Whispering Verse

"Very good, I finally found a chance, now!"

Shade had just seen that the opponent had strong resistance to "Moonlight", but the monster only avoided his "Thunder Spear".

So, after finally controlling the enemy with a trap, Shade turned the wooden stick with one hand with his intact left hand, changed his gesture, grasped the middle of the long stick with his palm, and raised it.

On the life ring behind him, the [Thunder] spirit rune flashed with dazzling spiritual light. Shade took a deep breath, and as the silver-white lightning of thunder appeared in his palm, the lightning jumped and spread to the entire wooden staff, until the silver-white lightning completely enveloped the magic weapon, turning it into a huge thunder spear.

It takes time to charge up and cast a spell, causing the monster surrounded by moonlight thorn bushes to recover, but before it can attack the surrounding thorn bushes again, Shade has completed the final charge.

At this moment, it seemed as if the world had turned black, leaving only the silver-white spear in Shade's hand radiating light in the thunderbolts. He used his strongest strength and was prompted by the spirit to throw the lightning in his hand.

There is no process, only results. The thunder gun seems to have directly crossed the space and bombarded the monster. The spear penetrated the bodies of Mr. Smith and Mrs. Smith at the same time, and then penetrated into the ground.

The two withered heads lowered their heads and looked at the pierced chest. Then the thunder spear exploded, and the silver-white lightning completely flooded the monster's body.

The spell of [Thorns of the Moon] was automatically canceled due to Shade's extremely poor condition. Shade gasped and barely stood upright. He first healed his right hand, and then walked towards the area flooded by lightning.

The silvery white thunder slowly dissipated, leaving a deep crater on the square ground after the explosion, and the yellow sand was eager to fill it. The wooden stick pierced the ground of the deep pit, and thunderbolts still danced on the surface of the wooden stick. There are only a few remnants of the monster left, which are gradually turning into the sand.

"Won!"

If it weren't for the [Space Stability Aura] that restricted most of the opponent's abilities, Shade couldn't imagine how he could win this battle.

The two shriveled heads turned into sand in the end. The heads that fell next to the wooden staff looked at Shade respectively. At the last moment, the brilliance of humanity actually appeared in their eyes. But they ran out of time. The two heads nestled together closed their eyes and turned into sand.

After Shade reached out and struggled to pull out one-third of the wooden staff that had penetrated the ground, he discovered that there was a card inserted in the sand where the monster's corpse had turned. The card also had a strong whispering element.

Of course, although the back of this card has exactly the same pattern as the "Rhodes Card" and "The Impermanence Card", it is not any of these two cards.

Shade bent down and picked up the card, turned it over and saw it written in gilt Drarian language on the top of the card:

【Twin lovers. 】

On the card, there is a monster composed of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, standing in the sandy Saint Teresa Square at this moment. Mr. Smith raised his thick arms, and Mrs. Smith held his neck with her slender arms, leaning her two withered heads together.

Below the front, there are three lines of sentences written:

[When the apocalypse comes, a couple is forced to fuse together in order to survive together. 】

[The disaster of forced fusion of body and soul comes from Green Lake. 】

[This is the power of two souls who have been in love for a lifetime. This perfect gesture may be called a miracle for mortals. 】

After reading this sentence, two unfamiliar memories suddenly appeared in Shade's head.

The first memory belonged to old Mr. Smith. Shademo Lake saw an important moment in his life. Then, with a very clear perspective, from the second floor window of Smith's house, he saw the ghost in a robe on St. Teresa's Square when the lights were on. The sneaky figure opened the door of No. 6 Saint Teresa Square with a wire, and then ducked in.

"A thief?"

Mr. Smith's voice whispered, and to Shade, that figure was undoubtedly Luvia.

The second memory belongs to old Mrs. Smith. Shade also saw many important moments in her life in the same way. Then he stood at the second-floor window of Smith's house with a clear perspective and saw the sky covered with fog. In a short time, The scene went completely dark in just a few seconds.

At the end of these two memories, Shade woke up to the slight pain from the wind and sand hitting his cheek. He looked down at the cards in his hand:

"It seems that the chosen one from the space did appear in the Green Lake area, and there is a high probability that the ceremony will be held there. Mr. Smith's memory shows that No. 6 has always been a haunted house, and there is a high probability that Luvia did not receive the Holy Spirit. Ownership of the Place de Lan, but sneaking in... From the fact that so many doors still exist, it seems that she used No. 6 as her secret stronghold, and it cost nothing; and Mrs. Smith's memory, presumably The scene when the doomsday comes... It turns out that the purpose of this black time key is to enter the [past life], defeat powerful enemies, and obtain memories and clues."

But when he looked at this harvest, he had new questions:

"But why cards, not notes, voices, scrolls or journals?"

There must be a reason for its existence, and there must be a reason for the appearance of this card that is very similar to Shade's [Future Man] card:

"The ring warlock system collapsed at the end of the world and turned into a new card system? Or the Impermanence card affected the rules of the world? Or the Prophet Association that created the Rhodes card system affected certain things at the end of the world? Or, Everything defeated by this stick will turn into cards?"

He couldn't understand these things, so he could only put away the cards tiredly.

White mist is sweeping in from the surroundings, and the damaged square is being repaired as if going back in time.

He waited for the white mist to wrap around him and felt deeply exhausted. After so many adventures traveling through time in the past, this time the fatigue was the heaviest.

When the white mist closed and he was about to return to his own time and space, "she" in his ear suddenly whispered:

[Outlander, this card is a relic that can be used. 】

[You can use the wooden staff in your hand and this "Twin Lovers" to liberate the monsters you defeated. Its strength will not be diminished in any way. You have full control over your summons and can reseal them. If the liberated summon is killed, it will need to wait for a certain period of time before summoning again. 】

"ah?"

Shade only had time to utter a surprised exclamation before the thick white fog around him dispersed again, revealing the view of the study room at home.

Unlike [Past Life·Sixth Era], the windows were not sealed. Therefore, although there is mist outside, starlight and moonlight can still shine into the room.

"Summon that kind of monster at any time? Wait a minute, how..."

[Note, every time you summon a strong person from the past life, the corresponding disaster on the strong person will be further promoted in the present world. 】

"That is to say, I can't summon this way casually unless absolutely necessary?"

【Yes. 】

Shade breathed a sigh of relief and looked down at the black wooden staff he was holding. To be honest, if he could summon monsters of that strength at no cost at any time, he was worried that as soon as he arrived at Green Lake, he would encounter enemies such as powerful evil beings liberated from the subspace.

According to the experience of outsiders, acquisition means challenge, and he prefers to move forward step by step.

However, "summoning" is also the mainstream ring warlock combat system. Lecia and Dorothy are good at this kind of fighting. If Shade remembers correctly, Tifa, who rarely takes action, is also good at using summoned objects to fight.

The white mist in the door behind her completely disappeared. In the quiet house, the sound of treetops being blown by the wind flashed by. "She" brought new news about the key.

[Outlander, the time key of [Past Life·Sixth Era] you hold can be opened once every natural month. 】

[The waiting time after using this time key has nothing to do with the ordinary time key; the waiting time after using the ordinary time key has nothing to do with this key. 】

"Every natural month? In other words, any time in the month is okay? Challenge powerful enemies once a month to obtain information and new summons?"

Shade walked to the window and looked at the peaceful Saint Teresa Square under the moonlight. The doomsday of the yellow sand sky is really completely different from here.

"The waiting time is not shared with ordinary time keys. In other words, I can open it immediately now. That key that Mr. Edmund gave me?"

Thinking of this, he shook his head violently. He was already very tired. Maybe the new adventure could start again after a day or two. After all, he was not in a hurry.

After returning to the present time, Shade's injuries have been treated by Tree Father. His current discomfort is mainly caused by the damage to his spirit and soul caused by the doomsday environment. Therefore, before returning to the bedroom to rest, Shade drank another bottle of No. 3 holy water bought from Priest August. After Shade found the phalanges for the priest, the best kind of holy water made by the priest has changed from "close to No. 3 holy water" to equivalent to No. 3 holy water.

However, he was not in a hurry to return to the bedroom immediately. Instead, he tiptoed and took the wooden stick to the basement. In the circular space behind the hidden wall, he found the terrifying room with Mr. Riddle, the "luckiest mortal". Bao’s souvenir after playing the “Game of Life”, which is the [Future Man] card.

There are also gold-plated words on the top of the card. The picture below shows the upper body of Mr. Riddle from the perspective of looking up from the table. Shade's face does not appear on the card, only his hand is pressing on Mr. Riddle. on the shoulders. As for why he was sure that it was his own hand, it was because the hand was covered with golden cracks that looked like burnt residue.

"Except for the lack of text introduction at the bottom, they are exactly the same."

Putting the hooked top of the wooden stick against the [Future Man] card, Shade said softly:

"liberation."

Nothing happened.

"Is it just similar in appearance?"

He couldn't figure it out, so he temporarily put the "Twin Lovers" card into Feliana's notes, then leaned the wooden stick against the wall, turned around and returned to the bedroom.

"What did you do?"

Shade gently released Mia from the closet. When the cat put it next to the pillow with its angry eyes, Luvia, who had her eyes closed, asked in confusion. She was probably not fully awake yet. .

"Bathroom, nothing happens, go to sleep."

Shade, who had already put on his pajamas, got into the quilt, patted Mia's little head, and then hugged Luvia. The purple-eyed girl lazily turned over and leaned against Shade's chest, with her arms draped over Shade's body. He subconsciously twitched his nose, and after finding no strange smell, he fell asleep again.