Chapter 2764 Time Seed and Elf Kingship
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 positions.
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 pointers overlapped at the top at the same time, the stone door that could not be pushed open opened a gap silently.
Xia De smiled and slipped in through the crack in the door. Behind the door is not a treasure room, but a spiral downward staircase, which is the same as the tree hole in the Temple of Time in the forest.
So he summoned a silver ball of light to illuminate his side. He first used illusion 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. . The space at the bottom of the secret room is not large, and three heavy boxes are placed under three walls.
“The layout is simple, I thought it would be 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 late, I hope you like the music of the elves. 】
At first glance, the three-port box seems to be made of stone, but upon closer inspection, it is clear that it is some kind of special wood that feels like stone. All the ancient boxes are unlocked, and Shade can 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 you need me to remind you? This is a gift from ancient times, and the thirteen Vientiane Impermanence cards have been recorded to some extent 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 instead put the All-Seeing Impermanence card in?”
Shad replied, then bent down and opened the box on the east side. Although the box is large, the items inside are small.
“A stone?”
He took out the stone that was about the size of his fist, frowned slightly and then changed his judgment:
“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 vitality, there is also a rather restrained miraculous element contained in it, which probably means that this seed can be planted.
It’s just that there are no instructions here, and Xia De doesn’t know how to plant it, let alone what can be grown.
Fortunately, it is old enough to trigger Shade’s thaumaturgy:
[Contact with items from the First Era, Thaumaturgy – Ancient Voice is triggered. 】
[Seeds sprout and grow into trees, even those with magical properties. The ancient **** of time hides the secret of time in the seeds. 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 “Corridor of Time”, there should be an entrance like the spaces left by other ancient gods. That is the real tree hole.
“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 doesn’t know how to use this seed, Shade knows that he has obtained something incredible:
“You can ask Mr. Edmond, or the elf may know.
But this is definitely not the ‘time fragment’ that Mr. Edmund 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 mouth was opened, soft silver light was already radiating out. Shade looked inside and saw a silver tiara at the bottom of the box.
He took out the crown. It was a typical elven jewelry, made of mithril. There was a golden gem inlaid in the center of the crown, and there were six smaller green gems in the mithril extending to the left and right. Gemstones serve as embellishments, with a total of thirteen gemstones 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 silvery branches are dotted with tiny leaves and flowers, each leaf carefully carved as if it would sway gently in the breeze.
Corresponding to its delicate workmanship and expensive materials are extremely powerful miracle elements. Apart from those artifacts and holy symbols, Shade couldn’t even think of any more powerful magical items that he had seen for a moment.
Of course, there was no instruction manual in the box to explain what this was, but fortunately, “she” who was close to her ears continued:
[Contact with items from the First Era, Thaumaturgy – Ancient Voice is triggered. 】
[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 elven legal system and this is the elven kingship. 】
“What? Is this [Elf Kingship]?”
After knowing the name of the crown, a piece of the elf knowledge obtained from the tree father immediately jumped out.
In the long initial era, humans were not the most powerful race in the material world. The kingdom of the elves could be called the strongest force most of the time. But the elves are not a whole, because of differences in beliefs, living habits, and living areas. 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 Elven Kingship. From then on, 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 **** of time – the father of the infinite tree” are green. The twelve decorative gems on the crowns of the two Elven Kings of the Ancient God of the Moon – Silver Moon Sages are silver.
The main gemstones of the five elven kings’ crowns are gold, white, blue, red and purple respectively.
Judging from the knowledge possessed by Shade, the red and white main gemstone crowns were destroyed in the “Dragon War” in the second era and in the war with evil spirits and demons in the third era respectively.
Sapphire [Elven Kingship] has been lost to this day, and the purple sapphire crown has long been turned into a relic. The miraculous element has been contaminated by the whisper 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 in sight. This kind of control is silent and cannot be detected by any method. And more importantly, the relic crown can even make the dead elf corpse stand up again, and gain the knowledge and power that the controlled corpse possessed 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 may not know its whereabouts now.
According to Shade’s knowledge, it is regarded as a lost gold and gemstone crown together with the sapphire crown
He lowered his head and looked at the silver jewelry in his hand, playing with it a few times to make sure it was not an imitation:
“This thing is actually here? Legends and stories have become reality?”
Time has worn away much of the crown’s power, but even so, the crown remains incredibly powerful.
However, considering that he was not an elf, and he had no elf blood at all when he tested his bloodline, Shade did not try to wear it out of fear that the crown would test the wearer’s bloodline, but played with it again. After a moment, he carefully stuck it 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 the divine power. This is a truth that has been passed down since the first era.
“[Elf Kingship], I didn’t expect that such a thing would appear. The treasure in the Temple of Time is indeed as surprising as Mr. Edmond said, but this is not what I want to find.”
He turned and looked at the last box:
“That’s all. Time fragments and things related to the ceremony of the chosen one. Can one box hold two items, or are time fragments just things related to the ceremony of the chosen person? Or, time fragments are not every [ Something that can be produced by the Temple of Time?”
He thought in his mind and stretched out his hand towards the box, but stopped suddenly before touching it. Her brows gradually furrowed and her expression became serious, so “she” chuckled in her ears again.
As Shade quickly retreated and silvery 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, but I couldn’t come up with a good picture.