novelonline Chapter 2786 Iluna of the Fifth Era
Chapter 2786 Iluna of the Fifth Era
Chapter 2786 Iluna of the Fifth Era
Although there was only one reward this time, this one reward was enough for Xia De. As for the "Lord of Black Robe" mentioned in the extra test, Xia De was not unaware of it. This was the god with the title of "God of Teachers and Inheritors".
This god is not very powerful, he is the protector of those who inherit knowledge, but his belief is quite widespread. If we look at the relationship between the old gods and the ancient gods, he is undoubtedly closely related to the ancient god of knowledge and wisdom [Secret Keeper].
"The guardian in gray robes is the guardian of the library and belongs to the Moon Department. The guardian in black robes is the guardian of the teacher and belongs to the Knowledge Department."
Although Shade had heard of this god, he did not know much about him. He could only be sure that he was a benevolent god.
"Then let's see what happens this time."
Thinking this in his mind, he took a step forward in the thick fog with a little expectation. Then the fog dispersed to both sides, revealing the black world as expected.
Xia De took a step forward and stepped on the water. Then he fell directly into the extremely cold water.
"There's something wrong with this water. Walking on the water is prohibited here!"
When the boat lifted Shad up to the surface, the first thing he noticed was not the towering hundred-meter-high rock walls on both sides of the spacious river, but the ashes falling from above the valley.
All the lighting here comes from the ashes that fall from the sky. They float like snowflakes and are almost as bright as fireflies. However, once the ashes fall into the water, they immediately merge with the black river water and no longer emit light.
Looking up into the sky, one cannot see the source of the ashes at all, and the surrounding rock walls are as completely black as the river water, and the ashes that fall on them will also lose their luminous color:
"This doesn't look like the ash produced after an object is burned. It looks more like petrified powder."
When Shade appeared, he was facing the upstream of the water. There was something in the water. On the contrary, tables, chairs, benches, broken plaster statues, building debris and other debris were all coming towards him along the water flow. After hitting Shade's boat, they continued to drift towards the invisible downstream of the valley.
Just as Xia De was trying to observe the debris floating in the water, an unusual noise was heard under the water. A shadow deeper than the darkness flashed under the water, which looked like some kind of giant snake, so Xia De immediately steered the boat upstream and headed forward.
Father Shu always liked to put Shade in a relatively dangerous place at the beginning of the time adventure, and he was used to it. Therefore, Shade did not want to explore what was lurking under the water. He stood at the stern holding the oar, ready to prevent something from suddenly emerging from the water, but the giant under the water did not stick its head out, but hit the bottom of the boat.
The violent shaking almost caused the boat to capsize, so Xia De hurriedly inserted the oar into the water to stabilize the balance. As the oar entered the water, it emitted a faint golden light, forcing the shadow under the water to temporarily leave the boat.
But the crisis was not over, because the water was still shaking violently. More and more slender shadows appeared around the boat. Fortunately, the destination was not far away. Xia De steered the boat while stirring the water with the oars.
After the boat had been travelling rapidly for three minutes, Shad realized with the help of the glowing ashes in the air that the valley had reached the end of the upper reaches.
The end of the valley is the source of this wide river. From the gap in the fence of the castle building standing high on the cliff, the turbulent water flows down in the form of a waterfall, carrying a lot of debris with it, thus forming a big river.
The castle was at least a hundred meters higher than the river below, and the scene was spectacular under the light of the sky filled with ashes. However, the water flowing down below did not make any rumbling sound. Only when Shad's boat approached did he hear a sound that was not deafening.
His small wooden boat was not yet capable of going up the waterfall, but fortunately there was a small submerged dock at the bottom of the valley below the waterfall. The dock was connected to stone steps on the side of the valley cliff, and these stone steps were almost parallel to the flow of the waterfall.
Therefore, Shade abandoned the boat and quickly climbed up the stone steps. After realizing that transformation was not prohibited here, the red butterfly flew up almost close to the steps.
When he finally arrived at the castle on the cliff of the valley, he found that the place where the water flowed out was the gate of the castle, and the stone steps were connected to a small door on the side.
The water flowed from the higher void to the center of the castle, and then broke through the gate and continued to fall into the river valley below. This caused the castle to be almost a vast ocean. Although the lighting of the ashes could still see the upper floors of several high buildings above the water, there was no doubt that it had suffered serious damage.
The white ashes were denser in the high castle, making the desolate and weird feeling more severe.
"Is this the so-called 'Strange Tree Academy'?"
The side door where Xia De was located was located on higher ground and was not flooded by the water, but as long as he walked a few steps inside, he would reach a flooded area again.
Xia De then looked again and saw from afar that there seemed to be light at the bottom of the tallest spire-like building in the distance. When he got over there by boat, he found that it was not a tower, but a huge five-story building with a spire on top.
If this castle was really a school, then judging from the architectural style, it should be an important functional building such as a library or teaching building.
However, the first and second floors of the building were already flooded, and the third floor was also in danger. After Shade maneuvered the boat closer, he saw that the light of the bonfire appeared on the fourth floor.
The walls were dilapidated and only the windows were left with their frames. The light from the bonfire was facing the huge gap in the wall, which seemed to have been forcibly created by an external force. So Shade, who came by boat, turned into a group of butterflies and flew from the water to the fourth floor.
The fluttering red butterflies really attracted the attention of everyone around the campfire. This time, there were four companions, all of whom were women. However, when Xia De walked out of the red light and saw the youngest of them, he was rarely surprised.
Because the eighteen-year-old girl has long brown hair, heterochromatic eyes and a tough but pretty face. Although the robe seems to be a little unsuitable for her, her youthful beauty can still be seen.
"Iluna? No, you are Iluna's ancestor? Wait, is your ancestor's bloodline so powerful? How can he look exactly like you after an era?"
But it was obvious that this was not the ancestor of the Beiyas family. This was Iluna, whom Shade was most familiar with. The evidence was that after seeing Shade flying up from the gap in the wall, Iluna, who was originally exhausted, immediately stood up in shock:
"Shad!"
She tried to leave the campfire and walk towards Shade, but was immediately stopped by three other girls by the fire. They were all witches, all looked too young, and all wore robes similar to the one Iluna was wearing.
Although it was the first time that Shade had seen this brown robe with a hood, he guessed that it was the uniform of this academy.
"Beyas, wake up, have you forgotten where this is? How can you be sure that this is the person you know? And this is a man, you can't be sure that this is a man?"
The one holding Iluna's shoulder was the oldest witch among the four, but she looked about the same age as Flora. She and Iluna were also the only two humans among the four present.
As for the other two girls who stood up by the fire, one had dragon wings stretched out behind her. Judging from the shape of the horns on her forehead and the appearance of the wings, she should be a pure-blooded green dragon, or a dragonborn witch with more than 80% dragonborn blood;
Another girl who looks introverted is a werewolf. Of course, there is no moon in this strange place, but in order to guard against danger, she still shows her racial characteristics, that is, furry ears, tail and extremely dangerous claws.
Shad had seen a werewolf when he was in Moon Bay, but compared with the elderly Mrs. Frost in Moon Bay, the young werewolf lady was obviously not very intimidating.
The dragonborn witch and the werewolf looked equally exhausted. Neither of them spoke, but it was clear that they did not trust Shade either.
Iluna maintained basic caution. Although she roughly determined that this was Shade, she still stopped and observed Shade carefully:
"It is indeed possible that monsters with the ability to read minds and mimic shapes may appear here. That Shade over there who looks like Shade, you have to prove that you are the Shade I know. Bring out Little Mia and I will believe you."
This is a big problem, the cat will not be born until the next century:
"Iluna, this is my first time here. I can't take risks with Mia. Ask some other questions. Don't we have a lot of secrets in common?"
Shade then said that he also agreed to be cautious, and he also wanted to judge whether Iluna was sincere through her questions.
"Be careful, I think he's trying to charm you."
The black-haired human witch warned, looking at Shade's defensive actions with a stern look, and reminded again:
"And don't forget what else is hidden in this academy. The strange beings here are more or less omniscient. Bei Yasi, don't ask those ordinary questions. Think carefully about what you should ask."
Although Iluna wanted to take this opportunity to ask Shade "What is the eye color of your favorite girl?", she felt that this would make her look despicable. So after thinking about it, she finally said:
"Listen, my question is:
If you come to a three-way intersection in the wilderness at night, with a terrifying demon on one side, a man-eating giant on the other, and a "bird of misfortune" in front of you with a puzzle ready to embarrass you, what would you do if you can't retreat? "