Chapter 2544: Peering into Time

Xia De and Miss Winslet did not conduct any further investigations, dancing a few more dances in the second half of the banquet, and Xia De was even complimented on his dancing skills.

"Speaking of which, you and Danister went out today, was there something you were hiding from me?"

"Why do you say that?"

Xia De held her hand, which was resting in his palm, and moved his feet with the music, while the pair of golden eyes in front of him carried a teasing meaning:

"Before we set off for here this evening, the atmosphere between her and you was clearly wrong. I don't believe you just went to investigate graves and meet with the Hermit Society; you must have had other things happen!"

She did not get an answer from Xia De, but fortunately, she did not keep asking this question, but instead asked where Xia De learned to dance, claiming this was to gather material for the six oil paintings she had promised Xia De.

And as the three moons hung high and the banquet dispersed, the guests who attended the banquet walked into the deep autumn night. The city at night still had the faint sound of an accordion, and it was unknown where it came from.

And the two people who had been monitoring from the roof of the building opposite the Earl's mansion saw the Bennett family also leave by carriage, and only then did they turn and walk into the night.

The two did not communicate with each other, silently leaving the city from the southeast and going deep into the woodland. After circling around to confirm there were no followers, they entered the accelerated state of the "Rapid Spell" and continued to advance deep into the woodland.

Half an hour later, the two, panting, crossed the warning ritual and entered a nameless temple ruin in the woodland. At this moment, at least twenty ring mages were active here, and they were arranging the subsequent ritual around the half-collapsed stone temple.

The two came to the side of a tree near the ruins, beside a bald middle-aged man who was closing his eyes and resting against the big tree:

"Vice President, there were no mishaps at the banquet, no suspicious ring mages approached the Bennett family, and we didn't find the missing Klein and Ben. We found police who were suspected to be church ring mages patrolling the street, and they didn't follow the Bennett family."

The twelve-ring mage opened his eyes:

"You've worked hard. Since the other party didn't reveal their tracks, then prepare according to the President's plan, use the ritual to open the 'Gate of the Past', I want to see who is so bold as to dare to kill our people."

Because the church did not issue a wanted order, and the local black market had no movement, the 【Tree Hole Society】 believed that the two companions who went missing at the old Bennett house could not have been discovered by the church.

They had already investigated the old Bennett house, but could not find any traces.

Time investigation-type arts like "Echoes of the Past" were also greatly affected within the scope of the old Bennett house, and when they wanted to investigate further, they encountered tracking and surveillance by the witch's followers.

Therefore, the 【Tree Hole Society】, not knowing the identity of the enemy, chose to use a ritual combined with a relic to pierce the river of time and directly lock onto the enemy's identity information after the investigation yielded no results; they were very good at this.

This ritual had been arranged since this evening, and it was almost ready after the two who went to monitor the Bennett family returned:

"Relic."

The bald man called the "Vice President" said, and someone immediately brought over a black briefcase, inside which was a palm-sized mirror fragment.

And as the "Vice President" walked along the staggered stone steps toward the floor-standing mirror standing in the center of the ritual base array at the highest level of the ruins, the others of the 【Tree Hole Society】 also followed closely.

Ancient elven runes were lit up on the ground, until the surging spirit even began to affect the investigation rituals and defense rituals around the venue.

The "Vice President" walked in the front and finally arrived at the floor-standing mirror, which was the poet-level relic 【Far-View Mirror】, and behind him, the twelve-ring life ring emerged, with the core spirit rune 【Time】 and the blasphemous spirit rune 【Eye】 flashing with spiritual light:

"Art - Future Vision!"

A layer of water-like ripples appeared on his right eye, and then he covered his right eye with the mirror fragment in his hand, which was the sage-level relic - a fragment of the 【Gate of the Past】.

As the ritual proceeded, the ripples in the right eye were gradually transferred to the mirror fragment, and then the mirror fragment was thrown toward the floor-standing mirror in front.

Boom~ a muffled sound, like a colorless thunderbolt appearing in the night sky. But the ring mages present were not nervous, because they had seen similar scenes many times.

Everyone was staring at the mirror, waiting to observe who exactly was their enemy.

And as the ritual proceeded to the end, the mirror image of the real world reflected in the mirror was gradually obscured by darkness, and the nine white candles arranged on the ground around the mirror lit up.

The firelight did not completely dispel the darkness in the mirror, but it had already revealed a standing man.

The group of people in the ritual base array looked carefully, only to see the man in the mirror had well-proportioned muscles, was bare-chested, and was watching the mirror with his back to the 【Tree Hole Society】, as if he were looking at a mirror hanging in front of him.

Then the man in the mirror raised his right hand, his entire right arm passed across the front of his body, pressed against the back of his neck from the left side, and at the same time, his lower body remained motionless, while his upper body forcibly turned to the left rear, looking out of the mirror at once.

The face of the man in the darkness in the mirror could not be observed at all, but the moment they were stared at by his eyes, everyone outside the mirror took a step back; at that moment, they felt as if they were being stared at by some indescribable great object.

The gaze that was like substance made everyone's heart shake; that kind of gaze coming from across the distant time was even more terrifying than a direct stare.

"It's you peering at me, right?" (Chapter 547)

"Oh, God, he discovered us! He saw us, he saw us in the past!"

Bang~ with an explosive sound, the poet-level relic 【Far-View Mirror】 was blown away on the spot as if a steam bomb had been buried at the bottom. After landing, the mirror surface cracked, and although it was not completely destroyed, it was clearly severely damaged.

The fragment of the sage-level relic 【Gate of the Past】 flew out from the mirror surface like a bullet, pierced through the chests of the two people, and continued to pierce through the trees outside the ruins without losing momentum, only buzzing~ and nailing into the thick tree trunk after a hundred meters.

Everyone maintaining the ritual on the periphery of the ritual spat out a mouthful of blood and fell into a faint, while those who had just observed the mirror surface continued to retreat in increasing astonishment.

Everyone looked at each other, and the heavy breathing caused by terror connected into one piece.

No one spoke immediately, and finally, the twelve-ring bald "Vice President" said loudly:

"The other party has strong time resistance, he probably really discovered us! Withdraw first, the other party might track us! Damn it, is this the appearance of a Chosen One? Hurry up, notify, suspend all unnecessary activities in Vista City recently, hurry up!"

After simply cleaning up and recovering the corpses and relics, the group quickly transferred deeper into the woodland, leaving only the leaves swirling and falling under the blowing night wind, which was another magical night.

And at the same time, at the Accordion Inn in the city, having finished discussing tonight's harvest with the two ladies, Xia De, who was being sent downstairs by Miss Charlotte Bell, stood on the stairs and suddenly froze.

【Outlander, you felt a peering from time.】

【Due to the protection of the Tree Father and the greatness of divinity, you exempted yourself from this peering.】

"What's wrong?"

The young black-haired girl asked in confusion when she saw Xia De stop, and Xia De shook his head:

"I felt like someone was looking at me, but they moved their gaze away immediately... I'm probably too tired, today has really been busy all the time."

Saying this, he lifted the little butt of Mia on his shoulder again to prevent it from sliding down accidentally:

"Where were we just now? Oh, that card game where the champion of the big city players was decided. Would you like to try playing a game with me using the deck from that time later? That was a really tense and exciting game, I almost lost the championship."

The two chatted all the way downstairs, and Miss Bell wanted to send Xia De out, but was refused by Xia De:

"You should go back and rest too."

He waved his hand, walked into the street with streetlights on, and soon disappeared into the darkness at the corner.

Miss Winslet, who was watching him leave from the window, turned and asked the red-haired girl on the sofa:

"So where does he actually live? If it's another inn in the city, why don't you let him stay directly by your side?

Don't look at me with that look, I'm just teasing, I know he has a way to return directly to Tobesk, otherwise I wouldn't always smell Galina's perfume."

She leaned against the windowsill, letting the cold autumn night wind blow her long hair:

"Xia De said you wouldn't try that door casually, but I always feel you won't strictly follow your promise."

The golden eyes looked at her with a smile.

"Why, now not only do my students have to manage me, but you also have to manage me?"

The red-haired girl reading on the sofa asked, and the witch shook her head:

"Of course not, I just want to say, I had a very happy time dancing tonight, so I want to give a suggestion:

The Speaker will arrive tomorrow, she is the strongest time-talented person in the material world before that God-Awakener appeared, you should know this, right?"

Miss Librarian certainly knew:

"What do you want to say?"

She put down the book in her hand, and the witch with gray-black hair took off her glasses:

"Why don't you ask her for advice on how to use the tree hole briefly and safely? Don't think I'm arrogant, witches have mastered many secrets that even you, a thirteen-ring mage, don't know. Relying on the power of the Council to suppress the curse, it is indeed possible for you to complete a time travel, of course, it is also impossible to not need you to pay a price."

Miss Danister raised her head slightly:

"Flora, you know that I have known Adele for a long time, but it is not easy to get Adele to help me with the power of your Council... alright, what will it take for you to help me persuade her to help me?" ===== CHAPTER 2545 =====