Chapter 698: 544 "Ash
"Huff..."
As Reiger descended from the sky and landed on the ground, even he couldn’t help but reveal a trace of fatigue in his eyes.
After a grueling two-hour battle, maintaining a high level of concentration throughout, and without a single pause, it was no wonder Reiger felt a bit weary.
Of course, this weariness was merely mental exhaustion.
Possessing the highest level of "Healing" and "Spiritual Restoration," which could automatically restore physical and spiritual power at any time, Reiger’s least worry was a drawn-out battle.
It could be said that once a battle became one of endurance, Reiger was likely to secure the final victory eighty percent of the time, the remaining twenty percent taking into account the possibility that his opponent might also be adept in prolonged combat.
Thus, although he had fought intensively for two hours, Reiger was actually still in very good shape, just a bit mentally drained.
"Battling ’Calamity’ just doesn’t excite me, nor is it the slightest bit thrilling."
Expressing such thoughts, Reiger turned around and looked in the direction where the ’Calamity’ of Norwich had been.
There was nothing left there now, just a huge crater over a kilometer in diameter, the sand and soil inside crystalized, and with hot smoke still billowing out, it was evident just how high the temperature inside was.
As for Norwich’s ’Calamity,’ it had been utterly evaporated.
Whether it was the curse or an ominous presence, under the super-grade magic "Skyfall," everything had been thoroughly incinerated.
"Click..."
Reiger sheathed his sword, thinking to himself.
"Although it can’t quite match in range, in terms of sheer power, this super-grade magic ’Skyfall’ should be on par with the strategic magic of the Akasha Continent, right?"
Touching the ring on his finger, Reiger couldn’t help but nod in acknowledgment.
This ring crafted by Morgan was truly incredible; it not only enhanced the power of the magic Reiger cast but also significantly shortened the casting time.
Otherwise, with the overly long cast time of super-grade magic, Reiger would have found it impossible to use it in combat.
Thanks to Morgan’s ring, which greatly shortened the casting time, Reiger was able to unleash it during the battle, decisively using the super-grade magic the moment Norwich’s ’Calamity’ was down and out.
The result was gratifying, securing Reiger’s final victory with a single blow and bringing the fierce battle to a close.
Now...
"You can come out now, can’t you?"
Reiger continued to stare at the deep crater before him, yet he suddenly said this indifferently, as if talking to himself.
"Not long after my fight with Norwich’s ’Calamity’ began, you had already arrived here, watching silently from the sidelines."
"Now that the battle is over and the show has concluded,"
"Isn’t it time for you to come out?"
His words drifted on the wind like a casual soliloquy, reaching the surroundings.
"————"
All around was silent, not a hint of anything unusual.
Reiger was not in a hurry; he just waited quietly for several minutes.
"Rustle rustle..."
Finally, at the edge of the devastated unknown coast, within the unnamed forest, a rustling sound emerged from the bushes.
A figure parted the bushes and gradually walked out of the forest.
"Sorry, I had no ill intentions. I was just so captivated by your fight that I forgot to reveal myself," the unexpectedly melodious and pleasant voice that came from the other party revealed that it was a young girl.
Reiger turned and looked in her direction.
At that glance, ripples involuntarily stirred in Reiger’s eyes.
Because the girl who entered his sight had a familiar appearance he could recognize all too well.
She was petite, resembling a girl of about fifteen or sixteen, with a delicate and pretty face that still bore traces of youthfulness.
She had golden hair styled in twin ponytails, and eyes that seemed to pierce into the deepest secrets of one’s heart, clear and beautiful.
She held a magic wand and was dressed like a noble miss studying at a magic academy, giving off the air of someone still in training.
That appearance, that image, was exactly like Altoria from Reiger’s memories.
But this person was not Altoria, definitely not.
It wasn’t just the different attire; unlike the naïve Altoria, this girl had a sense of seasoned calmness, and her footsteps, posture, aura, and the atmosphere she exuded were all different from Altoria’s.
If Altoria were a clumsy and impulsive country bumpkin, then this girl would be an elegant and noble urban elite.
The way she looked at Reiger was also different from Altoria’s gaze; it wasn’t as clear but mixed with a hint of helplessness and resignation towards fate. Instead, it was steady and powerful, with an indifference hidden deep within, difficult for others to perceive.
"... Who are you?"
Reiger quietly watched the magician girl who looked exactly like Altoria on the outside, but with a fatal difference on the inside, and after a while, he asked softly.
"Me?"
The girl halted her steps and glanced at the vast pit before finally turning her attention to Reiger.
"My name is Chen, a magician currently traveling on this island of Britain," she introduced herself, and looked directly at Reiger with a sudden smile.
"Nice to meet you, I hope to learn a lot from you," she said.
Upon hearing this, Reiger fell silent.
...
In the distant past, thousands of years ago, a savior once appeared in the Fairy Country of Britain.
She eradicated countless disasters and saved many fairies.
She halted wars and fostered peace.
Like Altoria, who carried the chosen Magic Wand, she too was a fairy from paradise and possessed a "spear" of the same nature as the chosen Magic Wand, contributing much to the Fairy Country of Britain for future generations.
The very first colossal structure to be erected within the Fairy Country of Britain, the great cathedral in Salisbury, was named after this savior as sacred ground in tribute to her achievements.
Reiger, of course, knew of this savior.
Although he didn’t know her personally or have acquaintance with her, when it came to understanding Chen, with the exception of Chen herself, Reiger would dare to claim second place, and likely no one in the world would dare claim to be first.
He even knew secrets about Chen that many fairies of the Fairy Country of Britain did not.
For example, the origin of this savior.
And, for another, the savior’s long life, spanning thousands of years.
In the minds of many fairies, this savior had completely vanished from the world hundreds of years before the beginning of Queen Morgan’s reign, but Reiger knew where she had gone and what she had done.
By the way, the reign of Queen Morgan refers to the calendar that began when Queen Morgan unified all of Britain and was formally crowned as queen.
Morgan reigned for over two thousand years, which means the reign of Queen Morgan lasted over two thousand years as well.
The history of Britain before the reign of Queen Morgan is referred to as the Fairy Chronicle.
The relationship between the Fairy Chronicle and the reign of Queen Morgan is the same as the relationship between BC and AD in human history.
For instance, Fairy Chronicle year 1 would be one year before the reign of Queen Morgan began.
Fairy Chronicle year 10 would be ten years before the reign of Queen Morgan began.
Fairy Chronicle year 100 would be one hundred years before the reign of Queen Morgan began.
And so on, the older the era in the Fairy Chronicle, the higher the suffix number becomes.
After Morgan ascended to the throne and changed the calendar to the reign of Queen Morgan, she reigned for a total of two thousand and seventeen years.
In other words, the era that Reiger had previously lived in was the year 2017 of the reign of Queen Morgan.
But the last active era of the savior Chen, the last time she appeared in public, was about two thousand four hundred years ago, prior to the year 2017 of the reign of Queen Morgan.
Fairy Chronicle year 400, this was the last active era of Chen, and also the era that marked her final curtain call.
Now, Reiger had come to this era, to the Fairy Country of Britain of more than two thousand four hundred years ago.
"So you’re a fairy who came to this era from the future, right?"
At the edge of the forest by the dilapidated coastline, Reiger and Chen had already sat facing each other, each on a fallen bush, and had begun to converse.
In the presence of this former savior, Reiger didn’t hide anything, recounting his own story with a calm and composed expression from the beginning to the end, including the fact that he came from the year 2017 of the reign of Queen Morgan, which he also spoke of openly.
And on learning that Reiger was from the future, Chen did not show much surprise but instead nodded in understanding.
"No wonder I sensed magic from the same system as the ’Water Mirror’ nearby," she said.
Chen’s words did not surprise Reiger either.
He naturally knew what the "Water Mirror" was.
Morgan had used this magic, and so had Bawan Xi; it was a temporal transfer spell that could connect two different spaces through a mirror, allowing one to move through space.
But the "Water Mirror" is only one type of ’mirror’ magic.
Among the ’mirror’ magics developed by Morgan, there is also one called "Water Mirror."
The "Water Mirror" is a true temporal transfer spell, capable of sending designated objects back in time.
The dark clouds forming a vortex in the sky above Norwich were in fact not a ’disastrous’ vortex but the "Water Mirror" spell cast by Morgan.
As soon as the ’disaster’ in Norwich appeared, Morgan was ready to cast the "Water Mirror" on it, sending it back in time, long before the reign of Queen Morgan.
Otherwise, if the millennium ’Great Disaster’ took shape, not only would Norwich suffer, but the entire Britain would also descend into chaos.
Morgan might not care about a Norwich, but she could not sit idly by and watch the whole of Britain ravaged by ’disaster.’
Therefore, the ’disaster’ in Norwich was never really able to cause much trouble.
Once it was confirmed that the ’disaster’ had erupted, Morgan would cast the "Water Mirror" to send it away, preventing it from threatening Britain.
Reiger’s current situation was sent back to the past along with the ’disaster’ by Morgan’s "Water Mirror."
That’s why he had come to Fairy Chronicle year 400 and met the savior Chen.