After getting the answer, Shade and Miss Danister didn't have time to taste Emilia's scented tea, so they got up and went to check out the ruins. The elf girl immediately said that she would go too, probably because she wanted to stay with Danister.
Show your positivity in front of Miss Ste.
The ruins were quite close to the Elf's treehouse, so there was no need to ride the chocobos. When the three of them arrived at the ruins that Shade was quite familiar with under the gloomy sky, even Miss Daniste had to admit:
"Well, there's really nothing left here."
There were a few floor tiles left on the ground, and the only half of the wall standing was worthless.
The elf girl then reminded:
"In addition to the ground part, there is also an underground part here, which is where the secrets of the Temple of Time are stored. The entrance is in the hole of this tree - those chocobos took me to find some documents about this place."
She pointed to the big tree in the center of the ruins. Of course Shade knew that there was a tree hole here. After all, the end of the space under the tree hole was where he appeared every time.
"Oh, that's it!"
Then he understood that the small area between the exit of the hidden passage and the upward spiral staircase was indeed just a "storage room".
"So how to open the tree hole correctly?"
Shade asked again. Every time he used [Night Watch] or [Stand of Yggdrasil] to enhance the "Key of the Door" spell to open the door, but this was obviously not the correct method.
This time the elf girl shook her head. The history of this ruins is too long, and she doesn't know all the secrets here.
So Shade cast a spell to open the tree hole, and then led the curious two people behind him into the narrow spiral staircase behind the tree hole. Following the stairs all the way down, they came to what Shade evaluated as "similar to the size of a foyer."
the bottom end of .
When Shade came here for the first time, there was nothing here except the torch on the wall. Now he lit the torch again. The three of them checked the walls, floors and ceilings, but still found no clues:
"The person who solved the mystery of the Temple of Time obviously took away everything. However, this place is not without its significance. At least it tells us what the 'treasure room' of the Temple of Time is like.
form of existence.”
"Then, what is this torch?"
The elf girl asked again, and Miss Daniste waved the torch to fly in front of her. After checking it for a while, she handed it to Shade:
"The material is normal, but you should feel it yourself. I think your perception should be much stronger than mine now."
The shape of the torch was an oil-soaked oilcloth tied to the top of wood. The material was indeed very ordinary. So Shade followed Miss Danister's reminder and closed his eyes and let go of his senses to explore more details of this torch. When the mental power
Touching the cracks inside the wood, he actually felt that the cracks were not naturally formed.
It took at least half a minute before Shade opened his eyes:
"It's interesting that the cracks inside the wood formed a short Elvish language. But that ancient Elvish language did not belong to the original era, but was popular around the end of the Fourth Era and the beginning of the Fifth Era. Therefore, this torch is not the original
It exists here, and was placed here in the years after the treasure was taken away."
"What Elvish language is it?"
The elf asked again, and Shade glanced at her and read these words:
"The fire that ignites the giant trees exists in the forest."
With a click, the torch in his hand was cut off in the middle. The flame on the torch was extinguished, and the two pieces of wood seemed to be accelerated by time as they fell, scattering into fly ash.
The silver ball of light summoned by Shade illuminated the ground, and he saw that the fly ash formed a simple forest map on the ground.
Although the era when the torches were left was very, very far away now, fortunately, the map centered on this ruins and marked the east, west, north, south, and scale, so the three of them were able to determine where the map marked the location.
"So what did the elves at the end of the Fourth Era or the early Fifth Era leave behind here?"
The eighteen-year-old red-haired sorceress asked the elf girl beside her, who immediately shook her head:
"have no idea."
Now that they had a map and it was still early, the three of them were going to take a look at the location marked on the map. But before that, Shade called out the life ring to open the hidden passage at the bottom of the tree hole, and then motioned to the elf and the red-haired girl.
Let’s go in together:
"Since you're here, let's come in and take a look."
The statue of the ancient god is not something that ordinary people can get close to and touch, which requires special status such as space spirit runes or "chosen ones". The two girls stood at the entrance of the hidden passage and listened to Shade's introduction to the function of this place. The elves had already
We already knew about the "Space Maze", but this was indeed the first time that Miss Denist heard Shade introduce it.
Because they needed to trek a long distance in the forest, the three of them rode the Chocobo. Around three o'clock in the afternoon, they arrived at the location marked on the map according to the direction and distance, which was almost due north of Ximu Town.
It's just that there is nothing in the vast forest.
"Do you still need to decrypt it? Shade, what can you feel?"
The elf girl was responsible for taking care of the three lively chocobos. Miss Danister stood next to Shade:
"Judging from your expression, you seem to have realized something?"
"Just now I saw those wood grains that said flames burning giant trees. I originally thought that there would be clues related to the devil at the end of the map. But now it seems that is not the case. The flames are restless. It's a pity that Sister Devlin is not there.
here."
As he spoke, a red flame ignited in his palm, and he threw the flame in his palm directly towards the forest in front of him. When the flame touched the ground, with a dull sound, the fire seemed to ignite the earth. After waiting for a moment,
, the flames gradually gathered toward the center, until the entrance to the cave that did not exist just now was revealed.
This is not just a hole on the ground. The ground around the entrance of the hole is decorated with very typical elven-style stone walls. Elf runes are carved on the stone wall on the side of the hole, but the huge paw prints have already marked the place.
The defensive ritual was completely destroyed.
But fortunately, the ancient elven writings inscribed on the steps of the cave are still intact:
[We found a wisp of the sacred flame that existed in ancient times in the forest. This flame was too violent. In order to prevent it from harming the habitat that the Nightsong Elf clan finally selected, we sealed this wisp of flame here.
If someone comes for this wisp of flame, please feel free to take it away. This sealing ritual is only used to prevent the heat of the flame from escaping, and also to deny the approach of evil forces. In addition, the ritual has no harmful effect.]
Leaving the elves outside to take care of them, Shade and Miss Danister went deep into this ancient elf ruins. The cave under the steps was not very deep, but the frequent paw prints on the surrounding walls were like the entrance of the cave, making all the rituals complete.
All destroyed.
At the end of the cave is an overturned gray stone brazier. Although the precious elven antiques have not been damaged, there is nothing in it.
Shade bent down and lifted the brazier up again. When he stretched out his hand, he could still feel the residual warmth of the flame that once existed here.
"It seems you know the flames sealed by the elves."
The red-haired girl asked, and Shade nodded:
"Yes, they sealed a wisp of the original fire here."
After saying that, Shade blinked again and looked at the huge claw marks left on the four walls. Black flames were burning in the claw marks:
"Before we arrived, the devil took away the flame. This is not a modern thing, it was a hundred years ago."
(Little Mia is running.)
That evening, Dr. Bill Schneider had just finished dinner and was about to take advantage of the evening to sort out recent patient files when he heard from the clinic servant that Detective Shad Hamilton had come to visit.
He met Sha De in the reception room on the second floor, looked at Sha De's expression, and said with a smile:
"It seems that what you encountered this time is not a big trouble."
"Doctor, your thirteenth demon is probably found."
Dr. Schneider was not surprised either. He had already guessed that Shade would encounter the devil in the Vista Grove:
"The other party finally appeared? Is it the sealed demon from three hundred years ago, or is a new evil appearing in that forest?"
"There is a high probability that they are the same one. Look at this, this is a newly discovered clue."
As he spoke, Shade handed the doctor the smoldering black piece of wood sealed by the holy water's ice, and explained the condition of the charred trees that the hermits found in the forest that were fused with animals.
While listening, the doctor melted the ice and examined the piece of wood. Because he had the power of the ancient Balrog, the pyromancer Sophix, he was not afraid of the flames on it either.
After Shade finished speaking, he sighed:
"Well, the demons I guessed last time that were related to the forest were all wrong. The characteristics shown by the other party were too confusing. I admit that I was also misled."
Then Shade watched the doctor's right hand holding the piece of wood turn into black liquid, and directly absorbed the piece of wood:
"Shad, do you remember Sophix, the arsonist?"
"Of course, that was the first demon we dealt with together besides human pus, and my [Night Watch] was also found in the place where it was sealed. I was deeply impressed."
Shade held the teacup:
"You wouldn't say it's still the devil this time, right? But Sophix has been sealed by the Witch Emperor in the cave at the base of Mount Sikal since the Fifth Era. How could he appear in the Vesta Woodland and time travel?"
"Don't think it's so complicated."
The doctor hurriedly stopped Shade's association:
"I just want to say that there are actually many demons related to fire. I told you a long time ago that the origins of evil spirits and demons are quite complicated. One theory is that they themselves are the embodiment of the evil in the world.
Cannibalism, spreading misfortune, distorting mirror images, desire for proliferation, evil thoughts of human nature, etc. Among them, the arsonist - Sophix roughly symbolizes the tyranny of fire, and its body is even more powerful after it is fused with the body of the ancient Balrog.
in this way.
And the demon you encountered this time symbolizes 'fire' itself - the demon of fire, Dezast. Elemental life was mentioned in the third grade course of St. Byrons. You can think of this thing as
The main body is similar to the life of the fire element."
Shade has never heard of this name:
"What power does it have? What stories has it left in the past?"