Whispering Poems

Chapter 2629 The Second Paradox Bug
Xia De then looked up at the sky. It was only a little after two in the afternoon, so of course the moon was not visible. But the weather was very good today and there was no sign of rain. The moon would definitely be very beautiful tonight.

"She" in my ear laughed softly.

Sister Defulin and Miss Bell were even faster than Miss Shade and Miss Danister. When James Cumming stumbled to the scheduled meeting place, Baron Cumming jumped out from behind the tree and grabbed his hand, then asked angrily:

"Didn't I put you on home confinement? Haven't you lost enough people lately?"

As he said this, the baron slapped his nominal son, who was actually his father. The latter stared blankly at his nominal father, then hugged him and burst into tears:
"Father, I really miss Erica! She is not my imagination nor an evil spirit, nor a demon. She really exists and I have really seen her.

She also said she would give me a gift next time we met, but I can’t find her anymore, and my heart is broken, Erica, my Erica.”

His crying was very contagious, but only Baron Cumming hugged his son with some distress, and continued to scold:
"I don't know who that girl named Erica is. I only know that you are engaged to Miss Jane Bennet! James, Jane is a good girl, and you chose her yourself.

Now, are you going to tell me that you have forgotten the Bennet girl?"

According to Shad's understanding, Jane Bennet and James Cumming's marriage was a free love one. Although the Bennet family was not aristocracy, Baron and Lady Cumming were very supportive of their marriage because of business cooperation and various other reasons.

So young Mr. Cumming certainly has feelings for Miss Bennet.

After hearing his father's scolding, the painful young man gradually stopped crying, but still buried his head in his father's arms like a little boy who had not grown up.

The Baron reached out to pat him on the back, but his raised hand never came down.

He looked at Xia De who was standing under a tree not far away:
"Why on earth did you bring us all here?"

"The person who threatened you has been eliminated, and this matter will no longer involve you. Now I just want to complete the final work of this matter, and then your family can live in peace."

He did not say anything more to the baron, but blew the petals in his palm:
"Flying Flower Curse!"

Hundreds of petals were blown away, and the father and son fell to the ground one after another in the pink miasma. Then Miss Bell, two high-ring followers of the witch and two high-ring nuns began to arrange a ceremony around the woods. Shade, Miss Danister, and Sister Defulin walked towards the Cumming father and son lying on the fallen leaves.

"Whose soul is that worm in?"

The red-haired girl asked.

"Don't worry, let me take a look."

However, he did not take out the Eternal Youth Leaf as the forest elves said, but first transformed the Staff of Yggdrasil. At this time, the box containing the Night Watcher was also behind him, so even if there was an accident and a fight broke out, he would be able to suppress the enemy in the first place.

Holding the stick in his left hand, he took out a leaf with his right hand and placed it on the eye socket of his right eye. Xia De closed his left eye and looked at the father and son with his right eye.

As expected, the leaves blocked his vision so he couldn't see anything, but the leaves were not completely opaque, so Shad's right eye could actually see light.

After a while, a small black spot appeared on the translucent leaf. Xia De took the leaf away and found that there was no black spot on the [Eternal Youth Leaf]. Then he put the leaf in front of his eyes again, and after a while, the black spot appeared again.

After removing the leaf again, Shade confirmed that the black spot was on the body of young James Cumming:

"in his body!"

The whistle and bell sounded, and as the life ring appeared, the long staff was already pointing at the young man's chest, and as expected, the unconscious young man began to tremble all over.

"Thaumatology - the stability principle of the ancient elves!"

The [Time and Space] spiritual runes radiated spiritual light, and Shade used the magic taught by the elf lady without waiting for the other party to react.

The emerald green light then attached to the surface of the black staff. As the bottom of the staff pressed against James Cumming's chest, he closed his eyes, suddenly opened his mouth, and then spurted out a large mouthful of black water.

"That's disgusting."

The red-haired girl said this, watching the "black water" gather together and expand at a speed visible to the naked eye. Then, with a muffled sound, the Staff of Yggdrasil slanted into the dark insect shell made of black liquid, nailing it to the ground.

The insect shell vibrated with a humming sound, but the emerald green light symbolized the power of the Tree Father to maintain time. Although Shade's spell alone failed to form the phantom of the World Tree, with the help of the angel-level staff, the insect was still firmly controlled.

"Is this the end?"

Miss Danister asked suspiciously, and Shade nodded slowly:

"It's over. This magic seems to have been created specifically to combat the 'paradox worm'."

He held the staff tightly with both hands and wanted to give the bug a final blow, but the nun reached out and grabbed his sleeve:

"It can be used as firewood."

Xia De was stunned, then confirmed:
"What needs to be done?"

The long sword wrapped in a gray stone shell slipped out from the sleeve of the nun's robe, and at this moment, a fiery red light emerged from the cracks on the surface of the stone shell.

Then Shade understood, and said to Miss Danister:

"Change of plan. Although hunting this bug has become much easier because we have found out the whole story, I will not use my magic to destroy it this time. Let Sister Defulin do it instead."

"You make the decision, and I'll help you."

The angel-level relic sword [Ashes] completely burned in Sister Defulin's hands, the stone shell on the surface peeled off, and the flames wrapped around the sword even made her robe sway.

She held the hilt of the sword with both hands and aimed it at the skewered insect, but after hesitating for a moment she did not act immediately:
"I'm worried that the First Fire might damage your staff. Put your weapon away."

"Although this bug has been severely injured, it will still be able to fight once I take back the staff."

Xia De reminded her, and the nun nodded to show that she understood. Xia De knew that she was a very cautious person, so he did not object:

"Get ready - three, two, one!"

The moment the Staff of Yggdrasil was pulled out, the insect curled up in its fist-sized shell instantly expanded and deformed. Because it was seriously injured, it could only grow to the size of an adult, but after the shell was opened, the black body of the insect, which was as soft as mud, and its densely packed legs were revealed.

"According to the information Emilia gave me, this paradox worm has evolved to the second stage!"

The burning embers slashed at the insect, but the insect suddenly buzzed. Time suddenly slowed down in this buzzing sound. In Shade's eyes, Sister Develyn's sword swinging figure suddenly became slow motion.

"The principle of stability!"

With a bang, the long staff pierced into the insect's body again, and the flow of time returned to normal, but the dark evil creature sprayed a grayish-white mist towards Shade's face.

Shade impatiently waved his left hand to disperse the thick fog that accelerated time, and then said to Sister Defulin:
"Put the tip of your sword against its body, and stab it as I draw out my staff. Now that I have caught this thing, I don't believe I can't burn it!"

But the nun did not do so. Instead, she put down the sword she had raised:
"Use your mystique, clock tower, and become one with me."

Shade easily understood the nun's plan. Since Sister Defulin was not completely immune to the time anomaly, she could achieve this by merging with Shade.

It is not clear what power the second-stage "paradox worm" has, but it will definitely become "empty". If Shade, who has mastered the "principle of stability", can also use the first fire, then no matter how powerful this worm is, it will eventually become firewood.

"That's a good idea, but... well... I don't have enough spirit."

He said somewhat awkwardly, and Sister Defulin grabbed his hand:
"It's okay. The flame is with you and me."

Shade took this as "I can provide you with spirit through fire", but thinking of the movement when using the puzzle lock, he looked at Miss Danister again. The red-haired girl winked at him:

"What's wrong? Do you need my help?"

"No, not for now."

It's okay for Miss Danister to see it. It's not a secret that she can't know. But Shade looked in the direction of Miss Bell and the others. The two high-ranking nuns of the [Spiritual Order] didn't care, but.
Thinking of the promise he made to Miss Winslet in the morning, that he could gradually let her know about his affairs, Shade said:
"Ms. Bell, please come here."

"What's wrong?"

The young black-haired girl immediately came out of the woods. When she saw the bugs nailed to the ground by the glowing staff, she covered her forehead and closed her eyes immediately.

Even if this insect was severely damaged, it was still a veritable "ancient evil creature" that could eat the world tree. Miss Bell was obviously still too weak.

"I'm going to use a very powerful magic, and I don't want others to..."

"I understand. Let's get away from here and exit the ceremony."

She was about to step back, but Xia De reached out and grabbed her:

"No, no, they are on guard outside. You can stay. Stand with Miss Danister for a while. You can also tell Miss Winslet about this matter when you go back."

Charlotte Bell was very surprised, but still nodded:
"I see."

She turned and walked into the forest and came back quickly. After the outer defense rituals and the illusions that concealed sound and vision were all activated, Miss Danister blocked her behind her. After confirming that everything was ready, Sister Defulin in front of the long staff held Shade's hand.

PS: Updated Data Chapter 6 - Character Illustrations (2). Due to the current limitation that only 10 pictures can be inserted into each chapter, it is not possible to put all the current character illustrations into one chapter at once.

At the same time, the holy emblems of some gods in the expansion "Old Gods" are added.

Those who are interested can go and take a look.