Chapter 2800: First Battle of Time

Regarding where Flora and Emilia should go tomorrow and who should guard them, this was the most critical issue of this meeting. Among everyone, Vanessa was the strongest, so she should naturally...

"Wait a minute, I have a question."

Xivi widened her eyes and turned to look at Xia De, who was sitting in the center of the long sofa:

"Did you just say that Vanessa is now Thirteenth-Tier? But how did Vanessa become Thirteenth-Tier? Don't treat this as something everyone takes for granted, and then think I can accept it very calmly. Also, Galina, Flora, looking at your appearance, did you know about this long ago?"

Xivi was the only Great Witch present who didn't know about this, so Vanessa, who was wearing a silver moonlight ring on her hand, tried her best to appear reserved, that is, don't laugh too obviously:

"You mean this? I gained something after the Moon Bay battle, and I only advanced to the Thirteenth-Tier some time ago. Xivi, not only you don't know, but Grandma Cassandra and the Audrey/Megan sisters don't know either. I plan to tell the Speaker about this after the Vesta forest matter is over. She will be very happy."

"Gained something? Vanessa, we are not strangers. I don't believe such words."

The Great Witch of Light with brown wavy hair looked at Vanessa and then at Xia De:

"My instinct tells me that this matter is related to Xia De, and it has a great relationship."

"Ahem, let's talk about this later. Xia De, you continue the topic just now. Should I follow Flora or Emilia?"

Not only was it the distribution problem of the witches, but Luvia also asked Xia De if he needed to contact the Church and the Academy to let them send manpower to support this operation. If the Academy and the Church could also join, this time, even if they couldn't catch the "Clockmaker", at least they could guarantee to severely damage the 【Tree Hole Society】.

However, Xia De gave up after considering it:

"Letting too many people participate carries the risk of the plan being exposed. We don't know what other abilities that halfling assassin from the Fourth Era has. He looks specialized in assassination, and his ability to collect intelligence shouldn't be small."

"I don't distrust the confidentiality ability of the Church and the Academy, but it's better not to take that risk. According to my plan, even if we can't guarantee to severely damage the 【Tree Hole Society】 this time, we can guarantee that Emilia will be absolutely safe."

"Then what is the bottom-line goal this time?"

Dorothea also asked, and Xia De looked at the elf sitting with Angelina:

"Protect Emilia and ensure that this so-called assassination will not happen again. This time, we must leave that halfling assassin behind. Although he is very strong, he has not exceeded the limit of a ring warlock. Although our enemies know that a Thirteenth-Tier witch is participating this time, they should not have thought that most of the power of the Witch Council is actually here."

"【Witch Council】 has only participated in major events with a part of its power since the first Chosen One battle last summer. This time we take the initiative, and I hope Ms. Isabella won't blame you for exposing the Council's power afterwards."

He didn't call her "Adele" this time.

"Then Xia De, does this count as the first battle of the Time War?"

Vanessa asked with a smile:

"If that halfling assassin is defeated by us, does it count as Emilia defeating the first opponent?"

"It shouldn't count."

Emilia raised her hand and said:

"The main body of the Time War is us candidates. The defeat of the assistant has nothing to do with victory."

"In other words, unless someone solves the 'Clockmaker' one step ahead, Emilia will sooner or later have to face her herself, right?"

The little princess asked, and Xia De nodded:

"So it depends on how much knowledge Emilia can learn from the past and how much power she can obtain. However, Emilia, you don't need to feel too much pressure. In my opinion, your candidate ranking is higher than the Clockmaker, and your time talent will not be worse than hers."

"Then is Emilia the first candidate this time?"

Xivi asked again, and Xia De looked at Luvia. She could judge the identity of the Chosen One at a glance, but this time she shook her head:

"Emilia is the second candidate."

"I see..."

This was a bit beyond Xia De's expectation. If Emilia was not the first candidate, then the candidate for the first candidate could be very terrifying.

But it didn't matter if she wasn't the first candidate. This time, the Chosen One rules didn't require killing. As long as Emilia could win in the Time War, she could still perform the Chosen One ritual that was still unknown to this day.

This meeting lasted until nine o'clock in the evening before it ended. Because everyone had to disperse tomorrow, they didn't all stay at the Accordion Hotel.

Angelina chose to stay to accompany Emilia, but she returned Little Mia to Xia De:

"I want to try if I can let others notice me... If I haven't appeared by tomorrow afternoon, I will wait for you in Ms. Dannister's room... Don't forget me."

Dorothea stayed with her sister, Luvia chose to return to the ship with Galina, and Xia De followed because he had to hold a ritual to make the power of "Time's Return" work on himself. The ritual to enhance the miracle effect didn't take much effort, but after ten o'clock in the evening, he left the large ship and went out alone with Little Mia.

It was already eleven o'clock when he returned. When he finished washing and was ready to rest, Xia De got into the quilt and felt that there was someone in the quilt—there were too many witches and followers on the ship, and the badge's detection was simply inaccurate.

"Who is it... Galina? Where is your nightgown?"

"Of course it's in your closet. Although there are no male creatures on this ship other than you, if I really walked over naked, they would definitely be curious about where I was going. Speaking of which, where did you go so late? I've been waiting for you here lonely and cold for a long time."

The Duchess's voice sounded quite muffled in the quilt. The red-haired witch tonight seemed to be afraid of the moonlight from the window, and the evidence was that she didn't come out immediately, but...

(Little Mia is running...)

The muffled thunder woke up many people early on Tuesday morning, and the sound of rain like someone pouring water down from the sky seemed to want to sweep away the last warmth of late autumn, reminding people that the winter of 1854 was really coming.

The wind sweeping across Lake Yulun did not make the cruise ship docked here shake. The little elf who had eaten breakfast took two maids—Tifa and Ms. Swift—and left the large ship early to enter the forest.

At the same time, the young blonde elf also ate breakfast at the Accordion Hotel in the city. She held an umbrella at the hotel entrance, reluctant to go out, and finally had to open the umbrella and enter the rainy street scene with Ms. Bell and Ms. Hayley Aurora.

Emilia in the forest was helping Xia De find some local herbs, which he would take to the "Ash Valley" on Wednesday; while Emilia in the city went directly to the local black market, looking like she was forced to run errands for others.

This rain was like someone pouring water down from the sky, continuing without any intention of stopping. And after ten o'clock in the morning, Emilia in the forest had reached a remote place in the depths of the dense forest, and the elf in the city also walked into a remote block in the old city area in the north of the city without any sense of crisis.

It was just that the attack did not come immediately, so the six girls in the two places had to continue today's itinerary according to the original arrangement.

There were no people in the forest. Emilia and the two maids found a hunter's cabin that was vacant in the depths of the forest after one o'clock in the afternoon before they started cooking; while the three people in the city, because they had funds sponsored by the witches, found an old restaurant in the old city area that claimed to have been in business since the Creekwood Town era, and had a good meal.

The afternoon itinerary continued. At about three o'clock, because the rain was too heavy, although the water-avoidance spell could still work, the feeling of stepping into the mud was terrible, so Emilia in the forest retreated to the hunter's cabin where they had lunch with Tifa and Ms. Swift, intending to wait until the rain was a little smaller before leaving.

They lit a bonfire in this leaky wooden house and carefully cast spells to control the flames to prevent the house from being ignited. Then the girls sat around the bonfire and whispered. The elf girl in her youth had many worries, and Tifa and Ms. Swift could answer them.

After resting for about twenty minutes, the sound of rain outside not only did not weaken but became even louder. Just in the sound of crackling flames and the sound of rain, accompanied by a dragon roar louder than thunder from the high sky, dark dragon flames poured down from the sky onto the top of this small wooden house.

The forest cabin almost disappeared in this violent dragon flame in an instant, but the interior of the house revealed a hemispherical shield made of solid black rock that buckled the three girls inside. The flames, which were enough to melt the strongest alloy in half a second, had no effect on this unique obsidian from the depths of the earth.

While the dark dragon beast flying in the sky noticed this, with another roar, the low "small hill" next to the wooden house stood up abruptly. The stone giant that had been lying in ambush for a long time jumped into the air and grabbed the dark dragon beast from the sky with one punch.

But immediately, the gray-white mist on the dragon beast's body turned the stone into fly ash. It wanted to spread its wings and fly high, but there was another boom~ in the torrential rain. The energy cannon fired by the giant cannon from a distance hit it with one shot, sticking to the treetops.

Although the mist of time around it could reduce most of the damage, this shot tore the entire body of the dragon beast, causing flesh and blood to explode above the forest ground.

At this moment, it was like blood rain falling from the sky, but the filthy blood was also quickly washed away by the rain. ===== CHAPTER 2801 =====