Whispering Poems

Chapter 2720: The Actions of the Tree Hole Association

Chapter 2720: The Actions of the Tree Hole Association

"It's the Secret Keeper-level relic [Alley 13]."

The witch also sat down on the single sofa, and then found that the red-haired girl did not pour her tea:

"You must know this, so I won't explain it."

Shad continued:

"We encountered some unexpected things. They were from the Tree Hole Association. They seemed well prepared. We can be sure that the Tree Hole Association also knows the secret of the Temple of Time. Do you remember that they attacked the Golden Music Hall on the night of the opening of the Moon Dance Festival two weeks ago because the local church learned the secret of time travel from Father Francois?"

"Of course I remember. Do you know the reason?"

“Yes, I originally thought that they wanted to eliminate some secrets that the church couldn’t know, but now it seems that they simply wanted to lure the church into investigating the Golden Music Hall so that the secrets of the temple before the concert hall was built could be revealed.

The [Tree Hole Association] has been investigating there for a long time, but couldn’t find any clues. So, after realizing the actions of the local church, they came up with this method.”

Although Professor Quinto's soul can no longer be channeled, the two ring magicians from the Tree Hole Association know many secrets.

There were thirteen chances in total, and they didn't even encounter a 10% chance of safety in the end. It took them a full fifty minutes to overcome thirteen abnormal events in the morgue before they managed to escape from the effects of the relic.

These thirteen anomalies were not just attacks by evil spirits or awakening ghosts. Shade and the witch did not know how the relic worked. During the third cycle, all the lights in the corridor went out, and then a guy who looked like a death angel chased and killed the two people from the [Tree Hole Association]. Of course, that thing was not an angel, but it was definitely not simple.

And during the eighth cycle, a door suddenly sprang open, even opening the passage to real death.

So it is no exaggeration to say that this road sign is classified as "Secret Keeper Level".

In short, although the two people from the [Tree Hole Association] successfully survived the effect of the relic, by the time they returned to the morgue corridor in reality, they no longer had the ability to continue high-intensity combat.

After being easily captured by Shade and the witch, they were taken to the woods outside the city. Then the witch summoned the "Wall of Sighs" to pull out their souls, which made Shade ask a lot of questions:

"The Tree Hole Association determined that the Golden Music Hall was the temple of the ancient god five years ago. According to those two people, it was based on a fragment of a poem.

The president of the [Tree Hole Association], the woman called the 'Watchmaker', believed that important items related to the ritual of the chosen one should be hidden in the temple. Therefore, after they arrived at the local area, in addition to looking for local tree holes and time travelers, the most important activity was to investigate the Golden Music Hall.

After realizing that he had been noticed by the church, the "Watchmaker" tried to get the church, which was not aware of this secret, to investigate the temple. However, he did not expect that the church had not sent a large force deep into the woods, nor had it conducted too much investigation into the Golden Music Hall.

So they could only continue to investigate the temple on their own. Professor Quinto did not hide from his colleagues that he had been here half a century ago, so the [Tree Hole Association] locked on the professor last week. They caught the professor this morning, but the professor did not give them an answer, but only let them know that someone visited the professor yesterday and asked about the past of the concert hall.

So after they killed Professor Quinto, they deliberately waited for us to arrive in the morgue."

Picking up the teacup, Xia De gulped down a few sips. The temperature of the tea was just right.

The witch let her wet hair down, signaling her apprentice that there was no need to wipe it with a towel:

"The enemy wasn't just those two. There was also a high-level warlock lying in ambush outside the morgue. He was good at transforming himself into a liquid form, so even though we were very cautious, he still managed to escape. This rainstorm was a perfect opportunity for him to cast spells. Although he was extremely afraid of Shade's flames, at least we couldn't stop him from escaping."

"I almost stopped him. I wanted to use extreme cold to freeze his body, but I was a step too late."

Shade corrected, and Miss Winslet nodded:

"After that, we went outside the city as Shade said, asked questions, and dumped the two soulless bodies of the ring warlocks on the corner of the street where the local Peace Church is located."

She also looked a little tired after carrying out such an operation on a rainy night:

"There's other good news. We finally know why the Tree Hole Association hasn't been active in the city recently. They tried to spy on Shade's past a while ago, but were discovered by Shade, so they were scared by Shade."

"I don't know what they were talking about. They said I suddenly turned around and said to the people who were holding the ceremony, 'You are looking at me, right?' But I don't remember saying that recently."

Xia De explained, not associating the other party's peeping with his own intuition:

"At the same time, we can also be sure that the Golden Music Hall must be hiding some big secrets. I have already explained the matter of the Temple of Time to you in detail during dinner. I plan to visit the Golden Music Hall and watch the performance tomorrow. The Moon Dance Festival is over, so it shouldn't be difficult to buy tickets, right?"

"It's not difficult to buy. I'll arrange it."

The witch said, and then asked the red-haired girl:

"Does Saint Byron really have no clue about the Chosen One of Time? Doesn't the fragments of the poem in your academy contain any valuable information?"

This time, the librarian did not give an immediate answer. The fragments of the poem from the academy were too fragmentary to analyze anything. But now that she had obtained such important information as the "Ancient God Temple", she thought carefully:

"I'll go back to the academy to make sure."

"Well, it's getting late, so I'll go back first. We can talk about it tomorrow. You two should discuss how to deal with the road sign. It's too dangerous.

Also, don’t tell the church the truth about Professor Quinto’s death for now, otherwise if the church seals off the Golden Music Hall, we won’t be able to enter.”

He tacitly agreed to investigate the secrets of the temple before the True God Church did, and the witch and the red-haired girl had no objection:

"Well, goodnight Shade, see you tomorrow."

The ladies said goodbye together, but the witch with gray-black hair stood up slightly and kissed Shade on the face beside her:

"I lost this to you."

The tone was quite natural, as if she had just shaken hands with Shad.

Xia De blinked in surprise:

"You don't have to take that bet seriously. I'm leaving now. See you tomorrow."

This time he didn't even ask Miss Bell to see him off. Instead, he took out the crystal shoe, tossed it lightly, and disappeared on the sofa.

This was the first time he demonstrated this magic in front of Miss Winslet. The witch looked at her friends around her curiously, but the red-haired girl asked:

"Flora, you did this on purpose, didn't you?"

"What's intentional?"

"Humph~"

At the home of No. 6 Saint Teresa Square, Luvia and Mia were still waiting for Shade's return. After a lively weekend at home, the purple-eyed fortune-teller was the only one left at home on Monday night.

Seeing that Shade came back so late, she knew that something must have happened in the Vestal Forest. So she temporarily put aside the things in her hands, helped Shade prepare a midnight snack, and listened to him talk about the "Temple of Time".

In the morning, Shade placed two clerical-level relics [Language Expert] bought from Mr. Edmund on the table. He ate fried eggs and asked Luvia:

"Although your special divination is invalid for matters related to the gods, the secret of the temple does not point directly to the gods, but to the treasure of our ancestors. Can you try to divine it?"

"You can try it."

The girl in the nightgown then picked up a coin and threw it high into the air. The coin successfully turned into ash and disappeared before falling. Shade was quite surprised by this. He and the cat looked at Luvia, who also opened her eyes and was quite confused:

"It went very smoothly. Even a little too smoothly. No, I don't know what the puzzle is, nor do I know how to solve it, but I know the puzzle is related to some musical notes. Go and investigate the existing temple ruins to see if there are any musical notes. Then play them, and what you are looking for will be revealed to you."

Shade nodded, wondering if the long-haired girl had told him the answer directly. If the things in the Golden Music Hall were really directly related to the Chosen One, then the long-haired Luvia must know all the secrets there.

So rather than saying that she was fortune-telling, it would be more accurate to say that long-haired Luvia was revealing some information while healing herself.

Because there were no other girls staying at home tonight, Luvia, as the hostess, moved into the master bedroom again. On Tuesday morning, when she was in a good mood and making breakfast, she found that Shade, who went downstairs to get newspapers and goat milk, actually led Iluna up.

So the fortune teller buttoned up her nightgown calmly:

"Good morning, Iluna. Have you had breakfast? I'm cooking."

"I'm going to wash my hands. I'm here to help!"

Iluna said immediately, but Luvia asked Shade to hold her down again and told her to just wait for the meal. However, Iluna did not come here in the rain this morning to eat for free, she brought new news:

"Yesterday afternoon, the church sent someone to Blackstone Security Company to find me and asked me to go to the church. They asked me if I appeared in Vista Glade on a chocobo on Saturday."

Luvia in the kitchen and Shade, who was warming goat milk across the table, looked at her with some concern:

"As expected, the church would not fail to associate you with this. Iluna, how do you answer?"