Whispering Verse

Because the regulations didn't say that you couldn't talk to these works of art, Shade stopped. He never wanted to go out with anything he didn't need. He just wanted to know what this guy wanted to do:

"But you have to explain clearly, original sin of greed, treasure 3.2 seconds, what does this mean?"

The golden head immediately said on the mat:

"This represents my level of greed. You see, I only have 3.2 moments, but I know that many people are close to double digits. I just accidentally took something I shouldn't have taken, sir, I'm not very Greedy, please save me!”

"There are indeed people who are close to double digits, and I am 9.9."

Shade said and left quickly, ignoring the man's whispered curse:

"However, my greed is not as greedy as treasures."

There were no surprises in the process of returning to the front hall of the art museum from the exhibition hall. The cold feeling in the tarsal bones and the unknown sense of crisis that made the nerves tense only made Shade a little frightened, but it did not actually trigger What an accident.

And getting the golden needle means that you can leave the art museum and find the deepest part of the city, where the throne of the great man sits. But Shade still couldn't awaken the red dragon girl. Not only did he not know how to combine the needle with the compass, he didn't even know what mission Fiona had.

"Do we really have to forcefully wake her up?"

Although it is in a deep sleep state, it can still be awakened if it encounters a fatal crisis, but Shade is very reluctant to do so.

There was no other good solution at this time. Shade walked around the front hall a few times and looked at the exhibit manual placed on the front desk:

"There should be a way to do this, right?"

This journey took a total of forty minutes, and it only took ten minutes so far. In addition, this key is extremely special, giving four opportunities to enter, and this is the third time, which means that Shade has time to try his own ideas.

He quickly came to the front desk again, but there were more items for sale in the exhibit brochure than in the watch shop and cafe combined. It was obviously impossible to read every page.

Shade then closed the entire book, and then held the golden needle in his hand. The function of the magical item [Golden Needle of the Lost Goddess] is actually very similar to Shade's bright yellow orb [Source of Chaos]. It only guides the direction and does not have the function of finding items. But at this time, Shade only has this in his hand. .

"Goddess bless you."

He whispered, inserting the golden needle from the side of the manual into between the pages. After turning over the page that was pierced by the golden needle, the words on the right side read:

[Fragments of the Heart of the Earth, special items, comprehensively enhance the power of the earth. 】

[The legendary heart of the earth was nurtured by the power of the ancient gods and the world itself. 】

The beautiful illustration on the right is an ordinary-looking black stone that seems to be found everywhere on the ground.

[Purchase requires the payment of earth runestones soaked in darkness. 】

Although it only explained the name of the traded object, Shade had an inexplicable feeling that the "Earth Runestone" was the one he got from the plague merchant.

"It turns out that rune stone is so useful. Although I really want to find the Heart of the Earth, what I need most now is not this."

Shade covered his forehead and sighed, turned back casually, and then his eyes suddenly widened:

"That's it! It turns out that needle is really useful."

["Book of Dragons: Reproduction and Growth", a dragon shell book made from eggshell fossils, records the reproductive secrets of giant dragons. 】

[The material of the book is the eggshell fossil of an ancient dragon from the First Age. The content of the book was written in the Third Age. The "Book of Dragons" has a total of 32 volumes. 】

The illustration on the right shows a stone slab with uneven edges and some curvature. There were words carved on the stone slab, but the symbols were blurred in the illustration.

[Purchase requires dragon blood soaked in the night. 】

According to the old god "Grey Robe Sage" who appeared in the Library of Cadiz in the Valley of Silence, any information and texts from the First Era are taboo for future eras. The destruction of the Cadiz Library was related to their study of ancient books from the First Age.

Although the medium of this book is from the First Age, the content is not, so it is not contraband.

"But the price, the dragon's blood soaked in the night"

Shade was quite embarrassed by this. Of course he didn't have such an item in his hand, but it was not impossible to get it. When he was looking for the "sands of time soaked in darkness", he had guessed that the night in Eternal Night City might be enough to taint any special items.

If you just try it in Yongye City, not only will you take huge security risks, but if it fails, there will be no remedial measures. That's why he looked for the Temple of Night in the Randall Valley instead of directly bringing the Sands of Time.

But now, he can only give it a try.

Fiona is a red dragon hybrid, and her blood can also be called dragon blood. Because he didn't know the specific amount, Shade planned to take more.

He entered the tent again, carefully apologized to the sleeping girl, and cut the smooth and white skin of her wrist with a knife, and then took out two test tubes of warm blood.

After doing this, he sprinkled the liquid with the "satisfying food" effect on her wrists to stop the bleeding and eliminate the wounds, and then came to the door with the two test tubes.

There was the sound of rain pattering outside the door, and there were no special candles. Shade alone could not enter the thick night, but fortunately he still had Mia with him.

After restoring Mia, he held him in his arms. After opening the door, he cautiously leaned forward, and then Shade's body first emitted a soft light.

Continuing forward, Mia's body also came into contact with the night, so the cat's body appeared the same warm yellow light as last time, as warm as the midday sun.

Shade breathed a sigh of relief, used his clothes to protect the shivering Mia from the rain, and then left the store completely and entered the street.

Night and rain surrounded them, but they were afraid of the light of the sun and moon and dared not move forward. Shade looked at the two tubes of blood in his hands, but found that the blood itself had not changed at all.

"Failed. Oh, they're not quite in the night yet."

Shade summoned the dark sin chain, tightly wrapped the two test tubes with the chain, then took a few steps forward, placed the test tubes on the water-filled stone pavement, and took Mia back to the In front of the store, let the light of one person and one cat not shine on them.

He planned to wait five minutes before taking the tube back. If this doesn't work, then Fiona can only be forcibly awakened.

The sound of pattering rain made the cat in Shade's arms very interested. When it rained in the past, it would often lie on the window of the living room and watch the rain outside through the glass. Currently being protected by Sha De in his arms, this cat, unaware of the danger here, was looking at the street scene in the thick night as usual.

I don’t know if Mia is more sensitive, but before Shade noticed the abnormal situation, the cat barked alertly. Then, Xia De felt that his chain was being pulled:

"what's the situation?"

He immediately pulled the chain toward him, hoping not to break the tube. And as the two tubes of blood that had turned semi-black entered the field of vision of Shade and Mia, a humanoid creature whose body was completely black also appeared.

"what?"

Its whole body is black, and even its face is smooth black, so you can't even see its hair. It looks like a criminal character in the memory of outsiders.

The black hands tried to grab the two test tubes, but they seemed to be afraid of the [Chains of Sin] and could only try cautiously. Shade was certain that this thing was definitely not his hallucination, because Mia also became restless, and the cat also saw it:

"Want to steal my things? Moonlight Slash!"

A bright silver streak of light shot forward, but as the black shadow re-entered the area where the light could not illuminate, the moonlight slash also melted into the darkness.

Shade realized that the other party did not leave, but was peeping around, so he did not immediately pick up the two test tubes, but pulled out the moonlight sword from the night rain and looked around vigilantly.

The rain was pattering, and Shade tried to distinguish the unusual sound from the sound.

"Meow!"

Suddenly Mia screamed again, and the big sword in Shade's hand immediately slashed forward, and then felt the half-melted sword hit something soft and colloid-like in the dark night.

A not very obvious scream came in the night. Shade knew that he had found the right target, so the other three swords summoned by [Blade of Chaos of Time and Space] thrust out from the void and obviously hit them. Target.

Shade continued to walk forward, and then saw the dark figure pierced by four swords. And as the light from him and Mia completely illuminated the figure, its body quickly melted in the light, and finally only left some black colloid on the ground before disappearing completely.

"What exactly is this?"

Shade knelt down to examine the black colloids remaining in the rainwater. They were scattered in the puddles between the old stone bricks. They looked like some kind of food that foreigners had eaten in their hometown.

[A living person melting into the night. 】

"She" whispered softly, and Shade nodded in agreement with this guess. Then he touched the remaining colloid with his hand, and his glowing fingers turned black almost immediately.

Shade hurriedly removed his fingers and watched the color of his skin slowly return to normal, with a surprised expression on his face:

"Condensed power of night? This is great!"

He opened the two half-black test tubes, then picked up the colloid on the ground, divided it into two equal parts, and quickly threw it into the test tubes.

Jogging back to the art gallery, after shaking the test tube slightly, I found that the colloids had completely dissolved into Fiona's blood.

The original blood was half-painted, as if it had become corrupted. At this time, the blood was completely black, a color that was more textured than the highest-grade black ink. If Shade could describe it, this would be the color of the night.