Chapter 2717 [Language Expert] and "Friends of Chocobo"
Mr. Edmond listened carefully and waited for Shade to finish speaking before commenting:
"Now I understand why there have been rumors since last month that the Chosen One of Time is about to appear. As a result, this time all the major forces have strangely remained calm, as if nothing happened. That piece of woodland
, it turns out there are so many secrets.”
He hesitated:
"I can't give you much help with the twisted tree cave and the curse of time. So, I'll give you the information I used to study the Temple of Time, and also about the remains of the World Tree you mentioned last. You know this
What does it mean? It is said that the World Tree is the body of the ancient god of time. Even if it is just an incomplete wreckage, it is not something that mortals can easily face."
"I understand. I will handle matters in the Vista Grove with caution. It seems that the church will not easily send large troops there before finding a universal method to suppress temporal instability."
In addition to the Temple of Time information, Mr. Edmond now has two new coin-like relics here. Unlike the stingy old John, Mr. Edmond directly sold them to Shad at the purchase price.
The two brand-new special coins are not of a type that Shade has come into contact with before. The coins this time are clerical-level relics [Language Expert]. The size of the coins is approximately the size of a penny of copper, and the material is like a silver alloy mixed with mithril—
—Refers to the fact that silver accounts for the majority of the metal.
On the side of the coin that Shade regarded as the obverse side, there was an unfolded book with ribbons on both sides of the book. The ancient runes with the number "1" were written inside the book; while on the side of the coin that Shade viewed as the reverse side,
On the top, there is a pattern of a crescent moon, surrounded by laurel flowers, and at the bottom of the moon are words in ancient Elvish language:
【The moon is my love.】
But the function of the coin seems to have nothing to do with the words on the coin, because the function of the coin is to give the user a rough grasp of a language.
The specific method of use is to write at least thirteen words in the language you want to learn, then wrap the coin with writing paper and put it into a bowl filled with water. Place it under the moon under the full moon phase for a whole day.
The coins disappear after the night, and the clear water turns into silver moonlight water. After drinking it, you can master the corresponding language.
The range of languages that can be learned in this way is quite wide, even those that are inherently mysterious. The danger level of coins comes from the fact that mastering a language often comes with terrible knowledge.
The older the language you learn, the more terrifying the knowledge you acquire, and that knowledge, without exception, will make it easier for the Ring Warlock to lose control.
But this negative characteristic does not prevent this coin from becoming one of the most useful clerical-level (level 4) relics. Although people dare not use it to learn languages that have been lost for a long time or only appear in legends, it can be used to learn fifth-level languages.
The lingua franca of the Era and even the Fourth Era is still fine.
Therefore, the price of [Language Expert] is extremely high compared to ordinary clerical-level relics, just like the price of [Eternal Youth Leaf] is also much higher than the average level of poet-level relics.
In the end, Shade spent a full 420 gold pounds to buy them, which was already nearly ten times the average price of clerical relics.
"But does the moon have anything to do with language?"
When paying the bill, Shade asked while stroking the crescent pattern on the coin. Mr. Edmond thought for a moment:
"The ancient god of the moon, the 'Sage of the Silver Moon', is said to have blessed people with the ability to understand writing."
"The ancient god of knowledge, the 'Secret Keeper' should also have blessings related to language, right?"
Shade asked curiously again, and the old gentleman nodded:
"Of course, but judging from the content on the unearthed ancient stone tablets, the blessing of the Moon Sage allows people to know the recorded language, but it does not guarantee complete mastery, that is, being able to read the words and understand them after seeing them
meaning, but it is impossible to speak or write this language out of thin air;
However, the wisdom of the 'Secret Keeper' allows mortals to immediately master a certain language, and can use it directly the moment they receive the blessing, writing, communicating and communicating without any hindrance.
The coin you bought is more biased toward the blessing effect of the Moon God, but it is much weaker than the blessing of a real god."
Shade nodded with understanding. He understood the meaning of "can read, listen, and understand, but cannot speak or write" more clearly than anyone else.
When I left Mr. Edmond's old lighthouse and returned home, it was already noon. Shade, who had been running around all morning, decided to have lunch at home and carefully read the information provided by Mr. Edmond before going to Weiss.
Tower Grove.
There was no one at home during the day on Monday, and Shade was too lazy to cook for himself, so he went to a restaurant on Silver Cross Avenue with the cat who stayed at home. The weather was still sunny when he went out happily, but when he and little Mia waited
After lunch, the heavy rain immediately drenched the city of Tobesk.
When he returned home using the umbrella he borrowed from the restaurant, Shade was surprised that Dorothy happened to arrive at the door of the house. The blonde girl was taking out her keys and preparing to open the door.
Seeing Shade's funny look holding a cat in one hand and an umbrella in the other, the female writer smiled and asked:
"Are you forcing little Mia to watch the rain?"
"Yes, this cat seems to be a little too lazy recently. He either curls up in the corner of the sofa to sleep or lies on the window sill to bask in the sun. He doesn't like to walk by himself even when he goes out. I want to exercise him."
With that said, Shade opened the door and let Dorothy in:
"This cat behaved so well in Yuewan. Maybe it can get rid of its laziness and it can look majestic again. In fact, if you think about it carefully, it wouldn't be good to do it again. After all, it's '
False evolution'."
Foreigners are talking about things that only they understand.
Dorothy came here this time to borrow the "Keeper's Hall" at home, to use the power of accelerated learning and enhanced creativity to complete her thesis for the course "Elves and Demons: Appreciation of Opposite Characters".
But since Shade was also at home, she did not go to Room 2 on the second floor to open the door, but spent most of the afternoon in the study with Shade.
Shade was checking his notes, while she was writing her own report, which resulted in the progress of both of them not being very fast on this rainy afternoon. But Dorothy was very satisfied with this afternoon. Before Shade decided to do so in the evening,
When she went to Vista Grove to see the situation, she had even decided to stay the night, but in the end she gave up because she received the message from Lesia's heart:
"Lecia asked me to help her pick up the goods outside the city. She bought a batch of alchemy materials for Agelina. The princesses can't go out that late, so I have to come."
The cat was left at home, and it was also raining in the Vesta Grove. Today was Monday, and although the time key was temporarily unavailable because the priest's relics were not ready yet, he had not forgotten this week's gift.
[God's Gift Box] is now in the hands of the elf girl to store the book "Opening the Forest Door: Our Animal Companions", so Shade went to visit the elves first. As expected, the elf girl did not go out in the rainy weather, but was very comfortable.
She was sitting under the rain eaves on the third floor of the treehouse, making tea and looking at the rainy scene. It was obvious that she was quite comfortable.
In the flowerpot on the window sill behind her, there is also a small sapling with the [Ocarina of Time] sword inserted in it. This containment method is exactly the same as the containment method of Emilia during the Moon Bay period.
"What will it be this week?"
The elf girl watched the process of Shade getting the gift:
"Could it be the arrow I'm looking for?"
She guessed excitedly, but unfortunately it was not the case. But what she obtained this time was not an ordinary item. When Shade took out the warm yellow feather pendant, he realized that it was an alchemy item.
But he didn't recognize what it was. Instead, the elf girl checked it and said with certainty:
"This feather is a chocobo feather, and this pendant can be used to summon chocobos."
Shade then asked with great anticipation:
"You can directly conjure a chocobo out of thin air when needed, right?"
"Of course not, you are talking about summoning spirits."
The elf girl immediately shook her head:
"First of all, you need to have a familiar chocobo colony, and secondly, those chocobos are nearby. After using this pendant to establish a cooperative relationship with them, as long as you shake the pendant nearby, the chocobos that sense the breath will
I will come to you quickly.
It can't conjure chocobos out of thin air, but it can make chocobos find you."
This kind of alchemical item can still be made by the elves of the Sixth Age, and the one Shade got this week looks like an ancient object, and its effect is relatively powerful, which means that it has a larger coverage area when used as a beacon.
So the elf girl took Shade to establish a cooperative relationship with the group of chocobos she had adopted. The specific method was to let Shade brave the rain to feed the three oldest chocobos in the colony, and let them
I smelled Shad and the feather pendant.
Although the effective range of this pendant cannot cover the entire Vista Woodland, as long as Shade does not run to a diagonal position such as the southwest of the city, he should be able to get their help.
Even with the guidance of beacons, these chocobos were able to easily walk out of this woodland that should have been impossible to walk out of. However, the elf girl was still very worried and told Shade that if Shade summoned these chocobos, he must take good care of them.
they:
"Their survivability is not as strong as your cat. They can be used as a means of transportation, but they cannot participate in combat. Please do not let them get injured."
As for the task of obtaining this pendant, which the elf girl calls "Chocobo Friend", Shade needs to try to practice riding at least once this week for no less than twenty minutes.
This exercise must be performed with a non-humanoid creature, so Shade cannot cheat to complete the task:
"But it's not difficult. If I need to go to the forest for investigation this week, I will try to use a chocobo instead."