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Chapter 1843: Revised - 558 Reason Why the Great Emperor Took the Path of the Witch_3

Chapter 1843: Revised: Chapter 558 Reason Why the Great Emperor Took the Path of the Witch_3

After musing for a moment, seemingly having organized her thoughts, she continued, "If I tell you the author has already finished the story, and only the author knows the protagonist’s true ending, which is death, and the timeline has reached its end. Then, is the protagonist alive or dead?"

Leonard Churchill, guided by this question, started to understand a bit.

He expressed his opinion, "When the reader sees the middle of the story, the protagonist is alive; at the end, he is dead. But when you reread the book, he comes alive again. Opening the book is the start of time, and the last page is the end of time. But this isn’t real-time; it’s the time within the book..."

Upon hearing this, Witch Lanlingster nodded in acknowledgment, saying, "Correct. Time is relative. This is an important law in the universe."

Leonard Churchill asked, "Are you saying that the time in this space is just a perception illusion?"

His brows furrowed as he spoke.

Listening to these words, some confusion was indeed resolved, but the questions became more numerous.

Witch Lanlingster, insightfully sensing his thoughts, directly asked, "Are you doubting the real world?"

Leonard Churchill replied, "Yes."

"A frog in a well can never correctly understand the world outside the well. Similarly, people in storybooks can never understand the world outside the stories."

"..."

"Don’t be obsessed with whether you’re in the real world. Even if you confirm you’re not ’in this book,’ how can you be sure you’re not in another bigger book world?"

"If you can’t understand, then go and do it, following the experience of predecessors. Just like you cannot imagine the scenery from the heights, go climb the mountain, reach the summit, and everything will become clear. This is the meaning of inheritance. The fifty-four ways to the divine have paved the path; let the card master walk up step by step, and naturally, they’ll see the view from the summit."

"..."

This time Leonard Churchill understood.

Though Witch Empress didn’t explain the essence of ’time,’ she talked about higher realms that Leonard Churchill could not yet describe.

Just by comprehending those concepts, everything seemed clear.

Meanwhile, as he thought, Enlightenment continuously emerged.

"You have had a sudden realization, ’My Heart is the Universe’ proficiency +22"

"You have perceived the Time Rules, Time Rules affinity +1"

"You have perceived the Space Law, the quantity of all Spatial Spells increases..."

"You have touched a faint ’world’ breath..."

....

As Leonard Churchill was thinking, he didn’t realize that the time in the entire tavern seemed to slow down.

Five times, ten times... like a slow-motion movie, the surrounding scenes played out slowly.

In Leonard Churchill’s vision, the movements of the drinkers became extremely slow, raising their glasses and taking a long time to clink; a blink lasted several seconds; and even the foam splashing from the beer floated in the air, refusing to settle...

However, Leonard Churchill’s sensory time remained normal, only everything around him slowed down.

Who knows how long had passed.

Suddenly, he heard a reminder close to his ear, "But, that’s for others. You’re different. You’re walking the [JOKER] path, and it’s worth me saying a bit more."

Leonard Churchill emerged from that slowed-time state, still puzzled whether it was a perception illusion and unable to accurately describe his previous state.

That wondrous feeling fleetingly vanished like sand slipping through fingers, and at this moment, he heard a precise explanation in his ear.

"The time flow rate in this relic space is directly related to your perception of Time Rules. It means that if you grasp the secrets of time, you can artificially control the time flow rate. The higher your understanding of Time Rules, the higher the time multiplier. An hour in the outside world can be hours, tens of hours here. If you reach a high enough level, you can have nearly endless time... This is one of the most practical uses of this relic—[Time Distortion]."

From shallow to deep, it suddenly became clear.

"I see..."

Upon hearing this, Leonard Churchill understood why the Witch Empress had previously said the Puppeteer God Family’s utilization of the relic was misguided.

For Lenny and others, this relic was merely a soul fragment storage warehouse.

However, now he realized the true usage of the relic was far beyond comprehension.

Twisting time?

Definitely a divine skill!

With tenfold, hundredfold time in the space to comprehend knowledge and laws, how could others compare?

Confirming this relic had such miraculous functionality, Leonard Churchill now understood why the Taren Empire had so many Divine Rank Powerhouses.

So this is the significance of foundation and inheritance.

And this was just one of the inheritance treasures of the Four King’s Knights’ families.

One can hardly imagine how powerful the empire was and how many top experts it had when the Great Emperor established the Taren Dynasty.

"Phew..."

Leonard Churchill let out a long breath.

The chaotic thoughts seemed to be much clearer.

Looking ahead, the exceptionally beautiful woman still maintained an extremely elegant and serene demeanor, the dark crow’s eyes glimmering subtly under the light.

Leonard Churchill stood up, respectfully saluting, "Thank you for your guidance, senior."

Witch Lanlingster didn’t seem to mind.

Leonard Churchill noticed her glass was about to be empty, ready to call the bartender for another drink.

After all, such a Big Chance was worth betting on some debts.

But Witch Lanlingster waved her hand, as if her interest had waned, "Let’s stop drinking for today."