OBS Chapter 2852 Return to Ash Valley
Chapter 2852 Return to Ash Valley
Chapter 2852 Return to Ash Valley
Iluna appeared after the people in the hotel had finished their breakfast. It rained heavily yesterday, and the temperature was indeed colder today. Iluna trotted into the hotel wearing a white scarf. At first glance, Xia De thought she had a white fox hanging around her neck.
"Let's go, Shad!"
Iluna seemed to be in a particularly good mood. After all, this was the first time in history that someone could take the initiative to accompany Shad to the past.
Although two people used the key this time, only three seconds had passed in the present. The girls came to see them off, or to watch the fun.
Because he promised Xiaomia last time that he would take it with him as long as there was no major environmental danger on the other side, so Shade turned the cat into a toy and put it away.
He was in Miss Danister's room, preparing to leave, when Luvia was still talking to Emilia about "the risk of time adventure" and "experience":
"You don't have to get together, it's not fun. Then let's meet in three seconds. May the World Tree protect me in infinite time."
With a click, he turned the key in the bathroom door, and when he opened the door, thick white mist was floating in the air. Shade squeezed Iluna's hand, and after she responded excitedly, the two of them stepped into the mist ahead together.
[Outlander, you have stepped into the "corridor of time". 】
[Message from the ancient god "Father of the Infinite Tree": ]
[Winter of the 3733rd year of the Fifth Era, Southern Continent, Ash River Valley.]
【Event: The last lesson of "Strange Tree Academy".】
[Duration is forty minutes (2/3). 】
[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 of the Black Robe" to complete the last lesson.】
[The Father of the Infinite Tree will give you a reward: a piece of true information - an additional core spirit rune. ]
"Ten minutes longer than last time."
Thinking of Shad, he stood in the white fog and looked to his left. Iluna had disappeared. That is to say, although Shad successfully entered the [Time Corridor] at the moment of passing through the fog door, Iluna did not.
He also had his own guesses about this situation. According to what the god said last time, Iluna would probably return directly to the campfire, and the time point would be the moment the two left last time.
So he continued to move forward, and then fell into the cold water. When the boat lifted him up, he stood at the stern and quickly steered the boat forward without even looking at the white ashes flying in the sky above the river valley.
Perhaps it was because Xia De reacted too quickly this time. When he was almost reaching the "waterfall" at the end of the valley, the thing under the water had not appeared yet.
But its absence does not mean that it did not discover Shade. When Shade was about to leave the boat, the unknown existence under the water suddenly hit the boat, causing Shade and the boat to fly out together.
But Xia De still didn't care what had pushed him up, and after landing on the stone steps next to the waterfall, he ran straight up. Soon he arrived at the ruined castle complex on the edge of the cliff above the valley.
That shouldn't be Shade's illusion. The water falling from the sky now flooded more areas here. Many buildings whose roofs could be seen last time had now completely disappeared.
Fortunately, the campsite on the fourth floor chosen by the girls was still above the water. However, when Xia De rowed the boat closer, he found that the third floor, which had not been flooded yet, was now covered in water.
The fire in the gap in the wall guided him in the direction. When Shade turned into a red butterfly and flew up, he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Iluna among the four figures by the fire. To be honest, he was still a little worried when he saw Iluna disappeared just now.
Miss Los Metz, a human girl wearing glasses, Miss Alfina Wilde, a green dragon girl who was good at making tea and snacks, and Miss Sibel Bist, a gray wolf girl who pursued the wild way of the moon, were also by the fire. Although they looked a little listless, at least they were not injured.
When the group of red butterflies fell on the ground, Iluna clearly felt as if the solidified time and space around her began to flow again at this moment, and as if the chaotic time and space were straightened out again at this moment and developed linearly forward.
The crackling sound of the campfire became much more vivid than the last second. She, who hadn't eaten for a long time, suddenly felt hungry:
"Shad!"
Iluna stood up and walked towards him, then hugged him tightly:
"You are finally here. I have been waiting here for a long, long time."
Shade touched his chest, and the transformed Mia squeezed out from between Shade and Iluna, and then meowed to protest that Iluna squeezed it. Iluna burst into laughter. For Shade, the separation was just a few minutes ago, but for her, it was a long time ago.
Without letting go of Shad's arm, she led him back to the fire:
"Everyone is waiting for you to come back. Come sit down and warm yourself by the fire with Mia, and then let us tell you what happened while you were away."
Shad was completely unaware of the changes that had taken place here since his arrival, but in Iluna's opinion, not only herself, but the other three girls had also become "normal" because of Shad's appearance.
Miss Los Metz had a look on her face as if she had just woken up from a dream, while the green dragon girl stood up and said with a smile that she was going to make tea. Miss Bister, holding her furry tail, first greeted Shad, and then looked curiously at the cat standing on Shad's shoulder.
Iluna no longer wanted to recall the time when no one spoke and they just stared blankly at the campfire. Even if they occasionally went out on adventures together, they would fall into silence and melancholy again after returning.
Everyone looked very happy at this moment. Miss Wilde's busy figure and Shade's voice greeting everyone made this place seem no different from the normal world.
Iluna even noticed that the cat was curiously looking at the surrounding environment at this time. After seeing the werewolf lady, it also saw her wolf tail. It looked at the werewolf's furry tail, then looked at its own tail, and then seemed to be lost in thought.
As for Miss Los Metz, after a moment of trance, she responded to Shade's greeting gracefully, and then said with a smile:
"After Iluna first disappeared and then came back, we were all wondering how long it would take for you to appear again. We didn't expect to have to wait so long. But during the time you were away, we all learned some skills from Miss Bister."
At this time, everyone could smell the fragrance of tea. The gray wolf girl, whose name was mentioned, immediately put away the tail she was holding, but she didn't realize that this made the cat even more surprised.
"Everyone has good talents. Although they didn't learn Transfiguration like you, it was still a great achievement."
“I learned this.”
Miss Metz said as she tore a blank page from her notebook. The page fell into the bonfire and burned. Then a burning wolf walked out of the fire.
This wolf was not an illusion, nor was it simply controlling the flames to form a specific shape. Shade could feel that it had an essence that was similar to a soul, or in other words, the giant wolf summoned by Miss Metz had something similar to a soul through spirits and elements.
"Here, your tea and snacks. I brought some tea with me when I came here, but it's almost gone. This is the tea my teacher gave me. You can't get it anywhere else."
As the green dragon girl spoke, she distributed the teacups to everyone. Mia looked at her big tail again, and then found that she had seen a similar tail before, and unlike her own tail, it had no hair, so she didn't care.
"I learned this. I also learned the secrets of the Moon series when I was in the academy, so I have some basic knowledge."
Miss Wilder said as she gently shook her wings behind her, and large patches of moonlight were spread out by the wings. The light bands formed by the dots of light floated above the flames. Shade realized that this was an ability that could show the star map at the current time point even indoors or in places where the sky could not be seen.
Werewolves run through the wilderness in pursuit of the moon, and identifying star maps and using them for divination are also abilities they must possess.
"In fact, the secret method that Miss Wilder has mastered is the most profound. Her teacher must be a very remarkable person."
The wolf girl praised quietly, and Shade took a sip of the tea, and then felt that the taste of the black tea was very similar to Yorkshire black tea, which was the favorite black tea of Detective Sparrow when he was alive. The black tea that Shade always has at home is still this. In the past, Shade made it to commemorate the detective, and now the maids mistakenly thought that Shade really liked this.
"And me, I learned this."
The next one was Iluna. Like last time, she sat next to Shade and leaned against him. As she spoke, she stood up and walked to an open space nearby.
She clenched her fists and tensed her body. As her body flew forward like a spring, Iluna swung her clenched fists forward, and two pairs of claws made of golden sun energy tore forward in the air, making a whistling sound.
"Iluna is really talented in fighting. She can simulate the werewolf's pounce form without claws, which is amazing."
The Gray Wolf girl praised again, and Iluna sat back beside Shade embarrassedly. Her fighting talent was indeed very strong, but because of this, her talent in ancient writing and other aspects was somewhat insufficient.
While drinking tea and eating snacks, Iluna said to Shade:
"I found that time travel is not a bad thing. When faced with an emergency, I suddenly have so much more time to adjust and learn. This is a good thing that no one else can encounter."
"It's not that there are no others. There are five other people who have also encountered it."
Xia De reminded, watching the green dragon girl prepare meals for everyone after she finished making tea and heating up snacks. She put a white apron on the academy uniform and shook the pot with a spoon in her hand. She was very familiar with her work, like a very professional dragon maid.
(End of this chapter)