Chapter 2991

The reason for inviting Xia De was because the Church wanted Xia De to cast a spell on this bomb that was still counting down. All relics were difficult to be affected by the power of sorcerers because of the whisper elements they contained, and only sufficiently powerful miracle spells could take effect on the relics.

Even if the 【Ancient Gnome's Rune Gunpowder】's resistance to time power was pitifully low, it was not something that ordinary sorcerers could affect. Not to mention that if this relic was not controlled properly, it could cause catastrophic consequences. Since that Great Witch of Time was not there, the most suitable person to handle this relic was definitely the "God-Awakener."

"Then let me try."

The location of the conversation was the museum area in the Golden Music Hall. Many exhibits about the city's music industry in the museum had been put away last night. At this time, the brass-colored metal box was placed on a table originally used to place the handwritten memoirs of the first mayor of Vista City.

Xia De put his hand on the explosive, closed his eyes and felt it for a moment, then let go:

"It should be fine."

Then he took off the key and whispered in his heart "In the name of Luweiya Anate," and the black long staff appeared in his hand. He held the staff with one hand, while the other hand gripped Adele's pocket watch in his pocket, and finally placed the tip of the staff, which looked like a curved "question mark," on the relic:

"Time Stasis!"

With the surge of spirit, the clicking countdown sound disappeared, and the time changing on the top of the box was also frozen at 17:11. Xia De narrowed his eyes slightly, and a layer of translucent crystal shell wrapped the outside of the rune bomb.

Although this was different from normal time stasis, others were relieved to see that the countdown for the bomb explosion had ended:

"That's good. After the battle here ends, we will find a way to deal with this relic."

This unique relic did not have the possibility of being housed, so detonating it directly or destroying it with other relics was the safest.

But Xia De said:

"Can this relic be left with me for the time being? Maybe there will be an opportunity to use it later. No, don't worry, I don't intend to detonate it locally."

"Then you keep it for now. It may have other problems at any time, and it is safer in your hands."

Miss Gaiana Lis Brown said, thanked Xia De, and left. Xia De also returned to the area where the girls of the Council were with Megan, but Megan looked at the box Xia De was holding and said worriedly:

"I remember you said that your miracle can only take effect on one target at a time. Now that you have frozen the time of this relic..."

"Normal time stasis requires me to maintain the state, but crystal-form time stasis, after casting on non-living objects, will maintain the crystal state without me having to maintain it all the time, so I can cast spells on other targets."

Although Xia De said so, he still looked worried:

"I'm just thinking, why did this relic appear now?"

"I don't understand."

"I mean, why would such a relic, which is powerful enough and happens to be controllable by me, appear in Vista City tonight?"

"Um..."

Megan hesitated:

"Are you worrying too much? Before the end of past major events, didn't various relics appear frequently? This time it just happened that a controllable relic appeared, the probability is not low."

Xia De didn't say anything more, just looked at the box in his hand and wondered if it was possible for it to really be detonated today.

At 8:17 PM, as the countdown Xia De was counting in his heart ended, the bright light that suddenly erupted from the due east direction of the city almost turned the room completely white through the window.

Even Emilia, who was wiping her crown with a handkerchief with her back to the window, couldn't help but close her eyes. After the strange light ended, everyone didn't even need to look out the window to feel the incomparably powerful whisper elements sweeping across the entire area.

"What happened?"

Emilia asked uneasily.

"The probing phase is over, and the second wave of the swarm's offensive has officially begun."

Along with the bright light that briefly illuminated the entire area, the corrupted treants that had awakened from the forest opened their eyes. As the treants moved silently toward the city in the night, pits of various sizes, dense and dense, like acne marks on a teenage boy's face, appeared in various areas of the forest.

In the buzzing sound, insects with black carapaces swarmed out from the holes in the ground, gathered under the night sky like a swarm of flies, and then divided into different directions and gathered toward the city center in the middle of the woodland.

The earthquake caused cracks in the forest's earth. As the snow fell on the underground cracks, dull thunder sounded from the depths of the cracks. The ancient root system buried in the depths of Vista Woodland for I don't know how many tens of thousands of years was gradually breaking away from the seal left after the ancient war as the local time collapsed.

Even if the temples and altars repaired by the Academy in various parts of the woodland lit up together at this moment, it only formed a shallow golden web under the snow, temporarily preventing those ancient root systems from reaching the ground immediately.

Everyone in the woodland area could hear the rustling sound of the treetops in the wind at this moment. The phantom of the ancient tree, which seemed to connect the earth and the sky, with a canopy large enough to cover the entire Vista Woodland, appeared in everyone's eyes for the first time tonight.

It was just that the phantom of the giant tree disappeared after less than two seconds, and then more and more dense snowflakes fell from the night sky.

"This is snow from another time."

Xia De made a judgment while looking at the window, continued to look up, crossed the white mist outside the city shield, and the silver moon, which was already completely full, was as tranquil as it had been for thousands of years, far above the various miracle brilliance flickering overhead.

At this moment, he felt as if he could catch the moon by reaching out, but this was destined to be just a fantasy. The reality was that the black swarm had already reached the sky above the outskirts of the city, and even gradually covered the moon in front of Xia De like a cat swallowing the moon.

The Five Gods Church, which was divided into "Air Combat Troops" and "Ground Combat Troops" according to the original plan, quickly deployed 70% of the personnel prepared in their hands into the battlefield at once after the second wave of the swarm arrived. While Xia De was preparing to go out, the Golden Music Hall had truly "come alive" because of the people walking through it.

Nursing the wounded, logistical supplies, delivering battle reports, dispatching mobile troops, even the low-order sorcerers who did not participate in the battle were undertaking different responsibilities on this night.

Xia De, who had changed his clothes, tied bandages on his trouser legs, and checked the relics he was carrying for the last time, picked up his long sword and gestured to Megan. Emilia then followed the two out of the room, followed by other high-order witch followers who were ready to join the battle. Seeing them walk out, the girls in the corridor gave way one after another, standing on both sides of the wall to watch Xia De and the Great Witch go to battle.

And when they left the area where the Witch Council was located and turned into the main corridor of the Music Hall, the people who were busy here also stopped their work one after another and lined up along the wall, watching the "God-Awakener" stride out with a group of girls.

Most people took off their hats and paid attention to him, and a few even bowed slightly. This really made the outsider feel that what he was doing was not only related to himself and the girls around him, but also related to this world.

At this moment, the vanguard of the second wave of the insect tide had officially started fighting with the Church's team overhead. After the group hurried to the door on the east side of the Music Hall, Emilia, who was seeing them off at the door, looked up. Snowflakes fell on the little elf's forehead, and the cold air blowing into her neck from the collar made her tremble slightly:

"Do I really not need to go with you?"

Emilia asked. Xia De handed 【Sorrow of Blood】 to Megan, and he took the 【Angel's Right Arm】 that countered immortality:

"All you need to deal with are the candidates. The work of clearing the way is done by us. Go back and rest now, you will have a lot of things to be busy with in a while."

He waved goodbye to the elf, then took Megan's hand and walked to the steps. A dazzling silver light burst out from Xia De, forcing Emilia to raise her hand to block in front of her and retreat to the upper level of the steps at the entrance of the Music Hall with other people seeing them off.

In that huge light, the gorgeous moonlight dragon stood on the square and stretched its wings under the moon, and the witch stood on the dragon's back.

The giant dragon leaped up and rushed into the high sky. The airflow from the takeoff swept toward the girls at the door but was easily blocked. The high-order girls followed closely behind the moonlight dragon and flew together toward the high sky that was rippling in circles.

Xia De did not intend to let Emilia participate in the battle against the "Keeper," so Emilia could only stay in the Golden Music Hall to prepare for the next round of battle. The little elf knew Xia De's thoughts and also believed that his decision was correct. But, but...

The young elf stood on the highest step in the snow. The leaf pattern on the back of her right hand was emerald green, the silver moon shadow on the back of her left hand was dotted with stars, the crown on her head symbolized the highest power of the elf race, and the long sword in her hand was one of the few remaining remains of the ancient World Tree.

Behind her, the ancient God temple shining in the long night was brightly lit. Countless people prayed for victory in the battle here, and countless people were willing to give their lives for the stability of time here.

Crossing the long river of time, when the elf's golden long hair fluttered in the snowy night, the old temple responded to the wish of the elf who was about to inherit the power of time. The leaf pattern on the back of her hand became denser and more complex unknowingly, and the phantom of the ancient tree was reflected in those emerald green eyes:

"If I also have... the power of a dragon."