The Whispering Verses Chapter 1225: Clues from the cemetery
Chapter 1225 Clues from the Cemetery
The statue is extremely realistic. Although it may be a real stone statue, since it appears here, it is most likely a living person who has been petrified. When Shade bent down and tried to pull it up, he discovered that the back of the stone statue was almost integrated with the earth. Obviously if they had not appeared at this time, the earth would have completely swallowed the statue soon.
The stone statue is dressed like a nearby hunter. You can even see a scabbard on its waist. Only the muzzle of the old-fashioned musket on its back is still on the ground.
But unfortunately, the soul is no longer there, it is permanently petrified. The difficulty of turning the stone statue in front of you into a living person is the same as the difficulty of finding a random statue and turning it into a normal living person.
"He didn't die of petrification, because of this."
Miss Benanis also came over. The experienced witch pointed to the hunter's chest, where there was unnoticeable puncture damage. Although witches don’t like to be close to men, it doesn’t matter if they have male statues:
"The needle-like weapon penetrated directly through the heart. Look, there is no obvious peeling sensation on the stone next to the wound, indicating that the wound existed before it was petrified."
"Was he attacked before he was petrified? Then he was not killed here, but someone killed him somewhere else and dumped his body here. It seems that the other party knew the problems of this land very well."
Xia De judged that there was just no blood, so he couldn't trace it at all.
"It should be a ring warlock. It's really interesting. Who would go to such a remote place?"
Miss Benenice looked around, but because it had been snowing, there were no footprints on the snow.
"Wait a moment, I will use the power of time to listen."
Xia De stood up from the stone statue:
"Echoes from the past."
Squinting his eyes slightly, the sound immediately entered his ears. This time I was very lucky. The man's voice that appeared in my ear was obviously not his own:
"Just leave it here. Be careful and don't step over, otherwise I won't be able to save you."
"Got it."
This is another man's voice, seemingly younger. Then there was the sound of heavy objects falling into the snow, probably the body being thrown in here.
Shad made a gesture of silence to Miss Bernice, and even the unicorn understood Shad's gesture and stopped moving.
The sound continues:
"The target is nearby, right? If we kill the guide and still can't find it, our three days of activities in the forest will be in vain."
This is still the voice of the young man.
"It's nearby. This is the result given by [Puppet Operator's Notes]. Since you paid the price, how can there be a problem?"
The voices of the two gradually became smaller, which meant that they were moving away.
Because there will be no more human voices in this kind of wilderness, Shade is not worried about not being able to find this voice next, so he temporarily stops his thaumaturgic effect:
"The people of [Blood Spirit School] used the angelic relic [Puppet Operator's Notes] to find things nearby. This hunter was the guide they paid to hire. Since they were close to their destination, they killed him Yes, this fits those people’s style very well.”
The witch who was observing the surroundings frowned slightly:
"Blood Spirit School? What didn't they come here to find last year?"
"Is it possible that it is also the tomb of 'Saint Perry'?"
Xia De made a guess.
"It's possible, but no matter what, let's catch up and have a look. No, you need to rest now and don't cast any more spells. I'll ask the earth. I also know tracking magic."
The witch said, and Shade did not object:
"I can only confirm that they appeared here within three days. I can't determine the specific time. I'm afraid that chasing them now will probably be fruitless."
"It doesn't matter. After all, we are just here to try our luck. Let's disguise ourselves. We may encounter enemies later. Oh, it's the witch's eyeshadow. Is this what Carina gave you? But it's not just the witch who can Use it? ”
The red-gold eyes glanced at Shade suspiciously, but didn't ask any more questions. The two then led their respective horses. They were originally worried that the unicorn would run away, but unexpectedly it followed behind Shade happily, as if it was safer to be with Shade.
Shad wasn't sure what the witch's ability to "listen to the earth" was, but she didn't show any hesitation or pause. After setting off on horseback, she headed straight to the northwest in the sparse creek forest.
The destination was very close to the land that Shade had dealt with, but within ten minutes the witch stopped and signaled that Shade could dismount.
At this time, they came to a rock wall that was not steep in the mountains. On the slightly rough map that Shade had purchased in advance, this place was not even specially marked.
The footprints still don't exist, but the traces of the Ring Warlock's battle are clearly visible. There is an obvious mark of cutting with a sharp weapon on the rock wall. Although the stubble of the broken trees around it has frozen, it can still be judged that it was broken not long ago.
Pull aside the snow layer, you can see the traces of the explosion. If you look closely, you will see a collapsed black tent half buried in the snow.
Shad pulled the tent out of the snow and could see that there were some living supplies inside. There was even a bitten apple and a pirated copy of "Hamilton Detective" in Carson's language in the corner. "Story Collection" Volume One.
Miss Benenice opened the snow near the tent and saw the remains of the extinguished bonfire:
"My Listening to the Earth can only trace the area nearby, and the Earth is unwilling to tell me any more about their whereabouts. It seems that they set up a bonfire nearby last night. The size of the bonfire is obviously not just for cooking. ."
"Then there was an attack at night. Then I listened."
Xia De used [Echoes of the Past] again. After frowning slightly, he could only hear extremely chaotic fighting sounds, as if he was trying to listen to the people in the opposite house across a noisy street. It is a very obvious feature:
"The power of time is interfered with, and I can't hear the sound anymore."
"Even if the people of [Blood Spirit School] can defend against one tracking method, there is no reason to be able to defend against two at the same time, let alone? Mei Ne Ben Ben Song α Jun? itself is not easy to defend. Moreover, they are in There was a hurried battle with an unknown enemy nearby, and there was no reason to think about avoiding being tracked."
Miss Benenice frowned slightly:
"Look around, there may be corpses."
The two horses are still tied to the tree, and the unicorn is happily following Shade around. When Shade bends down from time to time to push aside the snow layer to look under the snow, the little beast will also use his own He turned over the snow with his hooves and pretended to be serious, lowering his head to check. If Shade touches it casually, it will scream happily again. It really likes Shade.
Soon, Shade's [Echo of Blood] found a faint trace of blood under the snow. He searched for it along the trace, only to find that the trace of blood continued to move away. He continued to chase forward until he came to a nearby mountain stream. The blood traces went straight into the ice and then disappeared completely.
Shad stepped onto the ice and found a hole in the ice that had not yet been frozen solid. After the blood was diluted by the subglacial river water, Shade could no longer see the bright red traces.
"The other party jumped into the river and escaped. This should have happened last night or this morning."
Shad said after returning, while Miss Benenice was inspecting the slash marks on the rock wall:
"I sensed the power of the sun, which is most likely a trace caused by the Sun Church's high-circle thaumaturgy, the Sunshine Sword."
Shad's [Moonlight Greatsword] comes from the thaumaturgy of Tobesk's thirteen-ring warlock "Sunshine Greatsword" Mr. Hog Rendell. He is very familiar with this thaumaturgy:
"I heard from friends of the Church of the Sun that there are not many high-level magicians who master this thaumaturgy in the contemporary era, so it is impossible to appear here. Is St. Perry's cemetery nearby?"
Miss Benenice was not wearing a hood at this time, and her curvy golden hair hung down from her cheeks. Her cheeks were a little red from the cold, but this not only did not affect her appearance, but made her look even more attractive. Pity:
"There is a possibility that they probably triggered some kind of defense mechanism in the cemetery. My listening earth and your time power cannot be traced, and it may also be because of the saint's cemetery."
Xia De pinched the small silver cube in his pocket and confirmed that the silver cube had no reaction:
"It's half past two in the afternoon."
He sensed the time:
"Although I don't know how they did it, it seems to be at night. Most of the local rumors and stories about the 'Saint Perry Cemetery' also happen at night. Why don't you go back to the city to deal with your own affairs now? Get the battle relics and alchemy weapons and come back in the evening. We will also set up a tent here for the night."
If the two of them stay out all night, others will also be worried.
"No problem, but I'm worried that the [Blood Spirit School] will send others back. If the other party escaped last night, as long as he didn't die on the road, he would have reunited with his companions."
The witch said that she had arranged a simple warning ceremony nearby. If anyone else comes to this area, she will be able to detect it when they return:
"You have to be cautious about this kind of thing. You know, my fighting ability in the parliament is not strong, and I may not even be able to defeat Granny Cassandra. Safety first, except for us in the evening, I will bring my Although there are more high-level warlocks in [Blood Spirit School] than Golden Dawn, after all, this is not their territory."
After speaking, he snorted again, looking quite confident.
After making up their minds, the two set off back to the city. The unicorn took the initiative to follow them without being induced by Miss Bernice. It was smart enough and knew that it was difficult to survive alone in the winter forest.
This time there was no need to take a detour. It only took more than an hour to ride the horse back to the grass farm located on the outskirts of the Randall River Valley. Of course, the unicorn cannot be brought into the city, so it is temporarily placed on the farm. Instead of putting it in the stable, Miss Benenice specially arranged a room for it to rest. The snow-white little beast saw that Shade was about to leave, and bit the hem of his clothes with some reluctance. After Shade informed him that he would come back in the evening, he said goodbye to him sadly.