Chapter 2696: Miracle Art - Chloe's Echo of Ice

Because their Emperor did not stop them just now, this time more maid young ladies entered the tent to see the situation, but soon they were all blown out by an invisible wind.

The tent was closed to the outside, but this did not mean that the young women in the camp knew nothing. Because with the emotional changes of the strongest witch of this era, the unconsciously induced ether directly changed the surrounding weather.

The snowflakes falling in the night sky fell faster and denser, but the whistling wind became inexplicably much gentler. Probably only the unicorns, chocobos, and the pet cats and owls kept by the witches didn't understand what this meant. Although the witches were busy with their own things, most people's minds were no longer here.

By the time Xia De appeared again holding Chloe's hand, he had less than half an hour left in this era. The silver-haired demigod glared at the young women who were looking at them at this time, but the blush that had not yet faded from her face made her gaze temporarily not as cold as before.

Xia De originally intended to do nothing, just hold Chloe by the campfire and watch the stars and falling snow to pass the remaining time, but Chloe, who was holding his hand and unwilling to let go, had her own plans:

"I didn't expect you to be able to stay so long at first, but after you arrived, I already let them prepare in advance. Xia De, I want to give you a new power. In this way, even if I am not by your side, you can remember me at all times."

She took Xia De away from the camp and stepped directly onto the lake.

Even in the cold winter, the Star Fall Lake would not freeze. At this time, an ice layer appeared under Chloe's short boots—the boots Xia De had just helped her put on. Immediately, the ice layer spread all the way to the center of the lake, and at the end of this ice road, that is, the center of the Star Fall Lake, a circular huge ice surface was formed.

The maids cast spells, letting thousands of ice-blue light orbs distribute above the lake surface for lighting. Then they crossed the two holding hands and walked toward the ice surface, and soon set up the ritual venue. When Chloe pulled Xia De's hand to the center of the lake, the ritual base array carved on the cold ice was already shining.

Xia De stood in the center of the ritual base array. Chloe took out a small ice doll from the sleeve of her robe and handed it to him; it was clearly her own image:

"You don't need to do anything. Now, Xia De, please feel my power carefully."

She came behind Xia De, and after signaling Xia De to bend over, she wrapped her arms around his neck from behind until she lay on Xia De's back, her head appearing from Xia De's right shoulder.

Xia De knelt on one knee, and in the ice-blue ritual light, he held the ice statue with both hands, pressed it against his chest, and closed his eyes. Thus, Chloe's warm body and cheek, as well as the coldness of the ice doll, surged into his heart together.

This is probably the gentlest feeling of winter.

【Outsider, you have felt enlightenment.】

【Outsider, the blessing of winter has been triggered, Witch Echo - "Ice Witch Chloe" has been triggered.】

After a moment of waiting, "she" whispered:

【Outsider, you have mastered the Miracle Art - Chloe's Echo of Ice.】

【After casting the Miracle Art, call upon the power of the demigod witch Chloe. During the effect, the surrounding weather changes to a snowy day, and it continuously heals wounds, restores spirit, and restores physical strength for you and your companions, and significantly increases the power of your moon, witch, and ice-type spells. Any energy-releasing spells will carry ice effects.】

【Required casting material: Chloe Marx's ice doll, Witch Echo - Ice Witch Chloe. Corresponds to 【Echo】 【Space-Time】 spirit runes.】

After exchanging the Miracle Art "Silent Moonlight" with Miss Oulannuode, Xia De finally obtained a Miracle Art that could restore spirit.

He opened his eyes immediately, turned around, and hugged Chloe, who almost slipped off his back.

The petite silver-haired witch's face was a little pale, but she was still smiling when she looked at Xia De:

"In this way, you will never be able to forget me. Even if separated by two eras, even if I am not by your side, you will always remember me."

"Sharing power with me, will it permanently consume your own power?"

"It doesn't matter. The lost power will return sooner or later, but Xia De, I don't want to lose you."

In the center of the great lake in the snow, it seemed as if the moon deliberately cast its light on the two. The young women standing by the lake saw this scene and were very impressed that their Emperor had designed such an exquisite scene.

There was still some time left, so Xia De held Chloe and returned to the camp by the lake. She did not ask to return to the tent, but asked Xia De to hold her and wait for her to fall asleep by the fire:

"In this way, I can know later that you have left."

Xia De then sat down by the fire holding her, and the cat jumped over and squatted on his shoulder. Xia De felt that the cat's outdoor exercise today for these six hours had exceeded the sum of all its exercise since the summer.

With his back to the campfire, amidst the slight crackling sounds, Xia De held Chloe in his arms and looked up at the snowy night sky, looked at the great lake illuminated by ice lamp posts and ice-blue light orbs, and looked at the distant continuous snow-capped mountains and the deepest darkness in the night.

None of the young women dared to disturb this scene, and Chloe really closed her eyes and lay on Xia De's chest. No one spoke, and the silver-haired witch listened to the outsider's heartbeat and actually felt a little sleepy.

In her drowsiness, she felt Xia De point his fingertip at the center of her eyebrows, so she made a whimpering sound and moved a few times on Xia De's chest to express her dissatisfaction.

Perhaps it was just the next second, perhaps a long time had passed, the outsider holding Chloe finally disappeared by the fire with the cat. But the Witch Emperor did not fall in front of the fire because of this, but maintained the posture of lying on the air for a long time before sitting up straight under the worried gaze of the maids.

She pursed her lips and looked down at the ground covered by snow, then looked up at the night sky over the fire.

She turned around, sat on the cushion, and looked at the scenery of the Star Fall Lake with her back to the campfire like Xia De just now, and finally reached out to touch the center of her eyebrows.

The silver burning moon mark flashed by, and the demigod witch's powerful soul and perception even made her feel like she had touched the moon at this moment.

The young women of the Sixth Era were not demigods, and Adele of the past had the mark but could no longer see the moon. Therefore, Chloe, who was furthest from Xia De's era, was the first to know what this silver mark meant:

"Silver Moon..."

She looked at the moon, as if she were looking at Xia De of the next era at this moment.

(Little Mia is running...)

In the endless white fog appeared the figures of Xia De and Little Mia who were kicked out of the past time. The cat had been here with Xia De, so it was not panicked, squatting on Xia De's shoulder looking very well-behaved.

Xia De looked up as if he were still looking at the starry sky above the snowfield. After a long time, he sighed long, and then he saw the phantom of a giant tree standing in the thick fog connecting the sky and the earth:

"Tree Father~"

He called out loudly:

"The problem of Vesta Forest is imminent. If you can listen to my voice, please give me enlightenment. How exactly can I fight against the evil thing transformed from the wreckage of the World Tree?"

The giant tree swayed in the windless fog, but Xia De did not get any enlightenment. He only saw a leaf swaying and falling down, and then he caught it in his palm:

"Hmm? Why is there an Eternal Youth Ye Zi? This isn't the reward for this time..."

Then he discovered that this leaf was just a simple 【Eternal Youth Ye Zi】, which did not contain any knowledge or power.

【It just took back the power, not the carrier. That time at the Night Temple, it added an extra key usage opportunity. This time, it just increased the stay time. This is different.】

"She" explained gently in Xia De's ear. Xia De also understood this difference because of recent events. Increasing the usage opportunity of a key that has already been exhausted is equivalent to breaking through the restrictions to create a new time channel;

But for the time Xia De stayed in the past, he himself did not belong to any point in time. His "timestamp" could adapt to any time, so staying for six more hours was just pulling him back later.

"One was left behind in the Battle of Moon Bay, one was obtained by cutting off the coffin tree hole, plus this one, I have three leaves in my hand."

He sighed again and looked up at the phantom of the giant tree:

"So, I have to solve the matter myself, right?"

The giant tree still gave no reply. Xia De looked down at the ice doll he was holding, and then disappeared from the fog with the cat.

The canopy rustled, and then the giant tree disappeared into the fog.

Although Xia De and Mia's perceived time had passed for more than six hours, and the cat had even eaten more than one meal, in fact, it was only three seconds since the Wednesday morning of the eighth day of the Withered Ye Zi Month in 1854 of the Sixth Era.

When Xia De and Mia stepped out of the study door together, he immediately sensed the "Fire Mark" representing Chloe. And unlike Adele's Fire Mark, which appeared quite blurry and distant, he could relatively clearly know the point in time where Chloe's Fire Mark was located.

"Although the time where Chloe is is relatively far from now, that time is normal for the continuous flow of time; but the time where Adele is simply does not exist..."

Although he felt melancholy in his heart, and although he missed the icy-cool but passionate young woman, he had successfully met Chloe after all, and they had agreed to meet again. This was not the first time Xia De faced separation, so he quickly adjusted his mood and even began to look forward to the next reunion with Chloe.

And summarizing the gains of this adventure, it could even be said to be the greatest one among all the time key adventures. ===== CHAPTER 2697 =====