"Very good, I finally found the opportunity, and it's now!"
Xia De had just witnessed that the other party had a strong resistance to "moonlight", but the monster only avoided his "thunder gun".
So, after finally controlling the enemy with the trap, Shad used his intact left hand to turn the wooden staff with one hand, changed his gesture, grasped the middle of the long staff with his palm, and raised it up.
On the life ring behind him, the lightning spirit rune flashed with dazzling spiritual light. Xia De took a deep breath, and the silver-white lightning of thunder appeared on his palm first. The lightning jumped and spread to the entire wooden staff until the silver-white lightning completely enveloped the spellcasting weapon, turning it into a huge thunder spear.
Charging and casting a spell takes time, causing the monster surrounded by the moonlight bushes to recover, but before it could attack the surrounding bushes again, Shade had completed the final charge.
At this moment, it seemed as if the whole world had turned black, leaving only the silver-white spear in Xia De's hand radiating light in the thunderbolt. With his strongest power, he threw the lightning in his hand under the urging of the spirit.
There was no process, only results. The lightning spear seemed to have crossed the space and hit the monster directly. The spear pierced through the bodies of Mr. Smith and Mrs. Smith at the same time, and then pierced into the ground.
Two shriveled heads lowered, looking at the pierced chest, and then the thunder spear exploded, and the silver-white electric light completely submerged the monster's body.
The Moon Thorn's spell was automatically canceled because of Shad's extremely bad condition. Shad gasped and barely stood up straight. He first healed his right hand, and then walked towards the area flooded by lightning.
The silver-white lightning slowly dissipated, leaving a deep pit on the ground after the explosion, and the yellow sand was eager to fill it. The wooden stick pierced into the ground in the deep pit, and the surface of the wooden stick was still jumping with thunderbolts. The few remaining remains of the monster were gradually turning into sand.
“Win!”
If it weren't for the space stabilization aura that limited most of the opponent's abilities, Xia De couldn't think of how he could win this battle.
The two shrunken heads were the last to turn into sand. The heads that fell beside the wooden stick looked at Shade, and at the last moment, their eyes actually revealed the brilliance of humanity. But they had no time left. The two heads that snuggled together closed their eyes and turned into sand.
After Shade stretched out his hand and struggled to pull out one-third of the wooden stick that had sunk into the ground, he discovered that there was a card stuck in the pile of sand formed by the monster's corpse. The card also had a strong whispering element.
Of course, although the back of this card has the same pattern as the "Rod Card" and the "Impermanence Card", it is not either of these two cards.
Shade bent down, picked up the card, and turned it over. He saw the words written in gilded Draerion on the top of the card:
Twin lovers.
On the card, there was a monster made up of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, standing on the now dusty St. Teresa's Square. Mr. Smith raised his strong arms high, while Mrs. Smith held his neck with her slender arms, their two shrunken heads leaning against each other.
At the bottom of the front, there are three lines of sentences:
When the end of the world comes, a couple is forced to merge together in the hope of surviving together.
The disaster of the forced fusion of body and soul originated from Green Lake.
This is the power of two souls who have loved each other for a lifetime. This perfect gesture can perhaps be called a miracle among mortals.
After reading this sentence, two unfamiliar memories suddenly appeared in Xia De's mind.
The first memory belongs to old Mr. Smith. Xia Demuhu saw the important moments in his life. Then, with a fairly clear perspective, he saw from the second-floor window of Smith's house that on the St. Teresa's Square, where the lights were just coming on, a furtive figure in a robe used a wire to open the door of number six St. Teresa's Square and then slipped in.
"A thief?"
Mr. Smith's voice murmured, and that figure was undoubtedly Luvia to Shad.
The second memory belongs to old Mrs. Smith. Shad also saw many important moments in her life in a vague way. Then, standing at the second-floor window of Smith's house with a clear perspective, he saw the sky go from foggy to completely dark in just a few seconds.
After these two memories, the slight pain from the sand hitting his cheeks sobered Xia De up. He looked down at the cards in his hand:
"It seems that the chosen one of the space did appear in the Green Lake area, and it is most likely the location of the ceremony. Mr. Smith's memory shows that No. 6 has always been a haunted house, and Luvia probably did not obtain the ownership of St. Teresa's Square, but sneaked in... ... From the fact that so many doors are still there, it seems that she used No. 6 as her secret base, and it doesn't cost any money; and Mrs. Smith's memory is probably the scene when the end of the world came... ... So that's it, the use of this black time key is actually to enter the past life, defeat the powerful enemy, and obtain memories and clues."
But as he looked at the harvest, he had new questions:
"But why cards, and not notes, sounds, scrolls, or diaries?"
Everything exists for a reason. This card, which is very similar to Shad's Man of the Future, also appears for a reason:
"Did the Ringwitch system collapse at the end of the world and become a new card system? Or did the Vientiane Card affect the rules of the world? Or did the Prophet Guild, which created the Rhodes card system, affect something at the end of the world? Or, will everything defeated by this wooden staff become a card?"
He couldn't figure out these things, so he could only put away the cards tiredly.
White fog was sweeping in from all around, and the destroyed square was being restored as if time had gone back.
He waited for the white mist to envelop him, and felt deeply exhausted. Of all the adventures he had taken in time travel before, this time was the most exhausting.
When the white mist closed and he was about to return to his own time and space, "she" beside his ear suddenly whispered:
Outsider, this card is a relic that can be used.
You can use the stick in your hand, through this "Twin Lovers", to release the monsters you defeated. Their strength will not be weakened in any way. You can fully control your summons and reseal them. If the summoned creature is killed, you need to wait for a certain period of time before summoning it again.
"ah?"
Xia De only had time to utter an exclamation of surprise before the thick white fog around him dispersed again, revealing the view of his home study.
Unlike the Sixth Era in the past, the windows were not sealed, so even though there was a thin mist outside, starlight and moonlight could still shine into the room.
"Summon that kind of monster at any time? Wait, how..."
Please note that every time you summon a strong person from the past life, the corresponding disaster that happens to the strong person will be further promoted in this world.
"That is to say, I cannot use this method to summon unless it is absolutely necessary?"
Yes.
Shade heaved a sigh of relief and looked down at the black wooden staff he was holding. To be honest, if he could summon monsters of that strength at any time without cost, he was worried that he would encounter powerful evil creatures released from the subspace as soon as he arrived at Green Lake.
According to the outsider's experience, gain means challenge, so he would rather move forward step by step.
However, "summoning" is also the mainstream combat system of ring wizards. Leicia and Dorothy are good at this kind of combat. If Shade remembers correctly, Tifa, who rarely takes action, is also good at using summons to fight.
The white mist in the door behind him completely disappeared. In the silent house, the sound of treetops being blown by the wind flashed by. "She" brought new news about the key.
Stranger, the time key of the Sixth Era of the Past that you hold can be opened once every natural month.
The waiting time after using this time key has nothing to do with ordinary time keys; the waiting time after using ordinary time keys has nothing to do with this key.
"Every natural month? In other words, any time of the month is fine? Challenge powerful enemies once a month to gain intelligence and new summons?"
Xia De walked to the window and looked at the peaceful St. Teresa Square under the moonlight. The doomsday with yellow sand all over the sky was completely different from here.
"It doesn't share the same waiting time as an ordinary time key. In other words, I can open the key Mr. Edmund gave me right now?"
Thinking of this, he shook his head violently. He was already very tired. Perhaps he could wait a day or two before starting this new adventure. After all, he was not in a hurry.
After returning to the present time, the injuries that Shade had suffered had been treated by the Tree Father. His discomfort at the moment was mainly caused by the damage to his mind and soul caused by the doomsday environment. Therefore, before returning to the bedroom to rest, Shade drank another bottle of No. 3 holy water bought from Priest Augustus. After Shade found the finger bones for the priest, the best holy water made by the priest had changed from "close to No. 3 holy water" to the same as No. 3 holy water.
However, he did not rush back to the bedroom, but tiptoed to the basement with the wooden stick. In the circular space hidden behind the wall, he found the souvenir of playing the "Game of Life" with Mr. Riddle, the "luckiest mortal" in the Dreadfort, that is, the card of the Man of the Future.
There were also gilded words on the top of the card, and the pattern below showed Mr. Riddle's upper body from the perspective of looking up from the tabletop, but Shad's face did not appear on the card, only his hand on Mr. Riddle's shoulder. As for why he was sure it was his hand, it was because the hand was covered with golden cracks that looked like the remains of a burn.
"Except for the lack of the text description at the bottom, it's exactly the same."
Placing the hook-shaped tip of the wooden stick against the card of the man of the future, Shade said softly:
"liberation."
No response.
“Is it just a similar appearance?”
He couldn't figure it out, so he temporarily put the "Twin Lovers" card into Feliana's notebook, then leaned the wooden stick against the wall and turned back to the bedroom.
"What did you do?"
Xia De gently released Mia from the closet, and when he put her next to the pillow with the cat's reproachful look, Luvia asked in a daze with her eyes closed. She was probably not fully awake yet.
"Bathroom, nothing to do, go to sleep."
Shade, who had already changed into pajamas, got into the quilt, patted Mia's little head, and then hugged Luvia. The purple-eyed girl lazily turned over and leaned on Shade's chest, with her arms on Shade's body. She subconsciously twitched her nose, and after finding no strange smell, she fell asleep again.