Whispering Poems

Whispering Poems Chapter 368

2021-09-30

Chapter 367 The Three Tasks
"Adjusting yourself? This is really your own trial."

Shade sighed softly, picked up the cat behind his head and let it lie on his lap. Mia lazily squinted her eyes, not knowing whether she was dozing off or falling asleep.

"Have you tried it?"

Luvia asked again, Iluna shook her head regretfully, her long brown hair swayed slightly:
"I wanted to Pay some fortune and try to make the old scar on the arm disappear. But the court must have three people to use, and one of them must have a [balance] spirit rune."

Iluna's core spirit In rune, there is "balance". It didn't exist before, and it suddenly appeared on the second night when she became the chosen one. This is also the first case that Shade has encountered. After the inauguration of the ring warlock, he can still get the core spirit rune.

"Among the three, one holds the holy emblem as a judge, the other stands below as a spectator, and the last man controls the balance. Even if I am the chosen one, I cannot surpass the rules of the space itself."

"That means we're looking for more."

Shade shook his head, Luvia smiled:
"But at least this Time to stop looking for coins."

"Why?"

Iluna curiously asked.

"My divination is only ineffective for a few things. Although I can find relics that contain the power of gods, Divine Idol and holy emblems cannot. These two things are almost equivalent to the gods themselves, even if you pay more I can't do divination even with more coins."

In other words, although Shade knows about the fifth "time corridor", "space labyrinth", "Silver Moon Library" and "creation room" A white fog space left by the Ancient God, but he still couldn't get in.

Besides, even getting into it, Shade doesn't change anything. It is not that he is satisfied with the status quo, but that he is unwilling to give anything that belongs to him other than property.

That would make him feel like he wasn't whole.

That's all Iluna got temporarily, and after that, Shade took her to visit his basement. Probably the soul of the "selected" is stronger, and Iluna was able to withstand the pressure of facing the Ancient God Divine Idol, and touched the Divine Idol like Shade.

It's just that when she entered the [Space Labyrinth] after chanting the incantation, the only sign that she could see was the one representing "Saint Teresa Square".

This gave Shade a new understanding of this space, and those road signs were not recorded in Divine Idol, but were recorded on the user.

Shade has opened up the sign for Cold Harbor and touched the sign for Place Saint-De-Land, so no matter where he uses Divine Idol, he can see both locations again. But Iluna has never been to Cold Water Harbor, so there is only this road sign for the time being.

But Shade got the second signpost, not because he went to the field to actively expand, but sacrificed "white stone crystal". He intentionally asked Iluna to do the same, so that when he went to Lengshuigang to help Princess Laccia next week, he would still have a helper by his side.

But when he told Iluna about this and was going to try one's luck at the Tobesque Mining Association, the young girl with long brown hair asked suspiciously:
"What Shiraishi? Crystal?"

"Your other me, didn't receive the message left by Ancient God?"

Luvia asked curiously, Shade had told her about it .

Iluna tilted her head to communicate with the voice in her head, then shook her head blankly:
"No information."

"Could it be that only Shade can pass the offering The way to sacrifice 'white stone crystal' to open up new road signs? And even if others enter there, they have to touch different statues to travel in space?"

Luvia gave a very good suggestion. A possible guess, but it's also just a guess.

"Although this thing is precious, I remember that it was in the church warehouse. I can borrow a piece and try it here."

Ilu Na suggested, but the three of them instinctively felt that Luvia's guess was correct.

As long as there is a key, everyone who is favored by time can enter the time corridor, but only Shade can truly travel through time; as long as the hidden wall can be found, everyone who is favored by space can enter the space maze for space travel , but only Shade can obtain new signposts through sacrifice.

It can be speculated that Shade can also have a special performance in other spaces left by Ancient God. It's just that the Silver Moon Library lacks the "Yellow Moon" core spirit rune, and the Creation Room just heard that the Inquisitor's Court needs an extra holy emblem.

Shade's conjecture can only be verified later.

He is looking forward to Iluna's return. In addition to seeing this girl who has experienced so many things as soon as possible, he also hopes that she can bring him "new surprises".

Even if she changes from a candidate to a selected one, there are no shortage of accidents around the brown short-haired girl, and these accidents will also prompt her to advance to the 13th ring as soon as possible.

Talking about this matter, Iluna also shared with some distress about the large and small accidents she encountered on the way back to Tobesque with her church companions on the steam train. However, after returning to the city, her current life is fairly peaceful.

She already knew that Shade was busy collecting 15 practice credits. Although Shade no longer needed to find new relics because of yesterday's unexpected harvest, Iluna still brought it. Something Shade wants.

"There are so many things to do."

The young girl couldn't help covering her head, and the three of them walked upstairs together. Her tone was quite distressed:

"As you know, the Blackrock Security Company I work for is actually a warlock squad under the church. In addition to dealing with the tasks assigned by the church, we usually come to us to carry out common tasks entrusted to us, and we have to solve them if we have time. There are five churches in Beske, and each church has a lot of squids like us, but things are never finished."

Speaking, she took out a folded piece of paper and handed it to Shade , which records some commissioned information.

Blackstone Security is more inclined to address urgent church tasks first, with the second priority being those that are immediately related to mysterious, and then everything else. Therefore, the backlog of commissions within the security company is not much at all, and Iluna transcribed a few that seemed to be problematic and brought to Shade.

It's just that these missions have been screened by the church and then by the ring warlock squad responsible for executing them, so the chance of being valuable is very low. Iluna thought that Shade might be able to try one's luck, so she chose a few. And if Shade solves the problem, then next week Iluna will pick these tasks, apply for a private investigation, and then write an investigation report with no problems and submit it.

Therefore, Shade can be regarded as some relief for Blackstone Security.

"Even if it's my luck, I can't encounter relics that get out of control every day. After all, there are only a few relics. After becoming a chosen person, the bad things that happened around me are obviously not as many as before. I'm sorry, Shade, I may not be able to help you this time, and I can't act with you today."

Iluna said regretfully, she had a lot of things to deal with when she just returned to Tobesque, Moreover, this was originally the task of the Squad, and it was not convenient for Shade to appear.

"But if you are in trouble, you can come to the security company to find me. I will be there for a while."

"It's okay, the credits are all set, it doesn't really matter."

Shade shook his head and said, and then asked again:

"Luvia, do you want to go see these things with me?"

Shade He asked the female fortune-teller, who thought for a while, and shook his head regretfully:

"Sorry, next month, the Rhodes Tournament will be opened. This is the past fifty years. It's the first time a tournament of this size is being held in Tobesque, so I can't take time off recently."

The "Ayutthaya Rod Tournament" is a world-wide Rod tournament that takes place every three years. Only held in big cities in the old continent. At that time, players from all over the world will gather to work hard for the bonus and the winner's special card.

"It doesn't matter, I'm a detective after all. It's okay to entrust one person to handle this. If there's a problem, I'll ask you for help."

Although it's a pity, it's really hard today. It is necessary to act alone, everyone has something to do, and everyone has their own career and life.

"Iluna offered three missions, do you want to try to solve each one? So which one to start with?"

The female fortune teller asked again.

"Shade, I recommend you go to see that haunted empty house first, which is the closest to here. Then there is the mysterious person who appears on the street at noon every day. This is a commission I brought, The only mission not given by the church."

Iluna recommended that she really regretted that she couldn't go with her.

Shade picked up the piece of paper and glanced at it again. The three investigation tasks were rich in variety. Except for the two mentioned by Iluna, the last one actually went to the Northern Part of City to investigate a spice seller. merchant. The spices he sells have a very good sleep aid effect, but after analyzing the spices, they are completely ordinary items. The church suspects that he has a small probability and is a ring warlock who is proficient in potions and alchemy, so he has this task.

Of course, the probability is very small, and the other party has no intention of running away, so this task will be backlogged until next week.

"Okay, then, I'll investigate in this order. Iluna, tomorrow I'll send you the investigation records of the three things."

Shade looked up.

"Then we will divide the commission fee by 10%. You take nine and I'll take one. It is considered that I introduced these tasks to you as a broker."

The young girl is very familiar with the handling. In this kind of thing, although the relationship between the two parties is very good, clearing the account will make the relationship better. Shade appreciates her approach.

"In addition, we have to investigate the matter of the second candidate."

Luvia also said, she pointed to the direction of Cold Water Harbor:
"Iluna, I hope you can collect the progress of the Cold Water Harbor incident as much as possible through the church. Now you are the only one selected. Come to think of it, Supreme Sun Cult will not hide the other candidates from you. I'm not the same as the person I'm in."

"No problem, after I came back from the Holy See, my status is different."

The seventeen-year-old girl smiled happily.

The two girls are going to leave together, and Shade also puts on his clothes and prepares to go out. He has a lot to deal with this Friday.

Since he has to travel around the city, in addition to those investigation tasks, he also has to go to the MI6 base, deal with tax issues, go to the gas company and steam company to inquire about the price of installing pipes, and go to " The Steam Bird Daily will settle the advertising expenses for the next month.

"Shade, can I take your cat? You're going to keep it at home anyway, so let me take it. You've been with us, and I think Mia will keep it with us. My cat became friends.”

Iluna also suggested before leaving. Luvia smiled and stood aside, already knowing the result, Shade looked back at the orange cat who was standing on the sofa, ready to send him downstairs, and then quietly enjoy the happy orange cat at home alone:

"If you can get its approval, I have no problem."

He said with a smile.

"Oh, Mia, come here."

So the girl in the skirt clapped at the small orange cat, who looked at her suspiciously with big eyes, and then Raised his front paws and rubbed his face, apart from this did not move.

"Iluna, I think this should mean rejection."

No matter how Iluna feels, at least Luvia is in a good mood at the moment.

The three separated downstairs. Shade took the information given by Iluna and walked for 20 minutes to No. 6, Squirrel Alley.

Squirrel Alley is an ordinary alley in the eastern district of Tobesque City. Most of the people who rent here are working as clerks, accountants, scribes and other relatively decent jobs nearby. Although the income is not much, can't be called the standard middle class, but at least you can support your family without much physical labor.

6 Squirrel Lane is a common rental apartment in the city, with a total of three floors. The landlord's family lives on the first floor, the second floor is rented to a family of clerks who work in the logistics department of the city hall, and the third floor belongs to a man who came to Tobesque from his hometown and went to school at the local Tobesque Secondary Mechanical Academy student.

There were rumors of a haunted house after the unfortunate death of third-floor occupant Sal Hacker a month ago. Before the task was assigned to the square where Iluna was, the church had sent the priest ordinary person to read the diving technique item and found no trace of Evil Spirit, and there was no definite evidence from the beginning to the end of the so-called "haunted", let alone People are injured.

The landlord's family and the occupants on the second floor have now moved out, so Blackstone Security doesn't think this task is of high importance.

Because it's close to the city center, the alley itself is fairly clean. It's just that the road is a little narrow, and I'm afraid it's not enough for the carriage to pass. After entering the alley, Shade stepped on the gravel on the ground and looked at the rusted house numbers one by one.

Both sides are mostly masonry walls, and steam pipes covered with heat insulation are clinging to the walls, but the rivets fixing the pipes are mostly rusted. After passing through a stone archway connecting the buildings on both sides of the alley, I saw the locked door.

He tilted his head and looked at the house. The windows on both sides were sealed with wooden boards, but the letterbox hanging on the wall was actually empty. It seemed that someone had come back to pick up something recently.

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