Whispering Verse

Seeing that it was already getting late, Shade and Miss Benanis had no idea of ​​looking for the so-called "gold mine", so they returned to the cave and climbed back to the narrow platform on the cliff where the Night Temple was located.

Anticipating that she would not be able to return to the city until very late, Miss Benenice first used thaumaturgy to deliver a message to Miss Lassers, and then she and Shade camped on the cliff to prepare for dinner.

Now that Shade had only left the red dragon maid's kitchen service for the last time after sacrificing the ruby, he didn't even think about keeping it and used it directly. So although the environment was a little rough, the dinner was still very good.

The setting sun was still reflected on the profiles of the two people at first, but soon it completely disappeared under the forest in the distance. When darkness fell completely, the stars hung upside down in the sky like an ocean, and the three-wheeled moon struggled to shine behind the clouds, the light of the bonfire illuminated their faces.

Shade planned to wait a little longer and wait until late at night before taking action. Miss Benenice looked at the flames and suddenly asked:

"Speaking of which, I also bought some of the fabrics Sylvia made."

She glanced at Shade and was quite sure that Shade definitely understood what she wanted to express.

Shade did understand. While "she" chuckled, he tried to ask:

"Then later, if I have a chance, I can admire how you look when you wear that fabric."

The witch avoided Shade's gaze, turned her face sideways and brushed her hair from her ears:

"Um."

When he nodded slightly, he didn't know if the red glow on his face was an illusion reflected by the light of the bonfire.

[Let me just say, she is the most innocent witch you know. 】

"She" whispered in Shade's ear with a chuckle, while Shade sat on the stone, casually poking at the firewood in the campfire with a stick, and looked up at the three-wheeled moon looming behind the clouds:

"You need to help me when we look for the remaining power of the Night Temple later."

【I will always be with you. 】

"She" blessed softly.

"I always feel like something incredible will happen tonight. What will happen?"

The two chatted until seven o'clock in the evening. After noticing that the clouds above their heads were drifting away from the front of the moon, Shade stood up and signaled to Miss Benanis that they could start.

The location where they set up the campfire was at the exit of the cave, very close to the first arch. And in the cold night, the remains of the arch, only illuminated by the edge of the bonfire light, did not show anything special.

So the two of them held torches and passed through the three arches again, arriving at the somewhat abrupt open space at the end of the Night Temple.

The moonlight shone on the ground, and this time, Shade's eyes finally caught some traces of light on the ground, but the traces were not very obvious, and Miss Benanis could not see them at all.

"This shows that the power of the ancient gods does still exist here, but we have not activated it."

The witch guessed, so Shade stood in the center of the open space at the end, opened his arms and faced the starry sky, and called out his life ring. The three-wheeled moon echoed the three-month spirit rune on the life ring. This time, even the witch saw little traces of light rising from the flat ground, flying over Shade's head and into the sky.

"This is not enough."

Miss Benanis said quite experiencedly. After careful consideration, she motioned Shade to retreat to the bonfire, which is the starting point of the temple:

"Keep the life ring alive and go through the three arches again. Speaking of which, do you know any thaumaturgy related to the ancient god of the moon and night?"

"Originally, the best choice was [Silent Moonlight]. It suppresses the surrounding light and enhances the recovery of one's own spiritual and physical strength. But this magic has disappeared."

In fact, it was given to Miss Olanode in exchange for the [Yellow Moon] spirit rune.

"But wait, I do have another one!"

Shade waved to his side, and the illusory translucent bookshelf in the color of the sea of ​​stars appeared again:

"The Silver Moon Library corresponds to the recorder power of the Moon God."

The two returned to the bonfire together. This time the witch did not walk side by side with Shade, but fell slightly behind him.

Shade held a torch, and the strange brass ring behind it slowly rotated. He controlled the bookshelves around him to move forward with him, and as Shade stepped forward, there were more and more bookshelves.

"Say something quickly."

The witch reminded.

So Shade came to the first arch and walked through:

"Praise the recorder of the world, may the world live forever."

Stepping through the second arch:

"Praise the original moon, may the silver moon always shine on me."

Finally passed through the ancient third stone arch:

"Praise the night, praise everything in the quiet night."

The witch who fell behind Shade watched with satisfaction as the three arch ruins shone slightly, and the starry sky seemed to twinkle for a moment. Then in her surprised expression, the moonlight filled in the missing parts of the arch, outlining the original structure. Ancient carvings and murals.

At this time, Shade had arrived at the center of the open space at the end of the three arches. The ground under his feet was glowing, but the changes that Shade wanted had not yet occurred. He looked at the witch standing not far away with some confusion, and Miss Benanis then prompted:

"Is there any other way you can demonstrate the power of the ancient gods?"

Shade thought for a moment, and this time, he threw out [Impermanence·Silver Moon]:

"I have passed through three arches and entered the territory high in the night. I will praise you and you will protect me."

Although he cannot control this card, this card does directly represent the Silver Moon Sage, one of the thirteen ancient gods.

The cards floated and fell in front of Shade with the night wind, but nothing unusual happened. Just when Shade thought his idea was wrong, the cards touched the ground.

Just like a drop of water falling into a pool, the light spread from Sha De's feet to the surroundings in an instant. The diffusion of energy completely cleared away the dust on the platform. The gold and silver lines together outlined a strange circular pattern composed of the sun, moon and stars at Shade's feet. The patterns were connected by lines and dotted around them. flowers.

It looked like a star map, or the base array of some mysterious ritual, but Shade recognized it at a glance as the card back of the Rhodes card, except that the "moon" pattern was obviously larger and more vivid than the other patterns. Clear.

The surrounding night became darker at this moment. Shade still remembered what he was going to do, so he took out the sand of time in the pepper jar bottle he bought from Old John, held it in his hand, and said softly:

"Praise the goddess of the night. Please grant me the night, soaked in the sand of this time."

The cold night wind blew towards the cliff from a distance. The wind carried yellow sand and passed by Sha De like flowing water. The dark night is showing its power, and the deep night is even older than the night in Eternal Night City.

When the gust of wind blew by, the yellow dust that originally had a silver luster in the pepper pot was now covered with deep black, as if the shadow was imprisoned in this small bottle.

[Outlander, you have come into contact with a miracle. You have some thoughts about "dark night". 】

"Success!"

Shade felt that his joy could no longer be expressed in words, but it was not over yet, because at this moment, he heard a voice that did not belong to him, nor to Miss Benanis.

Although the voice was vague, it was extremely familiar to Shade. He looked around in surprise, but did not see a familiar figure:

"Did I hear you correctly? What's going on?"

[The land of Randall Valley is imprinted with the oldest memories. As the center of the earth, this land can retain more memories. This location is extremely special. 】

"I know, so."

[The story that happened in this dark night temple is enough to be deeply imprinted into the depths of the earth, and it was reactivated because of the appearance of the ancient god's power. 】

"Is it the memory of the earth again? I still have to use the power of the earth to pry into it?"

He thought about the Moon Worship Relics near Oxenfurt Manor. At that time, he witnessed the memory and obtained the Miracle Spirit Rune, which was half a week ago.

[No, the power of the night has appeared. Go through the curtain of night and witness the stories that happened under another night. 】

Although Shade didn't understand very well, he still nodded:

"So what do I do?"

[Pray, pray to the earth, the moon and time. 】

"Three ancient gods"

Shade thought in his mind, and motioned to Miss Benanis not to get close yet. He cleared his throat with a cough, then stood above the clearest moon pattern among the luminous sun, moon and star patterns on the ground, raised his head and said to the moon:

"Praise the Mother Goddess of the Earth, may you show me the memory of this land! Praise the Silver Moon Sage, please tell me the story of your temple! Praise the Father of the Infinite Tree, may you protect me and peek into the mystery of time again. !”

As the words fell, the cold moonlight shed its light on Sha De, and the earth-yellow air flow swept up and rose from Sha De's feet. The moonlight and the spiritual energy of the earth blended in front of Sha De. Sha De waited for a moment, and then he took out an [Eternal Youth Leaf] from his pocket.

He threw the leaves towards the ball of light, and now there were only two leaves of youth left in his hand. The originally beautiful silvery-yellow light suddenly turned into a deep night-like black with the addition of green leaves. The flowing light gradually expanded until a black and textured curtain was formed in front of Shade.

"It feels like déjà vu. If Fiona isn't here, today is Sunday again. Please wait a moment. I'm going to watch a memory."

He turned to Miss Bernice and the witch asked worriedly:

"Do you know what you are doing? I remember that you just came to find the power that infects the Sands of Time. What are you doing? This is not the case for Siris and the others to obtain the memory of the earth."

"Don't worry, I'll be back soon. They used the magic of the old gods, and I used the power of the ancient gods."

Shade said with great confidence, bent down to pick up [Original Silver Moon] to prevent it from being blown away by the wind, and then tried to take a step towards the night. My body seemed to have passed through a layer of cold water curtain, and then I found myself still standing in the open space on the cliff, with the dark night and starry sky in front of me, but there were two more people here.

The long-haired Luvia stood on the edge of the cliff looking at the stars with her hands behind her back; Miss Lassus sat on the edge of the cliff with her hands on the ground and stretched her legs to the outside of the cliff. Both had their backs to Shade, but they were very close.

There were no clouds in the night sky, it was as if the two girls were standing in the starry sky.

Shade tilted his head, and for a moment, he didn't realize what was going on.