"Are you... Sister Defulin? Shade told me about you. I am Iluna Beas."
Out of respect for the eleventh-ring warlock and being amazed by the nun's temperament, Iluna introduced herself cautiously.
Sister Defulin still maintained a calm expression and nodded slightly:
"Hello, Chosen One of Balance."
After saying that, she actually handed a business card to Iluna. It only had the first name, Daveline, but no last name, and the position was the director of Snake Heart Hospital.
"This is mine."
Iluna also hurriedly dug out her business card. Although she felt it was a bit shabby, she still handed it over and then introduced:
"This is Reverend Rat Augustus, a friend of Shad and a member of the Church of Dawn."
"Hello, Sister, I am from the parish of Tobesk."
The old priest said, and exchanged business cards with Sister Defulin. The nun "looked" at Priest Augustus in the light of the fire and hesitated:
"Hello."
"Sister Defulin, may I ask how you got in?"
Iluna put away the business card and asked curiously.
"I assisted the two witches in their battle against Joey Barton. Barton summoned some terrible things, terrible things from the Fifth Age, which held the witches back. I chased him into the passage in the belly of the mountain, and then we fell into the well together."
The three people beside the campfire were busy exchanging business cards. Shade, who was by the beach, turned his head again and looked at Mr. Barton, who had a melancholy expression on his face.
"What are you going to do next?"
Mr. Barton sighed:
"Bring her here, of course. You once asked me, Mr. Watson, what I would be willing to pay to bring her back."
The three people by the campfire also looked over at this time. Joey Barton turned his head and looked at Shade, the light in his eyes was very powerful:
"I am willing to give everything I have."
He supported himself on the rock with both hands and jumped down from it with great effort. Then, contrary to Shad's expectations, he walked towards the tranquil dark waters.
Mr. Patton did not sink into the water, but stood on the water, like those white shadows, moving towards the distance towards the dark moon.
Shade did not speak, but looked down at his feet. Joey Barton's body, lying on his back with his eyes closed, was pale and his deformed childlike body was gradually losing temperature. When he looked up again, his soul had already gone far away.
He really gave it his all.
"Is it really so infatuated..."
All other souls were white shadows with similar appearances, and could only vaguely tell the difference. Only Mr. Barton's soul was so unique and real. He did not disappear, but stopped in the depths of the water, as if he was calling out or crying, but Shade did not observe any white shadows stopping to move forward, nor did he see any souls returning from the end of the dark moon.
"Shad, you have to stop him as soon as possible."
The voice of Priest Augustus came from behind him. Shad turned around and found that the three people around the campfire were looking at him.
"If he really brings back souls that have passed away for many years, even if he doesn't take them away through this door, something terrible will definitely happen. The boundary between life and death will be clearly broken. This will not pose any danger to Midhill Castle, but it is an extremely bad symbol."
The Augustus priest should know a lot of things, Shad believed him:
"What should I do?"
"Catch up with him, and defeat him at the place where his soul wanders and leaves. That piece of water is different from the mudflats. You can defeat it, but you must never kill him. Five living people came in, and five living people must leave as well. He possesses such pure death. If he enters true death here, the seal of the Holy Tree Mark will not be able to prevent the narrow space from getting out of control."
The nun spoke softly, still using that old-fashioned grammar.
"Wait, regardless of whether I can defeat him, Sister, are you saying that I also want to set foot on these waters?"
Xia De asked in disbelief. Father Augustus and Sister Defulin nodded:
"Here, only you can do this."
"Why? Priest, you..."
"I'm just an old man, I don't have much strength, you don't want me to do this kind of thing..."
Father Augustus looked up at Shad, his face red in the firelight:
"Besides, my powers are not complete."
The words were spoken in a low voice, but everyone could hear them:
"The power you possess is great. If there is one person here who can step on the water, it is you."
"So, Sister Devereine, you..."
"I am just a nun who looks after the First Flame. I am still an ordinary living person. There are some things I cannot do."
The firelight danced on her eye mask, and as the nun raised her head, the fine lines gradually became clearer. Xia De had never been able to accurately describe the pattern on the nun's eye mask, but now it looked a bit like the sun.
"Ilu..."
He looked at the haggard girl again, but immediately shook his head. In Iluna's current state, she couldn't even leave the range of the Tree Kiss Bonfire, let alone stand up to fight.
"Also, I must remind you."
Father Augustus continued, looking at Joey Barton standing deep in the water from a distance:
"He is in deeper contact with death than any living person in history. What exactly is that strange gift? On this quiet water, he will become even more powerful."
"Stronger than outside? Oh, priest... Well, how strong?"
Shad asked.
“It’s hard to describe.”
Sister Defulin then said:
"But you can think of yourself as fighting a high-level warlock who is armed with a variety of level 0 relics."
"Yes."
Father Augustus echoed, somewhat surprised that this nun knew so much:
"The nun is right. Shade, you must act quickly, because none of us knows what he can do."
Shade looked embarrassed, while Iluna leaned on her sword and pursed her lips as she looked at the other two people by the campfire. She felt that they all knew a lot, and she seemed to be the only one who knew nothing. She tried hard to find information that might be helpful in the current situation from the knowledge of the chosen ones she had mastered, and used "another me" to feel this area that seemed to be so silent that time had stopped:
"Shad, if you are going to walk on that body of water, I can use the power of the ancient god, the upside-down judge, to give you some help and help you balance the power of life and death. It will weaken the impact on you and allow you to hurt him here."
She said in a low voice.
"Shad, don't worry about getting onto that body of water. I will also grant you a short-lived blessing that will make you immune to some damage and allow you to inflict more significant damage to Joey Barton."
Father Augustus said.
"Shad Hamilton, if you wish, I can allow part of the primordial fire to attach to your sword. Even death cannot extinguish the fire from the beginning of the world. May the primordial fire be with you."
Sister Defulyn also said.
Shade nodded, but then shook his head;
"I'm just here as a spectator, how did it turn out like this... Well, it looks like I have to go. The situation is urgent and I should leave immediately. However, I have to go somewhere else first to recover and seek help from others."
He took out the time key from his pocket, walked back from the beach to the campfire and sat down:
"This time we must defeat Joey Barton head-on, but even with your help, I think I will need some additional means."
He took out the relics from his body and placed them next to the bonfire in front of him. Without the protection of his divine afterglow, the relics could not avoid losing control if they were close to the First Fire.
"Three seconds, I'll be right back."
Iluna already knew the secret of Shad's time travel, so she knew what he was going to do. Although Father Augustus didn't quite understand, he still didn't ask anything. As for Sister Defulin... She was still the same, as if nothing Shad did would surprise her.
After confirming that the five items related to the power of the sun were on him, Shade sat in front of the campfire and pointed the key in his hand at the door pendant hanging on his chest:
"May the World Tree protect me in time."
With a click, the door on the pendant popped open, and a silky white mist leaked out. Shade didn't waste any time and put his finger in. To the other three people around the campfire, the leaking white mist quickly entangled him.
As the white mist disappeared, the pendant fell to the ground and landed next to the Spear of Kindness with a clang, and the rope hung on the gun.
Stranger, you have stepped into the "Corridor of Time".
Message from the ancient god "Father of the Infinite Tree":
Winter of the 3024th year of the Fifth Era, Central Continent, Dead Silence Valley.
Event: Destruction of the Library of Gaddis.
Duration: thirty minutes (3/3).
You get additional information.
The figure of the Infinite Tree Father continues to watch over you.
The tests given to you by the Ancient God of Time will continue.
Assist the old god "Gray Sage" to complete the recording of library documents.
The Father of the Infinite Tree will give you rewards: Knowledge-Original Sin Thaumaturgy, a piece of true information-Vampire.
After hearing these familiar messages, he wanted to take a step out, leaving the white fog space and entering the dead valley. But this time, there was another message:
Outsider, you violated the rules by using the Time Key in death.
"Huh? Violation? What violation?"
Father of the Infinite Tree, the power that hates death, the Time Key should not be used in death.
Hearing "her" reminder, Xia De looked at the white mist in front of him with a little surprise:
"It turns out that there is such a taboo about the time key, but the professors at the History School of St. Byrons didn't tell me... Oh, probably no one would use the key in such a place. If I can report this information to the school, I wonder what kind of reward I will get. I still lack a lot of practical learning... Wait, what will happen if I violate the rules?"
Message from the ancient god "Father of the Infinite Tree":
The opening time of the next time key has been postponed from one week to three weeks later.
This result was acceptable, it was just a waste of half a month, and Shad just wanted to take a break after the Middlesbrough incident was over.
The Infinite Tree Father grants you the "Verdant Blessing", and the breath of death is washed away and cannot entangle you again for a short time. Your vitality is enhanced, your recovery ability is enhanced, and the magic related to nature and trees is greatly enhanced.
Stranger, you feel the miracle.
Stranger, you have some understanding of "nature", "life", "trees", "water", "plants", "blessings", "animals" and "harmony".