Whispering Verse

On the high mountain where the Night Temple is located, Shade came twice, but he only inspected the foot of the mountain and the inside of the cave, but never climbed to the top. After all, gold mines and statues of ancient gods cannot be located directly on the top of the mountain.

After being reminded by Mr. Erfurt, Shade also became interested in the top of the mountain, so after bidding farewell to the soul, he returned to the position where the three horses were tied to the tree. But this time he did not enter the cave, but walked a small circle along the foot of the mountain and successfully found the way up the mountain.

Although it is said to be a road, it is actually just an area with slightly sparse trees. But since the scholar who came here alone can reach the top of the mountain, there is no reason why Shade can't climb up.

The road up the mountain is not easy. Maybe Shade and Mr. Erfurt chose a different path two years ago. From time to time, he needs to turn the cat into a toy, and then turn into a group of butterflies himself, or use Raglay's jump to cross the mountain. Those places that are obviously unreachable.

When Xia De finally arrived a few dozen meters away from the top of the mountain, it was already 5:20 in the evening. The sky was dark and the sunset had already appeared on the horizon.

The mountain is very steep, but there is a relatively flat winding path at the top of the mountain. Shade actually carries the cat to the top of the mountain, and then stares wide-eyed at the white forest sea in the distance, and the brilliant scenery beyond. sunset.

"Spring is probably really coming soon."

He sighed softly, and then looked down again. There is an extremely steep cliff at the foot. If they didn't know that there is a narrow platform below, no one would think of looking down from here.

However, probably because of the angle, although Shade could barely see the edge of the platform below, he did not see the remains of the arch, nor did he see the three ladies preparing for the ceremony.

"But what was the interesting thing Mr. Erfurt said?"

The flatter area at the top of the mountain is about the size of a bedroom on the second floor of No. 6 Saint Teresa Square. Since no animals or humans have come here for a long time, there are no traces on the snow.

Shade used flames to melt the snow on the ground, and then found a broken stone base under the snow. Judging from the style, a stone tablet should have been erected here.

"The style of the base is very old, not like the style of this era. But where is the monument?"

The broken stone tablet could not be found nearby with the naked eye, so Shade used "Feliana's Witch's Light" to melt the ground for inspection. What he did was indeed correct. About half a meter above the ground, he actually found the buried broken stele. The stele had fallen for at least hundreds of years, and possibly even thousands of years. Therefore, the stele itself was even It is almost integrated with the soil on the top of the mountain.

Shade stretched out his hand to brush off the dust on the surface of the stone tablet, but as soon as he touched it, he felt the power of the miraculous element. That element isn't immediately obvious, but it's there:

"Mr. Erfurt's soul can exist in a special form, is it because he also felt something on the top of the mountain?"

The text on the upward side of the stele, that is, the front, can still be barely discerned. It is not the text of the Sixth Age:

[May the sun shine on the earth,

May the earth nurture all living beings.

When the sun shines on you and me,

May the earth be with you and me. 】

"Praise to the sun, huh? That doesn't rhyme at all."

Shade said softly, not understanding what was written. So he dug the stone tablet completely out of the soil. I was originally worried that the back could no longer be seen clearly, but I didn’t expect that the engravings on the back were also very clear.

There are some complex patterns and decorative lines on the back of the stele, which originally had no words. But at the top of the stele, Shade saw two lines of text that seemed to have been carved casually with a knife. They were quite beautiful cursive letters, using the language of the late Fifth Era:

[This is a riddle, the power of the sun can open the channel. 】

"Um?"

Shade raised his eyebrows, then looked at the next sentence:

[The chosen ones of the earth will definitely come here. 】

"Um?"

He reached out to touch the mark and thought uncertainly:

"Fragments of a psalm?"

But it is a pity that only these two lines of text on the entire stone tablet were engraved later, and the rest are the original contents of the stone tablet.

"This is interesting. The chosen ones of the earth will definitely come here, which shows that this place is indeed very important."

Shade used the canvas to turn the stone tablet into a toy and put it away. The witch should be very happy to get this. Then he looked up to the end of the cedar forest, where the sun had already set nearly half of its value:

"The power of the sun can open the passage of solar rays!"

The bright light from his fingertips shone on the base of the monument, but nothing happened. Shade spun around in a circle, letting the light streak across the ground, but other than the cat's eyes widening and eager to jump off Shade's shoulders, nothing else happened.

"Isn't it pure enough?"

Shade then stared at the cat standing on his shoulder. Mia barked with a bad feeling, and then Shade pinched its waist with both hands and lifted it up.

Facing the forest and the setting sun, Shade, holding Mia high on the top of the mountain, took a deep breath, and then shouted loudly:

"Praise the sun!"

He waited quietly for half a minute, and when nothing happened, he slowly put the cat down:

“It turns out that’s not the case.”

【What are you thinking about? 】

"She" smiled softly, and her laughter calmed down Shade's anxious heart.

"Then give me some advice."

[There is plenty of sunshine here all year round. It is impossible to open the so-called passage just by receiving sunlight. Therefore, you should find a place where there is no daily sunlight. 】

"It makes sense - the power of the red dragon!"

Shade bent down, and then used force to lift up the base of the broken stone tablet. Nearly two-thirds of the height of the stele's base has sunk into the soil, and underneath the base it is not soil but stone. Shade saw a quite ancient carving on the gray stone.

In the center of the circular pattern is a typical Holy Grail pattern, surrounded by flowers and plants. Although it was the first time he saw this pattern, Shade still subconsciously understood what it was:

"The Holy Emblem of the Ancient God [Mother Earth]?"

He stroked it gently with his hand, and then pointed his finger at the Holy Emblem:

"Sunrays."

The bright light illuminated the holy symbol, and then the holy symbol gradually melted into the light. Just as Shade was surprised, sunken marks appeared on the stone until they formed the pattern of a palm.

"What do you mean? This is"

Shade stretched out his hand and pressed it on the palm pattern. He felt as if he had touched some extremely heavy power, but he felt as if he had just pressed his hand against the cold stone surface.

Suddenly, he heard a very heavy "thump~" heartbeat, but then he realized that it seemed to be his own heartbeat.

Some kind of power entered his body along the arm, and the "power of the earth·healing aura" was strengthened. And that power finally came to the eyes. Shade's eyesight itself was very good, but now he felt that his vision had become even better.

He hesitantly took away his hand, looked far into the distance from the top of the mountain, and then confirmed that this was not his illusion:

"But what does it mean? What about the secret passage? Could it be that..."

After his hand left the stone surface, the pattern on the stone surface changed back to the holy symbol. This time, Shade held the cat with one hand and held the cat's tail with the other. After Mia tried her best to use the tail to emit flames, the holy symbol illuminated by the flames melted again. But what was formed this time was the concave pattern of a small cat's paw.

Shade grabbed Mia's paw and pressed it, but Mia didn't show any abnormality.

He thought that maybe he could dig this magical stone out of the soil, but when he tried it, he found that the stone seemed to be connected to the entire mountain. So he gave up his idea and moved the base of the stone monument back to its original position. After making sure that there was no other noteworthy place on the top of the mountain, he followed the original path down the mountain.

After re-entering the cave, Shade did not rush up to join the three ladies. Instead, he lit up the light on his fingertips to explore the four walls of the cave. Later, he actually saw a quite obvious crack on the rock wall at the deepest part of the cave.

Although the crack was not big enough for someone who was too fat to pass through, it was wide enough for Shade.

"Um?"

Shade immediately walked over and was very sure that he and Luvia never saw such obvious cracks when they inspected it in the afternoon. But now it has appeared clearly, which means that the stone tablet on the top of the mountain is indeed effective, and the crack can only be seen by touching it.

"The passage leading to the underground, the key to opening the door is actually at the top, no matter who designed it, it's really interesting."

He stretched his fingers into the crack to make sure there were no traces of strange elements, and then walked in with Mia, who already wanted to have dinner.

Inside the crack is a sloping downward passage with obvious traces of artificial excavation. This passage is not deep, and the stone walls up, down, left and right are fairly smooth.

Shade only took a few dozen steps forward and reached the end of the passage.

At the end is an ancient double stone door. On the door on the left is a pattern of many butterflies, and on the door on the right is a pattern of the Holy Grail surrounded by flowers and plants.

"Key to the door."

Shade pushed the door hard, but after using the spell, he felt like he was pushing a mountain. This shows that this door is equipped with a very powerful force to prevent it from being opened in an incorrect way.

Direct contact with this door also caused another strange thing to happen. In the dim environment, a flickering light actually appeared in Shade's pocket. Shade touched his pocket and discovered that the antique key obtained from Count Granger was actually shining.