Whispering Verse

Chapter 2764 Time Seed and Elf Kingship

Seeing that the hands could indeed be interfered with by himself, Shade used the thaumaturgy of "Contacting the Shadow of the Tree Father" to determine the exact time now, and then moved the three hands to the correct position.

Sure enough, the light on the Holy Emblem became more obvious, and Shade looked at the Holy Emblem again and said softly:

"May the World Tree protect me in infinite time."

As the words fell, the three hands in the holy emblem accelerated at the same time. The hour hand and second hand rotated clockwise, and the minute hand rotated counterclockwise. When the three pointers overlapped at the top at the same time, the stone door that could not be pushed open opened a gap silently.

Shade smiled and slipped in through the crack in the door. Behind the door is not a treasure room, but a spiral downward staircase, which is the same as the tree hole in the Temple of Time in the forest.

So he summoned a silver ball of light to illuminate around him. He first used illusion magic to block the entrance behind him, and then used [Moonlight Thorns] to completely block the entrance. Then he climbed down the steps and reached the bottom in a short time. The space at the bottom of the secret room is not large, and three heavy boxes are placed under three walls.

"The layout is quite simple, I thought it would be very gorgeous."

There is also a stone tablet erected in the center of this foyer-sized space. Although Shade doesn't know what the text is, he can read it:

[For those who come after me, I hope you like the music of the elves. 】

At first glance, the three-port box seems to be made of stone, but upon closer inspection, it is clear that it is some kind of special wood that feels like stone. All the ancient boxes are unlocked, and Shade can open them at this time:

"Everything is impermanent! Everything is impermanent!"

He then said anxiously in his heart, and "she" in his ear laughed again:

[Do you need me to remind you? This is a gift from ancient times, and the thirteen Impermanence Cards have been recorded to some extent in history. It is impossible for them to have been here since ancient times. 】

"People still have to have some dreams. Couldn't it be that someone discovered this place in the fifth era and then put the Impermanence card in instead of taking nothing?"

Shade replied, then bent down and opened the box on the east side. Although the box is large, the items inside are small.

"A stone?"

He took out the stone that was about the size of his fist, frowned slightly and then changed his judgment:

"The fossil of a seed? What kind of seed is this? Why is it so big?"

Although it was a petrified seed, Shade could still feel its inner vitality. In addition to vitality, there is also a rather restrained miraculous element contained in it, which probably means that this seed can be planted.

But there were no instructions here, and Xia De didn't know how to plant it, let alone what he could grow.

Fortunately, it is old enough to trigger Shade's magic:

[Coming into contact with items from the First Era, Thaumaturgy - Ancient Voice is triggered. 】

[Seeds sprout and grow into trees, even those that work miraculously. The ancient god of time hides the secret of time in the seeds. Only the seeds that grow and germinate can have tree holes. 】

Xia De was startled:

"This seed won't be able to grow a real 'Time Tree Cave', right?"

All the tree holes he has encountered so far are wrong time passages caused by the distortion of the nature of the world, which is why the travelers are infected with a terrible curse. But for the "Corridor of Time", there should be an entrance like the spaces left by other ancient gods. That is the real tree hole.

"So, the entrance to the Time Corridor can only be obtained through this kind of seed?"

But no one could confirm Shade's conjecture, and no one could tell him how to grow such seeds - it certainly couldn't be done by spreading water and fertilizer.

He tried it, but the thaumaturgy [Toy Making] could not turn this fossilized seed into a toy, which once again showed how extraordinary this seed was.

So although he didn't know how to use this seed, Shade knew that he had obtained something great:

“You can ask Mr. Edmond, or the elf may know.

But this is definitely not the 'time fragment' that Mr. Edmond said can cure the time curse. He said that the thing is in the shape of glass. Could it be an item related to the ceremony of the chosen one? "

Then he opened the box under the south wall. As soon as the box mouth was opened, soft silver light was already radiating out. Shade looked inside and saw a silver tiara at the bottom of the box.

He took out the crown. It was a typical elven jewelry, made of mithril. The center of the crown was inlaid with a golden gem, and the mithril extending to the left and right were decorated with six smaller green gems. , a total of thirteen gems are like bright stars in the night sky.

The overall design of the crown is light and delicate, and the silver branches are like vines picked by the elves in the forest to surround the wearer's forehead. These silvery branches are dotted with tiny leaves and flowers, each leaf carefully carved as if it would sway gently in the breeze.

And corresponding to its delicate workmanship and expensive materials, it is an extremely powerful miracle factor. Apart from those artifacts and holy symbols, Shade couldn't even think of any more powerful magical items that he had seen for a moment.

Of course, there was no instruction manual in the box to explain what this was, but fortunately, "she" who was in earshot continued:

[Touching an item from the First Age, the magic - Ancient Voice is triggered. ]

[In the first era, the Elven Kingdom once ruled the entire material world. In order to demonstrate their power, the five most powerful kings worked together to forge five powerful crowns. This is the Elven Legacy, this is the Elven Kingship. ]

"What? This is [Elven Kingship]?"

Knowing the name of the crown, a fragment of the Elven knowledge obtained from the Tree Father immediately jumped out.

In the long first era, humans were not the most powerful race in the material world, and the kingdom of the elves could be called the strongest force most of the time. But the elves are not a whole, because of the differences in beliefs, living habits and living areas, there are actually contradictions between different elven kingdoms.

Just as described in the "Ancient Voice", at an unknown time in the First Era, the five most powerful elven kings gathered together and forged five crowns symbolizing the Elven Kingship. From then on, any elf who saw the crown, regardless of origin and clan, would regard the holder of these crowns as the king when their own elven king was not around.

These crowns, which were made with the most advanced technology of that ancient era and were attached with powerful power, were almost the embodiment of the concept of "elven kingship" in material form.

The shapes of these five crowns are similar but different. The biggest difference is that the twelve accessory gems of the crowns of the three elven kings who believe in "the ancient god of time-the father of infinite trees" are green, and the twelve accessory gems of the crowns of the two elven kings who believe in "the ancient god of the moon-the silver moon sage" are silver.

The main gems of the crowns of the five elven kings are gold, white, blue, red and purple respectively.

According to the knowledge that Shade has, the crowns with red and white main gems were destroyed in the "dragon war" in the second era and the war with evil spirits and demons in the third era respectively.

The sapphire [Elven Kingship] has been lost to this day, and the purple gem crown has long been turned into a relic. The miracle element has been contaminated by the whisper element, which is the famous angel-level relic [Crown of the Elven King].

The reason why this relic is so famous is that wearing it can brainwash and control any elves in sight, and this control is silent and cannot be detected by any method. More importantly, the relic crown can even make the dead elf corpse stand up again and gain the knowledge and power that the controlled corpse had when it was alive.

Because of this feature, the purple gem crown was taken in by several prominent elf clans in the early Sixth Era. Now even Emilia may not know its whereabouts.

According to Shade's knowledge, the golden gem crown is regarded as lost together with the sapphire crown.

He lowered his head and looked at the silver ornaments in his hand, fiddled with it for a few times to make sure it was not a replica:

"This thing is actually here? Legends and stories have become reality?"

Time has worn away most of the power of this crown, but even so, this crown is still extremely powerful.

However, considering that he was not an elf, and that he did not have any elf blood when he tested his bloodline, Shade did not try to wear it out of fear that the crown would detect the wearer's bloodline. Instead, he played with it for a while and then carefully stuck it on his arm.

However, he could let Emilia try its power later. Although this crown was good and powerful according to the legend, Shade did not think that this crown would be related to the Chosen One Ceremony.

After all, no matter how powerful the royal power was, it could not interfere with the divine power. This was a principle that had been passed down since the First Age.

"【Elven Kingship】, I didn't expect such a thing to appear. The treasure of the Temple of Time is as surprising as Mr. Edmund said, but this is not what I am looking for."

He turned his head and looked at the last box:

"This is the only one. Time fragments and things related to the ritual of the chosen. Can one box hold two items, or are time fragments related to the ritual of the chosen? Or, time fragments are not something that every 【Temple of Time】 can produce?"

He thought to himself and reached out to the box, but stopped suddenly before he was about to touch it. His brows gradually frowned, his expression became serious, and the "she" beside him chuckled again.

When Shade quickly retreated and silver-white lightning appeared in his hand, the box suddenly trembled when it realized that Shade had no intention of continuing to reach out.

PS: I wanted to add a picture to the crown, but I didn't make a good picture.