Shade nodded to express his understanding, stretched out his hand in the snow and took the branch from Vanessa, confirming that it was genuine.
At this point, all the four branches of "Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire" have been gathered, and the only enemy tonight is "The Clockmaker". Then he can go to the clearing in the forest where five huge thrones stand to meet the Ancient One:
"Miss Elese, please go back to the ship. Carina, who is waiting for the treasure to appear with the [Crescent Moon Secret Order], and Flora, who is supporting the [Forest Hermits], need you to bring them back.
Sister, Vanessa, let’s return to the city together to make preparations. Grace, Helen, you two are staying on the boat with the writer princess, and I can rest assured that there is a chosen one on the boat.”
Although Miss Olanold was also on board, Shade still hoped that his base camp would be safer.
The girls nodded to express their understanding. Shade reached out to grab the impatient little Mia and put it on his shoulders. Then he finally looked at little Lianna's current dress and joked with a smile:
"You see, little Liana actually suits this armor very well."
The little unicorn noticed the increasingly unkind expression of a certain cat, and began to lower his head again and couldn't help but tremble because of fear.
Because most of the Paradox Worms who came to support were wiped out in the previous battle, now that the hills collapsed, the cursed trees burned, the gravel worms were devoured, and the watchers died, the defensive pressure in the southwest of the city dropped sharply.
, a group of people entered the city from the ground direction without encountering many obstacles.
However, Mr. Eldron, the "Lord of the Glen" who fought with the group just now, also caught up with them and after asking about Emilia's situation, he also decided to enter the city with the group. But behind the group,
Only the "cursed tree" still exists today. Sister Devlin admitted that the current initial fire could not completely burn it out, so the big tree could only lie in the forest temporarily, waiting for treatment after the war.
This is actually very good. At least Shade and Miss Denister can find a similar tree and study it carefully before setting off to Mount Karas next month.
"There should be some living people among the group of people hanging on the tree. I almost forgot about it. Flora's uncle should be there too."
Thinking in his mind, Shade lowered his voice and explained the situation to Vanessa on the side. The little witch nodded to express her understanding:
"The church will deal with the follow-up. I just saw that the Thirteen Rings leader who created the church has gone to deal with the tree. In order to prevent it from becoming a tool for the ancients to attack the city again, the church should temporarily seal it."
Vanessa was actually thinking about how many surprises the elf lying behind the unicorn could bring to everyone tonight.
The impact of the "Watcher"'s death on the insect swarm seemed to have only temporarily caused confusion among the insects for a while. After Shade settled Emilia in the golden music hall in the city center, she was able to return to the swarm not long ago.
After he fell asleep in his seat, Margaret sent a new message:
"The insect swarm that was temporarily out of control has been restored to order, and the teacher and Sister Devlin have gone out to provide support."
Her Royal Highness put on a maid dress that she probably borrowed from Matilda today, and mingled among the maids to play her role as a witch's apprentice.
Since her teacher was in town, Margaret was of course also in town.
"Vanessa went out again?"
Although I really want her to take a rest, after all, the thirteenth-level witch is the main force tonight:
"You have worked hard too."
Shade said and hugged Margaret gently. Her Royal Highness the Princess looked back at the door, then pushed Shade away embarrassedly:
"There are other people here and I can't be special."
However, she still kissed the side of Shade's face gently, then turned around and continued to do her work.
Luvia will communicate here again in about five minutes, so Shade stayed with Emilia and did not go out. The time at this time was already 9:20 this Saturday night, Shade thought
The next thing was to take out all the branches of the World Tree that were brought into the city.
The branches burning with sparks come from the demon of fire, the branches entwining the breeze come from the dark dragon beast, the branches hanging with water droplets come from Bennet who signed a contract with "Desire", and the branches wrapped in mud come from just now.
"Watcher".
The length, shape and number of knots of the four branches are different, but when they are all placed on the table by Shade, anyone can tell at a glance that these branches come from the same big tree.
After the four branches came closer, the lights symbolizing the four basic elements lit up one by one. Those lights merged into one place on the table, eventually forming a straight green light pointing into the distance.
Shade made a visual inspection and was basically sure that that was the direction where the five huge thrones were. In other words, as long as these four branches are gathered together, even if the final destination is not known in advance, you can get a hint:
"But it's almost as if the ancient one is deliberately guiding others to find him."
The "she" in my ear then chuckled and said:
[Isn’t it that the guidance he has always given you is constantly leading you to see him? 】
"She" is right, whether she was first guided to buy "World Tree and Ximu Town", or later whenever Shade encountered an investigation problem, the professor would show up at the right time to point out the way, especially
What Ke Wood has been doing is indeed quite puzzling.
And when Shade went to 1821 for the last time, he asked the professor so nakedly in the office on a rainy day, which further confirmed that Professor Uke Wood was deliberately helping him finally meet the ancient one in the forest.
Shade also has some speculations about this. For example, there are actually two consciousnesses born in the "remnants of the World Tree", one symbolizing good and one symbolizing evil. Another example is that the ancient one has actually gone crazy after being trapped in the Vesta Grove for so many years.
So he would show up to help Shade from time to time, hoping that Shade would help him get relief.
But despite these speculations, Shade felt that things should be more complicated than he thought. The fate of Thomas Bennet, the appearance of desire tonight, the "gravel worm" that appeared without warning, and how to deal with it
The help given by those tree roots during the "Doomsday Crack" shows that everything is within the plan of the ancient one.
When Shade looked at the beam of light guiding the final direction, he vaguely felt that maybe the ancient one had predicted that he would be sitting here the night before he officially entered the Vista Woodland.
Listening to the sound outside the window, looking at the four branches.
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[If this is really the case, then what do you think the remains of the World Tree want to do? 】
"She" asked softly in Shade's ear. At this moment, Shade, who was sitting on the chair, felt as if he was being hugged gently from behind. He could even feel the wet feeling in his ears when "she" spoke.
However, the foreigner was no longer the same person he was last year, so he did not turn around and look back, but was just immersed in this gentle "illusion":
"Yeah, what exactly does he want to do? Become the chosen one of time? If that's the case, he would have taken action on Emilia long ago. After all, among all the candidates, only Emilia is right.
He is a threat. If not the identity of the Chosen One, then what is it?"
Shade thought about the story of the past life that had disappeared. Theoretically, no matter whether the Stranger appeared or not, the purpose of the Ancient One should remain unchanged, because all of this had obviously been planned before the Stranger arrived in this world.
Maybe the long-haired Luvia knows all this, but maybe the purpose of the ancient one is just a book that can be opened or not opened during the adventure to enrich the world view for the diviner who has neatly handled all local events.
books.
Even, maybe the purpose of the ancient one is really related to the final decision that Shade needs to make, then——
"Does he want to be a real tree?"
The snow is falling heavier and heavier, and the fighting situation above the city, in the suburbs and in the forest is becoming more and more anxious. Tonight, the time anomaly in the Vista Woodland area has appeared in other ways. The collision of spirits and elements seems to be opening up the real material world.
In the reflection, the night sky gradually took on a magnificent deep purple color, and the ring warlocks who fought with all their strength could also feel that it seemed that casting spells was becoming easier and easier.
"The communication between the woodland and the outside world has been completely interrupted. Dorothy and the others tried it. Even the chosen ones of Butterfly Wings cannot use space to move out of the woodland area. This should indicate that the time in our area is completely different from the outside world.
The world's instinct to protect itself temporarily separated this woodland from the rest of the physical world.
But the good news is that although you can’t get out of the forest now, you can come in at any time from the outside world.”
Shade sat on a chair in front of the fireplace, about five meters away from the fireplace, and the flames formed the huge figures of Luvia and Bella:
"The space-time anomaly in this area has almost turned the forest into a huge maze. As for casting spells becoming more convenient, my initial thought is that the rules of the world are collapsing.
You should know that since the end of the First Era, the extraordinary power allowed by the material world has become increasingly weakened. This is a sign that the world has become fragile, so spellcasters are also restricted. And now this restriction is disappearing, although this
It’s very beneficial to us, but the implications it represents are unbearable to anyone.”
The fortune tellers gave Shad a deadline:
"The problems here must be completely solved within three days, which means that before the end of the full moon in March, the normal time and space order in the Vesta Grove must be restored."
Luvia even reminded:
"This is not just as simple as defeating the ancient tree. Just because Emilia has truly become the chosen one does not mean that the current bad situation will disappear immediately. She must be able to solve the problem, but the trouble now is that we
I don’t know if Emilia is really capable of achieving this level of miracles after becoming the Chosen One.”