Whispering Verse

"It's not the fountain, it's the black mud, it's the black mud!"

Even the bonfire on the ground was shaking constantly due to the strong earthquake, and the horses tied to the trees were frantically trying to break free of the ropes and try to escape.

In the swaying firelight, Shade finally realized that it was black mud. The turbulent black mud sprayed into the sky like a fountain from the top of the low hill, and then the thick black mud flowed down from the top of the hill. .

"Roar!"

Roars appeared one after another under the cloudy starry sky. From the land where the black mud flows, dark stone arms stretched out from the soil under the hills one by one, and then a large number of fallen earth elemental giants appeared here.

Those fallen earth elemental giants were taller and larger than the ones the three of them encountered in the evening. And as they walked with heavy steps towards the area under the hill, the crazy land actually spread outward with their footsteps.

Before the Shade trio could take action, the church's camp had already launched an attack. The team that came this time was dominated by the Church of the Sun. Dozens of Central Warlocks used one of the basic spells, "Earth Wall", to summon a huge wall from the bottom of the hill, temporarily blocking the fallen earth elements. As the giant spirit walked outward, the church's follow-up team also launched an attack.

Because the Crazy Earth was too dangerous, the church's team did not enter the hills. They just defeated the elemental aggregates summoned by the earth one by one on the outside of the hills.

"There's someone at the top of the hill."

Miss Benenice said to Shade, squinting her eyes and looking at the blurred black figures in the night:

"This time things are still not simple. The cultists and people from the Blood Spirit School are probably over there. But how did they get up there? No one saw them. "Notes of a Puppet Operator"?"

"None of this matters anymore."

Shade shook his head and said to Luvia:

"You and Miss Benenice stay here while I go over alone."

"But."

The girl with purple eyes wanted to retort, but the witch pulled her:

"You should trust Shade more than me."

She said to Shade:

"Luvia and I are on the outside, assisting the church in blocking those monsters that want to move farther away, and are here to prepare for you. Don't be brave, if you find something is wrong, just retreat quickly. I will take you two with me Escape is quite easy.”

With that said, he took off his gold ring and handed it to Shade:

"You need this more than I do tonight."

"clear."

Shade smiled and nodded, waved to them, and then ran into the night as the two looked at him worriedly.

There are lights of battle everywhere in the dark night. Although the fallen elemental giants are very slow and not very aggressive, it is not easy to completely defeat them.

Fortunately, it was probably because most people in the church were unable to enter areas contaminated by Crazy Earth, so Shade could directly enter the hills by choosing locations where the fighting was not fierce.

There seemed to be explosions everywhere, and black clouds obviously obscured the starry sky, but the light of divine magic made the area as bright as day. The closer he got to the bottom of the hill, the more Shade was sure that this matter had nothing to do with the cultists.

When he and Goethe, the stone mirror demon, met outside Watson Manor for the first time, they accidentally broke a statue of an evil god. The blasphemous power I felt then was very close to what I feel now.

He looked up at the hill that was mostly covered by black mud. Suddenly, he saw a huge and terrifying shadow standing behind the hill. Shade was not sure what this was. He could only walk through the forest as quickly as possible to face another challenge that he could not handle.

In addition to Shade who was constantly moving forward, there were also some strange black shadows patrolling in the forest. After entering the battle zone between the church and the fallen earth elemental giants, Shade also noticed that the church still sent a thirteen-ring warlock this time.

But this time it was no longer the "Earth Shaker" Granger, but the Thirteenth Ring Warlock of the Church of Nature, whom Shade had met during the Battle of Pantanal, and an old friend of Sister Devlin. 'Nightmare Witch' Miss Maria.

She did not join the battle, but floated above the forest sea, looking at the top of the hill, as if she was on guard against something. Even though Shade unconsciously glanced at her from below, she did not lower her head to observe Shade because she was inspired.

This means that tonight there will be something that even a thirteen-ring warlock finds difficult.

Continuing forward, we officially entered the area flowing with black mud. The black mud that had been erupting for ten minutes was still resembling a fountain at the top of the hill, so that if Shade wanted to continue upward, he could not find a safe enough foothold.

Originally, there were some trees with bare branches growing on the hills, but now those trees had turned into gray stone sculptures. Although Shade was able to resist the twisted pollution originating from the earth to a certain extent, he still felt strong discomfort after being contaminated for a long time:

"This time the crazy land is severely polluted again."

The church's ring wizards were only on the periphery, so there was no one to stop the monsters on the hill. No matter how cautious Shade was when climbing the hill, he still inevitably had a conflict with a stone giant during the climb.

"Raglai's Leap."

He took a step forward gently, and then appeared behind the stone giant wrapped in earth-yellow light and charging towards him sideways. He originally thought of running away, but he didn't expect that the enemy he had dodged immediately turned around and charged him a second time after stopping.

If he just chased and escaped like this, Shade was worried that the noise would be too big. When he reached the top of the mountain, he would be chased by at least ten fallen elemental giants. So he simply stopped, but this time he did not take out the moonlight sword, but opened his arms.

When he was dealing with the enemy with Miss Benanis and Luvia just now, he had a vague idea, and now it was time to implement his plan.

"Roar!"

The bulky monster was already very close to Shade during the charge, and Shade took another step forward before disappearing. Only this time, he did not appear further behind the elemental giant spirit. Instead, he appeared directly on the giant spirit's back, and hugged it tightly with open hands:

"Fossils to mud!"

Although "fossils into mud" is a basic spell, Shade's "fossils into mud" is still a little different from others. This was the power given to him by an existence that was suspected to be the incarnation of the earth in the Randall Valley when he was trying to go deep into the source of the black mud to find divine power.

Normal "fossils into mud" can only have an effect on natural unprocessed stones, but Shade's "fossils into mud" can have an effect on any stone that is no larger than himself.

He originally just had the mentality of giving it a try, but he didn't expect that after his body came into contact with the elemental giant spirit, the back of the elemental aggregate really "melted" quickly.

Although Miss Benanis said that there was no real "fatal point" for this monster, he still stabbed his hand directly from behind the colossus into its chest:

"Feliana's Witch's Light!"

In the first few seconds, the fallen elemental spirit only slowed down suddenly. And then, the stone on its chest faintly emitted a red light as if it had been heated.

Finally, as the first crack appeared, dark golden light completely emerged from the chest. Cracks continued to spread throughout the body, and the huge aggregate of elements turned into a pile of rubble in Shade's hands.

Shade patted his muddy hands, a little suspicious that the original "Randall Valley Earth Incarnation" gave him this spell just to deal with today's scene.

Continuing forward, because of Shade's caution, although he encountered two more enemies, and even the second time they were two enemies together, he successfully defeated the opponents without making much noise.

At the end of the petrified forest on the lower side of the hill is a path that winds its way to the top of the hill. For some reason, after approaching the petrified forest area, there were no enemies blocking the way.

But it was not that there were no other people here. When Shade came to the edge of the woods and was about to go to the top in one go, he saw a man with bare feet, wearing a linen robe, and holding a dirty brass oil lamp. The tall, thin man stood on the edge of the woodland with his back turned to his direction and facing the top of the mountain.

"A monk from the church? Why are you here?"

The ascetic monk's feet were completely stained with black mud, but even so, there was still no sign of petrification of the limbs without the use of any spells or thaumaturgy.

If it weren't for the fact that this was a real living person, Shade would really have thought that the guardian was waiting for him here.

And when Shade got closer, he could clearly sense the strong miraculous element in the other party. That kind of warm and heavy power undoubtedly belongs to the god of the sun and the earth. In fact, Shade felt that the power of this unknown ascetic was purer than that of the thirteen-ring warlock "Earth Shaker" Pierre Granger.

He hesitated for a moment, but still walked over quickly. In his heart, he made up his mind that as long as the other party didn't take the initiative to talk to him, he would pretend he didn't see him. However, when he came to the ascetic monk, he still spoke:

"Are you the God Summoner?"

The Dervishes speak Kasenric with a strong southern accent, which even sounds a little funny because the stress of each word is placed later.

Shade could only stop, nod and want to ask the other party's identity, but this time he saw the other party's simple clothes from the side, and saw the old kerosene lamp he was carrying, although it looked shabby, a bold The idea suddenly occurred:

"When I was at Fort Midhill, I once met Ms. Shirley Winster, the 'Sister of Thorns' from the Church of Nature (Chapter 778)."