Whispering Verse

Shade did not stay long at Mr. Edmond's, and left before supper. When he got home, he was still wondering whether the water ghost pheromones on his body would be smelled by Mia. The fact is that until Shade finished taking a bath again, Xiao Mia was avoiding Shade like she was avoiding stinky salted fish.

The following Saturday, Shade still failed to receive a letter from the pharmacist from the Green Lake Hotel. If she hadn't still asked someone to send a message asking Shade to wait, Shade would have even thought about trying to find her by himself.

Saturday was the time for the team meeting, so apart from going to the Green Lake Hotel in the morning to inquire about the situation, Shade had no other travel plans. After returning from Green Lake, he spent the entire morning writing his book report at home. He took Mia for lunch and then went to the doctor's clinic.

When he met Priest August, he thought about the unsolved matter of "angel finger bones" in the Green Lake area. The tomb robbers who sold those angel finger bones to Hela Oxenfurt's father were from Michaela Blast Furnace City, but now Shade has no clue about this, after all, he really knows nothing about those tomb robbers.

On the 12th day of the Sowing Month, spring has finally arrived. Each week you meet the rest of the group, everyone's clothing will change. On this afternoon, the doctor wearing a dark blue long-sleeved shirt talked with the other four people in the group about his recent plans to organize a group activity:

"Yes, the five of us act together. Since Shade joined our group, except for the time at Lakeview Manor, we have rarely carried out group activities."

The doctor distributed the paper in his hand to the four people. This is the college's reward order:

"Don't worry, it's not a big deal, and I'm not asking you to attend the banquet at Lakeview Manor again. Compared with last year when Shade was away, the strength of our team has been greatly improved. It can even be said that it is the best in the Tobesk region. , the strongest correspondence group of ring magicians. This time I accepted a bounty related to our area from the academy, and you will definitely be satisfied with the reward."

Shade took the document from the doctor and placed it on the cat taking a nap on his lap:

"There will be a steam train next Thursday, bringing a coffin from the south. Let us pick it up at the train station at night and protect it before dawn?"

He scanned the document in surprise:

"It is said here that the information on the coffin involves top-secret information of the college. We will only know it on Thursday evening. This is really new. Even after accepting the task, we did not explain what the situation was."

"This kind of task of helping the academy pick up and deliver goods is rare, but once it appears, it means rich rewards. Of course, the risks cannot be underestimated. The task description says that in addition to the dangers of the coffin itself, it must be tracked carefully The Ringmancer who comes in a coffin."

The doctor simply introduced:

"The coffin seems to have been shipped from overseas. My acquaintances in St. Byrons said that this thing is very important. Unless it is a special period, the high-level warlocks of the academy cannot enter a big city like Tobesk at will, and the academy also We don’t want the church to know that we brought such a dangerous thing to Tobesk, and this task does not fall on the shoulders of correspondence students.”

"It sounds like it's no small matter. What will happen to the coffin later?"

Priest August asked curiously.

"We will protect it until dawn, and then someone else will take over and transport it out of Tobesk. After that, it has nothing to do with us."

The doctor obviously inquired in detail:

"The people who came to pick up the goods were not people from the academy, but high-level sorcerers from other sorcerer groups that cooperated with the academy. As long as we wait until the other party comes, anything that happens after that will have nothing to do with us."

"This mission sounds pretty good. It reminds me of the mission we took on in the winter of 1852 to protect the Sage-level relics. Later, I remembered that I hid the relics on the third floor of the Prophet Association, outside the president's office. In the comments mailbox, we can free our hands to deal with the greedy guys who are attracted. There should be no way to hide the coffin this time. "

Luvia commented, tossing a coin for a simple divination:

"Fate tells me that it doesn't look very dangerous. The reward for this mission is...cash, credits, and a Keeper-level relic?"

"What relic?"

The blonde writer asked while looking at the document in her hand, and then turned to the last page:

"Oh, it turns out it was written at the end. The Keeper-level relic [Mind Mirror]? Doctor, this sounds like a good fit for you."

"Yes, this is very important to me. After the mission is over, this relic belongs to me, and I will compensate you. How about it, do you want to participate?"

The doctor asked everyone eagerly, and Shade thought for a moment:

"I shouldn't have anything to do Thursday night, I can participate."

"Can you predict how strong the strongest enemy is?"

The old priest did not give an immediate answer, but asked a sound question.

"At most, it's the middle level. The probability of a high level is very small, and the academy will give us a batch of supplies to help us complete the mission... If the supplies are not used up, there is no need to return them."

The doctor said, and Priest Augustus smiled and nodded:

"Originally I was going to attend a dinner party, but I can turn it down. No problem, I will attend. I will prepare a batch of potions that I can use in advance."

"It's okay for me. It's good to participate in group activities occasionally. This helps to strengthen cohesion. After I was promoted to the middle ring, I haven't seriously dealt with the battle of the ring warlock. This opportunity is very good."

Dorothy also said that of course Luvia said she was fine.

"Okay, more specific news will be given to you later. Everyone will gather at my place next Thursday afternoon, and then go to the Tobesk train station together. Yes, it is the same road where Shade was shot last summer. street."

"Doctor, you could actually use other landmarks to illustrate the location."

Shade, who was touching Xiao Mia, said helplessly.

In the group meeting that afternoon, in addition to this matter, the doctor mentioned the summer exam week as usual.

Although it may seem like only a short time has passed since the winter exam week, in fact it is already the middle of April. According to the tradition of summer exams in July and August every year, more than half of the first half of the school year has passed.

"Has it been that long?"

Luvia asked in surprise:

"I thought it was just the beginning of the school year."

"Don't always rush to review in June."

The blue-eyed psychiatrist shook his head:

"After taking care of those electives, let's start preparing for the final thesis. Our group's results last winter were pretty good. I don't want anyone to say that they might have failed after the summer exams. However, after all, it was two years ago. Three months later, there haven't been any major events at the academy recently. It's just that during the co-investigation of the riding competition around the city, the notification of the foreign ring warlocks visiting the local area has just been sent, and I don't know what the academy wants to investigate."

"Probably the Mirror Association."

said the priest Augustus, wiping his pipe, and the doctor asked again:

"Priest, after the people from the Mirror Association were caught, has the [Faceless Man] been taken into custody?"

"No, this humanoid relic voluntarily left the local area and is now wandering in the wild. It should soon complete its self-containment. This has nothing to do with us."

It was Luvia who gave the answer:

"But there is no news about the other [If] that is suspected to be an unknown (level 0) relic. [If] came to this city on its own and has nothing to do with the Mirror Association, and I don't know where it is now."

"The unknowable relics are too far away from us, so let's talk about the Mirror Association. Speaking of which, I have a history with them."

The doctor said something very surprising in a casual tone. Priest August stopped wiping his pipe, Luvia put down the coins in her hand, Dorothy sat upright while leaning on the sofa, and Shade also took his hands away from Mia.

The doctor didn't expect everyone to have such a big reaction. He asked doubtfully:

"Haven't I mentioned this before?"

"No."

The blond female writer with the second most seniority in the group shook her head:

"That should have been before I joined the group, right? I haven't heard you mention it either."

"Doctor, tell us what that is."

Xia De then encouraged:

"Maybe we will also meet people from the Mirror Association and tell us your story and theirs."

"Yes, Bill, let's hear your story too."

Priest August also urged.

So Bill Schneider nodded and said rather sadly:

"It was probably more than ten years ago. I forgot the specific time. At that time, I went to... deal with a very dangerous ancient creature."

He winked at Shade, who was obviously one of the demons the Doctor had hunted down and devoured in the past.

"Not locally, but in the town northeast of Delarion. At that time, the Mirror Association also took a fancy to that dangerous ancient evil thing, but unlike me who wanted to kill it, the Mirror Association wanted to seal it with a mirror. "

The doctor also explained to everyone about the Mirror Association:

"They possess an ancient angel-level (level 1) relic [Mirror of the Curse of Fasha]. That mirror can seal non-humanoid creatures and use the mirror to release their mirror images to fight. It is a very practical relic. Mirror The association relied on the Thirteenth Ring Mirror Hidden Man and this mirror to be able to operate in the Old Continent for a long time as an illegal ring warlock organization in such a peaceful era. Otherwise, they would have ended up like the [Blood Spirit School] who was forced to flee to the New World. ”

The ability of this mirror reminded Shade of the card he brought out from [The Past and the Sixth Age].

"Doctor, weren't the enemies you met back then very strong?"

Dorothy asked with great interest, and the doctor nodded:

"Needless to say, I met a high-level warlock, two middle-level warlocks, and a pair of twin brothers with strange abilities in the small town."

Hearing "twins", Shade instinctively paid attention.