Dark clouds shrouded the sky over the Third Flame City, it was obviously only afternoon, but the sky was dim as if it had been evening, in the dark clouds, there was constantly roaring thunder, green and white lightning poked out of the Y clouds from time to time, instantly illuminating the sky above the city, and instantly returning to Y darkness, the residents of the city, everyone could feel the rain accumulating in the clouds, but there was not a drop falling, which made people full of anticipation in irritability. [Full text reading]

With his hands behind his back, Pannis slowly paced down the almost empty street, looking very leisurely, as if he was not in a hurry at all. It had been half an hour since the group left the town hall, and the girls were now with Moore to destroy the magic circles that had been set up and could only bring death, before leaving, Catherine seemed to have a premonition of something, and looked at Pannis worriedly, but in the end she didn't persuade anything, just gently hugged his body, and whispered in his ear: "Come back safely, we are all waiting for you, don't let us down." ”

After sending the girls away, Pannis began to wander around the city, at this time compared to just now, the only difference is that he has changed a set of clothes, his usual favorite wear, the looser black trench coat cover has been changed, and now he is only wearing a tight-fitting swordsman suit, the tightened cuffs and trouser legs are tightly bound to the wrists and ankles, which will not bring any inconvenience to the movement. On his body, all the odds and pieces of weapons were also wrapped in a trench coat, and handed over to Catherine to carry along with his backpack, so he now had only a one-handed sword on his back, which happened to be in the most convenient position to draw.

Pannis walked with ease, taking every few steps curiously looking at the scenery around him, as if he had never been to the city, and seemed to be interested in every building, and when he encountered something interesting, he would stop to admire it for a while. Occasionally, a resident peering out of the window of his room looked at the strange man who was still roaming the streets at any time when the rainstorm was about to come. However, the more people in the city, the higher the chance of strange people, and in a large city with a population of hundreds of thousands, there are always a few tourists who behave strangely. That's why Pannis didn't get onlookers from the residents.

However, he didn't care about any of this, and wandered the streets like a real tourist, without the slightest intention of rushing to meet Fira. At one point, having already reached a point only a few hundred meters from the town hall, he did not re-enter, but turned into an alley and continued his leisurely wandering. As he walked through the city, Pannis's expression gradually changed, and when he first left the town hall, there was always an indescribable strangeness in his expression, but the more he wandered around, the more relaxed his expression became. Until finally it returned to its usual appearance, calm with a lazy smile.

It was only then that Pannis suddenly turned around, squinted his eyes at the tall spire of the town hall, chuckled, and walked towards the town hall. With one step, he suddenly disappeared in place, and when he reappeared, he had already crossed several walls that had become obstacles, and appeared on another street dozens of meters away. He was still moving slowly. However, since it was a straight line, any obstacles were traversed using the inherent mental realm, so the distance to the town hall was rapidly closing in less than ten minutes. He was already standing in the empty hall of the town hall.

The town hall was still empty, and even the guards who usually lived in the town hall all year round on duty didn't know where they had been sent by Felek, and the huge hall was still immersed in a dead silence, except for the occasional thunder outside, which would roar into this quiet and terrible space.

Still with his hands behind his back, Pannis stood in the hall for a few minutes. It wasn't until he heard the bell ringing on the hour in the distance that he nodded thoughtfully, and walked into the teleportation room that connected the floating island to the ground according to the path that Felek had led before. There was obviously no change in the teleportation room, the teleportation circle was still lying there with a glimmer of magic, and he lowered his head to look at the circle, as if he had finally decided something, and walked to the center of the circle.

The light of the teleportation magic flickered, and by the time Pannis's vision returned, it had already appeared on the floating island. It can be seen that the entire floating island is wrapped in a dark Y cloud, lightning shuttles through the clouds, but it is blocked by the outer shield of the island, and cannot affect the inside, standing here, due to the obscuration of the dark clouds, you can't see the sky, you can't see the ground, it's like entering another world. However, there were a lot more people on the floating island than the city below, and the mages and scholars were running around the workshops and affiliated laboratories as if nothing had happened, going about their lives, perhaps unaware that just a few hundred meters below their feet was a terrible circle waiting to devour a large number of lives, including their family and friends.

"I think they wouldn't care if they knew. Pannis shrugged, muttered to himself, and walked leisurely to the base of the Mage's Tower, pushed open the door and entered. The last time I came, although the interior of Fira's mage tower was also very quiet, I could still see mages coming and going occasionally, but this time I didn't encounter anyone, but this strange phenomenon didn't surprise Pannis at all, just smiled casually, and followed the route last time, all the way through the teleportation, straight to the top of the mage tower.

"Excuse me, is it Master Kyle?" As soon as he walked out of the last teleportation array, a timid girl's voice came into Pannis's ears, and when he turned his head, he saw that one of the maids who had been by Fira's side was looking at him timidly with big eyes.

"It's me. Pannis nodded suspiciously and asked, "Why are you still waiting here?"

"Master Fira asked me to inform you that he is waiting for you in the old place. The maid lowered her head and whispered: "Another master, he, he, he said to let you do him a favor and teleport me, I don't know what happened to the master, let the sisters go home from vacation early this morning, I have been waiting for you here for a morning." ”

"Heh, it's nothing, it's just that he has some problems to deal with, don't worry. Pannis chuckled and comforted, "As for you, will I send you back to the ground?"

"No, no, I don't have any relatives on the ground, and my current residence is on the island. The maid seemed to be relieved when she heard Pannis's comfort, and explained with a smile, "So can you please send me to the teleportation array at the bottom of the tower?"

"As you wish, it's a pleasure to serve you. Pannis seemed to have completely returned to his habits when he was still Kyle, and he seriously stroked his chest and bowed down, reaching out like a gentleman to the circle he had just come up with: "Please, beautiful lady, I will personally escort you to the bottom floor." ”

"Thank you, Master Kyle. The maid's timidity finally disappeared, and she walked quickly to the center of the circle, but tilted her head and said to herself: "Strange, why do you always feel that you have heard of your name, Master?"

"Heh, there are always some people whose names will be very similar. Pannis said with a faint smile: "However, one of them lives in the past, and the other lives in the present, not the same person, just similar." ”

"I don't know much. The maid should have been teleported countless times, so there was no panic in the teleportation process, and there was not even any change because of the sudden appearance in other positions, but she blinked blankly and continued the conversation just now: "But I always feel that it is very similar to some of the words that the master said, and the master has always said some strange things to himself recently, which is also the past, the present, and the human heart, but those of us who are maids don't understand it at all." Well, Master Kyle, you are indeed a good friend of the master, and even the words you say are so profound. ”

"Hahahaha, that's right, we're good friends. Pannis's eyes narrowed slowly, and he laughed and said, "We have been very good friends since many, many years ago, and we know each other very well, which is why we even speak so similarly." Well, beautiful lady, we have arrived, but I still have an appointment with Fira, so I won't give you to the door. ”

"Thank you, Master Kyle. The maid thanked her gratefully, and suddenly remembered something and said, "Ah, by the way, the master asked me to give it to you...... No, I almost forgot the master's instructions, it's nothing, thank you for sending me down. ”

"It's my pleasure to serve women. Pannis nodded thoughtfully, and watched the maid walk out of the gate of the magic tower, and reflexively closed the door as she left.

"Old place?" said to himself with a smile on his lips, "It really feels like going back in time." ”

With a smile on his face, Pannis teleported back to the top of the tower, this time no longer waiting next to the magic circle, but he still stood in the center of the circle for a few seconds, walking familiarly along the corridors on the top floor, and in a few minutes he reached the door of Fira's private laboratory.

"This is where we first met, and every time I come to see you in the future, I almost always see you here. Pannis's hand pressed on the door and said softly: "Start here, end from here, it's like a time backtrack, it's really worthy of you who have been immersed in time magic for half your life, but unfortunately, although the location has not changed, but you and I standing at both ends of time are not the same as before, are you right, my old friend." ”

As he spoke, Pannis gently pushed open the door of the laboratory, and as soon as the door opened, he saw Fira, dressed in a black robe, standing with her back to him, leaning over and busy in front of her laboratory table. (To be continued.) )

ps:The biggest difficulty in this volume is finally here.,It's really a torment.,If I update tomorrow with a small number of words.,I hope you don't blame me.,It's really a little difficult.。

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