Xia De turned his head and looked behind him, but the witch was no longer there, and the remains of the three stone arches were also subtly different from before.
At the end of the three arches, the ground where Shade stood was still engraved with the pattern of the sun, moon and stars, but the pattern no longer glowed, and instead seemed to be painted on. Looking up at the starry sky again, Shade had a certain level of attainment in astrology after possessing the witch Zankyou Luvia. He knew very well that the starry sky at this time was not the night sky of the 16th day of the rare star month in 1854 of the Universal Calendar.
"Here is... Contact the Infinite Tree Father!"
It was as if the sound of the treetops being blown by the wind rang in Shade's ears, and then "she" told him the exact time:
Past Life, Sixth Era, Universal Calendar, Winter, 1857, Month of Sleep, 17th Day, Night, 10:57,
"1857? The Sixth Era in the present world where I live is only the sparsely populated month of 1854..."
Before Xia De could express his surprise with his face, "she" whispered again:
Attention, outsider, you are experiencing illegal time travel.
"illegal?"
Time travel without using the time key is illegal. Since you have the breath of the tree father and have received the help of the power of the ancient gods, this time travel activity is allowed to last for 3 minutes and does not occupy your time key waiting time. Please note that they cannot pay attention to you, and you can only observe.
"Is this really the only solution, Luvia?"
The two girls on the cliff with their backs to Xia De didn't know that someone was watching them at this time, and their conversation continued.
The one who was speaking at this time was Miss Lathers. Shade could observe that her legs hanging over the cliff were shaking unconsciously. Even in winter, she was still wearing a short skirt and cotton socks. However, when the two were talking, no one looked at each other. Although Miss Lathers, whom Shade knew, would call Luvia by her name after the battle of Lake Eldron, she was obviously not so intimate.
"Yes, this is the only way, the third candidate."
Even though the times have changed, Luvia's voice is still as beautiful as ever:
"The power of the devil is almost unstoppable. Tomorrow night, the evil god will descend and hold a feast that will spread across the earth. The only way now is to let the chosen one of the earth appear. Only the chosen one can save the Randall Valley."
Compared to the voices that Shade was used to, the voice of long-haired Luvia was a little cold... ... but Shade liked it just as much.
"The third candidate..."
Miss Lathers seemed to be lamenting, but also seemed to be just stating the facts:
"So, you want to kill me?"
When Shade heard this, he raised his eyebrows. Miss Lathers was the third candidate for the Chosen Ones of the Earth, and this had been confirmed in the Sixth Epoch of the Present World. He just didn't understand how Miss Lathers being the third candidate had anything to do with Luvia wanting to kill her, and the two parties didn't seem to have any conflicts.
This time it is not the "Chosen One of Death". Death does not mean anything in the Chosen One ceremony.
"Yes, I will kill you with my own hands. I will do it before sunset tomorrow. If Oxenfurt gets there first, you know what will happen."
"What does this have to do with Oxenfurt?"
Xia De had more questions in his mind, but he could only continue to listen to their conversation. But then there was a not-so-long silence. Miss Lathers looked at the galaxy in front of her that seemed to be within reach:
"So, how are you going to kill me?"
"I'll use the blade to cut your snow-white neck. Your fans in the theater will probably feel sad about this scene."
Luvia said it simply, and added:
“I have to do this.”
Shade knew very well that once Luvia used such a sentence structure, it meant that she was also convincing herself that Shade was really familiar with her.
Miss Lathers nodded, as if the topic of discussion was not her life or death:
"The scenery here is so beautiful. I really hope I'll have the opportunity to come here again in the future and see this scenery in front of the temple of the ancient moon god. I've lived in the Randall Valley for so long, but I never knew there was such a scenery."
"This place is indeed very hidden. Even the devil can't guess what is here."
Luvia's voice was a little low, she folded her hands in front of her chest, and her long brown hair swayed backwards in the night wind. Although the action was very chic, Shade knew that this was her posture to show her insecurity:
"The gold mine under our feet represents more than just wealth... The tomb of the Butterfly Family is here, the passage is here, the temple of the ancient god is here, and even the statue of the God of Space is here..."
Shade was still trying to figure out the connection between Oxenfurt and the Chosen One. He was stunned when he heard this:
"What did she say?"
I have written it down, you can analyze it later.
"What a special place. So, Luvia, are you going to kill me here?"
Miss Lathers' voice was as light as the sound of the wind. The starlight and moonlight shone on the faces and bodies of the two girls. They were both very beautiful.
"Yes, in the center of the ritual array behind us."
That was where Xia De was standing at that moment.
"This place has a very special mystical meaning. The souls deprived of their lives here will be blessed by the Dark Moon. This is the best place to take your life. After that, you will follow me to the outside of Ossenfurt Manor, in the ruins of the Moon Worship, to fulfill your destiny, Sirius... the chosen one of the earth."
Xia De felt that he had heard even more incredible information:
"Killing Miss Lathers is a step for her to become the Chosen One? Wait, she's the third candidate, what happened to the first two candidates now? Also, are they really talking about the Chosen One of the Earth?"
Shad suspected that this was Fort Midhill, but the surrounding scenery was undoubtedly the Randall River Valley. Therefore, the most incredible of all his guesses seemed to be correct.
Miss Lathers swung her legs, supported her body with her hands, and looked up at the starry sky:
"The second chosen one, the chosen one of the earth... fate is really interesting, isn't it? Luvia, you witnessed the fate of the first chosen one, the chosen one of Silver Moon. What did you understand from this?"
“My destiny and my words of ascension—the original silver moon—guide the final direction. All I have to do is guide the final direction for this world.”
Luvia's voice was very soft, and Shad learned from it that the order in which the chosen ones appeared in the last Sixth Era was completely different from this time.
"I've known you for so long, and you always have your own secrets. So, why else did you choose this place?"
Miss Lathers asked again, the wind also blew through the ends of her hair, but her long golden hair was braided into a beautiful and complicated hairstyle, so it just swayed in the night breeze.
The backs of the two girls were so beautiful that no one could have imagined that one of them was about to take the life of the other:
"I am going to complete a ritual and leave an item here. This will ensure that even if I fail, there will be another chance to turn the tables."
Luvia hesitated for a moment, then opened her clenched palms. Xia De leaned over to look, and was even more surprised to see that it was a black wooden key.
He thought that he would not be more surprised than this tonight:
"Okay, so it's here! Wait, this isn't my time point, how am I supposed to get it?"
"Time Key? Why is it black? It looks like... it's dead."
Miss Lathers finally turned her head and looked up slightly at her hands, a puzzled expression on her face.
"Yes, it withered and died, because it represents five periods of history that everyone has forgotten. That is history that has been erased."
The Sixth Era that Xia De is in is the Seventh Era. In this way, this period of history is the Sixth Era of the Sixth Era, which is the previous one.
"Everyone has forgotten, only I remember. You are the current high priest of the Forgotten Order, you should understand better that memory itself is a kind of power for a ring warlock.
The place where we are, this extremely special place in the material world, gathers the power of the Silver Moon Sage who possesses the power of "recorder", the power of the Earth Mother Goddess who possesses the power of "memory", and this key is infected by the power of the Walking Darkness who possesses the power of "history", and it is also the Time Key of the Infinite Tree Father who possesses the power of "time". In addition, the statue of the original rift of the ancient god who possesses the power of "break and connect" is also here... Among the thirteen ancient gods, all the powers of the gods who can help me pass on this history and memory are gathered here..."
Luvia looked at Miss Lathers, her purple eyes sparkling with a transparent glow in the night:
"I will use the body of you, the last high priest of the old god Forgotten, the future Chosen One of the Earth, before he died, as a sacrifice. I will split part of this key into seeds and hide them deep in this land. This is a very ancient ritual. I read the knowledge from the dead trunk of the World Tree. It was... a long time ago. And after a long, long time, someone will extract it from this land and turn it into another withered black time key. And if I want to use my low-ring sublimation words, 'The first silver moon guides the final direction' with all my strength, it is related to this key."
Miss Lathers looked at her in surprise:
"You are still as scary as before. You have so many purposes for killing me. How many more plans do you have... Wait, the weird ritual you asked me to cooperate with two years ago was to extract the key from your hand?"
Luvia raised the corners of her mouth, revealing a cold smile that Shade had never seen before:
"Yes, I am the only one who knows. The key is here."
Although the smile was strange, Shade still liked it very much.