The Whispering Verses Chapter 358: Lighthouse on a rainy night

"Want to die? How can it be so easy?"

The cards in front of him fell, and the yellow-haired middle-aged man who was stabbed in the heart looked at Shade in front of him in shock. The life ring behind the man disappeared, but before he died, Shade's hand touched it:

"False immortality!"

Then he pushed hard and made the man lie down on the ground. Shade gritted his teeth and held swords with both hands, and cut off the opponent's two palms with two swords. Without his two hands, the severely injured Ring Warlock had no chance of making a comeback.

Looking at those two hands, the foreigner who did such a thing for the first time felt very disgusted. Turning around, he picked up the water glass on the table and tapped it gently, and a silver light appeared on the water. Shade poured the cup of hot tea on the man's wound to prevent him from losing his [False Immortality] state due to excessive bleeding:

"I'll ask, you answer."

"You...you can't get any answers from me! All for the Lord of the Scarlet Spiral! Kill me."

A meager vitality remained in his body, and his voice was very weak.

"Kill you? Even if I kill you, I can channel your soul. No matter you are alive or dead, don't even think about keeping it a secret."

"Then kill me, my soul is favored by my Lord, and you will never get any news!"

Although he was weak, he still stared at Shade with hatred in his eyes.

"Death?"

The corner of Shade's mouth trembled. If he were not afraid that something would happen to Lesia, he would never do such a cruel thing:

"Do you know what it feels like to drink water and be strangled to death?"

Shad shook the water glass in his hand, and more and more water appeared under the power of the spell.

"You devil!"

The weak voice cursed.

"I don't want to torture you, it's meaningless, I want you to realize one thing."

Shad has squatted down, his back to the gas lamp on the wall, which makes the face in the shadow particularly scary:

"You are the guardian of the fishmen - a believer of the [Lord of the Scarlet Spiral]. If you, as a dependent of this great man, end up being choked to death by water or even swollen to death, do you think that **** will be there? Do you recognize your identity after your death?"

For the first time, a look of horror appeared on the man’s face:

"You, you..."

"?Will you still protect your soul forever?"

"You devil!"

"No, at least based on my mortal thinking, it shouldn't be possible."

There is no smile on Shade’s face:

"But the [God of the Drowned in the Abyss] will be very willing to take your soul. Sir, since you are a believer of the evil **** in Coldwater Port, you should also know about that great one. For the drowned fish-man, but Very interesting...especially the drowned mermaid in Coldwater Harbor"

"No, no!"

Because of the spell thrown at the door, no one knew what happened in the room next. When Shade opened the door and walked out, he was holding a corpse doll with severed hands. In the room behind him, the carpet was rolled up and put aside to prevent the blood stains from scaring the maids who came to clean the room.

Shad walked quickly along the corridor:

"The Scarlet Secret Cult wants to sacrifice to the sea by the sect when the red ocean appears tomorrow. In addition to the human believers in the sect who voluntarily sacrifice and the citizens captured by them, there must also be a person of noble birth. women, as the final prelude to the 'sea return' ceremony."

This is the information that Shade just received. The other party still revealed some information under the fear of having his soul seized by the alien god. But before he could finish speaking, he died. It wasn't because he was injured, he was scared to death.

The attitude of people in this world towards faith is completely different from that of outsiders.

In the violent night rain outside the window, Shade walked through the corridor with windows on one side:

"This kind of sacrifice is not a necessary step in 'returning by sea', but a ceremony similar to praying... The ceremony of returning by sea will start when the first ray of sunshine shines on the cold water port tomorrow. The festival will also start at that moment. In addition to Lesia, the Scarlet Secret Cult has five or six targets, one of which is..."

Xia De looked towards the direction of the city:

"Syvi Aurora."

He called the servants to clean up the messy study, while he stood in the corridor and looked at the heavy rain outside the window:

"Things are getting more and more interesting."

Although the heavy rain continued all night, the small-scale battle that occurred around Sophia's mansion only lasted half an hour and ended.

A steady stream of support arrived, forcing the attackers to abandon their target. In particular, there has been no news about the attackers who entered Sophia's mansion, which makes the house with lights on in the night rain and sea breeze look particularly strange.

With the twelve-ringed witch and Lesia together, Shade's worries were relieved a lot, so he didn't go out in the rain.

He originally wanted to wait until Lesia came back to rest, but after midnight, when the time came to Wednesday, the princess's carriage had not yet appeared at the gate of the manor. The servants who were sent to inquire about the news came from the rain that the city was under martial law and carriages could leave the city but were not allowed to enter.

Sofia's mansion suffered a crazy attack from fish people, and the same incident probably happened in the city. The fact that there was no news about Lesia made Shade, who originally thought nothing would happen, feel uneasy again:

"Even if the murloc attack before dawn didn't hurt Lesia. But if she doesn't come back overnight, I won't be able to be by her side when the ceremony begins."

After early morning, Shade rested in the room for two hours. After waking up, he said hello to the maid left by Lecia and left the house in a carriage.

But he did not enter the city. Instead, he let the carriage take him to the Sea Cliff Lighthouse, which was also located in the north of the city. When Lecia took the alias of Miss Princes, she brought Shad here once. The caretaker here was the folklorist Mr. Edmond.

Holding an umbrella, I struggled to watch the light of the lighthouse in the rain, and climbed all the way to the top of the sea cliff. After putting on a mask and knocking on the door for a long time, Mr. Edmund's alert voice appeared behind the door:

"Who is it?"

"Introduced by old John from Tobesk!"

Xia De said.

Last time when I came with Lesia, Lesia mentioned half of Father John’s name. At that time, Shade didn't know the secret of the writer and the princess, so he didn't think much about it, but he later understood it.

"Don't lie to me! Humph, on this rainy day, even if he introduced me, no one would come knocking on the door so late in the rain!"

The old man behind the door said dissatisfiedly.

"It was really him who introduced me. I was here last time, do you remember? You came back from fishing that day, but there was only one small fish in the bucket. My companion bought a Yves Saint Laurent ring, and I sold you one. book."

Xia De shouted loudly, the rain here is really too heavy.

"Oh? There is such a thing..."

The old man inside the door hesitated.

"Old John! Father John, that stingy guy, oh, I have never seen such a stingy person in my life."

The door was pushed open violently, and before Shade could react, the old man's strong hand pulled Shade in.

Obviously the lighthouse is dilapidated, but just separated by a wooden door, the inside is extremely dry and warm.

Old man Edmond was wearing pajamas, a coat draped over his shoulders, and a kerosene lamp in his hand. He frowned slightly and looked at Shade under the lamp:

"Yes, he is indeed the stingiest guy in the world. It seems that you are indeed his friend, young man, what are you doing at this late hour? Do you think I am the same age as you?"

The old man complained, but still asked Shade to find a place to sit down and found a dry towel for him.

The bottom area of ​​the lighthouse is the residential area for the tower keepers. Although the area is not large, it can still meet the needs of life.

Xia De took the towel and wiped his hair:

"Sorry to bother you so late. The sea will return, the red sea will appear at dawn today."

"Oh? So what?"

The old man sat on the chair in front of the desk and asked. The lighthouse was actually connected to the gas pipe, and he turned on the gas light on the desk.

Xia De took a deep breath and put the towel on the back of the chair:

"You must know more about the sea return ceremony. When the lady and I came last time, you didn't tell it completely."

Edmund looked at him quietly, his eyes were not cloudy like ordinary old people:

"So what?"

"I have money."

"But you need to convince me to agree to this deal."

"The Priory of the Light Guide."

Amidst the terrifying sound of waves crashing against the cliff outside the lighthouse, Shade gave the answer. Mr. Edmond subconsciously narrowed his eyes, then relaxed:

"John probably wouldn't tell you this."

Through the "Kiss of the Tree" transaction, Shade learned that John's father belonged to the "Guiding Light Priory", and the latter even wanted to know Shade's expression when he knew about it. Edmund of Coldwater Port, like Old John of Torbesk, both run secretive black market stores for ring warlocks, and both are knowledgeable but unwilling to do other things.

So, it is not troublesome at all to deduce that Father John’s friend, Mr. Edmond, who can introduce business to each other, is also a member of the "Light-Guiding Hermitage".

"What does it matter? I don't care about your secrets, I only know that as long as I pay the money, you can always help. I have no resistance to your doomsday survival preparations."

Xia De stared into the old man's eyes from behind the mask.

"What do you want to know?"

Perhaps seeing his determination, the old man thought for a while before asking in a low voice.

"It's very simple, my friend, that lady has a mermaid curse. Now I know that she can be tied with a fishing rod and line to reduce her urge to enter the red ocean. In addition, is there anything else? Other ways."

Xia De said quickly.

"No."

The old man shook his head, and Xia De didn't care, because he didn't come to ask this, this question was just to detour and prepare the other party:

"I still want to know..."

He lowered his voice subconsciously:

"The original intention of the sea return ceremony is to awaken the power left by the evil **** in the deep sea, so as to summon the water to flood the city. So, what did the **** leave behind?"

Lightning flashed across the window, and white light illuminated their faces from the window. The waves rumbled, but were silenced by thunder.

The storm is coming.