Whispering Poems

Whispering Poems Chapter 354

2021-09-25

Chapter 353 Major event - Shadow of Cold Harbor

After serving the dishes, the servants left one after another, only Leaving the middle-aged head maid and two older maids to stand by. Lazia signaled to Shade that it is safe to talk here, and the two of them were eating, and then they talked about the morning.

"The Crimson Esoteric Cult seems to have infiltrated Coldwater Harbor long ago, and even the city's establishment is related to them. Those murlocs and cultists have always existed in the shadows of Coldwater Harbor, but no one has discovered it. In this regard, I think the first mermaid statues that appeared were probably distributed by them."

This is the conclusion that Shade deduced based on the clues found in the morning.

"But what exactly are they trying to do?"

Laceia Princess asked in confusion. She only took a small amount of food, probably because she was not used to eating too much at noon. Many things:

"The sea returns the ceremony, and the steps are basically confirmed. Then what is the ceremony itself for? The last sentence of the nursery rhyme involves sacrifice, which is very disturbing."

She didn't say the words "Evil God" in front of the servant, but Shade understood what she meant and said while unskilledly manipulating the knife and fork:
"This time with Tobesquena This time is different. The church had a mishap in Tobesque half a month ago, and this time there will be no more accidents. All we can do now is to wait for the news and your problems.”

Shade said it very cautiously:

"The captain who played cards with me said just stop you from entering the ocean of red when it appears, and wait until the ceremony is over, and the curse will naturally disappear. Then just It means that when the red ocean appears, you will most likely be affected by the spiritual aspect and walk into the sea unconsciously."

The so-called "sacrifice" should not be to select a single individual, but to all contaminated Cursed people will eventually appear in the Red Sea, stagger on the beach, and then step into the ocean together. Thinking about this scene makes my scalp tingle.

Leaving Coldwater Harbor is the first solution to be ruled out, this type of curse, once you leave the ceremony location, maybe the curse will break out immediately. And to suppress the relics of the curse, Lecia already has the sage-level ruby earrings and the Saint Laurent ring purchased at the coastal lighthouse.

The Academy will also be able to lend some cursed relics after asking for help from the Zarathven Academy. And Shade thinks the safest plan is to let him stay by Laciya's side when the Red Sea appears.

Although he is just a two-ring warlock who can't do anything, if the curse itself is really related to the power of God, then the presence of Shade will make things that many ordinary people can't do easily solved.

"So the difficulty we're facing at the moment is that it's not clear how the ceremony is going after the pirate ship is driven away by you, and when the ocean of red will appear again."

Lecia made a brief summary, while Shade frowned slightly:

"It will definitely be resolved in a week, I have a very good fortune-teller friend, she predicted that she would encounter with us. One of the male ring warlocks of pirates will set off for Tobesque in a week's time. By then, the problem of the curse must have been resolved."

It rained all day in Cold Harbor because the morning In order to avoid the limelight, Shade did not leave Sophia's mansion this afternoon, but waited for news here.

Shade's moonlight attracted the attention of the Church of Peace. Although the other party was called the Church of Peace, its full name was actually the Church of War and Peace. strong one. The murloc stronghold on that ancient street will probably become history.

Lecia entertained Shade in the mansion, and after dinner, took him to spend the afternoon in the study.

She has a lot of official documents to deal with. Most of the Princesses and Princes of the Cavendish Xu Family will be assigned some government jobs by the king. This is also the reason why the outside world generally thinks that after several decades, the king will get old and there will be big problems in the battle for the throne.

The study in Sophia's mansion is about the same size as the study of Larousse III that Shade saw at Yodell Palace. The walls of the empty room were filled with bookshelves, then a desk was placed in the center of the room, and a sofa set for guests was placed at the door.

This is the current king's preference, he likes empty rooms.

Lecia took care of what was at hand, while Shade was allowed to pick and choose books on the shelf to read. The dazzling array of books are mostly related to political economy and history. Shade finally selected the semi-official published "The Secret History of Cavendish".

This is a narrative literature describing the origin and history of the Cavendish Xu Family, through which the development and prosperity of Delarion can be effectively understood.

Of course, Shade still has a lot of things left to do this week. He "wasted" this afternoon reading books by Laccia's side, mainly to find out the follow-up news related to the Scarlet Esotericism.

Their actions this morning were not traced by the church, but the cultists who used the ancient streets of Nancheng District as their stronghold were in bad luck. One of the ring warlocks, Mr. Jude, was killed by Shade, and only one of the remaining four ring warlocks managed to escape.

And most of the humanoid fish-headed creatures that escaped from the ancient streets were caught by the church. According to the information Princess had obtained, there were actually at least 300 transformed targets on that street. And it is conceivable that there are many more in Coldwater Harbor.

These monsters with strong self-healing ability in water can switch between human appearance and murloc appearance, but most of the human appearance is extremely ugly. After the operation in the morning, the Church of the Five Gods directly cooperated with the Lengshuigang officials to conduct a large-scale search of the entire city.

But this is not Tobesque, which is controlled by a large number of troops and police. It is indeed useful to conduct searches in this free port, but it is difficult to say how much it can be used.

The church linked those murloc monsters, the Scarlet Esotericism, the ceremony to the sea and the curse of the mermaid, and officially named this event "The Shadow Over Cold Water Harbor in 1853" )"event. This means that the cult has penetrated into the shadows of the city and has been hidden since the port's inception.

The Church of Peace succeeded in occupying Kesheim Lane and Jude Mansion after a gunfight with the murlocs in the rain.

Through the captured captives and the documents left in Mr. Jude's safe, the church has learned more about the "sea return" ceremony. Under the powerful intelligence network and strong information search ability, he has a comprehensive understanding of what the cultists hiding in the city are going to do.

So before dinner this evening, Shade and Lecia got a total of three important pieces of information through the information from the "informed people" installed by the royal family in the church.

First of all, the specific number of ring warlocks who encountered the "fishbone pirate ship" at sea with them on Monday night has been determined, a total of thirteen people. Besides "John Watson" and "Miss Princes", two of the other eleven people have been found by the church. Through the descriptions of these sensible people, the church further understands what happened on the ship, and knows the clothes of the ring warlocks who participated in the auction that day.

But neither of those two male warlocks should be the second chosen, because the church is still actively looking for the remaining unidentified people with unreasonable "enthusiasm", and actively investigates from Zhou at The first suddenly appeared in the outer ring warlock of Coldwater Harbor, and they did this to exclude competitors.

Secondly, the ancient text of "the sea sent back" ceremony was found in the Holy See library where the church was created. This ceremony was not the god-calling ceremony that Shade feared.

"I knew, how could I be where I'm at summon Evil God."

This is what Shade said while sitting at the desk and listening to Laccia reading the letter view. With a relaxed smile on his face, Her Highness the Princess glanced at him with emerald green eyes, and his voice was decisive:
"Even if it's not the worst case, if this ceremony succeeds, the consequences will be no worse than Evil God Appearance should be small.”

In the early-stage of the sixth era, when Cold Water Harbor was not Cold Water Harbor, the sphere of influence of the Orthodox Church did not reach here. At that time, there were three different cults in the local area. That is [God of the Dead], [Master of the Crimson Spiral] and [Furious Storm].

The three gods are inextricably linked with the ocean. While the believers are fighting with each other, the common culture also penetrates each other, allowing the cultists on the coast to develop very similar customs. Even extremely similar supernatural abilities. Strictly speaking, "Send the Sea to the Ceremony" is a ceremony that can be used by the three Evil God believers, but the specific corresponding steps are subtly different.

The function of this ceremony is to wake up the power left by the gods in the deep sea by sacrificing the mortals who have been contaminated with the power of the gods after the arrival of the sea of red, so that the summer tides flood the city and make the cold water port from the seaport. Become an underwater city.

The Scarlet Cult was not an impromptu idea, they had planned for this purpose for many years. The proof is that while the four main steps of ceremony correspond to nursery rhymes, ceremony has a lot of other minutiae that takes decades to prepare.

The murlocs, hiding in the shadows of Cold Harbor, have been planning, but it just happens to be the final steps this summer.

This is a large ceremony not just in name only, but also in reality, which is hard to see in the material world. The reason why the Scarlet Esoteric Cult wanted to hold ceremony is that since the establishment of Cold Water Harbor, they have transformed and developed too many fish-like creatures on land.

They need new habitats, but while gaining power, the murlocs are bound by the ancient contract signed by their ancestors with the gods, and cannot leave the cold water port where their ancestors lived. Therefore, it was decided to call on the power left by the gods in the deep sea, let the sea submerge the city, so that the terrifying murlocs can occupy and live here forever.

"The good news is that this incident is only related to the local ancient cult belief, the Scarlet Esotericism, and has nothing to do with the other two ancient beliefs, so this time the church has to deal with only those in the cold water. The port has developed and hidden a population of murlocs for nearly a thousand years.”

Lescia said, seeing Shade a little puzzled and wanting to ask questions, looked towards a foreigner who only had a one-month warlock career and explained:

"Only the esoteric sect of the Guardian [Master of the Scarlet Spiral], who is terrifying the murloc population, has a tradition of transforming the family through ceremony and diving techniques.

Evil God [God of the Dead] ] believers are mostly human ring warlocks who manipulate the undead 'drowned corpse', and the believers of Evil God's [Furious Storm] have nothing to do with marine life populations, they manipulate storms and thunder. Therefore, only fish people will want to let cold water The port is submerged by the sea, and we don't have to worry about other sects this time."

(end of this chapter)