby.

Apart from the long table, the food on the long table, and the people around the long table, there was probably only dust left here.The room was of medium size, but because it was empty, it seemed extra large.

And counting the people around the table, everyone is here except the eldest son of the third generation, Envy Edwards, who transcends time and space.But apart from the fortune-teller who is in the center, wearing a golden robe with a pattern of ouroboros on the chest, there are only the second tentacle man Sloth Edwards of the second generation, and the third generation's youngest daughter, the demon dragonman Gratoni Edwards , Jarvis Edwards, who believes in the [God of Tyranny] in the fifth generation, is awake.

However, there was an obvious bruise on Gratoni Edwards' face, as if she had been hit by something rectangular.

These three people truly support their ancestors, while the others are in a coma.Of course Shade saw Megan in it.She wore a cat-shaped mask on her face and was lying on the table like other unconscious people.

Except for Megan, just like the oil painting Shade once saw, the six people of the six generations also wore masks.Those masks were obviously specially made alchemy items, specially used to restrain these family members who had never landed on the island and were controlled by their ancestors.

As for Maria Edwards of the fifth generation and the little girl Rust of the second generation, of course there is no such thing as a "coma" in their souls, they just sit there with no expression on their faces.

Tree roots, a large number of tree roots are wrapped around the tabletop, and also wrapped around the backs of everyone's chairs.When Shad and Iluna appeared, those spreading giant tree roots were spreading out from the cracks in the wall.The door behind the two of them closed silently, and the roots quickly blocked the door completely.

But Shade and Iluna didn't care either. Iluna even said mockingly:
"Worse than I thought, and you don't even have gold pounds to install the gas lamp?"

The Seer sitting upright ignored the topic, his brown eyes looked at the two of them:

"It's really amazing. Although I had already guessed that there would be someone who could influence Edwards' magic, I didn't expect that it would be two people."

He didn't say who he originally expected:
"Thank you for everything you have done on the island. The ceremony is about to be completed. Godcaller, Chosen One of Balance, please take a seat. The banquet is about to begin. It is not shabby here, you will understand soon."

Seeing that the two did not move, he smiled again:
"I'm not being polite to you. If you don't sit down, you may fall down in a while."