Whispering Poems

Chapter 3217 Blasphemy and Revenge

As they moved forward, the two expressed their longing for each other while checking the tombstones everywhere and being alert to enemies lurking in the darkness.

Shad discovered that most of the tombstones here only had simple names and dates of birth and death engraved on them. A few even had only one name. The most miserable tombstone only had "Old Mike" written on it, a name that he wasn't sure if it was a nickname.

The tombstones with more information may include the cause of death, the identity of the person who erected the tombstone, and even a short eulogy. Judging from this information, the owners of these tombstones lived from the Third Age to the current Fifth Age.

"Are there any tombstones from the First Age here?"

Xia De squeezed Theresa's hand, picked up the oil lamp again, and the girl who put on her glasses shook her head:
"No. The nun and I have not seen any tombstones from the First Age here, but we have seen graves of the dead from the Second Age twice. Of those two graves, one only has a name, so there is really no need to dig it up. Behind the other tombstone is the entrance to the underground crypt, which looks very large. For safety reasons, the nun and I did not go in and simply avoided it."

"Besides the tomb, there is an underground crypt here?"

Xia De was a little surprised. He had looked far away as they walked along the way, but he didn't see anything other than tombstones in the dark wasteland shrouded in mist.

Theresa nodded:
"Not only underground tombs, but also church-style above-ground tombs. When I first came here, when the nun met me, we even saw a cemetery surrounded by iron fences at the end of the white fog when we returned to the gravekeeper's hut.

It was just that I wasn’t in a good state at the time, so we just left. We tried to look for it later, but couldn’t find it.”

The two continued to move forward while chatting. The expected attack did not occur, but as they moved away from the "gravekeeper's hut", even Shad felt a strong sense of mental discomfort.

Tinnitus and slight dizziness were just superficial symptoms, what was more serious was the subtle sense of dislocation between body and soul. Although "she" gently explained that it was just an illusion after the mental impact, and that Shade's soul and body were well integrated, Shade still felt that the danger of this time adventure was probably second only to the one in "Eternal Night City".

"It seems that I can't bring Mia here next time."

Gradually, the two stopped talking and focused their attention on observing the tombstone and being alert to the enemy. The light of the lamp held by Theresa became dim, and even when they breathed, the air they exhaled from their mouths condensed into white mist.

"Was it this cold around here when we came back to the cabin just now?"

Xia De asked softly, and Theresa shook her head slightly:
"Absolutely not. The nun and I have been out so many times, the temperature here should be constant around freezing. What is that?"

In the darkness to the left of the two, they could vaguely see a huge object standing in the fog. Xia De squinted his eyes and suddenly realized that it was a big tree:
“Trees, are there any trees here?”

"The nun said that everything that appears here must be related to the tomb. That's not the direction we are heading. Let's keep moving forward."

The tree standing in the darkness did not disappear as the two continued to move forward. Instead, it remained at the limit of their vision, as if it had been following them. Soon after they quickened their pace, the dug "grave" of Miss Liad appeared not far ahead.

After taking a few quick steps to confirm that he had made no mistake, Shade looked at the tombstone in front of the dug grave under the light of the lamp held by Theresa. The content on it was less than Shade had expected:
【Gianna Liard】

[Born in the spring of 5160 of the Fifth Era]

【Robbery of graves is a serious crime.】

"She didn't lie, the name is real. But she is only 22 years old this year? Her talent is actually not bad."

Theresa whispered, and Shade nodded, touching the tombstone with his hand, and then unexpectedly found that the tombstone behind "Big Sin" seemed to be covered with mud. He frowned and picked out the hidden words, the content was very brief -

【Blasphemy against my Lord is an unforgivable sin.】

"What was that tomb she broke into? From what I can see from her appearance just now, she must not have lied to us. The employer she mentioned must have concealed something very important."

Theresa said with some concern. She certainly looked down on the profession of "tomb robber", but that didn't stop her from showing some sympathy. Xia De examined the tombstone more carefully and confirmed that no other information was missing before asking:

"We have already dug up this tomb, so what will happen if we move the tombstone away?"

Theresa shuddered first, then shook her head violently:

"Just thinking about it gives me a feeling of impending disaster. Let's not do this. But what do you want this tombstone for? Is it a supernatural material?"

"No, I just feel that it is unlucky to have a tombstone standing when the person is not dead yet. If I destroy it directly, I am worried that it will affect Miss Liad. Yes, let's not do this. Safety first."

However, this did not stop him from trying to bend down and carefully dig up the soil under the tombstone, wanting to see what was under it. This was not digging a grave, so there was no need for a shovel, but unfortunately he did not come to any conclusion:
"This tombstone grows directly on the ground. I mean, the depth it extends underground is probably deeper than we can imagine. This tombstone even looks like a part of this wasteland, a tombstone wasteland. Forget it, let's not waste time here, let's move on."

Theresa nodded, and the two held hands again and looked towards the tree in the distance to the side. It was still there, but did not appear directly in front of them.

However, they stopped again shortly after setting off this time because Theresa found a grave that met the requirements and could be dug.

The tombstone was not upright, but a horizontal scroll-shaped tombstone embedded in the black soil. The material looked like granite, and it read:

【Maggie Chandler】

[Fifth Era 405 to 510.]

【Died from a despicable back-attack by an apprentice.】

【Twelfth-level witch.】

[The corpse is missing the index finger of the left hand and the middle finger of the left hand. 】

[Last words: I love you, and I love them too. But if you ask me who I love the most, my dear Maria, it is of course you - I want you to carry this sentence with you and regret it for the rest of your life.]

In just a few lines, a rather complicated story was outlined. While Shade was checking and translating the text, Theresa used her empty left hand to toss the gold coin she carried with her twice. She had a certain ability of divination:

"We can't tell how dangerous it is, but at least we won't lose money if we dig this place up."

The lantern was temporarily placed on the ground, and Theresa watched Shad dig the soil of the grave with the shovel, and buried under the soil was a sarcophagus.

The sarcophagus began to tremble slightly as soon as it was exposed to the light. Shad signaled Theresa to prepare the relic given by Miss Liad, and then pushed his hand forward in the air. The lid of the sarcophagus slid open with a harsh friction sound, and a figure in a black dress sat up from the coffin.

The three gold rings on her left hand were so conspicuous that Shade noticed them at a glance. As for the owner of these burial objects, they were not the skeletons or mummies that Shade had imagined. Except for her skin being too pale, the woman looked completely like a living person.

She had long yellow hair and black eyes. Although she was sitting in the coffin, she was probably taller than Shade. At this time, she looked coldly at the two people who dug up her grave. After a moment of silence, a hoarse voice sounded:

"What do you want to do?"

Although she lived almost five thousand years ago, she spoke a language that Theresa could understand. Theresa had said on the way here that it was best not to fight unless necessary, so she took the initiative to answer the question:
"We want your burial objects, yes, those gold objects."

The woman sitting in the coffin replied coldly:

"Answer my questions, and if you can satisfy me, I can give you something you want--"

She didn't give them the option to refuse:

"My apprentice thought I loved someone else more than her, and ended up murdering me out of hatred for her. You should have seen what I said before I died on my tombstone. So if you were faced with this situation, what would you say?
Each person answers once. "

Shade dropped the half-broken stick in his hand, stepped back and stood with Theresa. The young girl obviously had not experienced such complicated things. She was worried about her studies while studying at the Sukses Higher Medical College, and had no time to get involved in love. She met Shade when she was about to graduate, and her love experience was quite simple.

Xia De motioned for her to speak first, so Theresa pursed her lips and thought about it. This problem can actually be divided into two directions. One direction is to retaliate against the apprentice with words like the woman in the grave; the other is to choose to forgive and let go.

She didn't know what the correct answer was, so she decided to help Shade rule it out first:
“I would say this:

"I am glad that it was you who killed me, and not someone else. My young apprentice, my love, I hope you will spend the rest of your life with your love and hatred for me. Then, will you let me die in your arms with one last kiss?"

This was a sentence she came up with by combining her imagination with the contents of the few witch palace romance novels she had read. Theresa even blushed a little when she said this, after all, Shad was standing right next to her.

The woman in the sarcophagus did not comment on her answer. Her black eyes looked at Shade:
"And what's your answer?"

This question was too easy for Shad.