Whispering Poems

Chapter 3219 Waiting Nun

"That nun of yours, is she level 13?"

Sister Belen lowered her head and asked softly, while Shade shook his head:
"No, she's not a demon. I mean, she's only level 12, but she said she's about to be promoted to level 13. I could tell at a glance that you're a fire-bearing nun. The mithril eye mask handed down from the ancient Death Cult is still passed down from generation to generation among fire-bearing nuns in my time. Even your dressing styles are very similar."

Shad wanted to express that the inheritance of the "Nun with Fire" has never been broken, but Sister Beren did not respond to his answer. She just lowered her head and continued to follow Shad forward.

We had just seen Miss Liad's tombstone, so in order to avoid wasting time walking the same route, we walked in the opposite direction. The tombstones in this direction were a little sparser than in the previous direction, but this was not a bad thing, because we could walk a little faster.

In fact, Xia De was interested in the short candles on the tombstones that seemed to never change and the shabby kerosene lamps in front of a few tombstones. These tiny flames were so interesting in this wasteland, but his instinct told him that it was best not to touch these fires that did not belong to him.

Sister Belen continued to ask:
"May I ask how your sister met you? Or did you seek her out for power?"

Thinking of the past of Midhill Castle, Shade couldn't help but smile as he glanced at the surrounding tombstones:
"That happened many years ago. I was still immature at that time. I went to her city to rescue a missing friend, and then I met her. To be honest, she was the one who plotted against me. When I was seriously injured and unable to move, she knelt beside me holding fire, trembling and asking me to accept the power of fire.

No, I'm not complaining about my nun, it's just funny to think about it."

Sister Devereign was undoubtedly a very decent lady, but in that one matter she was different from what Shad knew her to be.

Sister Belen, who was standing by, actually agreed quietly after hearing the story:
"She did this in a way that any sister who holds fire would understand."

"Um"

"Mortals who can hold the power of the First Fire are very rare, and those who can fully hold the power of the First Fire and even help the nuns sense the power of the First Fire are even rarer. Although there are nuns who hold the fire in every generation, we may not have the talent like you.

I don't know what will happen in the future, but at least according to the history I know, it is normal for only one nun in dozens of generations to meet a suitable candidate to inherit the fire."

Sister Daveline had mentioned before that there were fewer "Fire Bearers" than "Fire Holders" like them. All the books in the Spiritual Order were open to Shad. When Shad was looking for information about the First Fire, he didn't see anything about other "Fire Bearers". So the appearance of the last Fire Bearer must have been a long time before the arrival of the outsiders.

"My nun said that those who bear the flame must not only have the talent to receive the First Fire, but must also be destined to be heroes. So once someone like me appears, it definitely means that the world is about to change."

Xia De continued to look at the tombstones around him, and learned that fish bones can really choke people to death, domestic violence exists between witches, and that people can really suffocate to death because they forget to breathe.

However, he felt that the fog was thicker than when he and Theresa were returning.
"So for the good of this world, it's better if the Fire Bearer doesn't show up."

"Others would think so, I think only the fire-bearing nuns would not think so. Every generation of nuns is waiting."

Sister Belen said softly. At first, Shad didn't understand what this meant, and asked naively. Only afterwards did he realize his naivety.
"So Sister Belen, have you found a suitable fire bearer in this era?"

The black-haired nun lowered her head and said nothing. Xia De suddenly felt that the atmosphere became awkward. Although he had not thought about what he said just now because he was reading the information on the tombstone while speaking, he immediately understood the current situation.

So after coming to this world, he was actually grateful for the accident that happened at this time, which was rare for him.

Bang!
There was a loud noise, and a black shadow flew out from the side and directly knocked Shade away from where he was. But before the twelfth-order nun could make a move, the bright moonlight illuminated the surrounding darkness in an instant, and the winged ghoul that flew into the air was split into two parts in the air by the cold silver halo.

The corpse of the winged ghoul fell between the tombstones. Shade turned over and quickly joined Sister Belen, who was walking quickly. The two leaned back to back, listening to the rustling sounds coming from the surrounding tombstones.

Pairs of green eyes opened in the dark fog. Shad and the nun did not sense any enemies around them just before the attack. These zombies seemed to appear out of thin air.

"Is it because the space of the Tombstone Wasteland is changing that they appear? They didn't appear out of thin air, but the nun and I appeared out of thin air."

Now is not the time to think about these things. There is no need to worry about the ordinary zombie Shade, but in this strange world where life and death are intertwined, no one knows what strange abilities these things will have.

His right hand pulled out a magnificent sword that shone with silver moonlight from the air. Before waiting for the surrounding ghouls to make further moves, he tried to look behind him with his peripheral vision, but he did not sense the familiar whispering elements:

"Sister Beren, won't you draw the greatsword 'Ashes'?"

That greatsword is associated with the [Original Fire], and as long as the flame is there, it will definitely still be there.

"I have some problems myself. The sword cannot be pulled out in this wasteland for the time being."

The nun's voice was still ethereal and full of feeling:

"Please don't worry about me. Defeat these deaths that still have malice left in them first."

There was a small cloud of mist in front of her mouth when she spoke. As soon as her voice fell, the group of zombies that had surrounded the two of them jumped out from among the tombstones and attacked the two people who were standing back to back.

At this moment, at least twenty ghouls flew into the air, but the golden shield enveloped Sister Shade and Sister Belen. The moment the first ghoul touched the "Hedon Seal", the golden light burst, and with a sound similar to that of broken glass, the ghouls that flew over were blown away by the sun's rays.

"Moonlight Wheel!"

The silver halo that flew out from Shad's empty left hand drew a beautiful arc in the dark fog, and followed the undead that were blown away, circling around and splitting them in half.

Sister Beren behind him just chanted a spell softly, and more than a dozen fist-sized fireballs appeared above the two men's heads, and then turned into fire meteors one by one and smashed towards the zombies lurking in the darkness.

In order to avoid disturbing the surroundings, three silencing spells have been thrown around, so everything is done in silence.

At the same time, the winged ghouls flew high into the darkness, trying to attack from the air. Shad didn't remember that the ghouls could cast spells, but each of them could vomit out black pus mixed with toxins and the power of death in a vomiting-like manner. The nature of the pus was similar to "human pus", but it was obviously far inferior to the real demonic power.

The alienated ghouls, whose bodies were as thick as ink, were not only larger in size, but also knew how to lurk in the darkness and try to launch sneak attacks from the ground. They had mastered the ability to blend into the shadows, crouching between the tombstones and moving silently, but fortunately the light of the First Fire was enough to force them out.

"Although they are all mutated undead, they don't seem to be particularly strong."

Xia De was thinking in his heart, and the nun behind him reminded him softly:
"Although the spell has been used, do not use any magic that would make too much noise, or any ability that would produce a huge amount of light, and try to avoid damaging these tombstones."

"clear."

The dark chain slid out from his left sleeve with a rustling sound, and after falling to the ground, it quickly scurried towards the surrounding tombstones like a flexible snake. While the nun manipulated the flames to attack the enemies on the ground, Shade continued to use the "Hedon Seal" to intercept the spitting of the undead from the air. At the same time, the [Sin Chain] circled around the two of them and tied up most of the surrounding tombstones one by one:
"Almost there—Moonlight Thorn!"

Although this still did not constitute a strictly confined space, when Shade thrust the greatsword into the ground, the rustling Holy Silver Moonlight thorn bushes still grew out from the chains. Those ghouls in the dark who tried to approach the thorn bushes immediately retreated as if burned and hid among the tombstones again.

The moonlight thorns protected them, so they could ignore the enemies on the ground for the time being. The two of them, with their hands free, immediately went to fight the winged undead in the air.

Although flying was not prohibited in the Tombstone Wasteland, they did not fly directly for safety reasons. Silver halos and strings of fireballs flew into the air, and mutilated and charred bodies fell one after another in the air. After more than half of the members were killed, the group of winged ghouls finally scattered and left.

They wanted to deal with the zombies on the ground at this time, but even after the "Moonlight Thorns" disappeared, no undead rushed towards them first.

After standing back to back against those terrifying creatures for a while, Shade tried to raise the [Moonlight Greatsword] to attack actively, but he had just taken two steps when the undead on the ground turned around and disappeared into the darkness.

"Is this really a ghoul?"

Apart from their appearance, the characteristics of these things were completely different from what Shade knew. Although Sister Belen arrived earlier, she couldn't explain what changes had occurred to the undead in this wasteland.

But the good news is that when Shad wanted to check the corpses of the zombies, he unexpectedly found that all the corpses were gone. However, during the search, he found a gold denture on the side of the tombstone of an unlucky guy who was choked to death by falling bird droppings while laughing up to the sky.