Chapter 2793: The True Opponent

Angelina nodded with great determination:

"For the next few days, I will actively participate in the ship's affairs. Although I don't know how to completely overcome the fear of being ignored, I think if I can be needed by everyone, and when everyone is doing things and says, 'Why didn't Angelina come to help?', I will also be able to find some sense of existence."

Xia De leaned over slightly to look at her:

"When I first met you last year, you still looked like an ordinary princess... Sometimes I also wonder if these changes are a bit too harsh for you."

Angelina shook her head rapidly:

"What's the point of being an ordinary princess? Becoming like my sister, who has both power and authority, is..."

She felt a bit embarrassed again, but she did indeed feel that the current changes were actually quite good.

Xia De then promised:

"I will definitely not forget you, Angelina. I will definitely keep you firmly in my heart."

"Really, to actually say such things... Can you kiss me?"

The Princess pointed to her cheek, so Xia De gave a light kiss. Angelina immediately blushed, suppressing a laugh, said "I'm going to take Little Mia for her nap," and ran off directly.

"I was wondering why you hadn't come to find me yet; so you were here tricking Angelina."

Luvia's voice came. Turning his head, she was standing at the corner of the corridor, clearly not having just arrived.

"I was just giving her some encouragement. Luvia and Dorothea would also approve of me."

As he spoke, Xia De waved the letter in his hand at Luvia:

"News has come from the city. Shall we look at it together?"

The Church's willingness to share such important intelligence this time could be considered a return for the Witch Council's contributions in recent major events.

The letter recounted the entire process of the Church's candidate opening their qualifications, disappearing, and reappearing with someone, which provided a very strong guarantee for Emilia's subsequent actions.

It was just that the Church did not specify in the provided information which era their candidate had gone to or whom they had brought back. But the Church provided information on the prepared rituals, symbols, and so on, so it was not difficult to infer that the era the candidate went to was the Sixth Era.

"But what valuable power could there be in the Sixth Era? I thought the Church would invest huge resources to let the candidate go to the most ancient eras... Isn't the upper limit of the Sixth Era currently just the Thirteenth Ring?"

Xia De was very puzzled by this. When he sat down in Luvia's cabin room, Luvia smiled and said:

"I actually have a bold idea, though it is just a guess: could the era the other party went to be an era when the True Gods once descended?"

Xia De was slightly surprised. The purple-eyed diviner smiled and shook her head:

"Alright, let's not talk about this for now. The Church is still considered our ally for the time being. Iluna will definitely come when you open the key on Wednesday. Won't you know by asking her then? Take out the coins; let's officially begin the divination."

Currently, the two of them had a total of five special coins: the previously remaining 【Language Expert】 and 【Pure Light】, the two 【Lute's Sorrow】 coins just given by Xivi, and the Poet-level relic 【Upright Coin】 that Luvia had obtained from the Society. Xia De had also obtained this type of relic before (593).

According to Luvia's request, the first thing to divine was how to make Xia De immune to the "Time Exile" effect.

This divination was actually very difficult because the matter involved Xia De, so even using the special divination of the coins would encounter obstacles. Luvia had originally thought that relying on her current intimate relationship with Xia De, she could succeed even if she used more coins, but she threw three coins in succession and failed to obtain any results.

Seeing Luvia reaching out to take a fourth coin, Xia De hurriedly stopped her:

"How about we change the question for the divination: if I am exiled again, how can I return as quickly as possible and without cost? Since we cannot stop the exile, let's start from the return."

Luvia then nodded and threw the 【Language Expert】 and 【Upright Coin】 into the air. This time, it finally had an effect. The two coins collided with each other in the air, and after bouncing off, they gradually turned into fly ash, disappearing completely before hitting the ground.

And Luvia, who opened her eyes, had a look of joy on her face:

"The key still lies in your miracle 【Time's Return】. This miracle currently has two limitations: one is that it does not work on yourself, and the other is your timestamp problem."

"Let's talk about the second problem first. This is actually easy to solve. Just leave a part of your body in the 'present', and won't you have two timestamps then?"

Xia De pointed at himself in surprise:

"Although my 'Active Soil' can reshape body organs, isn't leaving a part of my body a bit too... Hair definitely won't work. Do you want my heart? Or can I apply to use my appendix?"

"Why choose the appendix?"

Luvia asked curiously, and then comforted Xia De:

"Don't worry, it's not really asking you to cut off a part of your body. Even if you were willing, I wouldn't be. I mean, you leave a part of yourself on another person. This way, it's equivalent to binding a time anchor, and you will know the direction when you return."

Then she saw Xia De looking at her stomach. The female diviner blushed and pushed the teacup to Xia De:

"What are you thinking... This is a very serious ritual. The 'Moon Seal' you left on us can actually be completely regarded as a part of you. You can sense us because of it, which already counts as an anchor point."

"Next, you only need your blood to strengthen this connection. With the six anchor points of Little Mia, me, Galina, Vanessa, Dorothea, and Leicia supporting you, even if you are truly lost in infinite time, you will know the way home... We will always wait for you."

Xia De smiled and nodded:

"Yes, yes, you will always guide me to look in the direction of home. Then how to solve the fact that the miracle effect does not work on myself?"

"Then enhance the ritual effect. You also know that although the basic spell 'Move Object' does not work on oneself, among the advanced spells of this basic spell, there is 'Dance of the Sky'."

"How to enhance it? It's not convenient for me to say the source of this miracle, but at least I currently have no means of enhancement."

"That's why I need to spend two coins."

Luvia said, took the notebook, and began to write on it:

"You need to hold a complex ritual to sublimate this unique miracle. But don't worry, although this ritual requires two sufficiently powerful World Tree materials as the ritual core, don't we have your key and the Elf's 【Time Flute】?"

"In a while, take this list to Grandma Cassandra, let them help prepare it, and we will go to the forest tonight to hold the ritual."

"So, this problem is solved just like that?"

"What else do you want? If even such a small matter cannot be solved, isn't my value a bit too low? Oh, I also need to remind you that even if the miracle is sublimated, returning from past time is not a simple matter."

"If you don't want to consume too much, it's best to use the miracle the moment after being exiled, before entering a time point that doesn't belong to the present, rather than casting the spell after arriving at an unknown time."

Luvia teased;

"However, in this way, you won't be able to visit that Ms. Carter like last time."

"It's not like I can happen to encounter that time point every time... Why do you sound like I'm secretly dating Ms. Carter?"

Luvia laughed very happily.

Xia De didn't intend to keep the remaining three coins either; there were simply too many things that needed to be known now. However, Xia De didn't let Luvia divine what the seats he and the Doctor saw in the forest corresponded to. He hoped to know another thing:

"I want to know what those chairs actually mean. Although the probability is small, if those chairs correspond to seals, and the sealed things run out after we kill the four monsters, then that would be a huge joke."

"They don't look like seals at all."

Luvia said and picked up the 【Lute's Sorrow】 coin again. After throwing it into the air, she successfully completed this divination, which also showed from the side how difficult it was to divine matters related to Xia De:

"I said it's not a seal. But this is indeed part of the ritual. Xia De, you are not a student of our Astronomy Academy, so you probably haven't taken the course 'Self-Concealment and Self-Proof'."

She described it slightly, but not very deeply:

"Specifically, the owner of the largest chair under the tree hid their existence within the existence of the owners of the other four chairs."

"Those four things are equivalent to four keys, and keys that take effect together. You need them to sit back on the chairs at the same time to know what the hidden thing is. Otherwise, as long as the other party is unwilling, you won't be able to recognize it even if it is in front of you."

"If you can't persuade them to sit back on the chairs, then killing them is also fine, right?"

Xia De asked, and Luvia nodded:

"Of course, the key identity they represent is related to the power they were gifted. Sending the keys back is the same."

"Looking at it this way, the branch with sparks you got is really amazing. If you find a way, others can also re-absorb that branch to obtain the power of the World Tree."

"But it might also be manipulated... This concealment ritual sounds really powerful."

"Needless to say, hiding one's own existence is a conceptual-level operation. Xia De, what we are facing this time is not just an evil object with power; we are facing a true Ancient One."

"Stronger than the evil object in Pantanal, stronger than the Seven-Tailed Player in Moon Bay, and wiser than the ancestors of Audrey and Megan, just not yet considered a god."

She said and picked up the second 【Lute's Sorrow】 coin. Without asking Xia De, she threw it up directly, but the coin fell as usual without any effect:

"Sure enough, it's impossible to know who the other party is by relying on divination. Look, so powerful yet so cautious; this is the true opponent." ===== CHAPTER 2794 =====