Shade grabbed the hand of the red-haired girl beside him:
"Is it true that you can't completely remove the time curse?"
But the answer I got this time was the opposite of what I got in the tavern:
"There is a way. You now know that there are four ways to suppress the curse: the elf's secret medicine, the relic, the time anchor we made, and repenting in the temple of my lord. Only one of the last two effects can be exerted.
And if she is willing to believe in our Lord and repent in the temple for twenty years, the curse can be completely removed."
This is the second method to completely eliminate the curse besides "a first fire flame plus the help of the chosen one" proposed by Sister Devlin, but in comparison, Shade feels that the nun's method is still reliable.
"I won't stay and be an ascetic."
As expected, Miss Denister shook her head and moved closer to Shade to express her attitude. Mr. Davis had already guessed that she would say this, but Shade also guessed from the method he proposed that there must be some in the hermit group.
People have been cursed by time:
"Mr. Davis, thank you for providing this information anyway, so do you know about the Paradox Bug?"
Mr. Davis nodded and waved the other hermits beside the fire, except Mr. Meloni, to leave first:
"I know. Paradox bugs don't appear just because they use tree holes. Using tree holes creates a time paradox event, which leads to the birth of this kind of bug.
We don't know much about this ancient evil that is rumored to be of the same era as the World Tree. We only know that the more powerful the soul, the more powerful the Paradox Worm is. This is why we are more inclined to help ordinary people.
reason."
After hesitating for a moment, he said:
"The paradox insect that appeared in the city last week obviously appeared because of a high-level warlock."
"Miss Owl" is of course Gao Huan, but the bug that was born into the Cumming family is much weaker.
"But that's unreasonable, isn't it?"
Miss Denister on the side then spoke:
"According to our investigation, there are definitely quite a few time travelers who have appeared in this woodland since the Sixth Era.
Could it be that everyone here strictly abides by the requirements and no paradox occurs? Since the Sixth Age, more than one paradox insect has definitely been born in the Vesta Grove. You have tried your best to avoid contact with those insects, so did those insects really leave on their own?
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This is also Sha De's doubt.
Mr. Davis sighed softly:
"They can't live without it. The Vista Woodland itself has power, which you should all feel. This forest will restrict those evil creatures so that they cannot leave this area.
Those weak paradox bugs born from the souls of ordinary people will eventually be captured and suppressed by the power of the forest, and we will provide the necessary help; and for powerful paradox bugs like last week, if no one takes action to defeat them, then they
It will be sealed in the forest by some mysterious beings."
"Guardian of Time?"
Xia De suddenly asked, and Mr. Davis looked at him in surprise:
"Yes, you know them too? I thought that the legend of the Time Guardians had completely disappeared in the material world."
"I know, I even know one of them."
This refers to Envy Edwards.
The sorceress beside him poked him quietly, obviously curious about what Shade was talking about, while Mr. Davis nodded and continued:
"The weak Paradox Worms were sealed by the forest, while the powerful Paradox Worms were sealed under the forest by those mysterious beings. This also led to the fact that the Vista Woodland actually sealed a terrifying number of insects. This area As a result, time becomes more unstable, and more and more tree holes are created.
We also know that this is not something that can continue. Sooner or later, the forest will no longer be able to control the power of those bugs, and then the entire area will probably disappear in the torrent of distorted time."
"There's nothing you can do about it?"
"It's not just us, everyone is powerless to do anything about it. I've heard about Fort Midhill. The Narrow Space of Life and Death has existed for so many years. Even ordinary people in the area have heard the legend. But the Church of the Five Gods has a way to completely Solve that unknowable relic?"
He didn't leave Shade a chance to answer, but shook his head to himself:
"The situation in the Vista Woodland is similar now, but no one knows how powerful the 'bomb' buried here is. All we have been doing is to minimize the emergence of Paradox Bugs in order to delay the final explosion of the bomb. Not telling the church about the time was also a reason to prevent the birth of the powerful Paradox Worm.
Fortunately, there is still a chance now. If the story of the Time Chosen One will appear here, maybe this problem will also have a chance to be solved."
Shade had nothing to say about this:
"I have figured out a lot about the rules of time travel now. So do you have any way to deal with those tree holes? As long as those tree holes exist, they may send people away or bring them back at any time."
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Mr. Davis immediately corrected:
"Actually, those tree holes do not need to be processed. The temporal stability of the material world is relatively strong. The tree holes are very chaotic at first, but gradually the number of connected time points will decrease until they become stable and only connect a single time. Eventually, its connectivity time feature will completely disappear.
This process may last for hundreds of years, but at least compared to the unkillable Paradox Insect, this tree hole will disappear on its own."
"So is there a way to safely contain those tree holes before they disappear naturally?"
"Yes, but if you want to do this, remember to confirm in advance that the 'mission' of those tree holes has been completed. Containing the tree holes is actually simpler than you think. Any temple of the old god related to the 'Tree of Time' , those tree holes will not be effective.
And the most indispensable thing in this woodland, apart from insects, is the ancient temples."
"An old god associated with time and trees?"
Shade looked at the temple beside him. Mr. Davis immediately shook his head:
"No, no, don't even think about putting it here. We never take the initiative to touch tree holes. Also, remember not to take those tree holes away from the Vista Woodland. Although this area itself is unstable in time, it is also because of the existence of the forest.
As a result, tree holes will be restricted in this area.
If you take them away from Vista Grove, they become very active."
"So will such tree holes also be born in the material world outside the forest?"
The red-haired girl asked again, and this time it was the "Secret Keeper" Mr. Meloni who gave the answer:
"Yes, but much less than here. I have records here since 204 of the Sixth Era. From then to the present, 1,600 years ago, we have only discovered five
On average, one tree hole will appear every three hundred years. We have brought those tree holes back to deal with them. Tree holes are very active in the outside world.
The Hermitage suffered huge losses in those three incidents, but at least it was worth it. The [Light-Guiding Hermitage] also helped a lot, but they don't know what we are doing specifically."
"Besides you, are there any other ring warlocks in the material world who are maintaining the stability of time?"
Shade asked next, and this time the answer was affirmative:
"Yes, although the old gods have left, there are still devout believers walking in the material world. But they are all loners or small groups. Compared with them, the hermit group is already a large-scale organization. But we are absolutely
Not the largest organization protecting time in this era.”
"Oh, who else?"
Xia De asked curiously, so the middle-aged man said cautiously:
"Elves. The elves who believe in the Tree Father have never forgotten their mission. Whenever things are irreversible, the elves will always appear. The Yuexi Clan, the Wind Chaser Clan, the Flower Whisperer Clan, and the Jinrui Clan are all old
God believers are the first line of defense, then the ancient elves, and finally the mysterious guardians of time."
Shade looked at the red-haired girl beside him. She shook her head slightly to express that she had no idea. Although the Yuexi clan is now part of St. Byrons, it is obvious that the academy will not prohibit elves from entering and exiting the academy at will, so if it is true that every
They will go out and do big things in a few hundred years. It is not difficult to understand that the academy does not know about it.
"It's better not to know some things. Once you know them, you realize that everyone has secrets."
Shade sighed softly, but in order to take care of the other party's emotions, he did not ask questions such as "Can the tree hole be recharged after being used?" And judging from the current situation, it seems that except for himself, no one else
Nor can the time key be used to open those tree holes normally.
Afterwards, the four people chatted a lot, and Shade also learned from the hermits that they would give time travel guides to ordinary people who are "time travellers". Its general meaning is "Don't travel through time. Even if you travel through time, try not to contact them."
anyone".
Shade also talked to them about Father Francois who was reported by him, and the big action of the church in the city last night. He talked about how Father Francois obtained "
Acorn" and the "Oak Lucky Potion" were used to detect the time traveler. The two hermits looked at each other.
Mr. Davis said rather embarrassedly:
"Actually, not only were we made the 'Oak Lucky Potion', but the acorns you mentioned should also have flowed from our hands."
Neither Shade nor Miss Denister were surprised. They had discussed this possibility, and "Acorn" really fit the style of the Hermits in the Woods.
"It can't be these, right?"
Shade pointed to the acorns being roasted in the bonfire beside everyone. Mr. Davis immediately shook his head:
"No, of course not, this is for eating. That kind of acorn is also a specialty of our order - the beacon acorn. In fact, its function is not to detect external time travellers, but to determine a certain range.
Within, is there an individual whose 'timestamp' is different from its own?"