Whispering Verse

Margaret provided the information to Shade and smiled as she told what she had just learned:

"My brother came to Randall Valley with other purposes just like me. Do you remember the piece of gold ore you picked up last week? At that time, I was curious about where the gold mine was found locally. I just heard local rumors. The men of Stone Oxenfurt you mentioned discovered gold mines locally and cooperated with my brother to develop them. Of course, they are just rumors at the moment, and these rumors seem to be somewhat question, so it cannot be ruled out whether this is some kind of trick."

"I heard from Miss Lassers that Mr. Oxenfurt originally handled things for your brother that were inconvenient for him to handle."

"Yes, Mr. Oxenfurt's fortune has something to do with William. He is a very capable and very lucky man. However, this man is also a little too ruthless. I will not use this kind of person. of."

Margaret said softly, Shade nodded, and thought of the warehouse that was burned by flames this evening:

"Let's not talk about it anymore. I got some information about the Masons' Association from Tobesk. Miss Carina's relationship allows me to have access to some secrets. Wait until tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, and I will bring you the documents. For now, I can It is certain that the collapse of the Colossus twenty years ago had nothing to do with MI6, but the assassination last week by the shadow of MI6 had nothing to do with instigating the masons to cause trouble."

"You can guess all of this. Miss Benenice's test is not simple, but she can always find a way. When the time comes, I may need your help. None of the reliable and capable people around me can compare to you. .”

"It would be an honor to assist you, my lord."

Shade said with a smile, and the princess with long pale golden hair waved to him and offered her own kiss again.

"Since you have something urgent to do to see Miss Lassers, go quickly. Don't delay your affairs."

The princess gently pushed Shade and then reached out to wipe off the lipstick marks on his lips:

"Speaking of which, your kissing skills are really impressive."

The second before the incident happened, Shade's inspiration captured the dangerous signal. When he suddenly stood up with Margaret in his arms, the whole house began to tremble.

The books on the bookshelf clattered to the ground, and all the furniture seemed to dance together because of the trembling of the floor. The tea cup on the table fell to the carpet and then clanged against the metal legs of the coffee table. The crystal lamp above the head swayed in a very dangerous arc, and the glass chandeliers collided with each other. Although the crystal lamp did not fall, some broken glass shards still fell.

"earthquake!"

The music coming from the banquet hall had stopped and was replaced by screams. The gas lamp flickered a few times and then suddenly went out. It took at least five seconds before it came back on, but the brightness was no longer as bright as before.

Margaret felt that the whole world was shaking, but she was held tightly in Shade's arms, and Shade remained as still as if he had grown on the ground.

The earthquake lasted for thirteen seconds before stopping. At this time, the room was in a mess. Only one corner of the oil painting frame on the wall was still fixed by a nail. Fortunately, the count's mansion was strong enough, and the earthquake did not cause any problems to the building itself:

"Let's get out quickly, there might be aftershocks soon!"

Margaret hugged Shade's arm tightly. At this time, the maids outside the door had also rushed in, but they all pretended not to see Shade.

"Margaret, take people out first. Something happened. This earthquake is not normal."

Shade looked at the back garden of the manor with a serious face:

"The nature of this land is changing. Margaret, take your people and leave the manor as soon as possible. Something extraordinary will happen next. I feel it. This time is very unusual. What happened?"

"But Shade."

"We are not playing a chivalric drama, Margaret, take the people out."

The princess bit her lip and nodded. After saying goodbye softly, she watched Shade push open the window and jump out - this was the second floor. Margaret wanted to go to the window to check on Shade, but then she felt some extremely chaotic force trying to influence and infiltrate herself. She knew that she couldn't help if she stayed, so she could only leave in a hurry with her people. I was worried about Sha De's situation and didn't know what would happen next.

At this time, Shade jumped into the back garden from the window and landed lightly on the ground. Then he saw a layer of black mist lingering around his ankles and seeping towards the front of the manor.

The way the black mist penetrates and spreads only under the feet is very similar to the khaki aura erupted by Shade's [Power of the Earth·Healing Aura]. And in the black mist, he clearly felt the power characteristics of the black mud that represented the crazy essence of the earth. This was something that had never happened before.

I wanted to walk towards the source of the black mist, but aftershocks did appear. As the ground shook, the black mist covering the ground flowed and spread at a faster speed. Although this had no effect on Shade, he did not dare to imagine what would happen if the black mist spread to ordinary people who had not yet exited the manor. .

"People from the Zhengshen Church should be here, right?"

Observing the flow direction of the black mist, he quickly walked towards the source. He just walked out of the flower bed and heard the sound of fighting in front of him. After confirming his disguise, he walked over, but the first thing he saw was not the people fighting, but the white stone fountain in the center of the back garden of the Earl's Manor, which was spraying black liquid into the sky:

“Oil was discovered here?”

The shocking idea was immediately discarded by Shade:

"It's that kind of black mud!"

Everyone was avoiding the attack of black mud, leaving the circle around the fountain completely empty. Among the more than ten ring magicians present, there were three Miss Lassers, as well as the priests of the Orthodox Church.

The two central priests were hurriedly arranging rituals and performing magic to prevent the flowing black mud from spreading to the surroundings. But all they could do was slow down the flow of black mud. They were completely unable to stop the black mist spreading from the "fountain".

Although the situation here is not as bad as St. Perry Cemetery, you must know that St. Perry Cemetery has a seal. The violent spewing black mud is the enemy of all flesh and blood life, and as the black mud spreads to an ever wider area, the people fighting are also constantly moving.

At this time, the three Miss Lassers were fighting against a high-level warlock and two medium-level warlocks together with a ring warlock whom Shade didn't know and three ring warlocks from the Zhengshen Church.

Apparently, the priest who was blocking the black mud belonged to the same team as the warlocks in the middle ring who were fighting. Among the opponents fighting Miss Lassers and the others, Shade recognized one of the middle-aged men in the middle ring. That was the enemy who appeared along with the high-level sorcerers of the Blood Spirit School when he and Miss Benanis camped outside the city for the night.

And since it is related to the Blood Spirit School, Shade can be sure that the other party is his enemy:

"Light of confinement!"

Five bright silver halos flew out. Although they were immediately shattered by the wind blade of the high-level warlock, they also gave Miss Lassus and others a chance to move further away.

"No matter who you are, don't go near that black mud!"

Miss Lassers shouted to Shade, whom she recognized, but Shade also noticed that the young woman seemed to have trouble moving around. There was no time to talk at this time. The crackling silver lightning had already appeared in Shade's hands. Just when he was about to join the battle, a heavy voice came from the depths of the gushing black mud.

【somebody is coming. 】

A humanoid creature that was almost three meters tall and covered in gray stone crawled out of the gushing "spring" on black mud.

Although the black mud has no effect on the stone itself, normal souls are still inevitably contaminated by the crazy power of the earth. Therefore, the eyes of this "stone man" are abnormally red. He barely controls himself to walk out, and even his steps are a little staggering. .

"What is this? Alien creature?"

[No, the other party is a human being. I feel the power that has the same origin as the "power of the earth", which should also be a branch of the power of the earth. 】

"He is a believer of the evil god [Stone Heart Demon]!"

Just when Shade was surprised, the church priest shouted loudly to Shade. The "Greystone Giant", who was obviously mentally disturbed, immediately looked at Shade. This is not because of bad luck, but because the other party also senses the power of the earth:

"ha!"

With a huge roar, the stone giant stepped on the black mud and rushed towards Shade. His heavy footsteps made the ground seem to start to tremble again. Since every ring warlock with "power of the earth" might be the chosen one of the earth, Shade was also interested in him, so he also went up to meet him.

He did not call for any weapons, nor did he use the moonlight series of magic that would reveal his identity. Instead, he relied on physical strength to fight back.

The stone fist held high was swung from above, and Shade's clenched fist was struck back from below. But there was no sound when the fists collided. Shade's body was penetrated by the stone fist and scattered directly into a swarm of scarlet butterflies.

The flying red butterflies spread dots of light above the black mud. The "Grey Stone Giant", who was in a very poor mental state, could not tell where Shade was from the illusion of the red butterflies.

He stood there, shouting loudly and shaking his fist at the butterflies in the air, which was completely useless.

"Elson! We've got the things, don't get entangled with the enemy, let's leave quickly!"

Even if his companions shouted his name and asked him to retreat with them, they could not wake up the gray stone giant who was close to mental collapse.

The opponent is a nine-level warlock, and the nine-level warlock is also a high level. Under normal circumstances, Shade would not be able to fight against this kind of enemy, but his abnormal mental state gave Shade an opportunity. The flying red butterflies gradually surrounded the "giant", and at the same time, the silver mist summoned by [Silver Moon's Illusion] also enveloped it.

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