Whispering Verse

This golden stone was the "Fragment of the Heart of the Earth" that the Guardian gave to Shade in the stable at the reconciliation banquet between the royal family and the Stonemason's Guild to help Siris awaken the power of the earth.

However, Siris later awakened the power of the earth through his father's memory crystal in the Church of the Forgotten, so this fragment remained in Shad's hands.

At this time, golden pebbles kept hitting the side wall of the glass bottle, and Shade felt that the bottle was squirming in his pocket.

"What is this? It seems like it wants to move this way."

Emilia pointed to the area to the right that was eroded by night. Even the torches on the side walls of the corridor, less than one step in front of that area, could not illuminate the scenery in the night.

"It's a piece of debris, and the debris has the property of self-agglomeration."

After Shade frowned slightly, he bent down and placed the bottle on the ground. Sure enough, with the continuous impact of the golden stones, the bottle rolled to the front right position.

So Shade asked Amelia not to follow him. He held Mia and walked quickly for two steps and entered the night again. As the light of the sun and moon dispersed the darkness of the night, what was revealed was not the wall of the ancient masonry corridor, but a fork to the right.

The passage was completely filled with the deep night. Even if Shade continued to take a step forward while holding Mia, it only illuminated the surroundings instead of completely dispelling the night like before.

"Is there a fork in the road here? I thought this was a straight road."

Emilia said in surprise, but she also knew it was dangerous there, so she didn't dare to take a step forward. Shade bent down and picked up the bottle. After a moment of hesitation, he said to the elf girl behind him:

"Wait for me here. The night here cannot be completely dispelled. Don't risk following me."

Although he was a little reluctant, the young elf still nodded:

"Then come back quickly, I'm a little scared."

She looked around uneasily:

"There are more secrets here than I thought. I'm afraid there will be other detours and something strange will appear."

"I'll be back soon."

Shade nodded and quickly carried Mia into the fork on the right.

It was said to be a fork in the road, but in fact it was a dead end. He had only walked about ten steps and had already reached the end. At the end of the fork is a fairly flat brick wall. It's just that it's different from the surrounding walls. That wall is painted with a complete mural using oil paint that belongs only to the night.

In the night city where it was raining, a young man with a blurry face was holding the big-tailed girl behind his hand. There was a cat standing on his shoulder, with his right hand raised high, as if he was holding the silver moon.

The center of the whole picture is the man holding the moon in his hand. This is a typical "cavalier hero oil painting", that is, it is centered on a specific character, and all the actions and details of the background and other characters are to set off the central character.

"Fiona"

Shade took a deep breath and whispered softly. After a long while, he reached out and touched Fiona's face on the wall.

But when the hand touches the wall, it causes ripples in the entire mural centered on the point of contact.

Shade felt a little warmth, as if something touched his hand.

[Outlander, you have obtained "Witch Reverberation: Red Dragon Witch Fiona". 】

[You have some insights into "dragon". 】

On the constantly fluctuating mural, the Red Dragon Witch holds Sha De's hand and winks playfully at Sha De. She pointed to the door of the shop in the lower right corner in the background of the oil painting.

"Don't keep me waiting too long, my hero."

She bit her lips lightly, lowered her head and kissed the back of Shade's hand, and then turned into a motionless mural again.

Shade let out a long sigh, and while accepting the new knowledge in his mind and knowing that he had become proficient in dragon language, he reached out and touched the shop pointed by Fiona's portrait. So the door of the shop in the mural slowly opened, and behind it was a hidden compartment in the mural, and a box as big as two palms popped out of the small door.

It was a gray stone box with a rough surface that had not been polished in any way.

When Shade touched the box, the box itself turned into ashes. Ashes flowed from Shade's fingertips and fell into the white ash on the ground. As a result, the two items in the box fell into Shade's hands.

On his left hand is a copper-colored metal pepper shaker. This is the relic "The Blood Feast Master's Pepper Pot" that Shade had seen on the menu of the [Dragon Maid Cafe]. The item description at that time was "The Blood Feast Master's." Delicious fishing bait” (Chapter 1296).

Holding it in his hand, without even using it, Shade heard two stomach growls, which came from himself and the cat who looked at the pepper pot. And it seems like half a month has passed since the last time we had a meal.

"Items that are enough to summon gods, a great desire for gluttony"

His right hand was a black stone larger than Shade's single palm. He didn't feel any power at first contact, but then he felt as if he was holding up the entire earth.

This is the "Fragment of the Heart of the Earth" that Shade once saw in the exhibit list of the Midnight Art Museum. Its page number is in front of the "Eggshell Book". Compared with the small golden stone given by the guardian, this stone that was separated from the heart of the earth in an older era is not only larger in size, but also contains greater power (Chapter 1391) .

"With this, can I directly wake up the guardian?"

Shade thought in surprise, and "she" reminded him gently in Shade's ear:

[Not only can you try to awaken it, but holding this fragment, your ‘power of the earth·healing aura’ can be greatly increased. You can try and sink into the location of the "Heart of the Earth". If you are willing to swallow the power in this fragment, you may even be able to completely master the power of the earth. At the same time, consuming the power of this Heart of the Earth (fragment) can also heal people who have become petrified due to being contaminated by the power of the twisted earth. 】

After chuckling, he continued:

[It seems that Fiona Drago still remembers the items you noticed in Evernight City. So I leave them to you specifically as a gift. 】

When Shade saw the "Fragments of the Heart of the Earth", although Fiona was still in the dream of the moon, after awakening her with the haphazardly pieced together ritual, Shade told her what he saw, so Fiona Na knew that Shade actually wanted this thing.

"She really is."

Shade stuffed the pepper shaker and the huge stone into his clothes, pursed his lips and stared at Fiona on the painting:

"I won't keep you waiting too long."

Click~

As soon as Shade finished speaking, cracks appeared on Fiona's face on the mural, and then the cracks penetrated the entire mural. Shade almost immediately sensed that the space where the entire corridor was located began to become unstable. He knew that the meaning of the existence of this corridor was gone, and this would be the last time this road was used.

After joining the elf girl and the unicorn, who were frightened by the swaying and swaying firelight around them, the two hurriedly continued to run forward. As expected, the end of the corridor was not the white mist door leading to the "Witch Council", but another block with a The curtain of night colors.

Although the swaying corridor did not collapse, the sense of crisis made it almost impossible for the two of them to breathe. The faster unicorn jumped out first, and then Shade hugged Emilia and jumped forward, crossing the curtain and leaving the corridor.

The two of them rolled on the snow, and the chaotic power of the earth under their bodies was almost immediately noticed by Shade, making the unicorn following him restless.

In the forest where gray snow was falling, Miss Danister and Miss Sylvia walked out from the shadow of the dead trees. They had just had a pleasant conversation about the power of the moon and space, and when they saw Shade and Amelia finally appearing, they came over.

Miss Sylvia helped Shade up and when she saw the unicorn, she immediately cast an interested look. No girl could refuse such a beautiful creature.

Miss Danister asked Shade, who was patting gray snowflakes on his body:

"In this way, your work should be finished, right?"

"Yes. Please allow me to express my gratitude to you again."

The thirteenth-ring sorceress waved her hand, signaling Emilia, who slowly got up and looked around with great interest, to go back. She obviously didn't want to return to the academy. After the elf left, she still wanted to explain something to Shade.

The elf girl looked at Shade with pleading eyes, and Shade moved his hands into the air behind him a few times, and then said regretfully:

"If you're looking for that passage, I think it's gone."

"What?"

Miss Denister asked suspiciously:

"How did you disappear?"

Miss Sylvia on the side explained:

"Nothing can last forever, and everything will disappear. It's just a coincidence this time, but fortunately none of them were injured."

"But Shade walked by once and then disappeared. Isn't it a bit too coincidental?"

Miss Daniste asked, but shook her head, knowing now was not a good time to say it:

"Shad, after the incident in Randall Valley is over, I will talk to you in person, and you should be mentally prepared. But now, let Miss Amelia Siam Nord follow me. After this incident is over, , I will take her back. However, you have to promise not to run around."

Miss Danister looked at the elf girl, who nodded desperately as if she had won a big prize.

Then she said to Shade:

"I know you have other things to do, but I want to know, is it possible for me to see you again tonight?"

The sorceress stared at Shade's eyes, actually asking whether Shade would still be deeply involved in the affairs of the chosen one.

"Absolutely not."

Shade promised with a chuckle in his ear.

"Your current integrity is substandard in my eyes. Last time you said you wouldn't jump out of the bushes."

The sorceress said jokingly, and then asked Miss Sylvia:

"You take him away, I think you should be able to ensure his safety. Besides, your relationship with him"

After hesitating for a moment, he still did not express any more opinions on his students’ private lives:

"Be safe."

Miss Sylvia nodded, and turned and walked toward the grass with Shade. The sound of footsteps continued for a while, and then Miss Denister and Amelia heard the sound of breaking glass, and then there was no sound from them.

"Can you tell me what happened just now?"

The librarian lady asked the elf whose face was flushed with excitement. Just as the latter was about to speak, he heard a roar in the distance, and then a mountain in the night completely collapsed under the gaze of the elf. . Two figures chased each other in the night sky and flew overhead. The fireballs that fell due to the battle ignited the nearby woods. From an unknown source in the east, a dark beam of light swept directly overhead in the forest, and then flattened the top of another towering hill.

Emilia hurriedly hugged the neck of the pure white beast. The latter was not afraid of landslides, but was worried about the ground beneath its feet. It hated such a dirty place.

"Forget it, let's wait until the matter is over to talk about what happened just now. You follow me and don't stray a step away. Now let's go back to the camp and I will protect you."

The sorceress said with a headache, and the two figures quickly disappeared into the forest.