"You shouldn't do something so dangerous!" Cassiri was the first to disagree, and righteously refused.

"Mentor, think again." Tai said.

Saisha also dissuaded: "I know that you are anxious to return to reality, but you don't need to be in a hurry at all, even if Cassiri travels back to reality for decades, he will return to this point in time. ”

Josh shook his head, "My concern isn't exactly a matter of time, it's risk. ”

He looked sideways at Kieran, who was speechless, "Did you tell them that it's been a long time since we've been able to observe reality?" ”

"This ......," Kieran scratched his beard in embarrassment, "because I don't need it, so ...... I only told Cassily privately. ”

The original time anchor was calculated based on Josh's entry into the time gap.

At that time, they were able to observe part of the development of reality, and Kieran's contact with Cassiri came from some time in the future.

However, the longer Josh left reality, the more time branches that were born due to his existence gradually became completely covered by the shadow of time, and it was difficult to observe the reality again.

Because of this, in order to avoid the emergence of the paradox of time and space, Kieran has not accepted new members for a long time.

In addition, there is a reason why Josh was eager to talk to Ahri in the reality projection time clone.

Josh was a little angry at Kieran's "irresponsibility", pointed at his nose and scolded, "You bad old man! ”

The other apprentices looked confused.

Josh then walked up the stairs to Cassili, his powerful pincers fastened to his shoulders.

"Mentor...... Trust me! ”

Cassiri patted his chest confidently, but Josh could still see the fear of an unknown future hidden in the depths of his eyes.

"It's not a question of trust or distrust." Josh shook his head solemnly, "We can't observe reality, so we can't be sure what era this space-time jump will go to. ”

Josh thought for a moment and continued: "If it's the future, it's fine, but if you go to the fixed past, based on your experience, it may cause chaos. ”

For the past two hundred years, Josh and Kieran have studied the mysteries of time in the same way, but in different directions.

Kieran focuses on temporal causality and philosophy, supplemented by practice.

However, Josh is the polar opposite, and he only studies theories to better study the application of time magic.

In addition, Josh rarely learns the thinking between "philosophy" and the complex and obscure "cause and effect".

After all, Josh is gifted in learning magic, and geniuses tend to learn faster than ordinary people, even if they are exposed to areas that they are not good at.

If you compare Kieran, who is also learning time magic, with Josh, Josh's theory is not as good as Kieran's, but it can be said that he is better than Kieran in various applications of time magic.

Despite being the first time to teleport a living being, Josh could see at a glance that there was no flaw in this space-time jump gate in theory.

Physical experiments were carried out, and the time robot returned unharmed, proving its feasibility in practice.

But the key to the problem of traveling through time and space lies in the uncertainty of reality.

If the slightest accident happens, Cassiri will cease to exist.

Or, the apprentice, who is far less proficient in time than the two mentors, goes back in time and touches on something forbidden that affects a fixed point in time, and is likely to cause the destruction of time turmoil.

"Like I said, I have the World Rune to guarantee that I won't die, but you're different, Cassili, you only have one life."

Josh is as serious as he used to teach his apprentices how to properly approach space-time magic, meticulous and intolerant of mistakes.

Cassiri frowned, his expression embarrassed, and his gaze skimmed over Josh to Kieran below.

"Are you really going to do that?"

Kieran sighed, "You know that if you travel back in time, it's fine, you can go back, but if it's the future......

"That way, we can dispel the shadow of time, but the anchor of time will be fixed."

After a long silence, Josh asked, "What time is the overworld?" ”

"It's the end of the Rune Wars." Kiran replied, "The first king, Oron, is about to lead the refugees to the western part of the continent of Valoran and establish the kingdom of Demacia. ”

"It's been so long...... Josh couldn't help but mutter.

Less than two hundred years have passed in the gap between time, and a few decades ago, he projected his doppelganger into reality and saw Ahri, who had only passed long after the Great Ruin.

Now, 300 years have passed since the observable Overworld time.

How many years have passed since that reality, and how long has Ahri been waiting for me......

Josh's heart filled with bitterness.

"Time is such a complex and wonderful thing." Kieran said.

Are you sure you want to do this? For your apprenticeship? 】

"We have been together for more than 100 years, and the friendship as friends is far more than that of master and apprentice, and I can't let him die."

[Accidents don't have to happen.] Lunixia's voice was dull, "But you, are you mentally prepared? 】

"I should have asked you this." Josh smiled, "There is a certain chance that we will be lost in the turbulence of time and space, and we will not be able to survive or die, which is more torturous than staying in this gap of time." ”

[Don't scare me, haven't you learned time magic for so many years? Runicia snorted, "You're running away from my question. 】

Josh was silent for a moment, "The timeline of the Overworld has only passed more than three hundred years, and reality shouldn't span too long. ”

[Oh? Are you so confident? 】

“……”

Josh cleverly digressed the subject: "Do you still want to break the seal?" ”

【You...... Damn it! You really can't open any pot! Lunicia gritted her teeth and said, "I suspect that you have been using 'Lifting the Seal' to control me! In your outlandish words, it's called ...... What's going on? 】

“PUA？” Josh smiled, "I've told you many times, you can definitely do it by lifting the seal, you have to be patient." ”

[Patience, patience...... You're starting again! Lunicia is influenced by Josh and will always lose her cultivation as a scholar, [I have been patient for two hundred years! 】

"Aren't we going back now?"

Runicia snorted coldly and stopped talking.

There was a long silence in the air, and the atmosphere gradually became solemn.

The twenty or thirty apprentices in the huge hall stared at Josh, who was communicating with Lunicia, and none of them said a word.

Seeing this, Cassiri took the initiative to break the silence: "Mentor, I ......"

"Needless to say." Josh raised his hand to make a stop gesture, took a deep breath and said, "I've made up my mind." ”

A warm smile curled into his lips and he tapped Cassiri twice on the shoulder.

"Mentor Josh!"

"Don't persuade anymore, you also know Josh's temperament, what he decides, ten Ernook cows can't pull it back."

Kiran interrupted the apprentices and looked at Josh with a serious gaze, "Are you sure you're ready?" ”

Josh nodded heavily without hesitation, "If you can, please set the coordinates in the sparsely populated Anaconda River Delta." ”

……

……

The time jump went smoothly, far beyond Josh's expectations.

He didn't even use the power of the world rune, but he felt a moment of spinning and dizziness through the verdant time elemental barrier generated by the ring arch.

When I came back to my senses, the environment in front of me changed abruptly.

It was cold and biting, as if a ghostly wind that could touch the soul was blowing from all directions.

The environment before him was misty and dark, absurd and desolate, shallow or hideous cracks spread all over the land, the turbulence of the sky surged, and the rolling black clouds flashed with thunderbolts.

From time to time, the inexplicable whispers came to my ears, like a cruel overture to death, an eternal lament performed by a death singer.

And shrouded in the surroundings is an evil black mist that can continuously extract life.

It's like a hellish nightmare.

This is the Isle of Shadows, hundreds of nautical miles away from the teleportation coordinates of the established Islets in the Anaconda River Basin.

"I thought it was going to be going well." Josh spoke in his head and looked around.

With the magic surging in his body, Josh drew arcane runes with one hand, erecting an arcane barrier around his body.

While isolating his own breath, it also plays a role in preventing the cursed black mist from extracting his own life.

But it was only a moment's hesitation, and a twisted soul hidden in the mistice of viciousness appeared, roaring at Josh, almost ready to attack.

[Oh, that's not a good sign.] 】