"What about the water in it? Why did it dry up?"
"I don't know. It was like this when I first saw it. ￠See\Fengyu Literature? 暁.说′王? ·追~醉¨新+璋^踕,"
"when."
The messenger bird thought for a moment and shook his head: "I can't remember clearly."
I'll go.
If this is really the River of Eternal Darkness, then it would be a big deal!
Does this mean that the plan of the Goddess of Night to fuse an artificial god of death and kill the God of War will all end in failure - without the source essence, she is destined to be unable to advance to the Old Ones!
Does she know about this? Do I need to tell her?
If she knew that her thousands of years of planning would have such an outcome, she wouldn't go crazy, right?
No, no, how could such a slut like the goddess be defeated by such a thing? Besides, the River of Eternal Darkness hasn't dried up completely yet, at least there is still a bottom.
"Calm down, calm down, and do my own thing first."
A few minutes later.
The coordinates of the spirit world were set, and the moment it was completed, Edward could clearly feel its existence in his mind, just as he could clearly feel the coordinates of the astral world and the Harry Potter world.
However, I can only feel its presence and can't do anything else.
Edward hesitated and asked, "Can you take me to the river to have a closer look?"
"No! It's dangerous there,"
The messenger Bird shook his head. "It's dangerous for me to go alone. It's even more dangerous if you go."
Yes, that is the source material.
Don't you see that Medici seemed to have just touched the City of Disaster and then was polluted. The goddess wanted the River of Eternal Darkness so much, but she didn't dare to take it herself.
Uh, wait, but I'm not afraid of pollution.
Just as he thought of this, Edward suddenly remembered his last words when he was communicating with his past self: "Be careful of contamination."
Forget it, don't do that.
"Okay, please take me back."
The messenger bird looked curiously at the place where Edward set the coordinates, hesitated for a few seconds and asked: "What did you just do?"
Edward was immediately surprised. This guy is actually curious now?
You know, when the messenger bird was first summoned, it had almost only an instinctive desire for the Phoenix feathers, and it showed a bad and even annoying personality.
After eating feathers for a while, it began to provoke Lilith, and would show pride after succeeding.
As it ate more and more feathers, it gradually learned how to get more feathers by pleasing Edward.
Until the last time it ate enough feathers, it "evolved" again and its personality became completely docile - although the resurrection stone was a factor, it also showed that it knew how to control its emotions.
And now, it actually began to become curious about things other than feathers and resurrection stones.
It feels like regaining my humanity, bit by bit.
"What did you just do?"
It asked again.
"Oh, a special coordinate is set here, which is the ritual I need for promotion."
It nodded and asked no more questions. It flew up again and grabbed Edward. After flying for a while, it tore through the air and returned to Edward's bedroom.
"arrive."
"Thank you very much."
Edward took out a few more phoenix feathers and handed them over: "Although this is of no use to you, how about taking it as a snack?"
It took it, tilted its head back and swallowed it. "Anything else?"
"Well, ask your headless friend for me. I want her to help me get 15 grams of the spirit world traveler's fluid. How many gold pounds does it cost, or something else?"
"OK."
"in addition..."
Edward looked at it and said, "If you can't remember your name, why don't you give it to me? Otherwise I won't know what to call you every time."
"name?"
A hint of intention flashed in its dark eyes: "But I don't know what to call it. 'k!an!s`h'u^c_h￠i,./c+o\m￠"
"Then I'll help you pick one? How about you change it back when you think of your own name?" Edward pinched his chin and thought: "Well, you are a male... Ahem, are you a male or a female?"
"My brainless friends say I'm a female."
Well, it's up to others to tell you about this.
However, it seems that it is really difficult to distinguish the male and female of many birds at a glance.
"Then you call..."
There was some expectation in its eyes.
Edward dragged out the words for a long time, and suddenly said shyly: "Well, I'm actually bad at naming. How about I ask others for you later?"
Seeing that it was a little disappointed, Edward said, "Or... you like to eat phoenix feathers, and it is most likely related to the phoenix, then... just call it Phoenix."
Edward pronounced the word "Phoenix" in English, so other people wouldn't find it strange if they heard it - except Klein.
"Phoenix?"
It repeated, and it was unclear whether it liked it or hated it, "Okay."
Edward took out a piece of paper, wrote another letter and handed it to it. "By the way, after you find your headless friend, help me deliver this letter to Danitz... uh, the yellow-haired one."
"OK."
This letter was actually addressed to Edwina. On the one hand, it asked her to help find some materials, and on the other hand, it told her that he had discovered the secret of "Groselle's Travels" and asked her if she was interested in exploring it together.
Since I have to go in there sooner or later, as the real owner of this book and a curious reader, of course I have to tell her.
It spread its wings, cut through the air and returned to the spirit world.
Edward let out a sigh of relief: "There is only one coordinate left."
To be honest, the setting of special coordinates went much more smoothly than he had imagined, especially the one in the star realm. The goddess was quite considerate.
"Just leave it here."
Edward closed his eyes and felt the spirit with his own aura set as a mark in the bedroom of the villa. Just when he thought he would mark the last coordinate like before, the feedback from the spirit made him stunned:
[The coordinates have been set in the current world. Repeated settings will be invalid. ]
"What's going on? When did I set coordinates in the mysterious real world?"
He was a little confused. "Fuck, are you classifying the spiritual world and the real world as the same world?"
Although the spiritual world and reality are two different worlds, there is no obvious division between them. Many extraordinary people can freely travel between the spiritual world and reality after reaching a certain sequence.
Could this be the reason?
"But in that case, which world should the last one be? The spiritual world? Or the book world of Groselle's Travels? But these two 'worlds' are not much different from the real world."
Edward was a little disoriented for a moment.
After a while, he sighed and said, "Well, now I can only try them one by one."
"Let's go find Emlyn first to help buy the remaining spiritual power of the Thousand-Faced Hunter."
Edward touched his body with his wand and put on a gray coat common among Loen men. Then he walked to the door, picked up the hat on the hanger, and Apparated to a remote alley near the Harvest Church.
As soon as he walked out of the alley, he saw the golden exterior wall of the Harvest Church not far away.
...
Inside the Harvest Church.
Klein originally wanted to follow the other believers in praying and wait and see, but he didn't expect that the Earth Mother Goddess had so few believers in Backlund. He waited outside for half an hour, but apart from the handsome pastor who was cleaning the door, he didn't see any other believers come in.
Klein just learned about a commission two days ago, and the reward was exactly the pharmacist formula he wanted. For him, it would be very helpful if he had a "pharmacist" as his subordinate. He would get hurt, get sick, and encounter enemies that could harm him. A "pharmacist" that he could find at any time would be his strong backing.
But this was a commission issued by a Beyonder after all, and it would be too risky to just walk in so brazenly. Klein hesitated again and again, and finally decided to come back at night.
At this moment, the handsome pastor looked over, propped up the broom with both hands, and said lazily: "Hey, friend, you have been looking over there for a long time, don't you really want to come in and take a look?"
Klein immediately realized that the other person was talking about him: Damn it, I was hiding in the blind spot, how did he see me?
After hesitating for a few seconds, Klein walked out and asked directly, "I heard that a commission has been issued here."
Emlyn said, "The client is Bishop Utravsky?"
"That's right."
"Come in."
Emlyn turned and walked into the church, saying casually, "You are too cautious, my friend. Although the Harvest Church is small, it is a true church after all. Unless you are a wanted criminal or something like that, there is no reason to be so cautious."
Klein shrugged. "It's because of the Orthodox Church that we have to be more cautious, right? Official Beyonders are not very friendly to wild Beyonders."
"Well, that's true."
The two walked into the church, and Emlyn said, "However, the people in the Church of Mother Earth in Backlund are not actually considered official Beyonders, otherwise there wouldn't be only such a shabby little church."
"Father Utravsky, someone wants to see you."
Klein looked over and saw a tall man in his forties or fifties wearing brown clerical clothing sitting in a seat in the front row. He was like a small mountain, exerting considerable pressure on people.
But his expression was very kind and gentle: "What's the matter, sir?"
"Oh, I heard you have something to entrust, and the reward is the pharmacist's formula."
The priest was stunned at first, then apologized, "I'm sorry, sir, that was more than a month ago. Someone helped me solve the problem some time ago, so it's not necessary." He looked at Emlyn, "Emlyn, go and help me cancel the commission later."
Emlyn was furious. How could he order me around for such a trivial matter? Did he really think that I, a vampire, was just an errand boy? He wanted to refuse loudly, asking the priest not to go too far, and to tell him that he also had dignity and temper, but when the words came to his lips, he turned into a well-behaved one:
"Yes, Father."