150 Time Shifters
Selma Payne’s POV:
Dorothy insisted, “It’s fine. I know my body. The power of the engraving is still very strong. It’s just a small prophecy. It won’t have any negative impact on me.”
She even called Master Hayley over as she spoke to prove her point.
“Master Hayley will monitor me at all times. If there’s any problem, she’ll immediately stop me.”
Under her insistence, I agreed.
We used the excuse of going to the toilet to hide in an empty area while I oversaw keeping watch.
Dorothy’s bloodline was not a complete secret, but my father had issued a confidentiality agreement to everyone present on the day Adele wreaked havoc at the school, so there were still very few people who knew about it.
Most of the warriors had dealt with sorcerers before, so I didn’t know if they held grudges against each other. For the sake of secrecy, it was better to hide it from others.
Dorothy broke free from that mysterious and sluggish feeling in less than three minutes.
“It’s strange…” she murmured, “What does this mean?”
“What did you see?” I asked.
Dorothy said in confusion, “I don’t think my power has failed. I touched a corner of the Book of Destiny but didn’t see anything. No, it’s not accurate to say I didn’t see anything. To be exact, I saw nothing. I saw it, but there was nothing.”
I was baffled, “What do you mean you saw nothing? Did you see anything or not?”
“This means I’ve seen a void,” Dorothy said uneasily. “There has never been such a situation before. Nothingness. Why was it nothingness? There are so many people here. If I could catch the fate of any of them, I can see the future of this small cave.”
A creepy feeling surged up in my heart. I swallowed my saliva and asked in a small voice, “You mean this place is a void?”
Dorothy also looked at me in fear, saying, “It’s just as you think. If I don’t see anyone’s fate, that means there’s no one here.”
I turned pale with fright as I subconsciously looked at Master Hayley. She also had an unpleasant expression, clearly shocked by this absurd possibility.
“But we here, aren’t we?” She asked in fear, “Let’s not talk about anything else. You’re standing right in front of me. Don’t you exist? ”
“I don’t know,” Dorothy said. “Generally speaking, a prophet witch can’t see her fate. Once her fate reveals a little, it means that she has seen the end of her life. However, the feeling this time is different from the past. It’s not that the Book of Destiny is covered with a layer of black cloth but that its pages are blank as if I don’t exist.”
Things became increasingly confusing. At this time, everyone in the cave was covered in an invisible shadow. The dim light spread to the cold rock wall, and in the shadow of the gully, there seemed to be a pair of peeping eyes.
“Anyway, let’s go back first,” I said. “And remind our companions to be on guard and not sleep too deeply. Don’t engage with unfamiliar people for the time being, and be on guard against any possible dangers.
“Let’s go back to where everyone was gathered.”
It was quiet here. The bonfire was half-extinguished, and the dim light enveloped everyone like a cocoon.
“Wait!”
I stopped Dorothy and Master Hayley and observed them.
Everyone’s eyes were closed, and their breathing was steady as if they had all fallen into a deep sleep.
That was the strange thing. It was fine for the others, but how could the night watchmen fall asleep? Something must have happened when we left for even a veteran like Frank to lower his head!
I subconsciously looked at Aldrich. He was still in the same position as before I left. Not even a finger moved.
A crazy thought formed in my mind. It didn’t seem like I was asleep. It was more like time had stopped.
At this moment, Master Hayley secretly tugged on my sleeve, indicating for me to look around.
The rock wall was covered with tiny black monsters that looked like dried lizards!
“This is it! Time Shifters!”
I’d learned about this monster in the class of a werewolf grandmaster specializing in ghosts and monsters. It was a dark ghost that existed in the gaps of time. They could stop time and usually feed on the ‘remaining time’ of living creatures.
However, the conditions for them to activate their abilities were also very harsh. They could not leave their habitat for a lifetime, and there must be enough people to close their eyes simultaneously to trigger their abilities.
I couldn’t help but wail in my heart. This was too much of a coincidence! Forget about the people who were asleep. There were so many people who were awake. So why did they all blink at the same time?
Time Shifters were also very easy to get rid of. We only had to leave their habitat.
But there were only three of us, and there was a blizzard outside. Even if we moved people into the cave depths as fast as we could, it would still be on a ‘first come, first serve’ basis. The people left behind would inevitably be eaten by Time Shifters.
