"That tree can absorb the time curse? Why don't we move further away? It won't attack you actively, right?"
Shade asked very worriedly. What the sorceress described was clearly the characteristics of the "cursed tree" that Adele and Shade had said. It was not the most dangerous tree after the apocalypse, but an ordinary tree that was actually very dangerous.
It is difficult to use "ordinary" to describe evil things.
"It doesn't matter. I can feel that the tree is just absorbing it. It shouldn't be able to move. What I did just now was just because of the curse in my body, which induced the power of that tree."
She closed her eyes, and then to Shade's surprise, she plunged into his arms. Shade quickly hugged her, and the water-avoiding spell failed again, and the rain flowed along the hanging hair beside her ears to Shade's.
Shade quickly carried her to the starting point of the path.
It took her a long time to open her eyes again:
"After we met just now, you told me that you had found the local 'paradox bug breeding factory'. In fact, you have been paying attention to the paradox bug, but you have ignored another thing."
"What did I overlook?"
"The Curse of Time. The Paradox Worm is not equivalent to the Curse of Time. Even if the Paradox Worm is stripped away, the Curse of Time will still exist."
Shade leaned against the big tree, and she leaned against Shade's chest. Although this posture seemed ambiguous, neither of them wanted to let go.
"Shadow, since the bugs accumulated in the Vista Woodland for tens of thousands of years can become a disaster, then why have the time cursers of these tens of thousands of years not affected this land?"
She seemed to understand a lot of things at once:
"The moment I saw that big tree just now, I seemed to have seen the entire story of this place in the Sixth Age, eighteen hundred years ago.
Even if the time curse will dissipate due to the departure of the soul, the power of the curse must still remain in the bones. Now this question can be answered. This forest has a 'self-purification' function. Those who curse the time will be absorbed by this tree.
The power of the curse was concentrated and stored, and the earth remained clean."
"But I bet that not all of these people came here voluntarily."
Shade said softly, and the black-haired lady leaned on Shade's chest and trembled slightly:
"But these are necessary sacrifices in order for the curse not to pile up under the earth. The time transfer station raises and handles the paradox insects that appear due to time travel, and the similar giant tree handles the time curse that appears due to time travel——
It’s a perfect closed loop.”
Maybe this is some kind of conspiracy, maybe her destiny to become a similar existence in the future has triggered a resonance between trees. In short, Helena Carter has seen the entire history of this tree, and she even said this to Shade
Description:
"Most of the time-cursed people in this city will end up in this tree. The tree will not take the initiative to call them, but when all their historical missions in the long river of time are completed, they will be killed due to various reasons.
The reason appears here.
When they come here and see this big tree like us, they will walk under the tree as if they are seeing the souls of death, and then let the vines hang them up."
Shade hugged her tightly:
"I won't let you go under the tree."
"I won't be like this, because my destiny has destined me to become an equal existence. Everything is clear. This is the mission given to me by destiny. To become a cursed tree and absorb as much power of the time curse as possible
, until I can’t bear it anymore.”
Her tone was erratic, as if she was making a prophecy, but everything she said was something that Shade had already witnessed.
"As for your future, that's what I want to worry about. You don't have to think about it. But sooner or later, this tree here will not be able to support it. If this tree turns into something evil in the future, why will I never change my mind after thirty years?"
Never heard of it?”
Shade asked softly, and the soaked sorceress in his arms looked up at him. Although she and Miss Daniste were not related by blood, they had almost the same color of rose-red eyes:
"I have seen that stronger beings will absorb this tree after it can no longer absorb any more curses. This kind of thing only happens once every three hundred years. The purpose of cursing the big tree is to absorb the curse.
Even if the tree does not turn into something more terrifying in the end, the cursed tree should not be called an evil thing."
She turned her head slightly and looked in the direction of the giant tree in the rain:
"The absorption of the curse also takes many, many years. Even if the person you are looking for disappeared a year and a half ago, he should still be here today. Go find him, Shade, and let me rest here for a while.
There's so much going on in Vista Glades that I think I'm getting a little tired."
Standing slightly on tiptoes, she took the initiative to kiss Shade. This action was so natural, just like this scene should have happened at this moment.
Kisses in the rain have a moist smell, and the rain in midsummer represents vitality and vitality. She hugged Shade's neck, and Shade's hands were also on her waist. The passionate kiss was in this deserted area.
There was no sound in the forest because the rain covered all their traces.
If you look closely at the tree today, you will see that it is somewhat different from the giant tree Shade saw in 1854. The tree crown covers a larger area of the woodland, and the trunk is taller and thicker.
It's not easy to find a specific person among thousands of corpses, especially since everyone here is basically the same except for their appearance.
Shade could only fly up by himself to confirm the appearance one by one. It took him a full half hour, and when the dusk was almost fading, he finally found the silent Anthony Winslet.
Flora's uncle should be 14 years old now, but the man who traveled through time in 1844 is now 39 years old.
Shade was worried about disturbing the giant tree, so he did not touch him directly, but felt it carefully at close range. There was no heartbeat, and of course the blood in the veins stopped flowing. His mental power was almost completely close to zero, but because of the injection of vines
His vitality is still alive.
If he hangs here all the time, he can even achieve immortality for decades. But the moment all the curses in his body are absorbed, that is the moment he dies - the curse is closely connected to the soul, and the curse is lost.
It is equivalent to a broken soul.
Therefore, dedicating the curse to the Cursed Tree is not a way to get rid of the time curse. The cursed people in the doomsday era can only obtain sleep through this method.
"Didn't you save him?"
The sorceress in the forest asked with some surprise when she saw Shade coming empty-handed.
Shade shook his head:
"I don't want to fight with this tree now, and I haven't thought about how to arrange for him if I really save him? He doesn't belong to this time and space, and certainly doesn't belong to 1854 where I am. Even if
He was sent back to 1844, where he originally belonged, which is inconsistent with the history I know - he was missing until my time, and even ordinary divination could not find him.
But what I can confirm is that he was still in a special state of survival in 1854."
The last sentence was said by Luvia during a special divination.
The sorceress, whose mental state had recovered somewhat, then said:
"Let me communicate with that tree. I can persuade it to help you keep Anthony Winslet and keep him in this state of suspended animation. When 1854, you just have to find a way to find this tree again.
, Winslet can be rescued, but his time curse will still exist."
This is indeed the best way. It not only maintains Flora's uncle's "missing status", but also achieves the purpose that ordinary divination cannot locate. The only small problem is that Flora's uncle should have been 47 years old in 1854.
He won't be as young as the 37-year-old hanging from the tree. But if the difference in appearance is only eight or nine years old, it can actually be explained by being very good at taking care of himself.
"But can you really get close to that tree?"
Shade asked worriedly:
"I came here mainly to know the secrets hidden in him. Now that most things are known, I don't want you to take risks for him."
Even Flora would agree with Shade. Although I feel sorry for Anthony Winslet, he is only a minor character in this story, and whether he is dead or alive is not actually very important.
"It doesn't matter. It was just seeing that big tree for the first time that caused the problem. It should be fine now. In fact, I feel that I have a strange connection with it. It probably regards me as a kindred spirit."
She extended her hand to Shade:
"Can you help me over there? I also want to communicate with it. This tree also has its own story. But that story is over now."
She was able to walk alone at this time, so she actually held hands with Shade and walked forward along the path again. When she pushed aside the grass and walked towards the open space, Shade was a little worried at first, but saw that the black-haired sorceress only hesitated briefly.
After a while, I felt a little relieved.
Dusk is over and night has arrived, but the rain still shows no sign of stopping. The sparse starlight and moonlight make the "bodies" swinging in the rain more terrifying than at dusk, and the gloomy atmosphere is not the same.
No better than visiting an empty cemetery on a foggy night.
Shade did not bother Flora's uncle anymore, but instead walked around the largest seat with the black-haired sorceress and came to the tree trunk behind the seat.
With Shade's slightly worried look on his face, Helena Carter placed the palm of her left hand against the tree trunk, while her right hand was still held by Shade.
For the first few seconds, nothing happened, but soon the emerald green light, which symbolized nature and life, and the gray-white light, which symbolized death and curse, lit up on the dark brown bark at the same time.
The light entangled the black-haired sorceress's hand, and she closed her eyes. The thirteen-ring life ring automatically appeared behind her at this time.