Chapter 3008

"Did the Clockmaker really not set a trap in the so-called trial just now?"

Xia De asked, and Miss Oulannuode shook her head firmly:

"No, those Elf Kings who built this place in the Second Era thought about the possibility of being invaded, and were also worried that the awakened Ancient One would touch the memories and power they left behind, so they set up very sufficient defensive measures."

"Then why did the 'Clockmaker' lead us here? She seems to be intentionally guiding Miss Sianode to obtain memories, so is she just lazily completing the Ancient One's task?"

Mr. Eldron asked, and Mr. Gerald Delong guessed:

"Maybe it's just to delay our time, so that the Paradox Worm Legion has more time to attack the city?"

Xia De continued to look down at Emilia:

"Regardless, the blocking enemies have all disappeared. Emilia Sianode, as the second candidate for time, can already go to face the Ancient Tree in the forest."

He looked up at the crowd:

"Let's return to the ground first. I discussed with the 【Witch Council】 that they and I will escort Miss Emilia Sianode to the depths of the forest. But judging from the information given by the Clockmaker just now, there is still a big battle waiting for us in the forest, so it would be even better if the church, the academy, and the Diviner Society could also send some manpower."

Everyone in the team expressed no objection. Since they could escort Emilia here, there was no problem continuing this escort journey.

The ruin gate was restarted, but the monsters outside had been almost wiped out by the ruin's own defense system. Xia De wanted to take those four alchemy puppets out, they were also very good helpers, but it's a pity that these construct creatures were unwilling to leave this ruin.

After stepping on the stone bridge again, Miss Oulannuode unlocked the elf rune lock on the stone wall at the other end of the bridge, and the resulting spatial portal sent the group directly to the ground. It's just that the Ancient Witch regretfully stated that because this rune lock had spent too long, it was severely worn, so it would probably fail completely after a few uses.

This underground journey took less than half an hour in total, which was faster than everyone expected when they set off. At this time, the third wave of insect swarms was coming to an end, and most of the insects had retreated back into the forest, waiting for the fourth wave of insect swarms to accumulate strength before attacking the city defense line again.

Therefore, most of the power of the Five Gods Church had also retreated to the city, which led to hundreds of eyes looking at them together in the hall that was temporarily used as a medical room after the seats were removed when the group appeared in the main hall of the Golden Music Hall.

"How did you come out from here?"

The rune pattern of the elf teleportation array gradually faded beneath their feet. Miss Maria Ingram, the "Nightmare Witch" of the Nature Church who happened to be here, immediately greeted them:

"Wait, don't move yet, determine your identity first, you... okay, it should be fine."

Xia De turned around to look at the current location, and then compared it with the map of the ancient temple he saw when he explored the "Golden Music Hall," and found that the current location was probably the center of the main hall of that ancient time temple:

"So, the temple on the ground and the ruin underground were probably built in the same era..."

The good news that the successfully returned group "defeated" the "Clockmaker" made everyone rejoice. The time was just past ten o'clock in the evening. If the speed was fast enough, maybe this defense battle could end before Sunday midnight arrived.

And although Emilia fell into a deep sleep again, the reason for this deep sleep was not fatigue but digesting those memories of the Second Era, so she could also be put into the final battle at any time.

After returning to the ground, the Ringed Shushi of the church and the academy went to report the information about the underground and apply for the formation of a new batch of escort teams. And Xia De, Miss Oulannuode, and Bella returned to the area belonging to the council with the girls, and saw Vanessa and Xivi here:

"Now the enemies outside are in the retreat stage, we only left Megan and others in the sky."

The two witches hugged Xia De one by one, but because of the chaos of the time-space order, it was not very smooth to establish contact with the ship now. And when the fire in the fireplace surged, those who walked out of the fire this time, besides Luweiya, also included the butterfly-winged girl and Flora.

"I returned smoothly, but it's a pity that Danister hasn't woken up yet, and Galina and the 【Missing Moon Secret Cult】 have no news."

The owl lady smiled and waved to Xia De. The girls made of fire saw Emilia lying on the small bed, and Siris, Miss Hayley Aurora, and Margaret were taking care of her, so they knew that the underground journey just now should be very smooth.

Bella briefly described to Xia De what happened in the ancient elf ruin underground. Although Luweiya didn't expect that the "Clockmaker" would admit defeat so simply, it was always good to deal with one less enemy:

"But Xia De, it's probably troublesome to go deep into the forest now. Although Bella said that the situation in the city is temporarily stable, the outside of the city is already in a mess. I'm not talking about the tree people throwing stones at our big ship, the insects running around after being defeated around the city, or inexplicable relics.

Now the time-space order outside the city is on the verge of total collapse. Fortunately, Grace and Helen are on the ship. Just now, the Radiant Messenger almost fell into a time-space vortex."

Subsequently, the Chosen One of Space with butterfly wings described the general situation. Time and space are closely related. Although the Green Lake incident was a pure spatial disaster, time and space had both appeared problems in the forest outside tonight—this was probably because the time order could barely be maintained during the Green Lake incident.

The distortion of space meant that even if Xia De knew the way and had a map, he might never be able to get out once he went deep into the forest; and the collapse of time led to large and small time anomaly areas densely covering the forest where they were fighting at the moment.

Areas that continue to cycle in time after entering are still the most basic dangers. According to the butterfly-winged girl, some areas will even cause people to be ten years older out of thin air after entering.

"Oh? Is that useful for my situation? From fifteen or sixteen to twenty-five or twenty-six, I can still accept it!"

The little witch beside Xia De immediately asked, and Luweiya shook her head:

"Not clear, but it's best not to easily set foot in such dangerous areas. In short, the city area is temporarily normal due to the influence of the divine ritual, but after leaving the city area, it is possible that you only need to take one step, and you don't know where you will run."

"Miss Eliser said that the Radiant Messenger is now like lost in the tide of time and space, we are afraid that we cannot meet for the time being... But fortunately, Miss Oulannuode is already by your side, and Sister Daifulin is also in the city."

"So we need to enter the forest by ourselves?"

Miss Oulannuode then asked, and Luweiya nodded:

"The big ship will meet you as soon as possible, you go first. However, how do you reach your destination? The church and the academy are afraid that they cannot find a safe road in a short time. I suggest you go to the Diviner Society for help, let those Diviners set off with the team, and the value of High-Ring Diviners is here."

"I can find the way, putting the four World Tree branches together will guide the way."

Xia De said, and then frowned again:

"So this matter is also a coincidence."

"What coincidence?"

He immediately shook his head again:

"Nothing, you also pay attention to safety. I have Miss Oulannuode and Sister Daifulin here, and the church will also dispatch manpower to escort us into the forest. If you can't catch up with the final decisive battle, you can't catch up. I have no problem here."

"It was clearly agreed that I would accompany you into the forest... I mean, it has to be like this now."

Luweiya paused:

"Then what is the last divination opportunity left, what do you want to know?"

She was referring to the last remaining coin. Except for Xia De and Iluna, Luweiya generally would not talk about her special divination in front of others. And once Xia De leads the team to leave the city in a moment, I am afraid there will be no chance to contact each other before truly meeting, so Luweiya asked like this.

But Xia De shook his head:

"What last time? You pay attention to safety."

He meant to let Luweiya keep the last coin herself to prevent problems on the ship. The purple-eyed girl knew that this was Xia De caring about herself, so she had to nod:

"Your 【Night Watchman】 is still on the ship... Just now when contacting the city, Iluna sent a message. She was sent by the church to the forest, wanting to explore the road out of the city for you, and now she has also lost contact. But don't worry about her, I think she will definitely drill out from somewhere and meet you in a moment."

Xia De didn't worry much about Iluna. Although the 18-year-old girl with brown hair was as young as the little princess and the elf, she was far more reassuring than them:

"Then see you in the forest."

Xia De did not intend to rest, but wanted to leave the city before the end of the third wave of insect swarms and the arrival of the fourth wave, so after the last contact with the ship, he gathered manpower to prepare for departure.

Sister Daifulin, who received the message, soon appeared in the concert hall. The Earth Guardian sent a clone, but in the end, according to the original plan, he was left in the city to help defend the city.

When the witches formulated the plan for tonight, they wanted to imitate the Moon Bay God War in summer, calling the power of the council to use the "Sigh of the Chaos Witch" for an effective blow, which was also one of the trump cards tonight, so Megan, Audrey, and Vanessa all wanted to enter the forest with Xia De.

It's just that the fourth wave of insect swarms is still unclear, and the city's defensive power has been consumed by more than half in the first half of the night, so he finally decided to take only one of the three.