Whispering Poems

Chapter 4295 Memories of the Sea

Chapter 4295 Memories of the Sea

Shad was actually quite puzzled as to why the old witches could remember things through potions, while Lady Thorne couldn't remember anything. But since there was a clue, it was a good thing nonetheless.

"No problem, I'll go find the horse. But the swamp is so big, the horse is most likely moving around. How can I find it?"

Ms. Thorne suggested from the side:

“Since the two Viktor grandmothers can recall how they left with their lost memories, I think I can try to make tracking tools using their personal belongings and their blood. The materials you brought are very abundant. I have learned some skills from the books in the temple. Give me some time. My alchemy skills are not bad.”

Hillis actually offered Shad three methods. Now that the first method has proven effective, the remaining two methods should certainly be tried as well.

As Lady Thorne prepared to track down the artifact, Shad took out the magical item made by Sirius. It was an ancient-looking three-legged incense burner, its body carved with intertwined floral patterns and the holy emblem of the Old God, the Forgotten Old Man. The bronze patterns on its surface gleamed with a deep, somber luster in the firelight.

Shad then found Hillis's handwritten "Indirect Incense Burning Method." Following the steps of spreading ash, burning charcoal, burying charcoal, making a hole, indirecting the fire, placing incense, and releasing the incense, he lit the golden-haired girl's handmade incense charcoal. A thin mist slowly drifted out from the openwork gaps in the lid.

The curious cat leaned forward and sniffed, then coughed from the stench. The cat's cough was soft and cute, but it still startled Shad, who quickly and gently patted Mia's back.

The incense itself isn't the main point; the focus remains on the incense burner. As wisps of smoke drifted out, tiny specks of light appeared on the burner's surface, blending into the smoke and making the already refreshing aroma slightly faint.

The smoke, infused with a faint glow, quickly enveloped everyone around the campfire. However, this magical item was clearly less effective than the potent potion from before, or perhaps because Shad and the witches had just recovered many memories from the potion, they couldn't recall much more in a short time. In any case, Shad simply found the smell pleasant, Lady Thorne remained focused on crafting her compass without reacting, and the two old witches were cleaning up the dishes, neither seeming to have remembered anything further.

As for Mia, after being exposed to the incense burner, she moved away from it and hid in Shad's coat pocket, but she didn't react any other way.

However, Shad noticed that the pregnant woman, Ms. Carmen, was silently shedding tears, but she didn't seem to be affected by the fumes; she seemed...

"No, I'm fine."

Noticing that Shad was looking at her with concern, the tearful woman quickly shook her head:

"I don't remember anything, yes, I don't remember anything. I just suddenly felt like crying, probably because I felt wronged, I can feel that emotion. But that's not important, right now she's the most important person to me. Please don't worry about me, I'm fine."

Although no one else said anything, Shad took the initiative to put the incense burner away. Although he wanted Mia to also receive a ray of sunshine, he wouldn't force a mother to do so.

The last resort, besides potions and divine artifacts, is the derivative bullets produced by the Sage-level relic, [Faded Memories]. These special derivative bullets are very difficult to craft; Sirius only gave Shad three before Shad set off.

However, these bullets could be fired with ordinary firearms. After putting away the incense burner, Shad took out the bullets again, but after glancing at everyone hesitantly, he put them back temporarily.

"Wait until you come back from your trip before using it. Using the memory recovery method repeatedly may have conflicting effects."

Ms. Thorne finished her compass in less than ten minutes. The price of this rapid production was that the compass was very crudely made, and Ms. Thorne admitted that it would probably fall apart after one use. However, she knew that Shad was pressed for time and did not have time to wait for her to create a perfect tracking device, so this would suffice for now.

“Ms. Carmen needs to rest. Let the old ladies like Victor take care of her. This time, I'll go out with you.”

After the compass was made, Ms. Thorne made another suggestion, which Shad had no objection to. After all, this woman wearing a blindfold was the one who knew this swamp best, and the other three were not very strong fighters.

The two men, one carrying a kerosene lamp and the other a candle, reminded the three who remained to be careful and not to easily trust strangers coming from outside the temple before setting off.

"Meow~"

The cat in the pocket meowed, and Shad gently patted the pocket, turning the cat into a toy.

The damp air of the swamp was unbearable compared to the dry, warm interior of the temple. Lady Thorne carried the compass to guide them. Only after they were completely out of the temple grounds did the witch, who wore a blindfold, speak:

"Since no one else can hear our conversation, let's continue our previous topic: that red sea."

Xia De nodded, and asked as he followed her:

"Do you remember everything about that adventure?"

"I only remember part of it. I was originally exploring glaciers in the far north of the Northern Continent, but because I wanted to collect some local precious herbs along the way, I didn't return immediately as planned. Instead, I spent the night behind a sheltered sea cliff."

That night I dreamt of a red sea. When I woke up, I didn't know what was wrong with me; I unconsciously walked towards the sea and, without realizing it, found myself on that pink sand beach.

Lady Thorne is a twelfth-order witch. It's strange that a witch of that level would unconsciously walk into that sea, which is different from the records of the [Guide to Light Hermitage].

What did you experience inside?

Shad asked again, and Ms. Thorne shook her head:

"My memory is hazy. I seem to have been walking unconsciously on the pink sand for a very long time. Then, I heard a voice calling me to walk into the red sea. At that time, I had regained my senses and resisted the sea's call, but the sea seemed to be coming towards me on its own."

I'm sorry, I know this description is a bit abstract, but that memory is so vague that I can't even distinguish between what was imagined and what actually happened.

Xia De nodded in understanding:

"The Sea of ​​Origin is, after all, the birthplace of the earliest life in this world, the place where the ancient gods created life; anything could happen there. So, what happened next?"

"I fell into the sea, as if I were about to melt into the red water all around me. I don't mean to boast, but I am, after all, a twelfth-order witch, and I have learned some powers that ordinary witches cannot imagine by following a demigod witch."

I tried to escape from the sea, which was difficult. To my shame, I felt a sense of returning to my mother's embrace in those waters. Just as I was struggling to escape, I heard strange sounds in the sea.

I can't describe the sound with onomatopoeia. At first it sounded a bit like a whale, but then it changed. Even the most miserable cry of an evil spirit heard in the longest night couldn't be more terrifying than that sound.

I froze in the water, my eyes involuntarily drawn to the source of the sound. I saw two black shapes approaching me from the depths of the reddish seawater. Only when they drew closer did I realize that those two shapes were actually…

"The terrifying silver monster's two pitch-black eyes looked like spiral patterns drawn with a pencil."

Shad spoke softly, and Ms. Thorne unconsciously gasped for breath. The mental pollution brought by those creatures that existed since the beginning of the mythical era permeated her even just by recalling their appearances:

"Yes, the fear of that moment still makes me tremble when I think about it. It opened its mouth at me, and then..."

Shad thought she was going to say "I don't remember," but after taking a deep breath, the witch continued:

"Then I went blind, because I looked at it too closely. But even when I was blind, I could still feel the pendant I always wore glowing. It was a relic left by my mother's great-grandmother's sister, the last high-ranking witch in our family. Although I could sense that it had miraculous elements, I had never been able to identify what it was."

The light from the pendant made the large, silver-headed monster pause for a moment, then my pendant exploded. The scattered light probably injured the monster, but it also nearly blew my face apart. My eyes were completely destroyed, but the surrounding red liquid kept rapidly healing my injured skin. I don't know what my eyes came into contact with during this time; I lost consciousness. When I woke up, I was back in the material world, and I had forgotten everything.

She smiled, her mood had returned to normal.

"Looking back now, forgetting was actually the better option for me. No, I don't regret recalling what happened back then; I'm just worried about having nightmares about it later."

"Having nightmares is nothing to worry about. As a twelfth-order witch, you won't be greatly affected. You'll accept this past sooner or later. However, being saved from a desperate situation by a mysterious artifact left by your ancestors sounds like something out of a popular novel."

Shad said with a smile, trying to put Ms. Thorne at ease, but he also offered a guess:

"So, is it possible that your eyes came into contact with the blood flowing from the First Child, which is why you have your current power?"

Ms. Thorne shook her head:

"I don't know. I was blind at the time, and my perception was severely impaired. I couldn't even distinguish whether the scenes in my memory were hallucinations or reality."

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