Chapter 2894

The night wind of the real world made the people on the deck wake up like a dream. Returning from that deep black water area, even the stars in the night sky seemed incomparably bright at this moment.

Thus, most people flew away from the deck to help in the forest or above the city; the battle tonight was not over yet. Only Mr. Bill Camora, the giant beast hunter of the Church of Nature, representing the Church of the Five Gods, and Professor Ghost, the spirit-summoning sorcerer of the Zalas Academy of Literature, representing the three major academies, expressed their gratitude to the "God-Awakener" together before leaving in a hurry, and Yin Luna also followed them to say goodbye to everyone.

After sending away the last Ringed Shushi who did not belong to this ship, the "Radiant Messenger" hid again, planning to go around the forest before returning to Lake Yulun.

The restoration of the order of time and space also made the portal connecting the ship and the city return to normal. While Grandma Cassandra was checking the situation of the round-faced owl, and Xia De, who was exhausted, was rummaging for "Angel's Elixir" to restore himself, Xi Wei sent her niece, Miss Haley Aurora, to send news to the people on the ship:

"Candidate Yuri Aston was defeated; although he didn't die, he was found by the thirteen-ring 'Clockmaker' and lost in a one-on-one battle.

'Clockmaker' opened a space-time rift above the city ten minutes ago and released some strange things from it. Now those monsters are fighting with the church forces above the city, and the Ringed Shushi of the 【Tree Hole Association】 have already covered her escape."

"The church couldn't keep her either? Didn't the church leave people to defend in the city?"

"Clockmaker and those Ringed Shushi of the 【Tree Hole Association】 all have very strong time power; if she wants to leave, no one can stop her."

This was bad news; tonight's matter was an exchange, exchanging the life of the dragon-beast for the candidate on the church side.

"What about that Paladin?"

Bella asked with a frown, and the witch apprentice with the same brown hair as Xi Wei shook her head:

"He disappeared. Before disappearing, he left a sentence for Mr. Hamilton: The story at the beginning of the era is not important; everything is just an extension of the chaos at the end of the previous era."

"This is the rule of the Time War; since he has already failed, the helpers he found will also disappear."

The elf girl explained, but Dorothy raised a question:

"But last time when you and Xia De defeated the Clockmaker who had just entered the thirteen-ring, calculating the time, the halfling killer in the city battlefield at that time did not disappear immediately."

"So someone is helping her, and has been helping her for a long time."

Those monsters released from the space-time rift were quickly cleared away under the support of the high-ring Ringed Shushi in the forest, so the small disturbance in the city was also quelled. It was just that although the dragon-beast was solved, the return of the 【Tree Hole Association】 and the thirteen-ring "Clockmaker" brought more problems.

Losing the Time War, and even being able to return without having to fight a resurrection match that didn't know if it existed, in Xia De's view, could only be attributed to higher authority. And whether that higher authority came from that tree or the power of the first candidate, in Xia De's view, it was actually not important.

After all, he already knew who the first candidate was.

The tree branch wrapped in a clear breeze that Kindle handed to Xia De, like the tree branch burning with sparks that fell after the demon died, represented a part of the "Earth, Wind, Water, Fire" used to hide that ancient one.

As for that heart, Xia De regarded it as a gift, but he didn't want to deal with these things tonight.

From setting off to the Ash Valley to complete the final key in the morning until now, he had done too many things this Wednesday. After confirming that Flora had no problems and was just temporarily falling into a deep sleep, he now only wanted to rest, and didn't even have the heart to test what the result would be of using "Treasured Items" with his hometown's true name, let alone deal with Kindle's corpse... He had originally planned to use 【Puppet Manipulation】 to control this corpse to perform some activities if things didn't go well.

Knock knock knock~

After the knocking, the beautiful Duchess, who was talking to Difa, saw Xia De appear at her door. So the maid girl sensibly took those documents on the table and left the room, and Miss Jia Lin Na, wearing a nightgown, asked curiously:

"Xia De, I thought you had already gone to rest; you must be exhausted tonight, right?"

"Last night, didn't I promise you that I would come to see you today?"

Xia De said, and even pointed to the rose inserted on the bedside table. The Duchess felt a small joy in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face:

"You are so tired, we don't care about this one night. Go back and rest, otherwise if Leixia knows, she will definitely complain about me."

She said this, and in her heart, she indeed thought so:

"I don't want to be treated as that kind of woman by everyone. Go to the room with your cat to rest; there are still many things to deal with tomorrow when you wake up... I will come to see you tomorrow night; I have prepared a very beautiful nightgown."

Saying this, she walked to the door and kissed Xia De on the side of his face. Xia De then smiled and kissed her too, and when Xia De's figure disappeared at the corner of the corridor, Dorothy walked out from the other side of the corridor.

Although even Xia De could not distinguish Dorothy and Leixia by sight alone, the Duchess saw who this was at a glance:

"Leixia, it's so late, haven't you slept yet?"

The blonde girl who was smiling shook her head:

"There are some things I want to tell you. Today, Father convened the Minister of Finance for a meeting, and even found the retired former Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, Sir Smith, to consult for opinions.

At the end of this year, Father plans to issue war bonds; this matter has been decided, but the specific amount and how many issues to issue have not been planned yet, but those Dukes in Tobesk are very interested in buying the first issue of bonds. I think you should know about this as soon as possible... I thought you would let Xia De stay just now."

The Duchess leaned against the door frame with her arms crossed, her golden eyes examining her grandniece:

"If it were you, would you let Xia De stay?"

"Of course not."

"Then why do you think I am not as good as you?"

Leixia looked like she was smiling very happily:

"Where does the groundless heart of comparison come from? Forget it, no more joking. Father seems to be planning for war time, but I don't know who will fire the first shot this time."

Her expression became slightly more serious:

"When the matter of the Vista Forest is over and you return to Tobesk, be prepared to welcome these troubles. Once the war starts, it will definitely not be completely under control, and many problems will arise then."

"I am just a member of the royal family, not a royal heir; I don't want to care about these things now."

Miss Jia Lin Na said, and looked at the direction of Xia De's room again:

"If Xia De hadn't appeared, I might still consider the future of our Cavendish family, but now that there is Xia De, I don't care much about the political affairs of the kingdom anymore. After all, I don't want to be like Margaret Anjou now, clearly in the same city, but unable to stay with Xia De."

"As long as your surname is Cavendish and not Hamilton, our hair color and bloodline determine that no one can withdraw."

Leixia saw it very thoroughly:

"My dear great-aunt, even if you say so, you will definitely not ignore this matter in the end, right?"

Miss Jia Lin Na sighed lightly; she rarely had such an action:

"Otherwise, let's persuade Xia De together and let him be the king. In this way, after unifying the north and south countries, as long as he marries both you and Margaret, he actually has a claim. After that, he only needs to get the recognition of the church, and the opinions of the people are actually very easy to manipulate."

Leixia smiled just as happily:

"Sounds very good; in this way, the long-cherished wish of unifying the Old Continent is easily realized. But our knight gentleman, doesn't he hate such troublesome things the most?"

They both ignored those scattered small duchies, but they were indeed not very important.

After a stable night's sleep, when he opened his eyes again, it was already Thursday. Xia De, who got up at 6:30 on time, still thought of Emilia who had not returned yet when brushing his teeth and washing his face, and then when he saw the girls at the dining table, he thought of that bottle of pink essence being consumed again.

It seemed that since the Love Lake incident, Xia De often felt that the essence was not enough; he was not sure if this was another "conspiracy" of that mermaid.

Last night's big battle was like a dream; when hearing Miss Bell report the aftermath of last night's big battle during breakfast, Xia De still had a sense of unreality. That dragon-beast was solved so "easily," and the "Blade of the Firmament," which he originally planned to discuss in detail, also hurriedly exited in a situation no one expected.

Xi Wei and Sylvia were both very sorry that they didn't stay on the ship last night, so they couldn't see what the scene was like in the end, while Luweiya was more worried about what was wrong with the owl who still hadn't woken up this morning.

"She broke through the shackles of herself; this is a good thing."

Grandma Cassandra said happily; the younger generation was better than the older generation, which was a very good thing in her view.

As for Xia De, he thought that the return of the "Clockmaker" was not purely a bad thing:

"That ancient one hidden in the forest always needs a spokesperson to do things. If it's not a human, it's a monster; if it's not a monster, it might be something even more bizarre. Now it's our familiar enemy returning again; this is at least not the worst situation."

He had already defaulted that the "Clockmaker" had obtained the second qualification from that ancient one; after all, things like "authority" could only be given by a small number of existences.

Since the dragon-beast was already dead, the enemies blocking the front were only the two representing "Earth" and "Water." The latter was still unknown, but the former had been confirmed to be the "Keeper" of the Paradox Worms.

However, after the big battle last night, everyone needed to rest, and the church also needed to re-examine their personnel arrangements and plans in the Vista Forest area. Plus, the investigation into the Bennett family had no specific results, so even Xia De would not say things like going to attack the "Keeper" today.