Whispering Verse

[Outlander, you have stepped into the "corridor of time". 】

[Message from the ancient god "Father of the Infinite Tree": ]

[Spring of Fifth Age 5177, Broken Islands, Lost Lake. 】

[Event: The witch pursuing eternal beauty. 】

[Duration thirty minutes (1/3). 】

"The Broken Islands? After traveling to five continents in the east, west, south, north, and middle, this time, we actually reached the sea?"

Shade thought with some surprise.

[You have obtained additional information. 】

[The figure of the father of the infinite tree is watching you. 】

[The ancient god of time gives you a test. 】

[Help mortals visit gods and learn the secrets of eternal beauty. 】

[The Father of the Infinite Tree will give you rewards: Ritual - Water of Moonlight, Ritual - Fire of Sun. 】

"The reward this time is two rituals?"

Although he was a little surprised, past experience has proven that any reward given by the father of the infinite tree is very useful to Shade, so even though it is a ritual, he is also very happy:

"This time, the ancient god of time has given me the knowledge of the moon and the sun again. I don't know what the next time will be."

The familiar white mist around him had been there more than once, so Shade didn't think too much about it and took a step forward with excitement.

The white mist retreated silently to both sides, as if the curtain was opening. What was shown to Shade in front of him was the large lake at night and the mist hovering over the lake.

"It's night again?"

But if you look carefully at the night sky, the stars are covered by fog, and even the moon becomes extremely hazy.

In front of him was the silent lake at night, and in the center of the lake could be vaguely seen the island in the middle of the lake that was obscured by the fog. Looking back, there are low bushes and lush forests. However, there was also an abnormal mist among the bushes and forests. The mist was not particularly humid, but when he inhaled it into his lungs, Shade felt his head was a little foggy.

[The fog contains ingredients that inhibit brain activity. 】

"Is this mist a sedative?"

[A tranquilizer with extraordinary power. 】

The night was very dark, and no one could be seen around. Although we were deep in a dense forest, we couldn't hear any insects. On the contrary, a strange rustling sound was coming from the bushes behind him, and it quickly approached Shade who was standing on the shore. Shade was not interested in knowing what it was, so he walked towards the lake:

"Walking on water."

This is a spell learned after absorbing the divinity hidden in the golden pearl of the [Lord of the Scarlet Spiral]. Shade borrowed its power when he fought Joey Barton in death.

He successfully raised his feet to step on the Lost Lake and stood steadily on the lake. But the next moment, the extreme chill surged from the soles of his shoes to his feet, and spread all over his body in an instant. Shade's whole body froze there, leaving only the breath he exhaled subconsciously.

The temperature here is obviously close to midsummer, but the breath he exhales is white and cold.

Not only was the body frozen by the chill coming from the water, but even the soul felt stagnant. And as time went by, the cold air became stronger and stronger, giving Shade the feeling that he was about to be assimilated by the lake water:

"Sure enough, Lost Lake is as unsafe as places like Hope Town and the Dreadfort."

The initial fire burning in his body was trying its best to resist the strange cold air. The frozen Shade reluctantly lifted his legs and ran towards the island in the middle of the lake. Every step he took left a piece of thin ice in the shape of a footprint on the lake, and the closer he got to the island in the middle of the lake, the more unbearable the coldness became:

"Raglai's jump!"

Because the casting materials were prepared in advance, thaumaturgy was used directly at this moment. But Shade failed, and the power of space movement was actually prohibited in this area:

"Become a red butterfly!"

The whole person dispersed into a group of red butterflies in the mist on the lake. The butterflies, emitting red light and dots of red light, fly above the water, without touching the water. But the surrounding fog is not only a powerful tranquilizer. Shade, who transformed into a red butterfly, felt that his consciousness was assimilating with the red butterflies in the thick fog in just ten seconds, so he had no choice but to change back to human form again. .

After running a few steps forward in a hurry, feeling the cold became unbearable, I turned into a swarm of butterflies again.

As Shade got closer to the island in the middle of the lake, he saw light in the fog. There was a cluster of bonfires on the shore of the island in the middle of the lake, which was not particularly conspicuous, and the people around the bonfire also noticed a group of red lights. The butterflies were flying towards them, and then they saw the group of red butterflies turning into a tall figure in the fog, and the figure quickly turned into red butterflies:

"Someone is here again, help her."

This was the language of the late Fifth Era. Shade had studied it in his textbooks, but was not particularly proficient in it.

The clear woman's voice fell, and a flying snake shot towards Shade from the shore of the island in the middle of the lake, but Shade soon realized that it was a hemp rope. The flight of the hemp rope completely violated the basic rules of physics and had no tendency to fall at all. Unfortunately, after it flew less than half the distance, it suddenly fell to the water surface as if it was pulled by an invisible force.

"Chains of Sin!"

Shade waved his hand forward, and the chains flying out of his sleeves also flew into the fog like flying snakes.

Just like the hemp rope, the chain was pressed towards the water not long after it flew out. But fortunately, the [Sin Chain] imprisoned all power, and the invisible force was also slightly affected, allowing the end of the chain to barely touch. The end of the twine.

The witch manipulating the rope on the shore of the island in the middle of the lake seems to also know the spell of "Live Rope Trick". The chain and the front end of the hemp rope were tightly tied together in a dazzling way. Then a huge force came, and the rope and chain were stretched at the same time. Shade's feet instantly flew into the air, and he was dragged directly to the shore by the force.

"Oh~"

He staggered from the water to the shore, knelt down next to the bonfire, and stretched out his hands shivering to warm himself. If the rope didn't appear, he really felt like he was about to be assimilated into water by the coldness. That feeling even made him almost touch the edge of the spiritual rune [water].

"man?"

While the pale Shade was warming himself, a voice beside him said, but then another voice retorted:

"Your Majesty, this must not be a man, otherwise how could the effect of the curse not appear?"

"But it looks like he is really a man. Miss Theresa, Serkses should have taught you not to be fooled by common sense... although the current situation is indeed weird."

The first voice that appeared said, this voice was also the voice that wanted to help Shade.

The witch known as "Your Majesty" softly asked Shade, whose heart was still beating violently, as if she was afraid that her voice would scare him:

"Sir, now that we have rescued you, could you introduce yourself?"

"Sorry, I... take a rest. What is under Lost Lake? In addition to the cold, I can sense something more terrifying."

After speaking, I realized that the two witches around me probably couldn't understand what I said, but I didn't expect the second voice. The lady known as "Miss Teresa" answered:

"There are more than one things under the Lost Lake. As long as they don't touch the water, they won't wake up. You are so brave, you actually dare to walk through the water."

"If there was no other way, I wouldn't want to."

Shade's body temperature gradually returned to normal. He tried to stand up while holding on to the ground, while looking at his surroundings.

This is indeed the edge of the island in the middle of the lake. The island itself is not big and is covered with low shrubs. Even with the fog, you can almost see the whole thing at a glance.

In the center of the island is a dilapidated tower, an obsidian building that looks even more abrupt in the dark night. Shade just glanced at it, then immediately looked away, and then started breathing heavily again.

A great being, a being even more "huge" than this island, this lake, this overseas jungle, is in the tower. It is a real god. He was definitely able to detect the people by the lake, but he didn't have any ill intentions towards them, so he should be a good god.

Looking at the witches around him, Shade was very surprised that there were not only two witches around the bonfire, but eight ladies.

However, except for two of them, the other six people were all dressed in black and white maid uniforms.

They lowered their heads and were doing their own thing, either maintaining the bonfire, using their power to disperse the white mist, or arranging rituals to warn against danger.

The two witches who were not wearing maid skirts, the two ladies who were talking to Shade, looked at Shade warily.

The witch known as "Your Majesty" stood closest to Shade. Shade knew with just one glance that this was another thirteenth-level witch.

She wore a purple robe, and her long wavy hair hung down behind her to her waist. Wearing three gemstone alchemy rings on each hand, and a pointed hat set with white, black and pink diamonds on her head.

The eyes are brown, with little bits of light in them. Seeing her beautiful face, Xia De was stunned for a moment, but immediately adjusted his expression and said very respectfully:

"Thank you for saving me. I think if I were a second later, I might really be lost in the lake."

"Although your strength is not strong, you are really brave. We just used a special way to open the door directly to the island in the middle of the Lost Lake. In so many years, you should be the first one who dares to walk out of the water. people."

The tall lady wearing a pointed hat said, looking at him curiously:

"These maids are my servants."

She introduced that the weakest among the maids was at least level six, and the two strongest among them were at level ten. Although the maids were all doing their own things, Shade could feel that they were secretly looking at him.

This is the time he has met the most people in his adventures in the past.

"This one is Miss Theresa Schultz, a tenth-year student at Serkses Medical School, and also my distant niece."

She pointed to the young girl next to her, who looked nothing like the witch who spoke. She wore a pair of round-framed glasses, her long blond hair was tied into more than ten braids, and she was examining the man in front of her.

After introducing the people here, the thirteenth-level witch known as "Your Majesty" asked Shade again. Although there was a gentle smile on her face, there was no smile in her eyes at all:

"So sir, who are you?"

"I am a traveler from a foreign land."

Shade said, patting the dirt on his clothes from kneeling in front of the bonfire, then looking at the witch and asking softly:

"May I ask you are......"

The big witch raised the corners of her mouth and narrowed her eyes slightly:

"Although I don't know your gender, since you use extraordinary power, you don't even know me?"

"you are......"

Shade pretended to think, and then suddenly realized:

"The ruler of Witton?!"

"Yes."

The witch wearing a pointed hat and all the clothes and accessories on her body reacted with spirits and elements and said softly:

"I am the Witch Emperor-Violet Marshall."