Chapter Forty-Six The Eternity of the Emerald Star
“You mean… you’re going to sleep?”
“Yes.” There was always an unspeakable melancholy in His tone. “Since Doomsday Twilight is approaching, it is time for me to enter a long slumber.”
It was no wonder the Strategy Team’s information was misleading. When the Strategy Team, after a long time of strategizing, finally arrived at Amber City, Perfect Amber had likely already entered its long slumber.
“How long will you sleep?”
“I don’t know. Perhaps until Doomsday Twilight arrives.”
In this regard, the duration of Perfect Amber’s slumber was not considered to be exceptionally long.
At this point, Li Wen remembered that she still had a cloak in her hand. It was even a relic of a Witch whom Perfect Amber knew.
“Witch Your Excellenc—” “Witch Excellency…” Perfect Amber was a title given to Him by others, not His own. After a moment of thought, Li Wen decided to address Him this way. “This cloak…”
Silence fell again from behind the curtain. After a long while, He spoke, “Since you have obtained it, it now belongs to you.”
This surprised Li Wen slightly. Judging by Perfect Amber’s tone, it was as if the cloak belonged to Him, rather than to the Daughter of Amber named Liwia.
“Put on that cloak, and those girls will see you as one of their own and will no longer harm you. You may leave on your own.”
There was such an intention behind it. Li Wen nodded. She had originally prepared herself to die her way out, but now it seemed she could save a life.
Although a player’s life was truly not worth much.
Li Wen immediately took off her tattered cloak and put on this one.
[The Eternity of the Emerald Star]
[Armor – Cloak – Rare (Purple)]
[A cloak woven from Emerald Star sand, possessing powerful eternal twilight power. It is said that only the most outstanding Witches are qualified to wear it, and it is recognized as a mark of a Witch leader.]
[Twilight’s Curtain Call: Consumes 50% Mana to reset the calculation of Twilight’s erosion. Cooldown: 7 days.]
[Witch’s Token: Possessing this item will prevent autonomous attacks from the Daughters of Amber.]
[Eternal Guardian of the Emerald Star: Consumes 30% Mana to create 1 magic shield that can absorb one instance of damage (not exceeding one’s own life); or consumes 20% Mana to create 3-5 magic shields that can absorb one instance of damage (not exceeding 20% of one’s own life). Cooldown: 3 days.]
The power of this cloak was beyond Li Wen’s expectations. She couldn’t quite understand the first ability yet, but it consumed half her Mana to activate, so it was likely powerful. The second ability Perfect Amber had already explained. Frankly, it would be completely useless once she left Amber City.
Most importantly was the third ability. Consuming 30% Mana could create a magic shield equivalent to an extra life. Although Li Wen already had Pray, the level one Pray could only withstand 10% of damage once. It was completely outclassed.
With this equipment, even if Moria came to her doorstep, she would have some ability to maneuver, rather than being instantly killed upon encounter.
“Come find me again when you advance to become a Witch.”
Perfect Amber issued a declaration of departure.
Li Wen bowed and thanked Him again, then pushed open the door and left the inner chamber.
The corridor outside the door was empty. Li Wen looked up and discovered that the awakened Daughters of Amber were clinging to the ceiling. They should have attacked Li Wen on sight, but now they seemed to ignore her, hanging upside down from the ceiling like bats, their pale hair hanging down like spiderwebs, a truly ghastly sight.
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After safely leaving the Amber Temple, Li Wen returned to the Bell Tower.
The Giant on the tower did not look at her but stared intently into the distance.
“It seems you have succeeded.”
Li Wen did not speak. She did not want to reveal anything that happened inside the Temple, naturally including obtaining the Original Text. Although the Evening Bell had said that all Long-lived had sworn not to touch “The Primordial Codex of Ending,” words were words, and taking them completely literally would be foolish.
The Giant Long-lived knew that this topic was not appropriate, so he said again, “I thought you would die in there.”
“Because of the Daughters of Amber?”
“Yes.” The Giant’s huge Head shook up and down. “Even I wouldn’t dare to face them alone. In the past, they were the most powerful army of Amber City, capable of destroying everything.”
While the Giant was speaking, the dim, yellowish sky in the distance suddenly burst into light, as if an extra sun had risen. A moment later, that sun, as suddenly as it had appeared, vanished, leaving only a terrifying black void in the sky that did not disappear for a long time.
“What is that?”
Li Wen’s brow furrowed slightly. That was definitely not a normal celestial phenomenon, especially since this was the Eternal City.
“Don’t worry about it. It’s just some vermin that have been cleared up.”
Hearing this, Li Wen recalled Liwia, the Daughter of Amber who had suddenly left earlier. Perfect Amber had also said something similar.
She had many questions in her mind, such as what those “vermin” were, why all the Daughters of Amber were in slumber except for Liwia who was awake, why she could freely leave Amber City without restriction, and so on…
But all of this was irrelevant to her. The most important thing now was to have “The Primordial Codex of Ending” complete its binding to her.
“I need an absolutely safe place. A place where there must be no life, not within any Pillar God’s Domain, far from the Sky, far from the Land.”
After hearing Li Wen’s description, the Giant Evening Bell fell into a long silence.
It was not thinking about this so-called “absolutely safe place,” but rather about Li Wen’s intentions. The Giant Evening Bell had never even seen “The Primordial Codex of Ending” with its own eyes, let alone known how to use it.
The Evening Bell was not obligated to help Li Wen, but it was still waiting for Li Wen to help it find someone. For it, the sooner Li Wen grew stronger, the faster she could go to the outer city to find someone.
Therefore, it said, “Enter the Bell Tower, and once you see the clock face, move the three pointers to IX, XII, and IV respectively in order of their length, and then walk out through the door. But remember, once you leave the Bell Tower for more than a quarter of an hour, you will never be able to return.”
“It doesn’t matter.”
For Players, being exiled to another dimension or sealed in a forgotten corner was all the same. As long as they died once and redefined their Resurrection Point, they would revive at the place where they first descended into the Game, no matter where they were.
“Are you really sure?” The Evening Bell thought Li Wen was relying on the Transcendent’s Eye, so it stopped persuading her and simply closed its mouth.
Li Wen walked into the Bell Tower. The Bell Tower, which had been empty last time, truly had a huge clock face now, while the Twilight Stone had disappeared.
The clock face was divided into twelve regions, each with a different style of painting and corresponding symbols. The three pointers of varying lengths were adorned with star-like gravel that sparkled, looking exceptionally beautiful. At this moment, all three pointers were pointing to the XII position.
Without much thought, Li Wen forcefully moved the three pointers of varying lengths to their corresponding positions as the Evening Bell had instructed.
There was no change, at least not in Li Wen’s perception.
But when she turned to leave the Bell Tower, looking at the red, broken sky, she realized that she was already in another world.
