Just now, the boy John provided useful clues. After Shad shared them with the witch beside him, Audrey also thought that the two missing boys might have encountered the door that occasionally appeared by the river.
So the two continued to move forward, and soon they arrived at the area pointed out by the boy. Megan shared the seven-colored mushroom magic potion with Shade, and they both dropped it in their eyes.
Because this is a diluted version of the potion, it is definitely not as effective as consuming the mushrooms directly, so they cannot completely see the black cracks in the air. They can only see some distorted light and shadows, and they cannot touch them because they cannot observe them thoroughly.
Continuing to walk forward and carefully observing the areas on the river where the door might appear, Xia De originally thought that this would take some time, but unexpectedly, in just five minutes, they all saw the abruptly standing door.
The streets are much higher than the river, and every mile or so, a small opening is opened on the river side of the street, with steps leading to the real river. This is to facilitate the transfer of goods and to facilitate the maintenance of the river by the city hall.
At this moment, at the end of the small pier at the bottom of the steps, a wooden door stood quietly in the thin sunlight, as if attracting people who saw it to open it.
"Whispering elements."
Xia De said softly, and Audrey nodded gently:
"Yes, a relic. We're not sure what it is yet. Let's take a closer look."
Walk down the narrow stone steps, step onto the pier and arrive at the end. The door is a wooden door painted white, which looks quite worn and has mottled colors on the surface, but it blends in well with the environment.
The door had no keyhole, but had a slightly rusty golden doorknob. Audrey wondered what it was, while Shad went around to the back of the door and saw that the door panels at the back and front were the same in shape, although the mottled details were slightly different. On the side door frame, he found a line of engravings:
Open and fulfill all your dreams.
He translated the text and told it to Audrey, who was thoughtful:
"I have a rough guess of what this is, but I'm not completely sure. Open it. No, no, don't open it with your hands. Don't touch it directly."
She tried to pull the door, but it didn't move. Then she looked at Shade, who nodded, and the chain flew out of his sleeve and grabbed the door handle. Then he just pulled it lightly and the door opened.
Light shone from the door, illuminating the faces of Shad and Megan. They both widened their eyes, and Shad believed that Megan and he were definitely not seeing the same scene.
He saw the interior of his home through the door, which was the view of the living room on the second floor of No. 6 Saint Teresa Square. The furniture, layout and even the view of the square outside the window were exactly the same as at home. If it weren't for the "Desire" mermaid oil painting hanging on the wall, which became a blank canvas inside the door, Shade almost thought that this door was a door connecting spaces.
“I saw my own home.”
Xia De said to the girl beside him, and then asked softly:
"What did you see?"
"I saw..."
Audrey opened her mouth subconsciously, but immediately closed her mouth cautiously. She glared at Shade unreasonably, then closed her eyes, and Audrey turned into Megan.
Megan ignored Shade's previous topic:
"I know what it is. A location-type relic, Keeper-level - Door of Request. Open the door and you will see the scene that your heart desires most. Gold, silver, treasures, power, beauty, strength, and wisdom. You can get whatever you want, and it's all real. But the price is that you can only have them by entering the door, and once you step into the door, you will never be able to get out by yourself."
As she spoke, she looked at the scene inside the door:
"The information describes it as a big mouth. This door will randomly appear in any scene related to water, and it has the ability to tempt people to open it. Once the door is opened by touching the door handle with the skin, even a ring sorcerer will have to make an extremely difficult decision to break free from the urge to walk through this door."
"These are all negative characteristics. Does the information say whether this door has any beneficial effects on us?"
Xia De asked curiously, and Megan thought about it:
"If it can really fulfill your wish, then it counts? Or... ... use it to kill people? That's too much trouble. Not all relics can develop so-called positive properties, so most relics can only be contained."
"Can this door be contained?"
Xia De continued to ask, and Megan shook her head:
"After it stays in a certain area for a period of time, it will move on its own and cannot be stopped by any method. However, we can set up a ceremony on this small dock to drive away idlers who may pass by, or make them unable to see this place, just like now. Of course, the best way is to report it to the church and let the church seal this place before this door leaves."
“That’s a good idea.”
"Also, if someone is trapped not long ago, although they definitely can't get out by themselves, we who haven't entered the door can try to rescue them. Although this is not good for us, it should be able to fill in the blanks in the record of this relic. You can probably guess that few people are willing to meddle in such matters."
However, Shade could also see that Megan was willing to do this, and curiosity should play a greater role than kindness.
"How to do it?"
"Guess what the person trapped inside the door desires, then throw the corresponding desire into the door, and a scene that does not correspond to your desire will temporarily appear."
She gave an example:
"For example, if someone wants food, we throw food in the door. But this method cannot save those who want something too abstract."
For example, if Shad were trapped in it, it would be hard for him to imagine what he would have to throw in to save himself.
Shade had a lot of toys with him, so he threw some cooked food and fruits first, but the scene inside the door did not change. Then, he threw a handful of coins, and when the coins fell to the floor with a clang, the interior of No. 6 St. Teresa's Square in Shade's eyes finally changed.
It was a shabby house with only a table and a bed on the four walls. But the floor, bed board and tabletop were covered with banknotes, coins and gold bars and bricks.
The whole room thus became magnificent, but the seventeen-year-old boy who was lying on the body of a thin boy and gnawing on him seemed out of place in this scene.
He turned his head when he heard the door open. The dried blood around his mouth made his face look extremely scary. Seeing the door open and the familiar city outside, the 17-year-old tall boy rushed out. Shade and Megan made way for him, allowing him to rush to the steps leading to the street. Then Shade asked the thin soul that appeared behind the boy, the boy whose body was eaten:
"How did you die?"
"He strangled him to death."
Soul said dryly, Megan added:
"No lie."
The "bully Hansen" mentioned by the boy John had already stumbled up seven or eight steps when he suddenly heard a sound of breaking air behind him. Because he had been trapped in the door for too long, his stagnant thoughts prevented him from reacting immediately.
When he realized the danger and lowered his head, he saw black chains emerging from his chest.
Pink crystals appeared around the penetrating wound, and without even a wailing sound, the cannibal boy's body exploded into a pile of pink crystals on the spot.
The chains snapped and flew back with the dark soul bound to them. The soul corrupted by the whispering elements was not infected by the pink crystals under Shad's control.
With just a slight flick, the soul was thrown back into the door, and then the door was closed.
Shade sighed and drew a crack in the air. The gap of death opened up. The soul of the thin boy bowed slightly to Shade, and then walked towards the mudflat behind the crack illuminated by the dark moon.
Megan did not comment on Shade's behavior. This great witch of knowledge and wisdom looked curiously at the slowly "healing" crack:
"You opened a space gap! You can still do this in Green Lake now... Wait! Is this a real death? This is incredible!"
She looked surprised:
"If I hadn't met that nun, I would have thought that you were the chosen one of death. To open this kind of channel, you need not only strength, but also authority. Death is willing to let you use its power, otherwise even the Witch Emperor is not qualified to interfere with real death. How do you master this power? This is completely unimaginable in our time."
"This story is a bit long. It happened last fall. Let's talk about it when we get back."
The chain retracted into Shade's sleeve, and the tightly closed door stood motionless by the river. The two of them left here while talking, and the crystals after the explosion of the flesh had silently melted into the air.
Being able to go out for a walk before dinner did help improve her mood. At least when Megan and Shade returned to the cruise ship, the bad mood affected by the family story had disappeared. However, considering the family banquet tonight, Megan, who originally had no intention of dressing up, still specially prepared some clothes.
As for Shad, he was actually most worried about Dr. Schneider, who also lived in Green Lake Hotel, and met two brothers from the Mirror Association who came to the hotel to attend a banquet. The blindness of the two brothers was directly related to the doctor. Although Shad was very sure that the two brothers together could not beat the current doctor, he was very worried that if they clashed with the doctor, it would destroy the doctor and Shad's plan to find the devil.
Anyway, the sun sank to the west, and the overcast Green Lake City ushered in another evening. Spring had already passed more than halfway, and the daytime was getting longer and longer. When the carriage took Shade and Megan to the hotel, the gas lamps on both sides of the street had not been lit yet.
The scheduled party time was 6:30 in the evening, but Shad and Megan arrived at just six o'clock.