Whispering Poems

Chapter 3214: The Nun of the Fifth Era

After finding the ring, Shade took it and quickly followed the three people in front. Seeing Shade catch up, the nun in front continued to speed up her pace. Because the witch disliked men, Shade did not say that he would help Theresa to support the strange girl, but just followed behind them and looked around vigilantly.

It seemed that there were only four people moving forward in the foggy wasteland, but if one listened carefully, one could clearly hear the sound of footsteps and incomprehensible wailing whispers among the tombstones illuminated by the faint light.

There were no reference points around, and the densely packed tombstones made people dizzy. The nun leading the way did not walk in a straight line. She turned several corners between tombstones and graves. Five minutes after Shad climbed out of the grave, an empty space without any tombstones appeared in front of him, illuminated by the kerosene lamp.

The area of ​​the open space was not large, and in the middle stood a very simple stone cottage with a chimney. Seeing this suddenly in a place full of tombstones and desolate graves, Xia De would definitely not have rashly approached it if there was no one to lead the way.

Theresa explained softly:

"This gravekeeper's hut is the only truly safe spot we have found in this wasteland. In fact, hiding in the tomb is also very safe, but there is a risk of not being able to wake up."

The stone house had only one door and one window. There was a light in the window, and Shade followed the witches into the house and saw that it was the flame of the fireplace. This house had no spatial specificity. It looked small from the outside, and of course it was not big inside either.

There is a fireplace on the wall on the right side of the door, and a half-collapsed wooden shelf on the wall directly in front of the door. There is a window on the left wall, and under the window is a single bed covered with dirty sheets. There is a large wooden box at the foot of the bed.

As for the wall where the door was, there was nothing in front of it. There was a fireplace, shelves, a bed, a wooden box, and finally a wooden square table in the middle of the room and two chairs beside the table. That was everything in the small room.

Unlike the wasteland outside that was like the "edge of life and death", although the cabin was still not a normal world, at least the four living people felt relieved.

The nun and Theresa must have cleaned up the house a little. The tables and chairs were wiped clean. The burning fireplace looked dirty but still usable. They even placed a pot of cooking porridge on an iron rack over the fire.

The nun placed the kerosene lamp in her hand on the table, while Teresa supported the girl who was rescued from the grave by the three men and tried to make her lie on the bed.

But after approaching the bed, the young-looking girl began to struggle. She did not have the outstanding recovery ability of Shade, and was still tired and sleepy:
"No, no, not there, that bed is so dirty!"

So Xia De helped to change the sheets and the mattress that looked like it had a large pool of human-shaped blood stains on it. After the new bed that smelled of soap was made, the girl was willing to lie down. But she was not being unreasonable. At least, even though she was weak, she still sincerely thanked the three people one by one.

She called Shad a "strange man". The ladies present were all witches, so they must know what this meant. The girl on the bed was really weak, and she didn't have the energy to explore this at this time. Theresa had known Shad for a long time, and as for the nun -

She stood in front of the fireplace with her head slightly lowered, her long shadow falling on the stone wall beside the window, trembling with the flickering of the flames in the fireplace:
"You are from the future, right? The Fire Bearer?"

The hoarse voice was not without emotion:
"I feel the flame surging in your body. The power of that flame is far more complete and pure than what I possess. Chuhuo, future hero, you helped your nun collect the scattered flames and precious firewood, right?"

Although the voice was cold, Xia De felt that the other party was a little impatient.

He glanced at Theresa. The blonde girl had already sat down on a chair beside him. After seeing her nod slightly, Shade admitted:
"Yes, I am not from this era. But please don't get me wrong, my lack of reaction to the witch's curse is just a special case, and it has nothing to do with the changes of the times. As for the First Flame——"

He raised his right hand, and a thin flame rose from his palm. Theresa did not feel anything unusual about the flame, but the nun wearing the mithril eye mask raised her head and "stared" for a moment. The light and shadow left by the flame on her mithril eye mask seemed to show her mood at the moment.

The nun lowered her head again:

"The power of the First Flame is weaker than in our time, but it is also more complete and stronger. Your nun is almost gathering all the scattered flames, right?"

She asked with some expectation. Shade had already clearly felt that the nun in front of him was relatively more extroverted in expressing emotions than the Sister Defulin he knew:

"She told me that I am only three flames away from the First Flame to restore to its most complete form."

"That's great. Hero of the Fire from the future, please call me 'Sister Belen'."

Theresa's level at this time was the same as when we last parted, still level 11, but it seemed that she was about to be promoted. As for Sister Belen, she was a level 12 witch, with her limit close to level 13.

The black-haired young girl on the bed hadn't had time to introduce herself, but Xia De could tell that she was only mid-level, otherwise she wouldn't be so embarrassed.

So these three ladies are Shad's companions in this time adventure. He feels that this adventure is still very novel. At least this time he doesn't have to sit around the campfire. This time the "safe point" is actually a house.

The available stay time this time is forty minutes, but with the enhancement of the "Time Corridor", it is actually eighty minutes, so there is more time than any previous time.

After everyone introduced themselves to each other, Shade shared the supplies he had brought with him because he saw that Teresa and Sister Belen's food reserves were running low. While Teresa went to the fireplace to prepare the food, they talked about the situation here -

It is mainly Theresa who speaks:

"After successfully graduating, I am currently working with my aunt, I mean teacher Violet. My aunt intends for me to seek a lecturer position at the Sukses Medical College. This time, she asked me to lead a team to the Central Continent to excavate a giant dragon tomb that is said to be left over from the Second Age.

I don't know what happened exactly. I was in the underground dragon's nest with everyone, setting up the detection ceremony, and then I was locked in a coffin. After coming out from underground, I encountered many strange things in this wasteland. In the end, Sister Belen saved me and brought me here. "

As she sliced ​​the carrots and put them into the pot, she looked at Xia De tenderly:
"At that time, I was wondering if you would show up next. Sure enough, every time I was in danger, you would come to save me."

She tried hard to suppress the smile on her face, but even the girl lying on the bed could see what she meant.

As for Sister Belen's story, it was much simpler. She entered here on her own initiative and knew exactly what was here:
"The followers of the old god [King of Skeletons] believe that as long as they are buried according to a specific ritual, their souls will no longer reach the end after death, but will enter the tomb realm of the dead. I don't know what the afterlife of that great man is, but the vast majority of the followers who have completed the ritual will eventually end up in this wasteland."

She paused for a moment:
"Under each grave we just saw, there is a soul sleeping who is unwilling to leave. This place can indeed prevent them from reaching the end, but this is not what they imagined, a place after death where they can enjoy a second life.

Some special and valuable burial objects will arrive here with the soul as the Tomb King Ceremony is carried out. I came here to find a flame as a burial object. Yes, the first fire was once buried with mortals. "

Those flames that were split apart in the ancient era could exist anywhere. The flames that Shade and Sister Develyn recovered from the Heart of the Pantanal, and the flames that the nun recovered from the "crazy fire monster" in the New World based on clues, were actually very easy to find.

The flames sealed in the "Green Island" lighthouse on the back of the material world and the flames that have merged with the demon of fire are the most difficult to recover, otherwise the nuns before Sister Defulin would have taken them away long ago.

As for the flames brought here as burial objects, the difficulty of recovering them is certainly no less than those flames that Shade had touched before. As for the wasteland itself, Shade compared it to the "Eternal Night City", and they are both the kingdoms of a certain god.

Shad trusted the fire-wielding nun, just as the nun trusted Shad, and she didn't even want to grab Shad's wrist like other witches.

Theresa, who was making soup, was also trustworthy, but the last companion...
After listening to the nun's story, Shad looked towards the bed. But he suddenly raised his head and looked at the terrifying woman's face lying on the dirty window glass.

Although he was not afraid of ghosts, a strange feeling of fear suddenly surged up from the bottom of his heart. The girl on the bed noticed Shad's eyes and wanted to look up, but fortunately the nun sitting at the table picked up the kerosene lamp on the wooden table and shone the light towards the window, and the terrifying face disappeared.

"It's absolutely safe indoors, but anything can happen outdoors."

The nun added softly, and Shade asked the mid-level witch who seemed to be in a better condition:

"Are you a believer of the [God of the Grave] and are here for the burial ceremony?"

The girl shook her head quickly:
"No, no, absolutely not. I'm not dead, and I haven't been buried. If you don't believe me, you can check it out."

(End of this chapter)