Chapter 3361: Coffin, Rebirth, and Castle (Ask for votes at the beginning of the month)

"The Drowning God of the Deep Sea, the King of Graves, these gods of the death system are really generous to me."

He thought in his heart while looking at the bracelet, and even wanted to thank the god who had just been lying in the same coffin as him in person, but unfortunately, it seemed there was no chance to thank him now. The adventure in the 【Tombstone Wasteland】 had ended, and Xia De had absolutely no intention of going back again.

Although "Evil Gods" were generally considered evil, at least this time He really gave huge help. Thinking about it this way, the biggest gain from this adventure in the 【Tombstone Wasteland】 was actually knowing the secrets of the gods and obtaining this drop of divinity.

With Little Mia standing on his shoulder, Xia De looked at the half-sunk moon in the distance and sighed again:

"The gods of death are so generous, where are the gods of the moon system?"

"She" smiled gently:

【God of Night, God of Mist.】

The former was the manager of the "Eternal Night City," who chased Xia De and Fiona at the end of that adventure, almost making them unable to run away. The latter was the barefoot, brown-skinned saint dressed in a dancer's outfit in the "Gravel Sea"; the God of Mist actually helped Xia De quite a bit, and in the "Lake of Love" incident, it was also suspected that the residual power of this god awakened Xia De.

However, these two gods didn't give Xia De divinity.

【God of Blood-Sucking.】

This god also had the power of the Red Moon, and was an Evil God just like the "King of Graves." Xia De had obtained divinity from Him, but more accurately, that drop of divinity was a "prize" Xia De won after fighting with this god on Mount Sikar, not given by the other party.

And the other party even maliciously wanted to snatch the Outsider's butterfly, but fortunately, the Outsider won in the end.

【Cannot be too greedy.】

"She" reminded softly, and Xia De nodded lightly:

"Yes, cannot be too greedy, it's already good enough now."

From the time Xia De was grabbed by the white bone palm to the time Xia De appeared here, his physical time had passed less than ten seconds, and everything that happened while lying in that coffin felt like an illusion. But the benefit of this was that his 120 minutes of time now had quite a bit left.

The time spent from the hut to the temple was the longest, the time spent walking the path of the dead retrograde against the wind and fog was quite chaotic, so these two processes used up more than sixty minutes, the process of the subsequent battle could be ignored, so Xia De now had more than fifty minutes left.

Thinking about it this way, even without the doubling of time added by the 【Corridor of Time】, he was fully capable of completing the mission before the specified time.

And now he could naturally end the mission and return home, but since there was still so much time, he still wanted to say goodbye to Miss Violet and the others.

"Don't think so much, let's go, let's go."

Thus he walked toward that familiar small wooden boat, and even the familiar oars were placed on the small boat at this moment. Xia De always kept them here when he didn't use them, and others couldn't use them even if they reached this place.

But "She" gave another reminder:

【No, do not use this small boat to leave here during the time the time key is open, be careful of getting lost in space-time.】

"But last time at the Black Sand Wharf... alright, last time there was the God of Ferrymen."

But besides the small boat, Xia De had no other way to go to the world of the living. However, he soon set his sights on that black coffin stranded on the shore; after thinking about it, he pushed it into the water, and when it drifted slowly toward the direction of the Underworld Moon, Xia De lifted the coffin lid and, with Little Mia, jumped into the coffin from the shore with a running start.

The coffin shook, and Xia De lay down and covered the lid, so darkness descended again:

"Although they all say I am a child, I just want to return to the real world, don't really turn into 'rebirth'."

He thought in his heart, and the coffin continued to move forward under the illumination of the Underworld Moon, and was gradually dyed silver by the light of that moon. However, Xia De inside the coffin couldn't perceive the situation outside at all, but he found that Little Mia's amber big eyes were shockingly bright in the darkness; the cat thought Xia De was going to sleep, so it curled up and shrank on his chest.

The man and the cat both quieted down, and Xia De, who was lying down, soon fell into a drowsy, hazy feeling. Until a certain moment when his consciousness cleared up again, and he understood:

"We've arrived, right?"

After waiting for a while without waiting for an answer, Xia De carefully lifted a seam of the coffin lid, and the bright sunlight immediately shone in, so Little Mia also woke up.

The lid was completely lifted by him; Xia De, who sat up from the coffin, breathed heavily, and then looked up at the blue sky and white clouds above his head with a smile, feeling the oppressive feeling in his heart swept away. Joy and celebration filled his heart; no matter when returning from the world of the dead to the world of the living, it was such a happy thing.

He was just about to say something, but heard messy sounds from afar:

"Someone is invading the castle!"

"Who saw clearly how that coffin popped out of the water?"

"Quick, enemy attack, notify the head maid quickly!"

And then it was the familiar voice of Teresa:

"Not an enemy, it's the teacher's friend who has come. Don't be nervous, you go notify the teacher, just say that person is back too."

This coffin didn't pop out of any river or ocean, but from the center of a small lake with not much area.

The sky on a summer morning was as clear as a wash, and the lake surface was like a silver mirror, reflecting the castle located at the foot of the mountain and on the mountainside not far ahead.

The lake surface glowed with pearlescent luster, and the area was about twice the size of Saint-Drelan Square. And that castle, which stretched from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside, to be honest, looked more like a small-scale city in Xia De's view.

Compared with it, the ice and snow "castle" in the Fatumunster Snow Mountain could indeed only be called a laboratory.

Several young girls stood by the lake, and a few black-feathered water birds skimmed across the water surface because of the cat's meow, startling up ripples. And when Xia De's eyes followed the direction of the water birds' flight and looked at that towering castle, he even felt that the picture at this moment was as beautiful as a fairy-tale dream.

The castle was built of stone materials interwoven with deep purple and stone gray, looking exceptionally clean in the summer morning sun. The horizontal width of the main body of the castle was greater than the height from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside; the architecture was multi-towered Gothic style, but looking closely, the details fused with the ancient elf craftsmanship Xia De was familiar with.

Every high tower was as slender as a feather in the sun, and silver wind chimes hung on the spires; when the wind passed, they kept whispering, as if the girls were singing softly.

And the most eye-catching thing was a giant glass dome at the high position in the center of the castle, at the top of the main tower. It looked like it was spliced from amber and amethyst, a round crown cast from fragments of the starry sky; the sunlight penetrated the colored glass, casting soft and colorful light and shadows on the outer walls of the castle.

This mountain castle was neither as cold and majestic as a court, nor as flashy and ostentatious as the mundane world; this was the cold and connotative eternal beauty belonging to the Witch Emperor/demigod witch-Violet Marshall, which very much matched Xia De's imagination of Miss Violet.

And when he and the cat looked at the castle, the girl wearing round-framed glasses also lifted her skirt and stepped on the "lake water" and walked quickly to Xia De's side:

"Xia De, how did you come out of the fountain?"

She asked with a smile, reaching out to pull Xia De out of the coffin, and Xia De also stood on the water:

"I just... this is a fountain?"

He thought this was the viewing lake in front of the castle; Teresa nodded:

"The fountain facilities are all submerged under the water and not open now; this is just a mountain residence for the teacher's summer vacation, so the fountain looks a bit shabby."

The Outsider blinked and wanted to say something, but Teresa had already opened her arms and stood on the water, directly hugging him; the blonde girl had already washed up and changed into new clothes, and the smell on her body at this time was very good:

"We came back yesterday evening. After you were grabbed by those six hands and thrown upward, we were also grabbed by those hands, and then we came back. I didn't see you by my side at the time, I was really worried, I even comforted myself that you had already returned to your own time..."

Xia De then told about his experience:

"I was sent to death by that god, He very generously let me bid farewell to the Hounds who helped us along the way, they have already reunited with their master."

He stood on the water surface hugging Teresa, and looked up slightly at the castle again:

"How is Miss Violet? And how are Sister Belun and Miss Liyade? Did they return to the locations where they entered the wasteland, or are they with Miss Violet like you?"

"Except for you and the Hounds who are missing, everyone is here. Come with me, I'll take you to see this place."

The young blonde girl said, and then held Xia De's hand and walked toward the castle; according to her, the Witch Emperor didn't use this castle often, but just looking at the scale, one knew that the castle had quite a few maids, but these maids were all trustworthy, so it didn't matter if they saw Xia De.

The news spread quickly; when Teresa held Xia De's hand and ran up the hundreds of steps in front of the castle, Miss Liyade and Sister Belun were already waiting for Xia De in the entrance hall.

The 【Tombstone Wasteland】 also had the problem of losing memories after leaving, but Sister Belun had the protection of fire, and Teresa and Miss Liyade were also helped by Miss Violet to keep key memories, so everyone still remembered Xia De.

Only the Witch Emperor was not seen here; after exchanging greetings with the girls, Xia De asked about her again, and Teresa then said:

"Auntie exploded her body twice when facing the saint at the end, leading to damage to that one-third of her soul. So after coming back, she has been resting in bed."

PS1: This chapter's picture "Castle by the 'Lake'".

PS2: Wish everyone a happy June 1st! I really don't know how to wish for the Dragon Boat Festival, but Children's Day can be happy forever!

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PS1: The illustration for this chapter is "Castle by the 'Lake'".

PS2: Happy Children's Day to everyone! I really don't know how to offer well-wishes for the Dragon Boat Festival, but Children's Day can be happy forever!

PS3: Asking for votes for the extra update, asking for votes at the start of the month!

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