Whispering Poems

Chapter 3203: Kalachakra City - Fatumonster City
Luvia reminded:

"I remember that the Gun of Kindness can use any type of physical bullets, and can also use the spirit of the Ringwitch to replenish bullets. Although it will definitely miss if you aim at yourself, and will definitely hit yourself if you aim at others, the effect of the gun will not be triggered if you don't aim at any target."

"Yes."

Shade nodded. He got the Kindness Spear from the then "Captain of Eight Guns" Rades at the first Lakeview Manor banquet. But Shade rarely used that clerical-level relic now, but he never thought of selling it. After all, the gun played a very important role in the major event of Lakeview Manor at that time, and Shade regarded it as a souvenir.

"Then carry that revolver with you. God's gift may have a deep meaning, and the gun won't be in the way."

Luvia then suggested, and Shad took the gun with him when he and Sylvia left the basement, but he didn't know whether he would use it.

The two first went from St. Teresa's Square to the Vesta Forest. Then Sylvia opened the portal from the forest and appeared with Shade on the top of the snowy mountain where they had many shared memories:
"Why didn't your teacher set the landing point of the portal directly inside the tower?"

Xia De asked as they climbed up against the wind. Sylvia couldn't answer, but guessed that the teacher was probably trying to prevent someone from invading the tower directly. But at least it didn't snow today, so climbing the snowy mountain was not difficult.

When Shade looked southward from this clear winter ridge, he saw the vast snow-capped mountains, the silvery white primeval forests beneath the snow-capped mountains, the cities further south, and the azure coast:

“What a view!”

Sylvia pulled Shad into the tower. The black-haired girl kicked the tower door shut with her legs, and then couldn't wait to kiss Shad:
"Since the end of the year festival, Xia De, I really missed you. Miss me, Xia De? I won't delay your work. I'll give you half an hour to do whatever you want! How rude."

The half-hour "tryst" would not delay the journey, because to get from the top of the snow-capped mountain to the urban area in the southern part of the island, Shad did not need to walk or jump directly from the top of the mountain.

To be precise, it was forty-five minutes later. Xia De was still wearing the original clothes, but Sylvia, with a slight blush on her face, had changed into a new skirt, and the original fabric under the skirt was gone.

Xia De originally wanted to use the "Breath of Time" to restore the expensive fabric that he had torn, but Sylvia disagreed:
"To me, it was originally a consumable item... but now it is a trophy and a souvenir."

Anyway, the black-haired witch, who received the "travel fee" paid by Shade, took Shade's hand and brought him to a separate room on the left side of the second floor of the witch tower:
"I told you before that there is a constant semi-permanent portal in this tower that can directly connect to other areas of the Old Continent. After all, although this tower is good, the great witches of the past generations of space have no habit of growing vegetables or raising edible animals here."

The room was very spacious. Six silver mirrors were suspended on six platforms at a height of a palm above the ground. The platforms were distributed in arc shapes along the walls:

"These are the portals left by successive witches. The first one on the left leads to the Wheel of Time City at the foot of the mountain - Fatumonster City."

"And what about the other five?"

Xia De asked curiously. Sylvia had taken him to visit this tower before, but because they had more important things to do when they came here - referring to what happened just now, he didn't ask in detail when he came here before.

The black-haired witch introduced very gently:

“From left to right, the portal leads to the Wheel of Time City - Fatumonster, the Fortune Teller City - Lomaree, the Central City - Willendel, the secret cave on the large island northwest of the Kingdom of Islands - Kelagli, and a small city in the north of Draerion.

The last portal covered by the black cloth is the disorder portal, which can lead to anywhere. The teacher said that the portal was left by the original owner of this tower, as a means to get rid of the enemy's pursuit in the worst case scenario. Every generation of witches who took over here would guess whether they would have the opportunity to use it, but no one has used it until now. "

Seeing Xia De looking over curiously, she warned again:

"The other portals were built after this era, and my predecessors have carefully maintained them. But the technology used in that disordered portal is no longer decipherable in this era, and even I dare not use it casually."

"It might have been damaged?"

"No, according to my own research, it is very likely that the 'random safe teleportation' function of the portal randomly generates coordinates based on the actual space of the material world. However, the spatial conditions of the material world in the Sixth Era are completely different from those in the Fifth Era. Now the coordinates no longer correspond. Even the most brilliant fortune teller probably cannot predict what will happen if it is used rashly."

In short, these semi-permanent portals are basically equivalent to the teleportation array inside Saint Byrons. They are a means of space travel that is almost impossible to replicate, second only to the [Space Maze]. However, the college's teleportation array is bidirectional, but these portals are unidirectional, only allowing departure but not reverse entry, which is also a safety measure.

The tower uses geothermal energy and the elemental tides of the Fatumonster Snow Mountain as its energy source. Therefore, if Shad only wants to teleport to the nearest Wheel of Time City, he can use the portal every day. However, for long-distance teleportation, he needs to tell Sylvia first. It is safest to use it after she has calibrated the spiritual output of the portal.

However, there was no need for Shade to go anywhere else for the time being. After checking that he had not left any important items behind when he was getting dressed, he kissed Sylvia goodbye. The witch was still a little reluctant. If she hadn't been worried about being told by others that "you delayed Shade's business", she would have wanted to lock Shade up here all day:
"See you tomorrow then. I'll go to your place tomorrow morning or even earlier."

Sylvia bit her red nipple lightly, and looked at Xia De with eyes that seemed to be drawing silk. It seemed that the witch lady would charge Xia De a "travel fee" every morning in the future.

When I passed through the portal leading to the city under the snowy mountains, I felt a little dizzy. The other end of the portal was in the basement of the house in the city of Fatumonster, which was passed down by Sylvia's teacher. After Xia De walked out, he stood directly in the center of the basement.

He lit up the moonlight on his fingertips and looked around. Unfortunately, he was not lucky enough to find the entrance to the "space maze" here. So he opened the door of the basement and came to the ground, and saw the interior of the unusually deserted apartment.

This three-story apartment building has a similar layout to St. Teresa's Square, but it is not as large as the Xiade family's, and the house price is not as expensive as the Xiade family's.

When Sylvia's teacher was still around, there would be a few followers living in the house. But after Sylvia took over as the Great Space Witch, because she had no business in the "Wheel of Time City" and she did not have enough manpower, the house was only occupied for two months every year.

Xia De had already obtained the key to the house. He could use it as a base during his local activities. This at least gave him a "mailing address" from the beginning:
"Although I'm not sure that all the things I'm looking for are on this island, at least it's faster for people from Falling Star Bay to send letters here than to Tobesk. I remember the address here is '17 Victoria Street'."

There were only some basic furniture in the house. After leaving the basement, Shade did not stay indoors for long and walked to the hallway. Standing behind the door, he could hear the bustling sounds of the street outside. He took a deep breath to prepare himself for facing a brand new city, then opened the locked door, grasped the handle and pushed forward -

The winter morning sunlight made Shad squint in the dark room, and the street in front of him was wider than he thought.

Below the three steps was a stone-paved street, and a black iron lamppost stood to the right of the door. Passersby did not pay much attention to the door that opened from the inside, but Shade noticed that the house across the street was the same style as his own.

Apparently "Victoria Street" is a very traditional residential neighborhood.

The pedestrians and street scenes did not seem to be much different from those in other cities, but when he looked closely, Xia De discovered that there were too many iron products within his field of vision.

Needless to say, the lamp posts are not made of stone, but of black iron. If you look closely, you will find that the doors, eaves and roofs of every household on both sides of the street have iron decorations that exceed those of other cities.

"Is it because there are so many high-quality iron ores in the area that this decorative style that uses a lot of iron products was formed?"

The designer of this street seemed to have paranoia, the street looked neat and symmetrical. The gray mist diffused on the street made Xiade feel like he was back in the "Steam City", which represented the development of the steam industry.

Of course, because it is an island city, the local smog situation is much better than that of the northern capital.

After taking a deep breath to confirm that the fog was just ordinary smog, Xia De turned around, locked the door, took two steps forward, walked down the stairs and came to the street.

The traces of the year-end festival have not completely disappeared from this remote southern principality. Decorations used for the festival are still preserved on the doors and balconies of many apartments on both sides of Victoria Street.

Looking up and forward, past the roofs of the apartments across the street and the chimneys standing in the distance, you can see the towering snow-capped mountains in the north, glittering in the clear winter day.

PS: The picture in this chapter is "Wheel of Time City-Fatumonster City".

PS2: Thanks to the reader @zxlsh, thank you very much, I will add another chapter!
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