After having lunch at Professor Drake's house, the maid rented a carriage from a four-wheeled carriage rental company in the city, and then Xia De set off with the professor who packed up.
Although their destination was very strange, the coachman who drove did not ask any questions. After sending the two of them to Loch Ness in the east of Huntington, they stopped on the side of the road and watched Shade push the professor's wheelchair away.
The dirt roads in the country were not at all suitable for wheelchair wheels to turn, but fortunately they didn't go very far. After confirming that the driver could not be seen, Xia De pushed the professor down the embankment of the lake, looking at the big lake from the shore of Loch Ness.
This is the lake in the west of the city that Shad randomly picked on the map. Loch Ness is very calm in winter. Although the lake has not been completely frozen, a thin layer of ice has appeared. The cold wind swept across, Xia De didn't respond, and Professor Drake, who was tightly wrapped, shivered.
He saw Xia De untie the cloth strips of the long items he was carrying, and then saw the long sword inserted in the scabbard.
"Mr. Watson, actually, this is not your real name, is it?"
Averting his eyes from the silver sword, the old professor held his red knitted towel with both hands and looked at the big lake in front of him.
"Yes."
"You're actually...no, nothing."
Xia De lowered his head and glanced at the professor, he was standing on the side of the professor at this moment:
"Hopefully you'll be able to thank me like that when we're back at the lake again. The truth may be cruel to you."
"I may regret it in the future, but at least I won't regret it now."
Visit the Lady of the Lake, this time what you need is a sword. But even if you hold a sword, you still have to meet the condition of "forgetting to visit the goddess of the lake". Xia De hopes to temporarily divert the attention of both himself and the professor by chatting with the professor. The professor also has this plan, and talks with Xia De about his understanding of the big lake in front of him.
The two were talking when they suddenly heard strange noises in the lake. Xia De immediately pushed the professor closer to the lake, and then he and the old professor saw water ripples appearing on the lake, as if there was an earthquake at the bottom of the lake.
The sound of the lake's splashing became more frequent and dense, and a huge vortex gradually appeared near the shore.
Shade held the night watchman in front of Professor Drake, and the professor was surprised to see the silver light shining from the sword in Shade's hand:
"Mr. Watson, do you need help? I have a pistol with me, too."
"No need, I can do it myself."
In just two conversations, in the center of the huge vortex in the lake, a frog made of pure water and taller than Shad jumped out from under the water. It jumped high and blocked the sun in front of Professor Shad and Drake, and the fear of the giant shrank the old professor into the wheelchair.
And when the huge shadow of the frog completely covered Shad, he made a gesture of throwing towards the sky with his empty left hand:
"Thundergun!"
The silver-white thunder exploded in his hand, and with the movement of throwing, the silver-white thunder spear centered on the palm of his hand overflowed forward and backward together with the dense lines. The moment the thunder gun took shape was the moment it was thrown.
Professor Drake heard only a thunderclap, and was wondering why it was thundering at this time, when the huge pure water frog in the air scattered into large water droplets and fell into the lake.
The sound of clattering kept ringing in front of him, stirring up a large amount of water mist on the lake. And in the mist, two water arrows shot out from the lake near the shore. The two water streams didn't go straight to the sky, but rose first and then drew an arc to close.
They formed the pattern of the door arch. When the door arch was closed, the water that fell after the frog exploded fell from top to bottom, filling the door.
"This this......"
The professor was too shocked to speak.
"That frog is too weak. It seems that the lady of the lake doesn't want to embarrass us."
Xia De muttered, seeing that this water gate is in the lake near the shore, it is still some distance away from the lake. With the experience from last time, Xia De bent down to pick up the stone and threw it towards the lake. Sure enough, he saw the stone "floating" "up in the air.
"There are invisible hidden paths on the surface of the lake."
Xia De said softly to the professor, and pushed the professor onto the lake. The professor looked down with some anxiety. This kind of scene was a bit too miraculous for an ordinary person like him.
"And then the door."
Pushing the professor to stop in front of the door, Xia De threw the stone towards the water curtain in the arch, the stone bounced back as if hitting a solid wall, and bounced a few times on the invisible road under his feet, Then fell into the lake.
"Does this require us to solve puzzles to pass?"
The professor who is familiar with the legend asked.
"It's not that troublesome."
Xia De stepped forward with his sword in hand, and swung his sword towards the water curtain. The blade directly passed through the transparent water curtain and pierced into another space, and as Xia De "lifted" the water curtain aside like silk, the water door was completely opened to the two of them.
The professor didn't speak anymore, and let Shade push him through the water gate, and came to the lake of Cherubim surrounded by forest.
There was still an invisible road on the lake, but after walking dozens of steps forward, they came to the island in the middle of the lake.
While landing on the island, Xia De once again saw the wild wolf resurrected by the "Swamp Witch". The creature resurrected by the power of the relic belongs to the undead. At this time, the wolf has already shown signs of rot all over its body. Last time it tried to attack Miya who ran to the island first, but was scared away by Xia De. This time, it only dared to peep at the two from a distance. After seeing Xia De, it immediately turned around and ran away again.
"Is this the place?"
The professor's hand was tightly gripping the armrest of the wheelchair, and his face was flushed with excessive excitement.
"Can you remember anything?"
Xia De asked, but the professor still has no memory of this place.
Soon they came to the center of the island in the center of the lake. Under the boulder in the center of the island, which seemed to be made up of several slender boulders fused together, the lady in white robe with a stick was still standing there.
After stepping on the water, carefully lower the wheelchair. After confirming that the wheelchair did not sink, Professor Drake was put on the wheelchair.
At this time, the professor was too excited to speak, but Xia De respectfully greeted him:
"Good afternoon, ma'am."
"good afternoon."
The lady in the white robe with the stick exudes a soft light all over her body. In the afternoon light, she responds to Xia De's salute on the strange and sacred lake.
"I'm here to complete the second trial."
Xia De glanced at the professor:
"Now to answer the three questions of the second trial, I think I should have found the answer."
"Kansas Drake, a retired folklore professor who lives in the old city west of Carson Rick Huntington in the Sixth Epoch, what did he come to me for?"
The lady in white robe asked softly.
"Because I was stabbed by [Aikenora's Arrow of Knowledge], I became a talented person, and then with the help of Halder Ondiba, I became a Ring Warlock."
The professor looked up at Xia De, who shook his head:
"But the death of his guide, Halder Ondiba, made the professor afraid of what he has been pursuing. Yes, he has been pursuing knowledge and wisdom all his life. When he really touched the inhuman knowledge and Power, he was afraid, and he was afraid of the goal of his life, so he came here. This is not to disassociate with Halder Ondiba, just afraid of the knowledge and power of the ring warlock. Otherwise, There was no way I could find that photo."
The professor pursed his lips, lowered his head with a pale face, and the lady in the white robe with the stick continued to ask:
"He is here with me, what kind of wish did he make?"
"Professor Drake is completely terrified, so he asks you to erase the fact that he became a ring warlock. Although the professor's wish has nothing to do with Halder Ondiba in essence, the fulfillment of the wish cuts off his relationship with Hal De Ondiba's connection, so for so many years, neither the Church nor the Pantanal Voodoo Society have been able to find the [Aikenora's Arrow of Knowledge] hidden in the hands of an ordinary person."
The lady in the white robe nodded slightly, and the professor was trembling all over.
"So, what price did he pay?"
"Goddess of the Lake" finally asked, Xia De looked serious, and Professor Drake looked at Xia De suddenly, as if begging him not to give the answer. He tugged on Shad's sleeve, but he didn't plead in the end.
Xia De looked down at the professor:
"Professor, answer this question yourself."
The professor took a deep breath, then let it out tremblingly. He lowered his head and buried his face in his palms. Xia De didn't urge him either, just looked at him.
This is indeed a very sad story. Those who pursue knowledge are afraid of the wisdom they pursue. Extraordinary knowledge and wisdom, perhaps really a curse, at least for Professor Drake.
After a long time, the professor put down his hands and raised his head:
"The price is my legs."
It seems every mortal who wishes to the Lady of the Lake pays with a limb, but Shad does not.
"And my memory, maybe it's part of the wish, maybe it's the price. But the most important price is... my talent."
Xia De looked at the professor, and the professor looked down at the water under the wheelchair:
"Although I still don't remember what happened at that time, I think I can understand me more than ten years ago. I spent my whole life pursuing a result, but I really realized my wish, but I was afraid of what I got. I probably I was really scared. I made a wish to erase my own strength, and then paid the price of my talent and wisdom, completely... completely making it impossible for me to walk on that road again under any circumstances.
I opened the door and saw the scenery behind the door, and then I was crazy because of it, I closed the door again in fear, and then nailed it, but I asked someone to tell me again after more than ten years~www.mtlnovel.com~ What the **** is behind the door. "
The surface of the water under the wheelchair rippled, as if drops of water had fallen into the lake.
"correct?"
Xia De sighed deeply, and then softly asked the goddess of the lake, he opened the mahogany box and showed the arrows inside:
"Halder Ondiba trusted Professor Drake very much. After helping him awaken and let him take office, he temporarily put the arrow in his hands. This is the core of Professor Drake's incident, as the second test certificate."
The lady in the white robe nodded slightly, showing a gentle smile:
"Correct, you have completed my second trial."
Xia De maintained a reserved expression, but actually wanted to laugh out loud. Although the investigation of Professor Drake did not fight anyone, the investigation itself was not easy at all:
"Your trial was interesting, at least the stories are interesting. So, what is the third trial? I can't wait. Will the third trial be more complicated than the second trial?"
"No, the third trial is very simple."
The white-robed lady holding the stick replied softly:
"Third trial, now, here, beat me."
Xia De immediately didn't want to laugh at all.
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