Whispering Verse

White mist shrouded the cemetery left by the Ancient God of Death. Shade squatted in front of a gray stone square tombstone. Iluna stood behind Shade, watching Shade tell the information he currently knew very seriously. Engraved on it:

【Thomas Granger (Sixth Age·1739-1780)】

[The second son of the Granger family, missing. 】

【Died by suicide. 】

The stone chips peeled off, and Shade pasted Mr. Granger's autographed letter on the tombstone, but there was no response from the tombstone.

"It seems to be the second guess."

He used [Breath of Time] to erase the words written a few seconds ago, and then re-wrote the content:

【Thomas Granger (Sixth Age·1743-1780)】

[The second son of the Granger family, missing. 】

[Sacrificing his life to save the crazy earth. 】

[Death to the crazy curse of the earth. 】

The stone chips fell on the ground shrouded in white mist and disappeared. This time after the letter was affixed to the tombstone, the stone chips in the blank space under the tombstone peeled off automatically. It was obvious that Shade had guessed correctly.

"So, Mr. Granger actually told the truth in his suicide note! He really died because of a curse. I didn't expect at the time that the curse he mentioned was actually the curse of the earth."

[Place of death:]

Just by revealing these words, the changes stopped abruptly. Shade stood up unexpectedly, and Iluna didn't understand what was going on:

"Why doesn't it continue to show? Don't we know enough information?"

After the words fell, small letters continued to appear. Shade and Iluna lowered their heads to look at the text that continued to be displayed, and then their eyes widened in surprise:

[Place of Death: The Old World, the United Kingdom of Carsenric, the eastern suburbs of Huntington City, the basement of the White River Valley Vineyard Wine Cellar, next to the statue of the ancient god [Primal Rift]. 】

"What?"

Iluna looked at Shade doubtfully, and Shade suddenly remembered the unidentified male remains (Chapter 845) he saw when he first arrived in Huntington City in early winter.

"Oh, Mr. Granger, it turns out that we have met before."

The skeleton in the White River Valley vineyard, when Shade first saw it, he planned to find time to bury it, but because he had been running around for the secret keeper's test all winter, the skeleton was still there, Shade Didn't even touch it.

Iluna had never been to Huntington, so after knowing the result, Shade went to Huntington himself to make sure that the skeleton was still there - he only needed to go downstairs to get there directly.

Seventy years later, the skeleton is still lying quietly next to the statue of the ancient god, leaning against the circular wall. Shade was curious about what Thomas Granger was thinking before he died, but fortunately he still had the opportunity to ask this question.

"He obviously died because of the Crazy Earth, but his body and soul were not petrified."

After Shade came out of the basement again, Iluna said softly. Shade guessed that this was related to the special place of death. The power of the [Original Crack] statue was enough to completely eliminate the curse of the Crazy Earth.

And now that the bones have been found, it couldn't be easier to use the bones to find the soul that has not left. Especially for diviners, corpse divination is the most basic learning content.

Early on Friday morning, when it was just getting dark, Shade broke into Old John's antique store. Although Father John opened the store very early, it was only seven o'clock, and he looked sleepy:

"Detective, what are you doing so early? Are you going to introduce me to another guest?"

"I'm not a guest. I want to buy a coffin to hold the body with only the skeleton left. It's okay if it's more expensive. I know you must have it here, so I didn't go to the coffin shop outside the city. It's too far."

As he was about to take out his wallet, Old John was very interested in Shade's busyness:

"The first business in the early morning is to sell coffins. I will be unlucky all day."

He complained and led Shade to the backyard. Shade wanted to take the skeleton back to Randall Valley City, but of course he couldn't hold it directly.

The reason for disturbing Old John so early was that Shade wanted to stop Luvia before she went to work at the Prophet's Association. Under the watchful eye of Old John, he turned the coffin into a toy with a huge piece of canvas, and then went home and took the cat to Randall Valley City.

The reason why he took the cat with him was because Shade left for Old John's place this morning without making breakfast. The "Plenty of Earth Hotel" also provides breakfast, so you can eat it there, but the cat, who didn't know Shade's plan, became extremely anxious when Shade took it out without feeding it breakfast.

The Fertile Land Hotel where Luvia stayed temporarily was quite close to the Randall Valley Prophet Association, it could even be said to be on the same street, so she didn’t have to get up too early every day and could have a leisurely breakfast before walking there. association.

On this slightly dull Friday morning, the purple-eyed girl finished washing, and while complaining in her heart that Shade didn't stay with her again, she walked from the upper floors of the hotel to the first floor.

Just as he was about to tell the waiter to have the same breakfast, he unexpectedly saw the detective feeding the cat against the wall on the east side of the first floor.

After looking around and finding no one she knew, Luvia walked over with a smile. After touching little Mia, she sat opposite Shade amidst the cat’s dissatisfied meow:

"I remember last night, you and Iluna went to the island in the middle of the Pantanal Lake to look for clues. Why did you come to me so early?"

She put her arms on the table and looked at Shade with her face raised:

"Why, you left Iluna overnight, so you came to me this morning to apologize?"

"How could I do something like that?"

Shade patted Mia's head, indicating that her breakfast feeding was over:

"The lead on Thomas Granger has been found. Specifically, we found his body."

He briefly described his experience last night, and Luvia frowned slightly:

"Did he choose to die next to the statue of the ancient god to prevent the corpse from further contaminating the earth?"

"But to die in Huntington, that's not normal at all."

Shade greeted the waiter and prepared breakfast for Luvia:

"Thomas Granger died seventy years ago. At that time, the White River Valley Vineyard had nothing to do with my friend, the vampire Mr. Bernhardt. The owner of the vineyard at that time has long since passed away, and I can't find it. , how did Mr. Granger get to Huntington."

But it will definitely not be a random road sign like Sha De. Except for Sha De, others must find a hidden space to touch the statue and establish a road sign.

"But I have a guess."

Shade lowered his voice slightly:

"Earl Granger told me that before his great-uncle disappeared, he once felt guilty for what happened to the Farmer family. Is it possible that before he died, he wanted to go to the center of the Pantanal to solve the problem? There was a problem with the land, but because it couldn’t bear its own curse, Huntington finally fell outside the swamp.”

"It is indeed possible."

Luvia nodded:

"In this way, everything will be connected in series. As long as Granger's soul is found, all the secrets will be known. Want me to help divine the body?"

"Yes, the coffin is kept at the Church of the Forgotten. Just come with me after get off work at noon."

Although it was possible to turn the coffin into a toy and bring it to Luvia's hotel room for divination, Shade didn't want to put that kind of thing where Luvia slept.

"No need to wait until noon."

The purple-eyed fortune teller said lazily:

"I can just ask for leave. After all, I don't have much work here. I'm just waiting for the association to contact the sect with the unique "Book of Ascension". I will ask for leave after dinner, plus Saturday I have Sunday off, so I can get the results of the investigation in three days."

"Take turns?"

Shade was a little surprised, and then he naturally extended the invitation:

"If things go well, how about going to the city with me? Or we can ride out of the city together. The snow scenery in the creek and river valley outside the city is quite good."

"I think it's no problem."

Luvia smiled reservedly.

At 8:30 in the morning, Shade hugged the cat and returned to the Church of the Forgotten with Luvia.

Because most of the second half of the church was in collapsed ruins, Shade placed the coffin in front of the seated statue in the main hall of the church.

When Shade opened the coffin, Luvia reached out and touched the skeleton:

"I can still feel the miraculous element. Just the power radiated by the statue of the ancient god is so great. Since the ancient god left in the second era and now in the sixth era, I didn't expect that it still has such power. Although the miraculous element will interfere Divination results, but the problem shouldn’t be big.”

In fact, strictly speaking, the interval is not just four eras.

After saying that, she handed Shade a piece of chalk and asked him to write ancient runes and symbols on the inside of the metal coffin to assist in the divination ceremony.

So the two got busy together, and Mia was placed on the chair next to the statue.

The cat squatted there and watched them work. It opened its mouth wide and yawned in boredom. Then it tilted its head and looked at the stone statue on the side. Then it raised its butt and moved away. It didn't like talking to people other than Shade. Too much contact.

After the symbols on the coffin were written, Luvia first used her most commonly used playing cards for divination. After drawing three consecutive playing cards, namely "Death", "Guardian" and "Destiny", she asked Shade to go home. The third floor brought her a spare crystal ball, but the divination of the crystal ball was not particularly ideal:

"I saw some blurry images, but those images were quite unreliable. His soul seemed to be in some very special state."

After crystal ball divination, comes water divination. By pouring clear water into a basin, good soothsayers can see the revelation of destiny in the water's reflection. But she still couldn't see much. In the end, Luvia even immersed her face in the water, and it took half a minute to stand upright again.