Steampunk: Sixth Era Epic-Chapter 641 - Souvenir of the Time Key

Chapter 641: Chapter 641: Souvenir of the Time Key

Chapter 641: Chapter 641: Souvenir of the Time Key

When Shard, holding two leaves, backed out of the bedroom, the cat sprawled lazily beside the pillow just lazily meowed, giving Shard, who she hadn’t seen for three seconds, a greeting.

By the look of it, she was not planning to get up now. The cat’s daily routine was extremely regular. She wouldn’t get up before six-thirty, and at six-thirty sharp she would definitely wake Shard up to prepare breakfast.

[Outlander, you have returned to the current time.]

[A message from the Ancient God “Father of the Infinite Tree”:]

[Infinite time blesses you.]

Listening to the voice beside his ear, Shard looked at the two leaves and the entangled black and white hairband in his hands with a touch of melancholy. The success of the hairband’s presence in the current time proved they were just ordinary items:

“This time, I feel like something’s not right.”

[What’s not right?]

“No schemes, no final sudden attacks, not even a task that I couldn’t handle. Although it dragged on for a week, and took three weeks in between to finish, the banquet actually ended peacefully…”

[Do you desire drama or want to fight with a blood-sucking god at the end?]

“No, it’s not that, it’s just…”

Shard had an indescribable feeling, he always felt that this matter was not over yet, but the two leaves in his hands undoubtedly indicated that the Time Key of the year 3014 of the Fifth Era had been perfectly resolved.

“Maybe I’m just overthinking?”

He walked to the window and looked outside, it was still early, and there weren’t many people on Saint Delan Square. He glanced over the leaves in hand and casually placed one of them in front of his right eye.

In an instant, the leaf’s veins turned golden. The miraculous spiritual light flowed along the veins, until tiny specks of light, all poured into Shard’s eye.

“So, that’s it. Arcane Technique – Silent Moonlight, really is simple.”

[Silent Moonlight], an active Arcane Technique.

When using the Arcane Technique, if it’s during daylight or a night without moonlight indoors, an invisible moon-like light source will appear above the caster’s head; while under the night’s moonlight, the effect is even more pronounced.

The above describes the light and shadow effects that come with the Arcane Technique, the real effect though, is that within the range of that peculiar light and shadow, the spirits and stamina of the Circle Sorcerers chosen by the caster recover at an enhanced rate, and all sounds within the area are automatically silenced, while other non-natural light sources aside from the moonlight are weakened.

This means, no matter who uses the “Light Spell” or Arcane Techniques like “[[Felian’s Witch Light]]” within the range of [Silent Moonlight],the coverage and effect will be heavily reduced. When Shard uses this Arcane Technique under the daylight sun, it’s as if he has suddenly entered a zone of shadow with no sound.

The silencing and light-dimming effects of the Arcane Technique are area-based, and the enhancement of stamina and spirit recovery initially only works on others. However, in a “Divine Afterglow” state, it can also be effective on oneself. In other words, even if Shard enters the [[Interstice of Life and Death]] again, he can partially negate the negative effects of difficulty in spirit and stamina recovery with this Arcane Technique, because its casting consumption is extremely low.

However, “Silent Moonlight” was also the first Arcane Technique that Shard had mastered through the Ever-Youth Leaf to require spellcasting materials. The required material was a mineral called “Moonstone,” which fortunately was not very rare. It was commonly used in various rituals related to the moon as well as in sorcery and arcane techniques, and it was also quite affordable.

“This ability is really not bad.”

Shard said softly, then looked at the second leaf and placed it in front of his right eye as well.

A moment later, he cried out in pain, steadied himself on the windowsill, and gave the cat squinting at him a start.

The second leaf contained “A Segment of True Information—Elf,” and the volume of information it encapsulated was at least three times more than the previous information on “Dark Dungeon.”

When Shard frowned and took the leaf away from his eye, he learned that in the Era of Antiquity, over eighty percent of the elf population worshiped the “Father of the Infinite Tree.” He became aware of many strange elven customs and their style of art. He learned about the racial talents of this species, and even that, in the present year 1853 of the Sixth Era, the elves were living together with the Three Great Magics Academies because the material world was no longer suitable for exotic species.

The Three Great Magics Academies included: Saint Byrons Integrated Academy to the north of the great ice cap in the Far North, Xerxes Higher Medical Academy in the deep abyss of the sea, and Zaras Academy of Sorcery on the Floating Island in the sky.

Although they were called academies, each place was a huge city centered around the academy. The elves were protected by the Three Major Academies and thus, despite being only part of the material world’s legends, the species still existed safely.

The number of elves living together with Zaras Academy of Sorcery was the largest, approximately three-quarters of the total elven population in the material world. As a result, among the students of Circle Sorcerers at Zaras, there were the most from the elven race.

“What does the ‘Father of the Infinite Tree’ want with me knowing these things; does He want me to write a book on ‘The Folk Customs of Ancient Elves,’ or does He expect me to summarize the demographics of the Three Great Magics Academies?”

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Besides enriching Shard’s understanding of this world and the Three Great Magics Academies, the knowledge of the elves contained within these leaves would probably be of help when he later engaged in rituals about life, time, and other aspects.

But for the current situation, this knowledge was temporarily of no use.

“If I really become a teacher at Saint Byrons in the future, I could publish a book.”

Thinking this, Shard sat down by the bed and looked at the headbands that the twin girls had given:

“It’s another souvenir again. Notes from the Forest of Thousand Trees by Feliana, the card ‘Man of the Future’ from Horror Fortress, black and white headbands from Night Manor… It seems like except for Hope Town, I manage to get some souvenirs after completing the Time Key’s tasks every time.”

“Are you really sure you didn’t get a souvenir from Hope Town?”

She asked with a light laugh, and after thinking for a moment, Shard laughed at himself:

“Oh, it’s ‘God’s Gift Box’! Since I can’t bring supernatural items back to the present from the past, it’s that gift box that allowed me to obtain it during the Sixth Era.”

He looked down at the headbands in his hands, which had become yellowed and worn due to being carried around by the twin girls Grace and Helen since childhood, and also because Shard brought them from the past to the present, even though the material of the headbands themselves was special.

“I hope they can successfully break free of their destiny, and that the danger they were originally supposed to seal can be resolved.”

Shard thought to himself, but that was a matter of the distant past, and there was no way for him to confirm how the story of the twin girls would unfold.

The story of the past had already ended, and for the Outlander, the story of the present must go on.