Whispering Verse

"Are there any church teams nearby?"

Luvia asked.

"No, but ten minutes ago, we observed that the ring warlock from the [Snake Heart Society] assisting the Zhengshen Church had passed nearby. In addition, according to the previous communication with the Zhengshen Church, there should be a high-level ring warlock from Zarath School of Literature. The professor is nearby.”

[Snake Heart Society] is a group of ring warlocks that is active all year round in the border area between Kasenlik and Delarion, that is, in the central area of ​​the Old Continent. Its size is roughly the same as the [Spiritual Cult], and it has a good relationship with the "Peace Church" in the Zhengshen Church.

This ring magician group pursues secrecy, and apart from its name, very little other information is known to outsiders. Even Luvia only heard about this group of people's power being related to mirrors and dragons in the Prophet Association.

"Miss Swift, you and a lady from the seventh ring will go to observe the situation with a dose of [Mud Potion]. If the church's rescue is not timely, you will help."

Luvia quickly made up her mind. Although [Mud Potion] has an almost one-hit kill effect on earth elemental creatures, unfortunately, the configuration of this potion is limited in terms of raw materials and techniques, so in Before this big event started, the big witches didn't make much preparation.

"besides."

Miss Swift turned and left, and Luvia called out to the girl who came from the top of the building to deliver the news:

"Pay attention to Miss Sylvia's news at any time, and then communicate with the church. I want to know where the Red Moon Witch from St. Byrons is now."

(Little Mia is running.)

The fire was burning. The farther away from the river bank and closer to Oxenfurt Manor, the more bizarre the scene in the burning woods became. The jagged rocks and the flames that create various illusions simply do not exist in the normal world. The grieving souls wailing in the fire and crying for Shade to save them make this place look like a hell in a fairy tale.

Shade didn't know what was happening in the city at the moment, what the girls who were thinking about him were thinking about, and he didn't know whether the escaped Stone Oxenfurt had been captured by Joy Barton and Ms. Marilyn Handel. catch.

He was still running forward in the maze. In addition to the monsters that dropped gems and the illusions that attacked Shade's heart, the stone mirror demon Goethe also set up more obstacles on the way forward, trying to delay Shade's progress. .

For example, on the way, Shade saw a cave filled with gold and silver treasures, and a golden egg placed on the top of a big tree, guarded by countless flaming birds, that made the soul long for it. He even saw a stone bookshelf erected from a distance on the fork in the direction that deviated from the highlighted prompt and [Source of Chaos]. If Shade guessed correctly, there must be the knowledge he needed on the bookshelf, but he still didn't. Pay attention.

Sometimes people encounter the most tempting temptation at the most inappropriate time, and Shade knows what he should give up.

According to the rules, the devil cannot directly harm Shade, but the devil's domain can completely suppress Shade's wound healing speed, as well as the recovery speed of his spirit and physical strength. He was carrying the big-tailed squirrel that was innocently involved. Even though he was gradually out of breath, he still didn't stop to rest.

Finally, thirty-two minutes into the game, Shade finally vaguely saw the distant view of Oxenfurt Manor amid the raging fire.

Ten minutes later, when Shade finally rushed out of the forest where the fire occurred and staggered along the uphill road into the gate of Oxenfurt's manor, he felt his physical exhaustion for the first time in a long time.

In the past, even if there was too much loss in battle, it was just a lack of spirit. The last time something like this happened that I couldn't handle physically, the foreigners were still a part of it.

The burning forest was bright enough, but the yard of the Oxenfurt Manor separated by a wall was as dark as a dark dungeon. In the normal world, the forest fire would be enough to illuminate most of the courtyard, but now the light cannot penetrate the devil's lair.

The world is still gray, with only dots of green light of unknown origin appearing like moss on the ground. There was no flame, and the sudden drop in the surrounding temperature also made Shade, who had burn marks and sweat flowing down his forehead, couldn't help but shiver, and then felt that his body seemed to be getting weaker.

After breaking away from the huge flaming maze, [Source of Chaos] could no longer guide Shade in the direction, but the highlights seen by "Seeing Demon" and "Echo of Blood" were amplified by Priest August's eye drops. There are no traces, but still helping Shade move forward.

However, after passing through the gate of the manor, Shade, who was resting on his sword, actually saw in front that the highlighted traces were divided into five, and five bifurcated traces appeared in the yard.

"You finally came."

The devil's voice sounded in the sky as expected, and that oily voice sounded more annoying to Shade than ever before:

"After exiting the maze, you come to the final puzzle. So, which one is me in front of you now?"

Then there was continuous laughter, and the laughter continued without any interruption.

Shade could only continue to search in the courtyard of Oxenfurt Manor along the bifurcated traces with laughter that made him upset.

At the end of those traces, Shade found a tiger lying down and sleeping like little Mia in the flower garden, a lion looking like it was digging a hole under the somewhat damaged wall on the east side of the courtyard, and a lion standing on the eaves that almost blended with the eaves. The gray squirrel is integrated into one body, the brown bear huddles in the shadow of the corner, and the black snake entwines on the headless soldier statue in the northwest.

All five animals were imprisoned by the aura of the "Light of Confinement", and then gathered together by Shade. Because [Light of Confinement] is not harmful, this is not considered a violation of the rules by Shade.

Shade first took out the "Night Watch" and pointed it at each animal, but he did not expect that all the animals had traces of corrosion.

"Sure enough, it won't be that simple. Choose one of five, right?"

There were only the last ten minutes left in the one-hour countdown, and there wasn't much time for Shade to waste. He looked at all the animals in turn, and then "she" whispered in Shade's ear:

[That tiger is not a devil. 】

"Why?"

[You can try to touch it. 】

Shade then stretched out his hand and touched the tiger's forehead. The tiger actually shrank and rubbed against Shade.

Shade understood immediately:

"Is it you! The tiger that coexists with the soul of folklorist Mr. Benjamin Erfurt?"

Shade's eyes widened in surprise, and the tiger nuzzled Shade again in a humane manner. Of course, this is most likely because the last time I met Shade, he was beaten by Shade in the snow and used to explain the dangers of big tigers to the cat.

"You haven't starved to death yet? But it's really unlucky that you were caught by the devil."

Although demons can copy living things, there are still differences between the copy and the original body, and this tiger has a unique soul imprint due to its special experience. So the tiger's suspicion was eliminated, and Shade continued to look at the remaining four animals.

At this moment, the big-tailed squirrel in his breast pocket suddenly started to squirm, and then got out of Shade's pocket. After jumping to the ground, he squeaked around the found squirrel.

"What's the meaning?"

So Shade took out the [Fish Training Ring] and put it on the squirrel's big tail. This ring cannot be used by animals that eat fish. Fortunately, squirrels do not fish.

"Do you know this squirrel?"

Shade asked the squirrel that he rescued from the fire, and the latter immediately made a young man's voice:

"Yes, this is my wife! We fell in love because of an acorn, we made a private decision in the hole of a big pine tree for life, and gave birth to the next generation on a romantic autumn dusk."

This squirrel actually spoke in a polite manner.

"Let her go quickly. Even if you are my benefactor, if you want to tie up my wife and do bad things to her, I will challenge you to a duel."

The talking animals that Shade encountered in the past were often full of slang and swear words. Unexpectedly, this wild gray squirrel was actually very civilized:

"Are you sure this is really your wife?"

Shade was worried that the squirrel recognized the wrong mouse:

"Is it possible that she was transformed from something else?"

"Absolutely impossible. You are not a squirrel. You will not understand our fateful bond. Will you mistake your wife?"

The squirrel actually asked Shade back, and then said:

"I'll prove it to you, this is definitely my wife."

As he said that, it actually walked around the back of the squirrel imprisoned by Shade, then lay down directly on it, and then...

Shade took back what he just said about the big-tailed squirrel being very civilized.

"Okay, okay, I know that's your wife."

Shade said quickly, and after taking back the [Fish Training Ring], he also let go of the female squirrel, letting her squeak and communicate with the big-tailed male squirrel Shade had rescued.

"There are three more."

Shade looked at the remaining lions, snakes and brown bears, and then ruled out the lion as a suspect:

"The butler among the two lower-level demons gave me a hint: the one I like is 'not' a lion."

Before meeting the five animals, Shade was still very confused about this hint, but now the meaning of this hint is too obvious. Therefore, although the butler and the maid are both lower-level demons, in a way, Oxenfurt's wish to "deal with the demons of demons" when he summoned them actually came true.

"All that's left are snakes and brown bears."

The brown bear is the largest of all animals, and Shade used five halos to imprison it. The snake was almost as thick as Shade's waist. Because it had no arms and legs, Shade also used five halos to cover its body.

"I remember that among the three cards Luvia divined for me, the first one was a poisonous snake."

Shade looked at the snake that was still spitting out letters:

"But is it really that simple?"