The Whispering Verses Chapter 314: Nursery Rhymes and “The Sea Returns”

Sweeping the coins and banknotes under the counter, the bartender looked around casually. Seeing that no one was paying attention, he opened the bar cover to let the two of them in. Then, he pushed open the back door that was almost integrated with the wall from the bar. When the two were about to enter, they gave each of them a mask:

"You know the rules here, take good care of your newbie companions."

"Understood."

Miss Princes said softly.

Behind the wall is also a tavern. Except for the lack of conspicuous doors and windows, the decoration, tables and chairs are almost exactly the same as outside, except that the space is slightly smaller and there are fewer customers.

Miss Princes introduced this place on the way here. The back of the Seven Broomsticks Tavern is specially used to entertain ring magicians, and can only be entered by introductions from acquaintances. Compared with the relatively simple functions of Old John's Pawn Shop, Black Raven Library and Mr. Cowps' Night Shop, the Seven Broomsticks Bar has extremely rich functions.

The trade of magician casting materials, the exchange of books and knowledge, the sale of relics and even the gathering of magicians can all be realized here.

Of course there are similar places in Tobesk, but they are not particularly safe. Compared with the Pearl of the North, only in the Coldwater Port, which has a relatively strong atmosphere of freedom, could there be such a large gathering place for ring warlocks.

The "freedom" here not only refers to the relatively loose municipal management of the dock area in Coldwater Port City, but also refers to the chaos in the dock area. As the most important port on the west coast of the Old World heading to the New World, Coldwater Port is completely different from Torbesk.

The owner behind this tavern is a local 9th ​​level warlock. Although Miss Princes couldn't tell the other party's name, the high-level warlock was enough to intimidate people who dared to cause trouble here, so if Shade wanted to have a fixed trading channel in Coldwater Port City, this tavern would be quite good.

Most of the ring wizards in the tavern wore robes or relatively loose coats, and gathered in groups of two or three to sit at the table and chat in low voices. There is also a bar here, with three men standing behind it. Two of them were ordinary people, wearing bartender uniforms and cleaning glasses. The other was a bald man in a sailor's shirt with anchors tattooed on both arms. He was a ring wizard.

Miss Princes brought Shade to the bar:

"I brought a new guy here and he wants to be a regular here."

"1 pound."

The burly bartender said, looking up at Shade who was wearing a mask.

This is another new expense, but this money cannot be saved. So after Xia De paid, he received a crimson coin. The coin is an ordinary item, used as a token of entry here. It is about two-thirds the size of a one-pound alloy coin. There is no pattern printed on the front and back.

Using this coin, Shade can freely enter and leave the ring warlock gathering place behind the bar. Although the cost is a bit expensive, he thinks it is worth it.

"What's the news today?"

Shad was checking the coin, and the blonde girl with ruby ​​earrings knocked on the bar table and asked.

The bald man in a sailor shirt shook his head and answered in standard Delarian common language. His job is probably boring, so his speech is weak:

"Still old news, that sage-level relic has made people panic, and now everyone is worried about accidentally touching the curse. The church is still looking for the deep-sea mermaid who can use firearms, but it is said that there is no progress, and the other party seems Directly associated with the evil god."

Xia De reacted and realized that the "deep sea mermaid" refers to him.

"Speaking of which, have you heard how many mermaid statues the church has recycled now?"

This is what the bartender asked Miss Princess.

"As of yesterday, the information I received was about 13, but the total number of statues in that batch was 20. I still remember hearing a few days ago that the church had discovered at least 30 people infected with the curse."

"Your news is out of date."

The bartender shook his head:

"The number of recovered statues is 15, and the number of cursed unlucky guys is 72. The remaining five statues are missing. Now even we are prohibited from trading statue-like items. Who knows if there will be any crazy people here? After being infected with the curse, I want to infect more people so that I can force everyone to find a way to break the curse."

The bartender said, and then carefully looked at the two people's outfits, as if he was worried that there was a statue hidden under their clothes, and then suddenly took it out to give him a surprise:

"Last week we were here laughing at the misfortune of the ring warlocks in Tobesk. Unexpectedly, it was our turn soon. But let me say, fortunately there is something on Tobesk's side, otherwise the water would be cold. Isn’t Hong Kong the most unfortunate city in Delray this summer?”

He said with some gloating, then poured two glasses of ice water and pushed them to the two of them. Just like the "72 people" news, this glass of ice water is free of charge, so it seems that the 1 shilling admission fee is still worth it.

"This kind of sage-level relic cannot only have the characteristic of curse. If we don't find a way to solve this problem immediately, something big will happen in the future."

Shad also joined in the conversation, not wanting to talk about how unlucky Tobesk's ring wizards were.

"Who says it isn't? But there is very little news about the relics. Even the Zhengshen Church couldn't find a way to deal with it for a while, so it could only contain the statues as much as possible."

"However, I heard that the sage-level relic [Mermaid's Dream] is related to a ritual called 'Sea Return', and the church is working hard in this direction."

Miss Princes said unexpectedly, and the bartender frowned slightly:

"Are you sure? I remember that 'Sea Return' is a local folk song in Coldwater Port."

“I just heard it mentioned by others, and the church should also know about it.”

The blonde girl said, she knew that Shade didn’t know the local folk songs, so she hummed quietly:

"The mermaid's song floats over the harbor,

Even the **** pirate ship lowered its sails.

The red ocean has waves,

The beautiful girl walked towards the deep sea. ”

Although she is just humming, Miss Prince's singing voice is extremely pleasant. She must have received professional training in music theory.

As for this nursery rhyme, it sounds like people describing the scene where mermaids appear and confuse pirates. It is not surprising that similar nursery rhymes appear in such a seaport city. But this reminded Shade of what he saw about the "pirates" in Flamel's safe house this morning.

The bartender sighed:

"Oh, I would rather believe that this is really a clue to solving the curse. However, no matter how bad things are, there should be no evil like Tobesk"

He paused suddenly, then raised his hand and slapped himself:

"Bah, bah, bah!"

He spat several times into the bar in a very unhygienic manner, and then explained:

"People at sea believe that dangerous things must not be mentioned casually. The more dangerous things are mentioned, the more likely those dangerous things will happen."

"Ridiculous superstition."

Miss Princes laughed indifferently, but Shade appreciated this view very much.