Whispering Poems

Chapter 2649 The Secret of Vista Forest
Xia De grabbed the hand of the red-haired girl beside him:
"Is it true that you can't completely remove the time curse?"

But this time the answer was the opposite of what I got in the tavern:
"There is a way. You now know the four ways to suppress the curse: the elves' secret medicine, the relics, the time stabilization anchor we made, and confession in the temple of our Lord. Only the last two can be effective.

If she is willing to believe in the Lord and repent in the temple for twenty years, the curse can be completely lifted."

This is the second method proposed by Sister Defulin to completely eliminate the curse, in addition to "a flame of the first fire and the help of the chosen one of time", but in comparison, Shad feels that the nun's method is more reliable.

"I will not stay here to be an ascetic."

Miss Danister shook her head and moved closer to Shade to show her attitude. Mr. Davis had guessed that she would say this, but Shade also guessed from the method he proposed that there must be someone in the Hermit Group who was cursed by time:

"Mr. Davis, thank you for providing this information anyway. Do you know about the paradox worm?"

Mr. Davis nodded and waved to the other hermits beside the fire except old Mr. Meloni to leave first:

“I know. Paradox worms don’t appear just because of the use of tree holes. The use of tree holes creates a time paradox event, which leads to the birth of these worms.

We don't know much about this ancient evil creature that is said to exist at the same time as the 'World Tree'. We only know that the stronger the soul, the stronger the paradox worms born. This is why we prefer to help ordinary people. "

After a moment's hesitation, he said:

"The paradox bug that appeared in the city last week was apparently due to a high-level warlock."

"Miss Owl" is of course a high ring, while the bug that the Cummings gave birth to is much weaker.

"But that's not reasonable, is it?"

Miss Danister on the side spoke up:
“According to our investigation, there have been quite a few time travelers in this forest since the Sixth Era.

Could it be that everyone here strictly abides by the requirements and does not cause a paradox? Since the Sixth Epoch, more than one paradox worm has definitely been born in the Vesta Forest. You tried your best to avoid contact with those worms, so did those worms really leave on their own? "

This is also Xia De’s doubt.

Mr. Davis sighed softly:
"They can't leave. The Vestal Forest itself has power, which you should all feel. This forest will restrict those evil creatures and prevent them from leaving 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 necessary assistance; and if no one defeats the powerful paradox bugs like last week, they will be sealed in the forest by some mysterious existence. "

"The Time Keeper?"

Xia De suddenly asked, and Mr. Davis looked at him in surprise:

"Yes, you know about them too? I thought the legend of the Guardian of Time had completely disappeared from 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, and Mr. Davis nodded and continued:

"The weak paradox bugs were sealed by the forest itself, while the powerful paradox bugs were sealed underground by those mysterious beings. This has led to the fact that the Vista Forest has actually sealed up a terrifying number of bugs. As a result, the time in this area has become increasingly unstable, and more and more tree holes have been created.

We also know that this is not sustainable. Sooner or later, the forest will no longer be able to control the power of the insects, and then the entire area will probably disappear in the torrent of time distortion."

"You can't do anything about it?"

"Not only us, but everyone is powerless to do anything about it. I have heard about the Midhill Castle. The Narrow Space of Life and Death has existed for so many years that even ordinary people in the area have heard of the legend. But does the Five Gods Church have a way to completely deal with the unknowable relic?"

He did not give Xia De a chance to answer, but shook his head:

"The situation in Vista Forest is similar now, except that no one knows the power of the 'bomb' buried here. What we have been doing all along is to minimize the appearance of paradox bugs to delay the final explosion of the bomb. Not informing the church also has its reasons for preventing the birth of powerful paradox bugs.

Fortunately, there is still a chance. If the story of the chosen ones of time will appear here, perhaps this problem will have a chance to be solved. "

Xia De had nothing to say about this:

"I have now figured out a lot about the rules of time travel. 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 here at any time."

Mr. Davis immediately corrected:
"In fact, those tree holes do not need to be processed, as the time stability of the material world is still relatively strong. The tree holes are very chaotic at the beginning, but gradually the number of connected time points will decrease until they become stable and only connect to a single time, and finally their time-connecting characteristics will completely disappear.

This process may last for hundreds of years, but at least compared to the indestructible paradox bug, the 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 easier than you think. Those tree holes will not be effective in any temple of the old gods related to 'time' or 'tree'.

The things that this forest has the most, besides insects, are ancient temples. "

"The old gods who have to do with time and trees?"

Xia De looked at the temple beside him, and Mr. Davis immediately shook his head:
"No, no, don't think about putting it here. We never actively touch tree holes. Also, remember not to take those tree holes away from the Vista Forest. Although the time in this area is unstable, the existence of the forest also restricts the tree holes in this area.

If you take them away from Vista Grove, they become very active.”

"Then will this kind of tree hole also appear in the material world outside the forest?"

The red-haired girl asked again, and this time it was Mr. Meloni, the "Secret Keeper," who gave the answer:
"Yes, but much less than here. I have records from the 204th year of the Sixth Era. From then until now, in the years, we have only found five tree holes outside of the Vesta Forest, an average of one every three hundred years. We brought those tree holes back and dealt with them. Tree holes are very active in the outside world.

The Hermitage suffered great losses in those three incidents, but at least it was worth it. The Guiding Light Hermitage also helped a lot, but they didn't know what we were doing specifically. "

"Besides you, are there other ring sorcerers in the material world who are maintaining the stability of time?"

Xia De then asked, and this time the answer was affirmative:
"Yes, although the old gods have left, there are still devout believers walking in the material world. It's just that they are all loners or small groups. Compared with them, the Hermit Group is already a large-scale organization. But we are definitely not the largest organization in this era to protect time."

"Oh, who else?"

Xia De asked curiously, so the middle-aged man said cautiously:
"Elves. The elves who believe in the Tree Father never forget their mission. Whenever things are beyond redemption, the elves always appear. The Moon Creek Clan, the Wind Chaser Clan, the Flower Speaker Clan, the Golden Core Clan. The believers of the Old Gods are the first line of defense, followed by those ancient elves, and finally those mysterious guardians of time."

Shade looked at the red-haired girl beside him, and she shook her head slightly to indicate that she knew nothing about it. Although the Moonbrook Clan was now part of Saint Byrons, it was clear that the academy would not prohibit the elves from entering and leaving the academy at will, so if they really went out to do something big every few hundred years, it was not difficult to understand why the academy was unaware of it.

“Some things are better left unseen, but once you know them you realize that everyone has secrets.”

Xia De sighed softly, but in order to take care of the other party's feelings, he did not ask questions like "Can the tree holes be recharged after use?" And from the current situation, it seems that except for himself, no one else can use the time key to open those tree holes normally.

Afterwards, the four of them chatted a lot more, and Shad also learned from the hermits that they would give a time-travel guide to ordinary people called "time travelers", the general meaning of which was "don't travel through time, and even if you do, try not to contact anyone."

Shade also talked to them about Father Francois, whom he had reported, and the big move of the church in the city last night. When he talked about how Father Francois got the "acorn" from the relics of the deceased ring warlock of the Church of Nature, and used the "Oak Lucky Potion" to detect the time traveler, the two hermits looked at each other.

Mr. Davis said rather embarrassedly:

"Actually. Well, not only did we make the 'Oak's Luck Potion', but the acorns you mentioned should have also flowed from our hands."

Neither Shad nor Miss Danister were surprised; they had discussed this possibility before; Acorn really fits the style of the Hermits.

"It can't be these?"

Shade pointed to the acorns being roasted in the campfire beside the crowd, and Mr. Davis immediately shook his head:
"No, of course not. This is for eating. That acorn is also a specialty of our cult - the beacon acorn. In fact, its function is not to detect external time travelers, but to determine whether there are individuals with different 'time stamps' from their own within a certain range."