Whispering Poems

Whispering Poems Chapter 623

2022-01-25

Chapter 621 undying bird

Now that the police have found the murderer and believe they have discovered the truth, then This case is over. As a general rule, the hotel Boss also needs to go to the police station to make a transcript, but when Shade said that he needed to talk to the Boss, the sheriff immediately said that the transcript could be taken tomorrow.

"That's right, I want to know something about the local fire-worship tradition."

The police and the murderer were sent away, and the body was carried away on a stretcher. The uneasy hotel Boss Mr. Thales greeted Shade to the backyard of the hotel. Now there is no one here, and the two had a conversation by the chicken coop.

"This~ I thought it was a tax check. Cough cough, I mean no problem."

Mr. Thales obviously sighed in relief:

"I believe in my Lord [the Lord of all things]. This is the belief that my fathers had. As for worshiping fire, I think this can also be regarded as part of the belief in the Lord of all things. After all, fire is also a part of nature."

"But I want to know, is there any strange legend about worshiping fire in the local area? I'm actually a writer."

The bearded shopkeeper obviously didn't believe it, he thought about it After a while, he hesitated and said:

"It is true, I heard my parents mention this when I was a child. It is said that there is a huge creature that can breathe fire under the Sikar Mountain. A long, long time ago , is that it blesses the ancestors who lived on this land."

"How many messes are there under the Xikar Mountain? Isn't this the ancient one who sealed the mountaintop passage? Breathing fire. Giant dragon?"

Shade thought to himself, then hesitantly asked:

"What is that huge creature?"

"This me I don't know."

Mr. Thales shook his head, but added:
"father mentioned that before the Church of Nature settled in Fort Midhill, our ancestors were faith and worship. Fire. Later ancestors accepted the faith of the Church of Nature and recognized that the flame was a part of our Lord. But even so, the primordial period of fire worship left some symbols and records, and was accepted by the Church of Nature as its own Part of it. Now in the Fort Midhill area, some Aboriginal people whose ancestors lived there will write certain symbols on the walls of the kitchen to pray for no fire, which is also part of the local architectural style and folk customs.”

What Mr. Thales described is the process of faith fusion in the West Carr Mountain area. If you study it carefully, it may even be enough to write an article such as "Midhills Castle Primordial Fire Worship and Faith Integration Test". Nice paper.

Unfortunately, Shade is not a folklorist:
"Can I visit the hotel kitchen?"

"Sure, this way."

He took Shade into the kitchen, and Shade found some ancient or modern words related to "flame" on the wall, but none of them made much sense.

He also wanted to ask Mr. Thales something, but the inn Boss suddenly patted his head:

"I remember, father left a red piece of paper. Stone, let me bury it under the kitchen floor, he thinks it will withstand the fire."

"No no, no need to dig it out."

"No need to dig, I don't believe that It's a superstition, so it wasn't buried at all."

Mr. Thales said with a smile, then rummaged through the warehouse alone and found an irregular, approximately round red stone. It doesn't look like a ruby, it looks like some kind of crystal:

"This is for you, thank you for helping the police out of trouble."

Mr. Thales said, but Shade still insisted on paying.

"When you look at the sun, you can sometimes see beautiful patterns inside. This is probably some kind of optical phenomenon."

Mr. Thales reminded again, so Shade Pick up a stone and point it at the sun. I kept trying to adjust the position of the stone, and finally, in the red stone, I saw a scene-

It was a huge bird flying with wings.

A little surprised put down the stone:

"This is not like a pure blood giant dragon, is it an undying bird?!"

Leave the hotel It was already 3:30 in the afternoon, and Shade was going to the corner of Oak Street and Punjab Street to wait for the Augustus priest. With his hands in his pockets, he looked left and right at the empty carriage parked on the street, and then turned his head and looked towards the distant Xikar Mountain:

"Is there an undying bird in this mountain? Local traditional fire worship In faith, the flame of worship is actually it?"

That should not be a god, but an extremely powerful ancient one.

"It's really interesting, how many secrets can this mountain and this city have?"

At 4:20 in the afternoon, Shade successfully waited for August at the intersection of the street. Priest. He was also worried that the church would send someone to follow Priest, so after seeing Priest from a distance, Shade nodded him very cautiously, and then turned around and walked towards the first alley on the left side of Oak Street.

didn't expect the old priest immediately chased after him:

"Oh, what are you doing walking so fast? Do you really think I'm a youngster of your age?"

The priest asked, and Shade shook his head immediately after expressing his concerns:
"Rest assured, I did not raise any suspicion. After all, I am no different from other missing persons. ?"

Since the priest said so, Shade was relieved.

The two went to the bistro facing the street and sat for a while. Priest told Shade what happened after he escaped from the [Living Room] with the missing people yesterday. Then it was dinner time, and Shade unceremoniously asked Augustus priority to treat him to a restaurant in town.

Shade took a huge risk and went deep into [the narrow space of life and death] to rescue the Priest, which moved August Priest very much. Of course, it would be no problem to invite him to a meal.

The old priest, who is still familiar with the city, finally chose the Mundongs restaurant at the foot of the south of the city. This restaurant is located in the southern suburbs of the city, in a somewhat remote location, built against a cliff. The restaurant uses a pure wooden structure, with stairs and dining spaces built on the rock wall. Except for the more spacious first floor, each layer is a small room, and the degree of protrusion of the rock wall affects the size of the room. At the other end of the room are several large windows made of glass. From the room on the top third floor, you can barely overlook half the city.

The terrain here is very high, and it is not in the city, plus the price is a bit high, so the people who eat at the Mundongus restaurant are rich people. People in formal suits and dresses in restaurants shuttled under the rays of light of gas lamps. In contrast, the August Priest who put on his casual clothes and the Shade who had no clothes to change looked very unremarkable.

The cuisine style of Fort Midhill integrates the characteristics of Northland, Southland and mountains, forming a style that is different from Tobesque's typical Northland cuisine and cold water port seafood cuisine. . In the current autumn, the price of mountain goods is exceptionally low. The expensive game in Tobesque is still not cheap here, but at least Shade and Augustus priority can afford it.

This may also be due to the fact that the capital city itself has a premium price.

During the meal, Shade and the priest shared what they had seen in the afternoon, and lamented that there are so many Carson Riks in Midhill Fort.

"Actually, there are also quite a few foreigners in Tobesque, but most of them are not within the scope of your activities. As for Midhill Castle, most of the foreigners who come here are businessmen, so usually I've seen a lot."

The old priest happily said:
"I heard from the bishop of the local church that at least 20% of the permanent residents of Midhill Fort are not natives."

"Oh, that's an exaggeration."

"It's one of the largest cities on the eastern frontier after all."

The old man stirred with a spoon in front of him of soup.

"If these people knew what's under our feet, Midhills wouldn't be as lively as it is now."

Shade stomps, August first Shaking his head, he lowered his voice:
"Regarding the [Little Space between Life and Death] and the possible death shock, it is currently impossible to evacuate the citizens of this city in advance."

"Why? political and economic impact?"

"Of course not. Because. The existence of a large and prosperous city above [Life and Death] is itself part of the seal. Life and death are connected to real death, so There needs to be enough living people on the other end to create a balance."

"Balance."

Shade said, understanding what the priest was saying.

"So where, is it really unknowable?"

He asked again, after all, the [spirit cultivator order] of the Church of the Unorthodox God is just a guess.

priest discreetly nodded:

"The narrow space itself contains three passages, and it is considered a complete agnostic class."

Shade was once in Coldwater Harbor. The [Desire] encountered in the underground of the Avrora mansion was also unknowable. At that time, [Desire] did not show any battle strength. Thinking about it now, even if it was sealed by the divine ability for hundreds of years, the opponent's ability is absolutely impossible. It's as simple as what Shade sees.

“What is the church going to do now?”

Shade also lowered his voice, handling the steak on the plate with a knife:

“Behind that door , in the clearing before the water, scarlet gold's bonfire is burning. Until the bonfire goes out, there will be no problem with the door down the mountain. And when the bonfire goes out, I will feel it."

That bonfire is the external manifestation of the "Kiss of the Tree" sealing the door of death, because it is Shade's mysterious lock, so even if the two are in different worlds, Shade can vaguely know the general situation. Moreover, his Mystic Art [Death Gate] can open a gap at any time, and let Shade take a look "over there" to confirm the burning state of the cluster of bonfires, so he can know the information of the passage at the foot of the narrow mountain at any time. .

(end of this chapter)