Chapter 3053: Unsolvable Curses and the Temperature of Death

"You can defeat mortal enemies, but what about gods? If I successfully summoned you when facing a certain monster, and a god also appeared at this time, could you defeat the god?"

Xia De asked again, and this time the long-haired Luweiya answered very cautiously:

"I can only answer you like this: if this world is a play on a stage, then everyone is an actor, you are the audience under the stage, and the gods are the background boards that appear in the actors' mouths but will not show themselves. They may be able to descend onto the stage using an actor as a carrier, but even defeating the actor is not defeating them.

Until the doomsday, I am also just an actor; although I am the most powerful actor, I cannot defeat gods or saints alone in the material world. Only gods can oppose gods."

Xia De understood what she meant, but from this, he developed a new doubt:

"Speaking of which, you should not have been able to defeat gods head-on in the past; you might not have been as powerful then as the you I summoned using the Words of Sublimation. Then how did you handle the descent of evil gods in the past? Could it be that you successfully stopped the god's descent every time?"

"Of course not."

Luweiya shook her head gently:

"Sometimes the god's descent is a prerequisite for achieving a certain condition I want, and sometimes I really cannot stop the god's descent."

"Then after the god descends, do you just leave?"

Luweiya raised her head to look at him:

"Of course not. I have ways to defeat powerful mortal enemies, and naturally, I have ways to counter a god's descent. Of course, I don't have your ability to actively carry gods."

"Your own power cannot reach that realm, and you cannot summon gods, then how do you..."

Xia De was even more puzzled, and Luweiya held up a finger in front of Xia De's mouth:

"I walk in the stories of the Chosen, witnessing the performances of the 'Whispering Poem' time and time again. If it is truly necessary, I can pay some price to achieve the goal of 'defeating gods.' Although I don't do this often, it can indeed achieve such a goal.

You have actually already seen the answer, but you yourself have not realized it yet. Let's not talk about this, Xia De, just like you are unwilling to talk about the me who is currently hugging you with the me who is asleep."

"Alright then, things from the past are indeed very complicated. Let's change the subject. After you recovered the Tree Heart, the 【Staff of Yggdrasil】 doesn't seem to have any changes in appearance other than becoming a bit heavier."

Xia De mentioned this question again, and Luweiya answered in a light tone:

"The seven Tree Hearts are essentially the same; I just performed a conceptual fusion. Of course, there is still some work left unfinished."

She reached out and grabbed toward Xia De's chest, and that hand went directly from the dream world to reality, then grabbed the key on the sleeping Xia De's chest and brought it into the dream:

"I'll keep this key here for now; I need to process it further. Although I am considering whether I should share the power of this long staff with Emilia, who hasn't fused with the World Tree, it won't take too long.

Now that the staff is not by your side, after you finish handling the aftermath of the woodlands, just honestly go home and stay there."

"Yes, yes, you don't need to say it both in and out of the dream."

She then rubbed her cheek against Xia De's chest:

"Now, hug me for a while longer, my lover, and watch this moment before sunset with me. Now I don't want to do anything, I just want to hold you. The hug in reality is destined to be short; only in this dream can I truly possess you... forgive me, Xia De."

Xia De flicked her bangs with his fingers:

"You know that in this great battle, I obtained the power of the World Tree from the wreckage of the World Tree. I want to try to use it to treat your time curse and help you open the shackles of time."

He was talking about that drop of divinity; although he only had two drops of divinity left, for Luweiya alone, he would not be stingy with this power.

The long-haired girl knew what he was talking about, but she did not agree, only burying her face deeply into Xia De's arms:

"Time will treat everyone who tries to play with it equally. That curse that came from destroying the world and playing with time is a punishment I deserve; I accept this myself. Xia De, keep that power. From the moment I made my first choice, I could no longer turn back."

Xia De continued to gently stroke her bangs:

"Since you are unwilling now, then when we finish all the stories, when the epic of the 'Whispering Poem' has turned its last page, are you willing to let me help you lift this curse?"

"I am willing."

Her voice was already very low, and the next sentence could only be heard by herself:

"If, by then, you are still willing to forgive me."

This time it was not Xia De who actively ended the meeting in the dream, but the Luweiya sleeping in reality who actively woke up and reminded Xia De with sleepy eyes that it was time to go to death to treat Sister Daifulin:

"We'll see each other in the banquet hall in a while. I don't have any other problems besides being a bit sleepy. You go see the sister, and I'll go see if Miss Jia Lin Na needs help. Most people are recuperating now, so the ship should be very short-handed. I'll take care of Little Mia; don't always take it to dangerous places."

The entrance to that peaceful water area opened by Sister Daifulin would of course not be in the ship's cabin; even if the "Radiant Messenger" was powerful, its internal space could not carry such a passage.

So Xia De arrived on the deck in advance according to the note left by Grace. At this moment, the morning sun was rising, reflecting the silver forest in a sparkling light. The smoke of war had not yet dissipated, but since the night had ended, he thought it could be peaceful here for a while.

At exactly 7:30, as soon as the black crack appeared, Xia De crashed into it. Although his luck had become worse, such a thing would not go wrong. Behind the crack was the shallow beach before death; on the beach, a bonfire was burning, and Grace and Helen were huddled together sitting in front of the fire. Seeing Xia De come, they reached out and waved at him.

"Is it okay for you to enter here?"

In this space that did not actually exist, "speaking" was more like communication between souls, so Xia De's concern was immediately known by the Red Butterfly sisters. Seeing that Xia De did not ask about the sister's situation first but cared about them, the smile on the face of Helen, who was wearing a black dress, became even sweeter:

"Sir, with the vigorous fire of Sister Daifulin protecting us, it's fine for now. We have been here and haven't continued forward."

Grace, who was wearing a white dress and was much more mature than her sister, told Xia De the current situation:

"Helen and I helped guide and disperse the fire on the sister, but that was only temporary. Sir, she is ahead, in death; you go and accept more of Sister Daifulin's fire, otherwise she will be burned into madness."

Xia De immediately thought of the situation of Sister Daifulin in the past that he knew:

"I know. You wait for me for a while; after I bring the sister back, we'll go back to eat together. Miss Jia Lin Na and Luweiya are preparing breakfast."

"Alright, sir."

Helen said and opened her arms to Xia De. After Xia De bent down knowingly, the sisters in black and white dresses kissed Xia De on the side of his face respectively:

"You've worked hard this time, sir."

Sister Daifulin's position could be seen at a glance because there was firelight there. Although the Underworld Moon illuminated this place, it was still very dim in death. She was kneeling on the water with her back to the shallow beach and facing the Underworld Moon, looking like she was holding something with her head lowered. That should be the First Fire; after all, the firelight had already appeared.

Xia De left the shallow beach and stepped onto the water. After shivering to adapt to the cold, he continued to move forward. Pure white souls passed by the sister silently, and as Xia De approached the sister, he saw that in addition to the faint rippling flames around her, her whole body had also shown the state of "First Fire Embers."

This state was obviously very wrong, because when Xia De arrived near the sister, he actually felt a heat in death.

Going around the sister to her front, as expected, in her hands was the flame with a black flame core. Her lowered face was expressionless, but there were already fiery red cracks on the mithril eye mask, and even fiery cracks like broken porcelain appeared on her face.

The hands holding the flame were also severely burned. When Xia De's hand held hers in the fire, Sister Daifulin trembled, but she still lowered her head.

"Hero who carries the fire, you, can you not feel the scalding heat?"

She asked, her voice still as ethereal as usual, but this time it revealed a little fragility.

"A little, but it's not very serious."

Xia De knelt on one knee in front of the kneeling sister. After his knees touched the water, the colder feeling almost froze his body, but the fire touched by his hands provided enough heat:

"Sister who holds the fire, please share the flame with me again."

Sister Daifulin then raised her head. Fine crimson cracks covered the mithril eye mask, and the moon seal penetrating the left eye appeared bit by bit between the cracks covering her face. The silver moonlight could not cover the crimson flame, but it made the sister, who looked somewhat calmly insane because of the flame, have a bit of holiness.

At this moment, the Underworld Moon was behind Xia De, and the silver moonlight was like himself. Sister Daifulin seemed to be "staring" at him, and after several seconds, she nodded gently:

"Please touch the... darkness within me."

The flame held in the sister's palm then split off a part, following Xia De's arms into his body. Thus, fiery red cracks also appeared on the surface of his body, but they only appeared for a moment before being suppressed by the silver moonlight around him. ===== CHAPTER 3054 =====