Whispering Verse

Chapter 2917 The Last 3733 Years

"The document entrusted by the Black Robe Order to the Zaras Literary Academy contained a list of important members of the Order. The list recorded most of the names from around 3000 of the Fifth Era until the demise of the order, but it The name Los Metz never appeared.

My guess is that either she was not important to the Order, or her name was unlucky enough to be lost. "

"It could also be that she lived in an era 3,000 years before the Fifth Era."

Agelina, who heard their conversation, added, and the red-haired girl raised her eyebrows:

"This is indeed a possibility, but Shade, wasn't it 3733 when you went to the Ash Valley? If Miss Metz lived before 3000 years in the Fifth Epoch, could it be that the one you met was lost? A time traveler of memories?”

After making sure that he had brought all the materials that the witches had prepared with him, Shade was ready to set off. Of course little Mia had to follow. This cat seemed to like traveling to different time and space. When Shade took Iluna's hand and took out the cracked time key, he couldn't help but sigh:

"Speaking of which, today is already Wednesday, right? Emilia doesn't know what's going on now."

"Go quickly, maybe when you come back, Emilia will come back too."

Luvia said with a smile that Shade had been mentioning Emilia so frequently recently that she even doubted that if Emilia never came back, the pointy-eared girl would be in Shade’s heart. The status may exceed that of everyone here.

【It won’t exceed me. 】

The "other me" in her ears said to Luvia, and the purple-eyed girl certainly thought so in her heart.

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

Click~

[Outlander, you have stepped into the "corridor of time". 】

[Message from the ancient god "Father of the Infinite Tree": ]

[Winter 3733 of the Fifth Age, Southern Continent, Ash River Valley. 】

[Event: The last lesson of "Yishu Academy". 】

[Duration fifty minutes (3/3). 】

[You have obtained additional information. 】

[The figure of the father of the infinite tree is watching you. 】

[The ancient god of time gives you a test. 】

[Assist the "Lord in Black Robe" to complete the last lesson. 】

[The Father of the Infinite Tree will give you a reward: a piece of true information - additional core spirit runes. 】

"Fifty minutes? Ten minutes more than last time. It's such a long time. It's hard to imagine what will happen this time."

Looking to his side, Iluna disappeared again. Shade shook his head and took a step forward in the white mist.

I don't know if it was an illusion, but when the boat lifted Shade up from the bottom of the water, Shade felt that the glowing ashes floating down from the river valley seemed to become more dense. If the ashes were just like moderate snow when he first came, then now they are completely like heavy snow.

This is a pretty bad sign. After all, the green dragon witch Miss Wilder also said that these ashes are essentially a symptom of the collapse of time and space here.

After taking a boat to the bottom of the waterfall at the end of the river valley, the glowing red butterflies went up the stairs on the side of the waterfall. When Shade came to the ruins of the college above the river valley, as expected, more buildings in the college were submerged.

The witches' camp is located on the fourth floor of the academy castle. The last time they left, the water had flooded the third floor. But this time, when the red butterfly flew into the gap on the fourth floor, Shade, who returned to his human form, found that the water had already submerged himself. knee position.

The light of the bonfire that was supposed to be here disappeared. If it weren't for the traces of the extinguished bonfire still existing under the water, Shade would even think that he had found the wrong place.

Of course, the witch and Iluna are not here. Amidst the monotonous sound of water, the darkness is deserted and desolate.

"Did they move to a higher camp because the water was rising?"

Although he was a little worried, Shade still believed that nothing would happen to them easily. I waded through the water and searched nearby, and finally found their messages on the wall.

There are four lines in the message. The first line reads in the common language of this era:

[We went to the highest location. 】

There was a simple pattern of "glasses" drawn on the back, so Shade guessed it was written by Miss Metz.

The second line is written in dragon language:

[Turn around to face Snowflake and look to the left. 】

On the back is a simple drawing of a dragon with its head raised and breathing fire upwards. This must have been written by the green dragon maid. But the font and symbol Shade really looked familiar.

The third line was written in an ancient language that Shade could understand even though he didn't know the source:

[Everyone is safe, we moved the fire, but a lot of supplies were lost. 】

On the back is a picture of a dog and a wolf lying down and stretching, so this is a message from the werewolf girl Miss Bister.

The last line is the common language of Delarion that Shade is most familiar with. Looking at the small sun icon at the end, it is obviously left by Iluna:

[We have taken your "baby" away and will give you a surprise later. 】

"my darling?"

So he turned around and faced the gap in the wall. Looking to his left, he saw that the tallest building in the sky filled with glowing ashes was a tower.

The astrology tower that Shade and Miss Wilder entered last time had completely disappeared under the water when he took a look at it when he came. The tower he saw at this time still had three floors above the water, but Shade soon understood that it was not a simple tower, but the tower part at the top of a tall building.

Now that he had found his target, Shade set out again. I paddled and stood at the stern of the small wooden boat, watching the dense debris passing by the boat. This place seemed even more depressed and dilapidated, and Shade even had an inexplicable feeling that most of the dangerous things that were originally entrenched here were no longer there, and they also knew that this place was about to reach its end.

There seemed to be no obvious gaps in the outer wall of the tower in the distance, and the windows were sealed, so it was impossible to tell from the outside whether there was still fire inside.

Shade wanted to break the window and enter, but after touching the wooden boards that were nailed to the wall, he discovered that these wooden boards seemed to have become an integral part of the wall. Even if the rash destruction is successful, it may directly damage the already endangered building.

"But how did they get in?"

The red butterfly flew around the tower again, and finally discovered that on the third to last floor, a window that looked like it was nailed shut by wooden boards could actually be easily removed. After entering the tower through the window, Shade saw the fire coming from the stairs above him at a glance.

The area on this floor of the tower is almost the size of a classroom. Probably because of the extremely closed environment, most of the interior decorations are still preserved. It seems that this is also a classroom, but there are no chairs and only some rotten cushions. In the crooked cabinet in the corner.

As Shade walked up the stairs, the fire became brighter and brighter. When he arrived at the penultimate floor of the tower, he saw the familiar bonfire burning in the center of the room, and around those bonfires, the five girls were either sleeping with their bags on their pillows, or leaning together in a daze. It was as if he had lost consciousness.

"Everyone is here. Five of you?"

Under the firelight, the face of the pointed-eared elf leaning against Iluna came into view clearly. The little elf looked a lot more haggard, and his originally golden hair had turned a little yellow.

She closed her eyes as if she was experiencing a nightmare, and when she realized someone was coming in front of her, the familiar young man's face was in her eyes that she barely opened:

"Xia De. Meng?"

"Emilia! Why are you here!"

She is not the only one who now suspects that she is dreaming. In Shade's opinion, Amelia should have gone to St. Byrons to continue her studies. But after direct contact, he was very sure that the Emilia in front of him was really Emilia.

"Not Mengshade!"

The elf girl who woke up immediately hugged Shade, so that Iluna, who was originally leaning against her, fell back. However, Iluna's waist strength is extremely strong. Before her head was about to hit the backpack behind her, she forced herself to straighten her waist with her back almost touching the ground:

"Xia De, you're here, it feels like a long time has passed this time~"

The eighteen-year-old girl resisted the indecent urge to yawn and said hello to Shade, and then saw Shade being held around the neck by Emilia. Iluna curled her lips imperceptibly, stretched out her hand to rescue Shade from Emilia's hands, who seemed to want to strangle him:

"When we left the original camp, we were worried that you wouldn't be able to find us."

"Your message is very clear, but you still haven't answered me, why is Amelia here."

"I am."

"Oh, Mr. Hamilton, you're back!"

The sound of talking woke up the other three girls who seemed to have fallen asleep just now. The green dragon maid woke up first. She stood up with support on the ground, and her big tail behind her swung. Although her expression was sleepy, she still said:

"I'll prepare food, tea and snacks. It feels like I've been asleep for a long time."

She took the fresh ingredients and tea brought by Shade from his hands, and her mood gradually became happier after she woke up.

The gray wolf girl and Miss Metz also said hello to Shade. The young witch with wolf ears yawned, and then noticed that Shade was looking at her, so she blushed.

The originally deserted tower room was swaying with firelight. At this time, six people were moving and talking, making the place very lively. The feeling of being frozen in time and space disappeared, and there was even an inexplicable sense of warmth beside the fire.

"I appeared here immediately after I separated from you in the forest. It was very dark at the time, and I was extremely scared, but I took a few steps forward and saw the light of the fire, and then I met up with Iluna."

Only then did Emilia find a chance to speak, but she still held Shade's hand and refused to let him go, looking extremely aggrieved.