"Your guess is correct, this key leads to the end of the First Era."
He explained to Shade:
"The key itself will not cause serious consequences of time collapse, but it cannot be used by you.
You should understand that when people other than you use the key, they are just watching the past stories; but you are loved by time and accepted by all arriving times. Once you open this key, it means that after the end of the first era
The people of this era have entered the first era."
He actually didn't explain the logic clearly, but Shade understood:
"Are you saying that the First Era is the normal era, and that after that it will be the Doomsday Era. As a person who lives in the 'Doomsday' era, entering the First Era will cause serious problems?"
"That's just one of the reasons."
Enwy Edwards said:
"This matter involves a lot, and even we are not sure what consequences will arise once you actually appear in the First Era. But please do not use this key, absolutely not."
Shade felt that he understood:
"So you showed up to recover this key?"
"No."
The tall elf immediately denied:
"This is something that belongs to you and we have no right to interfere. We just hope that you will be aware of the problems that will result from using this key and promise not to do so. But others can use this key to observe the origin of this world, too.
The era before death."
"Then can you tell me, who opened it in those destroyed Sixth Era? Or, in those disappeared Sixth Era, no one has ever discovered it?"
Shade asked again, this question related to the "past life", and the three of them were silent for a while, not because they didn't know but because they were worried about whether to answer.
Finally, the tall elf who was the leader said:
"Since you asked. Of the six disappearing Sixth Ages, Miss Luvia Fiocchi Anat used it four times, Laplace Klein Howard used it once, and one more time.
It was destroyed before it could be opened."
There seems to be a lot of stories in this, but that’s not the point:
"So as long as I don't use it myself, it doesn't matter if I give it to Luvia?"
Shade tossed the key and confirmed.
"Yes, we will only appear at those nodes that seriously endanger the timeline. As long as this key is not used by you, whoever opens it will not cause such serious consequences."
So Shade thought of another question:
"The nodes that seriously endanger the timeline. Since we talked about the past life, why didn't you show up when Luvia destroyed the timeline of the Sixth Age? Aren't those nodes important?"
Shade was really just curious about this question, and the three of them were silent for a moment before saying:
"We showed up, but we just couldn't stop her. She is different from you. She doesn't respect this world and the rules that everyone respects."
This answer is very different from what Shade thought "her behavior is also part of time", but it makes sense if you think about it carefully. Based on Shade's current understanding of the long-haired Luvia's methods, she doesn't care who wants to stop her
.
Shade even thought that everyone he knew so far might have been plotted by Luvia in some sixth era.
In short, the foreigner is not the kind of person who refuses to listen to advice. Since the time guardians have made it very clear, he has no intention of challenging the stability of time:
"Well, although I also want to see the rumored era when everything was normal, I won't use this key."
He promised, thinking that the key itself was indeed dangerous, so it would be more appropriate to give it to Luvia. Of course, this was referring to the one with long hair.
"Thank you for your understanding."
The three of them spoke together, but before the matter was over, the tall elf explained again:
"The seed you obtained in the secret room can then be used to ask the chosen one of time. Her or his power is enough to plant the door of the [Time Corridor]."
"So, you have actually been peeking at everything in the timeline? You have been looking at me just now?"
The elf shook his head:
"No, we don't have that kind of hobby. In fact, the things in the secret room you opened are all left by me."
Xia De was slightly surprised, then smiled and thanked:
"Thank you then. Were you once the Elf King of the Second Age?"
The tall elf nodded slightly, but there was still not much expression on his face:
"That's all in the past. Royal power and honor are not worth mentioning for the identity of the guardian of time. Also, the [Elven Royal Power] only opens its power to pure-blood elves. I'm sorry that you can't use it."
"It doesn't matter, I can tell by the name that this is not something I can use."
Shade didn't care about this. The crown was obviously for Emilia.
The guardians still did not leave, because the most important thing they showed up this time has not yet been said:
"Then the last thing. Follow the ancient oracle left by the ancient tree father, and the great responsibility we bear. When the only remaining time key of the first era in the material world reappears, the war of time will officially begin.
"
He announced, and seeing Shade's confusion, he explained:
"The 'Time War' is a traditional ritual of our [Yggdrasil Church], which aims to select time guardians like us through the ritual. This is a ritual originating from the first era, and can only be started by the time guardians.
After the ceremony begins, the selected seven people will receive exception permission. They can use some means to send themselves to the past era that is most suitable for them and relevant to them. They will gain power in that era, and then carry the acquired knowledge, power and even...
The facilitators return to the present and compete with other participants until the final winner emerges."
Shade frowned slightly:
"Because this key appears, you want to select the right person to join you?"
"No, this is the chosen one picking the time."
The tall elf did not hide this from Shade:
"And this is not the ceremony of the chosen one, it is just the prerequisite for using the ceremony of the chosen one: those who have traveled through time and won the right to win the 'Time War' can perform the ceremony only if they meet these two conditions.
Now that the seven chosen candidates have obtained the exception, this time in the Sixth Age, Miss Luvia Fiocchi Anat doesn't seem to be planning to murder everyone in one night, so this time it will probably be better than
It used to be more lively.”
Therefore, the secret room of the "Golden Music Hall" contains clues related to the ceremony of the chosen ones. It turns out to mean this:
"So, only by killing everyone through the so-called time war can we qualify?"
Although other chosen ceremony ceremonies also require the person in the front to die before the person in the lower order is eligible to perform the ceremony, those ceremonies never actively encourage the candidates to fight. This ritual style is completely inconsistent with the tree father's ideas.
style.
"You misunderstood."
The taciturn vampire shook his head. This question already involves the core of the rules of the chosen one, but the Time Guardians are still willing to answer Shade:
"The selection ceremony is not a killing ceremony. As long as the candidates compete one-on-one, if one party wins, the other will be eliminated. Time will prove all this, and killing is not a necessary option."
But the tall elf added:
"But Miss Anat is an exception. Her ranking is extremely special. In theory, she is not recognized as the winner, so she can only kill everyone if she wants to win."
The long-haired Luvia had already told Shade about this matter. What she said at the time was that she was the candidate, but the candidate's rank was considered to be the lowest. Unless all the people in front of her died, it would not be her turn.
The three time guardians bowed slightly to Shade and then disappeared together.
At the same time, the frozen time also flowed again. The cheerful Miss Owl wanted to say something, but she saw Shade turning around in the forest and facing the direction of the city.
Just as she was wondering what Shade was going to do, she suddenly heard a loud bell ringing from afar.
Boom~boom~boom~
Thirteen consecutive bells sounded as if from the other side of time, and Miss Owl even felt that all the feathers in her body were trembling at the sound of the bells.
The passive bells that rang out from the Golden Music Hall resounded throughout the entire Vista Woodland. The wind began to rise in the forest, and even the stars in the night sky became much dimmer at this moment.
Although she didn't know what it was, the owl on her shoulder was also silent. She could feel that some ancient and profound power was affecting this area, and even her own time curse was being generated by the continuous ringing of the bells.
Subtle changes.
And when the bell ended, the sound of footsteps was heard again, and the blond elf walked from the forest to Shade's side.
Shade asked her softly:
"Have you qualified for the Time War?"
"No, the qualification means that there are green tree lines on the back of the hand, but I don't have that."
The elf girl said with a smile and showed her white hands to Shade. She seemed to know everything.
In the distant St. Byrons Comprehensive College in the far north, because there was nothing going on today, a green light gradually appeared on the back of Emilia's hand, who had fallen asleep holding a unicorn doll in her dormitory.
Vista Grove, urban area, nature church, basement library, a strange ring warlock whom Shade didn't know put down the "Origin of Tree Species" and noticed lines on the back of his hand.
Vista Woodland, in the forest, the "clockmaker" standing on the treetops looking at the source of the bell stretched his right hand into the night sky, laughing and admiring the green luminous pattern on the back of his hand.
Delarion, Tobesk City, No. 6 St. Teresa Square. Luvia, who was sitting on the sofa in the living room and talking to Carina about the house expansion plan, suddenly frowned and then looked at the back of her hand.
.
In Delarion, Tobesk City, and Yodel Palace, the two princes in their respective cribs turned over together, and then cried and expressed that they wanted to drink milk, but other than that, nothing happened.
After all, they have given up their qualifications.
The bell brought the news of time, and the war for the eighth chosen one officially began.