Whispering Poems

Whispering Poems Chapter 523

2021-12-10

Chapter 522 The Blessing of Trees
There are no nameless strange creatures in the corridor, not with transparent bodies The terrifying Evil Spirit, not even anything that can see form.

There is nothing in the flickering hallway.

In the depths of the corridor where the fire was completely extinguished, the walls exuded a dim light that was almost connected to the darkness, flickering at a frequency similar to the beating of a heart.

Just staring at those dim light moments, Shade really felt like he heard a huge heart beating. At this moment, his body and soul were completely frozen by time and space, and he vaguely understood something.

What he was looking at was the Castle of Dread, and nothing was chasing him from the very beginning. That exudes fear, that which seems to drive out any outsider, is the Dreadfort itself.

Those deep dim lights represent the Castle of Dread itself. The so-called "Fort of Terror" actually has consciousness itself, it is a living creature.

The fear beyond the limit made Shade almost completely unconscious in an instant, and the shock of the fear even made him feel like he was about to fall into a deep sleep that he would never wake up from.

"No, will I be afraid of fear?"

Under the tree of the Forest of Thousand Trees, after the gods temporarily departed, he and the two Demoness face the boundless terror side by side Dark memories flooded my mind. This fear seems to have inspired some kind of power lurking in the soul, which has never been associated with any Mystic Art's [tree kiss] spirit rune, trembling slightly in the soul.

This moment is close to the fragile moment of complete emotional collapse, the primordial fear that the body has fallen into and the sobriety of the soul after the recovery of courage, forming a distinct sense of dislocation, making Shade clearly feel himself for the first time. The strangeness of the soul.

Not only were the two drops of divinity protecting him in his soul, but he also felt that there seemed to be a warm but somewhat cold thing hugging him behind his back.

"That's it."

Even though his body and soul froze when he faced the source of fear in the Castle of Terror, the sudden impulse and desire made him turn his head like a Miracle.

In front of him is the Castle of Dread, but when he turns his head, he sees endless white fog. In the glowing white fog, there is a giant tree that can't see the whole picture even if he looks up.

The tree seems to connect Heaven and Earth, and it seems to support Heaven and Earth. The root system is developed, the canopy is lush, and the tree lines on the transparent trunk seem to record the story of the entire civilization.

Looking at the tree, the warm feeling washed over the body and soul, making him quickly wake up from the negative state of seeing the source of fear. But at the same time, the most real soul feeling that the soul perceives at the moment of the broken edge also disappears.

The transparent canopy swayed gently in the white mist, Shade reached out his hand in a sense of loss, and took two green leaves that were swirling and falling.

"I felt it just now, was it you?"

He asked softly.

The surrounding white mist shrinks towards the door-shaped pendant that appears at the foot of the door. The scene of the open space in the center of the dark cornfield slowly emerges as the white mist disappears, and the darkness is encroaching on Shade's body. Space.

Without getting a response, he sighed and wanted to bend over to pick up the [Twenty-Sided Dice of Destiny], after all, the battle with that strong Archfiend is not over yet.

But didn't expect, before the surrounding white fog completely disappeared, the demon holding the black fire human bone rushed up, as if impatient to let Shade sleep here forever.

[Outlander, you have returned to the present time. ]

[Message from Ancient God "Father of the Infinite Tree":]

"Aren't you willing to answer my question?"

Shade maintained Bend over to pick up the pose, ready to get up and throw the dice. Because after the dice is thrown, it must be twenty.

【Unlimited time bless you. ]

Wrapped in darkness, the demon that suppressed the silver moon glow on Shade finally came to him.

At this time, the last few wisps of white mist around Shade have not completely disappeared, and the appearance of the devil seems to have disturbed something. Behind Shade, the illusory shadow of the giant tree that seemed to run through Heaven and Earth, which had disappeared with the disappearance of the white fog, actually reappeared in this brief moment.

A thick fog burst out from behind Shade, as if he had returned to the [Time Corridor] again. But the target of the white fog was not Shade. With the swaying of the giant branch behind him, the white fog swooped forward, swallowing the demon in front of Shade, and then quietly disappeared around.

The disappearance of the white fog made the darkness fall again, but there were no demons around, and there was no trace of it.

"What does this mean?"

Shade straightened up holding the metal dice, looked towards the metal door pendant under his feet, it had returned to normal.

【Unlimited time bless you. ]

She repeated the sentence, which Shade looked thoughtful nodded:
"So, every time I complete a quest for a key and go back from a past time, I want to be here If you attack me for a moment, you will be counterattacked by the power left by the [Father of Infinite Tree]?"

But this seems useless at all, not only is this treatment available every time you complete the task of the key, but also Not every time a fool would attack Shade at a time like this.

"But in short, it's a good thing to solve the enemy."

Bend over to pick up the relics and casting materials that belonged to him on the ground, and looked towards the two in his palm. blade.

After thinking for a while, I randomly place one of the pieces on my right eye.

The veins on the blade flickered with golden aura, that aura gradually gathered and entered Shade's right eye, and a new power poured into Shade's soul.

"The Breath of Time?"

It took at least half a minute for him to take off the blade in his hand, and the voice in his heart was already prompting the specific information of Mystic Art.

【Breath of Ages】, corresponding to Mystic Art of 【Space-Time】spirit rune. This is Mystic Art of the active release class, which requires casting materials.

Mystic Art has two effects in total, corresponding to the actions of "exhale" and "inhale" respectively. When Shade uses Mystic Art and "sucks", an old item can be restored to an earlier appearance.

Shade took out his pocket watch, which was broken in Cold Water Harbor, and called out his life ring and activated Mystic Art. As he took a deep breath, some gray air split from the pocket watch into his nose. The rust of the pocket watch with some rust marks on the surface peeled off, and the hands began to rotate again.

"Ordinary items, with the spirit of my second ring, can be restored to the state of three months ago at most. It is invalid for relics, but it is valid for living creatures and other special items, because I am not interfering with the item itself, It's time, but it consumes more energy."

Of course, Shade's interference with the pocket watch is only to bring it back to the moment when he jumped with Lecia, he can't just test Mystic Art and waste it. all your own spirit.

And when Shade uses Mystic Art and performs the action of "calling", the target item can be quickly corroded by time. This is not to let the item's time point into the future, but to let it naturally corrupt. When using Mystic Art, the target is rapid oxidation in the air, and rapid erosion in the wind.

Although I didn't waste my time trying, but the acceleration of the target time is easier than the restoration. If the restoration of ordinary items is currently up to three months, the acceleration can be up to one year. Of course, corrupting the target can also be used on living creatures and some special items, but it will also be more difficult.

And the most crucial information about [Breath of Ages] is that the casting material is lifespan. Once a month to cast a spell without materials, that is, the time Shade had just now, before the end of this natural month, that is, before the end of today, to affect the time, one-tenth of the lifespan of the affected time must be consumed as the spell-casting material.

"Although it sounds miraculous, and even a low-loop warlock like me can directly affect time, isn't that the price? A thousand years or so, it seems that the price is not too big."

Shade sighed in his heart, but did not put another blade representing [a piece of real information-dark dungeon] in front of his eyes. read. The leaf can only be used once, but now he has no intention to memorize those complicated information.

No matter what help this information can give him, he intends to wait until the end of the [Darkness Domain] adventure to investigate.

After confirming that all the items were picked up, Shade turned and entered the cornfield and found Luvia curled up beside the [God's Gift Box].

She was sleeping soundly, and Shade was horrified, thinking she was in that kind of eternal sleep again. But hearing the footsteps, Luvia woke up slightly. Although her mental state was still very poor, it was actually better than when Shade left.

She smiled reluctantly at Shade:

"You're back? Oh, I fell asleep."

"Something happened, but There's no danger."

Shade carefully supported Luvia, then turned to put the box back on his back. [God's Gift Box] Very quietly glowing, nothing unusual.

"Follow me, I have found the location of your divination guide."

With Shade by her side, Luvia's spirit has improved a lot. The two returned to the center of the cornfield where Shade had just fought the demon, and Shade briefly explained what happened to him in just a few minutes.

Afterwards, Shade, who was particularly sensitive to spatial traces, found the spatial gap that connected the unknown location. They walked into the gap together holding hands. It's like using [Ragley's Jump], there is no special feeling at all.

When the leg is raised, it is surrounded by corn fields, and when the leg touches the ground again, it is surrounded by a smooth road in the dark.

There are trees behind and the direction of the road extending on both sides. There are some silhouettes of the past floating around, which are blurred and indistinguishable. Shade raised his finger and pointed forward, and in the dim light, his eyes barely saw a manor that stood quietly in this deep darkness.

"This is Miss Galina's manor, we have arrived at Miss Galina's manor!"

Demoness's manor is as dark as the surroundings, but here Seeing the familiar buildings in the dark still made Shade smile. He didn't believe it at all, and the manor had fallen into darkness.

(end of this chapter)