The Whispering Verses Chapter 1919: The Fire of Return
"Sister, what are you doing?"
Shad was very curious about where the wood came from, and then he realized that it was a power similar to his Thaumaturgy - Traveler Camp, which could directly create scenes.
The bonfire was not bright, but looking at Sister Devlin kneeling by the fire, Shade felt inexplicably at ease.
"Won't you go up with me?"
He asked. The gray-haired nun wearing a silver eyepatch nodded slightly, but still did not speak. Although Shade didn't know what her plan was, since the nun said so, he walked upstairs alone, just treating it as his own investigation.
The interior of the apartment is not shabby, and it looks like it is still being used, but I don’t know why there is no one there now. After arriving on the second floor, Shade didn't notice anything unusual in the darkness, so he continued walking up with the lantern. As he approached the third floor, the whispering elements gradually became active:
"What could it be?"
He was ready to fight, but when he came to the corridor on the third floor, he still found nothing. Trying to continue walking along the corridor, a ray of blue fire suddenly appeared in the darkness.
Amidst the infiltrating wails, the fire quickly expanded until it turned into a man whose whole body was burning with blue flames, and he opened his arms and rushed towards Shade.
"What?"
Xia De frowned slightly and took a step back. The figure disappeared and immediately appeared behind the burning figure. But at the same time that he appeared, behind him, a second flaming figure appeared out of thin air again, still opening its arms and pounced on him.
This time the distance was too close to avoid, so Shade turned around and threw out a beam of moonlight. He had clearly chopped off the opponent's head, but his body was still flying towards him.
"Seal of Heaton!"
The moonlight sword was summoned, and the golden spherical shield that unfolded filled the narrow corridor. The next moment, the flaming figure with outstretched arms pounced on the shield with flowing light, and then turned into blue flames and exploded in the corridor.
The sound of rain outside the window completely covered up the dull sound of the explosion. Xia De clearly felt that the shield was protecting the blue fire. He did not feel that he was hurt, but he was still spinning instantly. When he stood firm while holding on to the wall, in front of him was Sister Devlin kneeling by the bonfire. It was obvious that he had returned to the foyer on the first floor.
Although there was a violent storm outside, it was extremely quiet inside. At this moment, although the nun didn't even look up at him, Shade clearly felt embarrassed.
He didn't say a word. He held the lantern and quickly walked up the stairs again. After a while, they returned to the third floor.
At the location where the burning figure exploded, there were no traces of damage on the ground or walls. There was still nothing to see at the top of the stairs, but when Shade took two steps toward the interior of the corridor, the blue flames floated again, and the burning person with open arms appeared out of thin air just like before, and once again opened his arms towards He pounced:
"Moonlight Slash!"
This time the silver arc of light directly cut off the legs of the burning figure, and it fell to the ground with a dull sound. When Shade silently counted to "three" in his mind, the blue flames all over the figure exploded on the spot, but it did not have any impact on the surroundings:
"It seems that as long as I don't let this thing get close to me, it will be fine. Space stabilizing halo!"
Since these figures burning blue fire appear out of thin air, interfering with their appearance is also a method.
I felt more relieved now that I knew the rules. I was about to move forward when I suddenly felt something was wrong behind my back. Turning around to look, the blue-fire figure with open arms was already close at hand, but Shade didn't feel any spatial changes at all:
"These things don't appear due to space movement?"
There was another muffled sound of explosion. Shade did not activate the Heaton Seal, but took the initiative to let a small amount of blue flames splash onto his clothes. In an instant, the high temperature hit him, and his whole body burned with blue flames, and then disappeared again on the third floor.
Dizzily holding on to the wall, Sister Devlin appeared again kneeling by the bonfire. This time the nun made a move, her trembling hands thrust into the bonfire, and the hands with burn marks slightly held Yan Xin. As a result, the blue flames on Shade's body flew towards the bonfire and disappeared into the orange flames as if being absorbed.
Sister Devlin remained silent, and Shade almost understood that there was probably a special flame-like relic upstairs in this building, and the nun hoped that he could help contain it.
The strange blue flame is not very lethal, at least not to Shade. But once it comes into contact with the flame with its body or the shield it maintains, forced spatial transfer will occur. This characteristic is really tricky.
Sister Devlin did not comment on Shade's first two actions, but Shade felt more and more embarrassed in the nun's silence. He took the lantern and climbed up again, taking three steps and two steps at a time, and his steps became faster again.
"She" whispered in my ear:
[Men’s self-esteem. 】
Xia De did not deny that his pride was hurt, so he had to find out well and quickly what was at the end of the corridor on the third floor.
So two minutes later, with another muffled bang~, Shade supported the wall and returned to the first floor again. This time, only his trousers were stained with blue flames, and the flames were quickly covered by the bonfire in front of the nun. absorb.
"In addition to appearing out of thin air, it turns out that those guys on fire can also stretch out their hands directly from under the floor."
Without anyone asking questions, he muttered to himself, without looking at the expression of Sister Devlin who was kneeling by the bonfire, and quickly raised the lamp again.
Two minutes later, with the fourth bang, a large group of butterflies suddenly appeared on the first floor, a quarter of which was burning with blue flames. As the red butterflies merged into Shad, the blue fire was once again absorbed by the bonfire in front of the nun.
Shad turned around quickly and quickly went upstairs without saying a word, so he didn't see the slight smile on the corner of his mouth under the blindfold of the nun beside the fire behind him.
This time Shade persisted upstairs for a long time. On the first floor, he could hear constant collisions, explosions, and indistinguishable sounds of small animals scurrying around.
After another bang~, Shade appeared on the first floor and rushed upstairs without hesitation for the sixth time. Five minutes later, Xia Decai finally stepped on the stairs and walked back to the first floor from the third floor. At this time, a faint blue flame appeared on the wick of the old kerosene lamp he was holding.
“The clerical relic [Fire of Return] often appears in ancient tombs, deep forests with complex terrain, and closed dilapidated houses. Its characteristic is that when a living person approaches, a humanoid figure burning with fire will continue to be generated. , after the explosion, the life stained with flames will be sent back to the 'starting point'."
Shad stepped down the stairs. Sister Devlin stood up and told the truth about the relic:
"It is rumored that an unknown adventurer from the Fourth Age left behind this soul flame.
If you are not afraid of the high temperature of the steamed body, you can return to the starting point.
Although it is the regret when someone lost in the maze dies, it is also the obsession he left behind, longing for return. ”
"Sister, actually you can tell me what's up there before I go upstairs."
Xia De said, already coming to the nun's side. He opened the cover of the lantern, and the strange fire of the relic turned into a stream of fire, flowing towards the black round and slender flame held in the nun's hand.
The blue flame was quickly completely absorbed by the "primordial fire" and did not even bring any color change to the flame in the nun's palm. She silently closed her hands until the slender flame was completely covered.
On the backs of the hands with burn marks, red flame cracks flashed past, as if there were a few flame veins on the white backs of the hands, but they quickly disappeared. And Shade clearly felt that Sister Devlin, who had swallowed the new flame, seemed to have the power of space in her body.
"Yes, Chuhuo already has space power."
She lowered her head, as if she knew what Shade was thinking:
"For tomorrow night's battle, I need the power of space."
The nun maintained her habit of cherishing words like gold, but she explained everything clearly in just a few sentences. Shade nodded and asked for the witch's task list again. After crossing out "Blue Apartment with Fire", there were only three less important tasks left on the list.
"The great witch of time is really powerful."
He sighed softly, but did not see the expression on Sister Devlin's hesitant expression. After putting away the parchment, he held the door handle and tried to open the door, but the arm behind him stretched out and held Shade's hand on the door handle.
There were only two people in the apartment at this time, and naturally Sister Devlin held his hand behind him. Shade was a little confused, and then felt the nun's palms heating up, and then fiery red cracks appeared on the backs of their hands. The flames flew from the nun's hands into his arms, and the first fire flowing in his body gained new characteristics.
[Outlander, when you use "Powerful Spatial Perception", you can perceive the location of the scattered flames of "Primal Fire" in a wider range. 】
[Outlander, you can restore your own spirit by absorbing fire. The effect is very weak. 】
Although he has not gained a new spatial movement ability, now that he is about to land on the island, his ability to sense the location of the first fire is quite good.
In the darkness, the nun behind him did not let go of Shade’s hand:
"Tomorrow night, please do not destroy the seal of Chuhuo before you are sure that the central island of Green Lake can be sealed."
"Of course, I understand. Once the seal is destroyed, catastrophe awaits the material world. We were originally intended to prevent this, but of course we cannot become promoters instead."
The nun nodded and then retracted her palm. Shade resisted the urge to look back at her expression and pushed open the door, then opened the umbrella with a bang. The rainy night was slightly cold, and the sound of rain broke into the room, breaking the strange atmosphere between the two.
PS: Picture of this chapter "Monster·Fire Humanoid"