Whispering Poems

Whispering Poems Chapter 515

2021-12-07

Chapter 514 Eternal Darkness

With the metal box behind his back, Shade sat in the Plaza de la Santre Get on the carriage to the southern edge of Tobesque, change to the carriage that goes out of town, and spend a fortune to persuade the coachman to go further south into the countryside.

Judging from the map, although the area of [Darkness Domain] has expanded a lot overnight, it is still not a short distance from the city of Tobesque. After comparing the voice of the woman in his heart, Shade decided to head to the village of Bod, south of Tobeysk.

It's not because the village is the closest to the vanishing area, but because from the terrain, if you go further, you will encounter the checkpoint of the Church of the Orthodox God.

Because of the characteristics of [Darkness Domain] and the fact that it has just happened one morning, the disappearance of such a large area has not aroused the attention and awareness of the locals.

It was a very peaceful Saturday morning, both in and out of town. Until darkness strikes, the ordinary person perceives nothing. Shade even chatted with the coachman, claiming to have lived in Nancheng for thirty-two years, and did not notice the changes in the terrain outside the city and the lack of large areas in his memory.

This cognitive change is very terrifying.

The driver placed Shade at the entrance of Bode Village, and the strangers visited this unremarkable village, which naturally aroused the curiosity and vigilance of the villagers.

This village is unremarkable, with low houses connected together to form a simple settlement of human beings. The buildings are mostly made of soil ash, stone and straw. Compared with the city that is only half an hour away by car, the time here seems to be thrown back before the age of steam.

But that's not true, because Shade still sees traces of the steam and gas lines. However, the two pipelines are only distributed along the central axis of the village, and do not completely penetrate the village. This shows that in this village with more than 30 households, only a few people can enjoy the convenience of steam and gas.

There is a local sheriff in the village. Hearing that a stranger has come, he dutifully came to inquire about the purpose of Shade's coming here.

Shade wanted to make a few words about his identity, then left the village and walked south. But thinking that starting from Tobesque city to go further south, there is a high probability of passing through this village, so after introducing himself as the writer John Watson, he pretended to casually ask the bearded sheriff:

"My friend set off first, and he should have passed through this village. Excuse me, are there any strangers passing by here today?"

The sheriff with a police star on his chest , Although the writer in front of him was curious about carrying a metal box and went out to collect materials, he still enthusiastically answered the question from the city dweller:
"Sorry, sir, no outsiders have passed through the village this morning. It's only eight o'clock. Many times, the little boy from the Osas family urinated in the field and saw the battallion carriage of the Church of Peace passing by the dirt road outside the village. Your friend, are you with the members of the Church of the Orthodox?”

In this way, Shade understands that the out-of-control of [Darkness Domain] should be more than seven o'clock this morning, because it is exactly about an hour from the city to here. The appearance of the team of the Church of the Righteous God means that the out-of-control relics are barely within the controllable range, but there is no need to worry that the darkness will swallow Tobesque in a few hours.

"It seems that the last God's descent incident has some benefits, at least it has made the Orthodox Church more vigilant."

After leaving Bode Village, Shade continued to head south. , running along the dirt road with a metal box on his back in the uninhabited wilderness. The area devoured by darkness itself disappears, but can be entered through a specific method. And if the ordinary person strays into it, it is almost impossible to come out again. Luvia had already figured out how to enter the inside of the relic, and what Shade really needed to worry about was being discovered by the church.

In the 18th minute after leaving Bode Village, he saw from a distance a squadron of cavalry wearing Imperial Family Army uniforms and riding horses. After taking a detour to avoid it, it continued to move forward, and soon encountered a squad of about 15 infantrymen, patrolling along the dirt road with a long spear on its back.

Still bypassing, and relying on [past echoes] to learn that Tobesque City Hall has closed the nearby area on the grounds that the Imperial Family Army is experimenting with the new steam cannon ahead, prohibiting it. Anyone breaking in.

This once again shows that everything is still under control, and the short-term loss of control of the relic is likely to be an accidental phenomenon caused by the appearance of the chosen person.

Shade's luck today was not bad. After encountering the patroller for the second time, he continued to move forward half a mile (about 800m) to the edge of [Darkness Domain], and only found traces of the diving technique ceremony, but Didn't bump into the Orthodox Church team.

After all, the perimeter of the disappearing area is so large that even if the church gives up defending the city and rushes out, it is impossible to do one post every ten steps.

"It should be around here."

Away from the city, and away from the mist over the city. The sun at noon in late summer was equally dazzling, Shade turned over the map in his hand, compared the meaning of the dive technique ceremony rune on the ground, and confirmed that he had not gone the wrong way.

Standing on the country road with cow dung lying in front of it, I couldn't see any darkness around. But in fact, the path should fork at about five meters below Shade's feet, not a straight road as it is now.

"Alright then, the adventure is about to officially begin."

Shade held the straps on his shoulders with both hands, the life ring slowly emerged behind him, and the core spirit rune of [Time and Space] bloomed. :

"Space Stabilization Aura!"

The invisible wave is centered on the Shade and spreads out in all directions. Use Mystic Art with the full appearance of the life ring, and the Mystic Art effect is maximized.

With the flow of the spirit in the body and the fluctuation of the elements, Shade's visual field gradually appeared a little fluctuation, as if the scenery reflected in the water, because the water surface was stirred and blurred.

Some black fog was finally detected, Shade knew that such reluctance to interfere with the Angel-level relic was already his limit, so he did not continue to use Mystic Art to try to expel these unstable spaces, but quickly Run forward, then jump forward sideways—

ka-cha!

He felt as if he had smashed an invisible mirror, and then the whole figure jumped into the ice bank where the ice cubes were stored from the sun.

But more seriously, darkness surged up, obscuring everything in front of me. Shade, who lost his vision, could not immediately perceive the existence of the ground, so when he landed, he thought he had jumped into the abyss. He couldn't control his balance and fell to the ground.

First, he sensed the ground by touch, and as the silver halo on his body dissipated little by little, it barely illuminated the solid ground beneath him. At the same time, the biting chill slowly flowed through the body.

This is the power given to Shade by the priest Augustus. Although the source of the power of the priest is still unclear, the chill in the body does expel the colder feeling brought by the surrounding environment, and dispels the entering into the darkness. After that, the almost uncontrollable drowsiness and the intense mental stress brought by the deep darkness.

It's just that although this power is magical, it still can't completely resist the negative effects of angel-level relics. Shade felt that even standing still, his physical strength and body temperature were rapidly losing, and the recovery speed of his spirit was at least twice slower than that of the normal area. The feeling of headache, nausea, and numbness in the whole body became clear and strong. This space obviously harbors strong malice towards Shade, a guy who can shine on his own.

After being sheltered by Augustus priest, the feeling at this time is much better than when I broke into the fishbone pirate ship. And since there is no external manifestation of "divine afterglow", it means that the angel-level relic [Darkness Domain], which is the devil's lair, has nothing to do with the old god.

"This is the best news so far."

The surroundings were extremely quiet, but when Shade got up, he clearly felt that there was something in the invisible darkness Something is watching itself. Maybe it was just a tiny creature, but maybe it was a huge monster squatting in front of me.

He squinted his eyes and looked towards the darkness, but he couldn't see through the darkness at all. I can only doubt in the heart that I am looking at something, which makes my heart feel stronger and stronger.

With a sudden shiver, Shade closed his eyes and took a deep breath, adjusting to the strange environment around him.

I adjusted my mood and called out to the silver moon softly, but the moonlight blooming from my fingertips could not illuminate my eyes at all. The area covered by the moonlight was only about the size of a fingernail. Even though the icy chill in his body penetrated into his eyes, allowing Shade to barely see a small area around him, the surroundings still seemed to be enveloped by a thick black mist, and his vision was only a little better than the state of "out of sight out of sight".

"Angel-level relics are indeed extraordinary, but fortunately I have been prepared."

He rummaged through his pockets and found the viscous yellow oil-like oil prepared by the ophthalmologist. After carefully dripping the medicine into his eyes, blinking his eyes, the darkness in front of him gradually melted away, and the area covered by his field of vision finally seemed to be in the deepest night.

Although this is still inconvenient, at least close combat is no longer a problem.

I touched the item on my body to prevent I lost something when I fell. Then he looked towards his back. Of course the heavy box was still there, but the box itself was also emitting faint golden rays of light.

The rays of light aren't too intense, but Shade is happy to see a steady light source other than itself in the dark.

In addition to the protection of other powers like Shade, or the amulet provided by the church, the ordinary person will fall into a deep sleep inside the [Darkness Domain], gradually assimilated in the darkness, and melted in the darkness. An unknown corner.

If you carefully observe the surrounding air, you can see one after another shadow walking back and forth, which is difficult to detect. These are the last traces left by the people who melted in the [Darkness Domain], which can be said to be the old traces of the history recorded in the dark.

And the core of [Darkness Domain], that is, the place where Ivan Darkness might hold the ceremony of the Chosen One, Shade actually knows. Just know the specific terrain of the disappearing area, and then find the center point in space.

But he can't rush directly to the Core Zone of the relic, not only because of the many demons in the dark that he can't deal with alone, but also because there is no "balance" of the chosen Iluna, Shade Knowing that he can't beat Darkness.

"First here."

He took out his notebook and looked towards the simple map he had drawn. The location lit by the shimmering fingers is Forest Town. The town itself is not unique, but before the scope of the Darkness Domain was expanded this morning, most of the prophets of the Prophet Society were stationed here. Luvia sent In the last letter that came, he also said that he had made contact with Iluna who had gone deep into the front line in this town.

"Meet Luvia first and then make plans."

Contemplating the next plan, he retracted his notebook and walked toward the deeper darkness.

(end of this chapter)