Chapter 830: The Postponed Key

"The Lady of the Lake was originally just a local legend, just like the set of complex legends in Midhillburg where a major event happened last month."

The old man paused, obviously remembering that when autumn just started, Xia De entrusted him to look up information related to Midhillburg:

"But since this summer, multiple incidents have occurred in Huntington. Many citizens claimed that they met the 'Lady of the Lake' outside the city. This point attracted the attention of the True God Church, but there was no discovery after several investigations. The Ringed Society has some records of local matters, and there is clear evidence that in the early Fifth Era, there were indeed saints descending near Huntington."

"Saints descended there too?"

Xia De asked in surprise while holding Mia, who was examining the sea fish specimen hanging on the wall.

"Isn't that what you are looking for?"

Mr. Edmund asked curiously, and then made a summary:

"If you have a way to go to that city, you can go outside the city to take a look. Because it is near the Pantanal Great Swamp, there are many lakes outside Huntington. If you are lucky, you might be able to see the so-called 'Lady of the Lake'. According to contemporary rumors, some people have obtained extraordinary wisdom and powerful swords from that goddess. I think if she really exists, then she can probably satisfy your wish."

"Although the name is 'Goddess', I think she shouldn't be a real Great One, right?"

Hearing Xia De's question, the old man hummed:

"If she really is a god, you will be in trouble instead."

That is also true. After all, the gods existing in the Sixth Era, except for the five True Gods, are all real Evil Gods.

Since he had newly acquired three special coins and obtained news related to the fragments of the Chapter, after returning to Tobesk from Coldwater Port, Xia De waited for Luweiya who got off work at the Seer Association in the evening and had dinner with her.

He mentioned his gains in the afternoon at the dinner table and showed the three coins to Luweiya. While the girl with purple eyes played with the coins under the bright lights of the restaurant, she picked up her wine glass and asked Xia De another question:

"You mentioned last month that because you used the time key in the wrong place, you could not enter the past time for three weeks. Look, today is Wednesday again, which happens to be the end of the third week. So, will you start your adventure again tonight?"

Xia De had also considered this question. His eyes looked at the band playing the Delarion famous song "Knight's Praise" on the other side of the first floor of the restaurant, reached into his pocket, and took out the key obtained from the witch seal on the mountainside of the narrow mountain:

"I have already registered this key at the History Academy. Its time point is 5177 of the Fifth Era. Even if I don't skip a grade to enter the fourth year at the end of the year, I will still be promoted to the third year. I need these practical credits."

"5177?"

The female fortune teller frowned slightly. It was not that she had any memory of the major events of this year—Xia De would probably not encounter the things investigated by the academy. The Fifth Era lasted for a total of 5793 years, and the more than 1,000 years after 4500 of the Fifth Era are called the late Fifth Era in the academic circles of the Sixth Era.

The historical data of this period is very scarce, but it is also a key era of era change. Considering the long lifespan of the Witch Empresses, even if 5177 is still more than 600 years away from 5793, it is very likely to be the period when the penultimate or third-to-last generation of Witch Empresses were in power.

Not to mention, Xia De's past keys went to Hope Town - 1068, Thousand Tree Forest - 3002, Terror Castle - 1784, Night Manor - 3014, and Dead Silence Valley - 3024. And this sixth key is too far away from the time points of the previous five. Xia De could not meet acquaintances, and it is even possible that his past experience would be useless.

"Are you planning to use this key tonight?"

Luweiya asked, and Xia De thought for a while and shook his head slightly. Although the afterglow of divinity still exists and the initial fire flows in his body, he did not want to enter the past time rashly without finding the next drop of divinity. Meeting the God of Vampires by the lake under Sikar Mountain had already proven that he could not face the gods normally just by relying on the state of the afterglow of divinity.

But finding divinity is a very complex process. He does not necessarily have to get the next drop before leaving, but wants to confirm that he has clues in his hands before going on a time adventure. In this way, at least there is the most basic guarantee:

"I recently received some news and want to go to Huntington City in Casenrik to take a look."

Xia De put away the key. At this time, the waiter pushed the dining cart over. He picked up the red wine glass at hand and toasted Luweiya. The girl with purple eyes also picked up her wine glass and clinked it with Xia De.

"I will postpone this key for half a week and use it by this weekend at the latest, otherwise the grade promotion in winter will encounter trouble."

After the waiter left, Xia De said softly.

Luweiya nodded and revealed the three coins covered by her palm:

"Although I don't know what you are looking for, if you encounter trouble, don't forget to ask me for help. Witnessing the fate of one Chosen One after another, I have also become stronger."

But unfortunately, Luweiya's special fortune-telling has no effect on matters related to gods. Xia De planned to determine what that "Lady of the Lake" was before deciding whether to consume the coins.

Thus, time arrived at Thursday. Xia De, preparing to go to Huntington today, saw the specific news of Princess Margaret Anjou's visit in the newspaper while eating breakfast in the morning. Her Highness the Princess would depart by steam airship from Huntington City, Casenrik, on Saturday and officially arrive in Tobesk City around daytime on Monday. Therefore, starting from today, some blocks would be under martial law and inspection.

Xia De calculated the time. He had already received an invitation to attend the wedding of Princess Mona Cavendish, Princess Lei Qianya's sister, next Tuesday. In this way, there are important things to do in the first two days of next week, and life seems to have become busy all of a sudden.

"Huntington, Tobesk, it seems that all the troubles have gathered together."

In order to use the time key as soon as possible, he must verify the information obtained from Mr. Edmund as soon as possible. In order to obtain the next space waypoint, Xia De needs to sacrifice white stone crystals. Fortunately, he had already bought them at a high price from Coldwater Port.

But the waypoints obtained by sacrificing to the Old Gods are random. When rescuing Priest Ao Gu Si, Xia De risked borrowing the power of the Keeper-level relic 【Unhappy One's Long Hair】, so he bore the negative impact of attracting undead and suddenly having bad luck at specific time points.

This kind of violation of using 【Unhappy One's Long Hair】 cannot be too frequent, otherwise the side effects will be greater. So, Xia De wants to use other methods to improve his luck this time to accurately locate the space Old God statue near Huntington.

He did not find any power that could affect the space left by the Old Gods, so he could only affect himself.

Although the rituals, sorcery, and curses of Ringed Shushi can all affect luck, the degree of influence is not enough to satisfy Xia De. In order to reach the most satisfactory position at once, this time he still has to rely on the power of the relic. And that relic, Xia De had already asked Old John of the pawnshop to find after Midhillburg ended.

Although Old John was a bit stingy, as long as Xia De could come up with gold pounds, he could always find relics that met Xia De's requirements. ===== CHAPTER 831 =====