"Don't get too close, something's wrong."
The witch said to Shade that the unicorn was actually blocking them. When they got close, it stood in front of them and prevented them from moving forward.
It seemed that there was nothing special about the nearby area, and the color of the snow and the sound of the wind were normal. However, Shad and Miss Benanis's sixth senses detected that something was wrong, so Shad bent down and made a snowball and threw it into the woods in front of him, but nothing happened.
“It’s a little too quiet.”
The witch whispered to Shade:
"Even in the depths of winter, the earth has sounds, but I heard no sound, as if the land before me was dead."
She frowned slightly:
"Don't move here. I'm stronger than you. I'll go check out the situation."
"No, no, this isn't a time to see who's stronger."
Shade hurriedly stopped him, then realized that the little beast standing in front of them did not dodge because of his approach. Apparently, the unicorn also got his gender wrong:
"What's going on ahead?" (Old Elvish)
Shad asked, and Miss Benannis looked at him in surprise, not really understanding what he was talking about.
The young unicorn was obviously confused for a moment. Shad was sure that it had not been born in the era when the ancient elven language was still in use. However, according to the information mentioned in the "Elven Knowledge", the unicorn race has an extraordinary ability to understand this strange language.
"What's going on ahead?" (Old Elvish)
In order to prevent his accent, Shade said it again. This time, the pure white beast obviously understood, and happily said "Ah~", and then happily circled around Shade. Then, with Miss Benanis biting her lips, Shade raised his hand and touched its forehead. Because he had practiced the technique when touching the cat, the unicorn seemed to enjoy it.
"I just spoke ancient elven language, asking it if it knew what happened before."
After Shade explained this to Miss Benannis, the witch asked:
"It seems to understand what you said, but how can you understand its response?"
"Even the ancient elves can't communicate directly with unicorns, but don't forget that I still have the fish training ring that you saw last week..."
Just as he was about to search his pocket for the ring, the little beast bit the hem of Shade's clothes and motioned him to look at the snow. In the surprised eyes of Shade and the witch, its hooves actually wrote modern Elvish characters on the ground:
Earth, Madness, Petrification
"Unicorns can actually write?"
The witch said in shock, and Shade frowned slightly:
"The intelligence of a unicorn is not low to begin with, but since it speaks the elven language, it means that there were elves around it. The larger elf-inhabited areas in the material world are either overseas or in the three major colleges. It's interesting. Where did it come from?"
"No matter where it was originally, since it has nowhere to go now, I thought it would be a good idea for me to take it in."
The witch said, looking at the characters on the ground. She recognized this:
"Petrified? Interesting, another crazy land?"
It's that kind of strange area that you have to step into to feel that something is wrong; you can't feel it from the outside.
"But doesn't this kind of problem only occur once every few decades in the Randall River Valley? Including the one last week, I've encountered it twice."
Xia De muttered something, but it was not unexpected:
"Let me handle it."
As he spoke, he bent down, pried out the hard soil from under the snow, and tried to move forward, but not only did the unicorn bite his front again, but even Miss Benannis stopped him:
"what are you up to?"
"To use the power of the earth and healing aura, you need to stand on the land in question."
Shade said as a matter of course.
"If what the unicorn said is correct, you will be petrified. Although I'm not sure about the principle, it probably means that any flesh and blood that enters the area ahead will be petrified."
The witch emphasized, throwing a fireball. The fireball flew to the area in front of her and hit the tree trunk. The bark peeled off after the flames exploded, and inside was actually a stone heart:
"Apparently, I was right, and even the plants were affected."
Xia De nodded:
"Don't worry, I've come into contact with a petrified relic before, and I have a very high resistance. You don't have to worry about me."
In fact, "she" has already given a hint. Xia De does not need to worry that the "Crazy Earth" will have too much impact on him. As long as he moves fast, there will be no problem.
The witch was still worried, but seeing that Shade was so confident, she could only watch him move forward and was ready to meet him. The unicorn stood in the snow and looked at him pitifully, as if Shade was about to die.
Taking a step forward and entering the problematic woodland, he immediately felt the oppressive and crazy power.
Although the petrification effect was ineffective on Shade himself, he still felt that his movements had become somewhat slow. Without hesitation, he crushed the hard soil with his hands. He raised his hands forward, and as his ten fingers opened, the soil fell from his fingertips.
But they did not fall to the ground beneath their feet. As the earthy yellow spiritual light emerged from Shade's hands, the fallen soil gathered in the air. The surrounding light seemed to be collected by the soil. It was still afternoon, but the surroundings became pitch black. Only Shade, who was emitting silver light, and the clay holy grail emitting golden light were still shining.
But the strange scene only lasted for a moment. As the surrounding light returned, the Earth Holy Grail slowly sank down and sank into the snow and soil.
At the place where the Holy Grail fell to the ground, a yellowish-brown aura emerged like a fountain. But this time, it was not as smooth as when he was with Miss Lathers in the manor. The strange power underground was stimulated, and black mud seeped out from the ground while the Earth Holy Grail healed the earth.
Shade was very familiar with this thing. This black sludge had appeared during the "Miss Norma Buried Alive" incident in Tobisk City, the Emerald Dream, and the Randall Valley Manor incident.
The unicorn and Miss Benanis both showed expressions of being in danger, but Shad was not panicked at all. He stood there, watching the mud that seeped through the snow gradually transform into an unclear black human figure. The human figure pounced on him, but as Shad's body glowed - the light magic was not only used with the hands, the bright silver moonlight forced the black mud to stop.
The underground Holy Grail of Earth took advantage of the brief stalemate between the black mud and Shade, and finally let the gushing earth-yellow spiritual energy completely cover every piece of land around it.
But this is not the end yet. The spiritual energy quickly enveloped the black sludge and then slowly dissolved it.
The massive consumption of spiritual energy brought about a feeling of physical exhaustion. When the Holy Grail of Earth reappeared from the ground before his eyes, Shad staggered and almost lost his balance, but fortunately Miss Benannis arrived in time to support him:
"The Holy Grail of clay is actually constructed by the effect of a spell. This doesn't make sense... Oh, Hamilton, how are you now?"
The little beast was also barking happily at this time. It came to the woods that was still covered by spiritual energy and ran around Shade.
"Nothing, sorry I probably need to drink some potion..."
After saying this, he whispered in his heart:
"The way he used the spell this time seemed a little more fancy than last time."
As you continue to purify the land, the spell's effectiveness will increase, a gift from the earth.
"She" murmured, and Xia De, with a pale face, nodded and held the clay holy cup in front of him. What surprised him a little was that the characters on the cup were no longer "pure water", but "fruit".
"Although I have heard Lathers describe it once, I am still surprised when I actually see it. This cannot be called a spell. This is divine magic, and it comes from the most ancient earth sect."
Miss Benaness assumed a listening posture, listening to the joy of the earth:
"It's amazing! It's completely purified. Only the power of Mother Earth can do this."
Then he looked at Xia De with some concern:
"What potion do you want to drink? If you feel you can't hold on using magic of this range, let's go back to the city first. I can always make time to go out of the city with you."
"fine."
He dug out the pink bottle, uncorked it, and carefully drank a small sip. Not only did he feel his depleted spirit recover quickly, he even felt his entire body warming up.
Although Shade moved quickly, the witch next to him still smelled the scent of the essence. She felt herself blushing, but she didn't know why. The unicorn in the forest also smelled the scent and tilted its head to look at Shade.
Shade did not explain what it was, took back the bottle and showed the Holy Grail to the witch:
"This Holy Grail is a little different from the last one. What does 'fruit' mean? The last time I got 'pure water'."
"Pure water" has been prepared by the witch into a potion.
"It seems that your basic courses are still a little lacking."
The blonde witch with a strange look on her face said, shaking her fingers and a large piece of soil flew from under her feet.
She let the clay fall into the clay chalice in Shade's hand. As Shade's spirit was consumed, which he could hardly feel, a little light appeared on the rim of the chalice. Looking at the contents of the chalice again, the clay had disappeared, and a bright red apple appeared instead:
"Just as I thought."
The witch said lightly:
"Turning soil into fruit, the ancient character 'fruitfulness' has a special meaning in the Church of the Sun."
"This spell is really magical."
Shade also praised it, took back the cup, broke the apple and gave it to the witch and the unicorn.
"That's why I'm curious about who the soul that gave you power in your dream is."
The witch refused the apple, and Shade didn't want to eat it, so the whole apple went to the pure white beast.
Its mouth was very big, and after chewing the apple, it happily bit the hem of Shade's clothes and led him forward for dozens of steps. In the snow pile under the "stone tree" that was blasted by the witch, Shade found a human-shaped stone statue.