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Chapter 2835: The

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The journey to the ritual site was much longer than everyone had initially expected. Under the guidance of the elf in the forest, the group first traveled around the edge of the city, and then plunged into the deeper part of the forest area.

As they walked, Xia De suddenly realized that this road was not unfamiliar to him. And around 8 PM that night, his conjecture became reality.

A desolate, man-made path suddenly appeared in the bare forest, so the elf girl riding the unicorn signaled everyone to stop.

After the five people and their mounts walked less than twenty steps along the path, the view suddenly opened up. The moonlight and starlight scattered mottled bright spots on the ground from the canopy of that dense giant tree, and the swaying branches and leaves in the night wind composed the ballad of the autumn night together.

Beneath the giant tree, the five chairs were exactly the same as when Xia De and the doctor left. Only the rune on the back of the chair symbolizing "Fire" lit up with red light, which meant that the demon had been executed.

The wind in the forest also blew the clothes of everyone. Lu Lu Weiya subconsciously took a deep breath at this time. For some reason, although this was her first time coming here, she felt that this place was unusually familiar. She attributed this to Xia De's description of this place being too detailed.

"Is this the place Xia De mentioned?"

Ai Mi Li Ya asked curiously at this time. Miss Dan Dac Nisi Te was also equally surprised looking at the scene before her.

"There won't be any danger here, right?"

This was Xia De's question. The elf girl who was relatively taller immediately shook her head:

"Rest assured, it's not the time for danger yet."

She took the initiative to introduce to everyone:

"Although there are no very strong traces of elements here, this is almost the most important place in this forest. Simply put, the center of the ancient sealing ritual that seals this place is right here."

"You wouldn't want to say that these chairs are part of the ritual, right? But divination denied this statement."

Xia De reminded, so the elf girl continued to explain:

"The chairs are of course not part of the ritual. The appearance of these chairs is later than that ancient war, but they should also be from the Second Era. I saw investigation records left by the Third Era in a very ancient age.

After the ancient gods left one after another, the powerful Elf Empire did not collapse immediately. In order to commemorate the war that happened here, the five Elf Kings utilized the power remaining in the tree to catalyze these five chairs, holding a banquet for the elves here every hundred years, and the five crowned kings would also gather here.

On one hand, it was for commemoration, and on the other hand, it was also to remind the later generations of elves not to forget that there was such a terrible thing here."

Lu Lu Weiya's purple eyes looked at those chairs:

"Why is the one in the middle relatively much larger than the other four? Does this symbolize a unique status? And, even if they are four smaller chairs, they don't seem to fit the body shape of modern elves, ancient elves shouldn't be giants, right?"

"The appearance gap between ancient elves and modern elves is not large."

The red-haired girl said, while the pointed-eared girl continued to explain:

"Even in the era when the five kings stood together, there still existed the most powerful king. You can understand it as although the five kings stood together, there was still one who was the most powerful. The chair in the middle belonged to him.

The dimensions of these chairs indeed do not correspond to the body shapes of the elves. Professor Dan Dac Nisi Te is right, the elves of the ancient age were also about the same size as they are now. It's just that when holding a banquet, the kings would take the initiative to enlarge their body shapes so that the elves participating in the banquet could see them. This is also a unique ritual."

Ai Mi Li Ya, who was shorter on the side, seemed to have already been brought into the story:

"It's simply possible to imagine the scene of those grand banquets back then, elves raising wine glasses to the giant-like kings, while the powerful Elf Kings sat here watching their people!"

"Now the Elf Empire has long since disappeared, and even the seal here is unknown, but unexpectedly, these banquet chairs have been preserved, and they have even been utilized."

The elf sighed, and then signaled that everyone could help prepare for the ritual.

Theoretically, the qualification to use does not require a ritual. Activating that power directly can go to the past time point. The purpose of this ritual is to assist in time positioning, so the core items of the ritual are the 【Fei Lian An Na Notes】 provided by Xia De and many indicators provided by the academy.

There are not many items left in the academy that have existed since the establishment of the academy, and for tonight's ritual, Principal Professor Pi Ge Man even lent the seal symbolizing the position of "Principal." This seal was originally an ordinary item, but because it symbolizes the highest power of the academy, it has now even spontaneously become a alchemy item possessing enlightenment elements.

Besides the notes and the seal, Miss Dan Dac Nisi Te also brought books from the past, stones from the foundation of the academy, fragments of ancient bookshelves from the academy library, and so on.

The five people acted together and soon set up the ritual in this open space. Ai Mi Li Ya nervously clutched the strap of her crossbody bag, her heart still thinking about whether it was informal when she said goodbye to A Jielina in the hotel just now, while at this time Xia De had already taken the initiative to give her a hug:

"Be careful when you are alone. We and Little Li An Na cannot accompany you, the next road needs to be walked by yourself."

"Rest assured, even if you fail to position the era of the academy's establishment, it is definitely a time point related to the academy. The ancient gods will not let you face danger, this qualification is a blessing for the candidates."

The red-haired girl said second, followed by Lu Lu Weiya, whose purple eyes looked at her with a smile:

"I have divined this matter, rest assured, Ai Mi Li Ya, there will be no mistakes."

Xia De originally thought that the elf girl in the forest did not intend to speak, but unexpectedly she also said to Ai Mi Li Ya:

"Take this, and go see it when you have time."

Then she stuffed a diary into Ai Mi Li Ya's hands. That diary was exactly the same as the one Ai Mi Li Ya used to record Xia De's stories.

Ai Mi Li Ya of course did not notice this point. Although the road was calm for a while, now she felt that her heart was about to jump out of her throat again. She responded to the farewells of the four one by one, and then hugged Little Li An Na's head again:

"Little Li An Na, I will miss you, you must miss me too."

The ignorant little unicorn then rubbed against her. Ai Mi Li Ya tried very hard not to let herself cry. This kind of going on a long journey to an uncertain place without any familiar people around was really making the elf who had never been away from the academy for a long time panic. However, she remembered the determination she had made, so she pretended to be strong.

Suddenly she remembered the suggestion A Jielina gave when saying goodbye to the little princess just now, so she gathered her courage and said to Xia De:

"Can you give me a kiss?"

She pointed to her forehead, so Xia De kissed her lightly, and then combed her golden long hair:

"Don't be nervous, this is not the final battle, it's just letting you go to learn.

Finally confirm, 【Elf King Power】, spellcasting materials, my letter of recommendation, Principal Pi Ge Man and Miss Dan Dac Nisi Te's letters of recommendation, Fifth Era Universal Language Dictionary, gold and silver ingots used as currency, holy water for healing, Angel Spirit Medicine for restoring Qi, the Sunlight Spear brooch given to you by Yin Luna, emergency food given to you by A Jielina, alchemy items for protection, have you brought them all?"

Ai Mi Li Ya checked her small crossbody bag again, and then nodded affirmatively. Using the qualification to travel through time, except for relics, anything can be brought, otherwise Xia De even wanted her to bring the 【Flute of Time】.

"Time is almost up, it's time to hold the ritual."

The tall elf on the side reminded, so Ai Mi Li Ya pursed her lips and walked toward the center of the ritual. This time she did not look back. After she stood firm in the center of the circular ritual base, she even smiled at Xia De, but looking at her hand tightly clutching the crossbody bag strap, it was known that she was absolutely not as relaxed as she appeared at this moment:

"Wait for me to come back, I will bring souvenirs for all of you... I will make you all very surprised."

She said so. Xia De clearly didn't feel anything just now, but at this time he really felt that Ai Mi Li Ya was very pitiful. He looked at Lu Lu Weiya on the side again, and the latter drew a card to confirm the timing:

"No problem."

Thus the other three retreated, and Xia De, who was most closely connected to that era, opened the ritual. Following the appearance of the life ring behind him, the 【Time and Space】 spirit rune shone on the ritual base, and the silver light on the ritual base under the moonlight soon began to fade.

Ai Mi Li Ya raised her right hand high, and the complex leaf pattern brand on the back of her hand emerged on its own. Surrounded by light, she closed her eyes, and then felt the brand on the back of her hand getting hotter and hotter.

She wanted to say "Goodbye" again, but before she could speak, she felt as if she were floating away.

The earth beneath her feet disappeared, and the sound of the wind around her also disappeared. At this time, dizziness, as if being carried by Little Li An Na and jumping up and down. And the dizziness lasted for more than ten seconds and then disappeared. Ai Mi Li Ya, who felt like vomiting, stepped into the air and fell directly to the ground.

"This is... successful?"

Opening her eyes and wanting to crawl up, but before her vision recovered due to the instability of her soul, what she first felt was the seemingly endless malice from all around.

The hair on the elf's fair skin stood up. Ai Mi Li Ya, who jumped up, tried hard to look around. The "mist" covering her eyes disappeared, and she saw that she was standing in a damp and cold dark corridor.

The dilapidated corridor looked like no one had walked through it for hundreds of years. The crystal lamps on the walls that only appeared in textbooks before were left with only bases, and the faces of the character portraits hanging were covered by gray mold, turning into weird and terrifying shapes.

Water seemed to be seeping through the cracks in the floor tiles, and the black traces all over the slippery ground made Ai Mi Li Ya suspect whether this was blood.

The air was a damp and foul smell similar to that of an undersea cave, and her ears could only hear the rumbling sound of water. In fear and panic, she looked toward the window on one side of the corridor, but that piece of deep darkness made her almost faint from fear after just one glance, and she absolutely did not dare to look closely at the glowing "snowflakes" floating in the air.

"Desolation" and "dilapidation" were no longer enough to describe the surrounding environment. Ai Mi Li Ya could no longer find a place more terrifying than here in her memory.

"Where on earth is this place?"

Tears were almost about to appear in the corners of her eyes in terror. No matter where this was, it could not be the Saint Byron Comprehensive Academy. Even if the academy was shabby at the beginning of its establishment, it would not be in this state. ===== CHAPTER 2836 =====

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