After the four of them sat around the campfire, Shade did not speak immediately, but took off his coat in front of the three women and covered the hand holding the Mia cat doll. After taking off the coat, the small orange cat appeared holding Shade's arm.
The red-gold bonfire illuminated Mia's orange and white fur. The domestic pet cat came to the forest, looked at the unfamiliar environment around it in panic, and then "meowed" at the three women near the bonfire as a threat.
The witches all smiled at the small orange cat. The cat's charm still worked in the Fifth Age, but Mia only liked Shade.
Shade took the cat off his arm and put it on his shoulder. He scratched its chin with his fingers, then looked up at the three strange women.
They all wore similar grey robes with hoods. All three women were absolutely beautiful girls in Shade's aesthetics, as charming as Miss Carina, and they looked young. But their real age was definitely not their appearance age. There are many ways for high-level extraordinary people to stay young:
"What should I call you?"
Shade asked. The firewood crackled under the quiet giant tree. In the firelight, everyone's face was distorted.
"The Moon Witch, a witch of the twelfth order."
The witch on the right said without hesitation that this was the kind of person who could be seen at first glance to be very rigid and serious.
"Giant Tree Witch, a twelfth-level witch."
The witch on the left thought for a moment before speaking, her voice very gentle.
"I am their teacher, a witch of the thirteenth order. You can call me 'teacher'. I like this title. Also, since you are from the future, we should not reveal our real names to each other to avoid unnecessary trouble. We must respect time."
The witch in the middle said.
Xia De nodded, and while the three people were looking at him, he was also looking at the three people:
"Level 13 is..."
"The limits of mortals, the teacher is the strongest witch."
The Moon Witch said.
"one."
The teacher said, looking at his student with his golden eyes in reproach, and then asked Xiang Xiade:
"Then man from the future, you must have a purpose for coming here. What do you want to do?"
"I am here to assist you in completing the God-summoning ritual - contacting the 'Gate of Radiance'. Someone asked me to do this."
The two young witches were puzzled, and the "teacher" frowned. The innocent creator of the old gods could see at a glance that the appearance of Shade was related to the old gods, but the witches were just mortals, and even the strongest of the contemporary world could not think of the old gods:
"Can you only come here once?"
"Teacher" asked.
"Three times. This is the first time."
"I will give you a list. You go back to your time and look up some information about that god."
She seemed not to want to reveal too much information about herself and the preparation for the ceremony, and did not intend to share their ritual information with Shade. When Shade was wary of them, they were also wary of Shade.
The evidence is that they did not ask Shad why he could travel through time, and Shad did not ask them why they wanted to contact the old gods.
To Xia De, this was just something that had already happened. If the other party had no intention of developing further trust in him, he would not waste time doing unnecessary things. After all, the past was not absolutely safe.
"I ask you to give something in return."
"Okay, what do you need?"
"Teacher" said.
"I am in danger. After returning to my own time, I must face an evil god. And that evil god has a grudge against me. I... have offended him."
The three witches looked at him with strange eyes, and it took a long time before someone spoke:
"Hold on."
The "teacher" directed the two students to return to the tent again, and this time took out three books and handed them to Xia De.
The text was certainly not the familiar common language of Dralion, but he could still understand it—
"Tips: The Correct Response to Saints", "Witch Adventure Guide III: The Existence Best Not to Provoke", "Mana Adventure Story Collection"
"Hmm... the last one is obviously a novel."
Shade pointed out hesitantly.
"Yes, I wrote it. It's based on my real experience."
"Teacher" blinked and said, Xia De was surprised:
"You have also faced the evil god?"
The witch smiled and nodded:
"It's just that we were facing a saint, and the other side was not perfect. We also had the help of the gods on our side. That time... Mr. from the future, I have encountered gods several times in my life, and I have also traveled with saints. Although this book is a novel, it will be very helpful to you."
Xia De was very surprised. He lowered his head and wanted to turn the page, but he didn't expect the other party to say:
"Of course, the knowledge in books is just knowledge. If you want to escape from the evil god safely, or even save the people you want to save, you can tell me your current situation, your own strength, and the relics you have, and we will write a detailed plan for you."
Her tone was very gentle, probably not trying to deceive Shade, but Shade was hesitant. Although the time span was nearly five thousand years, he still didn't want to reveal his information, especially information about divinity.
"You can just tell me. My two students go aside. If you still don't trust me, then I can tell you about me in exchange for my finding out your secrets. I am very curious about the power form of the ring magician system."
"this... ... "
Saint Byron's history book clearly stated that witches in the Fifth Epoch were generally stronger than ring sorcerers in the Sixth Epoch, both on average and at a higher limit. The witch in front of him, who had two 12th-level students and was a 13th-level witch herself, was clearly one of the strongest mortals in the two epochs.
After all, not even a thirteen-ring sorcerer could face a god, but the other party admitted that she had done it.
There was no problem in telling him about his magic and relics. What Shade needed to consider was whether he should tell him about divinity so that the other party could make a more detailed plan.
Looking at the book in his hand, the firelight from the campfire illuminated the entire cover of the novel "Mana Adventure Stories". Shade stroked the cat with his left hand, and his eyes unconsciously scanned the words on the cover. He was stunned, and suddenly understood why he thought this thirteenth-level witch looked familiar.
His expression became stiff, then he looked up, the firelight illuminating his surprised expression:
"You are..."
He pointed to the author's name written on the book and spoke incoherently.
The "teacher" glanced at the cover of the book in confusion and frowned:
"Yes, oh, my name is here. Do you know me? It's impossible for me to leave any descendants, and you don't look like a descendant of the Filianna family. So, will I be famous in the future? Or will my students be famous?"
The young witches laughed sheepishly, but seemed to care about the answer.
"You are really Mana..."
Sitting by the campfire, Shad really didn't know what to say.
"Teacher" looked at his strange expression, her dazzling golden hair scattered behind her head, but unusually beautiful. She nodded, the firelight illuminated her face, and the branches of the giant tree swayed in the night breeze. Her soft long hair fluttered behind her, and her golden eyes looked at Xia De, and she said softly:
"Yes, my name is, Mana Filianna."