The entire dream world seemed to have only the sound of the wind blowing. The earth was broken and the sky was no longer complete. Even though Luvia had described this doomsday scene and Shade had anticipated it before entering the dream, it was still terrifying to see it in person. He was very glad that he was in a dream at this time. Although the scene looked extremely terrifying, he was just simply scared.
If it were in reality, he couldn't imagine how chaotic the elements here would be.
He even suspected that even living in the narrow space between life and death of the Unknown-level Relic on the verge of losing control would be better than living in such a place. But fortunately, this was just a dream.
I turned my head and looked up at the roof, trying to find the cat. But when I looked up, I saw the owner of the dream, Luvia Annette, sitting there holding Mia.
Luvia, who appeared at this time, looked a little more mature, and the black dress she wore was covered with dust. Her tangled brown hair was no longer short and shaggy, but long and almost waist-length.
When she got closer to the cat she was holding, she found that the cat lazily licking its paws was a little different from Mia. Its eyes were not bright amber, but silver-white, as if it had an eye disease. A normal cat could not have eyes of this color.
In the dream, Luvia was sitting there blankly, looking at the scene in front of her. Tears were flowing from her purple eyes, and her sad look made Shade feel extremely distressed.
He stepped carefully on the tiles and gravel, bent down and walked closer. He originally thought that "she" in the dream would not notice him, but Luvia's hoarse voice appeared as her cracked lips opened:
"Shad, do you understand what this scene means?"
Xia De continued to walk upwards, and after slipping, he stood beside the purple-eyed girl sitting high on the roof, and looked out at the doomsday scene with her. Under the dim yellow sky, even the afterglow of his divinity seemed extremely dim. The whole world seemed to have died, and this dream was so real:
"The end of the world, huh?"
Luvia suddenly lowered her head and sobbed. Even if Shad didn't look, he could imagine that the cat in his dream was showing a disgusted expression at its wet fur.
He stared at the scene before him in a trance:
"So, why did it turn out like this? Is it related to the chosen one? Is it related to the poem?"
Luvia sobbed and shook her head:
"No, I can't tell anyone what happened. I have to pay the price."
"Is this the price you paid for crossing the torrent of time?"
The purple-eyed girl just said "hmm" and then buried her face in Xiaomia and continued crying.
Shade sighed slightly, then carefully held onto the tiles and sat down next to Luvia.
Without hesitation, he took the initiative to put his arm around Luvia's shoulders. The crying girl seemed to have been waiting for him to do so, so she leaned into his arms. Although she looked more mature, she seemed more fragile than the real Luvia.
Active contact in the dream means a deeper understanding. "She" whispered in Xia De's ear:
She is indeed the owner of this dream, but she is not the Luvia Anate you know. She is...
"Luvia's 'other self', the girl with a broken body who I can only see occasionally when Luvia performs special divinations."
Xia De sighed softly in his heart. He already understood it all.
She was still sobbing uncontrollably, and after a long time, with red eyes, she and Xia De looked at everything in front of them. It seemed as if they were the only two left in this doomsday, gazing at the dark setting sun.
"Can you tell me the time 'now'?"
When Luvia calmed down a little, Shade asked again. The sobbing girl trembled and said:
"I can't say anything, I can't, I really can't..."
Xia De held her hand tightly, hoping to calm Luvia down. Of course, he could understand how she felt at the moment:
"It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. I will investigate it myself. And no matter what the scene in front of me is, I will change it all, Luvia. I wasn't by your side before, but now I am here. Haven't I done a good job all along?"
He whispered, and the still sobbing girl wiped her tears and gently bit his neck:
"Shad..."
"I promised her, and I promised you, that I would change everything."
"Okay, but no, don't tell her. Now, it's not the time yet."
The way she spoke while sobbing was pitiful yet somewhat funny.
"I won't tell Luvia, but I think she can't be unaware of it. You are a very smart girl. It's incredible, Luvia, that your secret is really this. There really is such a thing... It must be very hard to bear all this."
Shade ran his hands through his long brown hair, the dry texture felt completely different from the wet texture he had felt after taking a shower a few hours ago.
The slightly more mature girl leaned against him with tears in her eyes:
"I didn't expect that you could actually know all this. Thank you for always exploring all this. And, and more."
Every time Luvia spoke a word, her body would shake with sobs:
"Although I cannot tell you the story of the past, if you want to know it all, there is a time key, the only one, that can take you back to the 'present'."
"Back to the present? Time key? What?"
Xia De was shocked.
"It's not a normal wooden time key with vitality. It's a time key made of black dead wood. That time key is a dead key."
He looked at the girl in his arms, whose face was covered with tears:
"Where is the only time key that leads to 'now' in the sixth era where I am?"
"The Stonemason City and the Spring City in the south of the Kingdom of Carsenrick - Randall Valley. You have to find the exact location yourself. Don't try to divine, it's useless, you can only rely on yourself. When you see it, you will immediately understand that it is what you are looking for. You do not belong to any era. When you come to the 'now', maybe, maybe..."
She buried her face in Shade's arms, her gray face illuminated by the golden cracks on Shade's body, but she could also hear Shade's strong heartbeat. Although she was still sobbing uncontrollably, Luvia had calmed down a little. She had never thought that one day, she would be able to share all this with Shade. This man who should not have existed, really did it.
Shad recalled the map of the Old World. If he remembered correctly, in the urban division of Carsenrick, Randall Valley was also a very important city. It was located in the southwest of the United Kingdom, close to the harbor and on the edge of the river valley, and water transportation was extremely convenient.
The United Kingdom of Carsenrick uses the blooming of the famous "Randall Flower" in the Randall River Valley as a symbol of the arrival of spring every year, so the city is called the "City of Spring". It is called the "City of Stonemasons" because the stonemasons in the Randall River Valley are famous throughout the Old World.
"I will go find the key, and then find you in the 'present', and look for the answers in the past."
Xia De assured, and the girl curled up in his arms raised her head, looked at him with tearful eyes, and then sobbed and said:
"From now on, don't enter my dreams. This dream has a terrible influence on any existence. Let's not meet often. Shade, Shade, hug me and explore my secrets... Can you let me feel your passion?"
"What?"
"You dislike me like this?"
The tearful purple eyes seemed to be about to burst into tears again.
"Oh, what are you talking about, Luvia."
Then, the crying girl kissed Shad's neck and began to take off his clothes:
"Please warm my soul, even if it's just a little bit."
This was the first time he had experienced such a thing in a dream. He didn't know if this could be called a "wet dream".
You have come into contact with a soul cursed by time. You are cursed.
The Father of the Infinite Tree blesses you, and the time curse is invalid. As a punishment, the next time key will be postponed for two weeks from now on.
Stranger, you have been exposed to wonders, whispers, inspirations, blasphemies. You have sensed time, space, sun, moon, balance, darkness, light, creation, death, knowledge, chaos, earth, destiny.
Outsider, you have obtained the 'Witch's Reverberation - Luvia'. Since the witch is still alive, the reverberation has a special nature, and your low-level sublimation words are ineffective against it.
"Hmm? What? Witch's Resonance?"
Xia De was stunned. He had not expected this. No matter what the situation was, leaving the remnant would mean the official seat of the Demigod Witch and the Council.
At the same time, a vast amount of mystical knowledge flooded into his mind. Different from the knowledge brought by the Witch's Echo in the past, this time all the knowledge was from the Sixth Epoch. This filled in the gaps in Shade's basic lessons at a low level, and even gave him a deeper understanding of the mysteries of contemporary divination.
"Shad, please don't stop."
The girl, still crying, hugged his neck and said.
"Oh, sorry."
"This is all my strength right now. I hope this can help you... Keep going, Shade, my... love. May the first silver moon guide the final direction. The door, the chosen one, the end of the world, the departed gods, you and me... The answers are all at the end of this road."
The cat in the dream had its back to the two people entangled on the roof under the dim sky. The cat coiled its tail and raised its head, the wind and sand blew through its thin whiskers and small ears, and its silver eyes looked at the black sun, and the sun was reflected in the cat's eyes.
The sky was getting darker, and the sun must be about to disappear.