"last night... ... "
Putting down the holy water bottle, Shade unbuttoned his shirt with a sense of loss and looked at the faint marks on his chest:
"The words of Long-haired Luvia have actually pointed out a lot of things. If I'm not mistaken, Stone Oxenfurt, the 'demon' who is not a ring wizard but can use extraordinary powers, should be the second candidate for the Chosen One of the Earth."
Do you understand now why Lathers had to be killed in order to become the chosen one
"Yes, because there is a high probability that when she was talking to Long-haired Luvia, the first candidate still existed, and something went wrong, so... ... it's better not to guess randomly, we need evidence. But fortunately, I know the location of the Night Temple, which is really important."
The time key, which was originally planned to be opened on Sunday night, was forced to be delayed until today due to Shad's injury, but fortunately, the "Sand of Time Dyed by the Night" has been obtained.
Before heading to the Randall Valley today, Shad planned to open the key first. Before officially setting off, he went to the attic again and took a small cluster of the small flames produced by the ritual "Fire of the Sun" during the past two months and swallowed it into his body.
When traveling to the past, one cannot bring any extraordinary items except for the quest supplies. However, since Shade carries the remnant of the primordial fire, he can bring the sun fire into the past by swallowing it himself. He has done this once when he helped Miss Chloe Yin (Chapter 1061).
He plans to bring this flame to Miss Fiona to help her survive in the City of Eternal Night.
Just like last time, Mia was very unhappy that Shade was going to give the flame to someone else again, and was eager to touch the remaining flames, but was stopped by Shade. So the cat wanted to go out on an adventure with Shade again. Considering that although the Evernight City was dangerous, the crisis that actually needed to be faced was forced to move from one store to another, and at this time the cat could be turned into a toy, so Shade agreed to take it with him.
"But you must be good, otherwise I won't take you with me next time... May the World Tree protect me for an infinite time."
Click!
The door opened, and Shade confirmed that the Sand of Time was in his pocket. Then he stepped into the thick white fog in the morning sunlight shining through the window.
Stranger, you have stepped into the "Corridor of Time".
Message from the ancient god "Father of the Infinite Tree":
Autumn of the 3028th year of the Fifth Era, Northern Continent, Evernight City.
Event: Whispers of the Eternal Night.
Duration: 40 minutes (2/4).
You get additional information.
The figure of the Infinite Tree Father watches over you.
The tests given to you by the Ancient God of Time will continue.
Help mortals break through the maze of eternal night and explore the truth behind the curtain.
The Infinite Tree Father will give you a reward: Miracle Spirit Rune - Night.
He took another step forward in the white fog. As the curtain of white fog opened, the street scene of the ancient city in the rain appeared in front of Xia De.
The windows of the surrounding buildings were all lit, and the brightest-lit shop not far away was the "Midnight Watch Shop" that I left last time.
Just as Xia De noticed the watch shop, the lights in the distance on both sides of the street gradually went out, and the night rushed towards Xia De who was on the street.
I don’t know if it’s because I just came into contact with the power of the “Night Temple” yesterday, but this time when I was threatened by the night, I didn’t feel the tingling sensation on my scalp as last time, but instead I felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
He shook his head suddenly to drive away the strange feeling, and then ran forward quickly in the rain. Before the night engulfed the entire street, he successfully rushed into the warm and dry watch shop. It was still the same as when he left last time, but the "click-click" sound of the clocks coming from everywhere was really annoying.
After confirming that they had reached a safe place, Shade changed the toy cat back to Mia. The cat stood on Shade's shoulder and looked around with great interest, as if it had no idea how dangerous it was.
Going deeper into the store, I saw the tent in the corner. I opened the tent and found the red dragon girl, Miss Fiona Drago, sleeping soundly, lying between the soft quilt and mattress.
She slept in a very strange way, with her big tail passing between her legs and held in her arms from the front, like she was holding a stuffed toy. And Shade's coat was caught between her tail and her face.
The sound of the tent being opened startled the sleeping girl. She uttered a somewhat dissatisfied mumbling in her sleep, which sounded particularly like a girl's coquettishness. Tail slowly pulled out of her arms, and when she opened her sleepy eyes, she saw that both Shade's face and the cat's face had poked into the tent. The human and cat faces looked very large because of the close distance, and Fiona blushed after a moment of confusion:
"oh!"
Fiona pushed Shad out of the tent with a red face and closed eyes. A moment later, the red dragon girl, who had tidied her clothes, also came out of the tent and changed out of the black and white maid dress.
At this time, Fiona was wearing a white women's shirt with two vertical lace stripes on the chest, and a blue jacket with gold borders on the collar, cuffs, lapels and hem. The jacket was smaller than the shirt, so the color of the shirt could be seen at the collar, cuffs and hem.
Her lower body was covered with a rather thin red short skirt. Although it was called a short skirt, it actually reached her knees, revealing her legs wrapped in black fabric and brown leather shoes. It was the first time for the stranger to see someone wearing such a short skirt in this world. When his peripheral vision swept over Fiona's legs several times, the latter indeed blushed.
Shade was curious about where the clothes came from, but then she remembered that she had a small package with her.
In order to prevent her from being embarrassed, Xia De took the initiative to bring up a new topic:
"Fiona, do you remember this cat?"
He hugged Mia and said that in the adventure of Dead Valley-Gaddis Library, this cat was used as a symbol of the sun, so Fiona had indeed seen it.
"Yes, a kitty as warm as the sun."
The red-haired girl pursed her lips and nodded, but she did not forget what happened just now because of Shade's topic:
"I sleep with my tail in my arms. It's a habit I've developed since I was a kid... It's weird, right?"
"No, no, it's very interesting. I mean, it's a very beautiful sleeping posture."
Fiona's face looked even redder, while Mia looked intently at the thick dragon's tail, then looked at her own tail, and was confused for a moment.
Fiona didn't wake up until Shade opened the tent. It wasn't because she wasn't alert, but because she used a very strange magic. When Shade asked her about it, Fiona explained:
"Thaumaturge - Moon Dream. My teacher, Ms. Orlanod, developed this thaumaturge on her own, combining the information found in the ancient Night Temple. Mastering this thaumaturge can even delay the decay of the soul, but my talent for the power of the moon is not high. When I use this thaumaturge to fall into the Moon Dream to preserve my physical strength and spirit, my perception of the surrounding environment will become very poor. Fortunately, I am also a ring mage, and the other me can serve as a supplement to my perception."
It seems that the magic that the librarian taught Shade in the Sixth Epoch was actually created by Saint Byrons.
"I'm glad you didn't run into any danger. Before I leave this time, I can protect you. Coincidentally, my protection can last until the next midnight... Oh! I brought you a gift!"
He asked Mia to stay on his shoulder and not move, then he raised his hands and waited for a moment. Then a slender flame appeared in his palms. The golden glow represented the pure power of the sun.
"This is... ... "
Fiona looked at the fire with some surprise:
"sun?"
"Yes, I didn't have this kind of flame when I was in the Gaddis Library, otherwise I wouldn't have gone to so much trouble to collect the sun symbol."
Xia De said, and then asked:
"This flame should be helpful to you. Do you have the ability or alchemical tools to absorb this flame? If not, the watch shop should sell similar items."
"No, no, I can do it myself... This gift is a bit too expensive."
The Red Dragon girl said embarrassedly, and Xia De shook his head:
"Don't be so polite with me. You should know what my relationship with Miss Feliana and Miss Orlanod is like."
Fiona nodded and said softly:
"You saved me once when you were in the Gadis Library...Shad, you seem curious about my tail?"
She mustered up the courage to ask the question.
"No, no."
Shade immediately shook his head.
"If you're really curious, you can touch my tail."
"Okay, ahem, I mean, yes, I am curious."
The red-haired girl gave a reserved smile.
As for her method of absorbing flames, it was much more peculiar than Shade had imagined.
"Sunfire" is a kind of mysterious and strange fire. If you come into direct contact with it without preparation, you will be burned to ashes in an instant. As a giant dragon that is good at manipulating fire, even if it is a mixed-blood, the red dragon race has a unique way of controlling fire.
Fiona raised her big tail and poked the tip of her tail towards the flame in Shade's palm. There was no sign of burning after the tip of her tail touched the flame. Instead, Shade felt that her tail was adapting to the temperature of the flame.
After a moment, Fiona's tail moved away from Shade's palm, and the flame stayed on the tip of the tail, as if the tail was continuing to burn:
"This flame is too strong. I can't absorb it all at once, so I have to take my time. Once I have completely absorbed the flame, no more flames will be visible on my tail."
Fiona said embarrassedly. From this aspect, we can see how strong Miss Chloe Yin was that Xueshan met. She directly absorbed all the flames.