Thanks for the invitation. I am a parasite in Terra.

Shining glanced at the source stone in the box, squatted down slightly, picked up a few pieces, and slowly observed the color of its translucent interior under the candlelight beside him.

"No problem, these are enough." After saying that, she picked up these purified products, which were usually regarded as important reserves, and gradually placed them near these ancient Sarkaz spells according to a certain pattern.

"Your Highness... No, Lord Zuojian, please, the three of you should go to the center of these spells. It would be best if the three of you could sit on the ground with your backs to each other."

"no problem."

Zuo Jian nodded to Laurentina, then walked into the center of the spell circle with the doctor. The three of them stood back to back, supporting each other in a triangle posture.

"I say, now shouldn't you explain why I must be involved? Obviously, in this situation, it is the most reasonable allocation to let Skadi come in and I stay outside."

The Doctor looked at Skadi, who was sitting in the corner and looking curiously at The Shining and her witchcraft. She had not forgotten that the evil spirit had just told her almost without warning that she must also participate.

She did so.

She believed in evil spirits, just as the evil spirits' reminders had saved her more than once along the way.

But before this, the evil spirit's hints had never been as strong and without reason as they were just now.

[Doctor...I'm sorry.] The voice beside my ear was a little sad, and the tone was also filled with a bit of determination.

'? Why are you apologizing? Did you do something————'

Before the doctor could fully express his doubts, he was interrupted by the Shining who spoke beside him.

"Everyone, with my current level, I can only continue the unfinished witchcraft of Quesatushta, because at present, Master Zuojian, Your Highness, and the souls have not been completely integrated. As Master Zuojian said, the souls are rejecting him, so that this witchcraft is always in an unfinished state."

"What I can do is to find a way to complete this ritual, but I will change the original fusion object from the souls and Her Highness Theresa to the souls and Lord Sakan."

"If nothing unexpected happens, the souls will be extremely repulsive to Master Zuojian, causing them to constantly struggle and resist in this attempt to merge with the witchcraft——————"

"Then, under the constant pressure, I will directly break the connection with Zuo Jian and His Highness, and directly leave this body."

"In other words, you are forcing the souls to merge with Zuo Jian, and then forcing it to struggle to break away, right?" Laurentina turned her head and asked Shining.

"You can understand it that way."

“After the souls have left, how will Zuo Jian come back? Wouldn’t he be tied to that woman… and Theresa?”

Facing Laurentina's question, Shining paused, as if he understood the other party's concerns.

In response, she just shook her head slowly.

"You don't have to worry. When the souls are separated, it means that the fragile balance between the left room, the souls and herself will be broken, which will cause the entire witchcraft to be directly melted. At this time, the soul or consciousness originally bound to the witchcraft will return to its original place through the melting technique."

"The original place... that is to say..."

"Each of their original bodies."

"It's really full of Sarkaz-style methods."

Outside the left room, he smiled jokingly and comforted Laurentina beside him.

"Okay, it's okay, Laurentina, just believe in The Shining." He said, and touched the latter's head again.

"But you said that before!"

"But you're with me this time, aren't you?"

"Well...but I..."

Zuo Jian held Laurentina's hand and the Doctor's hand.

"It's okay. I trust you, Laurentina, Doctor."

As he spoke, he felt the force in both places on his palms gradually tightening.

"This isn't the first time you've asked me for help...I'll help you...don't worry."

The doctor lowered her eyes slightly so that others could not see what she was thinking, but in response to Zuo Jian's words, she still gave her own answer.

"Well, let's get started, Shining."

As Zuo Jian nodded, the ancient and obscure ancient Sakaz spell uttered from Shining's mouth. The staccato syllables seemed like a cyclone buried in the shadows, blowing away the ashes of the past and displaying the past of this ancient race in front of several people.

Soon, Zuo Jian felt that those obscure words seemed to turn into the melody of a song, carrying his consciousness gradually into the bottomless ocean.

However, unlike before, he could feel that his hands were shaking with those of two other trusted companions...

........

.....

..

"Wow!!"

The doctor suddenly opened his eyes, as if he had had a long and distant dream.

However, when she opened her eyes, what she saw was endless wilderness and a sky covered with dark clouds.

"woke up?"

"Where is this?" she asked subconsciously, but suddenly she realized that the voice coming from beside her was a little strange.

"Who are you----"

Almost subconsciously, she wanted to take out the familiar screwdriver from her pocket, but it was obvious that the other party was faster than her!

A strong hand pressed on his pocket, and the voice shouted at the same time.

"It's me! It's me!"

The doctor was stunned for a moment, feeling that the other party's tone seemed familiar.

She rubbed her eyes, and then gradually saw the appearance of the person next to her.

The casually trimmed black hair concealed a masculine face that did not look young or fair, but had a somewhat gentle look.

But if I had to give a comment, it's just a very ordinary face, as if it would be instantly drowned if thrown into a crowd. If you ignore those eyes, then mediocre might be the most appropriate description.

Yes, if you don't look at the eyes.

The doctor was stunned for a moment, looking at the familiar light blue pupils on the other person's face, and gradually realized something.

"Zuo...Zuojian?"

"You finally recognized it. I thought you would be stunned for a few more minutes before you recognized it."

Gradually, the sound of sparse footsteps came from the side. The doctor turned around and saw Laurentina's figure slowly walking out from behind the tree.

"It's normal that the doctor couldn't recognize me. After all, she has never seen me like this, right?"

After listening to this, Zuo Jian subconsciously opened his mouth to explain for the doctor.

But after listening to it, Laurentina turned her head away and spoke softly.

"I haven't seen it either, but I can recognize it at first sight."

"What did you say?" Zuo Jian glanced at Laurentina beside him, as if he was curious about what she had just said.

"nothing."

"is it?"

Zuo Jian was still a little curious, but it was not a good idea to continue asking at the moment. He just turned his head to look at the doctor again, then spoke slowly.

"But then again, Doctor, that black hair of yours is really dyed."

"what?"

Faced with Zuo Jian's confusion, the doctor subconsciously grabbed a handful of hair and looked at the silver-white color that came into his sight. He was speechless for a moment.

As if noticing that the doctor didn't seem to want to answer at the moment, Zuo Jian looked at her, and then suddenly spoke to Laurentina.

"Laurentina, you just said you wanted to go check around. Did you find anything?"

"If I'm not mistaken, there seems to be a large urban area southwest of here."

"But..." She stroked her chin, as if she was thinking about something.

"But what?"

Zuo Jian asked with some confusion.

"That huge urban area seems to be built directly on the ground. I also didn't find any regional structure that a mobile city should have nearby."

"It's very strange. According to the people on land, in order to avoid natural disasters, almost all large urban areas have been improved into mobile cities that can be divided into different modules————"

[If I'm not mistaken, that area should be Kazdel.]

At this moment, a sudden voice sounded in everyone's mind.

"Who? Who is it this time?"

The doctor was stunned, feeling the voice in her head, she looked at the expressions of the other two people and realized that she was not the only one who could hear it.

[Don't be nervous, Doctor. It's me, The Shining.] At this moment, a pale golden Absolver mask slowly condensed between the people.

[Sorry, due to the need to maintain the witchcraft, I cannot accompany you completely, and can only appear in this form.]

“It’s okay, but you said, is that Kazdel? Shouldn’t Kazdel be a mobile city? Why is it a fixed city built on the ground?”

[Because, this is old Kazdel.]

“Old Kazdel? I remember it being mentioned in the book… But——”

Zuo Jian was interrupted by the doctor beside him when he was halfway through his speech.

"The old Kazdel should have been reduced to ruins by the combined armies of the nations. Now, the mobile city that was last rebuilt on the earth is the only Kazdel."

[You seem to be very familiar with the history of the Sarkaz, but you also said, Doctor, that is what is happening 'now', not our present moment.]

"Wait, so what you mean is that... we are not in the 'now' at this moment, but in the 'past'?"

Laurentina lowered her head, seeming to understand something.

[Strictly speaking, we are in a video of the 'past'.]

[Lord Zuojian, the reaction of the souls seems to be more intense than I thought. They even relied on their own memories and yours to build together and turned into the image we are in now.]

"...Where are the souls now?"

[The end of this memory.]

"The end means..."

[That is the moment His Highness died. This memory will probably continue to play.

It will not stop until that moment.]

“Ha? Are you kidding me? According to the records in the book, it must have been a hundred years since Old Kazdel arrived at Mobile City Kazdel? That old Sarkaz woman must also be a hundred years old, right?! Are we going to have to spend that much time here too?”

"Ahem, Laurentina, calm down, calm down."

Zuo Jian quickly comforted the emotional Laurentina, then he looked at Shining and asked.

"Well, since it's a so-called 'image', I'm sure Ms. Shining has a way to solve it, right?"

[Yes, I actually anticipated this situation. I just need to continue to strengthen the strength of the witchcraft that is combined with the souls of Zuo Jian.]

[This way, we can achieve a fast-forward effect. If nothing goes wrong, fast-forwarding a hundred years of footage will only take about ten minutes.]

“It feels like any problem can be solved as long as you put in a lot of effort.”

The Doctor couldn't help but complain.

"At least it sounds efficient, doesn't it? Please, Shining." Zuo Jian waved his hand, indicating that the other party could start.

Soon, Shining's voice disappeared, as if he was concentrating on casting a spell.

Then...

Laurentina also disappeared.

She was fast-forwarded to more than a hundred years later.

The doctor's figure also disappeared from the spot.

Only...

Zuo Jian stayed where he was.

"Huh...if nothing unexpected happens..."

In an instant, Zuo Jian was the only one left in the entire wilderness.

"Um, can you come out now?"