Chapter 2808: Underwater Tower

"This..."

The Green Dragon Witch, who didn't belong to this era at all, blinked her eyes with her back to Xia De. Of course, she didn't know about "future" matters. But if she made it up randomly, the werewolf beside her had said last time that she had applied for Saint Byrons Witch Academy; it was impossible for the werewolf not to know the headmaster's name.

She was originally hesitating whether to tell the truth, but unexpectedly, the Grey Wolf young lady took the initiative to introduce:

"The current headmaster is the demigod 'Twilight Star' Miss Hitra. She is a Great Witch of the Moon seat. The librarian Miss is Miss Airenus of the thirteenth rank. The letter I received about failing the entrance exam was signed with her name."

Xia De had never heard of these two names. After all, more than seven hundred years had passed since the establishment of the Academy, and the names of Miss Feilianna and Miss Oulannode must have become legends.

Suddenly, the small boat shook, so the four people chatting immediately closed their mouths. Xia De held the oar that the God had let him keep temporarily and shook it in the water. After the unknown creature that was active underwater just now left, he accelerated and drove toward the destination.

For the rest of the journey, everyone concentrated on observing the surroundings and didn't continue the previous conversation. When the group arrived near the tower pointed out by Iruna, they discovered that only the top floor of the black stone tower remained unsubmerged.

Iruna even pointed out:

"When we came last time, although this tower was slightly tilted, it was definitely not as serious as it is now. It looks like it won't be able to hold on for too long."

"Why are there no windows on the top floor? Where did you enter last time?"

"At the bottom of the tower, we dived underwater and then entered from the door at the bottom of the tower. At that time, this tower was only half submerged. We tried, the outer wall of this tower was treated with rituals and could not be broken easily."

Miss Vilde said, and gave a suggestion:

"Don't let everyone enter inside. We should leave people outside to respond. Not to watch this boat, we have to prevent people inside from being trapped and unable to come out."

At this time, there were just four people on the boat, and dividing into two groups was just right. Xia De was definitely going in, and everyone had no opinion on this. And Miss Iruna and Miss Vilde, who had been in, also had to have one person go in, so the Grey Wolf young lady was definitely going to stay outside, and she had no opinion either.

"I'll stay outside too. Xia De, you and Miss Vilde go into the water together."

Iruna of course wanted to act with Xia De, but considering that the Green Dragon Witch's rank was higher than hers, and now that it was inconvenient for her to use the Chosen One's power, it was better for the high-rank pure-blood Green Dragon to be stronger. Following Xia De could ensure Xia De's safety, so she took the initiative to stay on the boat.

However, Iruna handed her stone slab of "Radiant Sun" to Xia De, letting him take it in together.

After the four people discussed it, Miss Vilde gave Xia De some of the tea leaves from last time to put in his mouth, and then the two set off immediately. After jumping into the water, the dragon young lady with a big tail led the way in front, and they dived continuously until they reached the deepest part of the bottom of the tower.

Last time, Miss Iruna and Miss Vilde closed the door when they left, but at this time, the door was actually covered by a pile of rubble. Miss Vilde didn't hesitate, the golden light in her hand radiated forward, silently melting all the obstructive stones.

This time Xia De recognized it; this was "Witch Secret Art: Feilianna's Witch Light."

After opening the door at the bottom of the tower, a stream of black water with a foul smell immediately rushed out from behind the door. And the Green Dragon Witch was not a "novice adventurer." Prepared, she breathed out a breath forward, and then the dragon fire actually burned underwater.

The flames didn't completely eliminate the black water, but they separated and surrounded them. The tail behind her shook at Xia De, signaling Xia De to follow up quickly.

"Truly reliable."

The area of this tower floor was very large. Looking at the layout, it was probably used to teach astronomy courses in the past. The elevator connected every floor, but at this time, the machine was completely unusable.

Miss Vilde still remembered the direction of the stairs, cautiously observing and moving the debris in the water while taking Xia De up floor by floor.

When the two reached the third floor, suddenly a huge shadow in the dark water bumped toward the Green Dragon young lady in front, and then was hard-pressed by the Green Dragon's powerful strength.

In the dark vision, that was a creature as big as a whale, similar in appearance to a black catfish, but its whiskers were not long whiskers, but slender things similar to deformed human hands.

Between breaths, foul-smelling black water gushed out from the fish gills of that fat catfish. Because of the maid's profession and love of cleanliness, the dragon witch immediately felt a sense of suffocation. She wanted to spit dragon breath forward, but she couldn't persuade herself to open her mouth no matter what.

Fortunately, the silver greatsword in Xia De's hand had already stabbed forward. The skin of that strange catfish was very slippery and elastic, but it was still pierced by this sword.

Black foul water flowed out of the wound, and the "catfish" also let out a sharp cry that was difficult to describe. It gave up on the witch in front of it, struggled to let the sword leave its body, and then flicked its tail and bumped into Xia De again.

The chaos of the water flow and the cover of the black water made the underwater environment chaotic. Miss Vilde heard a familiar dragon roar at this moment, and then saw Xia De also hard-pressed that fat catfish.

"Strange Art: Black Moon Mark!"

The huge black moon mark was then displayed in the turbulent waves in the water. Miss Vilde, who was close by, only felt that all the hair on her body was about to stand up. And under the power of destruction, that catfish also turned into ash drifting in the water.

The two didn't stay to discuss but continued upward. Fortunately, going up was the top of the tower. The end of the stairs hadn't been completely submerged in water. The two who walked out of the water didn't immediately dry themselves, because the two stone slabs automatically floated out after they left the water surface, and the dots of golden light pointed directly behind the stone slab door in front of them.

"It's really here... Are you ready? I'm going to open the door."

"Ready for what? Oh, you mean... Wait!"

The Green Dragon young lady immediately realized what was going to happen next. After flashing behind Xia De, she even curled up her tail to prevent it from being exposed. Although she was also a high-rank witch, this didn't mean she had seen a God before:

"You open the door. Be careful, maybe behind the door is a monster that can emit intermittent golden light spots and guide people to open the door... If behind the door is a God, I don't want to blaspheme you, may your glory last forever. Alright, open the door."

Saying this, she retracted her head. Xia De couldn't feel the power behind the door at all at this time. He recalled the door-opening spell he saw just now, put his hand on the door, and then chanted the spell.

So the door rose silently. Behind the door, it was not pitch black. On the circular roof at the top of the tower was a brilliant silver star map. The starlight spilled down in large swaths, illuminating the circular astrology room, illuminating the books piled by the wall, the huge telescope placed in the center, the red soft-cushioned stools surrounding the telescope, and the black-haired God who was standing with his hands behind his back, looking up at that ancient star map.

He didn't look toward the door because of the opening of the door. Xia De took a deep breath and bowed slightly:

"Hello, Guardian God of Knowledge Inheritors—Lord of the Black Robe, we meet again in this academy."

Then Xia De heard the dragon young lady behind him also take a deep breath.

Adjusting his expression, Xia De then walked into the door, and Miss Vilde followed in nervously, hiding behind him. She very successfully let Xia De's whole body cover herself, and even paid attention to ensure her tail was absolutely not exposed.

She actually also wanted to look over Xia De's shoulder to try to take a look, but then felt that she'd better not do this. However, she was soon attracted by another discovery—scars were appearing on Xia De's body, and golden light radiated from those cracks.

"After returning safely, I must report this matter completely to Teacher Fiona... I don't know how Teacher Fiona views people like Mr. Hamilton."

The Green Dragon young lady thought in her heart, and Xia De pushed the two floating stone slabs forward:

"Have you found anything interesting in this academy?"

He asked. The God was still looking up at the star map:

"Everything here stopped at the dusk when the students and teachers left. For an academy, no matter how many outstanding students it taught in the past, and no matter how brilliant it was in the past, when it no longer performs the function of an academy, it has already died."

That God with a gentle temperament raised his hand and pointed to the star map:

"Do you know what era's starry sky this is?"

Xia De's astrology came from the courses Miss Danister let him choose. However, he still couldn't recognize it:

"First Era?"

The God smiled and shook his head:

"This is the star map of that year recorded when the last batch of students of the academy used this place. That was in the late Fourth Era, about four thousand years ago."

"Four thousand years..."

Xia De also looked carefully at the starry sky at that time. Although powerful astrology masters could know what happened that year just by the star map—like Mr. Euclid, Xia De didn't have such skills. However, Luweiya and Miss Belinder had them. Bringing the star map to them might yield some gains:

"Then may I ask how this place became like this? We know it seems to be the arrival of other believers that made students no longer like to stay and become new teachers, but judging from the stone slab found, does this also seem to be related to the end of the Fourth Era?"

He didn't hide his curiosity, and the Green Dragon young lady behind him obviously thought his curiosity was too heavy, and had to tug at his clothes as a reminder. ===== CHAPTER 2809 =====