Chapter 2705

For Xia De, the probability of him running into these ancient evil spirits is about once every two or three months, but for others, evil spirit demons are things even rarer than dragons.

Moreover, thanks to various legends and fairy tales, the concept of an evil spirit demon can almost be equated with the legendary angels. So when Xia De said that the burning of these large trees was related to a demon, Mr. Davis and Mr. Meloni were subconsciously unable to believe it.

But immediately they realized that it was impossible for anyone to joke about such a thing:

"But how could that be? We have already discovered so many similar things in the woodlands recently; has the demon entered an active period?"

"His eyes cannot be wrong, so what was the demon that appeared locally three hundred years ago? As the local Ring-Ringed Ringed Shushi organization, you wouldn't have failed to keep any information, would you?"

Miss Danister knew that Xia De had dealt with demons many times, so she asked directly.

Mr. Meloni, the "Keeper of Secrets" of the Hermit Group, looked at Mr. Davis with some embarrassment, and the latter nodded:

"We were considered eyewitnesses back then, but in the era when that demon ravaged Creekwood Town, the predecessors of the Hermit Group did not fight it directly. We lived in seclusion in the forest and only heard that the Church of Nature had found and completely sealed the opponent.

The demon's name was therefore not passed down, but we know what Angel-level relic the Church of Nature used to seal that thing back then."

"Which relic was it?"

"The Angel-level relic 【Ice Magic Box】. It is a rectangular box made of ice, and legend has it that a breath of the Winter God resides inside. Opening that box can transform a local area into a winter with heavy snow, which is actually similar to the commotion the God-Caller caused a few days ago."

As he spoke, Mr. Meloni also glanced at Xia De, but Xia De pretended not to see it.

The red-haired sorceress nodded:

"I also know of this relic. Besides opening the box to 'release' winter, the box itself can also be used to seal things related to fire. Legend has it that even an ancient Fire Demon could be sealed by that box. But since it is ice..."

She looked at the ice block holding the wood that Xia De was holding, and the hermits of course knew what she meant:

"Yes, judging from the effects of that Angel-level relic, the matter from three hundred years ago might be related to this incident. But there were no records of 'forests catching fire' three hundred years ago. If there had been similar things, it would be impossible not to leave a record."

Xia De did not think this was hard to understand:

"Information about those ancient evil spirits is itself a source of pollution. The Church's caution is correct.

However, wouldn't we know the answer by asking the Church of Nature now? Since the demon from three hundred years ago is considered to still be in a sealed state, let their Holy See check it. That shouldn't be complicated, right?"

"No, it is very complicated."

Miss Danister corrected him immediately:

"Opening the 【Ice Magic Box】 will cause very serious consequences, so opening it requires certain preparations. And after using it as a tool to seal a demon, wanting to investigate whether the demon inside is still there requires even more cautious preventive measures to open it.

A rough estimate is that even if the Church of Nature gets the news now, it would take at least half a week to confirm whether the power of the demon exists within it.

But if that demon only left a part of itself sealed, then wanting to confirm whether what is sealed in the relic is the main body of the demon would likely take even longer."

Mr. Davis and Mr. Meloni both thought that this sorceress seemed to know too much about that relic, but they did not ask:

"We will arrange for someone to report the discovery here to the Church now. But before that, the five churches in the city had better send more Ring-Mages into the forest to monitor the fire situation. Our forest rangers alone are not enough to monitor the entire Vesta Woodlands.

Although those burning large trees only ignite the woodlands near themselves, we cannot leave this cursed fire alone."

"It seems necessary for the Church to send more support teams from other places. Given the complex local situation, the church's manpower is simply not enough."

Although the unexpected appearance of demonic power was not in the plans of Xia De and Miss Danister, this did not hinder Xia De from asking the hermits later if they knew about the "Temple of Time."

The Great Elder Mr. Davis knew nothing about this, but Mr. Meloni thought for a moment:

"I have seen this phrase in the materials of the order. It seems to be a special building left by a follower of the God of Time in the distant past, containing secret treasures. But that was a long time ago, and the secrets of the Temple of Time should have been dug clean by predecessors long ago."

This statement was similar to that of Mr. Edmund in Coldwater Port.

"Speaking of which, there is a ruin of a Temple of Time in the northeast of the Vesta Woodlands."

He said again, and Xia De was a bit surprised. After all, the Great Temple of the Tree Father already existed on the top of the hill, and the possibility of two temples of the same faith appearing in one area should not be high. But he thought about it again and remembered that the Randall Valley not only had a Temple of Night but also a Moon-Worshipping ruin:

"There is?"

"Yes, please don't be surprised by anything that appears in these woodlands. However, according to records, nothing is left of that Temple of Time; only some architectural ruins remain. The Night-Song Elves were responsible for maintaining it before they moved away in the Fifth Era, and after they moved away, they left a seal similar to a Misuo, preventing others from disturbing it.

You can go and see, but I don't think there will be any harvest."

This old gentleman asked for the map that Xia De had bought from them and marked the location of the Temple of Time ruins on the map. However, they only knew its location from ancient books and did not know how to break the elves' seal to enter it.

Anyway, there was nothing to do today, so the two of them stayed in the camp for lunch. After lunch, they talked with the hermits about the dragon-beast whose specific time was still unknown, and only then did they bid them farewell, claiming they were going to visit the architectural ruins of that ancient Temple of Time.

"I have been here."

Crossing the tree hole and returning to the outskirts of Little Mig Village, Xia De pointed to the circle marked by Mr. Meloni on the map and said:

"Flora has also been here, and the elves in the forest live in this area. If that's the case, that forest that couldn't be walked out of was the work of the elves... So were those chocobos really left behind by accident?"

"I don't quite understand what you've figured out, but it looks like we don't need to break the Night-Song Elves' seal."

The red-haired girl said with a smile, and Xia De nodded:

"Then let's go and ask about the situation. I haven't explored that area carefully either, so is this the reason why Emilia chose to live nearby?"

He did not choose to activate the "Forest Path" spell, but took out the chocobo feather pendant he had received from the gift box this week and shook it a few times.

Subsequently, he and Miss Danister walked in the direction where the elves lived, and soon joined up with the blue-feathered chocobo that came running quickly.

"I'll trouble you this time."

Xia De touched its head and gave it a large handful of Little Mia's cat food, before saying to Miss Danister:

"This kind of mature chocobo in its prime has no problem carrying two people. If you don't mind, do you want to sit in the back or the front?"

The red-haired girl looked at him with a sideways smile:

"Is this an invitation? Xia De, you are really not a gentleman... A girl wearing a dress will neither ride a horse nor a chocobo, so I will sit sideways in front of you."

So when the blue chocobo finished eating the cat food happily, Miss Danister really sat sideways in front of Xia De, letting Xia De's arms pass from her sides.

"Sit tight."

"Yes, yes, let's go quickly."

Riding a chocobo while activating the "Forest Path" made travel in the forest more convenient and rapid. At 1:30 PM, the two successfully arrived under the elf girl's treehouse. Xia De didn't see the blonde elf at first and thought she was out, but soon he discovered that the elf was taking a nap in the house on the top floor of the treehouse.

Knock, knock, knock~

Xia De knocked on the glass, and the pair of emerald green eyes opened and looked at the window. After seeing the faces of Xia De and Miss Danister, the elf jumped off the bed as if she had bounced.

"Although today is Friday and not the weekend, and although it is 1:30 PM, I want to emphasize that I am not slacking off; I just went to bed too late last night. I went to bed too late last night not because I was reading extracurricular books, but because I was preparing potions for Xia De and had to wait for the dark clouds in the sky to disperse."

When she opened the door to welcome them in, the elf girl kept whispering. Of course, it was mainly for Miss Danister to hear, but the red-haired girl didn't care about this.

"We have something we want your help with. In this forest area that cannot be walked out of, are there any ancient ruins?"

Xia De asked, and the elf who was preparing to pour them tea nodded immediately:

"Yes."

When Xia De and Flora came last time, she wasn't this nervous.

"Then do you know the Temple of Time? Are there ruins of the Temple of Time in this forest area?"

The elf who was searching for herbal tea looked at him immediately, her expression a bit confused:

"You don't know?"

"Know what?"

"There is a tree in the center of the temple ruins. Isn't the location where you appear every time the site of the Temple of Time you mentioned?"

Xia De was just thinking at this moment that the hermits were right; there really wasn't anything left there.

In fact, from the first time Xia De appeared in the Vesta Woodlands, he had thought about what the ruin that only had broken walls and a tree was originally, but he was the only one who didn't connect it to the temple of the "Tree Father."

After all, a special space entrance of the Space Ancient God being in the temple of the Time Ancient God is something a normal person wouldn't imagine.