Whispering Poems

Chapter 730
"Horror stories in a deserted village? I really like this kind of theme, but don't worry, these red butterflies will protect us."

The girl in black skirt pointed to the red butterflies all over the sky, and those flying translucent butterflies seemed to be responding to her, wanting to land on her fingertips one after another:

"As long as you don't leave Hongdie, you, I mean we won't be in danger."

Xia De looked at her, and nodded for a long time:

"Okay, I'll go into the village with you, but I have something to go to the top of the mountain later, so move faster."

"No problem, I can go to the destination with you in a while. I know there is a shortcut in this village, which can directly reach the top of the mountain."

She smiled and took Xia De's hand, walked out of the gloomy jungle into the black mist, and formally entered the village wrapped in black mist that seemed to be in the everlasting night.

[Outlander, you have entered the interior of the place-type relic again. 】

"I know."

The whispering element became more and more thick, and the terrifying black mist with strong curse swept towards the two of them, and even ferocious faces could be seen in the mist.But surrounded by flying red butterflies, the black mist could not get close to them at all.On the contrary, the fog seemed to be afraid of the red butterfly, and it gradually became thinner around Xia De and the girl in the black skirt.

"What a terrible curse."

Xia De looked around with lingering fear, if it was only him, he would definitely not come in.

"Sir, do you have any research on curses? Yes, this is a curse born of resentment, hatred, regret, and disasters deep underground. We'd better not touch them too much."

The girl in the black skirt said that she knew this place very well.

Countless undead wandered in the dilapidated mountain village. These souls inside the relic were attacked by whispering elements and turned into twisted monsters that were more terrifying than evil spirits.Walking in the deserted village, it seems that there are no enemies around, but Xia De's keen inspiration can feel that those evil spirits hiding around and almost blending with the environment are watching them.

But surrounded by red butterflies, no enemy dared to take the initiative to appear.So that when Xia De and the girl in the black skirt walked in the village, they only saw those buildings that had been abandoned for many years.

It can be seen that this place once prospered. Although it is an old village in the mountains, except for a few conspicuous houses at the entrance of the village, most of the other buildings were renovated before being abandoned.The ground in the village is also very flat, and the buildings in the center of the village are like the houses that only the mayor and the sheriff of a small town can live in.

Perhaps, the village has extra income.

The girl in black skirt who claims to be a student of Fort Midhill Mechanical Academy knows a lot about this village.While the two were walking on the only small road in the dilapidated mountain village, she told Xia De the story that once happened here.

This is a story that happened a long time ago. The small mountain village is located in a remote mountain. The villagers stayed behind for generations, and rarely went out to make a living or marry far away.And the peaceful days disappeared with an earthquake.

The earthquake did not cause much damage to the village, but after the earthquake, people discovered gold mines under the water wells in the village that were shattered.The villagers unanimously decided to keep this secret, and used "building a tower in the village" as an excuse to hide it from the villagers in nearby villages and the nobles in the town below the mountain, and secretly excavated under the tower.

"So, what did they dig up?"

Shad asked, looking at the houses standing in the darkness.Most of these houses have locked doors, which can only be opened by finding a key.

"No one knows what it is, maybe it is the entrance to the so-called hell, maybe it is the lair of a sleeping ancient.

In short, when the uncontrollable desire prompted the villagers to chisel out the final blow in the deepest part of the mine, the black mist continued to seep from the irreparable cracks in the ground.Corrupts the land, summons the undead, and prevents villagers from leaving the area.Only by sacrificing two children under the age of ten to the cracks in the ground every ten years can the invasion of the black mist be slowed down. "

The girl in the black skirt said, Xia De raised his head and looked around from the gap between the red butterfly:

"Depending on the situation, they failed."

The girl in the black skirt nodded, and led Xia De to the bottom of the tower in the village.The village is small, so they didn't actually walk for long.

"Look, this is the tower. This kind of small mountain village does not actually need this kind of building, so it was not planned for the purpose at the beginning of construction, but it was claimed to be built as a clock tower."

Shard looked up at the graystone clock tower, which was finished but only about four stories high.It seems that like other buildings in the village, it has been abandoned for a long time, but the gate of the bell tower is tightly closed.

"Shall we look around for the key?"

Xia De asked, looking at the building next to him:

"The key may be in the village chief's house, or the sheriff's house in the village. We may have to solve some mysteries of the past, or meet some terrible undead, defeat and listen to their past, before we can go back in the strange world. Corner or mountain village cemetery to get the key here."

"Sounds like fun."

The girl in the black skirt smiled and said:

"But it doesn't need to be so troublesome. Mr. Hamilton, since you are a detective, you should have no problem opening this door."

Two translucent red butterflies landed on her shoulders. After the black coat was illuminated, it was still only black.

Xia De nodded:
"Yes, of course I can pick locks, this is my specialty, but please let go of my hand first."

He tried to free the hand that had been being held.

"of course."

The girl in the black skirt let go of her hand, and joked:

"So sir, can your lockpicking skills open all the locks?"

"Of course not. For example, girls' heart locks can't be opened casually."

While speaking, he stretched out his right hand to touch the rusty black iron door, and when he tried to rotate his wrist, he felt a huge force rushing from the direction of the door.

The huge force almost made Xia De's feet fly off the ground, but fortunately, the group of flying red butterflies spontaneously came to Xia De's back, like a giant red net, gently encircling Xia De.

Obviously, this door is the key to the core of the relic, and the power of the relic is preventing Shad from opening the door by means other than the key.

"It seems we still need to find the key."

Xia De shrugged, but the girl in the black skirt still shook her head:

"Detective, come, let me help you."

She took a step back and moved behind Xia De, and then hugged Xia De almost from behind.The right arm passed through Xia De's armpit, and the soft arm circled to Xia De's arm, and then his white hand pressed the back of Xia De's right hand, and inserted five fingers in sequence. Miss Aurora A similar action was also done to Shad.

The girl behind her seemed to be breathing heavily, but her voice was soft.She was completely stuck to Xia De, stood on tiptoe, put her head lightly on Xia De's shoulder, and whispered in his ear:

"Come on, detective, I think you're curious about what's in the tower, too."

"Yes."

This very unrefined posture made Xia De very uncomfortable, but he also knew that the girl in the black dress behind him would never be pushed away by him.

Both hands stretched out towards the iron gate of the clock tower, and the densely packed red butterflies wrapped their arms around them at some point.After the palm touched the cold metal with burrs, the force of pushing outward appeared again, but it was easily canceled out by the black skirt girl's hand.

"Your strength is really great."

Xia De praised.

"In the days when I'm waiting for my sister to come back, I have to live on my own. I have more strength, but it's just for self-protection."

She whispered in Shad's ear.

Both hands were pressed on the door and rotated together. With the effect of the spell [Key of the Door], the group of red butterflies flapped their wings to provide Xia De with strength.Whispering elements against whispering elements, and the power of the deserted village is obviously no match for this group of red butterflies.

Thus, the iron gate of the clock tower was opened silently.

A gap was opened in the iron gate, and a strong corpse smell came out from the gap, even worse than the corpse smell permeating in this mountain village.

"Let's continue the story just now. Every ten years, two children under the age of 10 are sacrificed to suppress the black mist in the gold mine. How did this fail?"

Xia De asked, hesitating for a moment:
"The two children who were sacrificed escaped?"

"This is only one aspect. On the other hand, outsiders came here. Because they couldn't bear the cruel things that continued to happen here, they took action to stop the sacrifices that year, making this place look like this."

The girl in the black dress behind said, then walked aside and stood side by side with Xia De.

Xia De nodded, which makes sense.Although this world is not said to be full of Transcendents, whether it is the Fifth Epoch or the Sixth Epoch, the number of Witches or Ring Warlocks is generally quite large.This is a relic, so it must be the fifth era when the accident happened, so it is not impossible for a kind witch to pass by this place.

"The one who passed by in the past was."

"A pair of black and white twins came with Red Butterfly. Because they bumped into the two children who ran away that year, 9-year-old twin sisters, they promised to end everything. The church called the pair of black and white twins [Red Butterfly Twins] ], they are young girls with unknown origins wandering in the material world. Although their ages change with time, they always follow the cycle of 22 years. Although they are twins, they rarely appear at the same time."

Looking at the red butterflies all over the sky, Xia De didn't know what to say for a while:
"The pair of twins should be very powerful, right?"

The girl in the black skirt showed a little smile on her face:

"Before I entered the mountain, I got some information through church friends. [Red Butterfly Twins] is called an angel-level relic, and it seems to have part of the power of the old god [Twin God]. Every time it appears, there are always twins around Birth. The black skirt brings the curse of fate to the twins, and the white skirt brings the blessing of relics to the twins, and their appearance together will definitely bring disaster. Therefore, they are also called the twins of calamity, the incarnation of disaster."

"That's it"

Xia De pursed his lips and looked at the iron gate in front of him:
"Then is it written in the church records that they have been doing well over the years?"

The expression in those blue eyes seemed to become softer in an instant:
"It doesn't matter whether it's good or bad. Life is a big empty dream. Maybe, they just haven't woken up from the dream."

The last sentence was almost a whisper.

Xia De's mood turned bad all of a sudden, he turned his head slightly to look at the girl beside him, only to find that she had been looking at him, red butterflies all over the sky surrounded her, between the flickering wings and the falling of red light spots, her whole body It's all becoming unreal.

"I"

"gentlemen."

(End of this chapter)