Chapter 2879: The Departing God and the Arriving Person

The angel disappeared at some unknown moment, and the darkness began to devour everything in the surroundings in the truest sense. There were no longer streams of water falling from the void, nor was there glowing ash filling the sky; this time, it was the true end.

As the light of dusk vanished, everything within the Academy of Strange Trees began to collapse in a way that mortals could not comprehend, yet the garden path they were walking on continued to extend forward.

All previous topics had come to an end, but at this moment, She simply asked him:

"You have seen a departing god before, haven't you?"

"Yes, the first time I used the Tree Father's time key, I saw the 【Innocent Creator】."

Xia De pursed his lips:

"So, after the final lesson, you are also going to depart, just like this academy, right?"

The god did not answer the question directly, but this was almost equivalent to an admission. The two of them and the cat continued to walk forward on the path. One by one, castles and towers collapsed around them, and bridge corridors that had been walked by countless people were swallowed by the darkness. Gardens, lawns, greenhouses, sports fields, libraries, and observatories—everything was returning to nothingness.

"Foreign guest, how do you evaluate the profession of a teacher?"

The god continued to ask the Outlander on the path, and the Outlander gave an answer quite easily:

"The sparks of civilization. I do not deny that not all teachers are great, but most of them are trying to ignite larger flames and let that fire be passed down from generation to generation."

The god then smiled and said:

"Have you considered becoming a teacher in the future?"

This made Xia De think of Doctor Shi Nai De's original life plan. With no hope of revenge, he wanted to inherit the wishes of the previous team leader, lead everyone across the ice fields to Saint Byron's, and become a professor there. It was a pity that everyone in the group seemed to be moving further and further away from this goal.

"I haven't thought about it for the time being."

"Why is that?"

"I don't think I'm mature enough yet; the children I teach would probably end up on the wrong path."

The god smiled and continued to walk forward with Xia De. When the path reached its end, only nothingness, like a void, remained around it. At the end of the path floated a piece of wood as thick as Xia De's waist, and it was wood that had been stripped of its bark.

That wood was glowing in the void, which was why this path could still exist, but it could only maintain the existence of this path:

"Is this the remains of the World Tree?"

"Yes. When the Academy of Strange Trees first took it in, it was far larger than it is now. But today, only this last piece remains, along with the piece of bark taken away by the werewolf."

The wood before his eyes looked extremely fragile, and when Xia De observed it closely, he clearly saw large patches of particles drifting away from the surface of the wood. It was disappearing at a speed visible to the naked eye. When this piece of wood also disappeared, the so-called "Academy of Strange Trees" would truly cease to exist in the truest sense.

"Are you trying to tell me that the remains of the World Tree still fear the power of the void and the end? I can indeed summon the power of the apocalypse to deal with the bad guys in the forest."

Xia De asked, and the god replied:

"When the world itself moves toward its end, everything contained within the world will inevitably move toward the same conclusion. Even for the World Tree, after the ancient gods departed, it was merely a tree rooted in the long river of time."

"You..."

Xia De saw the faint light on the god's body disappear into the darkness like fine dust, just like that piece of wood, yet the goddess still looked at him calmly:

"Although you failed to learn what I wanted to teach you in my final lesson, at least your obsessive power is enough to freeze time and space. The road ahead will be even harder to walk; this power will allow you to have a moment of respite when facing those unavoidable multiple-choice questions."

After a pause:

"The moon guides you forward, but in your life as a mortal, the moon is not the most important thing."

Xia De looked at the god with an expression that said, "You can say things like that?", and then realized his disrespect. He pressed his hand against his chest, listening to the voice in his heart:

"I understand what you want to tell me. Please rest assured, the one who seeks the self is me, the one who loves them is me, everything... how did I become such a person?"

"Meow~"

"An unrestrained boy, mortals are supposed to have flaws."

The god said with a smile, but the tone of the farewell was somewhat sad:

"You will face many things in the future, and... at least before the very end, before you face the conclusion of all stories... cherish every minute and every second in this colorful world."

She reached out and pushed, knocking Xia De and the cat off the path in the void. But the Outlander holding the cat did not fall; instead, he drifted into the distance. He saw the god standing by the piece of wood waving goodbye to him, and he also felt the final gift the god had left for him.

【Outlander, you have felt a "miracle."】

【Outlander, a batch of books has been added to your wonder "Moon Library," remember to check them.】

"May knowledge accompany you, foreign guest."

Her figure faded, she waved her hand, and She departed.

Thus, the distant sound of a bell rang out in the void. The bell, echoing through infinite time and space, seemed to break through the boundaries of the void and reality, announcing to all continuous time and space the departure of yet another ancient god.

Xia De covered Little Mia's eyes, while his own eyes truly saw ripples spreading toward the void, and a series of fine sounds appeared in his ears. When he tried to understand these sounds, the dizziness made him unable to distinguish any other senses besides hearing.

Those fine, overlapping, echoing sentences were the sublimation words related to this god. When the original 【Innocent Creator】 departed, he could barely hear and remember one sentence, but now he could remember many.

It was just that, no matter what, another ancient god had departed from the material world under Xia De's witness. The stars in the sky would not remember this scene, and the earth that nurtured the prosperous civilization would not remember this scene; only Xia De remembered.

When the important characters on the stage walked off at the end of a story that was not grand, all the Outlander sitting under the stage could do was remember it all. In the future, he would remember many more stories.

Turning around in the void, the phantom of a giant tree that seemed to connect the earth and the sky broke through the barrier of nothingness, bringing Xia De and the cat, who had completed their adventure, into that thick white fog.

(Little Mia is running...)

His consciousness fell into chaos the moment he fell into the darkness. When his feeling for the outside world returned, Emilia felt something furry rubbing against her face:

"What's wrong now? Although I used to pursue exciting adventures, there seem to be too many thrills lately."

Around her was the scent of fragrant grass. She lay face up, and the warm sunshine made her whole body feel very comfortable. This no longer seemed to be a dangerous place. When the elf opened her emerald green eyes, what she saw were unicorn cubs gathered in a circle, stretching their heads and looking at her, a stranger, with curious eyes.

Sunlight shone through the cubs onto her face, and she could even feel the breathing sound of each little beast.

These unicorn cubs were much younger than Little Liana. If Little Liana's size was that of a small horse, then these cubs, which showed no signs of wariness at all, were like lambs.

Emilia's movement of sitting up while supporting herself on the grass made them scatter slightly, but it did not scare them away. On the contrary, this made them call out happily, rubbing against her arms or back. Similar to Xia De's inexplicable "cat affinity" talent, Emilia sometimes thought she had a unique talent for "unicorn affinity."

"At least the ones surrounding me are unicorns, not spiders with eight eyes."

She thought in a good mood. After sitting up, she found that her backpack was not on her, but soon discovered it was being stepped on by the hooves of that group of pure white cubs.

Looking around again, this seemed to be the top of a low hill. The grass looked as if it had been artificially trimmed, very suitable for these unicorn cubs to run and play; not far away, the oak tree standing at the highest point of the hill had a lush canopy, which just happened to provide afternoon shade for these little guys.

Memories were slowly being recovered by Emilia. She remembered what happened in the "Ash Valley," and remembered holding Miss Weierde's hand and falling into the void with her:

"Is this Saint Byron's?"

Because she had just walked out of the terrible environment of the "Academy of Strange Trees," Emilia actually thought that even if this was still not Saint Byron's, it was actually quite nice.

She stood up from the grass, and several unicorn cubs hanging on her clothes fell onto the grass, then rolled into a ball with their companions.

And when Emilia picked up her satchel, put it on again, and walked to the edge of the hill to look at the environment further away, that group of little unicorns that should have been groomed followed behind her.

Thus, the little elf seemed to be surrounded by little cubs as she moved forward. The grass, which barely covered her calves, did not hinder her progress, and when she grabbed the shoulder strap of her satchel and reached the best observation point, what she saw was a continuous expanse of ancient cross-shaped castles below the hills, and a huge city spread out on the plain with the castle as the center.

Warm sunshine spilled over the "plain," witches riding flying carpets whistled past above the city, and owls with huge packages tied to their feet flapped their wings and swept past the clock tower at the top of the castle. The pedestrians walking on the streets were the size of ants, but Emilia, who had good eyesight, still saw dwarves, elves, humans, vampires, and halflings walking together, living together in this place.

The banners hanging on the castle towers were flashing with light, and congratulatory messages for the enrollment of the new batch of witches were written in ancient languages. And the most conspicuous one, which was also hanging on the highest tower of the entire city, was a badge in the style of a "book locked by a chain."

Even Emilia recognized that badge. Through thousands of years of changes, even though the era had changed, the school badge of Saint Byron's had never changed. ===== CHAPTER 2880 =====