Chapter 2354: Hero

Too much time had passed; even if Xia De had the ability to unfold the mystery lock again, he could not reverse time back to the point when she first entered the sand sea.

"Yes, this is very good."

Light spots kept drifting from her body, and Miss Knight looked at the old elf:

"Please find the witch and use the Heart of the Oasis to save my country."

"I will."

The weeping old man promised, and the smile finally appeared on the female knight's pale face.

She pointed weakly to the longsword that had fallen on the sand beside her:

"Your original spoils are gone; take this as a gift."

During the process of the witch's awakening, the originally ordinary longsword and scabbard also changed. The hilt had an extra blue gem, and the scabbard had become an enamel-colored gold and blue. Although it was still an ordinary item, this was also the most precious gift she left behind.

"I will remember you forever."

Xia De bent down and picked up the sword.

"Live well; you possess the life I envy."

She said to the mermaid girl who, although confused, was already crying and still remembered to bend down to comfort the old elf. Her body was completely transparent at this moment, but she did not regret it at all:

"Please don't cry for me; all my life goals have been achieved. I found the Heart of the Oasis, I became the witch I longed for in my childhood, I solved the power that could pollute the world, I... became a hero."

Xia De held the warm sword, trying hard not to lose his composure:

"Do you have any other wishes?"

The girl shook her head gently, smiling and looking at all the companions she had met in the last moments of her life:

"My persistence, my justice, my wishes, everything has been achieved; this life is very good... really good."

She finally looked at Miss Mester:

"Thank you, God; may I know who you are?"

The lady with light brown skin nodded with a smile, her expression extremely gentle:

"People call me the Lady of Mist. Sleep, dear child, and go to the end to rest. Perhaps someone will wake you up later, but at least for now, all your tasks are completed."

Sheri Knight finally smiled at that saint, and then her body and soul all scattered into light. Xia De sliced the air, and the light spots drifted into the black crack. The female knight, whose whole body was glowing, stood on the calm water behind the crack, waved at the group with a smile, and then turned and walked toward the silver moon half-sunk in the water surface gracefully.

Granny Xinnuode covered her face and sobbed, and the blue-haired mermaid girl kept wiping her tears with her sleeves, but still remembered to bend down to comfort the old elf.

The team of five "people" was left with only four; when Miss Sander supported Granny Xinnuode back to the campfire, Xia De and Miss Mester stood where they were without moving.

He knew that this deity was also about to leave here. Pursing his lips, not letting the sadness of Miss Knight's departure show too much, he lowered his head slightly:

"Regardless, Lady, thank you for your help along the way. If it weren't for you, we definitely wouldn't have been able to walk to this step."

The lady with light brown skin looked at him:

"Thanks? Only thanks?"

"I..."

"Of course I'm joking."

She said with a smile, interrupting Xia De's explanation:

"Because of your appearance, the three illusions they brought me were even more wonderful than the original ones. Although you did ask for a bit too much, who made you really have some skills, Outsider."

Xia De nodded gently:

"Actually, I also want to do something for you; this seems a bit arrogant to say... do you still have believers in the next era?"

"Those are not important."

She looked up at the bright moon above the desert, and the silvery moonlight shone on her face; Xia De could not see her expression clearly:

"Everything in the mist is blurred. Before you touch the truth, don't believe any speculation. Even the speculation of your closest people, don't trust it lightly."

She seemed to want to remind Xia De of something, but before Xia De could speak, she said again:

"Outsider, I am the mist in the dark night under the moon; I cannot guide you toward the future. But at least before the future arrives, be careful and don't be confused by mist like me. Although the mermaid story is beautiful, don't let the 'mermaid' seduce you."

Slender fingers pointed at Xia De's forehead, and "She" by his ear sounded:

【Outsider, you have accepted the blessing of the "God of Mist".】

【The mist that cannot be distinguished protects your soul; the soul-type influences you receive will be significantly weakened.】

After a brief pause—

【May you never be lost in the fog.】

Xia De wanted to thank her, but found that the figure was no longer beside him, leaving only a lonely mist door standing in the desert. That door was shaped like a vertical pupil; Xia De only took one look and knew this was the passage for Granny Xinnuode and Miss Sander to leave this desert.

He opened his mouth in a daze, but finally just raised his hand and touched the cat poking its head out of his chest casually.

Stepping on the footprints of the two, he turned back to the campfire; only the last three minutes remained of the hour.

Granny Xinnuode had stopped sobbing at this time, and Miss Sander was still comforting her on the side.

The old elf looked up at Xia De:

"God has left, you are also leaving, right?"

"Yes."

Xia De sat down by the campfire again:

"I'll leave after you all leave; that lady left a door."

He pointed to the mist door not far away:

"However, there is only one Heart of the Oasis here; what are you going to do after you go back?"

"There is no need to worry about this."

Granny Xinnuode naturally had plans long ago:

"During your absence, we discussed this many times. I will take it back to Saint Byron, and then Saint Byron and the Zaras Academy of Literature will come forward to let the Witch Emperor directly help Miss Knight's country. It's just a demon curse; even if the main body of an ancient evil spirit appears, the ladies of the council still have ways to deal with it."

This was the leeway of the great witches in the heyday of the Fifth Era.

"Sander's matter is also easy to solve; since her mother wants to use gifts to decide who can become the next generation of king, let the professors of the academy accompany her to take this crystal back to the underwater kingdom where she is.

Her aging mother is the witch with the highest level in the entire country, only 11th level, and her sisters don't even have a high-level one. After Sander offers the birthday gift, the professors will buy it back in the name of Zaras Academy of Literature; I think no one will refuse."

Xia De felt that they probably wouldn't dare to refuse.

"I will go to Saint Byron to study afterward."

The blue-haired mermaid girl also said with red eyes; with the merit of bringing back the "Heart of the Oasis" plus the entire Moon Creek clan joining Saint Byron, of course, there was no problem with her enrolling in Saint Byron Comprehensive Academy.

"That's good... after going back, I don't know how much you can remember about the things here, but please don't forget Miss Knight; please definitely don't forget."

Granny Xinnuode and Miss Sander both nodded, so Xia De restored the other supplies of the team that were temporarily stored with him, packed them in boxes, and moved them to the side of the mist door. He would not take anything away, only the sword left to him by Miss Knight.

Granny Xinnuode and Miss Sander supported each other and left the campfire, casting spells to make the boxes float.

The team of five was left with only three, and now only two were leaving here. Xia De could actually go behind the mist door to take a look, but there was no need; he had no acquaintances in the current era, so there was no need to further disturb the balance of time with his appearance.

Before parting, the mermaid girl asked the last question under the moon:

"How come you guys weren't surprised at all that Miss Mester was a Great One?"

She sniffed hard:

"And how did you see it? What happened just now? How come even Miss Knight knew?"

Xia De thought that Miss Knight and Granny Xinnuode knew the identity of that lady through the illusion, but unexpectedly, the aged elf asked her curiously instead:

"I thought you knew it long ago?"

"What?"

"What?"

The first sentence was the surprised question of Miss Sander, and the second sentence was the surprise Xia De felt because of "knowing it long ago":

"Wait a minute, Granny Xinnuode, you knew Miss Mester was a deity long ago?"

"Of course, didn't Miss Knight know it long ago too? The blessing given by that lady doesn't look like a secret technique that a desert tribe could possess, and she didn't even have sweat when walking under the sun. When you first came, we couldn't understand what you said, but as soon as she reached out, we understood; is this not a normal thing?"

The old elf asked back and added:

"And when Miss Knight told the story, she also said that she and you entered that church wearing armor, but only did not mention Miss Mester... these facts are so obvious, Sander, didn't you realize that these things were wrong?"

The bewildered blue-haired girl then made a sudden realization expression:

"So these are all wrong? I thought Miss Mester was just very powerful."

Xia De was even more surprised:

"Wait, I thought these things were ignored by you subconsciously because of her power... wait a minute, Granny Xinnuode, since you and Miss Knight knew that lady was a deity long ago, why didn't you say it?"

Granny Xinnuode looked at him even more surprised:

"A deity deliberately pretending to be a mortal to appear by our side, and getting along and communicating with us like an ordinary person; how crazy would Knight and I have to be to take the initiative to expose her?"

This sentence was truly very reasonable; Xia De blinked, nodded, but turned to look at the desert under the moonlight:

"So, Miss Mester actually didn't disguise herself at all? Except for Miss Sander because... simply didn't see it, everyone actually knew, but no one said it?"

At this moment, the image of the "God of Mist" seemed clearer, but also became more blurred. ===== CHAPTER 2355 =====