"Of course, any creature with a normal digestive system and mouth structure can theoretically use this relic. You can pay the spirit in advance, and your cute pet is just an ordinary animal."
Miss Teresa pushed up her glasses and said, Miss Violet and the young maid behind her also looked over with interest.
Shade then held the food bag in both hands and handed it to Xiao Mia. The cat stretched out its head and dived into the food bag unceremoniously. If Shade hadn't grabbed its tail, the greedy cat would have completely gotten into the bag.
in.
The front half of the cat's body was squirming in the food bag. When Shade pulled out the dissatisfied little Mia, it had a dried sausage in its mouth. After Shade's inspection, it was confirmed that it was an ordinary beef sausage.
This made Miss Violet extremely disappointed. She also expected more interesting scenes.
"Funny scenes mean danger."
Shade pointed this out as he stood up from the campfire.
"To me, there is no danger."
The thirteenth-level witch said quite confidently.
Just like last time, six maids stayed here to guard the camp, and Miss Violet set off with Miss Teresa and Shade, who were tenth level.
The next section of the road would be very dangerous, so Shade turned Mia, who was chewing dried sausage, into a toy along with the dried sausage and put it in his pocket. Miss Violet held the relic [Lost Compass] and
[Lucky Iron Cross] led the way, Miss Theresa and Shade holding [Night Watch] followed behind her.
The heavy fog on the island in the middle of the Lost Lake was as scary as last time, but fortunately, this time there was nothing as scary as the "giant thing falling from the sky" last time. But Shade found that the island in the middle of the lake seemed to have changed.
Although we could occasionally see plants around when we went deep into the fog last time, most of them were low and withered, much like the scenery in the Pantanal area west of Huntington in early winter.
But this time when I followed the witch deep into the island, I found that the place was full of undulating withered yellow hard thorn bushes. These thorns were even harder than the special alloy used in the pressure chamber of steam engines, and as long as they were touched by hand, their fingers would instantly
Bleeding spots will appear.
The witch's flames couldn't even burn them in a short time. Shade, who was holding the "Night Watch", used the "Moonlight Sword" to attach the moonlight sword to the solid silver sword to open a path, so that he could barely delay his journey.
These thorn bushes appeared shortly after Shade left last time. At that time, Miss Violet and Miss Theresa had returned to the bonfire camp by the lake. With a muffled sound on the ground, the originally barren land immediately
Lichen, green grass, flowers, then small ferns grow, until shrubs, then trees and shrubs appear.
Because it is difficult to judge the time here, they cannot tell how long it took for the "plant evolution" in the eyes of the eight witches. But those plants did not appear to green this place, but to absorb nutrients from the earth.
, and after the scene of the primeval forest appeared, terrifying evil things similar to the "evil tree man" were born.
In Miss Violet's words, they were movable plants entangled with disgusting vines and covered with green flames. After those monsters were born, they had conflicts with the eight witches, and a fierce battle ensued.
The thorn bushes all over the island are the products of that battle. Although Miss Violet seems to be fine, she is actually seriously exhausted. In addition, in the Lost Lake area, the recovery of spiritual and physical strength will be extremely difficult.
Slowly, if it weren't for the packet of holy water that Shade brought last time, Miss Violet might not be able to maintain her current dignity.
But no matter what, relying on Shade to "break through the thorns" along the way, the three of them safely arrived at the center of the island in the middle of the lake. The hard and yellow thorn bushes everywhere, like the thick fog on the island, did not invade the surroundings of the Obsidian Tower.
.So after arriving at the foot of the tower, the three of them could finally take a short rest.
Miss Violet adjusted her condition, while Miss Teresa panicked and prepared herself to meet God again. She hung the relic [Proof of Faith] around her neck and prayed in a low voice.
Only Shade looked up at the obsidian tower in front of him. Miss Violet didn't pay attention to him at first, but suddenly realized something:
"I remember that the last time you came with us, you didn't dare to look directly at this tower."
She stood behind Shade and said softly, fearing to disturb the beings in the tower.
"People will always make progress. It's really interesting that the person I was last time was not the person I am now. God is not on the first floor now, but on the second floor."
Shade frowned slightly:
"What does this mean? Does it symbolically show that we have to complete the trial step by step? Or does it mean that God is leaving this land, so we have to hurry up?"
He turned around and asked the witches, but they didn't know the answer. Even though they had been living by the bonfire by the lake, they could see the silhouette of the obsidian Tamou Lake from the corners of the fog and thorn bushes, but they didn't know the answer.
I didn't pay attention to the tower all the time.
"Yes, hurry up. I really don't want to stay here any longer. I miss my soft bed."
Miss Violet said softly, and the three of them adjusted their makeup. The Witch Emperor wanted to push away the old wooden board under the tower, but was stopped by Shade:
"No, I'm in better condition this time, I'll do it. Miss Violet, you'd better save some strength, you'll have to live here for a long time."
Shade left the [Night Watcher] outside and walked out first. Miss Violet did not fight with him, but watched Shade step forward and push open the door. The sealed space inside the door was windy and humid.
The water vapor blows against your face with the wind, and when it is breathed into your lungs, you feel that your brain suddenly calms down, as if you have let go of all the worries in your heart.
Miss Violet was about to step forward, but she saw a crack in Shade's side face, as if blown by the wind. Then, golden light poured out from the crack in the side face, and little particles of light were dragged along.
A golden remnant emerged.
Shade turned around and waved to the witches:
"Ladies, I'm walking in front, come with me."
Miss Teresa was surprised to see Shade, whose body was covered with gold cracks, like burning golden flames:
"Weren't there red flames last time?"
"No, this is not a flame."
Miss Violet stared at Shade cautiously:
"Although I don't know what this is, it is much greater than the last flame. Well, sir, you go at the front. This time we are going to the second floor of the tower. You are in front.
Be careful."
"No problem. Although I don't mean to brag about myself, I have experienced this kind of thing more than once."
"Sir, we don't know your name yet."
Miss Teresa still remembers this.
Shade hesitated:
"Shad Suellen Hamilton."
"Sulun"
Miss Violet looked at him in surprise, and Miss Theresa nodded to show that she remembered.
[Did you say your real name just like that?]
"Miss Feliana and Miss Olanode also know, besides"
Shade stepped into the tower, and the abundant water vapor almost made him think he was soaking in water:
"[The Father of the Infinite Tree] seems to be deliberately erasing my traces in the past era. Otherwise, Saint Byrons should have discovered something was wrong with me long ago."
The first floor of the tower is still the small lake, with thick mist rippling on the calm lake surface, but the table and the god behind the table are missing in the center of the tower.
"Sure enough, I went to the second floor."
Shade thought in his mind and turned to look behind him. Miss Violet and Miss Theresa had also followed.
"God is not here."
Shade said softly, and the two witches nodded slightly.
The three of them looked around the first floor of the tower, but did not see any upward stairs. Looking upward, they could not see the ceiling at all, only the thicker fog.
"There's something wrong there."
The thirteenth-level Witch Emperor still had a keen sense. She pointed to the area opposite the door. After the three of them approached, Shade also discovered that the water mist in that area was not dispersing normally.
Reaching out to touch, when his fingers touched the solid body, the shape of the steps appeared in the mist like mercury texture. But when Shade took his fingers back, the steps disappeared again.
"Invisible stairs?"
Shade asked in surprise, and Miss Violet nodded:
"I have seen the relic [Stairway to Heaven], which is very similar to the one in front of me."
As she spoke, a ball of light flew out of Miss Violet's right hand. The ball of light appeared from where the stairs had just appeared, and then completely penetrated through it. Shade frowned and retracted his hand into his sleeve.
Then I touched that area with my clothes, but didn't touch anything. I touched it with my hand again, but I touched it again.
"It will only appear if there is direct physical contact. If there is no contact, it is equivalent to non-existence. Something is wrong with the water mist. It should be a clue left by the great one for us. Otherwise, it will take a lot of effort to find the ladder."
He came to a conclusion.
“But why would God do this?”
Miss Teresa asked softly.
"Do you think meeting the gods is just like visiting your neighbors?"
Miss Violet asked back, then looked at Shade:
"You come first or me first?"
"I'll go first."
Shade said, bending down slightly, and touched his hands in front of him. After a few tests, with the touch of his palms, the mercury reverberated, and once again outlined a small part of the stairs. Shade wrote down this position, but when he raised his head,
When I stepped on it again, I found that I was still stepping on the air.
"Yes, shoes."
Shade understood immediately and took off his boots and socks.
He turned to the two ladies and said:
"You guys should take off your shoes and socks like me. Oh, this really feels like going on a pilgrimage. Some time ago, I went to visit a lady in white robes who lived in the lake, and the blind nun who accompanied me took off her shoes.
Boots; and I heard that country people in some places will clean their feet before entering the church. I should turn my head when walking barefoot to the Holy Emblem."
He patted his head, and Miss Teresa, who had a slightly red face, bent over and took off her shoes and socks in embarrassment. Miss Violet glanced at Shade's back with interest, she was still the first
I saw such a man once.
Even in the fifth era, women's feet are still a part that cannot be looked at casually.
