Whispering Poems

Chapter 3257 Lease Tower
As Sylvia spoke, she left the stairs and walked to the left.

The ground was not rugged and steep rocks, but flat bricks and stones that had been covered by snow for thousands of years. After walking about ten steps, as the snow melted, rocks that looked like protruding from the ground appeared. This was the only part of a wall left.

The entrance to the [Space Maze] was certainly not here. Sylvia stopped in front of the wall, then lowered her head and counted the breadstones under her feet. Finally, she stepped on three of them accurately with her boots:
"Shad, remember the location of these three stones. This is how you open the entrance."

Then, silently, a big hole appeared on the ground beside the two of them. At the entrance of the hole, there were stone steps leading down. The style of the stone steps was the same as the previous stairs leading to the top of the mountain.

There are thirteen straight stone steps in total, and at the end of the thirteen steps is a flat wall. So even if someone does not know the secret here, once they discover the underground part, they will wonder if there is other space behind the wall.

Xia De summoned the Life Ring, and under the illumination of the [Time and Space] Spirit Rune, the hidden wall disappeared without a trace. He and Sylvia continued to walk inside, and saw the familiar ancient god statue and circular space.

All the notes and materials originally stored here have been transferred to the tower. So far, after the twelfth signpost "Second Basement Floor of St. Byrons Library", Shad has the thirteenth signpost "Top of Fatumunster Snow Mountain".

After he entered the [Space Maze] and established this landmark, he and Sylvia returned to the higher tower.

The witch took Shade's hand and said something else:
"You can come to this snowy mountain by yourself in the future, but if you don't want to jump off the top of the mountain by yourself, and want to go to Victoria Street to enter the city, you still need to enter this tower to use the portal room, right?"

Shade nodded:
"So, I need a key here."

The dark-haired girl smiled, but she refused to give the key:
"I'm sorry, although you gave me the key to your home, I can't give you the key here. This is the rule of the Space Witch family. The key can only be held by the Space Witch herself and the apprentice. This rule has been passed down from generation to generation, and it is written into the apprentice manual."

But before Shad said, "You still want me to be your apprentice," Sylvia offered another solution. She would not "blackmail" Shad with this kind of thing. Emma Sylvia was not that kind of girl.

Her expression was gentle:
"Although I cannot give you the key directly, I can lend you the key and the tower temporarily. This is completely in line with the regulations. However."

Sylvia's right index finger slid across Shade's chest, his figure reflected in her golden eyes:

"You have to pay me something."

"How much will it cost?"

Xia De winked at her:
“Is one lifetime enough?”

Her fingers hooked around Shade's collar:

"I'm not the kind of girl who will be fooled by sweet talk. I'll conduct an assessment every three years and a rating every term. If you don't do enough work and fail the assessment, I have the power to take back the key."

(Little Mia is running.)

"This way!"

When Shade came to the gate of Kyle-Todd Town along the path at the foot of the mountain, he saw the witch with platinum hair waiting for him and waving at him:

"You said you could come over at 9:30, that's just the right time."

She said with a smile, and then greeted the cat on Shad's shoulder:

"Good morning, Mia."

But the cat still remembered that she had "injured" Shad a few days ago, so the petty cat ignored her, which was in stark contrast to the situation when the cat and the owl got along harmoniously in the past.

Yesterday, Elder Harald entrusted Shad to go to the mountain to deal with the polluted area. However, because Shad brought information about the angel-level relic [Sword Heir Nest] that morning, he and the witch went to the "Snow Mountain Hall" to meet with the elders before going up the mountain.

The meeting place this time was not the room where the "potion merchant" Mr. Sargent was recuperating, but in the courtyard outside the banquet hall.

Shade gave the extra "holy blood" to the elder, and emphasized one sentence when explaining the characteristics of the relic:
"This is information provided by my friend. He said that I can share this information with people I trust, but he won't let me spread it completely. So I need you to promise that you won't tell anyone else after you know the characteristics of the relic."

The information about that angel-level relic is a secret of the vampires, and it is also related to one of the clans. It is understandable that the vampires do not want more people to know about it.

"The church can't say anything either, right?"

Elder Harald asked.

"Yes, but you can share the healing potions or the information you have discovered with the church."

So Elder Harald and Miss Reinhardt swore an oath to the Holy Mountain respectively, and Shad then told them the information he had seen from the "little red bat" this morning.

The complete containment information was too long, so Shade only highlighted the key points. The three most important things were, of course, "reversing the metallization effect", "detecting the number of existing magic swords", and "how to cut off the magic sword".

Reversing the metallization effect requires the use of the unique rituals and unique potions of the vampires. The rituals and potion formulas are all in Shad's head. Now Elder Harald and the potion merchant Mr. Sargent need to raise the materials themselves.

The old man's transformation stage is still very early, so it is relatively easy to treat. But even so, he was injured by an angel-level relic after all. Even if the injury caused by the relic is completely eliminated, his spellcasting will still be affected within a month or two, so Miss Reinhardt will still be in charge on All Souls' Day.

Xia De didn't need to worry about collecting materials. What he wanted to talk about was detecting the number of magic swords:
“In fact, the conditions for becoming the target of the magic sword’s transformation are very strict. It is a coincidence that both Mr. Sargent and Elder Harald meet the conditions.

The number of magic swords should be less than thirteen now, otherwise the magic swords would not have escaped on Tuesday, but would have appeared together to kill us all. So far, we have seen a total of seven magic swords. I think even if there are more magic swords that have not appeared, the number will not exceed nine. "

"The detection ceremony you mentioned is not complicated. I will prepare it in a moment, and we will start the ceremony in the evening."

Elder Harald said, and Shade nodded:
"The other thing is the method to sever the devil's sword. There are 23 relics in total. This list can be shared with the church. I'll give you the list later. Elder, please send someone to deliver the letter to the city."

"No problem. Half an hour ago, the church in the city sent a letter to me. They asked the prophet to help investigate the whereabouts of the magic sword. It is said that they have set up a trap using the controlled sword as bait, and they also wanted to invite me to join the operation, but I refused.

Perhaps the Church can contain those swords without us having to investigate further."

This is the best outcome, but based on Xia De's experience, things will never end that easily.

Afterwards, Shad went to visit Mr. Sargent before preparing to set off with the witch. This time, they also brought Miss Stella Larson with them, and Shad thought she would bring more followers.

"Based on our last experience, if we encounter danger, it will only result in one more victim. With you here with me this time, there's no need to ask them to come again. This time I'm taking you two up the mountain. In fact, grandpa wants me to go to the small church on the mountain and baptize and bless you two."

"what is that?"

The first pollution point was at the northern foot of the snowy mountain, and it was faster to go around the island by boat than on foot. The three of them set out from the pier in the west of the town, and when they sat down on the boat, Shade asked the witch.

The latter knocked on the side of the boat to start it on its own. She thought for a moment:
"You can think of it as a peculiar local ritual that allows you to become a part of the Fatu people. Although it won't increase your strength, it will make you luckier in the snowy mountains, and you won't be attacked by wild animals or get lost easily."

She continued to introduce to Shade and her apprentice:

"There are many small halls built by my people on the mountain. They were built by us Fatu people to worship the holy mountain. One of the important processes of All Souls' Day is to have the young people in the tribe hold torches and climb the mountain starting from the Snow Mountain Hall in the dark, and then light the braziers in the small halls in the mountain one by one until they reach the top of the mountain."

Xia De and the witch sat face to face, and the thin, white-haired witch apprentice was beside the witch. She looked up at the vast snow-capped mountains in awe:
"Miss, so we are going to the top of the mountain in a while, right?"

"You don't have to go to the main auditorium on the top of the mountain. The auditorium halfway up the mountain will do. Just follow me. We will probably go there in the afternoon. I hope you all enjoy the scenery on the snowy mountain."

The boat slowly sailed away from the dock of the town. When the town was completely out of sight, the witch knocked on the side of the boat again, allowing it to break through the wind and waves at an extremely exaggerated speed. The winter morning wind blew on my face, which was slightly cold. At this time, the cat had curled up in Shade's clothes and fell asleep.

The three of them were looking at the surrounding scenery, and Shad suddenly missed the group of chocobos living in the Vista Woods. Mia was good in everything except that she couldn't turn into a mount to take him on the road. Most of the time, Shad even played the role of "mount".

"I'm afraid we'll need to use our legs a lot in the future to get around in the snowy mountains, so taking a boat will be rare. Ms. Reinhardt, maybe we can find some means of transportation to get around in the mountains."

He then suggested this to the witch, but she shook her head and refused to do so:
"Even if the Angevin royal family wants to climb the mountain, they can't ride horses or cars. This is out of respect for the holy mountain. And the road is very difficult to walk on after entering the mountain. Even horses probably can't walk on the mountain road. Unless you like to ride mountain goats, which can be found in the mountains, but I think only people of my grandfather's age like this kind of mount."

PS: It’s so hard to find a job.