Chapter 2740: Iluna of the Fifth Era

Although this reward was only one item again, this one item was enough for Xia De. As for the "Lord of Black Robes" mentioned in the additional test, Xia De was not unaware; this was a god with the title of "God of Teachers and Inheritors."

This god is not powerful; he is the protector of knowledge inheritors, but his faith is spread quite widely. If viewed from the relationship between old gods and ancient gods, he is undoubtedly quite related to the ancient god 【Secret Keeper】 of knowledge and wisdom.

"The gray-robed guardian is the guardian of the library, belonging to the moon system; the black-robed guardian is the guardian of teachers, belonging to the knowledge system."

And although Xia De had heard of this god, he didn't know much about him, only that he was a benevolent god.

"Then let's see what will happen this time."

Thinking in his heart, he took a step forward in the thick fog with a look of expectation. So the fog dissipated to both sides, revealing the black world as expected.

Xia De stepped out with one foot on the water, and then he fell directly into the unusually cold water with a splash:

"There is a problem with this water; walking on water is forbidden here!"

And when the small boat lifted Xia De up, the first thing he noticed was not the hundred-meter-high rock walls on both sides of the wide river, but the ash falling continuously from above the river valley.

All the lighting here came from these glowing ashes falling from high altitude. They drifted like snowflakes, and their brightness was almost like fireflies. It was just that once the ash fell into the water, it would immediately merge with the black river water and no longer glow.

Looking toward the high altitude, one could not see the source of the ash, and the surrounding rock walls were completely black like the river water, and the ash falling on them would also lose its glowing color:

"This doesn't look like ash produced after objects are burned, but rather like petrified powder."

And the direction Xia De was facing when he appeared was upstream of the water flow. There was nothing in the water; on the contrary, debris such as tables, chairs, benches, broken plaster statues, and building remains floated along the water flow, hitting Xia De's small boat before continuing to float downstream of the river valley that could not be seen.

Just as Xia De tried to observe the debris floating in the water, abnormal noises also appeared under the water surface. Dark shadows deeper than darkness flashed across the bottom of the water, looking like some kind of giant snake, so Xia De manipulated the small boat to sail upstream first.

The Tree Father always liked to put Xia De in relatively dangerous places at the beginning of time adventures, and he was already used to this. Therefore, Xia De didn't want to investigate what was lurking under the water. He stood at the stern of the boat holding the oar, preparing to guard against things suddenly popping out from under the water, but the giant thing under the water didn't poke its head out, but hit the bottom of the small boat.

The violent shaking almost caused the small boat to capsize, so Xia De hurriedly inserted the oar into the water to stabilize the balance. As the oar entered the water, it emitted faint golden light marks, forcing the shadows under the water to temporarily leave the surroundings of the small boat.

But the crisis was not over, because the water body was still shaking violently. More and more slender shadows also appeared densely around the small boat at this time. Fortunately, the destination was not far away. Xia De manipulated the boat while constantly stirring the water body with the oar.

When the small boat sailed rapidly for three minutes, Xia De noticed with the help of the glowing ash in the air that the river valley had reached the end of the upstream.

The end of the river valley was the source of this wide river. From the gap in the fence of the castle building standing high on the cliff, the surging water flow formed a waterfall and poured down, carrying many debris and falling together, which formed a big river.

That castle was at least a hundred meters higher than the river below. This scene was spectacular under the illumination of the falling ash. But the water flow falling below did not make a rumbling sound. Only when Xia De's small boat approached did he hear the sound that was not deafening.

His small wooden boat did not have the ability to go upstream along the waterfall, but fortunately, there was a small pier flooded by water at the bottom of the river valley under the waterfall. The pier was connected to the stone steps on the side wall of the river valley cliff, and these stone steps were almost parallel to the water flow of the waterfall.

Therefore, Xia De abandoned the small boat and quickly climbed the stone steps. Realizing that transformation magic was not forbidden here, the red butterfly flew up the steps almost sticking to them.

After he finally reached the castle located on the cliff of the river valley, he discovered that the position where the water flow rushed out was the main gate of the castle, and the stone steps connected to a side door that looked like a side door.

The water flow fell into the center of the castle from the higher void, and then broke through the main gate and continued to fall into the river valley below. This resulted in the castle also being almost a vast ocean. Although one could still see several high-rise buildings located at high places above the water surface with the help of the ash lighting, there was no doubt that this place had suffered serious damage.

The white ash was also denser in the high-altitude castle, and the feeling of desolation and weirdness brought by it was also more serious.

"Is this the so-called 'Alien Tree Academy'?"

Xia De's side door position was higher, not flooded by water, but as long as he walked a few steps inside, it was an area flooded by water.

Xia De then looked into the distance, and from afar, he saw that the bottom of the huge five-story building with a spire at the top seemed to have light. After he took a boat to approach, he found that it was not a tower, but a huge five-story building with a spire at the top.

If this castle was really a school, then judging from the architectural style, this should be an important functional building such as a library or a teaching building.

It was just that the first and second floors of the building had been flooded, and the third floor was already very dangerous. After Xia De manipulated the small boat to continue to approach, he saw that the light of the bonfire appeared on the fourth floor.

The walls were dilapidated, and the windows only had window frames left. The bonfire light faced the huge gap in the wall, and that gap looked like it had been hit out by external force. So Xia De, who came by boat, turned into a butterfly swarm and flew from the water surface to the fourth floor.

The dancing red butterflies really attracted the attention of everyone by the bonfire. This time there were four companions, and they were all women. And when Xia De, who walked out of the red light, saw the appearance of the youngest one among them, he rarely showed full surprise.

Because that eighteen-year-old girl had long brown hair, heterochromatic eyes, and a tough but beautiful face. Although the robe attire seemed somewhat unsuitable for her, one could still see her youth and beauty.

"Iluna? No, you are Iluna's ancestor? Wait, is your ancestor's bloodline so powerful? Separated by an era and still look exactly the same as you?"

But obviously this was not some ancestor of the Miss Beiyasi family. This was the Iluna Xia De was most familiar with. The evidence lay in the fact that Iluna, who was originally mentally exhausted, stood up in shock immediately after seeing Xia De fly up from the gap in the wall:

"Xia De!"

She wanted to leave the bonfire and walk toward Xia De, but was immediately stopped by the other three girls by the fire. They were all witches, and they all looked young to the point of excess, and they all wore robes similar in style to the one on Iluna.

Although this was the first time Xia De saw this kind of brown robe with a hood, he guessed that this was the uniform of this academy.

"Miss Beiyasi, wake up, have you forgotten what place this is? How can you be sure this is the person you know? And this is a man, ah, is this a man?"

The one pressing on Iluna's shoulder was the oldest witch among the four, but she looked only about the same age as Jia Lin Na. At the same time, she and Iluna were the only two humans among the four present.

And the other two girls who stood up by the fire, one had dragon wings spread behind her back. Looking at the shape of the horns on her forehead and the appearance of the wings, she should be a pure-blooded green dragon, or a dragon-born witch with more than 80% dragon bloodline;

The other girl who looked introverted was a werewolf. This weird place naturally didn't have a moon, but she still showed her racial characteristics to guard against danger, that is, furry ears, a tail, and unusually dangerous claws.

Xia De had seen a werewolf when he was in Moon Bay, but compared to Mrs. Frost, who was old in Moon Bay, the young werewolf lady obviously had no deterrent power.

The dragon-born witch and the werewolf looked equally exhausted. They didn't speak, but obviously didn't trust Xia De either.

Iluna maintained basic caution. Although she roughly determined that this was Xia De, she still stood still and observed Xia De carefully:

"This place can indeed appear monsters with mind-reading and mimicry abilities... That Xia De who looks like Xia De over there, you have to prove that you are the Xia De I know... Bring out Little Mia and I will believe you."

This was a big problem. That cat would only be born in the next era:

"Iluna, this is my first time here. It's impossible for me to take Little Mia to take risks. Ask some other questions, don't we have many common secrets?"

Xia De said so. He also agreed to be cautious. He also wanted to judge whether Iluna was real through her questions.

"Be careful, I see he is trying to charm you."

The human witch with black hair reminded, while looking at Xia De with a very severe gaze to guard against his movements, and reminded again:

"And don't forget what is lurking in this academy. The weird existences here all have some omniscience to some extent. Miss Beiyasi, don't ask those ordinary questions, think carefully about what you should ask."

Although Iluna really wanted to take the opportunity to ask Xia De "what color are the eyes of the girl you love most," she felt that this would make her look very despicable. After thinking about it, she finally opened her mouth:

"Listen well, my question is:

If you encountered a fork in the road in the wilderness at night, with a terrifying demon on one side, a man-eating giant on the other, and a 'Bao Sang Bird' preparing to embarrass you with a riddle right in front, what would you do if you couldn't retreat?" ===== CHAPTER 2741 =====