On the clock tower, the hour and minute hands of the dial twist wildly, turning forward and backward, making people worry that the fragile clock could collapse at any moment. With its madness, the swing amplitude of the suspended pendulum is getting bigger and bigger, sometimes it is fast and only a remnant, and sometimes it is slow as if it is just standing still in mid-air. The surface of the stone bell tower, with the change of the pendulum and dial, becomes mottled and dilapidated for a while, as if it has experienced the baptism of thousands of years, and then becomes brand new, as if it was just built, giving the onlooker the feeling that the time that belongs to the bell tower and even belongs to this space has been distorted, and a second of time may be only a moment here, or it may have become an eternity.

From a distance, if the eyesight is good enough, it can be seen that Victor's young face has added a few wrinkles, and Ferek's golden hair is also covered with a layer of gray color, in less than a minute, both of them seem to be much older, but neither of them cares, but after they levitate on the original platform of the bell tower, they take a few steps backwards, and re-hide in the gate of the bell tower, and the closed door separates Penisvian and them in two worlds.

While they were doing all this, Pannis actually had enough opportunity to rush up and attack, but he didn't do it at all, but watched from a distance, his face as heavy as the sky outside, and cautiously kept a certain distance from the bell tower.

"Be careful. Pannis didn't look back, turned his back to Vivien and said, "Don't step within ten meters around the bell tower, no, ten meters is a bit less, at least keep a distance of more than thirty meters." ”

"Dangerous?" Vivien's energy sensing didn't sense any anomalous energy around the bell tower, but with what she knew about Pannis, she knew very well that Pannis would never joke at such a time, so she asked seriously, "Is it covered with a special energy field that can't be sensed?"

"Well, I can't understand it, I can't feel it, but it's dangerous. Pannis took a few steps back as she escorted Vivien. Pulling the distance a little further, he said in a deep voice: "When he fought side by side with Fira back then, his mastery of time magic was only to the extent of prefunding time for two of them to cast different spells at the same time. He didn't expect that his students would be able to develop time magic to such an extent now. Note that around that clock tower, the rules of time are probably not normal, and if you rush in, you are likely to be affected by the chaotic rules of time. I don't think you're interested in getting a feel for your 80-year-old body in advance, and you don't really want to go back to when you were 3 years old. ”

"Don't say such horrible words, just thinking about it makes me feel chills. Vivien crossed her arms and shivered, and said dissatisfiedly, "It's terrible to think that I suddenly became eighty years old." ”

"That's what they think, too. Pannis sighed and said: "Don't look at what they say so nicely, in fact, in the final analysis, they are still afraid of death, so they try their best, even if it is by plundering the lives of others, to delay their own death as much as possible." The goal is indeed good, but. chose the most wrong way, but it's no wonder that the tower mage didn't pay much attention to good and evil, good and evil, and was completely self-interested and pragmatist. ”

"I'd rather die of old age than live this way. Vivien shook her head vigorously and said, "No matter what, I'm at least a human being, and human nature makes it impossible for me to devour the blood and life of my own kind to satisfy myself." ”

"So you're not them. Pannis turned his head and looked at Vivien's face with a smile, "So you are Vivien, the good sister of Catherine and Lina, and the most popular teacher in the Star Magic Academy." Isn't that right?"

"Hmph, I wouldn't be happy if you did that. A layer of blush appeared on Vivian's childish face, and she turned her head, but finally couldn't help but cover her mouth and snickered in a low voice: "Hehe." I think so too. ”

"Don't follow Lina's habits. Pannis rolled his eyes and said helplessly, "It's not flattering at all." ”

"I'll tell her when I get out. Vivien glared at Pannis, and then said solemnly, "What should we do now? Let them prepare for the attack? I always feel that if this continues, their final attack will be very dangerous." ”

"I have no choice but to wait. Pannis shook his head and said, "The rules of time are too mysterious for me to understand, and I don't dare to attack rashly to interfere with their preparations for battle." I always feel like something terrible will happen if I get close. However, even if they launch a final attack, they have their own weaknesses, as long as we can hold on to their attacks for a while, we can achieve the final victory. So now it's just a matter of waiting quietly and getting ready for confrontation. ”

"Because of what they just showed?" Vivien said thoughtfully, "It seems that time magic does come at a price, and the stronger the time magic, the greater the price." ”

"You can see that, too. Pannis nodded and said: "With their lifespan, I'm afraid they won't be able to support it for long, heh, no wonder I've never heard of Phila using time magic like this, if you want to affect time, you will inevitably be eaten by time, it depends on how long the rest of their lives can last, it is estimated that they also want to make a last stand, and we can't let us die during the duration, so they are the ones who die." ”

"That's right. Victor's voice suddenly became very loud, and began to spread from the bell tower to all sides: "You have tired me, indeed, I can't catch you, but, I heard the teacher say that you have only a few years of possession of the inherent spiritual realm, and the intensity is not high, so the highest way to deal with you is to directly target your realm, if you destroy your realm, you will naturally weaken with the realm, and the lives we consume can be compensated by reserves." Of course, you can also choose to escape, but unfortunately, several other people, as well as ordinary people in the city, will be buried because of your escape. ”

With Victor's declaration, the strange energy field around the bell tower began to expand outward at a uniform speed, and the surrounding sea of sand, white bones, and night sky turned into a cloud of strange light and shadow under the erosion of the energy field, and finally returned to a void, and in the void, only the bell tower in the center was still standing in place.

"You don't want me to escape, you're not qualified enough, wait until you really become a god to talk about this nonsense. Pannis finally understood what the other party wanted to do, calmly pulled out his one-handed sword, the energy escaping from the vast innate spiritual realm, quickly gathered around him, Pannis stared at the magic tower, and whispered to Vivien: "The strongest place in his way of fighting is the bell tower, and the most vulnerable place is actually the bell tower, once the bell tower as a symbol of the inherent spiritual realm is defeated, his tactics will completely fail." Therefore, I will mobilize all my energy to tear through his energy field and hit his bell tower head-on, as long as I can succeed, they will no longer be able to fight us. ”

"But what if you fail?" asked Vivien in a whisper, "What will happen to you if you fail?"

"Failure? Hehe, I've calculated it, and the odds of success are very high. Pannis smiled and said, "Don't worry if I fail, I won't die, and besides, she will protect me." ”

Pannis said, holding out his hand to his side. Nelly's phantom also raised her arm covered with armor at the same time, and put her metal-wrapped hand in the palm of Pannis's hand, although there was no contact between the real and the phantom, Pannis held Nelly's hand weakly, and said with a chuckle: "Maybe I will fail alone, but if two people are together, even in the face of the gods, they can fight." Moreover, some mistakes are enough to be made once, and this time I will never take any more back, and no one can make me take another half step back. ”

Standing behind Pannis, Vivien's gaze stayed on the two hands held in the void, with indescribable emotions in her complicated gaze, the look on her face was uncertain, but finally fixed on a firm smile, and said easily: "I believe in your strength, I can't help much at this time, then let me stand in the distance, waiting for the news of your victory." ”

"Of course, you'll be waiting soon. Pannis nodded and said, "However, you are also ready to fight, after the failure of their offensive this time, I am afraid that there will be the final aftermath, you must hold on, and you must not be careless." ”

"Don't worry, and, even if you're sure of victory, be careful. Vivien tugged at the corner of Pannis's coat and whispered, "I know you won't die, but even if you don't really die, dying once is very painful, and I don't want to see you experience the pain of death again." Also, we are all waiting for you, waiting for you in the 'now', don't let us down. ”

"Heh, I'm not going to die. Pannis looked dumbfounded, blinked and said, "With his strength, he doesn't have the ability to let me die, and I'll be back soon." ”

After saying that, Pannis, whose energy had climbed to the extreme, rushed towards the bell tower in the void accompanied by Nelly's phantom. As Penis rushed out, the two forces of completely different natures, but equally unusually large, began to approach rapidly, and Vivien turned around and tried to move away from her original position several times in a row. Knowing that she had reached what she thought was a safe distance, Vivien turned around, prayed to the god of wisdom in her heart, and silently watched the two forces collide violently in the distance of the bell tower.

The next moment, the furious energy roared and exploded in all directions. (To be continued.) )