Whispering Verse

When Shade focused all his attention on the notebook in front of him and tried his best to recall and organize the language to complete a complete logical structure, time passed so quickly.

Even "she" did not disturb Shade, who was concentrating in the forest on this quiet afternoon. It had been a long time since Xia De concentrated on mental work outdoors, and it actually felt good to write in the undisturbed forest with the wind blowing.

He plans to use the contemporary mathematical knowledge of the Sixth Age to complete the proof and partial extension of the so-called "Euler's formula" in his hometown. But halfway through the outline, he felt that there were too many issues involved in this topic, and the existing mathematical tools were still lacking. Therefore, he could only supplement things on his own, such as mathematical induction, which he considered to be common sense.

Although these are the knowledge that Shade learned in his hometown, he was not simply writing from memory. Moreover, he could not memorize the original text of the paper and the original text of the proof process. There are definitely omissions in it. Shade can only say that he is trying his best to perfectly construct this bridge connecting complex exponential functions and trigonometric functions.

“As soon as I put pen to paper, I feel like there are so many things I can write.”

Thinking in his mind, he circled the chapter names just listed with a pen and wrote the word "to be determined" at the back. Then I wanted to simply write down the content of mathematical induction, but just after I finished writing the second letter, my head hurt and I was hit by something falling from the sky:

"oh!"

He covered his head and stretched out his hand to catch the thing that hit him and then fell to the side. If you look closely, it turns out to be a green apple:

"Um?"

Looking up again, the sun has set slightly in the west, and there are not even dead leaves on the empty black treetops. Shade was sure that before he sat down, there were absolutely no apples on the tree:

"Where did the apples come from?"

He lowered his head to look at the apple in his hand. The green fruit seemed not yet ripe. Holding it tightly, there was no trace of the four elements, so Shade hesitated, rubbed the apple on his clothes, and then took a bite.

The apples are a little sour, but also have a hint of sweetness and are very crisp. After chewing it carefully and then swallowing it, I felt that my head, which was a little swollen due to the afternoon's work, actually sobered up a lot.

I wanted to take a second bite, but suddenly stopped:

"Does that lake have to be in such an interesting way every time it appears?"

He still sat leaning against the tree trunk, raised his left hand to greet the maroon horse, and when it lowered its head, handed it the apple.

The latter bit off a small half of the apple in one bite. After chewing it a few times, he stretched out his long red tongue and licked away the remaining half of the apple. He chewed the apple while puffing out his nose.

【Do you know what will happen? 】

"Her" voice came from the wind. Shade stood up with the notebook and stuffed it and the pen into his arms:

“Isn’t that how fairy tales are told?”

He stretched, then untied the reins, stepped on his feet and climbed onto the horse's back. Shade did not guide the horse in the direction. After eating the apple, the horse automatically walked slowly to the left.

Shade didn't speak, just held the reins and was carried deep into the forest by the horse. The light and shadow of the setting sun have partially appeared on the horizon, blowing the slightly cold wind in winter, passing through the bare apple trees, one person and one horse moving forward in silence, as if they all knew where the destination ahead was.

Suddenly, in front of the not-so-dense forest, a tall bush appeared that should not appear in this season. And when the maroon horse carried Shade out of the bushes, what he saw was a calm lake with ripples under the setting sun. What he saw was an island in the middle of the red lake with green grass growing on it.

[Outlander, you feel the miracle and the whisper. 】

"Yes, that's it. The whisper means that this is a relic that has not been recorded. The miracle means that I have found the right place."

At "her" prompt, Shade got off the horse with a smile, patted the horse that was grazing again, and came to the edge of the lake.

Unlike Old Grave of Lower Luther Village said that the lake was frozen, nor did the poet Roland say that there was a small boat waiting for him. In front of Shade, there was only the lake that glowed red under the setting sun.

"Walking on water!"

Stepping carefully, he stepped on the water of the lake, and then slowly walked forward after he regained his balance.

Shade is now absolutely certain that the "Lake of Cherubim" at this time in the Sixth Age is definitely not the Lost Lake located in the [Broken Islands] in 5177 of the Fifth Age. At present, the scenery of this mysterious lake is very good. There are only small fish swimming in the lake below, and there are no strange things.

The Lake of the Cherubim is not big, at least not as big as the Lost Lake. Shade stepped on the water and quickly landed on the island in the middle of the lake.

The first thing that greeted him was the wild wolf that "resurrected from the dead" yesterday. It still had the element of whispering in it, and it seemed to recognize Shade. After seeing him, it ran away in fear.

Shade stepped on the grass and walked towards the island, passing over the standing stones and sparse trees. In the center of the island in the middle of the lake, he found a small shallow lake with clear water and small red and black fish as big as tadpoles. Swimming around freely inside,

There is a huge gray stone standing in the middle of the small lake. Although this stone is irregular in shape, every side is extremely smooth and engraved with dense golden runes, like several long square boulders spliced ​​together.

On the lake under the stone, stood a young lady on crutches, looking at Shade walking from a distance with a smile. She is not the old woman mentioned by the one-eyed fisherman Mr. Grave, nor the middle-aged woman mentioned by the poet Mr. Roland. She is a young lady in her mid-twenties, wearing a white robe, like a hermit. The long staff in his hand is made of white oak, and together with the white robe, it exudes pure white light.

"Island in the Lake and Lake in the Heart?"

Shade whispered in his heart, wanting to step on the water again to enter the final island center lake, but he stretched out his foot and stepped into the water:

"Huh? No water walking?"

He was a little surprised, and took out the extract of weathervane bluegrass, dropped it on the tip of his tongue, and took a step forward to cross the water directly, but the power of space could not be used here.

The young girl in the center of the lake looked at him with a smile. Shade looked carefully at the very shallow lake water. In fact, even if he entered the water, the water surface could not reach his knees. But he felt that he couldn't wade through the water, otherwise he would be very embarrassed, so he first took out the frog legs, used the spell [Frog's Jump], and then activated the spell [Power of the Red Dragon].

He took a few steps back, ran forward suddenly, jumped by the lake, crossed the lake as if gliding, and landed steadily under the boulder of the lake in the center of the island. The water where the lady in white robe stood allowed the "water walking" spell to take effect, so Shade came to her.

The concentration of miraculous elements here is almost like being under the holy emblem of the archdiocese church, but Shade is very sure that the young lady in front of him wearing a pure white hooded robe with silver hair is definitely not a god.

She is quite ancient, and her youthful appearance cannot conceal the sense of antiquity that comes from traveling through time.

"Hello."

After glancing at the sunset on the horizon, Shade on the lake saluted the lady in white robe. The latter did not dodge and responded softly in Delarian language:

"Hello, congratulations, you are finally here."

Her tone was very soft, a bit like Granny Cassandra.

Shade raised his head, looked at her expectantly, and asked sheepishly:

"Excuse me, do you know why I came here?"

"Oh, of course I do."

The lady in the white robe smiled and nodded. Under the setting sun, she, like the white robe and the long white oak staff, exuded pure white light, just like Shade who glowed in the dark:

"You come for the power of God."

"Yes, then..."

Shade laughed sheepishly, and the ancient one seemed to understand his mood at the moment:

"You don't have to say the word, but I do have what you want."

Shade's eyes widened. He was not surprised when the other party saw that he wanted to find divinity. Although this "Lady of the Lake" is not a god, she is very close to one.

He was surprised that the other party was so easy to talk to:

"Then I... what organ do you want from me? I have seen three mortals who have made wishes to you, and they have all lost part of their bodies. It is not a loss of physical properties, but The past and present have been erased together.”

The lady in white robe smiled and shook her head:

"Yes, you have to pay for what you get, but you are different from them. Your body has no meaning to me. What you want to get is a treasure that no mortal can imagine, so you have to pay more."

"Don't want my body? Okay, what do I need to do?"

Shade asked. "The Lady of the Lake" held out four fingers. Shade noticed that she was not wearing a ring:

"You need to complete four tests to prove that you are worthy of that power."

"Four items?"

Shade was stunned. There were three tests from God in 3177 of the Fifth Era. There were five tests from the Keeper of the Psalm. Now the Lady of the Lake has proposed four more tests:

"No problem, what is the mission?"

Not to mention four tasks, even forty tasks must be agreed to by Sha De.

"It's not a task, it's a test."

The lady in white robe corrected, then said with a smile:

"Don't worry, we can do it one by one. These tests are also a process for you to verify yourself. They can prove your ability. At the end of the four tasks, you will rekindle the power of the great. And every time you complete For one of the first three tasks, I can give you an extra gift, and after completing the fourth task, you can get what you want."

"Yes, no problem!"

Shade nodded quickly and saw the other party pointing to the sharp-edged boulder in the center of the lake beside her. It was originally written with golden runes on the virtues of wisdom, kindness, sacrifice, etc., but now there is an extra line of words.

Shade read it out:

"The first test is to prove your wisdom, strength and charm in the following wedding banquet. Huh? Wedding banquet?"

"Yes, you know what it is,"

The lady in white robe smiled, and then shed some white light on Shade:

"When you prove successful, you'll know it, so don't worry about not being able to measure your own behavior."

Shade still wanted to ask a question, but the lady said first, facing the sunset:

"Yes, it's that simple. You don't have to defeat terrible enemies or find special materials. Foreigners, go and prove yourself at that grand wedding dinner. You only have one chance. If If you fail, I won’t give you a second chance.”

The setting sun made the two people's shadows drag long on the grass beside the lake in the center of the island. On the lake, Shade kept these requirements in mind, then closed his eyes and bowed slightly:

"I am willing to accept your test, just for the greatest power."

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