Whispering Verse

Looking ahead, Shade suddenly disappeared while running and appeared 30 feet away. Because of the use of [Laleg's Jump] again, more cracks appeared around him. The tree crown above his head remained motionless, and it was also afraid of those cracks.

The figure disappeared again. After jumping three times in a row, the number of cracks around Shade was completely uncountable.

But it was enough. At this moment, he finally came to the high platform where the statues and holy emblems were placed. The light from his fingertips illuminated more details in front of him, and he also saw the words on the metal cube box:

【This is a gift for the children. 】

The statue is holding this box. I have tried [Mercury Blood] many times, but I just can't take this sage-level relic from the hands of the statue.

But Shade was quite familiar with the old god wearing the clown hat. After reading the words on the relic, in the panic at the moment, he immediately understood what kind of etiquette he needed to use to take the box out of the hands of the statue:

“Only a child can take the gift box away from God.”

So he held the box with both hands and lifted it gently. The box was immediately picked up by him:

"Ha, sure enough."

And just when Shade stopped to hold the box, cracks surrounded him behind him. They were almost afraid of the statue and did not dare to approach the high platform, but they only paused for a few seconds before moving towards Shade.

The shadow of the woman who handed Shade the candle appeared again. She blocked behind Shade, temporarily blocking those terrible gaps.

Shade didn't waste time. He picked up the sage-level relic [God's Gift Box] and turned around to aim at the dark cracks in the space behind him.

"Um?"

He saw the woman who helped temporarily block the crack, but there was no time to say anything, because the black mist had already poured out from the almost three-digit crack. The roars and roars gave Shade a splitting headache, and he was almost unable to hold the box. . Strange stars appeared in the deepest part of the darkness, and something was really coming out.

Hold the box with your right hand, hold the lid with your left hand, push it gently, the sliding lid moves, and a gap appears between the lid and the box body. At the edge of the giant tree canopy, with the statue of the old god behind him, golden light overflowed from the gap a second after Shade's heart stopped.

He stared at the scene in front of him with wide eyes.

The bright light, the sacred light, the light of order is not domineering, but unusually solemn, not dazzling, but unusually gentle.

At this moment, Shade actually vaguely heard the singing of the children. As the lid of the box was completely pushed open, golden light also illuminated his face, illuminating the transparent woman next to him.

The light illuminated everything in front of him, and also illuminated more and more dark cracks in the space in front of him. In the sacred golden brilliance that seemed to be overwhelming, the speed of the cracks' expansion stopped.

In the light, Shade saw the shadow of a huge eye pupil, flashing past one of the cracks. Then, they slowly shrank until they completely disappeared.

"Ha~"

Shade closed the lid of the box, fell to the ground, and leaned on the base of the statue. Only then did I feel that my back was soaked and my front was soaked with sweat. The transparent woman in a robe stood quietly aside, looking respectfully at the powerless statue.

The dizziness came belatedly, and even with his eyes closed, Shade still felt the world spinning.

"This gift is indeed... really a thank you to Him, thank you..."

He murmured to himself, listening to the comfort of the woman's voice in his heart, and it took him a long time to breathe heavily and open his eyes.

If the contents of the box were of no use, he would really have to use that drop of divinity in his soul.

Opening the lid of the box in his hand again, he reached into the box amid the bright golden light that erupted toward his head. There was only one object inside, which he grasped and took out.

The lid of the gift box then closes automatically.

[What will the gift be? 】

She is also looking forward to it.

After the object left the box, the light gradually became fainter, leaving only the light of a gas lamp. Shade opened his palms and saw a puppet, a puppet that exuded light and was lifelike in the image of Shade Suellen Hamilton.

There was a faint golden luster inside the puppet's chest, and all the light just now came from here.

"This is......"

[...A drop of divinity that exists in the material world and is sealed away. 】

He closed his eyes and let out a long sigh.

He stood up staggeringly. After passing the danger, he felt weak. His legs were even shaking due to the excessive use of thaumaturgy.

The sound of conversation was heard under the trees in the distance, and it seemed that the two ladies had also controlled the silver-eyed man.

He looked at the transparent woman who bowed her head in prayer next to the statue, and at a close distance he realized that it was a soul from the past. Then he looked at the statue, thanked him softly, and slowly brought the puppet of his own image close to his heart.

The skin feels the beating in the puppet, and the beating gradually becomes consistent with the beating frequency of the heart. Then, the puppet turned into golden light spots and dissipated in Sha De's hands, and those golden light spots flew around Sha De.

His life ring automatically appeared behind him, and as the light points entered his body and soul from different angles one by one, he couldn't help but sigh at the full sense of power.

"Why didn't you show up? Aren't I absorbing divinity?"

[This is a gift for you. There is no danger. I don’t need to show up. 】

She murmured with a smile, thinking that she was very satisfied with this gift.

Shade nodded, stretched out his hand and watched the light spots pouring into his body. Then he raised his head and looked at the statue again. For a moment, the faceless statue seemed to have a face and smiled at him.

But after a blink of an eye, the statue was just a statue without power.

He didn't speak any more, but looked up at the giant tree that didn't dare to move at all. The faint blue light illuminated his face, and he heard the voice in his ear:

[In a small town where hope disappears, he is studying how to make the most realistic toys. At the end, He will meet you again. 】

[Relic - God's gift box, giving you new power. 】

"Contacting this relic gave me thaumaturgy? Or was it a curse?"

The light spots gradually disappeared. Shade took one last deep breath, and all the remaining golden light spots were absorbed into his body. The brass-colored round wheel on the back is almost dyed golden yellow. Black iron-colored spiritual light is gathering, which is the whispering power obtained from the relic.

[Outlander, you are engraved with the dark iron whispering spirit rune - Toymaker. 】

[Outlander, you have acquired the magic of thaumaturgy - toy making. Using any cloth as a casting material, you can turn an object into a toy. 】

On the life ring, a new black spiritual rune appeared. But it’s not over yet. The second drop of divine power overflows, pulling the four spiritual runes in the ring to resonate, and the four-color auras are connected with each other——

The wind began to rise in the enclosed underground space. Shade closed his eyes, lifted his feet off the ground, and floated in the air.

The two ladies who were supporting each other and walking over happened to see this scene in front of them. Two pairs of eyes reflected this scene, this was not a normal scene:

Miracle-Echo, the golden spiritual rune broke away from the ring and appeared on Shade's left side, with the faint shadow of the ancient tree overlapping his body.

[The appearance of foreigners makes the solid time echo towards the past. 】

Blasphemy-Gluttony, the white and silver spiritual runes separated from the ring and appeared on the right side of Shade, with the faint shadow of a man in blood-red formal clothes overlapping his body;

[Not everyone can swallow the power of the banquet host. 】

Enlightenment - The little match girl, the brass-colored spiritual runes broke away from the ring and appeared in front of Shade. The vague shadow of the barefoot little girl carrying a basket overlapped with his body;

[A kind heart is not strength, but helping others is also helping yourself]

Whispering - Toymaker, the black iron-colored spiritual runes broke away from the ring and appeared behind Shade, and the faint shadow of a young man wearing a clown hat overlapped with his body.

【This is a gift to you. 】

The overflowing divine power caused the four spiritual runes to resonate, causing the life ring behind him to rotate at a faster speed. In the eyes of Miss Anat and Miss Bayas, the four-color spirit runes surrounded Shade in a quadrilateral shape and gradually shrank inward. Four strange illusions overlap with his body, and what is about to happen is a true sublimation.

Steam mist floated out from an unknown place and completely enveloped Shad. Bells are ringing, steam is flowing, whistles are whistling, and hymns are ringing.

The huge hammer head fell from high altitude, ready to hit the blank wheel ring spinning at high speed behind Sha De.

[The spiritual rune prepared by guiding a drop of divinity to be imbued with the "Word of Sublimation". 】

she reminded softly.

The golden divine light escaped again from the rotating life ring, and all its colors converged on the [Echo] on the left. Then the giant hammer fell, and the abnormal advancement method almost made the entire ground shake.

The canopy of trees overhead rustled, and it was afraid. The two ladies had no idea what was going on at this time.

The two drops of divinity turned into one drop again, and at the same time, the white mist around him dispersed, and Shade's body slowly fell. He opened his eyes and looked behind him. The double-sided brass life ring belonging to the second-ring warlock was slowly rotating behind him. Among the four spiritual runes in a ring, he used a drop of divine wash of [Echo], which was currently shining bright golden spiritual light all around.

When he possesses twelve divine spirit runes, he will complete the final ascension. At this point, it can only be regarded as the starting point.

Just the overflow of divine power allowed him to be pushed to the second level without any assistance from rituals and materials. The light gradually converged and all the visions disappeared. His feet touched the ground again, and the feeling of power filling his body gave Shade the illusion that he could punch through the ground with a punch.

"Detective, have you been promoted to the second ring?"

Miss Bayas' voice of surprise came out, but it was more of confusion:

"Even if you are promoted from the middle ring to the high ring, you won't have such a vision...the fortune teller."

"Huh? I'm here."

Miss Anat, who had not recovered yet, looked at her:

"What's wrong?"

The young sorceress looked at her expectantly:

"He is really awesome. In a moment, the ceremony where I become the chosen one can also have such, um... can it also have such an awesome scene?"

This question stumped the purple-eyed diviner. She looked up and down at Shade, who was smiling happily, and then at the woman's soul who was praying to the statue, and said hesitantly:

"I am also not certain."