Seeing that the hands could indeed be interfered with by himself, Shade used the thaumaturgy of "Contacting the Shadow of the Tree Father" to determine the current accurate time, and then moved the three hands to the correct position.
Sure enough, the light on the Holy Emblem became more obvious, and Shade looked at the Holy Emblem again and said softly:
"May the World Tree protect me in infinite time."
After the words fell, the three hands in the holy emblem accelerated at the same time. The hour hand and second hand rotated clockwise, and the minute hand rotated counterclockwise. When the three hands overlapped at the top at the same time, the stone door that could not be pushed open just now was released.
A gap opened silently.
Shade smiled and slipped in through the crack in the door. Behind the door was not a treasure room, but a spiral downward staircase, which was the same as the tree hole in the Temple of Time in the forest.
So he summoned a silver ball of light to illuminate around him. He first used illusion magic to block the entrance behind him, and then used [Moonlight Thorns] to completely block the entrance. Then he climbed down the steps and reached the bottom in a short time. And the secret room
The space at the bottom is not large, and three heavy boxes are placed under three walls.
"The layout is quite simple, I thought it would be very gorgeous."
There is also a stone tablet erected in the center of this foyer-sized space. Although Shade does not know what the text is, he can read it:
[To those who come after me, I hope you like the music of the elves.]
At first glance, the three boxes seemed to be made of stone, but upon closer inspection, they were clearly made of some kind of special wood that felt like stone. All the ancient boxes were unlocked, and Shade could open them at this time:
"Everything is impermanent! Everything is impermanent!"
He then said anxiously in his heart, and "she" in his ear laughed again:
[Do I need to remind you? This is a gift from the ancient era, and the thirteen impermanent cards have been recorded more or less in history. It is impossible for them to have been here since ancient times. ]
"People still have to have some dreams. Couldn't it be that someone discovered this place in the fifth era, and then didn't take anything, but put the Impermanence card in instead?"
Shade replied, then bent down and opened the box on the east side. Although the box was large, the things inside were very small.
"A stone?"
He took out the stone that was about the size of his fist, frowned slightly and then changed his judgment:
"The fossil of a seed? What kind of seed is this and why is it so big?"
Although it is a petrified seed, Shade can still feel its inner vitality. In addition to the vitality, there are also quite restrained miraculous elements contained in it, which probably means that this seed can be planted.
But there were no instructions here, and Xia De didn't know how to plant it, let alone what he could grow.
Fortunately, it is old enough to trigger Shade's thaumaturgy:
[Contact with items from the First Era, Thaumaturgy - Ancient Voice triggers. 】
[Seeds germinate and grow into trees, even those trees with magical effects. The ancient god of time hid the secret of time in the seeds, and only the seeds that grow and germinate can have tree holes. 】
Xia De was startled:
"This seed won't be able to plant a real 'time tree hole', right?"
All the tree holes he has encountered so far are wrong time passages caused by the distortion of the nature of the world, which is why the travelers are contaminated with terrible curses. But for the "Time Corridor", there should be one like the other
The entrance is like the space left by the ancient gods. That is the real tree cave.
"So, the entrance to the Time Corridor can only be obtained through this kind of seed?"
But no one could confirm Shade's conjecture, and no one could tell him how to grow such seeds - it certainly couldn't be done by spreading water and fertilizer.
He tried it, but the thaumaturgy [Toy Making] could not turn the fossilized seed into a toy, which once again showed how extraordinary this seed was.
So although he didn't know how to use this seed, Shade knew that he had obtained something great:
"You can ask Mr. Edmund, or the elf may know.
But this is definitely not the 'time fragment' that Mr. Edmond said can cure the time curse. He said that the thing is in the shape of glass. Could it be an item related to the ceremony of the chosen one?"
Then he opened the box under the south wall. As soon as the box was opened, a soft silver light was already radiating out. Shade looked inside and saw a silver crown placed at the bottom of the box.
He took out the crown. It was a typical elf jewelry, made of mithril. The center of the crown was inlaid with a golden gem, and the mithril extending to the left and right were each decorated with six smaller green gems.
, a total of thirteen gems are like bright stars in the night sky.
The overall design of the crown is light and delicate, and the silver branches are like vines picked by elves in the forest to surround the wearer's forehead. These silver branches are dotted with small leaves and flowers, and each leaf is carefully carved
, as if it would sway gently when the breeze blows.
Corresponding to its delicate workmanship and expensive materials, there are extremely powerful miracle elements. Apart from those artifacts and holy symbols, Shade couldn't even think of any more powerful magic that he had seen for a moment.
thing.
Of course, there was no instruction manual in the box to explain what this was, but fortunately, "she" who was in earshot continued:
[Contact with items from the First Era, Thaumaturgy - Ancient Voice triggers. 】
[In the original era, the Elf Kingdom once ruled the entire material world. In order to demonstrate their power, the five most powerful kings worked together to forge five powerful crowns. This is the Elf legal system, and this is the Elf Kingship. ]
"What? Is this [Elf Kingship]?"
After knowing the name of the crown, a certain fragment of the elven knowledge obtained from the tree father immediately jumped out.
In the long original era, humans were not the most powerful race in the material world. The kingdom of elves could be called the strongest force most of the time. But the elves were not a whole, because of their beliefs, living habits and living area.
In fact, there are also conflicts between different elven kingdoms.
Just as described in "Voice of the Ancients", at an unknown period in the First Era, the five most powerful Elf Kings gathered together and created five crowns symbolizing the power of the Elf kings. Since then,
Any elf who sees a crown, regardless of origin or clan, will regard the holders of these crowns as kings when their own elf king is not around.
These crowns, which are made with the most advanced technology of that ancient era and are inherently powerful, are almost the embodiment of the materialized concept of "Elven Kingship".
The shapes of these five crowns are similar but different. The biggest difference is that the twelve accessory gems in the crowns of the three elf kings who believe in "the ancient god of time - the father of the infinite tree" are green. They believe in "the ancient god of the moon".
The twelve ornamental gems on the crowns of the two Elven Kings of the "Sage of the Silver Moon" are silver.
The main gemstones of the five elven kings' crowns are gold, white, blue, red and purple respectively.
Among them, the red and white main gemstone crowns, judging from the knowledge possessed by Shade, were destroyed in the "Dragon War" in the second era and in the war with evil spirits and demons in the third era respectively.
The Sapphire [Elven Kingship] has been lost to this day, and the Purple Gemstone Crown has long been turned into a relic. The miraculous element has been contaminated by the Whispering Element, which is the famous angel-level relic [Crown of the Elf King].
The reason why this relic is famous is because wearing it can brainwash and control any elves you see. This control is silent and cannot be tested by any method. What's more important is that the relic crown can even control the dead elves.
The corpse stands up again and gains the knowledge and power that the controlled corpse had during its lifetime.
Because of this characteristic, the Purple Gem Crown was jointly taken into custody by several prominent elven clans at the beginning of the Sixth Era. Even Emilia probably doesn't know its whereabouts now.
According to Shade's knowledge, it is regarded as the lost gold and gemstone crown together with the sapphire crown.
He lowered his head and looked at the silver jewelry in his hand, fiddling with it a few times to make sure it was not an imitation:
"This thing is actually here? Legends and stories become reality?"
Time has worn away most of the power of this crown, but even so, this crown is still extremely powerful.
However, considering that he was not an elf, and he had no elf blood at all when he tested his bloodline, so out of concern that the crown would test the wearer's bloodline, Shade did not try to wear it, but after playing with it some more
, and stuck it carefully on his arm.
However, Emilia can be allowed to try its power later. However, although this crown is good and very powerful according to legend, Shade does not think that this crown will be related to the ceremony of the chosen one.
After all, no matter how powerful the royal power is, it cannot interfere with divine power. This is a truth that has been passed down since the first era.
"[Elven Kingship], I didn't expect that such a thing would actually appear. The treasures in the Temple of Time are indeed as surprising as Mr. Edmond said, but this is not what I want to find."
He turned to look at the last box:
"This is the only thing left. Time fragments and things related to the ceremony of the chosen one. Can one box contain two items, or are the fragments of time just things related to the ceremony of the chosen person? Or, the fragments of time are not every [Temple of Time]
】Everything that can be produced?”
He thought in his mind and stretched out his hand towards the box, but stopped suddenly before touching it. His brows gradually furrowed and his expression became serious, so "she" in his ear chuckled again.
When Shade quickly retreated and silver-white lightning appeared in his hand, the box suddenly trembled when he realized that Shade had no intention of continuing to reach out.
PS: I originally wanted to illustrate the crown with a picture, but I couldn’t come up with a good picture.