LOL: The dark goddess covets me!

Chapter 69 Time Projection
Between time and space, Zilean's tower.

Kieran stood on the high platform and looked down for a week, "Everyone, are you ready?"

"Yes, mentor."

"I'm done here!"

"Don't worry, after our tests, there won't be any problems."

"..."

Many young people below responded one after another, with excited expressions on their faces.

If calculated by normal time, they are the geniuses who have studied time magic that Josh and Kieran have been looking for in various eras for more than 100 years.

The twin sisters Saisha and Xinsha who specialize in the study of the void, Kasiri and Tai who are quite accomplished in the element of time, and a group of other apprentices who perform their duties and have a clear division of labor.

They are not only from Shurima, but also Noxus, Oshra Vazuan, Ionia, and even Caskan, a new country in the Far East after the destruction of Kamavia.

Through nearly 30 to [-] years of lonely research by Josh, Lunicia and Kieran, they finally found a way to project their "time clone" into the real world.

However, this method can only be used by geniuses who have been in contact with the time element in reality and have some research on time magic.

Most of them agree with Kieran's ideas, and will take the initiative to erase themselves from the timeline according to the method taught by Kieran, and enter the gap between time and space to find a solution to the crisis.

After the persistent and collaborative research of the geniuses, they invented an instrument that can forcibly project reality.

Based on the causal philosophy of time, time is indeed a straight line of linear development, yesterday is before today, and tomorrow is after today.

The past is a foregone conclusion, but the future can still change.

In order to avoid the self-contradictory "grandmother effect", they took the moment when Josh, who is independent of time, entered the gap between time and space as the reference point, and could no longer explore across the timeline and select apprentices from the distant past.

Otherwise, it is very likely to cause unimaginable space-time chaos, unforeseen uncontrollable fate, and a more dangerous future.

In the timeline observed by Kieran, there is one because "Kiran" and his "apprentices" tried to reverse the time point when Icacia was destroyed, which caused the entire Runeterra to fall into a storm of time and space, and was born by a kind of The Destroyer of Timelines—annihilated by the Praetorian Mecha.

After getting everyone's affirmative response, Kieran breathed a sigh of relief, but his brows were still full of sorrow, and he looked at Josh who was standing next to him.

"Are you really going to do this?"

Kieran's white beard quivered, and his mouth was not moving at all.

"I mean... Forcibly projecting to reality is risky. Our theoretical research on time and space has been quite effective, and we will be able to create a portal back to reality soon...

"Maybe a few years, maybe a dozen years... er, maybe even a few months?"

Kieran danced and danced while speaking, but the words became darker and darker.

Staring at Josh's expressionless face, he thought about it, sighed, and chose to keep his mouth shut.

On the bright side, Kieran is very stable and has the demeanor of a master.

But after actually understanding his personality and getting acquainted with him, you will find that this old man's character is out of character and not as serious as he shows.

After being silent for a while, Josh said, "Don't try to comfort me, Master Kieran, the time-space jump gate we researched is uncertain, maybe it will send me to when."

Josh shook his head, and walked along the suspended stairs to the wide hall, followed by Kieran.

Looking up at the twilight of Shurima at a certain past time constructed by time magic, Josh felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

Over the past hundred years, they have not only studied the mysteries of time, but also modified the tower to a certain extent through the complex tools they created.

"I can't wait that long... At least, I have to let Ahri know that I'm still alive, and I'm trying to return to reality."

Josh took out the half of Imero Stone from his pocket, and there was a little tenderness in his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by firmness.

Sisters Saisha and Xinsha with curly hair and explosive heads came, dragging golden time discs of different sizes, engraved with precise patterns, connected by time magic, forming a magic coat of metal scales.

After taking the coat, Josh put it on with ease, and then walked towards the outside of the hall under the eyes of everyone.

Tai, who had just finished debugging the magic instrument, had a bald head and emerald time marks tattooed on his forehead and arms, saluted respectfully.

"tutor."

Josh nodded to him, standing in the center of an enlarged metal disc on the round platform.

Kieran, Saisha, Sister Xinsha, Tai and another apprentice, Cassiri, stood in five corners, each with a symmetrical time disc under their feet.

Josh looked around and saw that everyone was getting ready. He gestured with his hands, and his fingertips showed a green wheel of time, and the appearance of the planet Runeterra emerged in the center.

"let us start."

As everyone began to cast spells one after another, the golden time disc was attached with emerald-colored time elements, and the layers of the rings separated upwards, connecting with the sinking disc above the head, spinning at a high speed, and surrounding Josh.

Cascading gusts of wind rose from nowhere, blowing up Zilan's beard and everyone's clothes.

Josh could feel that his consciousness was being separated from his body, and the world in front of him began to spin and change rapidly under the distortion of the rotating ring.

"The time circle has worked! Josh, you..."

Kieran's yelling around his ears stopped abruptly, and when Josh came to his senses again, he had already appeared in a dark dense forest, a weak point where the material realm and the spiritual realm blended together.

The projection location they chose was the Python Islands where Josh and Margusa had arranged a temporary refuge, and the site of the Baju Sect that had made friends with Hylia.

Josh observed his surroundings, and he had a sense of proportion in his heart.

[Have you arrived at the expected location? 】Lunicia's voice appeared in Josh's mind.

What Josh entered into reality was only a time projection with consciousness, and his body was still in that gap of time.

Although Lunisia couldn't follow him to this place, it was still possible to communicate "across time and space" through the spirit.

"more or less."

Josh closed his eyes and concentrated, extended his mental power through the arcane atmosphere in the environment, spread his perception outward, and soon discovered the familiar atmosphere.

"Ali..."

It's been over 100 years...

The longing in Josh's heart burst out suddenly, and a tear dripped from the corner of his eyes unconsciously.

【Josh, Kieran asked me to tell you that this state won't last long, so do what you want as soon as possible. 】

"I know."

Josh took a deep breath, quickly relieved the sadness in his heart, and used the arcane spell with the time element to call and guide Ahri.

After waiting for a while, with a rustling sound not far away, Josh's longing lover finally arrived.

It's just that Ari, who didn't understand the situation, seemed to have misunderstood something, and broke down and cried: "No..."

Josh felt distressed and said, "Ari, don't be sad, I'm not dead."

Hearing this, the teary-eyed girl raised her red eyelids and took a general look.

Josh's appearance is the same as what he saw today, but Ahri, who is keen, always feels that something is not right.

The lover in front of him, apart from being like a shadow after death, seems to be much older on some unseen level.

When Ahri was studying magic, she learned that the avatars of certain spiritual realms also like emotions.

They are called demons, and they like to use their emotional weakness to lure them, so as to obtain the food they want.

After a brief emotional breakdown, Ari quickly regained his composure, and became vigilant, "Are you... are you really Josh?"

Josh couldn't help but shook his head and smiled, instead of taking the initiative to answer, he took out the half of the Imero stone that Ari gave him.

"You... During the day, during the day, I gave you a fairy talisman, and you gave me half of your Imero stone, it can't be a lie, right?"

Ari stared at the stone in Josh's palm for a moment, took out the other half from his pocket, and carefully moved forward.

Although Josh's projection couldn't be touched, the cracks in the Imero Stone could be stitched together almost seamlessly, which was enough to prove that Josh in front of him was real.

Demons can't do this.

"It's really you!"

Ari burst into tears again, and tried to reach out to touch Josh's face, but his fingers directly passed through the phantom.

"How, how did you become like this..."

Josh caressed Ahri's cheek. Although he had thousands of words to express his thoughts, he just spent a lot of time waiting for Ahri's arrival, and now there is not much left.

[If you have something important to say quickly, the projection time is more than half over. 】

Josh took a deep breath and looked at Ali who was crying sadly in front of him, but at this moment he couldn't comfort him in time, which made him very sad.

"Sorry, I had a little accident here, and I may not be able to come back for a while."

Without giving Ahri a chance to ask questions, he immediately said, "But don't worry, I'm really fine, I'm just trapped somewhere, and I probably have found a way out."

Josh gave Ahri a smile, but it quickly turned serious.

"However, I failed to stop the Curse of Destruction from happening, Blessed Light Island has been swallowed by the Great Destruction and turned into a Shadow Island...

"Also, Ari, you must remember what I'm going to say next, it may be a matter of millions of lives."

Ari bit her lip tightly, nodded with tears in her eyes, "Tell me, if I can do it!"

(End of this chapter)