Whispering Poems

Chapter 4056 The Flower of the Corrupted Moon

Chapter 4056 The Flower of the Corrupted Moon

Then Shad mentioned that Miss Ferriananna had asked him to find a way to suppress the power of "decay," something Luvia knew nothing about, and Winnie had only heard of it:

"This is a very ancient power, the opposite of life. The last time a power related to decay appeared was during the Third Age, when some terrifying evil spirits and demons appeared. Since the end of the age when demons roamed, there has been no clear record of anything related to 'decay'."

Perhaps certain relics contain this power, but you'll need to find out the specifics yourself.

"So, Winnie, does the power of decay also affect you?"

Luvia then asked curiously, and Shad replied:

“Winnie, I can feel the life force within you, but your form of life is very different from ours.”

The ice maid nodded gently:

"Although I am also a life form, I am not significantly affected by 'decay'. I am blessed by the world and nature, which effectively helps me resist the effects of this externally imposed decay. I think I can perhaps grant you the power to temporarily suppress decay through 'blessing'."

But I have never done so, so it would be best to find the power of 'decay' in this era, present it to me, and let me try it before I can give a final answer.

Thus, Shad's task changed from "finding a way to suppress decay" to "finding the forces related to decay".

With three purposes in mind—"inquiring about the source of the spark," "searching for the withering," and "studying the Red Moon and the flesh-and-blood mutation"—Shad arrived at the library in St. Byron's on Saturday morning.

It was midway through the spring semester, and the library was usually packed with students on Saturday. Denise happened to be in the library that day; seeing Shad arrive, she put down the artifact containment report she was reading and gestured for Shad to sit down and talk.

Didn't you go to Arcadia today?

"The chairperson of the Witch Council is over there, I'd better avoid her."

But the librarian herself had no intention of "avoiding it." Last year, when she and Xia De first had a close relationship, she would at least try to conceal it in the library. But now, she simply patted the sofa, inviting Xia De to sit near her, and then affectionately took his hand.

"So, what happened that brought you here?"

Shad then recounted the 80-minute trip to the "Stained Blood Factory." When she heard that Miss Felian Anna had come to help them in person, Danist breathed a sigh of relief.

But when Shad asked about the "source of fire," the sorceress shook her head firmly:

"After you created that spark, I searched for relevant information in the academy. I'm quite certain that, at least in the academy's current records, there is no mention of a 'spark,' let alone the spark you described."

I can organize more people to search again, but the chances of finding it are not very high.

Xia De also knew it wouldn't be that simple:

“It’s alright, after all, I still have one more chance to go to the Bloodstained Factory. Once we’re really out of danger, I can discuss with Miss Feliananna and the others what to do with that spark.”

As for the matter of "withering," Daniste did know something about it:

"This is an extremely dangerous power. I only know that it exists in some relics. For example, the angelic-level relic currently in the academy's collection, the Manuscript of the Aria of Annihilation, is a musical score manuscript written in demonic language. Even just unfolding it has the powerful ability to cause all life around it to wither away."

But I can't lend you this. This relic is the most dangerous of all the angel-level relics the academy currently holds. It's at risk of going out of control at any moment. The academy regularly sends three professionally trained professors of the twelfth ring to sprinkle a high concentration of holy water on the manuscript every 12 hours.

If this relic were to get out of control in a densely populated city like Arcadia, the impact it could have in a short period could rival the final battles of previous Chosen Ones.

Shad certainly wouldn't use something so dangerous, and besides, he only wanted Winnie to test whether it could suppress "Withering," not to challenge an angelic relic. As for using the power of "Withering" to fight the distorted life force, there was clearly no need for an angelic relic.

"Then are there any weaker, more stable relics related to 'Withering'? Or even better, not relics, but the power of 'Withering' could help me deal with the 'Twisted Life Spark'."

Denise thought about it carefully for a moment, then shook her head regretfully:

"As far as I know, no. The power of 'decay' is too ancient. I can't think of anything else that could possess such power besides relics. The relics I know that are associated with this power are at least at the Sage level in terms of danger, and they are all relics that are extremely easy to lose control of."

But aren't you supposed to wait at least a week before opening the key for the third time? I'll try to think of a solution for you this week; perhaps the church can offer some assistance.

Shad nodded, then expressed his desire to master the power of the flesh mutation related to the "Red Moon," which was quite simple for Danist:

"The question isn't what I can teach, the question is what you want to learn."

The sorceress was very confident:

"In terms of using the power of the Crimson Moon, I am confident that no one in this era can surpass me. Although I rarely use it, whether it is to proliferate skeletons and cast spells with my own bones, to use the Crimson Moon to corrupt corpses and control flesh puppets, or to apply curses to living people to distort their minds and corrupt their flesh, I can do all of these."

I can also summon a torrent of crimson moonlight, unleashing a crimson curse of decaying flesh upon an entire region; or I can use crimson moon energy to transform my own blood, generating a large number of invisible parasitic spores that enter the target's body and then multiply and devour it.

Shad indeed rarely saw Danesther use this kind of power:

"I'm not quite sure what Miss Feliananna wants me to do with this power. I'm not sure when we'll set off again, so I want to learn as many magical arts as possible that are highly compatible with 'Flesh Mutation' and are extremely difficult to master."

Even if it's a thirteenth-ring extraordinary technique, I'm willing to give it a try.

"I see."

She held Xia De's hand and thought for a moment, then quickly came up with an idea:

"Then let's go with this one—[Flower of the Corrupted Moon]. This magical technique has a very clear origin. At the end of the Fifth Era, a certain witch emperor used it in that world-destroying witch emperor war, causing an area larger than the entire Draurion to be permanently mired in the Red Moon Curse."

Later, an unknown person transformed this witch's secret art into a magical technique that ring sorcerers could learn; the specific effects of the magical technique were not actually changed much.

He summons the crimson moonlight to shine upon himself, which then forms a decaying red flower in his hand. When this decaying crimson flower blooms, the entire area is indiscriminately plunged into a powerful curse of flesh distortion and decay.

This amazing technique does indeed sound incredible.

"Danistrell, have you used this before?"

Shad asked curiously, and Daniste nodded gently:

"I used it more than ten years ago when I went with the principal to deal with an out-of-control angelic relic that almost triggered a cataclysmic disaster. When the Flower of the Rotten Moon bloomed, all the zombies rotted into a pulp."

It's a pity that most of the undead appearing in Midhill Fortress are vengeful spirits, rather than physical zombies or ghouls, otherwise I might have had another chance to use it.

"So, this strange technique can also be effective against living people or corpses with abnormal life sparks? Although even if the flesh and blood of corpses and living people are deformed or even rotten, their flesh and blood will still be active, but at least for a short time, it can completely incapacitate them. This would be very effective against large numbers of enemies."

Shad then guessed, and Daniste nodded slightly:

"That makes sense, so let's set this as our learning goal for now, shall we?"

"No problem, I want to learn this."

"Alright, I'll prepare the materials for you and observe whether there are any auspicious celestial phenomena suitable for learning this magical technique. However, you'd better not use this magical technique lightly in our time, as the pollution it causes is comparable to your [Crimson Breath]."

"When Teacher Helena taught me this magical technique, she warned me the same thing."

Since she brought up Ms. Carter, Shad then mentioned Miss Ferrenanna's conjecture that the hatching of dragon eggs actually required time.

But Danist didn't have any good ideas either. Accelerating time was unusable, and waiting for hundreds of years was impractical, so for now, they could only wait and see what purpose Shad's mission reward would serve.

"I have another hypothesis: if we inject the spark of life into a dragon egg, will the soul react in some way due to the injection of life force?"

Shad continued, and Daniste thought for a moment, then took Shad's hand and stood up:

"Come on, follow me back to the tower."

The flowerpot containing the dragon egg was kept in Daniste's bedroom, because the dragon egg was very large, so the flowerpot was naturally also very large.

The soil in the flowerpot was dug by Danist from under the roots of the sacred tree of the Moonbrook elves, as introduced by Emilia, and the water she watered it with every day was a diluted solution of "Moonlight Water".

Instead of removing the dragon egg from the flowerpot, Danist carefully dug away the soil with her hands so that Shad could see the top of the eggshell. Another week passed, and it remained unchanged.

"With my life force."

Because the normal source of the spark didn't exist in reality, Shad wanted to cast a spell on himself. But Daniste grabbed his hand and pulled it to her chest:

"With my life force."

She emphasized it again, and Shad did not object, after all, this was just an experiment and there was no need to extract too much.

"Miraculous Technique: Life Spark"