Chapter 1847 – Sword in the Stone

　　”That’s why things like rankings are meaningless, Si Xiaonan’s potential can’t be measured by pure battle power at all.” Lina spoke faintly.

　　”Back then, when I first met her, I knew that she was different from other agents …… Although she was not the only one who had a murderous intent towards the gods she represented, she was the only one who was really plotting how to kill Loki.

　　Later, she really succeeded, she killed Loki and became the new God of Trickery, and set up the [Hidden God] in the Mist, and her existence in the [Ten Mikado] has become legendary ……

　　However, four years ago she suddenly approached me and said she was going to do something, and after that, let me take over her existence and manage the entire [Hidden God].”

　　”You mean, she took the initiative to let you take over for her?”

　　”That’s right, she used ‘Trick’ to pinch a fake Trick Law in the world to get Fenrir to follow my orders, and arranged two of her close friends around me ahead of time, so that I managed to fool the others, and then ran off to Mt. Olympus on her own, saying that she was going to go in undercover… …

　　And then, the divine war broke out on the moon, and I haven’t seen her since.”

　　Lina glanced at Lin Qiye, “Weren’t you Si Xiaonan’s comrade-in-arms back then? You should know more about the inner workings than I do.”

　　Lin Qiye was silent for a moment and nodded.

　　”I see… ……”

　　In that case, it seemed that Lina was the double that Si Xiaonan had prepared before she went undercover in Olympus, but the great battle that happened later on forced her to stay in the Toutiao Palace for good, and after that, Lina had been disguising her identity to be in charge of the [Hidden God].

　　”In these four years, didn’t anyone realize that something was wrong?” Lin Qiye asked again.

　　Hearing this, Lina’s face sank as she slowly spoke, “Of course there …… was that period of time in the beginning when no one was suspicious of me, after all, the power of the ‘God of Trickery’ had already been deeply imprinted in their hearts and their everything was brought about by Si Xiaonan.

　　However, as time passed, I never struck again and wore a mask, so naturally I would attract suspicion ……

　　Starting from last year, there were more and more questions about me in the [Hidden Gods], and in the end, I could only reveal my identity, and although there were close friends who proved that I was Si Xiaonan’s chosen leader of the [Hidden Gods], after all, I was only a human being, and they weren’t convinced of me.

　　After that, although they didn’t explicitly deal with me, they had long since hollowed me out …… Otherwise, why do you think I came here alone?”

　　Hearing this, Lin Qiye sort of understood the cause and effect and spoke thoughtfully.

　　”No wonder, the [Hidden God] has been making quite a few small moves against Da Xia lately …… It seems that without Si Xiaonan, the [Hidden God] has long since ceased to be the same [Hidden God] as it was back then.”

　　As the words fell, Lin Qiye’s eyes looked towards Fenrir who was paralyzed on the ground, that strike from 22 was too terrifying, although Fenrir picked up a life with a hard bone, it was estimated that he wouldn’t be able to hold on for long.

　　Lin Qiye waved his fingertips, and two summoning spells opened up from nothingness, and two “mysterious” people wearing dark green nurse’s uniforms landed in front of him and spoke respectfully:

　　”Good day, Dean~”

　　”Well, it’s hard for you guys to treat it.”

　　These two “Mysteries” were employees of the hospital’s nurse’s infirmary, and their abilities were related to healing, although it was hard enough to treat humans, helping the demon wolf Fenrir with some simple wound treatment shouldn’t be too much of a problem.

　　Seeing this, Lina frowned slightly, ”Why do you want to help me? Right now, [Hidden God] and Daxia, should be considered enemies, right?”

　　”[Hidden God] is an enemy of Grand Xia, but you guys aren’t.” Lin Qiye spoke calmly, “Fenrir is Si Xiaonan’s mount, and you are her chosen successor, no matter what, I can’t just let you two die here.”

　　Lina grunted and didn’t say anything.

　　”By the way, how did you get here?” Lin Qiye asked as if he remembered something.

　　Lina hesitated for a moment, but she still extended her palm and clasped it on the ice at her feet.

　　A mysterious long sword suddenly appeared on the void of ice, most of this long sword was hidden in the ground, only a hilt was exposed in the air, and around this hilt, densely packed boulders were piled up as if it was buried in a crevice in the stone.

　　”This is ……” Lin Qiye frowned at this long sword that existed between reality and illusion and spoke in confusion.

　　”This is the divine weapon that King Arthur gave me, the Sword in the Stone.” Lina pointed to the position of the sword hilt, “It’s quite sensitive to the perception of time, and with the hilt in my hand, I felt the flow of time here …… In order to avoid the pursuit of [God’s Desire Paradise], I went all the way deeper into this place.”

　　”A sword in stone?”

　　Lin Qiye curiously surveyed the mysterious long sword that was stuck in the ground, from the aura it emanated, this was undoubtedly a supreme artifact of the English mythology, but …… this long sword that was stabbed into the ground had the efficacy of sensing time?

　　He reached out to touch the hilt of the Sword in the Stone, but was stopped by one of Lina’s hands, who spoke in a deep voice:

　　”The Sword in the Stone can’t be touched by anyone except King Arthur and I. If you don’t want to be corrupted into white bones, you’d better not touch it easily.”

　　Lin Qiye naturally wouldn’t try it again, and after he took his hand back, he opened his mouth and asked:

　　”Then can you tell us what kind of time maze you perceive when you hold this sword?”

　　Lina’s brow furrowed in serious thought for a long time, and

　　”It …… looks like an upside down pyramid.”

　　”A pyramid?”

　　”Not the appearance, it’s an upside down pyramid from the flow of time.” Lina sketched up with her finger on the ice surface, “The further down, the smaller the pyramid’s footprint is, but the more time has passed, and from my perception, the very bottom of this pyramid is roughly a hundred years away from the outside world.”

　　Over a hundred years?

　　Wasn’t that when the Gate of Truth shattered and the mists enveloped the world?

　　In other words, the end of this time labyrinth, that is, the very bottom of the inverted pyramid, should be where the remains of the Gate of Truth were located……. Only by arriving at that time more than a hundred years ago after the release of the mists could the remains of the Gate of Truth be found.

　　So, when Wang Mian saw the Gate of Truth, he had actually already reached the end of the time maze?

　　Worthy of being the God of Time …… Lin Qiye secretly thought.

　　Lina pointed at the inverted pyramid on the ground and continued:

　　”The place where you just entered the labyrinth is on the first level of this inverted pyramid, which is also the uppermost level and also the most broken level.

　　On this layer, every step will step into a different time, because the time here is so badly broken that the fragments are very small, but the difference in time here is not too big, and between each fragment, the difference is probably only a few days’ distance.

　　But the deeper you go, and the closer you get to the bottom of the pyramid, time will actually become more and more complete, and at this point, every time fragment you walk through, the time apart will have to be calculated in terms of ‘years’……”