Whispering Verse

"Once the identity is confirmed, our story begins."

God smiled and said to everyone, and Shade said softly:

"I still don't quite understand what we're going to do."

"Travelers under the moon, please don't be anxious. The night is already deep, let us tell the story slowly. First, introduce the identities of the five travelers - the old horse who knows the way is the fastest, but he is old Very poor stamina.”

The old knight Zafir Yellen knew that this was talking about himself. Although he could not figure out what it meant, both Shade and the Witch knew that it meant that the knight in the story was the fastest but could not exercise for a long time. .

"The colorful parrot can avoid attacks by flying, but its colorful feathers are also the most vulnerable to enemy attacks."

The bard holding his card subconsciously wanted to raise his head, but the "tragic experience" just now reminded him not to do so. The character of Bard Deckard Enriquez can fly, which is a very convenient ability, but the negative trait of the character is that once a battle occurs, it will be attacked first by the enemy.

It would appear that all humans possess both a positive trait and a negative trait.

"The noble unicorn can protect you from evil forces, but the strange attraction of the unicorn will make your journey more troublesome."

Witch Arela Andriana raised the corners of her mouth slightly, looking very proud. Shade noticed that her character was the only one of all the animal characters with extraordinary powers. Her positive traits were powerful, but her negative traits seemed to directly affect everyone else.

"As for the faithful hound, she has an excellent sense of smell that can detect various scents, but her small size is destined to prevent her from fighting."

The maid Clara pursed her lips and looked down at the cards she was holding. Her role was a typical supporting role. "Can't fight" itself meant that there would definitely be forced fighting scenes.

"Oh, and the traveler under the moon."

The god finally mentioned Shade, turned his back to the bonfire behind him, paused and said:

"Travelers are destined to be illuminated by the silver moon, so your team's vision will not disappear completely at any time, and good things may happen at night. But there is a clear difference between strange travelers and other travelers. There will be things that happen during the journey. Others noticed it."

Shade's positive traits should be related to his "Shadow of the Moon" state, while the negative traits are somewhat unclear, and Shade doesn't know what this will lead to.

"Please relax, because the story of the journey has begun. Travelers gathered together by accident, go to a distant place together. You agreed to set off together and stay together, so any member who leaves the team during the journey will be judged dead. .”

God said to them:

"And the story of the journey will end on the seventh day of this journey. Therefore, when the journey comes to the night of the seventh day, the little story around the campfire on this boring night will also end."

This sentence was easy to understand, and neither Shade nor anyone else asked.

"In the endless dense forest, old horses, parrots, unicorns, loyal dogs and travelers under the moon gathered in a small camp, and after a dreamless night's rest, decided to set off to the distant place together. Good rest , so that you will be full of energy and refreshed, and today’s trip will be less labor-intensive. Starting from the first day - "

Along with the gods' narration, the sound of animals and humans walking and the flapping of birds' wings actually appeared in the surrounding foggy dense forest. All five people looked around. The sound was extremely clear, as if there was something really lingering on the bright edge of the bonfire.

"The next step will be to determine the events we encountered today."

The god smiled and pointed at the stack of cards, Shade looked at the witch, and the witch looked at her maid. So the girl in the black dress reached out and pulled out a card and showed it to everyone. On the card, there was a hut made of candy:

"The journey in the forest makes your physical strength decrease quickly. Near noon, the travelers feel hungry. You plan to camp and rest, but the loyal dog in the team smells the sweetness of the candy at this moment. You follow the smell and walk in the forest. I found a candy house, and the owner of the house, an old witch with silver-white hair, stood at the door with a smile, inviting you to enter the house and have lunch with her."

After the god's words fell, the smell of candy actually wafted out of the putrid forest. Shade had just woken up in the morning and was not very hungry, but the other four had not eaten for a long time. Even though they had just eaten some food that Shade had taken out, this did not prevent them from still feeling hungry at this moment.

The beautifully dressed bard made a loud sound in his stomach, which made the self-proclaimed upper-class man quite ashamed.

"I really feel that something is watching us. A relic really appears, but it doesn't seem to be the real thing."

The witch looked at the surrounding dense forest anxiously and whispered her findings to Shade. Xia De consoled him:

"In my experience, as long as we don't leave this camp, everything just happens in travel stories. Don't worry."

"But I've heard of something like that in the story, the Relic [Sweet Trap]."

The witch whispered. Seeing Shade's rather confident expression, she was somehow infected by him, so she stopped worrying:

"Travellers should not enter that hut, that's for sure."

she said.

"What do you think?"

Shade asked the other three people, who obviously did not expect that they would also have the opportunity to express their opinions. Seeing that the witch had no objection, the old knight whose side face was flushed by the bonfire said first:

"Can't enter. Breaking into a strange place, just this once is enough."

The Bard had the same opinion:

"I've read a lot of fairy tales, and this is obviously some kind of trap that can make people lose their minds. The sweet candy itself is a metaphor."

The maid's answer was brief:

"The lady is right."

"Then we'll take a detour and camp in a safe location."

Shade then told the gods everyone's decision. The travelers with backpacks beside them nodded and continued to tell their stories in a low voice:

"The vigilant travelers declined the invitation of the old witch and did not step into the confines of the candy house. But when they decided to leave, the old witch in the house made a request to them: Since you do not want to have lunch with me, Then please keep that noble unicorn with me. As a reward, I can give one of you the ability to turn any object into candy."

"ah?"

The witch was shocked when she heard this, and immediately realized that this was the effect of her negative traits being triggered, and the effect appeared in the first travel episode. She immediately looked at Shade, who gave her a reassuring look:

"We cannot leave our companions behind. Unicorns are very important to our team. If we lose our companions so easily at the beginning of the journey, then no one will be able to reach the end."

Shade said to his companions, and the men and maids nodded in agreement.

The traveler who told the story accepted his approach:

"The travelers rejected the request of the old witch in the candy house, and the angry old witch became angry and wanted to keep you all. Entering the battle, the witch shot colorful rays of light from her hands, aiming to fly in the sky A parrot with bright feathers. Others can choose to leave immediately or join the fight."

"ah?"

This time it was the bard's turn to be surprised, but compared to the confident witch, he was very worried while holding his cards. Fortunately, Shade still insisted on his previous opinion and would not give up on his companions just because he was a "useless" man.

"There is no need to fight. I will offer the treasure to the old witch so that she can let us go."

Witch Arela Andriana said, Shade also looked at her, and the latter shook off his hair:

"Why are you so surprised? Since I came here on my own initiative, how could I not be prepared for anything? Men, don't underestimate any witch."

As he spoke, he took out a ruby ​​from his skirt pocket. That was no ordinary ruby. Fiery red flames were jumping inside the gem. Shade even vaguely felt that the "primordial fire" in his body was eager to devour the flames. But it is a pity that Shade does not have the ability to swallow fire, and Sister Devlin is obviously not at this point in time.

"This is 'jewel fire', a flame that has a one-in-a-million chance of being born from natural gems. This pure flame can give witches with corresponding talents the ability to use gems instead of casting materials. Money cannot measure it at all. value."

Despite saying this, Miss Andreana still decided to give the gem. This is supposed to be the hidden rule of this journey story, because the gods accept it. When the gem in the witch's hand automatically flew into the bonfire behind the god and disappeared in the flames, the story ushered in a corresponding turning point:

"The gem that fell from the unicorn's bag was spotted by the old witch in the candy house. She accepted the unicorn's dedication and decided to let you go. After the parrot was hit by the colorful light, its wings turned into candy and recovered. And before you leave, the old witch poses a challenge to you: I have three candies, one contains deadly poison, one can make you full, and the other can give you the ability to turn any food into candy. Skill; one person can choose at most one, and someone must choose each one. Of course, you can also just leave and ignore the challenge from me, the old witch in the candy house."

The god looked at the five people with a smile, waiting for their decision. Shade and the witch Andreana looked at each other:

"I want to try it. My resistance to poison is very strong."

This is the confidence I gained after that serious illness.