Under the deep starry sky, Lin Qiye slowly carved the words "-97" on the ground.
He looked back and saw that the ice around him was almost covered with various numbers. These numbers were intertwined and led to different times.
The "incurable" nature of the Murasakibara sword makes every mark engraved close to eternity. These numbers are the "anchors" that Lin Qiye threw in the maze. With these "anchors", he will never get lost.
If nothing unexpected happens, No. 22 and the others are completely lost in the maze of time...
“I was hoping they could play a bigger role... What a pity.” Lin Qiye sighed.
Lin Qiye glanced at the digital marks around him and chose a direction to move forward.
Through these thousands of digital imprints, Lin Qiye has already vaguely grasped the rules of this maze. The time order here is not completely chaotic. All the locations leading to the "past" are actually converging in the same direction.
Just like around Lin Qiye now, there are three digital marks, "-97", "-41" and "-50.5", which lead to different directions respectively. According to Lin Qiye's constant rule, the larger the number after the "-", the longer the time it leads to. The more distant the direction is, the more accurately the subsequent time will point to the "past".
Lin Qiye chose the direction of "-97". Not surprisingly, he came to the oldest time point at present. When he looked back, all the digital marks disappeared.
He carved the number "-98" into the ice beneath him.
Then it was "-99", "-100", "-101"... In other words, Lin Qiye had found the way to the "past" in this time maze.
In fact, at the very beginning, Lin Qiye also tried to find the direction of the "future", but no matter how he went, the largest numerical mark he found was only "3". Perhaps in this maze, there is no direction leading to the "future" at all.
Lin Qiye passed through the "-103" position and continued forward. Everything around him was completely different from when he first entered the maze.
Lin Qiye knew that he was in the "past", but he didn't know how long ago this "past" was. Was it a few months ago? A few years ago? Or was it more than ten years ago?
"Mother... where are you?" Lin Qiye muttered to himself as he walked forward.
Just as Lin Qiye took another step forward, the scene in front of him suddenly changed!
A small iceberg suddenly appeared on the originally empty ice field. The surface of the iceberg was covered with cracks, as if it had been hit hard by something. At this moment, at the foot of the iceberg, a huge shadow lay motionless.
"who?"
A vigilant voice came from the giant shadow.
Almost at the same time, Lin Qiye raised the sword of Ama-no-Murasaki, and a divine power surged into the sword. Just as he was about to slash out, his body suddenly stopped in place.
A masked girl suddenly appeared among the huge black shadows, holding a broken sword in her hand, her eyes also full of vigilance.
When she saw Lin Qiye, her eyes narrowed slightly:
"It's you..."
At this moment, Lin Qiye finally saw the huge shadow under the iceberg. It was the demon wolf Fenrir who was dragged out of the icy water, and the masked girl was the leader of the [Hidden God] who called himself the "God of Trickery", Si Xiaonan.
She was the first to enter the time maze, but she didn't expect to have gone deep into it. She didn't know if it was simply because of good luck, or if she had found a way like Lin Qiye.
"You are not Si Xiaonan, who are you?" Lin Qiye said calmly.
"Why should I tell you?"
"I saved your life."
"I didn't ask you to save me."
Lin Qiye narrowed his eyes and looked at the masked girl in front of him. The surging divine power once again poured into the sword of Ame-no-Kume. A wave of a destructive aura filled every inch of space.
"If you don't tell me... I will kill you."
Girl: ...
Under the terrifying might of the Seraph, the girl hesitated for a moment, but still silently took off her mask.
The mask seemed to have the function of isolating the breath. When it was taken off, the girl in front of him seemed like a different person. She was a girl about the same age as Si Xiaonan, but with a western face. Her eyes were extremely sharp, like a sharp knife, emitting a dangerous aura all the time.
At this moment, Lin Qiye could clearly sense that the girl in front of him was not a god... but a human being.
"Are you human?" Lin Qiye asked in surprise.
How did a human tame the demon wolf Fenrir and disguise himself as the "God of Trickery" to lead the [Hidden Gods]?
"Yes." The girl said calmly.
"May I have your name?"
"Lina Palin."
"Are you God's agent?"
"Agent? I'm not that humble." Lina shook her head. "I'm the legitimate successor of the ancient King Arthur. I'm not on the same level as those agents. However, they don't seem to understand my existence. They even call me and them together... [Ten Imperial Guards]?"
"[Juu Gozen]?"
Hearing this familiar name, Lin Qiye's heart moved, "Where did they rank you?"
"Of course I'm the first." Lina said proudly, "I didn't want to participate in such a boring title. If I'm not the first, it would be an insult to King Arthur... At that time, I can only kill all the Ten Imperial Guards to clear King Arthur's name."
King Arthur's heir...
Lin Qiye clearly remembered that King Arthur was the knight assisted by Merlin in English mythology. Although English mythology had long since declined, judging from Merlin's strength, King Arthur's strength should have been quite terrifying, definitely at the highest level.
Lin Qiye still didn’t quite understand, what was the difference between this so-called heir and an agent?
But this is no longer important... For Lin Qiye today, he has long since left the ranks of agents, and his level is far above that.
"In that case, where is King Arthur now?" Lin Qiye asked.
"He has long disappeared in the long river of time along with the English mythology." Lina pointed to her chest, "However, I am his heir, so he will always be with me."
Lin Qiye glanced at the mask in her hand.
"Since she is the first among the Ten Gozen, why did she disguise herself as Si Xiaonan? I remember that before Si Xiaonan became the God of Trickery, she was ranked fifth among the Ten Gozen, right?"
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