Whispering Poems

Chapter 3258: A Scene at the Foot of the Mountain and Frozen Time and Space
"Not the blue sheep, I mean the unicorn"

"You have a unicorn?"

Not only Miss Reinhart, but even Miss Larson, who was sitting obediently next to the teacher, looked at Shade in surprise. Shade hurriedly shook his head:

"I mean, can we use alien creatures like unicorns? Sister Defulin mentioned to me that there is a large group of unowned wild chocobos in the Vista Forest, wandering around the forest every day with nothing to do. How about we get a few of them and keep them in the town as a means of transportation to the mountains?
I heard that they are good at climbing mountains. After a strong running start, an adult Chocobo can even run directly on the lake surface. "

The white-haired witch apprentice's eyes lit up immediately. She had obviously never seen a real chocobo. After careful consideration, the witch did not immediately agree with Shade's proposal:
"This proposal can be considered. The tribe does not prohibit these cute little creatures from going up the mountain, but I heard that the chocobos in Vista Forest belong to you. Do you know about Vista Forest?"

She suddenly asked again, maneuvering the boat to turn slowly to prevent the three of them from really rushing into the sea.

Xia De nodded:

"Yes, Sister Defulin mentioned it to me, and she also said that many witches participated in that high-intensity battle. Miss Reinhardt, didn't you and Miss Larson go? I heard that almost half of the Witch Council was there."

The young girl with platinum blonde hair was quite embarrassed:
“The Speaker did say that the parliament was very short of manpower at the time, so if I have time, I will try my best to support Vista Forest.

But Stella and I were delayed by the Kingdom of the Islands. We were in Kelagli at the time. We wanted to prospect for minerals there, but ended up getting involved in the feud between the locals and werewolves, deer-headed spirits, and a sage-level relic. Yes, the Kingdom of the Islands is remote, and the density of alien creatures there is much higher than in the Old Continent.

By the time we finished dealing with the local affairs and rushed back, the battle in the woods had already ended. But everyone in the council handled it very well. I will soon be promoted to the twelfth level, and I will also participate in such major events at that time."

She had no idea that she was actually in a vortex.

The two most serious "snow mountain pollution" that Elder Harald entrusted Shade to deal with were much more dangerous than the cave he and the two witches broke into on the night they were looking for the missing Miss Reinhardt.

Because he had received information from Elder Harald in advance, Shad also knew the specific conditions of the two locations. One was a spring at the foot of the snow-capped mountain, and the other was an abandoned auditorium in the mountain.

The three of them were heading to the spring at the foot of the northern foothills of the Snow Mountain. Before reaching their destination, she talked about the spring. She often went there to play when she was a child:
"The real 'Snow Mountain Water' made by the Fatu priests can only use water from a few specific locations as raw materials. I don't even know the real formula, but I heard that it requires 'lower water', 'middle water' and 'upper water'. The polluted spring is one of the 'lower waters'. The water is extremely cold. If ordinary people drink it directly for a long time, they will definitely not live beyond the age of 25."

The boat landed them at the dock of Geiranger Village at the northern foot of the snowy mountain. The second-ring old priest in the village had been waiting for them. The group did not stay in the village for long, but went straight through the village to the foot of the mountain. The spring was located in an open-air location, but because it was polluted, in order to prevent the pollution from spreading, the priests had completely sealed off the area around the spring and sent people to guard it.

The old priest in the village sent the three people to the entrance of the path beside the cedar forest. The old man, wearing a straw raincoat and a cotton hat, warned them that there were a few monsters wandering in the polluted area, and then asked Claire Reinhardt curiously:

"Little Claire, does the Great Elder want you to participate in this year's All Souls Festival?"

It seemed that the old people in the villages at the foot of the snow-capped mountains really knew her.

"Also, don't jump into the spring this time. You might freeze to death and then crawl out and say you fell in by accident."

The witch held Shad and Miss Larson with her left and right hands respectively, asking them to leave with her quickly.

The winding path in the cedar forest led to an unknown distance. When walking through the forest, Mia woke up and ran to Shad's shoulder to look around. Miss Larson was walking behind, so she kept looking up at the cat's wagging tail, and no one knew what she was thinking.

Soon, Shade sensed the obvious foul smell, and as he continued walking forward, he saw black ice crystals clinging to the ground and trees in the cedar forest. Outside the area where the ice crystals appeared, the ancient writings of the Fatu people formed glowing runes on the snow surface, using the power of the snow mountain to prevent the further spread of pollution.

Of course, these runes have no blocking effect on humans. The three of them prepared at the edge of the contaminated area, put on the amulet given by Elder Harald before leaving, and then walked in separately.

Xia De felt that the surroundings were getting a little colder, but after the amulet heated up slightly, he no longer felt the cold; the white-haired girl from the Far North shivered slightly, and then whispered that she felt as if the spirit in her body was about to be frozen, but she held the amulet with both hands, and the circulation of the spirit in her soul was slowly recovering.

As for the witch, her face immediately turned pale, but she did not activate the amulet, but cast a spell softly. Then a warm and bright yellow light emanated from her body, and the warmth of the sun helped her dispel the severe cold. As long as she did not try to communicate with the snow mountain in this area, she would not be affected too much.

"Meow~"

The cat did not behave abnormally except that it crawled into Shade's clothes from her shoulders. It looked at the witch when she glowed, but soon lost interest, after all, cats can glow by themselves.

In the cedar forest covered with black ice crystals, there were some monsters that looked like snowmen. These monsters were not very strong and were considered enemies derived from the filthy area. When the three of them were looking for the witch in the early morning yesterday, they found traces of battle in front of the cave. They were left by the witch and her followers when they fought against these things.

Xia De wanted to try out his new magic, so when the snowmen were attracted by the breath of the living, he took the initiative to ask to deal with it himself:

"I have learned [Thunder Wave], and I want to try it out to see its specific effects."

After all, when I tried it at the sacrificial field yesterday, I only messed up Sister Defulin's hair.

Miss Reinhardt was also very interested in this. She and her apprentice both mastered this unique magic, so she wanted to compare whether there was any difference when it was used in Shade's hands.

But she thought that this time, Shade would summon the Life Ring, but Shade still didn't do it. He just held his breath and watched two three-meter-tall humanoid monsters made of black ice crystals approaching here - they looked like a variant of the "fallen earth element giant" that appeared in the Randall River Valley. When the two sides were close enough, Shade waved his palm forward:
"Thunder wave!"

The crackling sound was not harsh at first, but then there were two loud bangs, and the two black ice giants were pushed back five meters by the huge force of Shade and then fell to the ground. Fine arcs of electricity jumped on the monsters, and when the three people walked up to them, they still had not recovered from the paralysis.

"Very good, you have such power just after learning it. Once you are fully accustomed to this magic, it is not impossible to reverse huge waves or move mountains. I know that you are very talented in solar system spells."

She praised him generously, and then told Shade that if he wanted to completely destroy this monster, he would need to use the power of fire or the sun. After these black ice giants died, some small ice cubes close to "unfreezing ice" would condense in the area of ​​their hearts, which were very precious alchemical materials.

The three of them continued walking towards the depths of the cedar forest. Looking up from here, they could see the ice crystals condensed on the branches falling with the wind. Some of them fell on Mia's head, making it look up curiously, but more of them hit the snow-covered rocks and shattered into fine powder.

Through the gaps between the branches, you can clearly see the silver crowns of the snow-capped mountains that support the skyline. Whenever you see this scenery, it will make you feel happy.

“The pollution here is very similar to the pollution in the cave.”

Shade said, and Miss Rhinehart nodded:
"It's normal for the manifestations to be similar. After all, they are all filth born from the snowy mountains. I'm really curious about what happened on this island in the three years I was away. Be careful, the situation ahead seems to be more serious."

The filth of the snowy mountain is similar to the "crazy land". In addition to the birth of those black ice crystal giants, black ice crystals also appear in the environment, freezing all life that enters the polluted area. Continue walking forward, and you can see squirrels, snakes and even a small wild boar wrapped in ice.

After dealing with two slowly approaching ice giants, the group finally saw the so-called spring under the cliff at the end of the cedar forest.

The area of ​​the "spring" was not large. To use an inappropriate analogy, it was about three times the size of Xia De's bed, which had a large enough space for a person to hide under it.

It receives the sparse sunlight in the shade of the cliff. The surface of the spring is covered with ice, and the frosty white cold air wanders along the rock surface behind the spring and the surrounding black snow surface.

Melted glacier water gathers here through underground rock layers. Even though the gurgling clear stream is frozen, Shade can still feel the pulse of the earth when he sees it. There are also a few frozen pine needles on the black ice surface, and the rotating ripples on the naturally frozen ice are like the annual rings of this ancient mountain range.

Miss Reinhart was accustomed to this scene, and the white-haired girl who grew up in the Far North admired this scene with curiosity.

Xia De felt touched. The sun, snow-capped mountains and time intersected here to create such a harmonious natural landscape. Although there was still filth around, it did not prevent Xia De from moving his eyes from the ice spring at the foot of the mountain to the higher peaks. He realized exactly why the Fatu people called this mountain a "holy mountain."

And when he grasped the subtle touch he felt when seeing this picture, the elements of enlightenment naturally surged towards him from the surging tide of elements at the foot of the snow-capped mountains.

They seemed to hear the sigh of a short, silver-haired girl from the distant past. The scene before their eyes froze completely at this moment. Claire Reinhart and Miss Larson saw Shad raised his hand and pointed at the snowflakes flying in front of him:

"stop!"

He said, and then large flakes of snow froze directly in the air like the scenery in the photo. Time and space were frozen here for a moment, and "she" beside my ear smiled gently:

【Stranger, you feel inspired. 】

[You have obtained the magic - Chloe's Time and Space Freeze: Only for entities, non-entities and scenes without souls, solidify them with the power of ice and time and space. Corresponding to the [Time and Space] Spirit Rune.]

[Note that the Thaumaturgy - "Chloe's Time Freeze" and the Thaumaturgy - "Adele's Time Standstill" can be effective at the same time. ]

[Attention, stranger, the next time you comprehend the power related to ice and snow, you will definitely obtain the corresponding spirit rune.]