OBS Chapter 2881 "Wrong" Destination
Chapter 2881 "Wrong" Destination
Chapter 2881 "Wrong" Destination
The journey to the ceremony site was much longer than everyone had initially expected. Under the guidance of the forest elves, the group first walked around the edge of the city and then plunged deeper into the woods.
The unicorn led the way, and a road appeared in the dense forest where there was no road. As he walked, Shade suddenly realized that this road was not unfamiliar to him. At about eight o'clock that night, his guess became a reality.
A deserted man-made path suddenly appeared in the bare forest, so the elf girl riding a unicorn signaled everyone to stop.
When the five people and their mounts walked less than twenty steps along the path, the view in front of them suddenly opened up. The moonlight and starlight from the crown of the dense giant tree cast mottled bright spots on the ground, and the swaying branches and leaves in the night wind composed the ballad of the autumn night together.
Under the giant tree, the five chairs were exactly the same as when Shade and the doctor left. Only the rune on the back of the chair that symbolized "flame" was glowing red, indicating that the demon had been slain.
The wind in the forest also blew everyone's clothes. Luvia subconsciously took a deep breath at this time. Somehow, although it was her first time here, she felt unusually familiar with this place. She attributed this to Shad's description of this place being too detailed.
"Is this the place Shade mentioned?"
Emilia asked curiously at this time, and Miss Danister looked at the scene in front of her with the same surprise.
"Is there no danger here?"
This was Shade's question. The taller elf immediately shook his head:
"Don't worry, it's not dangerous yet."
She took the initiative to introduce to everyone:
“Although there are no strong traces of elements here, this is almost the most important place in this forest. Simply put, the center of the ancient sealing ceremony that sealed this place is here.”
"You are not trying to say that these chairs are part of the seal? But the divination denies this."
Xia De reminded, and the elf girl continued to explain:
"The chairs are certainly not part of the ceremony. These chairs appeared later than the War of the Ancients, but probably in the Second Age. I have seen records of expeditions from the Third Age in ancient times.
After the ancient gods left one after another, the powerful Elf Empire did not actually collapse immediately. In order to commemorate the war that took place here, the five Elf Kings used the remaining power of the tree to create these five chairs. Every hundred years, a banquet for the elves is held here, and the five crowned kings will also gather here.
On the one hand, it is a memorial, and on the other hand, it is to remind future generations of elves not to forget that there are such terrible things here. "
Luvia's purple eyes looked at the chairs:
"Why is the one in the middle so large compared to the other four? Does it symbolize a unique status? Moreover, even the four smaller chairs don't seem to be suitable for the body shapes of modern elves. Ancient elves shouldn't be giants, right?"
"There is not much difference in appearance between ancient elves and modern elves."
The red-haired girl said, and the pointy-eared girl continued to explain:
“Even in the era when there were five kings, there was still the most powerful king. You can understand that although there were five kings, there was still one who was the most powerful, and the chair in the middle belonged to him.
The size of these chairs is indeed not proportional to the elves' body shape. Professor Danister is right. The elves in ancient times were about the same size as they are today. It's just that when holding a banquet, the kings will take the initiative to enlarge their body shape so that the elves attending the banquet can see them. This is also a unique ritual. "
The shorter Emilia seemed to have been drawn into the story:
"I can imagine the scenes of those grand banquets in the past, the elves raised their glasses to the giant kings, and the powerful elven kings sat there and looked at their people!"
"Now the Elf Empire has long disappeared, and even the seal here is unknown. I didn't expect that these banquet chairs have been preserved and are being used."
The elf sighed, then signaled for everyone to help prepare for the ceremony.
Theoretically, there is no need for a ceremony to qualify for use. Once the power is activated, one can directly go to a point in time in the past. The purpose of this ceremony is to assist in time positioning, so the core items of the ceremony are the "Feliana Notes" provided by Shade and the many indicators provided by the academy.
There are not many items left in the academy since its founding, and for tonight's ceremony, the principal, Professor Pigman, even lent the seal that symbolizes the position of "Principal". This seal was originally an ordinary item, but because it symbolizes the highest power of the academy, it has now spontaneously become an alchemical item with enlightenment elements.
In addition to notes and seals, Miss Danister also brought things like old books, stones from the college's foundations, and fragments of ancient bookshelves from the college library.
The five of them worked together and quickly set up the ceremony on the open space. Emilia nervously grabbed the strap of her bag, still wondering if she was a little informal when she said goodbye to Ajelina in the hotel just now. At this time, Shade took the initiative to give her a hug:
"Be careful when you are alone. Neither we nor little Lianna can accompany you. You have to walk the rest of the way by yourself."
"Don't worry. Even if we fail to locate the time when the academy was first established, it will definitely be a time point related to the academy. The ancient gods will not let you face danger. This qualification is a blessing to the candidates."
The red-haired girl spoke second, followed by Luvia, who looked at her with purple eyes and smiled:
"I have divined this matter. Don't worry, Emilia. There will be no mistake."
Shade thought the elf girl in the forest would not speak, but she unexpectedly said to Emilia:
"This is for you. Go and have a look when you have time."
Then she handed Emilia a diary that was exactly the same as the one Emilia used to record Shad's story.
Emilia certainly didn't notice this. Although she was calm for a while on the road, she now felt her heart was about to jump out of her throat. She responded to the farewells of the four people one by one, and then hugged Little Lianna's head:
"Little Liana, I will miss you, and you should miss me too."
The ignorant little unicorn nuzzled her, and Emilia tried hard not to cry. This kind of adventure of going to an uncertain place, without any familiar people around, really made the elf, who had never been away from the academy for a long time, feel uneasy. But she remembered her determination, so she pretended to be strong.
Suddenly she remembered the advice the little princess had given her when she said goodbye to her, so she mustered up the courage to say to Shade:
"Can you give me a kiss?"
She pointed to her forehead, and Shade kissed her gently, then combed her long golden hair:
"Don't be nervous, this is not the final battle, it's just for you to learn.
Finally, let me confirm. Have you brought the Elven Kingship, spellcasting materials, my letter of introduction, Professor Pigman's and Miss Danister's letters of introduction, the Fifth Era Common Language Dictionary, gold and silver ingots used as currency, holy water for healing, angel elixir for restoring spirits, the Sunshine Gun brooch given to you by Iluna, the emergency food given to you by Ajelina, and the alchemical items for protection?"
Emilia checked her small bag again and nodded affirmatively. Using the qualification to travel through time, she could take anything except the relics. Otherwise, Shade even wanted her to take the [Ocarina of Time] with her.
"It's almost time to hold the ceremony."
The tall elf beside her reminded her, and Emilia pursed her lips and walked towards the center of the ceremony. This time she did not look back. After she stood firmly in the center of the circular ritual array, she even smiled at Shade, but seeing her hand tightly holding the strap of her shoulder bag, it was clear that she was definitely not as relaxed as she appeared:
"When I come back, I will bring souvenirs for you all. I will surprise you."
She said this, and Shade, who hadn't felt anything just now, felt very sorry for Emilia. He looked at Luvia, who drew a card to determine the timing:
"no problem."
So the other three stepped back, and Xia De, who was most closely connected to that era, started the ceremony. As the life ring behind him emerged, the [Time and Space] spirit rune illuminated the ritual array, and the ritual array under the moonlight soon emitted a faint silver light.
Emilia raised her right hand high, and the complex leaf pattern on the back of her hand emerged automatically. She closed her eyes surrounded by the light, and then felt the mark on the back of her hand getting hotter and hotter.
She wanted to say "goodbye" again, but before she could open her mouth she felt like she was floating away.
The ground beneath her feet disappeared, and the sound of the wind around her also disappeared. At this moment, she felt dizzy, as if she was being led up and down by little Liana. The dizziness lasted for more than ten seconds and then disappeared. Emilia, who felt like vomiting, stepped into the air and fell directly to the ground.
"Is this a success?"
She opened her eyes and tried to get up, but before her vision recovered due to the instability of her soul, the first thing she felt was the seemingly endless malice coming from all around her.
The hairs on the fair skin of the elf stood up, and Emilia, who had jumped up, tried to look around. The "fog" that had enveloped her eyes disappeared, and she saw that she was standing in a cold and dark corridor.
The dilapidated corridor looked like no one had walked through it for hundreds of years. Only the bases of the crystal lamps on the walls, which had only appeared in textbooks before, remained. The faces of the portraits hanging on the walls were covered with gray mold, giving them a weird and terrifying appearance.
It seemed as if water was seeping through the cracks in the floor tiles, and the black marks all over the slippery ground made Emilia wonder if they were bloodstains.
The air was filled with a damp and foul smell similar to that of an underwater cave, and the only sound she could hear was the rumbling of water. In fear and panic, she looked toward the window on the side of the corridor, but the deep darkness almost made her faint with fear at a glance, and she did not dare to look closely at the glowing "snowflakes" floating in the air.
"Depressed" and "dilapidated" were not enough to describe the surrounding environment. Emilia could not remember a place more terrifying than this place.
"Where is this place?"
Tears almost welled up in the corners of his eyes in fear. No matter where he was, this place couldn't possibly be St. Byron's Comprehensive College. Even if the college was shabby when it was first established, it wouldn't look like this.
PS: Where is it?