The blood dripped into the ink, and the brush wrote the stranger's real name in square characters on the paper. The familiar name illuminated by the canopy of trees above made Shade stunned for a second, and then he realized that this was how he came to this world.
For the first time in a long time, he used this body to write this name.
He shook his head to cheer himself up, then folded the paper with his name on it into the shape of a star, pressed it on his forehead, and finally burned it to ashes, and dissolved the ashes in the potion to drink.
It went on. I closed my eyes and meditated on my own appearance in my mind. Probably because I had already performed it once, the ritual process this time was smoother than the last time.
Almost the second after Shade closed his eyes, "she" gave a gentle reminder:
[Outlander, your thaumaturgy "Treasure Object" has a second new name that can be effective. 】
There were no other effects, but Shade did not investigate immediately. He took out his Rhodes deck again and drew the top ordinary card "Moon 2".
First, he erased the name written lightly on it, and then wrote the real name of his hometown. Finally, he wrote the message he wanted to convey in the blank space of the card. Fortunately, ordinary playing cards did not have fancy cards.
The blank space on the page is large, so it can’t be written.
After doing this and feeling it carefully, it seems that after signing two different names, there is not much difference in the control effect of the items.
Shade kissed the card, then raised his hand and threw it towards the door of the building. The rotating card flew straight out, Shade closed his eyes to control its flight trajectory, and when he opened his eyes, he quickly
Make sure the card has reached its destination.
"That's it."
So he continued to hold on to the "trunk" and looked at the glowing crack in front of him. He felt that something was watching him from behind the crack. This feeling of being watched was very slight, but it was definitely not an illusion.
The church and college responded very quickly. Ten minutes after Shade used the cards to convey the message, he heard heavy footsteps. He thought it was someone coming, but when he turned around to look, what he saw was a superficial appearance.
Armor imprinted with extremely complex golden ritual patterns walked in.
Shade has never seen such a complex magical brand. The complexity of this ritual even exceeds the rituals collected by the Church of Dawn to balance the stability of time. But even so, the armor is still on the whole body while walking.
Spread particles outward.
In the end, it only took two steps in this dark building before falling to the ground with a crash. Immediately, the metal in its body quickly corroded into a pile of unrecognizable things.
Shade, who was holding the staff, waved it with his left hand, and the card he just sent flew out from the rusty metal debris. However, even with Shade's signature, the card was now yellowed and unusable.
Already.
The pencil mark written by Shade just now has been erased, and now there is new content written in Vanessa's handwriting:
[Having received your report, the church is preparing to dispatch unknown-level relics for assistance. The relics are expected to arrive in two hours, and the church and college are also looking for ways to communicate with you at any time. 】
On the back was drawn the small contact mark that Shade had negotiated with her when she left the camp - an owl - to prove that these words were indeed written by Vanessa.
"Two hours?"
He re-wrote the text on the yellowed card and sent it out, having a premonition that he might miss dinner time.
Shade originally thought that he had gradually adapted to the doomsday environment, and with the protection of thaumaturgy, he should be able to persist in front of this crack for a long time, but the fact is that as time goes by, the discomfort is becoming more and more
The stronger.
Of course, the environment before the crack is not enough to compare with the real doomsday, but even without the sky full of wind and sand, the power leaking from the crack truly comes from the end of the world.
The flow of spirit in the soul gradually becomes viscous, and the feeling of dizziness and dizziness even directly affects the stability of thaumaturgy, but fortunately [The Staff of Uggdrasil] is worthy of being an angel-level relic. Dizziness and nausea
, Shade even missed the real doomsday of the past. After all, no matter how bad his condition was there, there would always be the blond lady waiting for him.
[Adele Isabella will arrive tomorrow. In fact, there is someone waiting for you here. 】
"She" said with a smile, and Shade complained a little:
"Don't make fun of me at this time."
Click~ A clear cracking sound came, and the originally slender crack once again extended upward for about half a palm's length. Then the unique feeling of doom became clearer and more obvious, and even
The phantom of the green tree that appeared due to the thaumaturgic effect shook a few times, and Shade clearly felt that something was wrong with the situation:
"How did the Witch Emperor face this crack back then? Was the crack back then much shorter than this?"
[Perhaps, you can find something to temporarily seal the cracks.]
"She" continued to give advice.
"But what blockade is there? Any material that belongs to the pre-apocalyptic era will be destroyed by the power of the apocalypse, unless I go home and remove a few wall tiles that can last until the apocalyptic era. Wait, except for the wall tiles and floor tiles of Saint Teresa Square,
It seems like I really have something else."
Shade's left hand reached into his pocket again, and this time he still took out a pile of playing cards. Only this time it was not a Rhodes card, but a [Disaster Card]. Although he did not get any new playing cards during his recent trip to the doomsday, he
Six previous adventures have yielded six cards.
The essence of these playing cards are actually sealed terrifying evil things from the doomsday era. It was only because of the effect of [The Rod of Uggdrasil] and the power of the Tree Father that they turned into playing cards after being defeated by Shade.
.
Therefore, they will never be affected by the power of the doomsday, because they belong to the doomsday, and nothing will happen to Shade even if he holds them in the real doomsday, not to mention that he only has a little power now.
Of course, in order to prevent other accidents, such as the cards falling into the other side of the gap or the evil things inside the cards being released directly, Shade signed his name and felt it before letting the six cards fly out of his hand.
And "sticked" to the slender crack.
Although they were not enough to completely "block" the crack, after the dim yellow light at the other end of the crack weakened, Shade still felt that his condition immediately improved a lot:
"So the meaning of the black time key is to collect as many monsters from the doomsday as possible, and then use these controllable card evil creatures as roadblocks to block the passage between the present world and the doomsday?"
He even had the time to think about it.
The note from Vanessa said that the church would have to prepare for two hours before sending the strictly contained relics from the Holy See. But in fact, Shade only waited for an hour and a half, and the yellowed and damaged Rhodes card was
A new armor was sent in. This time the content on it was very simple:
[The relics are in place. Currently, only Iluna Bayas can approach your location. Please reply to your current status. If the status allows, the church will start delivering the relics five minutes after receiving the reply. 】
So the cards flew out again, and Iluna walked for a full twenty minutes from the camp at the entrance of the canyon to the black stone building.
When Shade saw the eighteen-year-old girl, she was holding her scale in one hand and a wooden box in the other, and walked out of the darkness at the door of the building with difficulty.
Iluna's face was pale, and her condition was quite bad to the naked eye. But she raised her head and glanced at Shade, then gritted her teeth and continued to move forward step by step. The light overflowing from the dark golden scales almost formed around her body.
A transparent protective shell.
Shade could not leave the crack in front of the high platform to greet her, and could only watch her approach slowly. And when Iluna finally walked into the shadow of the illusory tree created by the "stability principle of ancient elves", because the pressure suddenly eased
, she almost fell into Xia De’s arms:
"Sorry, I'm late."
The two of them didn't exchange too many pleasantries. Iluna sat directly at Shade's feet to rest regardless of her appearance, and the box in her hand was given to Shade:
"Let's try this. This is also the first time I know about this relic. It is a relic of the Peace Church. The unknown relic [Teardrops of Farewellers] is specially used to heal those cracks. Legend has it that this relic is
They were tears shed by a god, but I didn’t see more information because it was unnecessary.
When I got it, I was just warned not to let it get into my eyes, and the way to use it was to pour it directly onto cracked or split things."
She said in a weak tone, and after she finished speaking, she even leaned directly on Shade's legs, and she didn't even have the strength to sit up straight.
Although Shade was worried about Iluna's situation, he also knew that it was most important to control the rift first:
"What if this doesn't work? If the agnostic relic can close this rift, the Witch Emperor of the Fifth Age has no reason not to try."
"We can only give it a try. The opinion of the church and the college is that this relic can at least shrink the cracks you described and restore it to a state that can be contained. Although the door of this building is damaged, it should be repairable."
Inside the mahogany box is a red silk lining, with a thumb-sized crystal bottle embedded in the lining. Although this crystal bottle is in the shape of a bottle, it does not have a real bottle mouth. In other words, there is nothing on the surface of the crystal.
gaps and interfaces.
The surface of the crystal reflects emerald green light, and Shade can't see clearly what color the liquid inside is, but the powerful whispering element can be sensed immediately after taking it out of the box.
But compared with the power from the doomsday leaked from the crack in front of him, even the power of the unknown relic no longer seems so powerful.