The invitation from Kieran was clearly unexpected—to be honest, despite knowing that Kieran was a former Eccia, Rhodes never expected anything from him throughout.

Not at all.

Staying out of time does keep the last hope, but at the same time, it also gives up on reality, and judging by Kieran's previous performances, he may have a path of his own choice.

We all have the same purpose, but we are not all the way in nature.

Now that Kieran has given the invitation, and Rod has accepted it, the only problem is that Rod can't agree to a time strip of himself.

Rhodes knew better than anyone how dangerous it was to exist outside of time—it meant exile in the fundamental sense, a confluence of eternal destinies.

So when he first met Kieran and when Kieran said that he hoped he could leave time for a while, Rod's knee-jerk reaction was to refuse.

It's okay to meet, but there's no need for time stripping - you'll tell me where the Void Door is, that's enough.

But Kieran obviously had his own plans, and seeing that Rod seemed unwilling to carry out the stripping of time, he hesitated slightly, and finally chose to fully manifest his form.

The vague body condensed into a real body, and on the huge clock behind him, all the hands began to rotate wildly, and finally with a gentle "ding", an old man with white hair appeared in front of Rod.

It wasn't the first time Rhodes had seen Kieran, but it was the first time he had seen Kieran clearly and completely.

And it is precisely because Kieran in front of him is so clear and complete that all the previous doubts in Rod's heart have been solved - this time Kieran is an entity who objectively appeared in front of him, completely without the previous ethereal feeling.

This means that Kiran has found a way back to reality.

"You've found a way back to the Land of Runeterrae?" Rod looked at Kieran and couldn't help but smack his lips, "You look like just a normal person in fancy dress now, not at all like a person who has performed a time strip on himself. ”

"Because Runeterrae is gradually acknowledging my responsibility." Kieran seemed a little uncomfortable, but his tone was full of confidence, "While I may never be able to return to my normal flow of time, at least for now, I have gradually found the right direction. ”

The right direction?

Kieran's description made Rod raise an eyebrow.

In other words, the Kieran in front of him is not an entity?

Consciously, an entity capable of fooling Rhodes...... It's not easy.

"The scariest thing about being outside of the flow of time is never loneliness." As if to see Rod's curiosity, Kieran briefly described his direction, "At least for me, the most terrible thing is not loneliness, but loss - time eats everything, and I often get lost in the long river of time, and I don't even know who I am." ”

“……”

"Leaving time, I found that the boundary between existence and disappearance was blurred without limit, and order and chaos seemed to merge into one, and I was in it, struggling to guard my memories and thoughts, to prevent myself from completely falling into chaos."

“……”

"But now, I've found an interesting coordinate, an interesting fixed point, and as long as I find this point, I'll confirm that I'm still Kiran, and I'm still working on Acacia......"

"You mean—" Rhodes seemed to think of something, narrowing his eyes slightly, "you use me as a coordinate to confirm time and space?" ”

"Not you, exactly." Kieran nodded, "It's the sand—it's magical, as if they have the power to truly manipulate time, but they're severely suppressed because it's just as inadmissible as time stripping. ”

Very keenly perceived!

"So?"

"So I know what the question you're looking for answers to is, but the vicissitudes of life, although I know the place where the astral magician summoned the void in the first place, but I can't describe it through words, the best way is to go there yourself and see what happened at that time - as long as there is this grit, you will not get lost in the flow of time."

"Sometimes the sand, I can travel through time?"

"You can't, but I can take you."

"What do I need to do?"

"Leave a mark of time, and wrap yourself completely in the gravel."

"It doesn't sound difficult."

"But I want to make it clear to you beforehand, although this is essentially a time travel that I take you on, you have become an observer after all, and every scene you see is a serious shock to yourself, and every time you look at it, the law of time will give you a heavy blow - you have to be mentally prepared."

"Small." Hearing Kieran say this, Rod had a confident smile on his face, "The journey and erosion of time...... I'm familiar with this stuff! ”

Although he didn't know where Rod got his confidence, but seeing that he looked like "I'm ready, let the horse come over", Kieran didn't say much, just waited for Rod to enter the state of time chrysalis, and then quickly dialed the hands of the clock mountain behind him.