Chapter 2659

The witch thought that after she asked this question, she would wait for a long hesitation or a change of topic. Unexpectedly, the answer came very quickly and decisively:

"No, he hasn't told me."

The red-haired girl shook her head immediately. This was something they both knew tacitly, or rather, she was waiting to see when Xia De would be willing to say it voluntarily, or let it slip passively.

"It's not..."

The witch frowned again, and Danister didn't want her to know this secret so easily, but didn't want to lie because of it, so she reminded:

"He just didn't say whether he was or not, but I also feel that he is suspected of being one."

"Right, right, look at the moonlight he uses, and the power he shows that is more exaggerated each time."

The gray-brown-haired lady nodded and looked at the city scenery in the snow outside the window:

"I feel that I am almost able to figure out all his secrets. Danister, you must help me. He is your student. Don't you want to know everything about him?"

The eighteen-year-old red-haired girl tried her best to hold back her laughter. She began to appreciate her current youthful vitality.

On the other side, Xia De could also guess that there must be speculation and discussion about his identity in the hotel, but those were things to be said later. At this moment, he was running in the forest with the help of the spell 【Forest Path】.

And the reason why he didn't throw the glass slipper home directly and then go to the elf girl's cabin from home was, of course, because he was carrying a soul with him now. He might be able to take this soul home through the spell, but Xia De was unwilling to let this soul, which was stained with a large number of paradoxes, leave the Vista Forest.

Snowflakes were still drifting over the entire Vista Forest, and Xia De didn't know what consequences this would cause. And when he arrived near the elf's treehouse, he found that Iluna was still here.

The group of blue and yellow Chocobos were active under the big tree of the elf treehouse, and Iluna was trying to talk to the smaller individuals in the population.

"Emilia, can I really not take one to raise in the apartment? I swear I will send it back after it grows up."

"Of course not. This child cannot leave the population yet, and isn't your apartment forbidden to keep pets? Also, who is Emilia!"

The elf girl said angrily on the side. Iluna completely ignored her denial and touched the petite and cute yellow Chocobo with great regret, and the latter also enjoyed her touch.

Then she noticed Xia De's arrival, stood up, and said to Xia De with a smile:

"I have already told Luweiya and the others that you are fine. Luweiya said let me wait for you here, and then go back together for dinner."

Actually, there was also the reason that she wanted to see these magical little creatures again. Iluna was originally worried about Emilia living alone in the forest, but now she knew that her friend was actually living quite well, and she didn't even need to worry about exams and classes for the time being.

"Okay, but I still need to deal with some things before going back. Iluna, it just so happens that you are here, so let's help together. I have already borrowed 【Flute of Time】. Let's solve the tree hole connecting to the edge of life and death in 1787 now."

He was carrying two swords now, but fortunately, although both were Angel-level relics, 【Night Watcher】 and 【Flute of Time】 did not conflict in characteristics, but carrying two Angel-level relics at the same time was still a quite risky move.

The elf girl did not put the coffin in her treehouse, but dug a hole under the tree to bury it on the spot, and called some tree people around to help watch it—

"Yes, I didn't just move here to live, of course I have come into contact with those hermits. They saw that I was an elf and very kindly sold me many things cheaply."

This wooden coffin had not changed much since the last time Xia De saw it in the morning. Since he intended to destroy it permanently, Xia De did not intend to delay.

According to the elf, the Philosopher's Stone, the Sands of Time, and the long sword were all ready. Xia De asked the elf girl again:

"Look at this Philosopher's Stone in my hand, does it need to be consumed completely?"

The blonde elf took the red stone and weighed it in her hand:

"This amount is too much, only one-third is needed."

So Xia De summoned 【Staff of Yggdrasil】 in his right hand and took the one-third of the Philosopher's Stone in his left hand. The destiny ring behind him slowly emerged, and as the 【Space-Time】 spirit rune bloomed with light, the Philosopher's Stone in his left hand seemed to be slowly absorbed by his body.

And corresponding to this, the black staff whose bottom touched the ground was blooming with dazzling emerald light:

"Spell - Ancient Elf Stability Principle!"

The long staff was stabbed heavily into the mud on the ground by him, and then the emerald light erupted from the top of the long staff. The emerald light extended upward and together with the long staff itself formed a thick phantom of a tree trunk, and then extended in all directions in the air to form an emerald phantom tree crown covering the three of them and the coffin.

Green light spots kept falling from the tree crown, and the nearby Chocobos ran around excitedly trying to catch those light spots, and even Iluna reached out her hand:

"Philosopher's Stone limit spellcasting, it is really different from ordinary spellcasting. Is this the power to stabilize time?"

Emilia nodded affirmatively:

"This is the oldest elf secret technique, as old as Xia De's moon fire... You won't get a spirit rune again, will you?"

"Of course not, but I was worried just now that you would be driven back because of this spell."

"Why would I be driven back?"

The two were arguing while driving away the Chocobos that gathered around to keep them away from here. And after Xia De let go of 【Staff of Yggdrasil】, he poured the gray-white Sands of Time into his palm.

To be precise, 【Sands of Time】 is only a relic derivative, and it is only regarded as a Keeper-level relic according to its characteristics. This special sand that directly affects the flow of time in an area after being thrown out did not trigger its characteristics in Xia De's hand, and when Xia De ignited the flame with the power of the initial fire, the sand began to melt slowly and appeared as crystals.

The elf girl hurriedly picked up 【Flute of Time】, and Iluna, after confirming that the group of Chocobos were peeking from behind the trees on the side instead of coming over, also stood beside the coffin to prevent accidents.

After a full five minutes, the 【Sands of Time】 was completely melted into molten crystals emitting scorching light.

"Can this kind of relic actually be destroyed?"

Iluna asked curiously, and Emilia hurriedly shook her head:

"That's why special flames are needed. Initial fire is a very powerful thing, and it can even burn the World Tree... Why are you looking at me like this? This is what the books at home say, but the World Tree was not burned by the initial fire. I just said it could, and it needs to be the complete initial fire."

Xia De felt that if these crystals were cooled, it would probably make this kind of relic appear different changes, but now is not the time for experiments. After asking Emilia for the next step, he inserted the time key into the coffin with his free hand—

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

But he only chanted the spell and did not turn the key. As the sound fell, the eight-ring destiny ring behind the elf girl also emerged. That dark golden light immediately attracted Iluna's attention. What she noticed was the color, and what Xia De noticed was the content of the spirit rune.

The core spirit runes of the forest elf are the more common three: Enlightenment 【Ageless】, Enlightenment 【Innocence】, Enlightenment 【Nature】. This is completely Emilia's core spirit rune, and also the proof of her elf bloodline and "High Elf" identity.

The elf girl of course noticed that the other two were looking at her destiny ring, but she pretended not to see it, and held the long sword and slashed it toward the key inserted into the coffin lid with a "Ya~".

There was a crack like something shattered, but neither Xia De's time key nor the coffin itself showed any cracks.

It was just that the mist scattered in the Time Gap suddenly emerged from the space around the coffin. Without the elf's reminder, Xia De pulled out the time key and poured the molten Sands of Time into the keyhole.

The crackling sound of crack-crack~ lasted for a long time. At the same time, although the body could not feel the wind, and there was no trace of the heavy snow being blown by the strong wind, the whistling wind sounded terrifyingly from all directions in the forest.

The Chocobos peeking from behind the trees quickly shrank into a ball and gathered together, with the large ones on the outside and the small ones in the middle. This is one of the reasons why they have been able to exist from the Fifth Era to the present.

But in fact, nothing happened, just that the mist that had just scattered re-entered the keyhole like time flowing backward.

The elf girl, who breathed a sigh of relief, handed the sword in her hand to Xia De:

"Give it the final blow."

"Must the coffin lid be destroyed? I worry that this will affect the small space inside the coffin."

"At least destroy the keyhole."

"Understood."

He held the hilt of the sword with both hands and stabbed downward. The tip of the sword pierced into the keyhole, and after the clearest crack~ sound, all the abnormalities just now disappeared.

【Flute of Time】 pierced through the coffin lid, and this long sword and the wood of the coffin itself actually began to glow together. The emerald light representing trees and vitality echoed with 【Staff of Yggdrasil】, which was still glowing on the side.

These emerald lights gradually made the old coffin look brand new, and even allowed the three of them to see clearly all the ritual tracks of the sealing ritual left on it by the ancient thirteenth-order witch.

And the green light finally condensed into a solid in front of Xia De, turning into an emerald leaf that was caught by him. This was the first time Xia De obtained 【Ye Zi of Youth】 outside of the time key mission.

【Please note that this leaf can charge any "Twisted Tree Hole": enhance its stability; increase the chance of safe use.】