Chapter 2640: A Promise Across Time

You know, even the edge of life and death that originally existed on the third floor of No. 6 Saint Deran Square, which Xia De's perception couldn't even detect as dangerous, had caused more than one abnormal accident in a hundred years. If this edge of life and death in the cemetery had existed before Mrs. Bronte died, it would have been impossible for no accidents to occur.

Although it is unbelievable to artificially create a crack in the "edge of life and death," considering this is Vista City, where anything can happen, Xia De could accept this conjecture.

And more importantly, Xia De happened to be looking for a monster related to death in the woods. And that monster might very well carry the power connecting to the most fundamental death.

The forty minutes of time passed quickly, but Xia De and Miss Wen Si Lai Te returned to the small auditorium and found Mrs. Bronte, that is, the soul of Theodore Bronte's mother, before ending this special time travel.

Among the family, her soul was the most rational, and Xia De wanted to make a promise with her:

"In the very distant future, we will still come here to see you. I hope you can give me some answers then, such as what your son is afraid of, what he frequently comes here for, or what other secrets about the tree hole he knows."

The noble lady's soul stood in front of the wall looking at him:

"But I need you to promise that you will liberate our souls in the future and let us continue to walk on. If possible, please also get rid of my son; he cannot continue to be wrong."

"No problem, then let's conclude the oath."

The spell "Oath Binding" was activated, and the phantom of a golden little balance floated above the two. The hands of the living and the dead were held together. This was a promise across 67 years, and time would give the answer.

The return journey did not encounter any trouble. When Xia De crawled out from that woodland clearing in 1854, the feeling of the familiar sunlight shining on his body, warm and comfortable, really made him very happy.

The witch was also quickly restored, and she also let out a long sigh at the sun, her beautiful face carrying a somewhat melancholy expression:

"Now the matter of York Bronte is basically figured out. The time curse on him is highly likely to require frequent entry into the edge of life and death. But we still don't know who the paradox bug is on. This matter is very strange; that Bronte also has no reason to bring a second person to travel through time, after all, his parents and relatives are all dead."

"I am also suspecting that he succeeded in creating a second Death Apostle. Did Theodore Bronte's parents and sister have children after becoming Death Apostles?"

Xia De asked:

"When Miss Bei Er investigated the Bronte family, she should have investigated the location of the Bronte family cemetery clearly, right?"

"Of course."

"That's good. I can sense that York Bronte is still in the city. We will go to the Bronte family cemetery now; I want to confirm whether everyone's bones are honestly lying in the coffin."

The witch looked at the coffin in the large pit dug out by the two:

"Then what should we do with this tree hole? Your toy transformation technique and my object transformation technique are ineffective against the tree hole. Are we going to carry this coffin and leave?"

Carrying this kind of coffin that continuously emits the power of death to the cemetery, the dead of the Bronte family will probably have quite a few crawl out to "welcome" the two.

"Leave it here for now; I'm worried that our moving it will attract Bronte's attention. After I borrow the 【Time Flute】, I will destroy it directly."

Xia De said, and then moved to cast a spell to make time flow backward, restoring the soil around the coffin to its original state. But Miss Wen Si Lai Te had a new idea:

"That Bronte is destined to die in 1787, so if we destroy this tree hole, and then you use a miracle to forcibly send him back to 1787, wouldn't that mean the matter is directly over?"

"Theoretically, this is the simplest way, but we don't know which day of 1787 he died on. Last time I sent him back, he didn't die directly. I'm worried he can find a second tree hole. As long as that tree hole connects to other times, he can escape death, and then live to 1854 to seek revenge on us.

So although the method you said is the simplest, for the sake of insurance, I still want to kill him with my own hands and confirm that he dies in front of us."

The Bronte family cemetery was located in the north of the city. Although the journey was too far, because there was "Owl Airlines," they reached the destination at 10:30 in the morning.

This family cemetery was quite close to the city, and there was a gravedigger hired by the baron to guard it. The cemetery did not stand alone in the woodland, but was surrounded by the center of the village cemetery nearby. Even when the owl brought the cat and landed, they could see children from the village playing in the cemetery.

"This is not the cemetery in

Xia De reached a conclusion after just a rough glance at the layout of the cemetery:

"The Bronte family cemetery was relocated?"

The owl stood on a tree branch and shook its head:

"Not sure, Charlotte's investigation hasn't been that detailed yet. But it's normal for it to have been relocated; after the original cemetery connected to the edge of life and death, the possibility of undead rising increased significantly. If he wanted to hide the anomaly there, he couldn't continue to use it. It's been over sixty years, so it won't be easy to investigate that cemetery again."

The children heard the sound and turned their heads to see two beautiful cats, one silver and one gray, jumping down from the tree together. They wanted to chase after them, but soon lost the trail of the cats.

The witch and Xia De crossed the villagers' graves together and arrived at the central family cemetery. Xia De did not have the ability to sense corpses and could only rely on "Miss Cat" to confirm the situation. Her movement speed was quite fast, as there was no need for investigation here:

"Other than sensing some rat, bird, and snake carcasses underground, I didn't find a single human skeleton."

"So this family cemetery is empty?"

"Or rather, this family cemetery is fake; not a single person from the Bronte family is here."

When the two were in 1787 just now, it was not that Xia De had not tried to use "Enhanced Spatial Perception" to locate it. But the space at the edge of life and death was chaotic to begin with, and it was not the real world at all, so he could not determine where the cemetery was in the past either.

So, filled with doubts, Xia De and the witch returned to the Accordion Hotel before lunch. Coincidentally, just as they returned to the hotel, it started to rain in the city. It could only be considered a moderate rain during lunch, but by the time they finished, thunder and lightning had already shrouded this city in the forest along with a torrential downpour.

The witch stood in front of the window watching the outside, lamenting that the Moon Dance Festival concert was about to end and that this rain might force the originally scheduled outdoor performances to move indoors. On the sofa behind her, Xia De was confirming information with Miss Danister and Miss Bell:

"The Academy says the Dawn Sect has already found a ritual that can seal the tree hole?"

"Yes, the information you provided is very accurate. But that ritual is more complex than I thought; even the Sect will need to prepare for at least a week before making the first attempt."

This could be considered good news; such large-scale rituals that hadn't been used for a long time were usually very troublesome to prepare. If it could be ready in a week, it only showed that the Sect's mobilization was very fast.

"Then what about news of the 【Flute of Time】? Are the Moon Creek elves willing to lend it? Or do they require Emilia to be present in order to lend it?"

"They can lend it to us, but we won't be able to get it until tomorrow afternoon; they are still maintaining that sword."

"That's fine then. Miss Bell, regarding the Bronte family cemetery, do you have any clues from your current investigation?"

The black-haired girl shook her head:

"The only cemetery I can find currently is the one you and the young lady went to this morning. If the cemetery was really relocated sixty years ago, then there shouldn't be any document records now. Creekwood Town was just a small place in that era, and no newspaper would deliberately record a Baron family relocating their cemetery.

Even if this event was recorded in local annals, I suspect Bronte must have already erased the records. Or, could we ask the current Army Staff Officer, Baron Bronte? But he wasn't born sixty years ago, so he definitely wouldn't have experienced the cemetery relocation."

Xia De took a deep breath:

"Then things are difficult. Do we really have to go to war before investigating the full picture? Or should I go find a diviner to try a divination?"

"No need for that!"

The witch, who was watching the rain outside at the window, turned her head and said, then pointed to herself:

"What diviner do you need? Diviners will only give you obscure and difficult-to-understand results; the great witch of fate in the Council often says things that no one can understand. Am I not here? Bone-seeking art can also be considered a basic necromantic spell. As long as you get the bone and blood of a relative, it is not difficult to find the location of the bones."

The red-haired girl then asked:

"This generation of Brontes only has the current Baron and York Bronte. Didn't Miss Bell say that Baron Bronte is in Wilndale? Are you going to take York Bronte's bone and blood? Or does their family have other distant relatives?"

The young witch apprentice immediately indicated:

"The Bronte family does indeed have some distant relatives in Creekwood Town; I have their information here."

But the witch shook her head:

"It is still most reliable to use materials from direct bloodlines to perform the spell."

"Then how much bone and blood is needed? Just a drop of blood? Or at least one complete bone?"

Xia De asked, and the witch smiled confidently:

"I am the great witch of death. After entering the Council and with the Council's support, I can find the bones of the corresponding blood relative with just a single hair. Of course, doing this will cause the search range to become smaller. But that cemetery must be in the Vesta Woodland, so it doesn't matter if the range becomes smaller."

Xia De pointed to himself, and the topic changed abruptly:

"Then if I give you one of my bones now, or a large piece of my flesh, can you find the location of the skeletons of my body's relatives within the entire Old Continent?"