The Whispering Verses Chapter 2718: [Language Expert] and “Chocobo Friends”
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 woodland turns out to have so many secrets.”
He hesitated:
"I can't give you much help with the twisted tree cave and the curse of time. So, let me 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 what this means. It is said that the World Tree is the body of the ancient **** 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 Vesta Grove with caution. It seems that the church will not easily send large troops there before finding a universal method to suppress the instability of time."
In addition to the information on the Temple of Time, Mr. Edmund now has two new coin-like relics here. Unlike stingy old John, Mr. Edmond sold them directly to Shade for the purchase price.
The two brand new special coins are not of the type that Shade has come into contact with before. The coins this time are clerical-level relics [Language Expert]. The coin is about the size of a penny of copper, and the material is like a silver alloy doped with mithril - meaning that silver accounts for the main part 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 the coin was viewed by Shade as the reverse side. On the side of the moon, there is a pattern of a crescent moon. The moon is surrounded by laurel flowers. At the bottom of the moon are words in ancient Elvish language:
【The moon is my love. 】
But the purpose of the coin seems to have nothing to do with the words on the coin, because the purpose 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. After one night, the coins will disappear and the clear water will turn into silver moonlight water. After drinking it, you will master the corresponding language.
A wide range of languages can be learned in this way, even those that are inherently mysterious. The danger level of coins comes from the fact that when mastering a language, it usually comes with terrible knowledge.
The more ancient a language is learned, the more terrifying the knowledge is, and all of that knowledge, without exception, will make it easier for the Ring Warlock to lose control.
However, 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, there is still no problem in learning the common language of the Fifth Age or even the Fourth Age.
So 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?"
While paying the bill, Shade asked while stroking the crescent pattern on the coin. Mr. Edmond thought for a moment:
“The ancient **** of the moon, the ‘Sage of Silver Moon’, is said to have blessed people with the ability to understand writing.”
"The ancient **** of knowledge, the 'Secret Keeper' should also have blessings related to language, right?"
Xia De 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 after seeing them, Can understand its meaning, but cannot speak or write this language out of thin air;
But the wisdom of the 'Secret Master' allows mortals to immediately master a certain language. They can use it directly the moment they receive the blessing, and can write, communicate and communicate 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 the real god. ”
Xia De nodded with understanding. He understood the meaning of "can read, listen, and understand, but cannot speak or write" more clearly than anyone else.
It was already noon when we left Mr. Edmond's old lighthouse and returned home. After running around all morning, Shade decided to have lunch at home and carefully read the information provided by Mr. Edmond before going to Vista Woodland.
No one was home during the day on Monday, and Shade was too lazy to cook for himself, so he took the cat left at home to a restaurant on Silver Cross Avenue. The weather was still sunny when he went out happily, but when he and little Mia had lunch, 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 come to 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."
As he spoke, Shade opened the door and let Dorothy in:
"This cat behaved so well in Yuewan. Maybe it can get rid of laziness and it can look majestic again. In fact, if you think about it carefully, there is nothing good in doing it again. After all, That's 'wrong evolution'."
Outlanders are talking about things that only they understand.
Dorothy came here this time to borrow the "Keeper's Hall" at home, and 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. Instead, she 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. When Shade decided to go to Vista Grove to check the situation before evening, she had even decided to stay the night. However, in the end, she received the message from Lecia in her heart. gave up because of the news:
"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 cats were left at home and it was raining in Vista Glades. Today is Monday, and although the Time Key is temporarily unavailable because the priest's relics are not ready yet, he has not forgotten this week's gift.
[God's Gift Box] is now in the hands of the elf girl to contain the book "Opening the Forest Door: Our Animal Companions", so Shade went to visit the elf first. It was raining and the elf girl did not go out as expected. Instead, she sat comfortably under the rain eaves on the third floor of the tree house, making tea and looking at the rainy scene. It was obvious that she was quite comfortable.
And 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 it enthusiastically, but unfortunately it was not the case. But what he obtained this time was no 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."
Xia De then asked with great anticipation:
"Can you directly conjure a chocobo out of thin air when needed?"
"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 colony of chocobos, 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, you will sense the breath. The chocobo 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, that is, 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 feed the three oldest chocobos in the colony in the rain, and let them smell Shade 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. But the elf girl was still very worried and told Shade that if Shade summoned these chocobos, he must take good care of them:
"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 non-humanoid creatures, so Shade cannot cheat to complete the task:
"But it's not difficult. If I need to go to the woods for investigation this week, I will try to use a chocobo instead."