When Xia De, holding two leaves, backed out of the bedroom door, the cat, sprawled by the pillow, merely let out a lazy meow, as if greeting Xia De whom it hadn't seen for three seconds.
From its demeanor, it had no intention of getting up now.
This cat's routine was extremely regular; it would never get up before 6:30 AM, but precisely at 6:30 AM, it would invariably wake Xia De to demand breakfast.
“Outsider, you have returned to the present time.”
“Message from the ancient god, Father of Infinite Trees:”
“Infinite time blesses you.”
Listening to the voice by his ear, Xia De looked somewhat melancholically at the two leaves in his hand and the intertwined black and white hair ties.
The hair ties were successfully brought to the present, proving they were just ordinary items:
“This time, I feel like something is off.”
“What's off?”
“No schemes, no last-minute surprise attacks, not even a task I couldn't solve… Although this time it dragged on for a week, with a three-week gap in between, this banquet actually ended peacefully like this.”
“Do you want to pursue drama, or a final battle with a blood-sucking god?”
“Not really, it's just…”
Xia De had an indescribable feeling; he always felt that this matter wasn't over yet, but the two leaves in his hand undoubtedly indicated that the time key of the fifth epoch, 3014, had been perfectly resolved.
“Could it be that I'm overthinking it?”
He walked to the window and looked outside; it was still early, and there weren't many people in Saint Delan Square.
He examined the leaves in his hand again, then casually picked one and placed it over his right eye.
The leaf's veins instantly turned golden.
The Miracle's spiritual light flowed along the veins until all the scattered points of light poured into Xia De's eyes.
“So that's it, Miracle - Silent Moonlight, it's truly simple.”
“Silent Moonlight,” an active Miracle.
When using the Miracle, if it is daytime or a moonless night or indoors, an invisible moon-like light source will appear above the caster's head; under Moonlight at night, the effect of being illuminated by Moonlight is even more pronounced.
The above are the light and shadow effects inherent to the Miracle, while the true effect is that within the range covered by the peculiar light and shadow, the recovery speed of the Ring術士's spirit and stamina, chosen by the caster, can be greatly enhanced, and all sounds within this area are automatically muted, and other non-natural light sources besides Moonlight will be weakened.
That is to say, no matter who uses Miracles like Light Spell or Felianna's Witch Light within the “Silent Moonlight” area, their range and effect will be severely weakened.
And when Xia De uses this Miracle under the sun during the day, it is equivalent to him suddenly automatically entering a soundless, shadowy area.
The Miracle's silencing and light-extinguishing effects are area-based, and the recovery of stamina and spirit originally only worked on others.
However, in the “Divine Radiance” state, it can also work on himself.
That is to say, even if Xia De re-enters Between Life and Death, he can, to a certain extent, counteract the negative effects of spirit and stamina being difficult to recover by relying on this Miracle.
Because the casting cost of this Miracle is extremely low.
But “Silent Moonlight” is also the first Miracle Xia De mastered through the youthful immortality leaf that requires casting materials.
The required material is a mineral called “Moonstone,” fortunately, this stone is not very rare, commonly used in various rituals, spells, and Miracles related to the moon, and its price is also very cheap.
“This ability is really good.”
Xia De whispered, then looked at the second leaf, placing it over his right eye as well.
A moment later, he cried out in pain, steadying himself by the windowsill, startling the cat that was secretly watching him with narrowed eyes.
The second leaf was “A Piece of True Information - Elf,” and the amount of information contained within it was at least three times more than the previous Dark Dungeon intelligence.
When Xia De, frowning, took the leaf away from his eye, he learned that over eighty percent of the population of the Alien - elves, in the ancient epoch, believed in Father of Infinite Trees; he learned about many strange elven customs and elven art styles; he learned about the racial talent of this creature; he even learned that in the sixth epoch, 1853, elves, because the material world was no longer suitable for Alien to live in, therefore resided with the Three Great Arcane Academies.
The Three Great Arcane Academies are: Saint Byron's Comprehensive College in the far north, beyond the great ice cap; Success Higher Medical College in the abyss of the deep sea; and Zaras School of Spellcraft on a floating Island in the sky.
Although they are called academies, each one is a huge City centered around the academy.
The elves received the protection of the Three Great Academies, so although only legends remain of them in the material world, this race actually still exists peacefully.
Among them, the largest number of elves live together with Zaras School of Spellcraft, accounting for about three-quarters of the total elven population in the material world, so among the Ring術士 students of Zaras, the elven race has the most students.
“What is Father of Infinite Trees telling me all this for? To make me write a 'Study of Ancient Elven Folklore,' or does he want me to summarize the student enrollment situation of the Three Great Arcane Academies?”
Besides enriching Xia De's understanding of this world and the Three Great Arcane Academies, the Knowledge of elves contained within these messages might help him later when he delves into rituals related to life, time, and other aspects.
But judging from the current situation, this Knowledge is temporarily useless.
“If I really go to Saint Byron's to be a teacher in the future, I could publish a book.”
Thinking this, Xia De sat down by the bed and looked at the hair ties given by the twin girls:
“It's a souvenir again.
Felianna Notes from Thousand Tree Forest, the card 'future man' from Terror Castle, the black and white hair ties from Night Manor... It seems that except for Hope Town, I always get some souvenirs after the time key missions end.”
She asked with a light laugh, and Xia De thought for a moment before laughing wryly:
“Oh, it's god's gift box! Because I couldn't bring extraordinary items from the past back to the present, that gift box was given to me in the sixth epoch.”
He lowered his head to look at the hair ties in his hand.
Because they had been carried by the twin girls Grace and Helen since childhood, even though the material of the hair ties themselves was special, after more than ten years of being carried and being brought by Xia De from the past to the present, they had already turned yellow and become worn.
“I hope they can successfully escape their fate, and the danger they were meant to seal can also be successfully resolved.”
Xia De thought to himself, but that was a matter of the distant past, and he had no way of knowing how the story belonging to the twin girls would unfold.
The story of the past has long ended, and for the Outsider, the story of the present must continue.
PS: This chapter is the 99th chapter of this volume.
This time, I must strive to finish this volume around chapter 200.
PS2: Additionally, as of the current point in time, Xia De has three youthful immortality leaves in his hand.
Besides these, Leia obtained one at Sophia Manor in Coldwater Port, and it has been in her possession; Dorothy returned the leaf in her hand to Xia De before the Darkness Domain, but obtained another one after the event ended; Luvia obtained one in the Darkness Domain and later wanted to return it to Xia De, but he refused, so she also has one.
PS3: A previous modification has been made: the level of the 【Corpse Mirror】 has been raised from Poet Grade (Level 5) to Document-level (Level 4).
PS4: A previous modification has been made: the name of the ring against demons is “demon hunter seal”; the author had written “demon hunting ring” in over 20 places, which has been corrected.
