In front of the Time Ruins
Zhou Zhou, Lu Chong, Bai Yung, Hui Teng, and Qin We stood there.
These five were the strongest humans in Blazing Sun City.
"After we go in, everyone should be on guard immediately!"
Zhou Zhou said.
"Yes, my lord!"
The limit soldiers answered as they stretched their bodies.
Zhou Zhou turned his gaze back to the entrance of the time ruin before leading the four soldiers forward.
When they were two to three meters away from the entrance of the time ruin, a suction force came from inside the door.
Even though the five white silver-tier soldiers were a little surprised, they did not resist and were sucked in.
Landing on solid ground, Zhou Zhou shook his head to clear off the dizziness caused by staring at the twirling space-time node.
!!
Dropping to his knees, Hui Teng threw up for a while before lying on his back.
Lu Chong and Qin We quickly sat on the tree-woven rooftop to avoid falling over.
Bai Yung stood dazed on the rooftop as several scenes flashed across his eyes.
'I never knew being sensitive to space-time carry such a huge drawback.'
Zhou Zhou thought as slowly recovered from his dizziness.
A city ruin covered in smoke and flames appeared in his view.
Sound of flames burning, trees exploding, and faint monsters' roars all drilled into his ears from all directions.
He stared incredulously at the scene.
It was the first time he had seen such damage to an environment up-close.
Paying attention to his surrounding in a bid to wait for the recovery of his soldiers, he took note of the uniqueness of the building underneath him.
It was made entirely of vines and trees.
But at this moment, it was also charred by ravaging flames.
Folklore explains that elves are magical beings and are loved by nature.
From the uniqueness of this building, that seems to be the case.
Zhou Zhou mused as he squatted to feel the texture of the roof.
"I feel like I'd a hangover!"
Hui Teng uttered as he stared at the smoke-shrouded sky.
"Same! I can't remember when I last felt this way."
Qin We slowly smoothen his right temple.
"This made me recall my youths."
Lu Chong said as he forced himself to stand.
"I hated my youth!"
"The past is still the past, even if it's brought to the present."
Wiping the tears at the corner of his eyes, Bai Yung muttered.
"What did you see?"
Having observed the scenes flashing across Bai Yung's eyes, Zhou Zhou figured he might have seen events relating to the time ruin.
"The destruction of Indre town and the death of the twelve elves and the elven hero, Nadia"
Bai Yung replied.
At this moment
"Howl!"
A wolf roar came from afar.
Zhou Zhou and the others immediately looked over.
A three-meter-tall wolf monster wrapped in flames was standing on a tall building not far away and looking at them with its scarlet and cruel eyes.
At the same time, a mission interface appeared in front of Zhou Zhou.
[Time Negotiation has begun!]
[Time Mission Announced:]
[Time Mission 1: Eliminate the enemy]
[Mission Description: Eliminate all incoming fire demon fog wolves!]
[Mission Objective: 1. Black iron-tier intermediate flame demon fog wolf (0 / 1000), 2. Black iron-tier advance grade flame demon fog wolf (0 / 300), 3. Green bronze-tier grade flame demon fog wolf (0 / 10)]
[Gift of Time: There is a 25% chance of dropping equipment of the corresponding level after killing any level of the fire demon fog wolf. There is a 0.1% chance of dropping an additional elemental archer recruitment book after killing black iron-tier intermediate grade and black iron-tier advance grade fire demon fog wolf.]
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[Time Mission 2: Protect Friends]
[Mission Description: Protect the last 13 elven elemental archers in Indre town!]
[Mission Objective: Survival of the 13 elven elemental archers (13 / 13)]
[Gift of Time: Every elven elemental archer you protect until the time ruin closes will allow you to recruit one elven elemental archer of the same level in reality.]
[Note: Time mission 1 needs to be completed!]
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[Time Mission 3: Hidden]
[Mission Description: Hidden]
[Mission Objective: Hidden]
[Gift of Time: Hero inheritance secret manual]
[Note: Both time missions 1 and 2 need to be completed!]
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[Time Ruins Countdown— 4 hours: 57 minutes: 35 seconds]
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Reading through the mission, Zhou Zhou knew what he had to do.
Before he could assign duties to his soldiers, one of them spoke.
"My lord, let me handle the scarlet lord."
Bai Yung said.
"There's a scarlet lord?"
Zhou Zhou was surprised at Bai Yung's request.
No scarlet lord was specified in the mission.
Wait, could eliminating the scarlet lord be the objective of the hidden time mission 3?
He thought before agreeing to Bai Yung's request.
With the blessed of time heading off on his mission, he said to the blessed of space-time.
"Hui Teng, you're in charge of locating the elves in this time ruin and protecting them."
"Avoid as much battles as you can."
"Yes, my lord!"
Hui Teng knelt with his head bowed before setting off.
"You two only have one job; slaughter every fog monster in sight."
Zhou Zhou said to the 2 blessed of space.
"Yes, my lord!"
Lu Chong and Qin We bowed in agreement.
"My lord, what would you be doing in the meantime?"
After taking a couple of steps forward, Qin We turned to look at Zhou Zhou.
"Waiting."
Zhou Zhou answered as he came to the edge of the building.
Raising an eyebrow at Zhou Zhou's answer, Qin We said nothing else before jumping to the next building.
As for Lu Chong, he had his spear putting a hole on the neck of the wolf monster covered in flames.
Looking over the ruin town, Zhou Zhou muttered.
"Who is a lord?"
"What is the job or the purpose of a lord?"
"Can one be considered a lord without his subjects?"
"As a lord, do you have to be the strongest in his territory or the brightest?
"Is a lord committed to the beautification and prosperity of his territory or to the wellbeing of his subjects?
"Can my aim of creating soldiers able to take on an army on their own be considered an act of beautification for me as a lord or for the safety of my subjects?"
Shaking his head with a smile, he knew the answer to that question.
"Supreme Will made me a lord before giving me any subjects, I'm just a victim of its action."
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With the aid of the blood eye potion, Hui Teng suffered fewer hindrances to his view as he dashed through the ruined streets of Indre town.
In a hurry to locate the elves and place them under his defense, he kept running at his peak speed while also making use of his sand stealth technique to shoot through the ground of obstructing buildings.
Enjoying the rapid movements of objects and his brain speed, the fanatic laughed out loud before launching himself forward and above the ground.
Bang!!
"Sorry!"
He shouted after crushing the body of a flame demon fog wolf due to his landing.
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Roar!!
Dodging the charge of the flame demon fog wolf, Lu Chong stabbed its right hind leg to the ground with his short spear before leaping into the air and hurling his standard spear through its neck.
Bam!!
Picking up his spears and fastening them on his back, he recalled the movements of space and the feeling generated when it moved through him.
"If I can chain my attacks to create a visual like the space wave, I might be able to take down a large number of opponents with lesser attacks."
He muttered as he continued seeking for more flame demon fog wolves.
..
Howl!
Flinging the flame demon fog wolf that pounced at him away with the aid of his shield, Qin We shot after the wolf demon before cleaving off its head.
The lord was so confident of our success.
This must be due to the grade of our strength and the tier of our combat skills.
He mused as he shot after the next flame demon fog wolf.
Making a sharp turn of his upper body, he evaded the claws of the four meter huge flame demon fog wolf before slamming the edge of his shield underneath its neck.
Taking a couple of quick steps to his right, he dodged the bite of the flame demon fog wolf behind him as he slashed open its stomach.
Dodging, blocking, slashing and stabbing, Qin We exuded the strength of a white silver-tier intermediate grade soldier as he crushed any hint of survivability of the black iron-tier and green bronze-tier flame demon fog wolves.
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