Chapter 3021: Miracle of the World Tree

The light and shadows produced by all the attacks stopped in front of the old man sitting on the throne. Strange light illuminated his face, but he didn't raise his hand to break free from the chains or wipe away all the attacks that were about to hit. Instead, he looked past those lights at Xia De in the air:

"Negotiate terms?"

He didn't understand the Outsider's words:

"This is indeed not a regional time stop, but the use of the World Tree's power to realize a miracle, allowing the concept of time to stop temporarily. This is equivalent to the miracle you summoned the dark night this summer."

The huge figure looked levelly at Xia De flying in front of him. The world, where all sounds were silent, seemed to have only the two of them left. Although the emerald light of the canopy above their heads was also solidified, the light around the Ancient One was still rippling like flames. He seemed very dissatisfied:

"Xia De Hamilton, outsider outside of time, is this all you can do tonight?"

He asked inquisitively. Xia De didn't retract the hand he was holding tightly with Miss Olandon, but asked:

"Is this not enough? Even if you solidify time, so what? Chains that even an Evil God who devours dragons cannot easily break free from, how are you going to break free? Or do you think you can block the attack launched by the great witches using the power of the 【Witch Council】?"

The Ancient One then laughed:

"Although I cannot walk out of this forest, it doesn't mean I don't know what's happening outside. I know every detail of the Battle of Moon Bay, so I am a bit disappointed in you tonight. A drama that has already been performed once, even if it was wonderful the first time, becomes boring the second time. Is this all you can do?"

Xia De replied:

"Effective is enough. You can spend thousands of years with me in this solidified time, but as long as you let time flow again, the current situation is still our victory. My moonlight doesn't restrain you, but the sword in Emilia's hand can definitely pierce your chest. This is what you said yourself just now, let's attack together. As long as this sword hits, the battle of time is over."

The old man on the throne continued to ask with a smile in this solidified time:

"I don't know if you noticed, but many of the people around you can only use their power within a specific time. Once time ends, they won't be able to use such power at all."

This was referring to the Chosen One of Light and the Chosen One of Space. The former's giant body used for combat after turning into light could only be maintained for five minutes, while the butterfly-winged Chosen One's Day of Red Butterflies lasted for twenty-four hours.

"No, it's not just them."

The old man under the tree guessed Xia De's thoughts as if reading his mind:

"The demigod summoned by your Words of Ascension probably cannot stay for too long either. Even you yourself can only maintain your current state under the silver moon. You are still powerful under the yellow moon and red moon, but you cannot reach your current level.

I admit that the current situation has begun to be unfavorable to me. After time flows again, I cannot easily break free from the chains or defend against the blow of the Old God's power. But if after time flows, the demigod disappears, and the Chosen Ones of Light and Space retreat. Then, with only two Chosen Ones and those witches and Ringed Shushis left, do you really think you can beat me?"

"What do you want to do?"

Xia De's face changed, and Professor Yuke Wood, who was smiling under the tree, shook his head gently:

"Can't you guess? I have prepared for this moment for a long time. Now I will tell you what I am going to do! This is also a miracle belonging to the World Tree."

While Xia De threw the cloth from his pocket to cover Miss Olandon nearby, the incarnation of the World Tree said softly on the throne:

"I say—time jump to 24 hours later.

Now is: Sixth Era General Calendar, 1854, Frost Month, 9th day, Sunday night, 11 o'clock!"

(Little Mia is running...)

"Meow~"

It was as if his head had been thrown into a washing machine from his hometown and spun eight hundred times. As his consciousness recovered, Xia De only wanted to vomit, and felt a pain in his brain as if it had been split by a knife. His memory seemed to have been completely cut off a moment before he fainted, and at this moment, he couldn't even remember what had happened before he closed his eyes.

After opening his eyes, the worried, furry face of the cat, almost sticking to his eyes, appeared immediately. However, after Little Mia rubbed Xia De's face very obediently, she jumped away from his chest, letting Xia De sit up with his hands supporting the ground:

"Little Mia, weren't you turned into a toy by me? How did you run out by yourself... This is... what happened?"

Beneath him was the ground of the clearing in the forest. After standing up, five huge, empty thrones stood before his eyes. Behind the thrones was the lush giant tree that had shrouded the entire Vesta Forest tonight.

Although the traces of the battle and the fluctuations of the elements were still there, there was no one in the air, no one on the ground, and there was only the sound of the night wind whistling through the silent forest. Listening with his eyes closed, he couldn't hear any heartbeat other than his own and the cat's. After releasing his perception, he couldn't even find creatures like ants.

Clearly, this was the normal world, but all living things were gone. The bewildered Xia De stared at the thrones for several seconds, and only after holding the cat in his arms did he say in his heart:

"Current time."

【Present World · Sixth Era, General Calendar, 1854, Frost Month, 8th day, Silver Moon Shining Day, 11:12 PM.】

"I only fainted for twenty minutes? It's still the night the battle started? How do I remember the Ancient One saying he wanted to jump to a day later... What's the situation now?"

"She" gave an answer in the cold night wind with a gentle voice:

【The World Tree's power led all living beings in this chaotic space-time to jump over 24 hours of time, heading to a day later—note, the scope of influence is limited to the Vesta Forest. Due to time resistance, you were not affected, so you only fainted because you were affected by the power of the spell. Because the cat was in a toy state when the person under the tree cast the spell, it was also not affected.】

"Except for me, everyone went to a day later?"

【This 24 hours of time is an experience they have gone through, but this experience is blank. Therefore, everything returns after 24 hours. When the full Yellow Moon illuminates the forest, everyone will find a self-consistent reason for this missing day, but the Day of Red Butterflies has ended, the Dragon of Light has turned back into a stone statue, and Adele Isabella has been driven back to the era of the apocalypse.】

Xia De listened blankly, and it took him a long time to fully digest these contents:

"Can he really do such a thing? Even if it's not the whole world, just letting all living beings in this forest jump 24 hours... Isn't this a bit too exaggerated? Does this count as cheating?"

But the good news was that he seemed to have 24 hours of rest time, but he still couldn't leave the forest area.

"Wait a minute, I remember I threw Miss Olandon at the last moment..."

He immediately lowered his head and rummaged through the snow with the light from the canopy above. After touching the cloth he had thrown out, he successfully found Miss Olandon's small doll under the cloth.

Currently, except for Mia, there were still no living beings who could accompany him on an adventure to the Fifth Era. But after the door to the "Holy White Hall" appeared in the attic of his home and he accepted the blessing of the 【Creator of Innocence】 within, Xia De could already turn others into dolls if they were willing and consumed a huge amount of spirit.

He had tried it on Flora, letting that owl accompany him to use the Time Tree Hole. He had felt that something incredible was about to happen before the Ancient One sitting on the throne made a move, so in a panic, he turned Miss Olandon into a doll, not expecting it to really succeed.

Then he widened his eyes again, finally waking up completely from the shock:

"And Luvia! Because of the curse of time, Luvia does not accept the influence of any time effects! The power of jumping time is also ineffective for her. Where is Luvia?"

Thinking this, he held the doll and looked up at the sky, trying to find the trace of the Radiant Messenger, but there was nothing in the clearing, and there was no trace of the giant ship.

Xia De then picked up the cat, took the doll, stood up, flew into the air, and looked around. There were still smoke and dust left by thaumaturgy bombardment in the forest and on the ground, but both sides of the battle had disappeared. However, at least there was no trace of the Radiant Messenger crashing in the forest.

"Meow~"

The cat called softly, probably curious why Xia De didn't go to sleep so late. This meow gave him a great sense of comfort when Xia De was all alone at this moment. He patted the cat's little head gently, and then closed his eyes:

"Seal of Undying Fire."

The sensing effect of the fire seal took effect immediately. The fire seal not in the current time could still be sensed. Xia De could distinguish that except for Luvia, the holders of other fire seals were not in the "present."

"Luvia..."

And although the fire seal of the purple-eyed diviner was in the present, it was a bit far from Xia De's current position. Amidst the chaos of time and space, Xia De couldn't say exactly what that position was, but after sensing it, he immediately set off with the cat, without even restoring Miss Olandon.

Because he didn't know that since the little sprite who summoned the witch was not in the "present," once he restored the ancient witch, would she stay in the present or disappear immediately.

"Why didn't Luvia stay under the tree? Did she encounter danger?"

Without enemies blocking the way, it was not difficult to cross the forest alone following Luvia's trail. But even after leaving the clearing and continuing forward, the canopy above his head still couldn't see the edge. It really had already shrouded this forest.

Anxious, he flew extremely fast, and when he approached the destination following the guidance of the "fire seal," he realized that it was near the Elf Treehouse.

"What is Luvia doing here... Not the treehouse, it's the hot spring of the Moon Sanctuary!"

After landing from the air, stepping on the snow and continuing forward under the huge silver moon toward the silver light, before long, the sound of gurgling water and heat had melted the surrounding snow. ===== CHAPTER 3022 =====