OBS Chapter 2752: Devil of Fire Dezast
Chapter 2752: Devil of Fire Dezast
Chapter 2752: The Devil of Fire - Dezast
After getting the answer, Shade and Miss Danister did not have time to taste Emilia's flower tea, so they got up to go to the ruins to investigate. The elf girl immediately said that she would go too, probably wanting to show her enthusiasm in front of Miss Danister.
The ruins were quite close to the elves' tree house, so there was no need to ride the chocobos. When the three of them came down under the gloomy sky and arrived at the ruins that Shade was quite familiar with, even Miss Danister had to admit:
"Well, there's really nothing left here."
There were still a few tiles left on the ground, and the only half wall that was still standing was worthless.
The elf girl then reminded:
"In addition to the ground part, there is also an underground part. That's where the secrets of this Temple of Time are stored. The entrance is in the tree hole of this tree. Those Chocobos have shown me some documents about this place."
She pointed to the big tree in the center of the ruins. Of course, Xia De knew that there was a tree hole here. After all, the end of the space under the tree hole was where he appeared every time.
"Oh, I see!"
Then he understood that the small area between the exit of the hidden passage and the upward spiral staircase was indeed just a "storage room".
"So how do you open the tree hole correctly?"
Shade asked again. Every time he used [Night Watcher] or [Staff of Yggdrasil] to enhance the "Key of the Gate" spell to open the door, but this was obviously not the right way.
This time the elf girl shook her head. The history of this relic was too long, and she didn’t know all the secrets here.
So Shade cast a spell to open the tree hole, and then led the two curious people behind him into the narrow spiral staircase behind the tree hole. Following the stairs down, they came to the bottom end which Shade described as "similar to the size of a hallway".
When Shade first came here, there was nothing here except the torch on the wall. Now he lit the torch again and the three of them checked the walls, floor, and ceiling together, but still found no clues:
"The person who solved the puzzle of the Temple of Time apparently took away everything. But this place is not without significance. At least it tells us what the 'treasure room' of the Temple of Time is like."
"And what is this torch?"
The elf girl asked again, and Miss Danister waved her hand and let the torch fly in front of her. After a quick inspection, she handed it to Shade:
"The material is normal, but feel it yourself. I think your perception should be much stronger than mine now."
The shape of the torch was a piece of wood with oily cloth tied to the top. The material was indeed very ordinary. So Shade followed Miss Danister's advice, closed his eyes and let go of his senses to explore more details of the torch. When his mental power touched the cracks inside the wood, he actually felt that those cracks were not naturally formed.
It was at least half a minute later that Xia De opened his eyes:
"It's interesting. The cracks inside the wood form a short Elvish language. But that ancient Elvish language does not belong to the first era. It was popular around the end of the Fourth Era and the beginning of the Fifth Era. Therefore, this torch did not originally exist here. It was placed here after the treasure was taken away."
"What Elvish language is that?"
The elf asked again, and Shade looked at her and read out these words:
"Ignite the fire of the giant trees and keep it in the forest."
With a snap, the torch in his hand broke in the middle. The flame on the torch went out, and the two pieces of wood fell as if time had accelerated, turning into ashes.
The silver ball of light summoned by Shade illuminated the ground, and the flying ashes formed a simple forest map on the ground.
Although the torches were left behind very, very long ago, fortunately, the map is centered on the ruins and indicates the east, west, south, north and scale, so the three of them can also determine where the location marked on the map is.
"So what did the elves at the end of the Fourth Age or the beginning of the Fifth Age leave behind here?"
The eighteen-year-old red-haired sorceress asked the elf girl beside her, who immediately shook her head:
"do not know."
Since they had a map and it was still early, the three of them decided to go to the location marked on the map. But before that, Shade summoned the Life Ring to open the hidden passage at the bottom of the tree hole, and then signaled the elf and the red-haired girl to follow him in:
"Since you're here, come in and take a look."
The statue of the ancient god is not something that ordinary people can approach or touch. This requires a special identity such as the Space Spirit Rune or the "Chosen One". The two girls stood at the entrance of the hidden passage and listened to Shade's introduction of the function of this place. The elves had known about the "Space Labyrinth" for a long time, but it was the first time that Miss Danister heard Shade introduce it here.
Because they needed to travel a long distance in the forest, the three of them rode on their chocobos. At around 3pm, they followed the direction and distance to the location marked on the map. It was almost due north of the former Riverwood Town, but there was nothing in the vast sea of forest.
"Still need to decrypt? Shade, what can you feel?"
The elf girl was in charge of taking care of the three lively chocobos, while Miss Danister stood beside Shade:
"From your expression, you seem to have realized something?"
"Just now I saw something about flames burning giant trees written on the wood grain. I originally thought that there would be clues related to the devil at the end of the map. But now it seems that is not the case. The flames are restless. It's a pity that Sister Defulin is not here."
As he spoke, a red flame ignited in his palm, and he threw the flame in his palm directly into the forest in front of him. When the flame touched the ground, there was a dull sound, and the fire seemed to ignite the earth. After a while, the flame gradually gathered towards the center until the entrance of the cave that did not exist just now appeared.
This was not just a hole in the ground. The ground around the hole was decorated with typical elven-style stone walls. Elven runes were engraved on the stone walls on the side of the hole, but the huge claw marks had completely destroyed the defensive rituals here.
Fortunately, the ancient Elvish inscriptions on the steps of the cave are still intact:
[We found a flame of the sacred fire that existed in ancient times in the forest. This flame is too violent. In order to prevent it from harming the habitat that the Night Song Elves had chosen with great difficulty, we sealed this flame here.
If someone comes for this flame, please feel free to take it away. This sealing ritual is only used to prevent the heat of the flame from leaking out, and also to prevent evil forces from approaching. Other than that, the ritual has no harmful effect. 】
Leaving the elves outside to meet them, Shade and Miss Danister went deep into the ancient elven ruins. The cave below the steps was not very deep, but the frequent claw marks on the walls had destroyed all the rituals just like the cave entrance.
At the end of the cave was an overturned gray stone brazier. Although the precious elven antiques were not destroyed, there was nothing inside.
Xia De bent down and lifted the brazier up again. When he stretched out his hand, he could still feel the residual warmth of the flame that once existed here.
"It seems you know the fire that the elves sealed."
The red-haired girl asked, and Shade nodded:
"Yes, they sealed a spark of the primordial fire here."
After saying that, Shade blinked again and looked at the huge claw marks left on the four walls. Black flames were burning in the claw marks:
"Before we arrived, the devil took away the flame. This is not a modern event, it happened a hundred years ago."
(Little Mia is running.)
That evening, Dr. Bill Schneider had just finished dinner and was about to use the evening to sort out his recent patient files when he heard from the clinic's servant that Detective Shad Hamilton came to visit.
He greeted Xia De in the reception room on the second floor, took a look at Xia De's expression, and said with a smile:
"It seems that you are not in big trouble this time."
"Doctor, I think your thirteenth demon has been found."
Dr. Schneider was not surprised either. He had long guessed that Shade would encounter the devil in Vista Forest:
"The other party finally appeared? Is it the demon that was sealed three hundred years ago, or has a new evil appeared in that forest?"
"It's most likely the same one. Look at this, this is a newly discovered clue."
As Shad spoke, he handed the doctor the piece of smoldering black wood that was frozen in the holy water, and explained the condition of the charred trees that the hermits found in the forest that were fused with animals.
The doctor listened while melting the ice and checking the wood. He was not afraid of the flames because he possessed the power of the ancient fire demon, Sophix the Arsonist.
He sighed when Shade finished speaking:
"Well, the demons related to the forest that I guessed last time were all wrong. The characteristics displayed by the other party were too confusing. I admit that I was misled."
Then Xia De watched as the doctor's right hand holding the wood turned into a black liquid and absorbed the wood directly:
"Shad, do you still remember the arsonist Sophix?"
"Of course, that was the first demon we dealt with together besides the Human Pus, and my [Night Watcher] was also found where it was sealed. I was impressed."
Xia De held the teacup:
"You're not saying that it's the same demon this time, are you? But Sophex has been sealed in a cave in the belly of Mount Sikar by the Witch Emperor since the Fifth Era. How could he appear in the time travel of Vista Forest?"
"Don't think so complicated."
The doctor hurriedly stopped Xia De's association:
"I just want to say that there are actually many demons related to fire. I told you a long time ago that the origins of evil spirits and demons are quite complicated. One theory is that they themselves are the embodiment of the world's malice.
Cannibalism, spreading bad luck, distorting mirror images, multiplying desires, evil thoughts in human nature, etc. Among them, the arsonist Sophex roughly symbolizes the tyranny of fire, and this is even more so after its body merged with the body of the ancient fire demon.
The demon you met this time symbolizes the fire itself - the fire demon Dezast. Elemental life was mentioned in the third grade course of St. Byrons. You can think that the essence of this thing is similar to the appearance of fire elemental life. "
Xia De had never heard of this name:
"What power does it have? What stories has it left in the past?"
(End of this chapter)