Whispering Verse

Chapter 839 The rush of time

Shade looked out the window. Hazy fog was the norm in Tobesk at the turn of autumn and winter. After all, the steam plant and gas company were entering their peak operation during this season.

"I will probably be busy making a batch of No. 4 holy water recently, but if I put it into the local black market in large quantities, I don't know if it will attract the attention of the church."

The old man said worriedly.

"Are you short of money recently? I can lend it to you."

Including the 1,000 pounds from the foreign princess that he has not yet taken, Shade's savings now exceed five figures.

"No need to lend it to me. I have to pay back the money. I still owe Schneider 3,000 pounds."

The priest said, and Shade just remembered this. This was the material cost for the opening ceremony of the [Spiritual Cult].

Mentioning this question, Priest August asked again with a smile:

"However, what project did Schneider invest in to earn so much? You were very vague last time. I can ask him when I give him a gift later. Speaking of which, exam week seems to be coming soon again, and the end of the year is approaching. The church also has to check accounts and make reports, as well as year-end summaries and plans for the next year. Why do you think I'm busier than you young people?"

Shade just hoped that even if Dr. Schneider told the origin of the money, he would never reveal that he was also involved in gambling.

"If you are worried about the sale of holy water, I can take it to the black market in Cold Water Port and Fort Midhill to sell it. For this scarce product, you don't have to worry about finding a buyer. Spread out some supply sources, and you don't have to worry about being discovered. .”

"That's a good idea, but is it just Cold Water Port and Fort Midhill?"

The priest asked while leaning on the sofa. Shade nodded:

"If I want to go to more places, I need a special mineral called white stone crystal, and I want to go to a random location."

The priest shared his secret, and Shade didn't mind sharing the information with the priest.

The old man polished his pipe and did not comment on Shade's special "skill".

"Priest, do you think this world may be destroyed?"

Shade suddenly asked again. The old man raised his eyes and looked at him, with a surprised expression on his old face:

"All things will eventually perish. I thought you already knew this."

"No, no, I want to ask, do you know the specific time when the world will be destroyed?"

The priest blinked:

"This is also the purpose of collecting the remains of angels. Ever since I came into contact with this power, I know that the destruction of the world will definitely happen, maybe tomorrow, but it may also be ten thousand years later. If you want to get the answer from me, I'm sorry, I don’t know yet. But I am at least certain that the Sixth Era is a very special era, and the day when all things will die is related to the era we are in."

(Little Mia is running.)

For the next nearly two weeks, Shade lived a peaceful and peaceful life as he wished.

Without the trouble of the time key, the news of the next chosen one would not appear so soon. There was not even any clue about the divinity he was thinking about, but he at least bought a new "key" from Coldwater Port at a high price. White Stone Crystal”, ready to travel to the city where it is possible to obtain divinity.

But Shade didn't do nothing. He collected enough materials and held a ceremony to connect [Laziness] to the thaumaturgy - [Chain of Sin]. The knowledge of original sin provided by the Tree Father was very rich, but the knowledge within was extremely horrific and blasphemous. Shade only exchanged some relevant information with the doctor. The doctor seriously warned Shade that he should never tell any third person this knowledge:

"You're going to be in big trouble. I don't even know how your soul handles this knowledge."

Shade drank a full bottle of holy water in front of him to prove that he was not corrupted by his mortal sin.

Of course, except for those provided by Miss Carina for free, most of the materials needed for the ceremony were purchased by Shade. But now he has a lot of savings, so he doesn't feel sad about this expense.

Newspapers gradually began to frequently report the news that Princess Marguerite Anjou of Kasenlik was about to visit Tobesk. For this reason, the city hall also launched a "Public Security Inspection of Tobesk City in the Autumn of 1853" action. Because of this action, there was chaos in the city for a while, but it was quickly suppressed by Ridwich Field.

During this period, Shade unexpectedly received help from Baron Passos, introduced by his old friend, Rhodes card player, and the original owner of [Ancient Fairy Tale Match Girl], Baron Lavender, who came to seek help. He assisted the baron in secretly retrieving the baron's mortgaged heirloom - a gold medal with the family's coat of arms - in an underground Rhodes casino that was about to be closed down in a slum in the north of the city.

Although this only took one night, it involved secret infiltration, Rhodes gambling, corridor gun battles, lock picking and rummaging, and destruction of mortgage records. This was not a simple commission, and as a reward, Shade made money from just one business. A three-digit gold pound.

This included hush money. The baron did not use the money to buy back the family heirloom because he did not want others to know that he had mortgaged it to an illegal casino. The damage to your reputation is far more important than a few hundred pounds.

After the deal ended, Baron Lavender played cards with Shade in the Prophet's Association during his free time. When he saw the [Origin·Death] card, he almost fainted with excitement. This can only be regarded as the epilogue of this big deal. .

It's not like Shade didn't do serious things in the past two weeks. He accepted the invitation of Professor Hessenger Garcia, the deputy dean of the School of History. After the "Closed Space" elective course in the fall, he took the professor's "Space Exploration" as an elective course. "Introduction" course and submitted a ten-foot-long paper as the final report.

The theoretical conjecture about the nesting of multiple puzzle locks mentioned by Shade in the course was highly praised by Professor Garcia. Although Shade was still a correspondence student, he became famous in the School of History at St. Byrons because of this paper.

In addition to the courses at the academy, Shade used his free time to study more deeply the "Pink Book" from [Desire], and successfully mastered some practical spells, such as grease magic, live rope tricks and body movements. Expansion spell. Of course, Shade didn't learn these spells just for the pleasure of having fun with the girls. He was strong enough in his own right. He hopes to enrich his list of spells through learning. After all, he lacks these basic spells due to the speed of upgrading.

At the same time, he successfully developed the "Yellow Moon Version" of the thaumaturgy common to both the [Yellow Moon] Spirit Rune and the [Silver Moon] Spirit Rune.

It's a pity that although when he touched the "Unknown Book of Sacrifice" in the library of the Fifth Age, he learned that "those who believe in the noble sun can also borrow the power of the silver moon", Shade failed to use [solar rays] to Learn skills like "Moonlight Ray".

To this end, he also specifically consulted Iluna who had returned from Fort Midhill, but Iluna was not familiar with the power of the moon and could not give Shade good advice. On the contrary, because she had heard Shade describe the use of [Solar Ray] too many times, after finishing the course with Miss Carina on the first Sunday of the Frost Moon, Iluna actually did not hold a ceremony. , miraculously learned [Solar Ray].

It was difficult for Shade to describe his mood in the manor at that time.

"The excellent talents of the balanced candidates are really admirable and enviable."

Miss Carina said in a good mood. Before Iluna wanted to speak, the witch kissed Shade in front of Iluna and kindly "admonished" her students:

"Young girl, you still have a long way to go. Don't be particularly happy just because of your short-term improvement."

Iluna's expression at that time made Shade think she was going to throw a sunshine gun.