The Whispering Verses Chapter 997: The missing witches
"Is something wrong?"
A cold fog enveloped the lake, and Shade, who continued to move forward, suddenly asked in his heart.
[Yes, they have thrown the rope at you the first two times. 】
At this time, Shade had already seen the scene of Mo Lake on the edge of the island in the middle of the lake in the fog, but the witches did not throw the rope that led him to the island. The group of red butterflies that reflected the white mist into red continued to move forward. Shade didn't even see the light of the campfire:
"Is my direction of landing on the island wrong this time?"
But [The Father of Infinite Tree] always makes him appear in the same place every time, and there should be no exception this time.
The butterfly transformed into Shade again on the lake. Before those dots of red light disappeared, Shade squinted his eyes and looked at the edge of the island not far away. He could see the scenery around the edge of the island in the middle of the lake, extinguished bonfires, campsites, tents and living supplies surrounded by simple fences.
When he finally broke through the fog on the lake and landed on the island, Shade finally confirmed that there was no witch in the camp, and they were all gone.
The camp does not look like it has been abandoned for a long time. It is not completely integrated with the scenery of the island in the middle of the lake, and obvious traces of human life can be seen. When Shade stretched out his hand to the charcoal in the campfire, his frozen and stiff hand could even feel the temperature. However, the bonfire itself was not a normal flame, so it was impossible to judge from the temperature the time when Miss Violet and her group left.
“Are the six maids, the Witch Emperor, and the prospective graduates of Serkses Medical College not here?”
This island is not completely safe. The first time Shade came, he and the eight witches encountered a big guy falling from the sky. The second time, he heard that the witches and their group encountered wildly growing plants. Therefore, Shade was not particularly surprised to find that they were not here at this time, but he just hoped that these ladies would be safe.
He warmed up for a while with the warmth of the campfire, and then searched the camp to find out if the witches had left any clues before they left. Just as Shade thought, Miss Violet expected that he might return at any time, so she left him a note and pressed it with a gold brick in the tent.
As for why Miss Violet had a gold brick in her luggage when she traveled, this is not something that Shade can understand.
[Try not to leave the camp, we will be back. 】
It does not indicate what danger they encountered or where they went. Shade had seen their handwriting in the witch's paper, so he could confirm that it was indeed written by Miss Violet. The letters were very illegible, and the group of eight people must have been in a hurry when they left.
When combined with the inspection outside, it was found that they did not take away too many living supplies. It was a very unexpected accident to evacuate the camp.
"But I don't have time to wait, half an hour will be over in the blink of an eye."
Shade put away the note, bent out of the tent, and then looked at the island shrouded in white mist. There were some more hard thorn bushes on the island the last time I came here. It seemed like nothing had changed this time, at least nothing near the camp.
"Let's go find them."
Thinking in his heart, he pulled out the moonlight sword from the air with his right hand. The holy silver sword body glowed hazy in the fog. Taking another look at the deserted camp, Shade jumped over the simple fence.
【Be careful! 】
When he landed, he stabbed the sword into the ground beneath his feet:
"Seal of Heaton!"
The dazzling golden spherical shield bloomed in the mist, and the silent and invisible attack touched the shield, forming a ripple on the shield.
"Silver Moon!"
The moment the shield disappeared, a silver blade of light shot out towards the left front. Silver Moon Slash obviously hit something in the air, and then "she" reminded Shade that the enemy had disappeared. From the beginning to the end, Shade could not see what was attacking him.
"Invisible enemy?"
He walked through the mist and quickly walked towards the location where the "Silver Moon Slash" hit the enemy. He kicked the ground a few times but didn't touch anything. Then he bent down and tried to touch it with his hands, but still nothing. Touch anything.
"It's really weird. The enemy is a monster that cannot be seen or heard, leaves no trace when attacking, and leaves no corpse after death? So, am I really not fighting an illusion?"
Xia De thought silently in his heart, but "her" perception is not wrong. The enemy does have a physical entity, it's just that it can't be perceived by any means other than the sixth sense. Although this characteristic will make the battle very troublesome, this monster's attack power and defense are not strong. As long as the opponent's position is determined, it can basically kill it with one hit.
"The Lost Lake area suppresses perception. I just came here from a normal environment. This suppression has little effect on me, but Miss Violet and the others have been living here for a long time."
The soil on the island in the middle of the Lost Lake is very soft, and the witches left very clear footprints on the ground when they left in a hurry. Shade then followed the footprints and walked towards the hazy Kirishima. However, the footprints were not continuous and sometimes disappeared suddenly for a distance. Fortunately, the traces of the thorn bushes they broke through were obvious, so Shade There’s also no need to worry about getting lost in the fog, or getting “fogged” from prolonged contact with the fog.
The real danger is the invisible enemy. There are not many of them. Shade only encountered them four times during his next trip.
The counterattack process after encountering the enemy is also very simple. First, "she" senses the attack faster than Shade. Then Shade stabs the sword into the ground under his feet and uses the "Seaton Seal". Finally, in the gap after the attack, he uses Silver Moon's attack on the enemy is a complete counterattack process.
Even when the last attack was encountered, due to the timing of the rupture of the golden spherical shield of the "Seaton Sign", it happened to be the moment when the invisible attack touched the shield. The triggering of the thaumaturgic special effect caused the shattered shield to emit golden traces of light around it, and the bursting stream of light directly killed the invisible enemy.
The opponent's defense is weaker than Shade thought.
Moving forward very quickly, on the seventh minute when Shade arrived at Lost Lake, he saw a shadowy figure in front of him. Continuing to move forward along the footprints, when I got closer, I discovered that it was Miss Teresa and the five maids except the head maid.
They were not hallucinations. Six people stood in a circle among the thorns, looking in one direction. The first thing the witches saw was the glowing moonlight sword in Shade's hand, and then they saw Shade's figure walking in the fog.
In order to avoid being suspected, Shade waved the gold brick in his hand:
"It's me!"
He kept his voice as low as possible to prevent disturbing other beings on the island. But the mist itself absorbed sound. At this time, the witches could only see Shade opening his mouth. Fortunately, they recognized what Shade was holding.
Shad also couldn't hear the voices of the witches, but it could be seen from their expressions that they were very nervous. Miss Teresa was making a warning gesture to him. Along the way, Shade's direct perception of the invisible monster was also rapidly increasing. Without "her" reminding him at this time, Shade noticed that there were at least 6 people nearby. An invisible monster is patrolling.
"Although we can't see them directly, why not use range attacks like Witch's Light to counterattack?"
Shad was very pleased with what Miss Teresa and her group did, but at this moment it was too late to think about it. Probably because he took the initiative to make a sound, those invisible monsters gathered towards him.
"She" quickly informed Shade of the locations of all enemies. Combined with Shade's own direct perception, the locations of the six monsters immediately appeared clearly in his mind.
Those enemies whose specific appearance is unknown use some kind of material "meat arrows" to attack. Although the witches cannot know the location of every monster like Shade, they at least know that the attack has begun.
Miss Teresa knew how powerful the invisible attack was. She ignored the plan she had just made and anxiously wanted to give a warning. But at this time, the moonlight sword had been pierced under her feet, and a golden shield bloomed in the white mist.
The silent attack stirred up ripples on the shield. Shade in the golden shield, when the sixth attack hit the shield, the left hand seal gesture ended and the spell was canceled, and the bursting golden stream followed. The slight sound of glass shattering directly destroyed all the enemies.
The witches were not sure what the current situation was, but Shade breathed a sigh of relief and walked over with his sword in hand:
"Long time no see, Miss Theresa. The enemy has been eliminated. Where is Your Majesty Violet and the head maid? What did you encounter?"
"All the 'Invisible Sons' have been wiped out?"
The tenth-level witch asked carefully, and then added;
"Be careful and stand over quickly. They cannot be sensed by normal human senses, and only when their location is determined can the attack be effective. Otherwise, even if it happens to hit, they will not be destroyed."
“You can only fight back if you feel it?”
Now Shade knows why the witches don't use range attacks.
"A total of six, all destroyed."
Shad nodded firmly, and Miss Theresa exchanged glances with the young maids wearing black and white maid skirts and black leather boots, and asked a little embarrassedly:
"Well, aren't there only five?"
Although each of the six people is at a higher level than Shade, they combined cannot be as good as Shade in dealing with an enemy that requires high perception to fight.
The attack of the monster known as the "Invisible Son" will cause the injured person's flesh to rot into pulp, which is described as being like plasticine melting under extremely high temperatures. Although the six Miss Teresa were not directly hit by those attacks, the youngest maid in the team was accidentally scratched on her arm.
After confirming that the surrounding area was safe, the girls gathered together to help her treat her. At this time, the upper arm, about the size of a palm, had turned into a shaking "meat jelly".
It was a horrific sight, and no treatment could reverse the damage. In order to prevent the injury from spreading, the "meat jelly" was quickly completely dug out from the arm with a silver knife. The girl who drank the painkiller lay on her companion's lap with cold sweat on her forehead. Fortunately, after digging out the infected part, the spreading injury stopped immediately.
The piece of flesh was burned directly, while the maids were casting spells to try to stop the bleeding as quickly as possible. They were already exhausted at Lost Lake, so Shade took the initiative to help.
Water treated with "fullness food" was poured on the terrible wound. The [Gluttony] spiritual rune swallowed the divinity of [Lord of the Blood Feast] twice through Shade, making it more powerful than most of his spiritual runes. The liquid that exuded the ultimate blasphemous aura came into contact with the wound and took effect almost immediately.
The missing flesh did not grow immediately, but a layer of pink flesh film had already wrapped the wound. Seeing that Shade's magic was so effective, Miss Teresa immediately took out the pink bottle of potion she carried with her and poured it on the wound.
Stab~ After a burst of white smoke, the 19-year-old girl almost scratched her companion's stockings due to the severe pain.
Fortunately, after the white smoke disappeared, the arm returned to normal. However, the skin color at the location of the wound was a little pinker than the skin color in other areas.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing Shade staring at the maids' stockings, Miss Teresa smiled and said:
"This is a garment made of ice silk and can only be made by top female workers. It is very expensive, but it is very beautiful, very elastic and breathable. Only people like Her Majesty Violet, I mean. Have you ever seen such a generous person willing to give each of his maids a pair?"
Outsiders have seen fine stockings made with knitting machines in this world. They are a product of the steam revolution and mechanization. They are very popular among ladies. As a princess, Lesia and the civilian writer Dorothy, All have similar clothing. It's just that the elasticity is very poor and requires garters and rubber bands to prevent it from falling down. It doesn't look particularly good to outsiders.
But at this time, the maids were wearing clothes that were very similar to the fabrics in their hometown. This was the first time Shade had seen them in this world. It seems that the technological level in 1853 of the Sixth Epoch is inferior to that of 5177 in the Fifth Epoch.