The Whispering Verses
Chapter 136

Fish Scales, Bombs, and Maids

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"Miss Louisa, are you sure this is okay?"

As he spoke, Shade used Moon Shadow Illusion. A thin silver mist surged in from all around, enveloping him and Miss Louisa. The silver moonlight at his fingertips vanished. Facing the silver fog before it, the Fishman let out an enraged cry, but could only charge about wildly. Its intelligence was probably inferior even to Little Mia's.

"Detective, if you can do it, what problem could I have? Treat me later. Go save that little girl first."

The blonde lady said this, and Shade nodded. As Miss Louisa deliberately stepped out of the illusion's range to draw the Fishman away, he slipped past it with the box in his arms and ran toward the girl in the alley.

For ordinary people, an out-of-control Relic was almost certainly a death sentence. Shade had already prepared himself for the worst, but after a brief examination, he discovered that she was merely unconscious. A large patch of fish scales covered her neck and the area below it. This could be cured, and for the moment, an injury like this did not require False Immortality.

It seemed they had arrived just in time.

He carried the girl farther down the alley. When he looked back at Miss Louisa, he saw the Destiny Ring behind her rotating. This time, it still bore the rune of Frozen to Death.

But then, the Miracle Spirit Rune Ice lit up as well.

Shade heard Miss Louisa's voice:

"Fish Scale Disease fears not fire, but freezing!"

The blonde young lady extended both hands before her, and frigid air spread through the surroundings. Rustling sounds rose in the mist-filled alley. The screaming Fishman's movements gradually slowed until it collapsed onto the ground.

"Detective, take her and fall back!"

She called out to

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