Whispering Verse

Chapter 844 Pantanal

Because the low-frequency use of the [Coin of Wisdom] is not harmful, some magicians will use this coin as an auxiliary item when pursuing inspiration and breakthroughs. Some ordinary people who discover its use have the opportunity to become piano players. Celebrities such as writers, famous detectives, etc.

As a result, although the coin was only of poet grade, the asking price was slightly higher, and Shade paid 28 pounds to buy it.

"In addition, I have already figured out the time perception thing you asked me about a few days ago."

The old man finished boiling the hot water and poured Shade a cup of tea. Although the lighthouse is very shabby, the black tea leaves are quite high-end:

"I don't know where you heard that our hermitage has the knowledge of the order of the old god [Grey Sage], but you are indeed right, it does exist. I wrote to the secret keeper responsible for guarding the library Man, let him help you search, it took two weeks to find what you want."

Shade looked at him expectantly, and Mr. Edmond shook his head:

"That's a stone slab with the holy symbol of the old god [Grey-robed Sage]. It was brought by the order that joined the Hermitage, but no one knows how to use it."

Shade thought he probably knew, from his experience in the library of Gaddis, that the old god should have set the stone slab so that the knowledge inside could be seen by naming the stone slab.

"In addition, this tablet only records one-third of the content - this is recorded in our big library, so you have to find the other parts by yourself. But the tablet cannot be given to you directly. You know, this is It's a very precious item. In the past, more than one Ring Warlock obtained spiritual runes related to libraries and books by touching that stone slab."

"So what do I have to give?"

Xia De sat upright:

"Want gold pounds?"

"Of course not, I need you to do something for the monastery."

said the old man.

Shade immediately smiled:

"I am familiar with this kind of work. It is fair to complete a special task in order to obtain a certain item. What does the Priory need me to do? I can do most of the legal work. I can also do some illegal ones. .”

The old gentleman smiled and shook his head:

"We don't do anything illegal, at least not yet. That's right, don't you often travel to Tobesk? Princess Marguerite of Anjou of Carsenlique will visit that city recently."

Everyone seems to be paying attention to this political event.

"We found out through investigation that the princess was a student of Serkses Higher Medical School. Due to some issues, she switched from formal to correspondence courses. Her talent was very good and she was favored by Mr. Tardis, the vice-principal of Serkses. If you appreciate it, you can borrow some books from the Serkses Higher Medical School that are generally not allowed for correspondence students. Now, in the hands of the princess, there is an ancient document "The Secret of Agelessness"."

Mr. Edmond took out an old yellowed photo. Because it was black and white, the big book placed on the corner of the table in the photo was not particularly clear:

"This is it."

"How old? Fourth era? Or earlier?"

"No, no, no, it comes from the previous era. It is an old book left by the last Witch Emperor. What you need to do is to completely copy the content from pages five to eight according to the formatting method in that book. Come down."

Mr. Edmund said, and Shade frowned slightly:

"It doesn't sound like a simple task, but it's not difficult for me either. The Witch Emperor stays. That won't be the case."

He suddenly raised his head, and the old man had an expression that said "you guessed it":

"I didn't say it had anything to do with the Whispering Cantos."

Mr. Edmond even knew that Shade was suspected to be related to the "God Caller" who chopped off the giant mermaid corpse at the beach, so he naturally knew that he also knew about the "Muttered Psalms".

The old man held the tea cup and took a sip of tea, as if the two of them were talking about light topics such as fishing harvest:

"Right now, Serkses has not realized the value of that book, and we have spent a lot of effort to find out that the princess is also a ring magician. You need to act as soon as possible. Once you get the codex, the slate will be yours. , you don’t need to worry about this.”

Shade nodded:

"No problem, I'll take over this task."

If there are really fragments of poems in that book, then it is naturally a fair transaction for [Guiding Light Hermitage] to pay for the tablets related to the old gods. However, that slate is not necessarily what Shade is looking for, and even if it is, the slate is not complete.

But this is still a very good deal. After copying the text in "The Secret of Agelessness", Shade can also know what the new chapter fragments are. Even if the slate given by the Priory was of no value to him, just the fragments of the poem were worth Shade's approach to the princess.

Not to mention, his tasks of "stalking the princess to look for the grey-headed eagle" and "getting close to the princess and getting to know the 'Guiding Moon'" are all related to Margaret Anjou.

"Mr. Edmond, I really don't know how to thank you for your help."

Shade said sincerely, and the old man shook his head:

"Young man, I admire you. You are different from almost everyone I know. It's hard to say, but you have the potential to be a fellow traveler. Speaking of which, there's another thing to tell you. You don't often Are you looking for something when you ask me about the legends and myths from various parts of the Old World?"

"Yes, do you have any clues about this?"

"I did some research based on the three clues you provided, and when I was corresponding with an old friend recently, I heard an interesting thing. This may be helpful to you."

He sat upright, wetted his fingers with tea, flicked them lightly, and a thin mist of water emerged, projecting a huge map of the Old World between the two of them.

"Meow?"

The cat was very interested in this, and Shade also opened his eyes slightly. This was a superb control skill of "water". Even if Shade had "fire plasticity", he could not achieve a similar level of fine control over flames.

“Do you know the Pantanal?”

"of course I know."

Shade pointed to the depressed area in the central and western parts of the Old World:

"The Pantanal refers to the large swamp area (note) on the west side of the border between Delrayon and Kasenlik. Its area is two-thirds of the Rommel Mountains. In the old days before the steam age, because It is extremely unsuitable for human life, so the development of that area is relatively lagging behind. Even in our era, the swamps have shrunk due to climate reasons, but the Pantanal area still rains all year round and is muddy everywhere. But this area Politically important, both countries have deployed large numbers of troops in the swampy areas."

He paused and added:

"A captain friend of mine said serving in the Pantanal was the next worst thing to serving in the Far North."

Captain, of course, refers to Captain Rades. Shade recently heard that he was preparing to return to Tobesk to report on his duties because of his meritorious service in the Battle of Middleburg. The kingdom will have officer promotions at the end of every year. If Captain Rades can serve in Tobesk, By "moving around" during Besker's debriefing period, he might actually be able to change from captain to the same rank of major as Shad currently has.

This is a qualitative leap.

Mr. Edmond nodded:

"Yes, most of the sovereignty of the Pantanal region is in the hands of Kasenlik in the south. There are no large cities in the entire region, only isolated small villages and market towns. I have not been there, but I have heard that there are many places there. The mud is full of mosquitoes, snakes and ants, and it rains all year round, so all kinds of strange creatures appear in the depths of the swamp.”

The old gentleman pointed to the water mist map:

"And on the north and south sides of the Great Swamp are the cities of Tobesk and Willondale, the capitals of the two countries."

"I've heard a lot of legends about that place."

Shade leaned back slightly on the back of the old sofa:

"Because it was inaccessible in the old days, there were many rare animals living there. It is said that many wanted ring warlocks would hide in the depths of the swamp, but after they were discovered in the New World, they all ran to the New World."

He hesitated for a moment:

"It is said that a long time ago, there were many unicorns and chocobos living there. I don't know if it is true."

"It's true, but that happened in the last era."

Mr Edmond said:

"And the local indigenous beliefs are also very strange. They believe in the Pantanal itself, and believe that the Pantanal is indeed the heart of the entire Old World. They even organized an unknown organization of ring warlocks. But this is different from what we have today. Irrelevant to the topic, there are not many large cities in the Pantanal region, but in the Carsonlik jurisdiction in the southern part of the Everglades, in addition to Willendale, which is the capital, there is also a very important large city."

Shade squinted his eyes and looked at the map. The location of Willendale had been highlighted by Mr. Edmond. He pointed to the north of Willendale City and the southeast of Pantanal:

"City of Red Wine, Guard of the Royal Capital - Huntingdon City?"

The red butterfly flew out of Shade's hand and stopped on the water mist map. Mr. Edmond smiled and nodded:

"Yes, that's right there."

The city of Huntington is called the "King's Guard" because it is almost impossible to cross the Pantanal and directly attack Willendale from Delrayon. The poor environment of the swamp area and the huge lake in the center of the swamp. Together they hindered large-scale marches except by small, lightly armed infantry.

Therefore, if you want to attack Willondale from the north, you can only advance along the western or eastern edge of the Great Swamp.

This resulted in the city of Huntington actually assuming the responsibility of guarding the royal capital in the eastern Pantanal. In the current relatively peaceful age of steam, that city has also experienced tremendous development. Relying on its status as a transportation hub in the northern part of Kasenlik, it has become Kasenlik's most important freight distribution center. Most of the bulk cargo traveling between the north, south, and east and west of the Old World must pass through Huntington City.

As for the title of "Red Wine City", it is because there are a large number of vineyards around Huntington, especially in the south and east. The soil and climate here are extremely suitable for grape planting and red wine brewing. Among the well-known wineries in the Old World, except Rosset The wineries in the south, such as those located in the principality of Kasenlik, and the wineries in the north are almost all concentrated near the city of Huntingdon.

Even the vineyard and winery owned by the family of the vampire Mr. Armand Bernhardt are located near Huntingdon. The captured vampire left a letter when he left Cassandra's Auction House, and also invited Shade to visit his manor in Huntington City.

"The rumors of the 'Lady of the Lake' seem to be in Huntington."

Shade understood what the old man was going to say.

"Specifically, it's not that city, but west of Huntington, near the Everglades. The legend of the Lady of the Lake is a local story passed down from generation to generation. It is said that people with kind hearts and noble character can meet the Lady of the Lake. , and after passing the test, gain the strength you hope for.”

"Has a noble character?"

Shade repeated suspiciously, and then began to think about whether he met the requirements. But then, the contents of the list of major sins in the [Sin Mansion] came to mind. The foreigners currently entangled among the girls did not seem to meet such strict requirements. And the scale of his major crime of [indulgent love] has probably increased.

But no matter what, Shade decided to take a look around the city of Huntingdon. Obtaining divinity is the most urgent matter at present. The afterglow of divinity is gradually fading, and he must act as soon as possible.

PS: Turning back, the Easter egg chapter has updated the map of the old continent.