Going back in time, I stood not far from the main shrine of Higurashi Shrine. I looked up and looked at the tree that looked exactly the same as it did in the Warring States Period five hundred years ago. There were no obvious changes. It was just very tall and lush.
Trees, Gu Mo sighed like this.
In a world covered by the full moon in the sky and illuminated by dim purple moonlight.
In a time where everything seems to be frozen in amber.
This sacred tree seems to be no different from an ordinary tree. It still looks green and green. When the wind blows, the branches and leaves are lush and make a rustling sound... At first glance, it seems to be very normal.
, but in fact it is the most abnormal place.
The wind is abnormal and the trees are abnormal. Of course, the main reason is undoubtedly the latter. The former is probably an additional phenomenon derived from the abnormality of the latter.
"Why is it called the Tree of Era? Is it because its power can transcend eras?"
Looking at Platycodon next to him, Gu Mo asked curiously.
"That's probably it..."
Looking even more deserted under the moonlight, the shrine maiden with a quiet temperament stood in front of the sacred tree. She nodded calmly when she heard this, and said softly: "In Maple Village, the sacred tree has existed a long time ago, at least in my time."
It was like this when I was practicing, and there have been related legends for a long time, although I don’t know when it was passed down..."
"It is said that the sacred tree has incredible power. No matter what kind of creature it is, if it is sealed under this tree, its body will not decay with the passage of time, but will be able to travel to the next era across time, so this is why
Got the name…”
"So that's it." Gu Mo nodded, thoughtfully, "I thought your village had discovered the power of this tree to connect different eras."
"Of course not... Even the Well of Bones, we didn't understand why the monster corpses thrown into it disappeared."
Kikyo shook his head slightly. Now that he thought about it, it was probably because the power of the Age Tree could connect different eras, and the Bone-Eating Well was built of the Age Tree's wood and was near the Age Tree itself, so it had the inexplicable ability to travel through time.
The ability of time and space.
Any corpse of a monster thrown into this well will soon disappear without a trace. It is not really swallowed by the well itself, but drifts to other times.
But she wouldn't have thought that this was the case at the time, which was natural.
Another strange gust of wind blew, and the sacred trees rustled.
Five hundred years ago, people in the village guarded the sacred tree at all times, and five hundred years later, the sacred tree was the sacred tree in Higurashi Shrine, and strings and paper hangings were added to the trunk, and there were also decorations around it.
The fence...well, the treatment seems to have always been so good, as long as the people living on this land seem to attach great importance to it.
"Then I probably understand...well, should I take action now?"
Gu Mo nodded and then asked.
"Wait a minute..."
Kikyo glanced at him calmly, then took two steps forward, approached the trunk of the sacred tree, carefully stepped over the fence, then stretched out her hand and gently pressed it on the surface of the sacred tree, and closed her eyes slightly.
"..."
"..."
"That's it."
After a moment, she turned around, looked at the person behind her with her autumn eyes, and said calmly.
"That's it?" Gu Mo couldn't help but be a little doubtful.
"The sacred tree agreed... but you have to be gentle and don't hurt the main trunk of the tree." Platycodon said seriously, and seemed to be uneasy after admonishing him, "We are just asking for some wood, don't you want it?"
I thought about cutting down the whole tree.”
"How could it be possible? I know this without you having to tell me..."
Gu Mo twitched his lips, he would not do such a thing of fishing in the lake, although he was indeed very coveted for the ultra-rare wood from this tree, after all, it was definitely an unimaginably precious material.
He looked up at the tall sacred tree in front of him. There was no wind this time, but the trees moved on their own without wind, making the same soft rustling sound... Miraculously, Gu Mo did feel that he understood.
The other party's emotions, the emotions conveyed by a tree, also understood what Platycodon meant when he said he agreed.
Why is the situation completely different from when I wanted to draw materials from it before?
Gu Mo felt that he had been discriminated against.
However, he no longer hesitated. He took a step forward and prepared to collect materials. At the same time, he moved the five fingers of his right hand... Maybe it was the feeling and convenience brought by being transformed into a monster several times. He subconsciously prepared to use his claws to collect materials. In a sense
This is much more flexible and convenient than a sword or something.
Not long after, looking at a slightly thick wooden branch lying on the ground, Platycodon didn't say much.
Although the wood exceeds the amount needed to make the scabbard, but...
It's quite measured.
"Let's go." She said softly, glancing at the ancestral hall not far away again.
…………
Mount Fuji.
Located about 80 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, Japan, it is an active volcano spanning Shizuoka and Yamanashi Prefectures. It is the highest peak in Japan. This lonely stratovolcano, often covered with snow, stands in the village
Above the sea and lakes surrounded by green trees, the mountains tower into the clouds, and the tops of the mountains are covered with snow.
Because it is so iconic, it is impossible to take it in the wrong direction.
It's only about eighty kilometers, which isn't too far, so there's no problem in rushing. Even the two of them are not in a hurry... It's not right to say that, and it can't be said that they are not in a hurry. If possible, Kikyo is naturally the one.
I hope this matter can be resolved as soon as possible.
But she was not a reckless and impulsive person, so she naturally listened to Gu Mo's suggestions——
Stopping time on the earth seems to be the same as destroying everything on the earth, but in fact there is a big difference. Direct destruction is an almost irreversible process. If it is not stopped before the destruction comes, it will be meaningless.
But it's different now...
Shen Jiuye's heaven-defying spell is to stop the flow of time. If she is not solved, the history of this world will end here. But as long as she is solved, time will resume the flow, and everything will be as if it never happened.
, people whose time has been stopped don’t even notice that time has stopped.
Kami Kuye took away all the time in the world...
And they who can also move in this eternal night are equivalent to having infinite time.
So there is no need to rush to the door and race against time. This is not the pursuit of speedrunning, and there is only one chance. There is no need to take risks... They can be as prepared as possible. Even if it is just one more point of preparation, it is one more point.
odds of winning.
Therefore, after approaching Mount Fuji, the two slowed down.
Now...
In a town that was also illuminated by the moonlight, in front of a cold drink shop on a street somewhere, Gu Mo was sitting under an umbrella, watching the witch opposite the table quietly making handcrafts, and the simple and straightforward things placed next to her.
A brand new wooden scabbard, like the scabbard of the knife, was gradually taking shape under her hands.
However, Gu Mo didn't pay attention to this. Instead, he sat across from her with leisurely time, holding his chin in one hand and quietly admiring the appearance of the witch.
Although this is the modern world, it is not the village of the Warring States Period.
Moreover, what hangs in the sky is also a mysterious and huge full moon, not the perfect afternoon sunshine in midsummer.
But the feeling for him was the same, that is, during that period, he wandered around the village every day, and the witch would come to bring him food in the afternoon. The two of them sat on the hillside in the shade, and when the wind blew, the grass
and trees make sounds.
But it seemed more peaceful that way, and the witch was silent and silent... He quite liked that kind of atmosphere, and it seemed to be the same now.
"…Is there something on my face?"
Kikyo's calm voice sounded.
"No." Gu Mo blinked.
The miko lowered her eyes and stopped saying anything, as if all her attention was focused on the task at hand, but she always felt a little uneasy inside, especially since she had just talked about a certain topic not long ago... Even she couldn't completely
My heart was still, pretending that nothing happened. Gu Fang
Some things that she wouldn't have taken to heart originally, now inevitably made her care a little, and her mood didn't seem to be too peaceful.
My heart is a little confused...
She lowered her head, sighed silently, and then said: "If it's like what you said before, the material used for the scabbard of this magic sword is the branch of a giant monster tree that is more than two thousand years old.
If so, then the power of the sacred tree is still relatively far behind..."
"That's it..."
Gu Mo nodded, it was quite strange that the witch would continue to talk to him.
According to the rules he has long been accustomed to, Kikyo should fall into a long period of silence again. If he doesn't make a sound, he may not say another word for a long time... Could it be that he is not as calm as he seems on the surface?
, so you subconsciously want to divert your attention?
Therefore, the clues provided by Platycodon are very valuable and may be the truth——
The body of the goddess devoured by Kami Kuye was created by Tsukiyomi, one of the three noble sons, and imitated her own human form, thus bearing the characteristics and power of the ruler of the night...
However, if this eternal night falls, although it seems to be conducive to Kamijiuye's domination of the world, from another perspective, does it mean that his mask has a cheat? A mask belonging to a nightwalker, originally
It can only be effective at night. Now...it will always be night?
"What's wrong?"
Kikyo looked at him slightly doubtfully, as if this man had any special ideas?
She had also seen the mask, but she didn't see a reason for it. Moreover, that thing had no power at all during the day. Naturally, she didn't know how powerful it was... Anyway, it was quite outrageous.
"nothing……"
Gu Mo shook his head. Frankly speaking, he still hoped to just blast the dream city with the magic sword, or wait until the protagonist group arrived and adopt the righteous approach of "There is no need to talk about morality and justice with this kind of evil, everyone will fight together"
, is also a good choice.
I just don’t want to use the last resort to suppress the situation, after all, who knows how crazy I will go, especially in front of Platycodon grandiflorum.
Kikyo frowned lightly, seeming slightly dissatisfied with his concealment. If it was about other things, she wouldn't care, but if it was about what she was going to face next, about the spell that created this phenomenon, the information about Kami Jiuye
And so on, she still hoped that this person would not hide it.
Raising his fist to his mouth, Gu Mo noticed the expression on the witch's face, and the thoughts in his mind were spinning rapidly: "Actually, it's really nothing, I'm just feeling emotional about this eternal night..."
"What's there to be emotional about? The moonlight is so beautiful?"
The witch said noncommittally. She was so perceptive that she naturally knew that this person was not telling the truth. She did not believe that this person was really simply admiring the moonlight and the night view.
"..."
"..."
Gu Mo was stunned for a moment, then laughed dumbly and shook his head repeatedly.
"?" The witch tilted her head and looked at him with some confusion. Did she say something wrong?
Gu Mo did not explain, nor did he tell the truth about his initial thoughts. He just suppressed his smile and talked seriously to divert the witch's attention:
"Actually, I think this night is so wonderful. After all, time in the whole world has stopped. Only you and I, Kikyo, can continue to move around in this world... Think about it, in a sense, is this the only one who can continue to move in this world?
A world between the two of us?"
The miko was stunned for a moment.
This person is talking nonsense again!
She turned her head and said calmly: "Stop joking...and isn't Shen Jiuye also in this world?"
Gu Mo twitched the corner of his mouth, it was really like this, he subconsciously ignored the instigator.
"...I'll behead her later."
…
…
Mount Fuji, Lake Motosu.
In the dream city.
"How can it be……"
The woman with an elegant and gorgeous posture, like a princess in the heavenly palace, has a gloomy face at this moment, staring at the image displayed in the mirror in front of her with fire-like eyes, the one she hates so much that she gnashes her teeth.
The witch and the nasty monster were talking and laughing.
But, but... that witch is a dead person, so it's understandable that she wasn't affected by the spell. Why can that guy be able to move normally?
Doesn't he exist in this world?
Then, she seemed to notice something again, and her face became even more embarrassed. As her thoughts changed rapidly, the image in the mirror blurred and became clear again. However, in the big city before, a family owned a house.
In the huge shrine, the ancestral hall was blown apart, and a group of people were nervously confronting the gorgeous noble man opposite, saying something loudly.
"One, two, three..."
Shen Jiuye counted the number of these guys who just appeared suddenly with an ugly expression on his face...