Outlander, you stepped into the "Time Corridor."
A message from the Ancient God "Father of Infinite Tree":
Spring of Fifth Epoch 5177, Shattered Islands, Lost Lake.
Event: The Witch Seeking Eternal Beauty.
Duration: thirty minutes (1/3).
"The Shattered Islands? Beyond the five continents of east, west, south, north, and center, this time I've actually ended up at sea?"
Shade thought in some surprise.
You obtained additional information.
The Father of Infinite Tree watched you with His gaze.
The Ancient God of Time gave you a trial.
Help a mortal visit a god and learn the secret of Eternal Beauty.
Father of Infinite Tree would grant you a reward: Ritual-Moonlight Water, Ritual-Sun Fire.
"The reward this time is two rituals?"
Though somewhat surprised, past experience had proven that any reward Father of Infinite Tree offered was extremely useful to Shade. So even though they were rituals, he was still delighted:
"This time, the Ancient God of Time has once again given knowledge of the Moon and Sun. I wonder what it will be next time."
He had encountered the familiar White Fog around him more than once already, and Shade did not dwell on it. Filled with excitement, he stepped forward.
The White Fog silently retreated to both sides, as though a curtain had been drawn open. Before Shade lay a great lake beneath the night sky, with thin mist curling over its surface.
"Night again?"
But upon closer inspection of the night sky, the stars were obscured by mist, and even the Moon had become exceptionally hazy.
Before him was the silent lake in the darkness. In its center, he could vaguely see Lake Heart Island shrouded in mist. Behind him lay low shrubs and lush forest. It's just that there was also unnatural mist among the bushes and trees.