Chapter 861: Witch Emperor

【Outsider, you have stepped into the "Corridor of Time".】

【Message from the Ancient God "Father of Infinite Trees":】

【Spring, 5177, Fifth Era, Broken Islands, Lost Lake.】

【Event: The Witch Seeking Eternal Beauty.】

【Duration: 30 minutes (1/3).】

"Broken Islands? After the five continents of East, West, South, North, and Middle, this time, actually arrived at the sea?"

Xia De thought unexpectedly.

【You have obtained additional information.】

【The figure of the Father of Infinite Trees is watching you.】

【The Ancient God of Time gives you a test.】

【Help mortals visit the gods and learn the secret of eternal beauty.】

【The Father of Infinite Trees will give you a reward: Ritual - Water of Moon Brilliance, Ritual - Fire of Sun.】

"The reward this time is two rituals?"

Although a little surprised, past experience proves that any reward given by the Father of Infinite Trees is very useful to Xia De, so although it is a ritual, he is also very happy:

"This time, the Ancient God of Time gave the knowledge of the moon and the sun again. I don't know what it will be next time."

The familiar white mist has been here more than once, and Xia De doesn't think about it anymore, and takes a step forward with excitement.

The white mist retreated to both sides silently, as if the curtain was opened. And what was shown to Xia De was the big lake in the night, and the thin mist lingering on the lake water.

"Another night?"

But looking at the night sky carefully, the stars were covered by mist, and even the moon became unusually hazy.

In front is the silent lake water in the night, and in the center of the lake, you can vaguely see the lake island covered by mist. And looking back, it is low shrubs and lush forests. It's just that there is abnormal mist in the shrubs and forests. This mist is not particularly humid, but after inhaling it into the lungs, Xia De feels his head a little dizzy.

【There are components in the mist that inhibit brain activity.】

"Is this mist a sedative?"

【A sedative with extraordinary power.】

The night is very deep, and there is no figure around. It is clearly in the depths of the dense forest, but you can't hear any insect sounds. On the contrary, strange rustling sounds are coming from the shrubs behind him, and approaching Xia De standing on the shore rapidly. Xia De has no interest in knowing what it is, so he lifts his feet and walks toward the lake:

"Water Walking."

This is the curse learned after absorbing the divinity of the 【Lord of the Scarlet Spiral】 hidden in the golden pearl. Xia De borrowed its power when fighting Joey Barton in death.

He successfully lifted his feet and stepped on the lake surface of the Lost Lake, standing steadily on the lake water. But the next moment, extreme cold surged from the soles of his feet to his feet, and in an instant, it rushed to his whole body. Xia De froze there, leaving only a breath of cold air he exhaled subconsciously.

Clearly the temperature here is close to midsummer, but the breath he exhaled is white cold air.

Not only was the body frozen from the cold under the water, but even the soul felt stagnant. And as time passed, the cold air became stronger and stronger, making Xia De feel that he was about to be assimilated by the lake water:

"Sure enough, locations like Lost Lake, Hope Town, and Terror Castle are all unsafe."

The original fire burning in his body tried its best to fight this strange cold air. The frozen Xia De barely lifted his legs and ran toward the lake island. Every step he took left a footprint-shaped thin ice on the lake surface, and the closer he got to the lake island, the more unbearable the cold became:

"Lagley's Jump!"

Because the casting materials were prepared in advance, the extraordinary art was used directly at this moment. But Xia De failed. This area actually prohibited the power of space movement:

"Avatar Red Butterfly!"

The whole person scattered into a group of red butterflies in the mist on the lake. The butterflies emitting red ghostly light and sowing red light spots flew over the water, naturally not touching the water. But the mist around was not only a strong sedative, the Xia De who turned into red butterflies felt that his consciousness was assimilating with the red butterfly group in the thick fog in just over ten seconds, so he had to change back to human form again.

He ran forward a few steps in a hurry, feeling that the cold was a bit unbearable, so he turned into a butterfly group again.

As Xia De approached the lake island more and more, he saw light in the mist. There was a cluster of not particularly conspicuous bonfires on the shore of the lake island, and the people by the bonfire also noticed a group of butterflies emitting red light flying toward them, and then saw the group of red butterflies turn into a tall human figure in the fog, and the figure turned into red butterflies again:

"Someone came again, help her."

This is the language of the end of the Fifth Era. Xia De had learned it in his textbook, but he was not particularly familiar with it.

The clear woman's voice fell, and a flying snake shot from the shore of the lake island toward Xia De, but Xia De soon realized that it was a hemp rope. The flight of the hemp rope completely violated the basic physical rules, and there was no downward trend at all. It was a pity that it fell toward the water surface rapidly after flying less than half the distance, as if pulled by an invisible force.

"Sin Chain!"

Xia De waved his hand forward, and the chain flying out of the sleeve also rushed into the fog like a flying snake.

Just like that hemp rope, the chain also flew out not long before being pressed toward the water surface, but fortunately 【Sin Chain】 imprisons all power, and that invisible force was also slightly affected, allowing the end of the chain to barely touch the end of the hemp rope.

The witch manipulating the rope on the shore of the lake island seemed to understand the curse of 【Living Rope Trick】. The chain and the rope front end were tied together in a dazzling way, and then a huge force came, the rope and the chain were tightened at the same time, and Xia De was dragged directly to the shore by that force with his feet off the ground.

"Oh~"

He stumbled from the water surface to the shore, and knelt down by the bonfire shivering, wanting to warm himself. If that rope hadn't appeared, he really felt that he would have been assimilated into water by that cold air immediately. That feeling even made him almost touch the edge of the spirit rune 【Water】.

"Man?"

While Xia De was warming himself, a voice said beside him, but then another voice retorted:

"Your Majesty, this shouldn't be a man, otherwise how could the effect of the curse not appear?"

"But it looks like a man, really. Miss Theresa, Sexes should have taught you not to be deceived by common sense... although the current situation is indeed very strange."

The first voice said, and this voice was also the voice that said it would help Xia De.

The witch called "Your Majesty" asked Xia De, whose heart was still beating violently, as if afraid of scaring him:

"Sir, since we saved you, can you introduce yourself?"

"Sorry, I... rest for a while, what is under the Lost Lake? Besides the cold, I can perceive more terrible things."

After speaking, he realized that the two witches beside him should not understand his words, but didn't expect the second voice, the lady called "Miss Theresa", to answer:

"There is more than one thing under the Lost Lake. As long as you don't touch the water, they won't wake up. You are really bold, actually daring to walk over on the water."

"If there was no other way, I wouldn't want to either."

Xia De's body temperature gradually returned to normal. He supported the ground and tried to stand up, while looking at the surrounding environment.

This is indeed the edge of the lake island. The island itself is not big, covered with low shrubs, and even with mist, you can almost see the whole picture at a glance.

In the center of the island is a dilapidated tower, obsidian architecture, which looks more abrupt in the dark night. Xia De just glanced at it and immediately moved his eyes away, and then gasped for breath again.

A great existence, an existence that is "bigger" than this island, this lake, and this overseas forest, is living in the tower. That is a real god. He must be able to perceive the few people on the lake shore, but he has no malice toward them, so he should be a good god.

Looking at the witches around again, what surprised Xia De very much was that there were not only two witches by the bonfire, but eight ladies.

It's just that, except for two of them, the other six were all dressed in black and white maid outfits.

They lowered their heads to do their own things, or maintained the bonfire, or cast power to disperse the white mist, or arranged rituals to guard against danger.

And the two witches who didn't wear maid skirts, that is, the two ladies who talked to Xia De, were looking at Xia De guardedly.

The witch called "Your Majesty" stood closest to Xia De. Xia De knew at a glance that this was another thirteen-level witch.

She wore a purple robe, and her wavy long hair hung behind her to her waist. She wore three gemstone alchemy rings on each of her left and right hands, and a pointed hat inlaid with white, black, and pink broken diamonds on her head.

Her eyes were brown, and there were starry broken lights in her pupils. Seeing her beautiful face, Xia De was stunned, but immediately adjusted his expression and said very respectfully:

"Greetings to you, Your Majesty."

"Since we saved you, then you can introduce yourself?"

The lady with the pointed hat said, looking at him curiously:

"These maids are all my servants."

She introduced, and those maids, even the weakest, were at least six levels, and the strongest two were ten levels. Although the maids were doing their own things, Xia De could feel that they were secretly looking at him.

This was the time he encountered the most people in his adventures in the past time.

"This one is a tenth-grade student of Sexes Higher Medical College, Miss Schultz Theresa, and also my distant niece."

She pointed to the young girl beside her, whose appearance was not like the witch who spoke at all. She wore a pair of round-framed glasses, and her golden long hair was tied into more than ten braids, examining the man in front of her.

After introducing the people here, the thirteen-level witch called "Your Majesty" asked Xia De again, although there was a gentle smile on her face, there was no smile in her eyes at all:

"Then this gentleman, may I ask who you are?"

"I am a traveler from a foreign land."

Xia De said, patted the dirt on his clothes that he had rubbed because he knelt in front of the bonfire just now, and then looked at the witch, asking softly:

"May I ask who you are..."

The Great Witch hooked the corners of her mouth, her eyes narrowed slightly:

"Although I don't know your gender, since you use extraordinary power, you actually don't even know me?"

"You are..."

Xia De pretended to be thoughtful, and then suddenly realized:

"The ruler of Witton?!"

"Yes."

The witch wearing a pointed hat, with all her clothes and accessories having reactions to spirit and elements, said softly:

"I am, Witch Emperor - Violet Marshall."

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