Compared to Shade, who had been running around all morning, the two ladies in the opera house were a little more relaxed. After all, the opera house did not open its doors early in the morning.
But the opera house was not deserted in the early morning. The actors who did not perform last night had already started to practice their voices on the stage early, or recited their lines alone in the dressing room.
Because the entire Wilde Opera House now belongs to the Golden Dawn Opera Company, you can encounter actors doing morning exercises in all kinds of strange places.
In the stairwell, Shade met two actresses who were holding wooden swords and slashing at each other in slow motion. The girls also smiled and greeted Shade. Now Shade was very familiar with the members of the Golden Dawn.
"I have already looked at the map provided by Sister Devlin. Although the Night Temple is in the mountains, if you find the right way, it won't actually take you a whole day."
The witch in the morning had a unique sense of laziness when she spoke. Miss Lassus was bending over to look at the map. Shade held the tea cup and said:
"If we can reach the ruins in half a day, we don't have to fly there."
After all, the Randall Valley is in troubled times right now, so it's better to keep a low profile as much as possible.
"I recommend going on horseback."
Miss Benenice drew the route on the map with a pen:
"If it's not winter, it's actually the most convenient to take a boat equipped with a steam engine to go upstream. The ruins are in the mountains near the Elon River. Fortunately, the ice is still frozen, and the ice has finally stopped.
In heavy snow and in a short period of time, walking along the river is still the best way."
"How long does it take to arrive?"
Shade asked, also stretching his head to look at the map:
"Can we arrive before noon?"
"If we leave now, that's almost it."
The witch said, in this case, it would be almost the same time that Shade went from the ruined tower in the mountains of Sikal Mountain to the Red Water Camp higher up.
"Okay, let's set off now and try to get back before dinner."
"No problem, I'd better go with you to prevent you from encountering danger in the mountains."
As if she was afraid that Shade would misunderstand, she added another sentence, which made herself blush.
Miss Lassers smiled, but did not reveal her thoughts:
"So today I'm staying at the Wilde Opera House to take a break. I'm really tired from running around all day these days. Speaking of which, Shade, we still gained something."
She looked at Shade again:
"Some evidence shows that the guardians' soul state is definitely abnormal."
"Of course, a normal soul, even if it was a magician in life, would never be so powerful."
The soul strength of the three guardians Shade met was quite terrifying. Although it was not comparable to him, they were also the strongest souls he had ever seen. Moreover, the soul strength of the three guardians was almost exactly the same.
And thinking of this, I also thought of Stone Oxenfurt once said at the wedding in the countryside that the mortal souls of the Guardians can actually resist the corruption of ancient evil forces. Now that I think about it, he should be referring to the Guardians
They have had confrontations with demons more than once. Thinking about it this way, the truth about the guardians is more complicated than all the current inferences combined.
Of course, they definitely did not become tainted with divinity because they came into contact with the legendary "Heart of the Earth". Shade's induction of divinity is unmistakable.
Based on the experience of searching for "St. Perry's Cemetery" in the forest creek last time, before setting off this time, Miss Benanis enchanted the hooves of the two horses to prevent them from slipping on the ice.
Then the two set off from the city on horseback and followed the last route to Qingcao Farm. Then they arrived at the Ailong River from the small dock and continued running towards the mountains in the east.
Oxenfurt Manor is also located along the Elrond River. The last time Shade and Stone Oxenfurt had a horse riding competition, they crossed the Elrond River through a bridge.
When looking at the manor that seemed to be shrouded in clouds from a distance, Shade mentioned this matter to Miss Bernanice. When the witch looked at the manor from a distance, she mentioned another thing to Shade:
"Margaret has done a very good job recently. After she obtained the original shareholding document of Guardian Fleming from you, she successfully contacted the top leaders of the Stonemasons Guild. In addition, she passed the assassination of Prince William.
Old Huck, I have managed to win over a small number of people in the association. Although I cannot say that I have successfully completed my mission, at least everything is developing in a good direction."
In this way, Shade felt relieved.
Nothing happened to block the journey along the way, and the further you walked away from the city, the more you could appreciate the scenery of the Randall River Valley. When we arrived near the destination, it took longer than Miss Benanis expected.
It should be earlier, it's just half past twelve.
The two of them were a little tired from running around all morning, so they camped next to the river to rest. It happened that Shade's "Fiona's domestic servant" still had two opportunities to serve in the kitchen, so the two just made a fire to keep warm and had lunch.
It is summoned directly.
While eating, Shade still held the note with the stick-figure smiley face on it, and complained to Miss Bernice:
"Obviously it corresponds to the spirit rune of [Laziness], but in fact this thaumaturgy does not make me lazy at all. If I want to use thaumaturgy, I have to spend a lot of gems. Therefore, in order to be lazy, I must work hard to make money. This
Why is this thaumaturgy related to [laziness]?"
The witch just smiled and listened to his complaints, thinking that it felt good to camp in the snow like this.
And Shade also realized that in fact, all the thaumaturgy of his sinful spiritual runes conflicted with the spiritual runes themselves. The insatiable desire for gluttony corresponds to the feeling of fullness; the sin of greed that desires everything, but requires only love.
An object; a lazy desire that refuses to move a finger, requiring hard work to earn money to afford domestic servants; the most outrageous thing is the original sin of rage that hates others and is forever burned in the heart. The name of thaumaturgy is actually the posture of "calm".
Shade was curious about what kind of thaumaturgy he would choose to learn if he could obtain the "Sin Spirit Rune" again.
After lunch, Miss Benenice used the compass to calibrate the direction, and the two of them left the river and walked toward the dense forest.
There is already a mountainous area nearby. Not to mention riding, it is very difficult for the horses to walk. Therefore, they left the two horses in the forest, tied them to the trees, and set up charms to repel wild animals.
Prevent them from being eaten by hungry wild wolves in the mountains.
This was not unnecessary worry, because the two soon encountered a brown bear in the forest that was not hibernating for some reason.
The brown bear was at least two heads taller than Shade. After seeing the two men from a distance in the forest, he immediately rushed over in a hunting manner.
"Moonlight Wheel!"
Shade raised his palm, and the silver halo rotated and formed in his palm, and then he threw it directly. Inheriting the high attack power of [Moonlight Slash] and the tracking ability of [Confinement Halo], the rotating halo cut across the brown bear.
The bear's neck. While the bear's body continued to rush forward, its head had already landed on the snow.
"oh!"
From the brown bear's neck, blood spurted out like a fountain, staining the entire snow surface red.
"It's really a bit cruel."
Shade said, but it didn't actually feel wrong. The bear wanted to eat him, and then he killed him. This is also part of the cycle of nature.
"In the autumn, I also encountered a bear in the Sikal Mountains. Later I brought the bear's carcass back to Tobesk. It was the first time I tasted bear meat."
Shade said, but this time he did not take away the bear's body because there was too much blood.
The two ring sorcerers moved very quickly. Although they had never been here before, Sister Devlin's map was barely accurate, and they soon found the cave marked on the map.
There are many caves and underground tunnels in the Randall River Valley area, so the huge cave appearing in the mountains is not unexpected at all. However, this cave does not lead to the underground, but goes upward through the mountain.
The interior of the cave is extremely open, even wider than St. Teresa Square. The uneven cave is surrounded by jagged rocks, stalactite pillars, and cracked boulders, which are enough to prove that this is indeed a naturally formed mountain cave.
The terrain in the cave is generally upward. When Shade and Miss Bernanice walked in side by side and lit up their fingertips at the entrance of the cave, they could not see where the top of the cave was for a moment.
The snow surface extended to the entrance of the cave and then disappeared. There was a damp and rotten smell inside the cave. Almost no one remembered the extremely remote "Dark Night Temple" ruins that we were about to reach, so many wild animals settled in the huge cave.
Home.Shad's moonlight first disturbed a group of bats, and then several snakes passed under their feet:
"Don't any of these animals hibernate?"
Shade murmured again, wanting to move forward with Miss Bernice, but suddenly grabbed the witch's wrist:
"Wait a minute? This is not the right place."
He pulled the witch behind him, and the blond lady looked around:
"What's wrong? Crazy Land?"
As the words fell, the animals living in this huge dark cave had already appeared on the edge of the light. Rabbits had rotten mouse heads on their bodies, and bats had sticky wings like birds and moths.
The tiger has double wings, a scorpion's hook on its butt, and the two-headed snake is as colorful as a rainbow.
"Yes, Crazy Land. It is indeed difficult to find problems in such an inaccessible place, and the scope is this cave. As for the characteristics of this place, it seems to be a combination of biological species. Or it breaks the reproductive isolation of some organisms.
"
Miss Benenice also understood the term "reproductive isolation". She raised her eyebrows:
"Is it necessary to allow the two parties who were originally infertile to have children?"