Whispering Verse

After doing this, he wanted to leave the bottom of the water as soon as possible, but before he could take action, three more humanoid creatures swam over nearby. As expected, they were still water ghosts:

"You were attracted by the bloody smell of your companion's corpse, weren't you?"

But the fact that they came so quickly also meant that the water ghost's lair should be nearby.

Now that he has encountered it, Shade will not avoid the battle. Under the water that no one could see, silver light lit up again. It's just that this time, the water ghosts moved very quickly. The three moonlight slashes only hit the water ghost in the center. The other two resurrected undead, after escaping the attacks, moved towards Xia Degen from left to right. Swim quickly.

Shade frowned and looked at them. There was a subtle pause in the water ghost's dodge action just now, as if a person running continuously lost his figure for a moment and then appeared further ahead.

[Yes, the space moves, but the distance is very close, about a little finger. 】

"When did space power become so cheap? Even a water ghost can learn it?"

As streaks of moonlight burst out from his hand again, the two "gifted" water ghosts finally fell to the bottom of the water after being cut into pieces.

The liquid flowing out of the water ghost's body mixed into the water of Green Lake, forcing Shade to escape quickly. However, the direction he was heading was the direction where the water ghosts had just appeared. With "her" help, Shade soon found his target at the bottom of the lake.

The so-called "water ghost's lair" is actually a cave with a very shallow bottom. There are two dilapidated small fishing boats surrounding the cave entrance. Lying on the fishing boat were a human skeleton and the skeleton of a pig that had been eaten until only its rotten head was left.

The cave at the bottom of the fishing boat is like a natural pit, with countless fish bones lying inside. In addition, Shade, who got into the sticky cave, also saw some smooth pebbles, rusty coins, and several gem rings and diamond necklaces.

"Why do I always pick up strange things at the bottom of the water?"

Because he wanted to explore the peculiarities of the last two water ghosts, he endured his nausea and examined the cave more carefully. With "her" help, something was discovered in the deepest part of the cave:

"Can we still find gold ore this time?"

He comforted himself with these words, summoned the moonlight sword, and used the "fossils to mud" spell to excavate the bottom of the lake. After digging out half a human skeleton and more shipwrecks, I finally saw a piece of ore emitting a dull green fluorescence lying in the mud:

"Self-luminous?"

In the hometown of foreigners, natural ores with self-illumination mean radiation; but in this world with extraordinary power, natural ores with self-illumination mean extraordinary materials.

Recalling that Professor Boulanger of geology whom I met on the carriage a few days ago said that there is suspected to be a large mineral vein beneath Green Lake, it is not unusual to find some strange ores.

"Like white stone crystal, it is an ore with space power. It seems that the special abilities of those water ghosts are due to this... But, what kind of ore is this?"

He put the stone away temporarily and after destroying the water ghost's lair, he also wondered whether he could find identification markers on the corpses of the skeletons, so that he could know the origins of these corpses.

But now only the remains of the body were left. Shade rummaged through the bottom of the nearby lake and only found a rusty pen. The name engraved on the cap of the pen could barely be made out, so Shade took the pen, the ore and his own doubts and swam to the shore of the lake.

Coincidentally, when Shade was about to return to the dock in Pukhov Village, he actually ran into a group of people from the Peace Church who took a boat to the central island of Green Lake this morning as the fat businessman said.

He did not directly hit the boat on which the church ring magicians were riding, but noticed the unnatural fluctuations on the water from a distance, and then realized who he had met.

Fortunately, he was underwater, so even though there were a whole team of ring warlocks on the two boats, no one found him.

Shade then followed the boat from a distance, and then exposed his eyes from the water not far from the shore, watching the ring warlocks leave the boat and return to the shore:

"I didn't see them moving anything from the ship, and there was no sign that they encountered a fierce battle. It seems that after Miss Pharmacist and I left, the island should have returned to normal. The team from the Peace Church continued I haven’t found any clues after several days of investigation, and I probably won’t be stationed here for a long time.”

In this way, the next time you land on the island, you only need to ensure that the pharmacist lady does not kill anyone, and you should not encounter the same situation as last time.

Shade's operation in the lake took nearly two hours. After returning to the shore, he spent money to rent a room in a hotel in the village to take a bath, and then took a carriage back to the city.

First, he went to Natalie's mother-in-law and asked for five fish bones that she purchased from the local black market. Then he said goodbye to his mother-in-law who praised his quick actions, and went to Coldwater Port City through the underground warehouse of the Green Lake Hotel.

When we met Mr. Edmond on the sea cliff where the old lighthouse stood, the sun had already sunk halfway below the sea level in the western part of the harbour. It is indeed pleasant to stand on the sea cliff and watch the golden color reflected on the sea at dusk.

"Your whole body is full of the stink of water ghosts."

The old folklorist complained when Shade entered the lighthouse. Shade sniffed himself suspiciously:

"I have already taken a bath, and when I killed the water ghosts, I deliberately avoided their corpses."

"You must have dug into the lair of the water ghosts. There are special pheromones in their lairs that are used to track those who dare to touch their lairs."

The old man said with disgust:

"You really don't mind being dirty."

He found a bottle of resin-like potion and threw it to Shade, asking Shade to add this to the water the next time he took a bath. And Shade took out the twenty fish bones, and the old gentleman was quite satisfied:

"Half of the fish bones are very fresh, so I knew it was right to entrust you to do this. The quality of these fish bones is very good. You don't need to pay extra for the time key. It will be regarded as the commission fee for this time. Bar."

"Then I'm welcome. In addition, I would like to ask you to see what this ore is."

He took out the green luminous ore that he paid extra for and turned into a toy. Mr. Edmond checked it, took out a book and checked it before asking:

"Where did you get this?"

"In the water ghost lair, there are two water ghosts who are suspected to have the ability to move in short distances underwater due to this. Is this a very rare ore?"

"It's not very rare, but it's definitely not common. The price is quite expensive. This small piece of yours can easily sell for 700 pounds."

The old gentleman shook his head:

"You once said you wanted to buy white stone crystal from me. Do you know where the white stone crystal comes from?"

Shade recalled that Tifa mentioned this incident (note):

"A small amount is produced in the Yarrahan Desert in the middle of the Old World, which is directly south of the Green Lake area; white stone crystals also appear in large open-pit precious metal mines in river valleys in the New World."

Mr. Edmond nodded:

"The veins that produce white stone crystals in the Yarahan Desert also produce the ore you brought. Like the white stone crystals, it requires a very special space environment to appear, and it is not in the form of veins, but in the form of spider webs. It is produced in the form of small accumulation-like mineral deposits.”

He described it carefully:

"Based on the distribution of white stone crystals and this ore called 'Green Crest Ore', the spatial specificity of the area can be effectively judged. You said that you only found one ore, and there are no other abnormalities there?"

"Yes."

"Then that water ghost cave is not a mineral point. Water ghosts don't have the habit of digging mines with their claws. I think this ore should belong to the skeletons you mentioned. When their ship crashed, the ore and the corpses were buried in the water together. The ghost took it away.”

Shade thought for a moment:

"In other words, if I want to investigate the origin of this ore and find the abnormal space zone in the Green Lake area - if this ore is really produced from Green Lake, then I have to investigate the origin of those corpses? It seems like I have something to do again.”

"But I want to remind you that even if you have a thousand Green Crest ore sites, you may not be able to find a single white stone crystal. Although white stone crystals don't have many uses, they are really rare."

Mr. Edmond misunderstood the reason why Shade wanted to continue investigating. Shade actually guessed that the ore came from the central island, and maybe he could find more secrets about that island.

"Greencrest ore and white stone crystal are both associated minerals. If I can really find the mineral point, does it mean that there are precious metal mines in the Green Lake area?"

Shade asked again.

"It doesn't have to be a precious metal mine, it could just be a lead-zinc ore, tin ore, bauxite, tungsten ore, or even a gemstone mine. I'm not an expert in this area, it's hard to say."

Mr. Edmond said, standing up, taking down the kettle sitting on the stove, and pouring a cup of hot tea for Shade and himself.

"So what does Green Crest Ore do?"

Xia De asked for advice again.

"You can treat it as jade, take out the jade and make it into small accessories such as necklaces, earrings, rings, etc. Wearing it for a long time can help you obtain the [Space] Spirit Rune, but it is only an assistant. Talent is the most important. Another use is to grind the jade into powder and add it to a special potion, and then inject the potion into the ridge pillar, so that the ring warlock who does not have space talent can temporarily have space talent."

Mr. Edmond smiled and saw the expression on Shade's face:

"Sounds scary? This is a relatively mild method of obtaining spatial talent. However, the side effects are not small. Obtaining short-term spatial talent in this way essentially enhances spatial perception. Your talent belongs to you. , with the help of another me, different from the ring warlock who can choose not to observe things that he shouldn't see, using green ridge ore to obtain space talent, he will definitely observe the essence of space that mortals should not be aware of, and then step by step towards madness .”