Whispering Poems

Chapter 773 The city that trembles

After the sudden earthquake, the white mist on the street became thicker, as if there were tulle hanging in the air.Just now I could see the house across the street from the window, but after the earthquake, I could only see the misty fog.

The concentration of whispering elements in the dense fog has already exceeded the strength of the poet-level relic, so Sister Michelle urgently organized people to seal the doors and windows, especially the gaps in the windows, to prevent the white mist from seeping in.

Meanwhile, Fort Midhill City Hall and churches are also in action.Policemen with lanterns ran through the streets, ringing bells and loudly reminding citizens not to go out until dawn tomorrow.They will even knock on doors from house to house to remind them to seal the gaps in doors and windows in time.

With the size and resident population of Fort Midhill, I am afraid that this kind of reminder work is not only done by the local police, but also by the Royal De La Rion Army stationed on Mount Xical.

The lanterns in the hands of the police were not ordinary items. When Sister Michelle opened the door to talk to the police, she noticed that there was a holy emblem of dawn on the metal base of the oil lamp.This is a magical alchemy item made by the church to protect these ordinary people from walking in the fog.

In the afternoon of late autumn, the fog dispersed.Xia De, who was waiting anxiously, stood at the window on the third floor and looked outside.He could see nothing, but he knew that something important must have happened on Sikar, in the closet.

Priest Augustus, Sister Diveline, Miss Aurora, and even Iluna may have fought some dangerous enemy, all in the space of an hour.

At around [-]:[-] in the afternoon, the earthquake happened again, this time it was even stronger, and even Xia De, who stood up, felt a little unsteady.Fortunately, the two consecutive earthquakes this month have made the citizens living here get used to this kind of thing, so no one fled outside in panic because of the earthquake for the time being.

Sister Michelle seemed even more nervous. The blind nuns were more sensitive than ordinary ring magicians.She found Xia De on the third floor, hoping that he could guard the door on the first floor, of course Xia De would not refuse.

As he and the nun went downstairs, there was a great bell ringing in the middle of the city.The middle-aged nun signaled Xia De not to speak, quietly counting the number of bells.After the bell was over, he said to Xia De worriedly:

"Now is not the time to tell the hour. The seven bells are a sign of a city's emergency. Oh, you are a foreigner, and you may not understand that border cities like ours need this kind of early warning measures."

"When was the last time the seven bells struck?"

Shad asked.

"At that time, the all-out war on the Old Continent had not yet ended."

Foreigners don't understand the meaning of the city bell, but the citizens living in this city certainly do.The white mist containing whispering elements is permeating every corner of the city. If you can't seal the doors and windows in time, and your body is weaker, you will definitely not be able to survive today.

The people of the church are spreading to all corners of the city. On the lampposts in the streets and alleys that Xia De didn't notice, the symbols of divine rituals are lit up in groups, forming a ritual matrix centered on the core city. Trying to fight this fog.

This is a real big deal, almost turning the whole city into a "sanctuary".Moreover, this is only the first step of preparation before the sealing ceremony "Scar of the Holy Tree".

But even so, this fog will definitely take away a large number of lives in this city.

The overlap between the narrow space and the material world is becoming more and more serious. After the second small earthquake, Xia De keenly sensed the abnormality of the space.And just as he was worried, around [-]:[-] in the afternoon, Sister Michelle told Xia De that the nun who was in charge of monitoring the white mist on the upper floors of the building found an evil spirit in the white mist.

This is quite a serious matter, it is daytime, and the street where the House of the Blind is located can be considered a downtown area of ​​the city.The appearance of evil spirits here at this time means that evil spirits will appear in the entire city.

It's not that the Orthodox Church didn't expect this situation, but now their hands are scattered by three channels, and they have to take care of the real world and the narrow space, so they can't clean every corner of the city in time.

But this time the church was really well prepared. Twenty minutes after the first evil spirit was discovered, a loud horn sounded from the center of the city.It was like the horns of the ancient tribal peoples charging towards the enemy.

As a ring warlock, Shad was able to see a layer of golden light rising from the center of the city from the window on the first floor, and then a huge golden phantom wearing a crown of thorns appeared in the mist, with his right hand raising the horn and playing.

Those golden lights quickly spread towards the city, but they didn't dispel the white mist.The power Xia De perceived was more like a spell to expel evil spirits, but the coverage area was really scary.

Ordinary people can't even hear the sound of the horn, and among ring warlocks, only those with keen perception can really see the golden aura of those magic spells.The sound of the horn lasted for half a minute before it ended, and then the city fell silent again.

Shade in the room can capture the golden light particles that still remain in the air.Sister Michelle told Xia De that the horn just now was an angel-level relic (level 1) [Twisted Holy Voice] kept in the diocese.The use of this relic has serious side effects. Although the sound can expel malicious spirits, it may also awaken some sleeping Warp evil things.

It is only possible for the Orthodox Church to use it safely and boldly with divine arts.

According to the general rules of the Orthodox Church's operations that Xia De heard from Iluna, after using such a large-scale magic, the ring warlock team will be sent to carry out fixed-point removal.

But the mountain city of Midhill Castle is so big, even if ring warlocks from surrounding parishes have been transferred to support in recent weeks, Shad is still worried about the future of the city.

He is still waiting, and this kind of waiting is more anxious than waiting for Darkness to come to Tobesk.

After the sound of the horn, there was no other movement in the city for a long time, only Xia De was anxiously waiting for the news in the House of the Blind.When the time was close to 03:30, Shad was startled by a thunderous explosion in the distance, and according to Sister Michelle's judgment, the sound came from near the top of Mount Sikal.

These nuns who have not used vision all year round have stronger hearing senses than Xia De.

The sound of thunder meant that a battle had broken out on Mount Xikal, and one of them should be the Orthodox Church, because Sister Michelle heard that the sound was unique to the sage-level relic [Thunder Hammer] that the Church of Nature kept in the diocese when it summoned thunder. sound.

It is said that this relic is related to the evil god [Furious Storm], and he is also one of the three evil gods of Lengshuigang.

Using this kind of relic rashly, it seems that the battle on Mount Xikar is not easy, but neither Xia De nor Sister Michelle can guess who is on the other side of the battle.

At this time, the ordinary people in the Blind House were a little flustered, especially those blind people who came to visit in today's heavy fog.They desperately wanted to go back to their home, but for safety, Sister Michelle couldn't let them go, so some of them were already screaming hysterically.

Ordinary people who have never experienced anything are mentally fragile, and they are more likely to be affected in a city where whispering elements are dispersed.Although the divine rituals of the church have the effect of soothing the spirit, they are not omnipotent after all.

It was close to four o'clock in the afternoon, and the strange situation in the city continued.The sun has not yet set, but the light intensity in the entire area has dropped to almost night.In the blurry fog, there seemed to be a large group of people walking around, but the people facing the street couldn't see the faces of those figures at all.

I don't know how many people prayed silently at home, and I don't know how many people, after occasionally witnessing strange scenes on the street, their spirits gradually went crazy.

Even if he didn't go out, Xia De could feel the anxiety and uneasiness of the city, as well as the signs of impending disaster.

And the door of the Blind House was knocked at this time. The rapid and forceful knocking sound almost scared Mia who was taking a nap in Xia De's arms.

"Who will knock on the door at this time? Does the neighbor next door want to hide here?"

A few steps closer to the door, the [Night Watchman] in his hand immediately vibrated.

Xia De frowned slightly, and asked the people behind him to inform Sister Michelle, while he boldly looked out from the peephole of the door.Standing in the dense fog was a ragged man with a stooped figure.I can't see the specific appearance clearly, but I just stand in front of the door with my head down, looking like a beggar.

"Mr. Watson, who is here?"

Sister Michel also came over at this time, Xia De described the characteristics of the knocker, and the nun shook her head:
"Not our acquaintance here."

"It shouldn't be the beggar who came to ask for help. I didn't see his shadow. It's the evil spirit in the fog."

Xia De judged that he did not feel a very strong whispering element when he was close to the door, which meant that it was not a humanoid relic.And this kind of evil spirit that operates according to certain rules, although its own power is not strong, but if it is not handled carefully, it will cause trouble.

Let the nun get ready to do it, Xia De leaned against the door and asked:

"Who's knocking?"

"Sir, can I have something to eat?"

A hoarse and old man's voice came from outside, and that weird voice made Xia De's skin crawl uncontrollably:
"what do you want?"

"Eat, as long as it can fill your stomach."

"Fill the stomach?"

Xia De called the terrified servant, asked for a bowl of water, lightly tapped the surface of the water to reveal a profane silver light.Then sticking to the door, carefully opened the door a gap.

But before he could pass the bowl out, the cyan hand with protruding blood vessels on the surface took the initiative to reach in.

Xia De's face was very close to that hand, and he could clearly see the mud in the slender nails and the corpse spots on the back of his hand, and he could feel the chilling coolness even more.

(End of this chapter)