Chapter 52 : Chapter 52 Tian, see you tomorrow!
The first half sounded extremely pretentious, like ancient Classical Chinese from the Xianzhou that was completely incomprehensible.
But the title of the scroll was indeed "Saffron's Secret Recipe."
"There's a second half?"
"Regarding the next Divine Tree, we intended to choose another puppet. As for Myrtle's daughter, Tiresias... shall we call her Saffron?"
Reading this, Sushang couldn't help but be stunned, because a person's name had actually appeared?!
She continued reading further down.
Something about requiring her to be raised as the next Divine Tree; after all, she had received relevant education since childhood, which would save a lot of effort.
Something about her status as Myrtle's daughter; she was still young and had no wings of her own, so as long as she was confined, the Right of Oracle could still be firmly held in their hands, and so on.
Sushang was confused at first, but gradually seemed to understand a bit.
This recipe seemed to be talking about plants, but was it actually using them as a metaphor for people?
Without knowing the cause and effect, she could only gather from the complex text that someone seemingly wanted to imprison Tiresias and then use that to seize something?
"Is this a letter? It mentions Saffron, but also... Tiresias?"
Trinnon began chatting with Tribbie about the envelope.
But what Tribbie found strange was: "Why would this letter appear here, and how did Trianne sense it?"
"Could it be... these are our lost Remembrance."
Continuing forward with confusion and doubt, the three of them seemed to have stepped into the Trial of the Time.
But during the process of searching for Saffron, Trianne's condition worsened; first, she couldn't sense Tribbie and Trinnon's voices, and then she began to have persistent hallucinations.
In the end, after leading Guinaifen around for a long time, they still hadn't gathered enough Saffron.
Out of options, Tribbie suggested they could only go directly to see Orionis.
They hoped that by negotiating properly with her, they could get her help.
However.
Just as the three of them passed through layers of gates.
At the end of the distant cliff, the once massive and shimmering Orionis... had actually vanished?!
On the other side.
After Phainon exchanged information about the Fire Thief with Anaxa, he also received news of Tribbie's disappearance.
Sensing that something was about to happen, he immediately led Xing to rush toward the Abyss of Destiny.
But it was clearly too late.
Standing by the empty cliff, sounds gradually began to echo.
Trinnon seemed to be the first to sense something and spoke up to warn: "Tribbie, 'we' probably have to leave. In this temple..."
"I'm afraid there are others here."
Tribbie was slightly surprised.
Coincidentally at this moment, Trianne picked up a piece of black scrap cloth.
"A scrap of the Fire Thief's cloth?!"
Guinaifen immediately remembered that Anaxa had a piece exactly like this one, which had been torn from the Fire Thief.
She suddenly felt a bad premonition in her heart.
Tribbie and the others discussed and prepared to hide first.
Unfortunately, disaster arrived one step ahead.
As a dark shadow fell from mid-air, the Fire Thief's black sword appeared out of thin air, knocking Tribbie, Trianne, and Trinnon flying one after another!
"Waah—!"
At the same time, dark figures revealed themselves all around, surrounding the scene.
It was the Fire Thief!
Like an executioner, he walked slowly toward the three little ones.
Trianne, waking up in a daze, looked around and realized there was no way out, so she immediately stood up and opened the Gate of a Hundred Worlds.
"Fly!"
As the light burst forth, it seemed as if bits of starlight were falling.
The triangular portal seemed to carry a gravitational pull, forcibly dragging the Fire Thief into it.
But unfortunately.
This time, Trianne's power was no longer enough to banish him again.
The Fire Thief broke free—
"Trianne?" Tribbie's voice came.
Clearly, Trianne could also feel this.
As the Fire Thief charged toward her, she simply freed her left hand and pointed a faint light at the two of them.
"Tribbie..."
She looked back and smiled.
In the blink of an eye, it was as if starlight surrounded them, and dawn and dusk fell.
Behind Tribbie and Trinnon, a Gate of a Hundred Worlds suddenly opened and pulled the two of them in.
"See you tomorrow!"
...
The darkness was fleeting.
No warning, no goodbye.
Just like the memories in the previous plot:
"In this ordinary era, every goodbye could be forever."
So much so that when the moment of eternal parting actually arrived, everyone in front of the screen was dumbfounded.
Guinaifen couldn't help but cover her lips, suddenly feeling a sting in her nose.
"Trianne..."
[Ah?]
[?]
[?]
[?]
The screen seemed frozen on Trianne's final look back, feeling so long.
A large amount of bullet chat scrolled down, filled with deep shock and confusion.
Sadness doesn't always explode instantly; often, what arrives first is bewilderment and doubt.
[Why did the screen go black? Where's Trianne?!]
[Trianne sent Tribbie and Trinnon back, but stayed in the Abyss of Destiny herself?]
[The Fire Thief had already stabbed forward just now...]
[Where are Phainon and the protagonist? Didn't they rush over here? Save her!]
[Actually, there's probably no chance. Didn't they say Trianne could only open the Gate of a Hundred Worlds one more time at most? But she just opened two at once...]
At this point, all explanations seemed pale.
But the players still found it hard to accept this reality; they wanted to go back.
Fortunately, Tribbie and Trinnon, who had been sent out by Trianne, were safely awakened by Phainon and Xing.
After learning what happened, Phainon naturally couldn't leave Trianne alone.
Consequently, the Chrysos Heirs began to split into two groups.
Hyacine was responsible for finding Trianne's whereabouts.
Phainon and Xing went to find Aglaea to explain how the Fire Thief stole the spark, and decided to work with Anaxa to find a way to use the power of the Time to banish him to the past.
At the same time, Mydei, stimulated by Kratros, was also prepared to take over the authority of the spark.
...
Before leaving, Phainon finally caught up.
As a farewell, Mydei told Phainon a story about the Mountain Dwellers.
Long ago, a group of Mountain Dwellers lived on the mountains, and their ordinary, stable life became a habit.
But among them, there was an outlier named Geokeles who longed for the outside world.
Until one day, the flames of war between the Radon People and the Campanians reached this peaceful mountain.
That man named Geokeles sent the news back to the tribe, hoping the elders would take action.
However, the Mountain Dwellers, accustomed to a stable life, were unwilling to make changes or migrate, even if it meant suing for peace.
"Geokeles felt angry and sorrowful, but he didn't give up. Guess what he did?" Mydei smiled slightly.
Phainon, standing beside him, was stunned for a moment.
Resist, or find some other way to have the best of both worlds and alleviate the conflict between the two sides?
Clearly, Phainon couldn't think of it for a moment.
"Heh." Mydei shook his head, "He took all the Mountain Dwellers's gemstones and bought a large amount of gunpowder from the Radon People."
"Then..."
"He blew up the forests and mountains where the Mountain Dwellers lived, forcing them to flee. And only then did the giants you see in Okhema come to be."
[...]
[Invincible Swordsman 123: Ah? You can even do it like that?!]
[This, this way of thinking is a bit different from normal people.]
[Ruthless Divination Machine: Indeed... I thought he would use some clever strategy, take the gunpowder and launch a surprise attack on the Radon People, or perhaps guide the conflict between the two sides.]
[The twist in Mydei's story was unexpected? He actually blew up his own home to force his clansmen to flee.]
[Real-Name Surfing: A very clever method, I've learned something.]
[Real-Name Surfing: This is very realistic. After all, the idea that one person's power could change the situation of spreading war between two armies is too much of a fantasy.]
[Dimensional Trash Dump: Good at calculating... If the game Author is willing, I can introduce you to a job (just kidding).]
"This is the story of the Mountain Opener," Mydei said.
"Because he took action, writing down the transformation with his own hands."
These words seemed to be about that Mountain Opener, but also seemed to be what Mydei was saying to himself.
At the end of the story, Mydei had clearly made up his mind to bear the spark and shoulder the fate of Nikador.
He walked toward the sacrificial vessel in front of him, leaving one last sentence for Phainon:
"If one day we meet on the battlefield again, and I stand on the opposite side of the Fire Chasing..."
"Remember to pierce my tenth thoracic vertebra from behind. That is the only weakness that can kill me."
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