Whispering Verse

The voice in my ears sounded at just the right moment:

[Under the deep night, the lonely and helpless girl prays to the world for change. And the one who responds to her is you who once made a promise to her. The pumpkin carriage and the glass slippers are not important, nor is the prince in the palace high up, only you are interested in her right now. 】

[You listened to the fairy tales you told, and you learned the enlightenment of civilization. 】

In an instant, the golden light traces on the life ring even dispersed the "hand" stretched out by the God of Night. Most of the night hall was illuminated by the spiritual light behind Shade at this moment, and Fiona, who was holding his hand tightly behind Shade, also felt unusual power in this light.

As the steam surged, the letters suspended in the air gathered towards the life ring, and the brass-colored enlightenment light shone. All the words overlapped on the life ring, condensing into a brand new power.

[Outlander, you have engraved the brass enlightenment rune - Cinderella. 】

[You have obtained the thaumaturgy - Mystery Lock Cinderella. 】

On the scorching life ring wrapped in steam, the enlightenment runes belonging to the fifth ring quietly emerged.

Miracle - Thorns of the Moon, Shadow of the Moon, Blasphemy - Arrogance, Enlightenment - Cinderella, Whispers - Marionette. The four spiritual runes of the fifth ring were finally complete at this moment, and Shade had already vaguely felt the power belonging to the sixth ring.

Instead of praying to the next link for strength, as the power of the old gods approached and his own divine afterglow state almost reached its limit, Shade followed the throbbing in his heart and asked the girl behind him seriously:

"Miss Fiona Drago, the clock has struck midnight. As promised, are we going home?"

The red dragon girl was stunned for a moment and looked at the young man in front of her whose body was covered with golden light:

"Yeah, it's time for us to go home."

As the words fell, the bell symbolizing the arrival of midnight actually rang in this silent temple of God. The ceiling above the head was also melted to create a large hole, and then the full silver moon appeared in the starry sky at night.

There has never been moonlight in the eternal night castle, but at this time, the silver moon was shining on him and her.

Speaking of which, the initial form of each of Shade's mythical locks seems to be marked by the appearance of the silver moon.

"my princess."

As Shade softly called, the moonlight shone on Fiona's body. As Shade's soul [Witch Reverberation Fiona] trembled, dreamlike silver light spots appeared from under her feet, spinning. It swept through her whole body.

While the young witch opened her arms and looked at the light spots in surprise, a bright red dress appeared on Fiona from bottom to top instead of the original skirt. The rotating light spot passed over her waist, and the originally thick tail became larger, but it fit her figure so well; the rotating light spot passed over her back, and the small and thin wings automatically stretched, and then transcended bloodline and age. The restrictions turned into real dragon wings; the rotating light spots passed over the head, and the curved dragon horns grew towards the sky from both sides of the forehead.

Twelve golden steps automatically appeared behind her, penetrating her twelve life rings.

Silver light spots also wrapped around the two. At the same time that Fiona herself changed clothes almost like a "transformation", a thirteenth step appeared at the end of the twelve steps, and a tightly closed door appeared at the end of the thirteenth step. door. While the twelve rings turned into thirteen rings and rotated rapidly, at the end of absorbing power from [Witch Reverberation Fiona], the twelve-ring Fiona jumped directly in the middle and touched half of the mysterious lock. God's power.

The surrounding night was further pushed back by the light of the silver moon above her head, and Fiona's dreamlike brilliance spread outward like a tide.

The empty palace changed its appearance. A long dining table with gold and silver tableware and delicacies appeared first, followed by glittering crystal lamps, landscape paintings depicting the moon and sea of ​​trees, Luvia and other seven demigods. There are oil paintings of portraits of witches that are either shy or flamboyant, green and silver satin tapestries, an unmanned band playing soothing music, and guests composed of shadows in the twisted night.

Outside the window is a city with snow falling under the silver moon, and the streets where the Match Girl is wandering are empty; the giant trees in the sea of ​​trees outside the city are swaying, and the bonfires are burning lonely under the canopy; in the middle of the silent forest lake, and on the island in the middle of the lake, there is only illusion. The long sword pierced the soil; and higher up in the castle, in the palace illuminated by the silver moon, the princesses in the coffins were still waiting for the prince to arrive again.

The power of the afterglow of divinity inspired by facing the old gods, as well as the initial throbbing after obtaining the Mystic Lock, supported Shade's use of the Mystic Lock.

And his fifth "Fairy Tale Lock" Cinderella actually has two characteristics. The first and most important characteristic is to give the girls who Shade has encountered the strongest power that Shade understands they can control. .

As for Fiona, that was the posture of a demigod witch that was enough to leave a reverberation.

The secret lock was successfully built, but the god silently "stretched" his hand to the two of them for the second time. The newly formed banquet scene with the participation of shadows in the night was quickly corroded by the deep night.

But this time, Fiona pushed Shade behind. The demigod witch, who was flying in the air with her feet off the ground, faced the god directly, and then used the power that should be used most at this moment:

"Run!"

Time stood still. Fiona, who spread her wings, took Shade's hand and resisted the pressure of the gods. She turned into a stream of red light and directly broke through the door leading to the "Twilight Place", bringing Shade with her. Arriving in the sky above Yongye City.

The scenery of the "Fairy Tale Town" in the Mystic Lock is actually perfectly integrated with the Evernight City, so much so that even if they leave the palace of the gods, they are still within the scope of the Mystic Lock's influence.

"What should we do now?"

Even though she possesses the power of a demigod out of thin air, Fiona's soul is still that weak witch of the twelfth level.

The silver moon was gradually lighting up the Evernight City in the night, but she knew that she still couldn't take the two of them out of here with the power of a demigod alone.

The power of the afterglow of divinity in Shade's body has not faded. He passed the smashed door and looked across the terrace to the gods sitting behind the curtains in the deep palace. He did not let the two of them go, or rather let Fiona go. The battle still continued:

"Can you sing that song?"

"What song is it?"

"The princess in the castle wouldn't understand."

"Yes, but here, it is impossible to open the door."

"Then fly with me and sing. Fiona, trust me, sing for me and take us home."

After hearing Shade's words, the big-tailed girl pursed her lips and hugged Shade with both hands, and then flew with him to the distance of the city at the fastest speed.

The full moon above the two of them, like a lunar eclipse, was gradually being swallowed up by the black shadow, and the city illuminated by the silver moon was quickly falling into darkness again. This represents the collapse of the Mystery Lock. No matter how powerful Shade's Mystery Lock is, it is absolutely impossible for him to fight against a complete god in his mortal state.

But fortunately, [Mystery Lock Cinderella] has a second effect besides "Witch Transformation", which is to ignore any conditions and situations, consume different spirits, and allow Shade to return with the surrounding entities or non-entities. at home.

If it was in the Sixth Age, and his spirit was enough, he might even have appeared in Tobesk with the entire Randall Valley, but the consequences were hard to say. But in today's fifth era, No. 6 Saint Teresa Square as "home" does not exist at all, so Shade is not sure where he will end up.

"The princess in the castle will not understand that freedom to walk in the world is what we pursue."

"When you meet a witch at a intersection full of lavender, where are you going to pick that handful of herbs?"

"Hold the snow on top of the snow and watch the sun in the depths of the desert."

"If you can meet us, dear girl~~"

"Please call our names softly and ask your doubts."

"Where the lilies bloom, or, to the west, where the sunflowers bloom."

"Please put on your pretty dress and hold up your purple thyme."

"The people who love you and the ones you love are all here, in this sunny palace."

The night is chasing the two of them, and with the power of a demigod witch, Fiona can even more sense how great the gods are.

But hugging Shade seemed to give her infinite power. She thought her voice would tremble, but in fact it was so perfect that she wasn't even sure if she could repeat it again.

But it didn't matter, because Shade had recorded it with "The Sound of Music." Moreover, the warmth that Fiona felt was not from him, but from the cat that somehow transformed from a toy back on its own.

The little cat's head emerged from Shade's pocket, looking curiously at the chessboard-like city below in the night. This meant that the cat was not afraid of heights.

And Shade didn't have time to take care of it. He was trying his best to maintain the effect of the mystery lock.

But just like Fiona said, the witch's song cannot open the passage to the parliament in the Evernight City, because the requirement to open the passage is to leave the combat state; and Shade's Mystery Lock Cinderella, because of the Evernight The city imprisoned the power of space and was unable to function.

So, his hand touched Fiona's waist.

When Fiona's singing reached the end, his Mystery Lock was about to collapse, and the night behind him was about to touch the backs of the two of them. At the same time, he pulled out the night curtain, and then fiercely faced the wind. unfolded in front of the two of them:

"Fiona, go through!"

The curtain of night, the power of the demigod witch and Shade's fairy tale lock combined together, there is no definite conclusion whether it can lead the two of them to leave the Evernight City. But Shade looked at the process from the answers. The path that the elf girl Emilia took him on had clearly told Shade what he needed to do.