Because of Shad's invitation to stay overnight, Luvia was going to St. Teresa's Square 6 after work that evening. But Shad was earlier than her, holding Mia and waiting for her to get off work at the Prophet's Association.
Almost everyone in the Prophet Association of Tobesk City knew about the relationship between Shade and Luvia. The uniformed girls at the front desk congratulated Shade on winning the City Riding Competition, and asked about his relationship with Princess Leicia and whether it would affect his relationship with Luvia.
The girls' gossip was quickly interrupted by Vice President Mark:
"It's not time to get off work yet, please work hard."
He then led Xia De to his office to wait for a while. Looking at the time, there were still five minutes before the end of the get off work day. Vice President Mark took out the specially prepared "after-get off work wine" from the wine cabinet and poured a glass for each of them. It was a bottle of very good fruity gin with a not very high alcohol content.
Vice President Mark talked to Shade about the matter of the Founding Earth that Shade had asked Luvia to help identify when Shade was seriously ill some time ago. At that time, Luvia used the excuse that "this card is not mine" and did not reveal the origin of the card. Today, Shade happened to come to the association, and Vice President Mark asked curiously.
Unfortunately, Shad didn't know where Stone Oxenfurt got the card from, so he could only say that it was a private matter that could not be disclosed.
Vice President Mark saw that Shade was unwilling to talk, so he asked the association whether he could publish the news that "Original Earth" appeared and belonged to Shade in the "Threepenny Newspaper". The appearance of each founding series was big news for Rhodes players, not to mention the founding earth that had never been reported before.
Shade agreed to this request. After all, he had already used this card, and the news could not be concealed. Moreover, in return, the Prophet Association would give Shade a good reward.
Luvia was very happy that Shade brought Mia to pick her up after get off work. She thought today was purely a date time, so she went back to No. 6 St. Teresa's Square first, changed into the clothes she left there, and then went to have dinner with Shade.
After dinner, the two walked back home with Mia and read a book together in the study. Shade also took out some red wine and drank a glass with Luvia. At around nine o'clock, they locked Mia in the closet and went to bed to rest.
The purple-eyed girl brought along the Youth Eternal Leaf, but when they were kissing, Xia De "took it away" and put it on the bedside table. As a result, before midnight, the girl, who was relaxed physically and mentally, fell asleep in Xia De's arms.
She fell into a deep sleep, as if she had let go of all her worries. Xia De calculated the time with his eyes open, looking at the dim bedroom, thinking that it seemed like he hadn't dated Luvia alone for a long time without any purpose.
Are you feeling guilty
"She" asked softly in Xia De's ear, and Xia De answered in his heart:
"Of course I feel guilty, especially towards Luvia."
"Her" gentle smile still made Shade so comfortable, and when the midnight bell rang, Shade tiptoed out of the bed. He changed his clothes and went into the study, taking out the black time key that Hillis had extracted from the memory of the earth from the drawer.
In order to avoid waking up Luvia, the lights in the study were also off. The stranger stood alone by the table, staring at the key in his hand. After a moment, he shook his head slightly, ready to go on an unpredictable new adventure.
"May the World Tree protect me throughout the infinite time."
Click!
The black dead wood key was inserted into the keyhole on the inside of the study door. As Xia De gently turned the key, he actually felt that he was reversing the flow of time, a feeling he had never experienced before.
I turned the key and opened the door. Behind the door was still the familiar foggy door surrounded by cotton-like white mist. In this respect, this special time key was no different from a normal key.
"Well, I'm going to leave now. What happened in the time that no longer exists?"
He said in his heart, and after getting "her" response, he stepped into the fog gate.
Stranger, you have stepped into the "Corridor of Time".
Message from the ancient god "Father of the Infinite Tree":
In the past, the Sixth Era, the Old World, the City of the End, Tobesk.
Event: Tobesk, the Last Era.
Duration is arbitrary (1/∞).
You get additional information.
You are stepping into history that does not exist.
The figure of the Infinite Tree Father watches over you.
"The city of Tobesk is called the City of the End? Moreover, this time key can be used an unlimited number of times? Is there such a good thing?"
Xia De stood in the white fog, wondering in amazement. He hadn't seen anything yet, but the information he knew was surprising enough:
"Also, since the duration is arbitrary, and Treefather hasn't given me any mission, how can I leave this time and space?"
"She" did not answer immediately, as if receiving information from the corridor of time:
Please note that you cannot leave St. Teresa's Square during this exploration.
Note that you are allowed to bring any spellcasting materials into this time.
Note that by using the Time Key to defeat any powerful enemy, you can return to the "present" time.
"Time Key?"
Xia De was stunned for a moment, and then he felt something hit his head. He reached out and touched it, and then found that what he grabbed was actually the black time key. Although it had been used, there was no crack on the key itself.
However, the fact that this key appeared here was quite wrong:
"Wasn't the time key from before supposed to appear in my hand after I went back? Besides, how can I defeat a powerful enemy with just one key?"
He imagined himself throwing the key like an embroidery needle, piercing through the enemy's head, and then quickly shook his head:
"Besides, what was the powerful enemy in the Sixth Epoch of the Past?"
There were more and more questions that he couldn't understand, so Xia De simply stopped thinking about them and just walked forward.
As his right foot landed on the ground, the white mist slowly dispersed to the left and right like a curtain. What appeared in front of him was undoubtedly the living room of Room 1 on the second floor of No. 6 Saint Teresa Square.
"oh!"
Before he had time to look around, Xia De fell to the ground, holding his forehead, his body twitching involuntarily.
The moment he entered this time, it was as if the horror of the entire world, all those distorted, vague, indescribable sounds and illusions, all entered his head. He felt as if countless hands grabbed him, trying to drag him into his final death, and he also felt as if the entire world was wailing to him with the sorrow of destruction.
He felt that all the signals his senses could access were telling the secrets of final death and chaos, and the unwillingness and fear of destruction.
In comparison, the impact of the spirits and elements that filled the surroundings, which were more chaotic than any environment he had ever encountered, was negligible.
"I forgot. The last time I saw this place was in a dream. This time I'm really here..."
He felt dizzy and dazed for the first time in a long time, and it seemed as if the whole world was spinning. The difference between this place and the real world was greater than the difference between the living and the dead. This was a truly destroyed world. The consciousness of the world, all the things that existed and did not exist, were telling Shade, a living person, what "world destruction" really meant.
At this moment, even the drop of divinity in his soul could only barely ensure that Shade would not faint immediately. But fortunately, the black time key held in his hand slowly heated up, and the warm breath was transmitted from the "dead key" to Shade's body.
The warmth made Shade, whose body temperature dropped rapidly, slowly come back to life. The perished world accepted this living person, the key to this world, and told the world that outsiders also belonged here.
Stranger, you sense "miracles," "blasphemy," "enlightenment," and "whispers."
"Her" gentle voice soothed the pain in Xia De's head as he gasped for air and rejoiced in the warmth of life. Even if Xia De entered "real death" and returned to the world of the living, he had never so clearly touched the meaning of the so-called "end".
Chaotic and bizarre elements quietly entered Shad's soul, and the destroyed world whispered its own secrets to the living outsiders.
As Shade tried to use his arms to support himself and stand up on the dirty floor, large patches of scorching steam appeared behind him. Long whistles and distant bells rang in the silent house, and a brass wheel ring carrying high heat slowly emerged.
As soon as the life ring appeared, it began to spin rapidly. At first, four colors of light flashed simultaneously, but soon only the black iron light symbolizing "whisper" appeared as the life ring rotated, drawing a dazzling stream of light.
Now is the end of time; here is the last era. The story is over, the pages are closed, everything ends. There is no story here.
"Her" words seemed a little sad, but Xia De, who was still a little dizzy and holding the ground, did not notice it. The life ring behind him was also slowly slowing down, and all the black iron spiritual light was enriched in the center of the life ring, bringing Xia De his first spiritual rune of the sixth ring.
You have seen the end.
Outsider, you have inscribed the rune of Whisper-End.
Shade finally stood up, holding his head with his hands and frowning, he looked back at his life ring and saw ancient runes written in an unknown language.
"This can..."
Yes, "The shadow of the silver moon guides the final direction" and "the end" is the spiritual rune.