"The silver moon still shines on you. Walking in the desert makes you exhausted. In the cold night, you sit around the campfire and listen to the sound of sand flowing on the dunes. You feel the vastness of the world and the unstoppable power of nature. The music of nature soothes your spirit. You hear someone playing the lute, but you don't know who is singing."
The dusty traveler who was sitting with his back to the campfire paused for a moment and asked the bard with a smile:
"Can I borrow your lute?"
"Oh, yes, my pleasure."
The bard hurriedly handed the harp beside him to the god. The god motioned for people to listen quietly, then plucked the strings:
"Lost travelers gathered around a campfire,
Let’s start a new journey together.
I picked a piece of white chrysanthemum to bid them farewell.
The mottled shadows of the trees guide the journey ahead.
The reason for departure is not important.
May they enjoy the scenery along the way.
The old horse on his way home will eventually find his separated relatives.
The boring parrot became the protagonist of his own writing.
The jealous dog remains loyal.
The ignorant unicorn is looking at her lover.
oh,
Don't forget the lonely traveler under the moon,
May he be able to see the unknown path ahead in this maze.
Through the forest,
Across the river,
Deep into the desert,
May you sleep well this night.
There is still a long way to go.
Only now is everything safe.”
The hoarse and age-old singing voice floats in the quiet forest. Only the crackling bonfire is qualified to serve as the accompaniment of this performance.
Shade activated the magic "The Sound of Music" and recorded the short song. The other three listened quietly, and everyone felt the peace of mind. Although the seven-day adventure was just a short story for them, when they heard this short poem, they felt that the story had come true without changing the surrounding environment.
Even Shade relaxed at the end of his playing and stopped thinking about anything. Only the cat, who had nothing to do with this trip, wagged its tail in boredom, wondering when Shade could become a cat again.
After the last note disappeared into the thick night, "she" whispered in Xia De's ear:
Stranger, you have come into contact with a "miracle".
The nameless traveler glimpsed the secrets of space and earth in the distant past. She tried to guide the lost in the wind and sand, but in the dusk of the past, she saw the end of herself and this world. Indulge in the process of traveling and enjoy the scenery of the journey. Because the end is an extremely terrifying reality.
You have listened to the stories of the old god “God of Travel” and learned about the miracles of the old god “God of Travel”.
You have obtained the spell, Traveler's Camp. Consume a certain amount of precious metals to generate a camp with elements such as "tents" and "bonfires" in a flat area. Depending on the precious metals consumed, you can add regional effects such as detecting evil, restoring physical strength, driving away wild animals, and silent portals.
"This is a divine spell..."
Spellcasting abilities with similar effects are not uncommon. At the end of Shade's last adventure in the City of Eternal Night, the glass house where Miss Feliana and Miss Orlanod were located was suspected to be a temporary building obtained by casting a spell. In the Sixth Epoch Ring Warlock system, there are also abilities such as "Duncan's Mansion Spell" and "Miss Lilith's Dressing Room", but these magic and spells are mostly accessible to high-level rings.
"The travelers fell asleep to the songs. Although no one was on guard tonight, no danger occurred. After a dreamless night, when the fourth morning came, each of you was in high spirits and full of energy. At the same time, the travelers under the moon realized the power of the journey from the songs last night. The probability of you encountering danger in each of the following nights will be reduced again."
The witch looked at Shad with some surprise, but Shad did not explain.
"The fourth day of the journey began. The travelers who had left the heart of the desert once again came to a fork in the road."
The god signaled everyone to draw three cards. This time it was Shade who drew the three cards, which were a snow mountain, an underground city, and a golden symbol of the sun.
The last one was pulled out by Xia De by holding down Xiaomia's paw. He found that this cat seemed to have better luck than himself.
"The travelers saw the towering snow-capped mountains in the distance and the entrance to the underground realm. At the same time, the traveler under the moon unexpectedly heard the gentle meow of a cat, which guided him to the deeper part of the desert. Where are you going?"
"Forget about the underground world. The residents of the underground world probably won't welcome us. The underground is much more dangerous than the surface."
The witch said to Shade, and Shade nodded. Although there were few rumors about the underground world in the Sixth Era, those incomplete history books still recorded the huge dark race living in the underground world in the Fifth Era.
They are the descendants of terrible and dangerous creatures that remained from the dark and turbulent Fourth Age.
"As for whether to go to the snowy mountains or continue deeper into the desert, it's up to you. But don't forget, the giant spirit in the colorful bottle said that the person you are looking for is on the snowy mountains."
The witch reminded again, and Shad glanced down at the cat who was staring stupidly at the three cards in front of him.
He did not decide immediately, but asked the bard:
"Where do you think we should go?"
The bard didn't expect that he would be able to express his opinion. He held the harp that the god had just played and thought carefully:
"I prefer snowy mountains. Snowy mountains are safer than deserts, at least that's my impression."
The witch's maid Clara did not comment. She was a quiet girl. Shade frowned and thought for a while. At this time, there were only five minutes left before the end of this time.
"If the travelers choose to follow the cat's whispers and go deeper into the desert, can they still reach the snowy mountains?"
He was still very curious about the "sun" symbol, after all, it was drawn by a cat. And every card drawn during this seven-day trip seemed to be closely related to the person who drew the card... ... Although Shad was doubting whether Mia was a normal cat again, he still wanted to find out.
"Yes, the snow-capped mountains in the distance are majestic and magnificent. Travelers can continue to observe them."
"Then go deep into the desert."
Shade looked at the witch and the bard, neither of whom objected.
"The gentle meow of a cat guides the travelers to continue moving forward in the desert. The scorching sun burns your skin, and unknown dangers have quietly arrived. It is not a dangerous sand worm, nor is it an ancient and unknown existence sleeping in the desert. The desert is showing you its power, and you are encountering a sandstorm..."
Before the god finished speaking, Shade immediately rushed towards the ignorant bard with the cat in his arms, and plunged the moonlight sword in his hand into the ground:
"Hedon Seal!"
As the shield emitting golden light appeared, the originally black sky was dyed into a terrifying dark yellow. The ground was shaking, and the damp and rancid smell in the air was swept away, turning into a dry breath.
Endless sand and gravel washed towards them at this moment. The camp had disappeared, and around Shad and the four animals was a desert covered with yellow sand.
“Come here quickly!”
The chain of sin flew out from Shade's sleeves, passed through the golden shield and flew towards the white light in the rolling yellow sand.
He heard the clear voice of the unicorn and felt his chain touching an object. Then, the unicorn, emitting a pure white light, used its body to protect the hound beside it and followed the chain with difficulty to the vicinity of Shade and the bard.
The normal size of Shade's "Hedon Seal" could only protect two or three people at most, and the unicorn was obviously too big. He had no choice but to pay extra spirits beyond the magic required to expand the shield to include the unicorn.
In addition to Shad's spell to protect the unicorn and the hound, the witch, who already had a rough idea of how to use the power of the unicorn, also integrated the white light on the unicorn that symbolized protection into Shad's Hiton Seal.
As a result, more complex runes appeared on the shield that was emitting golden light. While the sand and gravel hit the shield and made a continuous and terrible sound, the ultimate light appeared from the distance of the sandstorm, as if the scorching sun was outside the sandstorm.
Endless light and heat, completely ignoring the protection of the Hiton Seal, descended upon everyone. At that moment, Shade even felt that his body had melted, and his soul had turned into light and merged with the sun.
He couldn't hear any sound, couldn't see any sight, and didn't know what happened next. In the light and heat, he seemed to have turned into a sun gun thrown by Yin Luna, falling from an infinite height until he crashed to the ground. And his consciousness was restored at the moment of falling to the ground.
"Oh, my God!"
He covered his forehead and climbed up from the wet ground, and found that the sandstorm had ended, and the existence with infinite light and heat in the distance of the sandstorm had also disappeared.
The wind blew in the forest under the night sky. The wind could not carry away the mist, but made Shade, who was covered in sweat, feel cool. At this time, the traveling god sat opposite him with a smile. The crackling sound of the campfire made the foggy forest seem even quieter.
The bard had just woken up, but when he got up from the ground, he cried out in pain, covering his left eye with tears streaming down his face. Shade felt a slight trace of the element from his left eye;
The spirits and elements of the witch Miss Andriana were quite chaotic, and the golden light marks on her forehead left a real mark. Shade could feel that she had become stronger;
As for Clara, the maid in the black dress, her hair, which was originally just a shawl, had now grown to her waist. She looked like she had grown a head taller, and the few freckles on her face had completely disappeared.