Whispering Verse

Among the goods worth 1,463 pounds, an ancient Kasenlik coin that is said to be very rare is the most valuable and is valued at 700 pounds. The others add up to just over 700 pounds. But Shade is also very satisfied. After all, he got it for nothing, so Didn't even raise the price.

Seeing that Iluna was still looking at the list of relics, Shade took out the brass shield badge he got after the afternoon horse race:

"This is not for sale. I want you to see how much it is worth."

He handed over the badge, and the old man took it casually:

"For the sake of the big business just now, I won't charge you for the appraisal. Let me take a look."

He checked both sides of the badge, frowned slightly and then looked up at Shade:

"Where did this come from?"

He and Shade are very familiar with each other, so there is no need to avoid this kind of question.

"It's a bonus to race horses with a very weird person. The other person is an ordinary person, at least I think so. What, is there something wrong with this thing?"

"No problem, I just didn't expect to see it. From about 421 to 583 in the Sixth Era, there was a small kingdom in the southwest of the current United Kingdom of Kasenlik. You also know Kasenlik Before unification, there were many small kingdoms like this in the south. Kingdom of Stonewell, yes, this is a medal from the era of that small kingdom. It is rare, very rare. If you meet a collector who likes to collect such items, you can sell it for 100 pounds. High price is not a problem.”

"Mr. Oxenfurt is really generous."

Shade was thinking in his mind, and Iluna on the side asked curiously:

"Stonwell? Does it mean the kingdom that was cursed and fell into the earth? I saw records in the church, very obscure records - cracks appeared in the earth, and the abyss swallowed the kingdom."

"Yes, this was a regional disaster. It happened quite suddenly. We still don't know what exactly happened that year."

Old John nodded:

"But it is definitely not a simple natural disaster. Some people believe that an unknown evil god came and swallowed the kingdom. Others believe that it was some angelic or unknowable relic that destroyed the kingdom."

He returned the medal to Shade:

"The accident nearly a thousand years ago caused the entire kingdom to disappear and be buried deep underground. Therefore, artifacts from the Stonewell Kingdom period are rare and very valuable. Such things usually appear in batches. Since your friend can come up with one, there should be many more."

Shade nodded, and Iluna pointed at the cargo list and said:

"Oh, there's actually this here! I'll buy two [Empty Bottle Fruits]."

This is a relic derivative of the Keeper-level relic [Bottle Tree]. The fruit produced by the peculiar glass tree is a round glass bottle that is approximately in the shape of an apple. These bottles with whispering elements can store most of the light without loss. Because of their unique shape, they look beautiful when hung as lamps. The current owner of the "Bottle Tree" is the [Forest Hermits Group] who sold Shade the "Oak Lucky Potion" not long ago. Obviously, Old John also bought the goods from them this time.

"In addition to storing light, light from the same source can be continuously poured into the bottle. After reaching a certain amount, it can be thrown out at the cost of damaging the bottle. It can be used as a one-time 'light bomb'."

When putting the two glass bottles into the box and handing them to Iluna, Old John reminded her. There is no such information in the records that Shade has read. It is obviously a function developed by the [Forest Hermits Group] themselves.

"Yes, I just want to try the limits of how much sunlight can be compressed. It will be interesting."

Iluna smiled and nodded. She probably wanted to develop a new sun magic.

After returning to Saint Teresa Square, Iluna handed a bottle to Shade and asked Shade to shine moonlight into it, while she sent sunlight to the other bottle.

So soon, she got two bottles, one gold and one silver. Iluna didn't want to treat them as disposable consumables, so she didn't let Shade use too bright a light. But despite this, the two bottles with golden and silver light are still very eye-catching.

Mia was very interested in them and patted the "sunlight bottle" with her paws. It seemed that if it wasn't difficult to eat, she would definitely bite it and give it a try.

Shade and Iluna stayed at home until eight o'clock in the evening before getting up and getting ready to leave. Of course, [Night Watcher] must be brought with him, because he doesn't know what will happen when the time comes, so both of them are fully armed.

After entering the hidden space from the basement, touch the statue of the ancient god to enter the [Space Maze]. After the Battle of Pantanal last winter, Iluna also entered the space under the lighthouse on the island in the middle of the lake, touched the statue and established a signpost, so at this time, she and Shade could cross the space and return to the lighthouse on the island in the middle of the lake.

I don’t know if it was Shade’s illusion, but the temperature on the island in the middle of the Pantanal Lake was even lower than that on the outskirts of the Randall Valley at night. When the two of them walked out of the old lighthouse together, they could only see the night stars and moonlight shining on the snow. The surroundings were quiet, and the church obviously did not send anyone to the island to investigate again tonight.

"Huh~"

The breath he exhaled turned into white mist, pulling out long dragons in the night wind. Shade pointed in the direction:

"Let's go. I hope we don't have to fight tonight. Once the church's attention is drawn to that manor, we will have no chance to investigate in the future."

It's not far from the lighthouse to the manor, and the aftermath and traces of the battle more than a month ago can still be clearly seen along the road. To this day, the residual power of the Pantanal evil has not faded on this island. This pollution, at least in terms of expressiveness, is stronger than the "Crazy Land".

When they landed on the island more than a month ago, Shade and Iluna met the ring warlock from [Ten Thousands Gathered Together] at the gate of the manor. After repelling the opponent, they walked through the manor and entered the dead forest from the door behind the courtyard. Now, the dead woods behind the manor have been damaged by the war, and the traces of earthquake damage have cleverly extended to the back wall of the manor and disappeared.

In the darkness, Shade also checked with Iluna and found that there were no obvious cracks on the rear wall of the manor. The church was obviously the same as Shade a few days ago, focusing entirely on evil things and not paying attention to the manor. The secret hidden under the brightest light is the secret that is least likely to be discovered.

Entering the deserted manor through the back door, the first thing you see is naturally the fountain in the shape of an angel with wings on its back. The angel's head and left arm are gone, which is consistent with what he saw the last time he came.

"I didn't notice it last time, but I discovered this time that the shape of this angel is a very typical 'angel of fertility', which is the angel of the sun god [Old Man with the Lamp] that I believe in."

Iluna explained in a low voice when passing the remains of the fountain, and pointed out the characteristics of the remaining base and the decoration on the statue:

"If the head of the angel statue is still there, you can easily tell that it is the Angel of Fertility through the wheat ear ring on its head. However, such statues are erected in many places, which can only mean that the owner here is the Farmer you mentioned. Your family is also a believer in the god of the sun and earth.”

There were no clouds in the starry sky above the island in the middle of the lake, and the moonlight could illuminate the scenery of the manor for the two of them. They found nothing unusual in the courtyard, and when they looked at the window of the manor house, they could see the ghosts of men and women in costumes standing at the window looking at them just like last time.

The target tonight was these ghosts, so the two of them didn't waste any time. The metal double doors of the abandoned mansion did not disappear, but were sealed by layers of wooden boards. They did not want to destroy those wooden boards, so they planned to climb in through the window.

Just as he walked towards the window on the side of the first floor, Shade pulled Iluna:

"Wait a mininute."

The seventeen-year-old girl looked at Shade and noticed that Shade made a listening gesture. Then he nodded, bent down and pushed the snow away, and then dug out a small piece of the frozen hard soil.

He carefully broke up a large piece of soil, and then, with Iluna's slightly surprised expression, Shade put a handful of dust into his mouth. In other words, he took a bite of dirt.

For a moment, a strange expression appeared on Shade's face. It was obvious that the soil did not taste good. Then, he turned around in a hurry, spit out the soil he had eaten in a few uncivilized mouthfuls.

Iluna knew that Shade had a unique way of perception:

"Why, are you checking the impact of the residual power of the evil thing on this place?"

"No, I sensed something that I didn't notice last time."

Shade took a sip of water, purred, and then looked at the mansion in front of him with a sigh:

"You know, the last time we landed on the island, the influence of the Pantanal evil on this land had reached its limit, so the power of the evil overshadowed other powers."

"Yes. Are you trying to say that there are other problems with the land under our feet?"

The girl with long brown hair frowned slightly and squatted down like Shade did just now. However, she did not eat the soil, but placed her palms on the soil that Shade had turned over. After waiting for a moment, she said softly:

"There is indeed a problem, but the power of the Pantanal evil still remains. This power is too strong, so I can only barely notice that something is wrong with the earth. The balance has been broken, and this land is..."

Suddenly her eyes widened, and Iluna understood:

"Going crazy! It turns out that this is the crazy land you were talking about! The abnormal phenomenon that deviates from the essence of the earth and flows from its source is one of the characteristics of the world's decline - this statement is too accurate."

"Yes, it's Crazy Earth again, and the scope seems to be this manor. Because of the abnormality of the land, the earthquake on the night of the decisive battle more than a month ago did not damage the buildings on this land. Crazy Earth has the characteristics of self-protection . And because the powerful power of the Pantanal evil has covered up the curse under the earth, the Pantanal Voodoo Society, the Righteous God Church, and even the two of us failed to realize what happened in this manor. What happened?"