As Yustina's words say, the coordinates of the Gray Courtyard's position in the multiverse are indeed within the range of the main location plane, but they are different from other normal places in the main material plane - if there is anything special, it is that this gray world is really a subdimensional space stuck in the gap between time and space.

Gray symbolizes stagnation under the laws of the world, so this gray world is stagnant, regardless of the passage of time or the activity of space, which is not allowed in this particular location, unless they are approved by the owner of the courtyard.

And the owner of that courtyard was Yustina.

She "invited" the group that climbed the limestone peak from the misty mountain path to here, and briefly introduced her seclusion to everyone. Urs doesn't come as a surprise because he has memories of his previous life, and the hidden map in the game Grey Courtyard was even visited once in his previous life as a player.

He remembers the time he escorted a friend of the player who had triggered a special class progression quest to find the place, where he was forcibly teleported by an invisible force to the summit of Limestone Peak, and found himself here when he came back to his senses.

This experience is similar to the memories of the previous life, except that this time the mechanical mage Abel and his black cat demon pet Thoros are waiting for everyone to come halfway up the mountain, proving that the Sage Lady of the Gray Courtyard seems to have foreseen everyone's journey from the beginning.

Jay, Bellelis, and Dorothy are all spellcasters themselves, and Thea, as a priest, also has the ability to cast spells in magic, so after a while of reacting, they also accept Yustina's explanation of the Grey Courtyard. Stone Fist knew a little about magic, and on the premise of understanding the concept of subplane and group teleportation, he more or less figured out his situation at this time, and Koto, the only one who couldn't figure out the situation, finally chose to trust his friends.

The dwarven warrior didn't know much about magic, and he didn't quite understand the specific differences between this so-called special subplane and the normal main material plane, but since his friends said that there should be nothing wrong with this place, he certainly didn't complain about it afterwards.

After all, there is nothing to complain about.

What's more, Yu Stina always kept a kind smile at everyone, and her friendly demeanor made everyone in the team unable to see that she could have any ulterior bad thoughts in her heart.

"But then again, you ......" After getting a general understanding of this special place in the gray courtyard, Xia looked left and right at several scenes in the courtyard, and then turned her eyes back to look at Yu Stina, who had the same color as her group at the moment.

She wanted to ask the Sage Lady why she looked as if she had known that her group would come to find and visit her.

Abel seemed to turn back into a silent golem, and stood silently as his mentor talked to the visiting guests, and the dark male cat demon pet Thoros also cooperated with his shoulder to quietly examine everything in his eyes.

Festina's gaze passed over the Thorn Squad to look at her Mechanic apprentice, then she and the wolf-eared girl's gaze exchanged glances, interrupting her question softly and telling her, "I know what you want to ask, good child, and I can answer you that it's because of my soul gift." ”

"Your soul gift?" Thea blinked.

"It's kind of similar to the abilities of the Time Dragon."

"Time Dragon?!"

"If you've heard of the Time Dragon, it will make it easier for me to explain to you what I'm capable of, and how limited it is for me." The gray-haired lady of the sage nodded in acknowledgement.

And the creature named the Time Dragon - if there is any existence among the dragon clan that even the powerful gods are afraid of, then the Time Dragon is undoubtedly one of them, after all, although that kind of dragon is not as famous as the evil five-colored dragon, the good metal dragon and the neutral gem dragon in the eyes of the intelligent beings of the main material plane, but their power is reflected in their subspecies name - time.

It is rumored that the body of the Time Dragon is covered with a layer of charcoal gray scales, the skeleton of the back has no obvious outline, and the appearance gives a smooth impression, while the hourglass-shaped black scales cover their eyes like masks, the back of the skull stretches out a spike similar to the Hingui pointer, the twelve unevenly distributed ring-shaped black scales radiate from the back to the front like the growth rings of an ancient tree, and the end of the slender and dexterous tail protrudes from the tip of two spearheads, A pair of triangular wings protrude from a narrow point behind them and spread out, giving their general body the shape of an hourglass when flying with their wings outstretched.

The hourglass form symbolizes their formidable ability in a sense to relate to time in their own unique way: to breathe it, to swallow it, and to integrate their existence into time, so that they too live in time as part of the concept of time.

This strange dragon, even compared to the dragon gods, is still the rarest and most powerful of all dragons, and fortunately they are always absolutely neutral when they use the concept of "time" as their habitat.

Yu Tina said that her soul talent was somewhat similar to the ability of the Time Dragon, and then explained to everyone that the relationship was that this friendly sage lady could also stand on the coordinate point of "now" to observe the "past" and "future" on the timeline, but unlike the Time Dragon, she could travel through time freely, and even lost her lifestyle as a normal person because of the awakening of her soul talent.

She couldn't fit into the timeline of the main material plane normally - so she used the power of a legendary mage to try to create a private plane space of her own in the gap between time and space, and the entrance to this subplane space was a singularity located on the mountain path of Limestone Peak, so that she who had the authority to dominate this subplane space also had the ability to pull things close to the entrance of the singularity in.

"In other words, Sister Sage, you can't actually move freely in the normal world? You...... In fact, imprisoned in this cell called the Grey Courtyard? After listening to Yu Stina's explanation, Bellinglith touched the tip of her nose and thought for a long time, and then cautiously came to this conclusion, and looked at the other party with a trace of pity and sympathy.

"Such a conclusion cannot be said to be wrong, the future Grand Magister." Yustina smiled, a kind smile with a hint of helplessness in the arc, "But I'm not exactly a prisoner of time, I'm also a member of the secret party of the Origin Blood, and I think Victedo has already told you about this." ”

"But... Wait a minute! The little girl suddenly heard a strange salutation from the sage's words, "You... You just called me? ”

"The future Archmage." The Grey Court Sage smiled and repeated the title, "But please hold your doubts and curiosity aside for now, for I think another friend of your team is hesitating to ask me about her troubles—I guessed right, didn't I, the Warlock with the power of madness, Miss Dorothy?" ”