Whispering Verse

"I think you should know that the lady on the shore and I are trying to find you."

Xia De said suddenly, looking at the soul of the demon in the distance and nodding slightly:

"Yes, and the methods you chose are correct."

"So now that the answer is in front of me, can you tell me directly about you and the guardians?"

Shade asked again, but Mr. Fleming still shook his head:

"I would like to tell you, but for the safety of the Randall Valley, and for our own safety, I can't say anything until I defeat my enemy."

Shade stared forward, already having his own guess about this. The boat moved silently on the dark lake. The church's ongoing magical ritual effectively attracted the attention of the colossus. Miss Benanis did not need to summon the colossus. Shade only needs to drive the boat carefully to avoid those huge ice floes:

"You know Mr. Lacers met me, right? That time at the manor outside the city."

"Yes I know."

"Then can you tell me about his situation? His daughter, Miss Sirius Lassers, misses him very much."

Mr. Fleming looked at the darkness in front of him silently, and after a long time he said:

"he's good."

"Then you know that Mr. Thomas Granger once met me, right? He gave me [Power of the Earth·Healing Aura]."

Seeing that he was unwilling to say more, Shade mentioned another person.

"He didn't give you any magic or spells. He just let you come into contact with the power of the earth. What you learn and what you gain is entirely up to you."

Mr. Fleming corrected.

"Well, since you are unwilling to tell your story now, can you help me? How can I enhance the power of [Healing Aura] in a short time?"

This is not only to better purify the earth, but also to sink into the source of the black mud to a position sufficient to contact the suspected divinity of the "Heart of the Earth".

Mr. Fleming was willing to give the answer this time:

"You have the blessing of an old god, which greatly enhances the power of the earth. If you can contact the power of the old god related to the earth again, the [power of the earth·healing aura] can also be enhanced. This is the most effective Methods."

"Old God's Blessing" refers to the butterfly god who allows Shade to use flower petals to cast spells.

"Is there any other way? Even if the departed old god still retains the power of blessing, I think the probability of encountering him again is not very high."

"There is no better way. The accumulation of the power of the earth is just like the earth itself. It requires a long time and a thick foundation. Of course, if you can have a deep understanding of the earth in a short time, the power of the spell will also Can enhance.”

An enhanced understanding of any thaumaturgy can enhance the effects of the corresponding thaumaturgy.

"Sure enough, there is no shortcut."

He was not very disappointed, and then asked his final question:

"You can't have too much contact with me, is it because of that ancient and evil thing that exists locally?"

Mr. Fleming turned to look at him for the first time since boarding the ship and nodded slightly:

"What happened tonight was its conspiracy against me. It informed the cultists of what was going to happen here and polluted the lake. You can see its power unfolding in a while. But we have to Appearing, this is a very clever conspiracy."

Now Shade understood everything:

"'It' is cooperating with the cultists? Are you hiding from it? Could it be that the escaped cultists also relied on the help of 'it' to hide? Could it be Shi."

Neither of them uttered the word "devil" in tacit agreement.

"Gentlemen, please keep your voice down, we are close enough."

Luvia, who was holding the pendulum, suddenly said, so Shade and Mr. Fleming stopped talking.

The faint traces of light in the fertile field spread with ripples on the water. As it got closer to the center of the lake, frost appeared on the water until ice formed again.

After confirming that the boat could not move forward, the three people left the boat and stepped onto the thick ice. The best place to cast the spell is at the feet of the [Rain Praying Golem], because that is the center of the entire crazy land. Of course, a better place is actually under the water, but for the sake of safety, Shade did not intend to do this.

"Luvia, follow me in a moment."

Shade explained to the purple-eyed girl, and then he and Mr. Fleming made sure that they were both ready, then took out their Rhodes deck and turned the first card over to [Origin·Darkness].

So in the hands of Miss Benanis on the shore, [Origin Darkness] automatically disappeared. The witch understood that the operation had officially begun and immediately summoned the Colossus for the second time.

The witch's singing-like incantation sounded again, and the five-pointed star ritual matrix appeared on the water for the second time. With the rumbling sound, the giant statue rising from the shore launched a second attack on the [Rain Praying Golem] in the center of the lake. Even the church camp on the other side of the lake probably guessed something. The attacks that were originally just to contain the colossus became more frequent and intensive, and even the magical rituals were accelerated.

Taking advantage of the rain-praying golem's attention, the three of Shade immediately braved the blizzard and headed toward the center of the lake along the ice. This place is more deeply affected by [Crazy Earth], but fortunately Luvia has been casting spells to protect the three of them.

Because the rain golem wanted to fight the witch's summons, it once again cracked the newly frozen ice during its actions. But he couldn't care so much at this time. When the position was very close to the feet of the stone statue, and there was a risk of being affected if he moved forward, Shade took the initiative to stop, took out the soil and petals, and prepared to cast a spell.

Of course, Luvia followed Shade and stopped. Mr. Fleming originally wanted to continue walking forward. After all, he was a soul. Although he would be affected by the whisper element of the relic, he was not afraid of being hit by physical attacks. But when he saw Xia De When De stopped, he stopped too.

The two sprinkled the soil together, and Shade threw down an extra petal. Two clay Holy Grails were formed under their hands in a holding position almost at the same time. The rich earth-yellow aura swept towards the ice surface and spread downwards in the dark lake water.

However, on the blizzard lake, the spiritual light cast by this spell is really dazzling, especially in the illusory Holy Grail summoned by Mr. Fleming's spell, the fountain-like spiritual energy even illuminates a small area in the center of the lake.

"Careful, you're being noticed!"

Luvia reminded.

As soon as she finished speaking, the giant golem's attack had already arrived. Although the giant golem's hands were grabbed by another stone statue for wrestling, it still kicked its stone pillar-like legs forward.

Large swaths of ice shattered as a result, and the attack like a natural disaster came in front of them in an instant. Fortunately, they had already thought of this situation.

"Please don't resist."

Mr. Fleming said that Shade and Luvia felt someone push them at the same time. They subconsciously took a step forward, and then the scene in front of them changed, and they actually reached high altitude.

If you look carefully, you can see that you are clearly standing on the shoulders of the witch's giant summon. This is the method that Mr. Lassus once used to get Shade to leave the manor. It is not a movement of space, but a movement of the earth.

Mr. Fleming came with them and stood before them in the blizzard. But when we look at the rain-praying golem here, it no longer looks so scary, but instead has a feeling of solemnity and vicissitudes of life.

The golem reached out to grab them on the shoulders of the stone statue. The palm, which was larger than ten Shades combined, slapped it, but was immediately blocked by the stone statue's raised hand. The two giant hands collided with each other and made a huge noise. Stone chips were flying around in the snow and wind.

High in the sky, snowflakes were so dense that Shade couldn't even open his eyes. He had only seen such heavy snow during the Battle of Pantanal. Then, several rays of sunlight shot from the camp by the lake and hit the arm of the golem across the lake. The jumping golden thunder made the golem's movements become slower.

Not only that, while Mr. Fleming was casting the "Healing Aura" spell, the spirit raised his right foot and stepped on the giant's shoulder. The earthy aura immediately spread to the giant statue summoned by the "Power of the Earth". The colossus controlled by the witch became a little thicker, and the originally normal stone surface seemed to be attached with a layer of rock armor. It did not lose the upper hand in another deafening fist fight.

The plan has been executed very smoothly so far.

"Xia De, how long will it take to completely purify this place?"

Luvia immediately asked Shade, who was concentrating on casting spells, and her divination got not very good results.

"It's hard to say that the pollution here is not weaker than the one at the manor last time."

Schade said, and Mr. Fleming added:

"It will take at least twelve minutes. The shift in the nature of the earth will become more and more serious."

Judging from the current situation, as long as there is no problem with Miss Bernice on the shore, there will be no problem for Shade to persist for twelve minutes after drinking the essential oil. But as a fortune teller, Luvia felt more and more that something was wrong.

Those purple eyes that seemed to be glowing in the dark night looked at the ice far below. Even though the ice was almost covered with snow, she still noticed that the ice seemed to be getting darker:

"Something's wrong."

Before Shade and Mr. Fleming could answer, she frowned and took out her fortune telling card. The life ring on her back was revealed, and the core spirit rune [Destiny] was shining brightly.

With hands that were slightly red from the cold, he drew two cards in the snowstorm:

"demon."

"What?"

Shade also looked down, and at the same time, "she" in his ear reminded softly:

[The true power spread by those cultists appears. Use [Visual Demon] to look down. 】

With the thaumaturgy activated, Shade saw that the ice turned into stone from another perspective:

"Sure enough, what the guardians have been avoiding is the devil! This is actually a trap for the devil to force the guardians to show up! And the cultists are its partners. Regardless of whether the plan is successful or not, the guardians Whether it happens or not, this major event will definitely cause further changes in the earth! And the devil is coveting the souls of the guardians!"

Before Shade could make his next move, the dark power spreading beneath the ice had already touched the huge rain-praying demon.

Like blood vessels appearing on the surface of the stone, black lines spread from underwater to the whole body of the relic. From Shade's perspective, it was clear that dense stone thorns were attached to the surface of the relic. The sudden appearance of demonic power caused the relic to undergo even more bizarre changes. The scene was originally stalemate, and even the witch's summons had the upper hand. , was turned over instantly.