The Defeated Saintess Is On A Journey To Tame The Evil God Book 01 Chapter 06.20 - Whale Song

Seeing the pendulum Xing Mo took out, Aurora puffed up her cheeks unhappily, but didn't say anything.

Xing Mo didn't notice her expression. She focused on infusing her spirituality into the pendulum.

Hum, hum, hum...

As if drawn by an invisible magnetic force, the pendulum started swinging toward the front at an angle, floating in midair.

"This way." Xing Mo said.

The two followed the pendulum through the factory. The space was dark, and Xing Mo had to light up her wand for illumination.

As they walked, Xing Mo suddenly recalled how Aria interrogated the Undying and asked: "Did you know that Aria was a Dark Elf?"

On the Vestan Continent, Dark Elves were nearly extinct mythical creatures—during the Era of Radiance, after the Goddess of the Starsea killed the Dragon of the Dark Moon, these creatures, said to originate from the dark side of the moon, established a reign in the southeast of the continent, but then disappeared for unknown reasons.

The land they once ruled was now occupied by the Kingdom of Messina, located northeast of the Citadel of Academia.

After their rule ended, most Dark Elves' descendants lived in dark underground caves and mountains, rarely appearing before humans.

The natural authority they wielded was "moon," that is, the domain pointed to the string of the moon, encompassing concepts like "truth, light, and freeze."

The ancient and obscure words Aria used to force the Undying to tell the truth should belong to this domain.

…

Hearing Xing Mo's question, Aurora's mouth curled up slightly: "God's intervention necessitates a reason. If she were really ordinary, I wouldn't have been so generous as to remove her curse."

"That fits my stereotype of an Evil God..." Xing Mo retorted.

"Pfft, how am I evil? I saved her." Aurora covered her mouth and laughed: "Actually, I don't even know what Dark Elves are. I just sensed that there was something extraordinary about her, that she had an unparalleled ability."

"What ability?" Xing Mo asked curiously.

"True Tongue." Aurora declared without hesitation, "It is a language that stirs the soul, and only ancient races can wield it. This language can compel lesser beings to obey the speaker's every command—this obedience is not of the mind, but of the soul."

True Tongue... Xing Mo mused, recalling something she learned in the History and Mythology class: in the Era of Radiance, it was said that the Dark Elven King, who ruled over Messina's territory, possessed an aura of command that could sway the masses and subdue all creatures.

This probably was referring to the so-called True Tongue.

"But Aria is only a half-blood Dark Elf, and the vocabulary she can utilize is quite limited." Aurora said softly. "Ah, how tedious. When will I get to witness her reclaim what is rightfully hers?"

Rightfully hers? Xing Mo instinctively had the urge to inquire but ultimately held her tongue.

This could touch on sensitive matters, and so it's best to wait for Aria to broach the topic herself.

…

As Xing Mo was distracted by her thoughts, she and Aurora arrived at a corner of the boiler room—the pendulum swung straight toward the wall and came to a halt.

"There appears to be a secret door here." Xing Mo thought to herself, then drew her wand and, without hesitation, employed the "Wizard's method"—

Boom—

The wall exploded, revealing a dark, cramped passage. At the same time, the smell of rust surged.

The two ventured into the passage. After about half a minute, a vast space opened in front of their eyes.

It resembled a workshop, filled with haphazardly stacked machines composed of intricate pipes.

In the center of the workshop stood a desk, upon which rested a machine bound by bronze wires.

The machine's top was a transparent glass dome, within which a swirling, dispersing, and reassembling mass of dark matter floated.

Its shape constantly changed, but overall, it resembled a heart.

Let's call it Black Heart...

Xing Mo approached the machine and raised her hand, confirming that the pendulum pointed straight at the Black Heart in the machine's center.

"This is highly concentrated Anti-Life Element, or what you guys call curse." Aurora remarked in a light-hearted tone, "Quite creative. This thing can guide wandering ghosts to a specific location."

Indeed... the higher the concentration of the curse, the higher the probability of Steam Man appearing. And the highly concentrated curse, or Black Heart, extracted from this machine could naturally serve as a locator.

Therefore, if we can find a signal matching that of the Black Heart, will we be able to find the guy controlling Steam Man?

With that in mind, Xing Mo held out the pendulum, and the surface of the cloudy white crystal rippled with a dark glow.

With a flick of her wand, the glass containing the Black Heart shattered.

Suddenly, a gust of wind swept through the workshop, and the dispersing Black Heart, which lost its containment, swelled up, resembling a black peony about to bloom.

In the next instant, it was absorbed into the Astrological Pendulum.

The cloudy crystal seemed to be able to generate an incredibly powerful field, instantaneously absorbing the highly concentrated Black Heart and transforming it into a dark glow permeating the crystal's surface.

Sure enough, it's a sacred artifact class item... How did the proprietress acquire such a precious object?

It feels wrong to receive something so valuable without giving anything in return...

I should bring her some coffee beans as a thank you...

With that thought in mind, Xing Mo put away the Astrological Pendulum and turned to Aurora: "That's all for today. After a few days, let's go to the Southern District. We can use the pendulum to confirm whether Prince Austin is the mastermind behind this."

"Yay, I love eating imperial meat." Aurora's face lit up with a bright smile.

Xing Mo rubbed her forehead, hesitated for a moment, and then asked: "If there's nothing else to do, shall we return to our home in the Northern District? Hmm... it's Saturday tomorrow, and we have to attend the Starsea Mass."

"It's the Tree of Life Mass." Aurora pinched Xing Mo's waist, causing the latter to yelp, "And also... I have one more thing to do!"

"Hmm? What thing?" Xing Mo tilted her head.

......

Splash—

A huge wave splashed up, and the narwhal briefly paused under the pale blue crescent moon before plunging into the dark sea.

Next to the Docklands' pier, Xing Mo watched from afar as the Storm Narwhal gradually disappeared into the distance, a complex look on her face.

"Plants aren't meant to be in pots." Aurora uttered, "She belongs to the sea."

Xing Mo turned to look at Aurora, the pale blue moonlight falling onto the latter's blood-red eyes cast a cold layer over them.

Ethereal whale song came from afar. This time, however, it didn't stir up strong winds and waves, but merely caused the night wind to pick up.

Xing Mo suddenly felt a wave of inexplicable sadness wash over her.

In the name of civilization, humans had imprisoned the creature in a factory, extracting her oil as industrial raw material.

But she was originally such a free creature, commanding the wind and rain on the sea, dancing under the moonlight.

Plants aren't meant to be in pots... Xing Mo pondered this phrase, which Aurora had repeated for the third time.

At this moment, she felt her hand being grasped.

Aurora gripped Xing Mo's hand and raised her head, her expression no longer cheerful or sly, leaving only a coldness reminiscing of the moonlight: "Young Saintess, stay close to me."

Her coldness only lasted for a moment, and it was soon replaced by a brilliant smile.

Then, she turned and walked toward the distance with a carefree gait.

Xing Mo followed Aurora with her eyes, watching her walk into the steam-filled Docklands, watching her shadow being stretched infinitely long by the moonlight.

In the distance, the melodious whale song rang again.

…End of Book 01 Chapter 06…