Whispering Poems

Chapter 3223 Goodbye [Corpse Tree]

On the other side, Shad doesn't know what surprise he will have when he comes back next time. He follows the hound that is nimble among the tombstones, wondering if the hound will take him to its owner's grave and ask Shad to help resolve the resentment - this is a very common direction of story development.

Unfortunately, he guessed wrong this time. As the hound moved forward, Shade vaguely saw a huge shadow appear in the thick fog ahead. As he continued to approach, he found that the hound was heading in front of him, and it was clearly the big tree he saw when he went out with Theresa.

"This tree again? Is this hound the bait released by that tree?"

Xia De looked at the tree and thought in his heart, then confirmed with "her" that they could really leave at any time, and then he continued to follow with the shovel.

As they got closer to the tree, the density of the tombstones around them was obviously decreasing. And Shade gradually discovered that the tree seemed to have a faint blue glow. He continued to chase forward for half a minute. In the chaotic environment around him, the whispering element suddenly became denser.

"A relic?"

The tree was not tall, at least not compared to the trees that Shad had seen in the Vista Woods. A rough estimate was that it was less than three meters high.

After all the tombstones standing around disappeared, countless tree roots protruded from the black ground around the big tree. Shade also saw that the giant tree not only had a crown emitting a blue glow, but also had vines with mummies hanging from them.

Xia De looked up at this scene and subconsciously slowed down his pace. The familiar relic in front of him gave him a strange sense of overlapping time and space. He really didn't expect that after going through so many things, this relic would appear in front of him again -

"Secret Keeper-level relic - Corpse Tree!"

This was one of the relics that was sealed in the ruins left behind by the "Pure Creator" cult in the underground of Tobesk when he, Iluna and Luvia broke into the ruins. But at the same time, it was also a seal used by the last ring mages of the cult to guard the ruins.

Although it is only at the Secret Keeper level, this tree has the ability to move in space, perform large-scale collective hallucinations, manipulate the undead, manipulate life puppets, and more.

If it is not "fed" for a long time, its power will decline on its own. The three people encountered a "corpse tree" that had not eaten for a thousand years. As for the current tree, it does not look like it is hungry at all.

"It feels like we've come full circle. How did we deal with this relic in the first place? I remember I only had one ring at the time."

[Gina Angela Sewell's body and soul were sealed in the tree and merged with it. She burned the relic at the cost of herself and then ascended to an angel.]

Now Shade remembered it, because he found the [Origin·Balance] from that tree. So in the summer of 1853 of the Sixth Era, the [Corpse Tree] completely became history. But now at the end of the Fifth Era, the tree is obviously still in its strongest state.

Even because of the current environment of the "Tombstone Wasteland", its power may far exceed the level of the "Secret Keeper Level".

The hound running in front quickly entered the crown of the corpse tree, but the mummies whose necks were tied by vines and the relics themselves did not pay any attention to it.

Although Xia De continued to move forward, he had changed from running to walking. When he came to the influence range of the relic power, he had already prepared to fight and run away if he couldn't win, but unexpectedly, the [Corpse Tree] still didn't react.

The blue light slightly dispelled the dense fog around, but the stench of corpses and the breath of death around became even stronger. When he really came under the tree, Shade finally understood what happened here. A mummified dog head that was larger than the spirit hound was embedded in the trunk of the relic, and next to the trunk stood a stone tablet.

Although this stone tablet is only used to remind others of the current state of the relics, it can actually be regarded as a tombstone.

[In the year 4007 of the Fifth Era, I sealed the relic [Corpse Tree] with the body and soul of my pregnant dog. When the relic was found in the eastern part of the Southern Continent, three small city-states had already been destroyed. I was unable to repel it with my eleventh-order power, and was forced to sacrifice my beloved dog, Reina. If the power of the relic weakens to a controllable level after a thousand years of sealing, please help rescue Reina's soul and hide the gift in the tree hole.]

Below is the signature of the eleventh-level witch. Calculating the time, this tree has indeed been sealed for a thousand years. But the problem is that it is not weak due to hunger, and it is definitely not in a controllable state now.

The spirit of the black hound suddenly jumped up under the tree and rubbed the shriveled dog head on the trunk. The mummy then opened its eyes and first saw its daughter, and then saw Shade holding a shovel.

It opened its mouth and spoke human language. Although it was not the language used by Theresa and the others, Shad had also learned it in the course.

"Alive? Leave, you are not welcome here."

Xia De guessed that it was because he didn't have any burial objects on him, so the other party's attitude was so bad.

"Wang Wang!"

The hound jumped and barked immediately, but the corpses on the tree trunks didn't even look at it. The trees that exuded a foul smell began to tremble in the mist, and the vines hanging from the treetops also extended downwards, as if they wanted to release the corpses to the ground.

"stop!"

Xia De said, throwing away the shovel and turning around, he was surrounded by the soft silver moonlight. When the moonlight faded, the silver-white wolf stood next to the shovel. In order to make himself look more majestic, he even used [Body of Courage] to make the wolf's body a little bigger:
"Can we talk now? Wolves and dogs are actually distant relatives. No, they are close relatives."

If the mummy's mouth corners could not make small movements, Shade believed that he would see a human-like expression on the dog's face. But this at least proved that it had reason. As for the reason, whether it was because of the trick left by the witch thousands of years ago, or whether its soul was special, this was something Shade didn't know:
"You thought I had never seen Transfiguration, did you?"

Shade, who remained in the form of a silver wolf, didn't care:

"I just want you to let your guard down. Besides, my Transfiguration skills are very powerful, which also proves that I am not a fool who ran here and lost his life for nothing. Is this your daughter?"

The Shadow Wolf pointed his paw at the black hound that was smaller than himself:

"It paid me, so I followed. I can understand the words on the stone tablet. It hopes that I can free your soul, right?"

As to how the baby wolf's soul grew up, Shade didn't need to delve into it. The soul was a very magical thing.

The shriveled dog head on the tree trunk hesitated for a moment. It was thinking:

"Although I don't know how you ended up here, I know where this place is better than you do. If you really have a way, take my daughter out of this place and send her to where she belongs, and I will give you a reward. This place cannot lead to death, so take her back to the world of the living."

This is just like the "narrow gap between life and death" which cannot lead to death, but bringing the souls inside into reality can allow them to move on.

"You know this place?"

A smile appeared on the slightly glowing silver wolf head:

"I want to know what's going on here. The more details the better."

"You want to know about the kingdom of God? No, Silver Wolf, even if I were in this state now, I would not share this knowledge. It's not because I'm stingy, but for the safety of everyone."

"So what if I can save you while suppressing this tree? That would be considered fulfilling your master's wish."

Xia De asked again, but the mummy dog ​​head asked back:

"What method are you going to use?"

"I need to go back and discuss this with my companions. I have come into contact with the [Corpse Tree] at some point in time, and this relic is very familiar to me."

The mummy dog ​​head howled at his daughter twice, and only agreed to Shade's deal after communicating with the spirit hound:
"If you can fulfill the master's wish, I can tell you about this place. In addition, the things left by the master and the burial objects I have obtained over the years can also be given to you. Don't try to deceive me, I know where you are."

"So do you know what this is?"

A translucent bookshelf with the color of the sea of ​​stars appeared beside the silver wolf, and then a book floated out of it and came under the tree trunk. The book opened, and on it was what Miss Liad's employer wanted them to find.

The mummy dog ​​head recognized this at a glance:
"You want me to pay a deposit? But you haven't done anything yet. Or, you can get some burial objects to trade with me. Since you're carrying a gravekeeper's shovel, you must know the rules here."

"Gravekeeper? It seems you do know a lot of things."

The wolf patted the shovel with its paws, and in the silver moonlight it changed into a human form:

"I just have to wait a little longer. I'll be back soon."

He had not forgotten to observe the tombstones along the way, so he turned around with the shovel and hurried to the location he had just noted. The mummy dog ​​head watched his back as he left, but the small black hound chased in the direction of Shade again.

The man and the dog returned soon. The shovel had disappeared, and Xia De had two bracelets and a necklace in his hand. The owner of the grave he had just dug was a stingy gambler. As expected, he died because he owed gambling debts and could not repay them, so he was beaten to death.

Xia De was very curious about how such a gambler could have the money to hold a burial ceremony. The soul that died from gambling actually wanted to play dice with Xia De after death, and then Xia De took away all its burial objects.

"What is the stone tablet I showed you?"

A bracelet was thrown towards the tree by Shade, and the mummy dog ​​head opened its mouth to bite it and swallowed it directly into its stomach:

"The sacrificial offerings of the master of this land of the dead. Such things only appear in the temple of the master here. It is worth mentioning that the temple of the master here in the material world is usually no different from an ancient tomb."

So Miss Liad was tricked into stealing from the temple of the evil cult without knowing anything, and then was thrown here. Those cultists seemed to have good tempers.

But in this case, it is hard to say whether Miss Liad can leave here smoothly.

"Besides the common evil spirits, skeletons, and ghouls, are there any other enemies that living people like us can easily encounter and that will attack us upon seeing us?"

The second bracelet was thrown out by Shade, and the dog head on the tree swallowed it again:
“Gargoyles, they are flesh alchemy devices, and in areas where they often appear, there will definitely not be kerosene lamps on the ground;

Death frogs, I don't know where they came from, they seem to be a species from an older era, their tongues have the ability to kill with one strike, they gather near all the waters in the wasteland;
Skeleton nuns are the horrible beings that the loyal servants of the master here turned into after death. If you see a string of fire coming in the fog in the distance, you must avoid them immediately. They are truly immortal here.

White Candle Monk, who looks like a dried corpse with a white candle on his head. This kind of thing is relatively weak, but they will continue to mark your location, making you easier to find. "

It mentioned four kinds of monsters at once, and only the "gargoyle" was mentioned by the nun and Theresa. There must be other more dangerous things in the wasteland, but Shade didn't have many burial objects in his hand.

He wrote these down on a piece of paper, then squatted down and patted the head of the hound that seemed to like him very much:
"Can I use the last necklace in exchange for your daughter helping me deliver this letter to where I was found?"

He didn't have time to go back. The small black hound barked twice, bit the letter and left without even taking the necklace.

Shade watched it disappear into the mist, then threw the necklace to the corpse on the tree trunk:
"Then I'll give it to you. When you find me walking around in the wilderness again, I will probably have found a way. Goodbye then."

"Since my daughter is willing to help you, this necklace is still yours. This is your deposit to me. Next time you bring a method, you can take it away."

Xia De nodded, turned around and turned into a silver wolf again. He waved his paw as a farewell, then disappeared in the direction that the black hound left.

PS: The picture in this chapter is "Corpse Tree".