Chapter 1066: You Won't Help? But It's Fine.
"Don't worry. There's definitely a reason I'm waiting here."
Lan Qingyou gave Alisa a thumbs-up.
Then—
Right before Alisa's astonished eyes, she turned that thumb downward.
Crack, crack—
Rumble—
Strange noises came from above Alisa's head.
She looked up.
What she saw was the top of the Hourglass Tower beginning to collapse.
No, that wasn't right...
Calling it a collapse wasn't accurate, at least.
If Alisa had to find a fitting word to describe it, it would probably be "aging"?
Rapid, violent aging.
And because there was a huge hole in the ceiling—
The wind outside had been constantly blowing inward.
So before those aged, falling fragments could even reach the ground, they turned to dust.
In the end, the wind carried them off to who knew where.
Time Magic: Acceleration.
It was the Witch of the Tower's specialty.
There was no way Alisa could fail to recognize it.
Only...
"What's the reason and point of doing this?"
Alisa looked at Lan Qingyou in confusion.
"This Hourglass Tower is itself an altar, something like a restraining device Marshall used to suppress that bubble you mentioned."
"So even if Marshall has fused with the bubble, he absolutely can't leave this altar."
"Because he's afraid it'll spiral out of control to the point where even he can't suppress it."
"If that's the case—"
"Then we'll just tear this altar down."
"That way, Marshall will come out—or rather, Kesuya might come out."
"To put it more plainly, a good show is about to begin."
Lan Qingyou smiled and shrugged.
Then Alisa saw a magical megaphone appear in her hand.
"Vivian! And all the remaining Long-lived Species!"
"Leave this place through the hole above immediately!"
Holding the megaphone, Lan Qingyou shouted toward the battlefield.
Vivian and