Chapter 2154: The Last 5180 Year
The information given to Xia De by Miss Belindell about "Ritual: Calling the Shadow of 【Seven-Tailed Player】" is not complete, but at least the necessary parts are there, the most critical of which is the ritual content and the prayer. Opening the ritual requires sacrificing a large amount of fresh flesh and bones. If the quantity is not enough, you can use the flesh and blood of dragons, etc., to replace it with "quality."
As for the prayer, it is recorded on a piece of parchment copied by the witch. When Xia De unfolded this parchment in the study at home, Miss Galina also looked over with interest, and then frowned at the words on it:
"If Bella didn't faint when she copied it, then these terrible characters in the shape of musical notes are really strange. I have never seen this kind of character, but just looking at it, I can hear the sound in my ears."
"I haven't seen it either, it doesn't matter, anyway we don't intend to summon it."
Xia De said, memorizing all these contents. Because "she" is there, there is no need to worry about not remembering clearly. After he confirmed that he had read all the information in the document bag, he reached out and picked up the wooden key covered with fine cracks on the table:
"Time to go."
When he stood up, the cat that was lying on the desk jumped up, and after being hugged by Xia De, it was unwilling to leave. Xia De could see that it also wanted to follow this time, and thinking that nothing happened when the cat followed last time, Xia De turned it into a toy and put it in his pocket.
"Sometimes I really envy that cat, getting your love at any time."
The red-haired duchess said this deliberately, and Xia De blinked at her:
"You can also get my love at any time."
"But I don't have time at any time."
She pitied herself, and then followed Xia De to the study door:
"Three seconds, right? I'll wait for you here. Be careful with everything over there. Come, my knight, please let me give you a victory kiss."
Saying that, she hugged Xia De's neck and kissed Xia De's forehead on tiptoe. Xia De touched his forehead and nodded with a smile:
"Then please wait for the story I bring back. I bet this story will be very interesting."
The witch pursed her lips and said nothing more, but watched Xia De take out the key and insert it into the keyhole on the inside of the study door.
"May the World Tree protect me in time."
Click~
Facing the white mist wriggling like cotton behind the door, Xia De waved his hand behind him again, and then strode in.
【Outsider, you have stepped into the "Corridor of Time."】
【Message from the ancient god "Father of the Infinite Tree":】
【Spring, 5180, Fifth Era, Outer Sea, Lightless Sea.】
【Event: "Radiant Messenger" shipwreck cruise ship.】
【Duration: Forty minutes (3/3).】
【You have obtained additional information.】
【The figure of the Father of the Infinite Tree watches you.】
【The ancient god of time gives you a test.】
【Help the ancient god "Giver of Dreams" complete four fishing.】
【The Father of the Infinite Tree will give you a reward: Strange Technique - Dragon Roar, Strange Technique - Corrupt Blood Mist.】
"Thirty minutes became forty minutes... Where was the progress last time?"
Xia De, standing in the white mist, asked in his heart, "She" smiled gently:
【The fishing of Witch Theresa and Maid Maxim has been completed, and they have "lived" again. Professor Evans of the Zaras Academy of Literature, you only tried fishing twice. The first "Iridescent Bird" was so scared by Little Mia that it couldn't fly, and the second time the professor craved "Black Flame Ice Wine."】
"Thank you."
Xia De nodded, took another step in the white mist, and then fell straight into the sea as expected:
"Oh! I would rather be chased by activated plants in the Black Mist Camp than come to this ghost place again!"
He tried his best to float out of the water against the traction of the deep sea, gasped for a few breaths, and looked at the lightless but surging sea in the rain. An uncontrollable sense of inexplicable fear surged into his heart again, and Xia De also saw the light of the campfire in the distance in the rising water spray:
"Over here!"
He swam hard in the water, and finally successfully grabbed the edge of the floating board before the unknown giant in the water caught him.
After climbing up with great effort, Xia De only felt that he was so tired that he almost didn't want to move. This sea area is very abnormal. He fully believes that if it weren't for him but any other seventh-ring or seventh-order witch, none of them would be able to swim here alive.
Fortunately, after devouring the flesh of that nameless dragon, Xia De's physical strength was further enhanced. After gasping for a few breaths, he wiped the water on his face and sat up, then saw that the god in the shape of a child was still fishing on the edge of the floating board. Seeing Xia De looking over, he turned his head and asked with a smile:
"Did you find the truth?"
The voice clearly entered Xia De's ears in the rain and strong wind.
"If you are talking about the truth of the sinking of this ship, you will know in a while; if you are talking about what Miss Maggie Malone is, I can only say that I have guesses now, but I still need to verify."
Supporting his body with his arms, Xia De crawled toward the campfire in the center on the floating board. After approaching the campfire, not only was the clothes on his body steaming dry quickly, but even the physical strength that had been lost for the most part was slowly recovering. However, around the campfire, the four ladies were still sleeping as they were when Xia De arrived for the first two times.
Among them, Miss Theresa with blonde hair was snuggled with Maid Maxim, and the blanket for both of them was covered on both of them at the same time. Professor Evans was in a position slightly closer to them, and Miss Malone was far away from the three.
Without waking the ladies first, Xia De reached out to the campfire, spent dozens of seconds restoring his body temperature to normal, and then took out the cat toy from his pocket, letting Mia also come to this lightless sea area.
"Meow!"
The small cat was held in the palm of Xia De's hand, and then slowly approached the Miss Malone who also had black hair as Xia De moved:
"Mia, sniff, is her smell the same as the Miss Ilese we saw in the cemetery this afternoon?"
The outsider who used his pet cat as a dog asked nervously, fearing that his guess was wrong. And although Little Mia was very dissatisfied with the rainy weather, she really stretched out her little head and sniffed, and then meowed "Meow~".
"Fortunately, fortunately."
Xia De breathed a sigh of relief and stuffed the cat into his chest.
【So, do you really understand its language?】
"You know me best, of course I don't understand. But just looking at Little Mia's appearance, I know that Miss Malone is at least harmless to me, otherwise this cat would have bristled long ago."
For whether Miss Theresa and the others were in a coma or sleeping, Xia De couldn't make a good judgment. But at least waking them up was easy. Just call their names softly and shake them a few times, and those beautiful eyes would open slowly, first showing a confused look, and after fully waking up, they would thank Xia De softly.
And for Miss Theresa, there was an extra process of hugging Xia De's arm and taking the initiative to kiss his side face. During Xia De's departure this time, the young witch was still sufficiently frightened.
Because Xia De first woke her and Maid Maxim, the two could tell Xia De what happened this time:
"Not long after you left, we all fell into a deep sleep one after another. Later, we were awakened by strange sounds. In the sound of the waves, we heard strange music, and we even wanted to get up and dance to that music."
Miss Theresa's body was trembling, and Maid Maxim continued to add. Although the young maid was one level lower than Miss Theresa, she obviously could control her emotions better than Miss Theresa:
"We saw Professor Evans and Miss Malone close their eyes and stand up, dancing on the edge of the floating board. Then, then, a huge shadow appeared in the depths of the dark sea."
She spread out her palm, letting Xia De see the amulet that had been broken into several pieces that she was holding tightly. This was not a common metal or stone amulet in the Sixth Era, but a bone product. When the witches escaped from the shipwreck, their luggage sank into the sea. This was one of the few personal items she had when she was "fished up" by Xia De.
A look of horror also appeared on the young maid's face:
"If it weren't for the amulet given by His Majesty, we would have gone crazy now. That is, that is..."
"Don't say it out loud."
Xia De stopped her, took out holy water and handed it to them to drink. Then he stood up, but was pulled by the sleeve by Miss Theresa:
"You, are you leaving?"
She looked at Xia De pitifully from bottom to top, and Xia De could see the panic and anxiety in her golden eyes:
"I'll go to the place pointed out by Miss Maxim to see, don't worry, I'll be back soon."
That was the other side of the floating board, just the farthest distance from where the god was.
"You must be careful."
The maid said quite worriedly, but still took the initiative to grab Miss Theresa's hand to make her feel at ease. Xia De intended to leave the cat in his chest behind to prove that he would be back soon, but the cat huddled in his clothes grabbed his clothes tightly, and Xia De didn't want to damage a piece of clothing because of the tug-of-war with Little Mia, so he had to give up.
He came to the other edge of the floating board alone, just like sensing the power of the sea at the Moon Bay dock not long ago, closed his eyes in the rain and felt it with his heart. This time Xia De only took a few seconds to open his eyes, and his expression became incomparably solemn:
"Familiar power."
【Yes, the power of the evil object of the deep sea - Seven-Tailed Player, but stronger than the phantom you defeated at the Moon Bay port.】
The gentle "she" told the terrible truth.
The stormy sea area, at this time, looked more terrible than ever to Xia De. He subconsciously took a step back toward the inside of the floating board, hesitated for several seconds before asking back:
"You don't want to tell me that the ancient evil object is hiding under our feet in this sea area, right?" ===== CHAPTER 2155 =====
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