OBS Chapter 3749 New Area: Misfortune Town
Chapter 3749 New Area: Misfortune Town
Chapter 3749 New Area: Misfortune Town
As Adele spoke, she took a rolled-up object from the bookshelf to the right of the "clothesline." When she unfolded it, Shad realized it was a canvas, but now it was completely empty.
Adele continued to explain:
“As I told you, after meeting you, not only my present self, but also my past experiences in different Sixth Ages have entered my mind in the form of memories. I discovered something: in every Sixth Age so far, I have lived to the post-apocalyptic era. Yes, I have made it to the end every time.”
Shade then asked:
“But I remember you said that there is only one apocalypse, and all the Sixth Eras that have been destroyed are connected to this place. Even the apocalypse that my Sixth Era is facing may lead to the same outcome as today.”
Adele nodded:
"Are you curious why there is only one me here, instead of multiple me? I think this is the most important reason why I was able to advance to demigod in the post-apocalyptic era—the different versions of me from different times together made me the 'unique,' which allowed me to advance to demigod."
No, that's not important. What I'm trying to say is that while the other versions of me are theoretically me, they each have their own unique experiences living in the apocalypse. And of all of me, the most impressive research is the discovery of a way to travel remotely in the post-apocalyptic world.
She brought out the easel and placed the canvas on the canvas:
"Using World Tree materials as a canvas, representative items from the pre-apocalyptic era of the corresponding location as brushes, and memories as paint, paint a picture of a certain location. If this location still has ruins in the apocalypse, instead of completely disappearing, then you can use the painting as a door to go there."
This was actually an inspiration that Emilia had obtained quite by chance when she met her unexpectedly before her promotion and when Emilia was teaching her.
“But Shad, you also know that time and space are chaotic in this era, so going to the present, the past, and the future through this method is not the present, but just a silhouette of that place in the apocalyptic era.”
Shad seemed to understand, but in any case, this canvas was a method Adele created using the experience accumulated by the Great Witch of Demigod Time during six apocalyptic eras, allowing people to teleport directly, rather than crossing the desert to travel to distant places.
Would this be useful in normal times?
"It should be useful. The principle behind this technology is also based on the oil paintings used by spiritual groups for teleportation."
Adele then gestured for Shad to give it a try:
"Didn't you say your movements were restricted to St. Teresa's Square? Pick up any representative object as a paintbrush and try it on the canvas. If you can use this method to travel to other places, you might have a great experience."
"This is, after all, material from the World Tree; perhaps it can overcome the limitations imposed by the Tree Father."
The restrictions on carrying items when activating a black time key are much greater than with a normal time key, so Shad mostly carried ordinary items. He rummaged through his belongings and finally pulled out a piece of ice:
"This ice is made from snowmelt. I use it as a backup water source, and the clean water I'm giving you comes from the same source. Is this appropriate to represent Fatumunst Island?"
"Then let's give it a try."
So Shad shaped the ice into the form of a pen, and then, holding the ice, imagined the island of Fatummünster from his memory. But when the ice pen touched the canvas, it left no mark.
It wasn't entirely ineffective; Shad had just sensed a resonance. So he took out the Key of Yggdrasil, hesitated for a moment, and then handed the ice to Adele:
"Do you have a palette here? Melt it and put it in the palette."
Adele quickly brought over the palette, and then Shad dipped the key in ice water and tried to "paint" again, but it still had no effect.
It seemed like only the final step was needed. As Shad pondered, Adele reminded him again:
"Perhaps more of the Tree Father's power is needed. Do you possess any other items related to the ancient gods of time?"
There were no items, but Shad had power.
He summoned the "Manual of Destiny," a book derived from a page of the "History of Time," whose material was related to the World Tree. The "Manual of Destiny" was not a spiritual weapon; although Shad could directly access it, it was mostly just an illusory shadow.
The open pages of the book overlapped with the canvas on the drawing board. When the black key was dipped in ice water again, its tip landed on the canvas, and the color immediately spread from under the key tip to the entire canvas.
Ice water has no color, while the colors that diffuse onto the canvas are more cyan-blue.
When Shad removed the key, the complete picture appeared, showing a view of the town of Kyle Todd from the direction of the sea in winter.
Under the blue sky and white clouds, the town's pier is filled with small groups of people. In the background of the pier are numerous stone houses with an island-style design, and in the far back of the picture is a majestic snow-capped mountain.
Although it was a still, unmoving oil painting, Adele was still slightly mesmerized by its appearance. Not because the attempt had succeeded, but because for a brief moment, she had truly felt the sea breeze on her face and heard the hustle and bustle of the town.
All of this is impossible in this world.
"It looks like you've succeeded. You can definitely use this painting to leave the City of the End, but I'm not so sure."
As he spoke, he reached out his hand towards the oil painting in front of him, and then his hand disappeared as if it had passed through a phantom water curtain.
"It worked?! I can leave here?"
Seeing this, Adele also reached out her hand towards the painting, and the same thing happened again.
So the two of them leaned out towards the painting, and they disappeared from the spot as if they were absorbed by the "Kel-Todd Town Painting".
The next moment, the wind whipped up yellow sand and blew against Xia De's face. When he opened his eyes, he did not see the small town at the foot of the snow-capped mountains under the blue sky and white clouds, but rather broken walls and ruins covered with sand under the dim yellow sky.
The "she" in Xia De's ear gave a reminder:
[Past Life, Sixth Era, Old World, Doom Town, Kyle-Todd.]
[Note that only you and Adele Isabella can see this painting.]
[Note: You cannot leave the town of Kyle Todd during this exploration.]
[Foreigners, a new way of leaving has emerged—]
[Use the Time Key to draw locations from your memories on a specific canvas, enter those locations to collect relics of powerful individuals, and you can return to the "present" time.]
"Can one leave this world without defeating the enemy in the plaza? Relics of a powerful being?"
Adele stood beside Shad, also gazing at the scene before her, but what was novel to Shad was quite ordinary to her:
"The spacetime order collapsed in the apocalypse, and I've never been here before, but this should be Kyle Todd Town, right?"
Yellow sand rolled around his feet, and before him lay a desert covered in sand. The few remaining dilapidated houses not yet covered by sand were hard to reconcile with the winter town in Xia De's memory.
Looking back, all they saw was an endless sea of sand, without a trace of the ocean. Only the easel holding the painting of the small town remained behind them. When the two tried to touch the painting again, they were back at the dilapidated No. 6 St. Teresa's Square.
Upon returning to their dilapidated home, Shad shared the information he had gleaned from the voice he had heard with Adele. Although Adele didn't know what "relics of the strong" were, she knew that Shad wouldn't have to risk defeating enemies every time he left.
"In the present world, you need the power of the Ancient God of Space to travel long distances, while in the past world, you need the power of the Ancient God of Time. In that case, let's go on an adventure this time with the goal of obtaining the relics of the powerful. I'll go with you."
Upon returning to the town buried in yellow sand, the two first tried to find the boundary of the place. Shad quickly discovered a thin barrier preventing him from going any further. This barrier was very similar to the one surrounding Saint-Delan Square, but Adele was completely unaffected.
"In this way, this is just a special way to start a mission for you, but for me, this painting is a means of long-distance teleportation."
She then said to Shad with great certainty:
"The power of the Tree Father now envelops this town, just as it did when you appeared in St. Teresa Square. I think the Tree Father also approves of your exploration in this era. Perhaps the reason you weren't allowed to leave St. Teresa Square before was simply because your power wasn't enough."
“Adele, but the way out of the city is the one you found.”
"Perhaps it wasn't a coincidence that I was able to find those tree barks. Let's go and take a look ahead."
Only about a third of the town's buildings remained, and even that third was mostly just walls or collapsed roofs. Yellow sand had almost completely buried the low-lying houses. Xia De struggled to compare the town in his memory with this place before he could barely make out that they were at the town's dock.
The dim, yellowish sky and the black sun made the desolate scene even more distorted and empty; it was even more lifeless than Tobesk. Shad had initially worried that some monster might leap out from behind the dilapidated houses and broken walls as they passed, but in the end, nothing happened.
Adele, holding his hand, said:
"At the beginning of the apocalypse, there were quite a few monsters. But later, apart from places like the Yordle Palace Castle, which were occupied by powerful beings, the monsters scattered in the yellow sand gradually disappeared."
After all, everything slides towards the end, and in the end, there will probably be nothing left.
The terrain of the seaside town in the yellow sand has also become somewhat disordered. The area of the town is about one-third smaller than Xia De remembered, but he just can't figure out what is missing.
(End of this chapter)