Chapter 3092: Merged Life Ring

Miss Dannister was very surprised to see Xia De walk out of the bookshelves:

"Although I did complain last night that you didn't come to visit me often, it's not to the point of coming again this morning after saying goodbye last night, right?

What? You want to find Emilia? No problem, today is Sunday. I've checked her course schedule; she should still be sleeping in. Have you eaten breakfast? You are not allowed to say you have; sit down and have a cup of tea with me. A weekend morning should start with morning tea."

She was right; Emilia was indeed sleeping in this Sunday morning, because a full half hour later, after the morning tea time was over, the sharp-eared elf ran out from the bookshelves wearing robes with the buttons done up wrong:

"Good morning, Miss Dannister, good morning, Xia De, sorry I'm late!"

The red-haired sorceress couldn't help but shake her head secretly, but didn't ask the reason for her lateness:

"Xia De is looking for you. Also, just in time, Granny Siamnod asked me to bring you a message: the nine great elf clans have completed their preliminary negotiation intentions, and formal consultations will probably start next week. At that time, you need to show your face in the woodland and show your power."

Emilia had no objection to this; she had learned from Angelina how to be a qualified "Queen." Although the possibility of the little princess inheriting the throne was slim—she had too many older brothers and sisters—Angelina had systematically learned these contents secretly.

"Elf clans forming an alliance, will the academy participate?"

Xia De, sitting on the short sofa holding a teacup, asked curiously, and Emilia answered him:

"Yes, the Orthodox Church and the three major academies will all participate. Granny Qishala told me that from now on, Saint Byrons and the elves will be my backing as the Chosen, just like the dragons support the Chosen of Light whose identity is unknown, Iluna is supported by the Sun Church, Sister Daifulin has a harmonious relationship with the Witch Council, and the Chosen of Earth has a good relationship with you."

Although no one knew what would happen at the end of the "Whispering Poem," having one's own supported Chosen, at least being able to get a ticket to participate in the final great event, this point was definitely not wrong.

"The Chosen of Light probably doesn't like dragons very much... His backing is actually the blood-sucking species."

Hearing Xia De say this, Miss Dannister raised an eyebrow. She didn't know very well who the "winner" of Moon Bay was, and only now did she hear Xia De take the initiative to talk about this matter.

"Xia De, may I ask what you are looking for me for?"

Emilia asked again, and Xia De took out the black key that was slightly smaller and engraved with the moon symbol and runes by Luweiya:

"I came to send this to you, let you try to see if it fits."

They had all seen the "Staff of Yggdrasil," so explaining the situation related to the "Tree Staff" wasn't troublesome. After all, "trees have branches" was very easy to understand. Miss Dannister and Emilia didn't expect Xia De to prepare this; the former thought Xia De was really willing to give, while Emilia was quite moved.

Moved that Angelina had solved such a troublesome matter, which seemed almost impossible, in less than three days.

"So the three of us working together is indeed the most correct thing!"

The black short key turned into a staff smoothly amidst Emilia's exclamation. Although the "Tree Staff" was a section shorter than the one in Xia De's hand, considering Emilia's height in her little elf form, the length of the Tree Staff was just right for her.

Her 【Flute of Time】 itself was made of World Tree material, so she wasn't unfamiliar with this type of weapon. Holding the staff, she used Light Spell, an unknown healing incantation, Time Stasis, and Time Acceleration, and finally tried the 【Void Tree Space】 learned from the bark. Although the spellcasting still failed, at least she basically understood the power of this staff:

"Thank you, Xia De, I like this gift very much! Don't give me a gift for the Year-End Festival; this is enough."

Emilia couldn't put the staff down, but she still remembered what Xia De wanted to do:

"And then there's this."

The elf stood in front of the coffee table and summoned her life ring under the gaze of Xia De and Miss Dannister. The eight-ring life ring soon turned into that dark golden dial. Even though she didn't perform any spellcasting, the two people sitting on the sofa could still feel the power that was enough to affect the normal flow of time in the material world.

Emilia moved the dial showing the current time to her front, and carefully placed the long staff in her hand under the dial. After letting go, with a "clatter," the staff fell to the floor.

She bent down embarrassedly to pick up the "Tree Staff" and tried again, but unfortunately, her life ring still didn't produce any resonance with the long staff made of the dead World Tree.

"Can't feel the connection between the two?"

Xia De asked, and Emilia shook her head hesitantly:

"I can't say I can't perceive the connection at all, but this weak connection is not enough to make an external object part of the life ring."

"Emilia, drip blood on the Tree Staff to try it out; this is the best way to establish a connection in mysticism."

The librarian reminded her, so Emilia bit her slender, white, and tender finger and smeared blood on it, but unfortunately, it was still useless.

The cat, which had just been fed morning tea snacks by Xia De, narrowed its eyes and watched Emilia from the sofa armrest. Xia De stroked the cat's back:

"How about we go to the Throne Land to try it out? This should also count as a kind of ritual; maybe changing the venue will be better."

But Emilia held an opposing attitude:

"There is a World Tree sapling there, and that area is completely shrouded in its power. It will repel me from accommodating this staff as part of the life ring."

Actually, if she went to ask Luweiya again, she would definitely be able to give very good advice. Xia De even suspected that Luweiya thought such a small matter didn't need to be mentioned specifically, which was why she didn't give a reminder last night.

However, Xia De didn't want to disturb Luweiya with everything. Although she didn't say it, after being summoned by Xia De's sublimation language, she also needed to rest to stabilize her soul, which had suddenly recovered completely and was injured again.

He watched Emilia continue to try, and then stood up from the sofa:

"The origin of this staff also has a major relationship with me. I'll help try it out."

Actually, the highest authority was with Luweiya, but Luweiya obviously couldn't appear here.

Emilia handed the Tree Staff to Xia De, but Xia De waved his hand and didn't take it. He reached out to Emilia's dark golden dial, and under the surprised eyes of the little elf as if she saw a god descending, he grabbed the dial and pulled it in front of him.

Even the sorceress sitting on the sofa asked in surprise:

"Xia De, you can touch the holy relic turned from the Chosen's life ring?"

"I can. I've touched Sister Daifulin's sickle more than once, and I've also touched Iluna's scales. Although I haven't touched the dark golden cube of the butterfly-winged girl, that's just because there was no time."

Emilia looked at the respected librarian in confusion, but obviously, she didn't know why this was either. However, there were too many strange things about Xia De; thinking about it carefully, it didn't seem strange that he could touch the Chosen's holy relics.

Although Xia De could touch the dial, he couldn't trigger the power within it. So his free left hand reached out to Emilia and grabbed the other end of the long staff.

The two people's spirits resonated together in the Tree Staff. A verdant micro-light floated on the surface of the Tree Staff, vaguely intersecting with the light on the golden dial, but this still didn't seem enough to let the two continue to merge.

【Use your blood.】

"She" in his ear reminded him gently, and Xia De asked in confusion:

"What does this matter have to do with my blood? My blood shouldn't be some kind of universal ritual item, right?"

【Give Emilia Siamnod the authority to use the power of the Ancient Tree.】

"Hmm, very reasonable."

Xia De's heart moved, and without even making any movement, the silver moonlight blade appeared out of thin air and cut his wrist. This also belonged to one of the enhancements after being promoted to the high ring.

Although he avoided the artery, the blood on his left wrist still flowed in large quantities to the Tree Staff, and was immediately absorbed by it. Thus, a touch of blood color appeared on the surface of the Tree Staff, which was originally emitting verdant light.

He did the same with his right wrist, and the blood that flowed out was absorbed by the dark golden dial. The resonance between the Tree Staff and the dial gradually strengthened, and Xia De, who was in contact with both, pulled them closer bit by bit. Thus, verdant light also appeared on the dial, and dark golden light also appeared on the Tree Staff.

The moment they truly touched, a heavy bell sound exploded directly in his ears. The distant bell sound completely penetrated the prohibition set by Miss Dannister near her office and rang throughout the entire library, the entire academy, and even the entire academy city.

"Where did the bell sound come from? Is the academy's bell tower broken?"

Many people thought this, and what the three people in the library saw was the Tree Staff, which had been completely dyed dark golden, floating under the dial after Xia De and Emilia both let go.

Dark golden, verdant, and slight blood color intertwined, gradually letting the Tree Staff merge upward into the dial. After the fusion of the two was completely finished, the "Tree Staff" had disappeared without a trace, and the outer circle of the upper half of the dark golden dial, which looked like metal, had an extra circle of tree vine-like decorations.

Although this wasn't the genuine "World Tree sapling" holding up the dial, it still meant that the power of the World Tree and the power of time were perfectly fused.

"Success!"

Emilia said excitedly, and Miss Dannister asked:

"Do you feel stronger?"

"Yes, but not much. But it doesn't matter; I feel that the missing power has been made up. Although it is still incomplete, as this Tree Staff is constantly soaked by my power, I will definitely become stronger and stronger."