Chapter 2055: The Root of Time

Finally, the group stopped beside a mountain stream, setting up camp on the pebble beach. This time, without Xia De using sorcery, the maid ladies set up a temporary camp. The horses were tied to the side, and the werewolf was once again subjected to a coma effect. There were no trees above the stream, the weather outside the city was good, and the clear moonlight illuminated Xia De, who was supporting the witch sitting on a cushion by the campfire under the moon:

"Rest for a while, don't worry."

Miss Miss Beiya whispered an "Mmm," leaning on Xia De's shoulder without speaking. Miss Jia Lin Na to the side always felt as if her master had deliberately chosen this posture, but because she could not see the expression on the half of the face covered by golden hair, she could not say what was strange about it.

"Mr. Watson, do you really have a way?"

She asked anxiously. Xia De nodded:

"It takes time for you to wait for people in the Council, so it would be better to let Miss Miss Beiya go directly into the Council, perhaps she can borrow the power of the Council..."

"No, I won't go, I won't let them see me like this."

The semi-transparent right shoulder was covered by the coat draped over her, and the disheveled hair covered the glowing right cheek. Even though she was still weak at this moment, she still would not allow such a thing:

"Looking like this is really too ugly."

Miss Jia Lin Na looked at Xia De for help. Xia De shook his head:

"No need to go, I have a solution. However, I need to leave for a while, please wait for me to return."

But the witch with the cinnabar-red birthmark between her eyebrows gripped Xia De's hand:

"No... don't leave, okay?"

Her voice was weak. When the surprised Xia De looked down at her, Bella Miss Beiya, who had half her face covered by hair, happened to look up at him.

The golden pupils carried some meaning that was difficult to distinguish. The fragile lady looked at Xia De with eyes that made her appear more delicate than at any other time.

"I will be back soon, probably in half a minute."

He promised, looking at Miss Jia Lin Na. The maid lady then reached out, wanting to help her master up from Xia De's arms. Miss Miss Beiya pushed her weakly, only then barely willing to be supported by her.

Leaving Xia De's "Calamity Card" meant it could not exert its effect, so Xia De indeed could not leave for too long. Until she was supported to sit up again by Miss Jia Lin Na, Miss Miss Beiya was still looking at Xia De.

"I will really be back soon, and after I return, there should be a way."

Although this sounded outrageous, not only the witch but even the three maids did not think he was lying. Not to mention that he forced back a nine-ring sorcerer with the rank of seven rings just now, just the attitude Miss Miss Beiya showed after seeing some of the information about "Miss Charlotte" could explain that Xia De was absolutely reliable.

After promising again that he would be back soon, Xia De hurried into the forest. The witch by the campfire asked her maid:

"Jia Lin Na, my divination cards."

"Miss, at a time like this..."

"Only divination, one must never give up at any time."

The maid took out that deck of cards for the witch. At this moment, Miss Miss Beiya no longer had the ability to shuffle and cut the cards, just casually flipping open the first card on top of the deck, and saw the card face of a "Pocket Watch":

"Is he going to use the power of time to treat me? Is this going to prepare private casting materials?"

The sound in the grass sounded again. Xia De had just said he needed half a minute, and the time had passed. He returned as if he had experienced a battle.

(Little Mia is running...)

Thirty seconds ago.

"May the World Tree protect me in infinite time."

Click—

Confirming that the ladies in the stream camp could not see himself, Xia De took out the 【Key of Yggdrasil】 and inserted it into the door-style metal pendant. The thick key seemed to be shrunk as it entered the keyhole that was only slightly larger than a needle's eye, and as Xia De turned the key, behind the opened door was the familiar white fog.

He reached out to touch the white fog—

【Outsider, please note. Message from the "Father of the Infinite Tree": You are allowed to carry one additional artifact this time.】

"Only one this time?"

So he chose the 【Perfume Bottle of Desire】 without hesitation, and when Xia De extended his finger completely into the white fog, accompanied by the white fog surging out to swallow him, the door and the remaining artifacts on his body all fell onto the fallen leaves on the ground.

【Outsider, you have stepped into the "Corridor of Time."】

【Message from the Ancient God "Father of the Infinite Tree":】

【Past - Sixth Era, Old Continent, City of the End - Tobesk.】

【Event: Tobesk, the Last Era.】

【Duration: Arbitrary (4/∞).】

【You have obtained additional information.】

【You have stepped into a history that does not exist.】

【The figure of the Father of the Infinite Tree is watching you.】

【Note: During this exploration, you cannot leave the area of St. Deran Square.】

【Note: You are allowed to carry any casting materials into this period of time.】

【Note: Use the Time Key to defeat any powerful enemy, and you can return to the "present" time.】

Confirming that the familiar information had not changed, Xia De walked in the white fog and returned to his dilapidated home again. After holding his forehead to adapt to the environment here for a while, he walked out of the room with staggering steps, supporting himself against the wall, and went to the first floor along the creaking stairs covered with black stains and mold.

Sand piled up into small hills in the foyer right against the door. After pushing open the door jammed by the deformed door frame with a harsh sound, the sand brought into the door by the gale made Xia De squint his eyes. The pain of the sand hitting his face actually made him feel much clearer.

This door could not be pushed open completely, so Xia De could only walk out sideways through the crack. The dim yellow sky, the square with rolling sand, the nearly destroyed buildings of St. Deran Square—everything was still the same, as if time had never flowed here.

Taking another look at the strange black sun, Xia De took out the silver pocket watch from his pocket, and then looked at the palm-wide glowing rune carved on the ground under his feet:

"Adele Isabella."

He read out this name, then stepped back two steps, watching the time-witch, who was slowly rising while holding the hem of her skirt in the soft white light emitted upward by the rune, gradually turn from a phantom into a solid entity.

For Xia De, it had only been a week since they last met, but for the witch in the apocalypse, time seemed to have passed both in a flash and for eternity. She looked up, letting Xia De see the tear mole at the corner of her eye again. The witch endured the joy of seeing this strange man again, and showed a gentle smile to Xia De:

"Xia De Hamilton, the one chosen by Anate, the man blessed by time, you have indeed appeared again."

The dress she was wearing was left by Xia De when he left last time. Although the daily necessities he left behind were not many, this time Isabella's image was clearly much better than last time:

"I am very happy to see you again, Miss Isabella."

Xia De also greeted:

"I need your help!"

The witch tilted her head slightly, and then showed a smile:

"My time has reached its end, and the only meaning left in my life is to stop Lu Lu Weiya Anate and help you. What help do you need?"

Like the long-haired Lu Lu Weiya, she could not reveal the story of the destroyed past at will, so Xia De's inquiry also had to avoid this point:

"Enveloped by abnormal light, to the point of being assimilated into light. An unlucky young lady has encountered this problem, is there a way to save her?"

"Have you already arrived in Moon Bay?"

She understood Xia De's question immediately, frowned slightly, and nodded:

"There is a way. The power of the Council can dispel this abnormality, but this requires a collective meeting of the witches, requires time to summon at least two-thirds of the councilors, and the treatment process takes at least a week, and it is very painful. Apart from this method... you solve this challenge target first, and afterward, we will go into the house to talk."

"Okay."

Xia De said and turned to take action, but Isabella called him again:

"You once said that you cannot take items other than cards out of this time."

Xia De had tested it.

"So I cannot write down the knowledge I know and have learned to give to you, although I have also learned sorcery for knowledge infusion, I have always opposed such a learning process. In the future, every time you appear, I will try to teach you some new time-based sorcery on the spot, and then you practice it yourself for a month. Last time's 'Adele's Time Stop,' did you learn it?"

She did not know about the "Witch Echo," only thinking that she had sent a part of her knowledge to Xia De, but Xia De still needed to practice the sorcery himself.

"Yes, I learned it."

Xia De squinted slightly and looked at the sand drifting between the two, and a small patch of sand immediately stopped in the air.

Isabella showed a smile:

"Very good, you are indeed very talented. It's a pity that I never met you in my own time, otherwise I would be very willing to let you become my apprentice."

She shook her head, her disheveled golden long hair dancing in the air with the yellow sand:

"This time I will teach you new sorcery. After all, you are only at the seventh ring now, and sorcery with huge consumption like Time Stop is not suitable for you. But before officially starting, please answer me a question: Into which categories do you think the power of time can be divided?"

"Forward, backward, static, controlling flow rate."

Xia De said. Although there was not much research on the power of time in the basic courses of St. Byron's Comprehensive Academy, he had also read some books, and the theoretical part was absolutely no problem.

"This answer is not wrong, but in my opinion, it should be: influencing the past, influencing the present, influencing the future. They represent the three major sources of time sorcery: returning to the past, stopping the present, seeing the future. But seeing the future is not divination; divination is to straighten out the threads of fate, we are peeking at time."

Seeing Xia De thoughtful, she chuckled:

"With the power of a thirteenth-tier witch, I am enough to use these three root-based time sorceries. After the apocalypse arrived, I even promoted to a demigod in the collapse of time and the extinction of all things..." ===== CHAPTER 2056 =====