The Death Knell

The story of Bridges Village is a bit strange, but definitely not incomprehensible, because he is the Sorcerer Supreme.

500 years ago, there was a witch in Isilia called the "Good Witch". She had a wonderful magic box in her hand. The specific function of it is not yet known. Anyway, it is said that once this box falls into the wrong hands, It will cause the world to be devastated.

Because she foresaw the future Hod invasion, she wanted to find a safe place to hide the box. After arriving in Bridges Village, the village chief knew her thoughts and offered to keep it for her.

Why is the village chief so enthusiastic? Is he plotting this magic box?

No, the key point is that although the Good Witch is an old lady in her eighties, she is a beautiful old lady with fair hair, a rosy face, a chubby face, and a very kind heart.

He happens to be about the same age as the old village chief and knows everything.

The good witch felt that the people in this village were very nice, and she was also interested in the village chief. In addition, he swore an oath in the name of his ancestors to ensure that no one in the village would reveal this secret.

So she decided to hide the box here, but just in case, she played a trick with powerful magic and split the entire timeline of Bridges Village 500 years ago into two.

For example, others cut time more like cutting sausages. For example, Kang the Conqueror cut it horizontally from the time flow, and then connected the line segments end to end to form a closed loop.

You can take it back and save it, or you can enter it and play it yourself. If necessary, you can also add other concepts to create a parallel world. It is one of the safest ways to play the timeline, because it is a scientific method and pays attention to a logical and self-consistent method.

The good witch's technique was to split the original timeline of the village into a shape like the letter 'y', making the two branches go in different directions, but they were also connected to each other.

The half of the timeline in which she and the box existed was hidden in the pocket space, and was constantly moving and hiding in high dimensions. The flow of time was also slowed down to one percent.

A hundred years have passed in the outside world, but only one year has passed in the village.

In the Bridges Village on the other half of the timeline, there are no witches and treasure boxes. Naturally, they stayed in the main dimension as a cover, and in 500 years, they experienced the Hord War, the Snake Invasion, etc. Various natural and man-made disasters gradually evolved into the village of Si'amore today.

Because the two villages and towns are one and the same, and there is some kind of connection between them, the outside world is regarded as a cycle every hundred years that pass.

Every hundred years, Bridges Village will briefly return to the main dimension, replacing its other self, and disappear after one day, replaced by Seamore Village.

This day is their festival, that is, today. Who knows what the festival is called, maybe 'Return to Reality Festival'?

In short, this is the peach blossom garden opened by the good witch with magic. The villagers have never experienced war at all, and they also have an almost unlimited lifespan.

But every benefit comes with a price, that is, they cannot leave the village. Once anyone takes a step out of the village, the entire village will be 'corrected' by the flow of time in an instant, and they will all turn into ashes.

Because in the outside world, all of their different-time peers died more than four hundred years ago. Leaving the village means that they will be synchronized to the main time flow.

This is why Su Ming couldn't see any guards at the entrance of the village before, because no one wanted to kill the whole village.

"So, you said it was too coincidental, and that's what you were talking about." Luther felt a lot more relaxed after getting the answer. He was almost driven crazy by his curiosity before: "When we entered the time of Isilia , happened to come to this place on this rare day."

"Yes, I never believe in coincidences. What about you, Lex?"

Nodding, Su Ming still pushed the gold coins on the bar and asked the bar owner to refill his wine. The taste of handmade wine was different from that produced by the assembly line.

Luther, who was satisfied with the answer, also toasted to Deathstroke again. The corner of his mouth raised slightly:

"I am a scientist, and rigor is my professional habit. I can believe in miracles, God or destiny, but I absolutely do not believe in low-probability events such as coincidence."

"To me, everything you said is the same thing. It doesn't sound like what a scientist should say at all."

Su Ming pursed his lips, but then smiled, and drank with Luther.

Now they were all sure that it was most likely because the good witch wanted to see them that she arranged this coincidental scene, so they just had to have a drink here and wait for someone to greet them.

The music style in the bar is very interesting. Although it is played by bards and uses various medieval instruments, the tunes are more like rock and roll, and the people's dances are also very exciting.

Damian kept holding the big cat and drinking milk with it. From time to time, he would peek at Deathstroke with admiring eyes or nod secretly.

He admired his father's intelligence level very much, and at the same time he also liked this style of acting that could explain things clearly.

Much stronger than Batman!

The big cat looked at him, then at Deathstroke, and a light flashed in his originally narrowed eyes.

It put down the cup with its tail curled up, jumped on the boy's shoulder, and put its furry head close to Damian's ear:

"He is your father, believe it or not."

Cats are always naughty, not to mention it is their dream, more free and uninhibited.

It knows the truth of the matter, including the fact that Batman is really Damian's biological father, but so what? To be honest, it won’t be fun for the cat, so it’s better to play with a yarn ball.

So it chose to help the villain, share the joy of Deathstroke's deception, and wagging its tail, waiting for Damian to get deeper and deeper into lies.

Damian's hand tightened on the milk glass for a moment, but then he loosened it quickly, and he answered quietly in a low voice:

"I know."

The boy didn't know the specific origin of this cat, but he knew that it came with the Sandman. Being able to walk side by side with the members of the Endless Family, it was definitely no different. There was no need to lie to himself about such an existence.

However, Maomao's words only made the boy more sure of his past thoughts.

He turned to look out the window. Through the bright glass of the bar, the flow of time seemed to slow down. He could see Leopard Girl buying flowers on the street to braid a ring for herself. He also saw Sinestro buying a green dwarf figure. ,etc

It seems that all those in the Legion of Destruction have been affected by Deathstroke and have turned into ordinary people who can live normal lives. There is no doubt about their ability to suppress these top villains.

Damian nodded silently to himself, affirming his inner voice.

Anyway, he is stronger than Batman. Bat can't even control Arkham and is so weak.

"Slade, I want to drink." Thinking of this, he raised his empty glass and made a request.

Although his legs couldn't touch the ground while sitting on the bar stool, he felt that he should learn from his father in all aspects, and the sooner the better.

Sure enough, Deathstroke showed a fatherly smile and rubbed the heads of the boy and the cat:

"Then you two should start with a low-alcohol drink and drink less. I feel like someone will come looking for us soon."