CHAPTER 605: CHAPTER 602: THE MOST WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE

Time was precise.

Ronald had calculated his speed without any deviation.

After more than two days had passed, under the cloak of the starry night sky, Ronald saw the familiar coastline of Springs.

However, it looked different from its usual prosperous scene.

Although one could see the lights of the city shining in the night from afar, both the bustling ships and signs of people’s activities were significantly weaker than what Ronald remembered of Springs.

The attack by the Wizard of Barrier Mountain.

It definitely wasn’t as simple as the investigators from Purvikta had described.

"..."

Ronald kept silent and continued forward.

Then, suddenly, an incident halted his continuation.

Fury’s power detected nothing!

Even though Ronald’s eyesight allowed him to clearly see some people moving in the city, he couldn’t sense any emotional fluctuations from these people.

It was as if...

It was as if something separated Ronald and Springs.

As if they existed in two completely different worlds!

Buzz—

Suddenly, a strange change occurred in the magic power within Ronald.

An indescribable feeling abruptly emerged in his heart, and he intuitively understood the current situation.

—Time was changing.

In the "Infinite Negative Domain," Ronald and Catherine, due to the Barrier Mountain’s original spell, had lost a day without their knowledge.

At this time, they seemed to have no problem on the surface.

But the precise ruler named time also left a clear mark on them at this moment.

If everything had continued as usual, Ronald and Catherine would have naturally merged silently with the world where time elapsed normally, and everything would have returned to normal.

But it was precisely this joint that was problematic!

One day in the "Infinite Negative Domain" was equivalent to ten days in the normal flow of time on the outside.

So, after Ronald left the "Infinite Negative Domain."

He had to face these whole ten days of time difference brought by the spell.

—Normally, this could have been acceptable.

But Ronald didn’t wait for these ten days of surplus time to pass and successfully arrived at Springs!

This place was no simple matter.

Ten days earlier, the Great Wizard who held the time original text was here, launching an attack on the Harvest Day with a man-made deity.

In this place, Ronald’s personal time anchor point and reality had diverged.

The result that followed.

Time itself, due to the rules, began to correct this anomaly!

In an instant.

Everything around Ronald rapidly transitioned.

The sun beneath the distant sea level reversed and emerged, swiftly crossing the sky following the trajectory of the day, then leaving a clear and rapid time trajectory in Ronald’s view. The distorted stars that filled the sky also retreated as they had come, then morphed back into their original forms.

On the land, the bustling people of Springs were also moving backward.

The Wis River’s water defied the trajectory it had followed for millions of years, beginning to flow upstream back toward its source. Wisps of smoke in the air also rolled back into the chimneys from which they had emerged.

Ronald realized—time was reversing.

And in this moment, this indescribable, shocking scene was also firmly imprinted in Ronald’s mind.

It looked like a constantly changing dynamic painting.

Yet, when actually imprinted in the mind, it became a peculiar thing whose structure did not follow a normal image.

—An ineffably marvelous experience.

In the midst of it all, Ronald had an epiphany.

If everything had been normal, his memory should have been erased along with the reversal, as per the immutable laws of time.

Only... Ronald was not normal.

Coming from another world, he inherently had a certain separation from this world.

With the addition of the "Soul Control" spell, it clarified Ronald’s spirit and body.

The ultimate result

was that Ronald avoided the loss of memory.

Instead, he remembered everything that moved backwards in time.

"..."

Time moved forward.

Ronald’s thoughts in his brain also continued to be chaotic yet clear amidst the time reversal phenomenon.

Finally, a ray of dusk sunlight shone on Ronald.

He looked bewilderedly at the source of the light, which was the west where the last ray of sunlight should appear during the normal sunrise and sunset!

"Ahh—"

Ronald suddenly shouted loudly.

Although his body was still in mid-air, he couldn’t help but start trembling violently at this moment.

The discomfort brought about by the change in time didn’t affect his spirit or body now, but to break free from the images deeply etched in his soul, Ronald truly felt miserable.

It was just a moment.

Sweating profusely, his clothes were almost soaked through.

If he had a choice, he... Ronald would probably want to experience it all over again.

Although this encounter felt unpleasant and didn’t bring any actual strengthening of his abilities, for Ronald, it could indeed be called the best adventurous experience.

More thrilling than any experience of being chased by rolling boulder traps in ancient ruins.

It was a fresh experience that excited him countless times more!

"Hoo—ha—"

While calming himself down, Ronald tried hard to do deep breaths to stabilize his condition.

Yet even so,

when Ronald set foot again on the Springs breakwater, he couldn’t help but stagger.

The strength enhancements from the spell were still effective.

But the weakness of the soul was not easy to change.

Fortunately— Ronald now had the spell called "Soul Control."

He staggered forward, leaning on his body, and finally sat on a protruding step on the roadside. Although clumsily, he began to adjust his awful condition using his own magic.

"It’s really... the first time to practically operate a living soul."

"And the target turned out to be myself, huh?"

Ronald chuckled bitterly as he restored his condition, while the night streets of Springs began to regain their usual vitality.

Finally, half an hour later.

Ronald saw a taxi horse carriage coming by the roadside.

"Sir, care for a ride!"

"..."

"Sir, where would you like to go?"

Seeing Ronald ready to take the ride, the driver immediately stopped to invite him onboard.

Ronald stabilized himself in the taxi carriage.

After telling the driver he wanted to go to the riverside district and some time had passed, he opened his mouth to ask again:

"By the way, Sir."

"What do you think about this year’s Harvest Day?"

"Sir, you must be from out of town?" the driver said with a slight smile, filled with confidence. Afterwards, this driver, still working at night, brought Ronald the best news.

"You’ve asked the right person!"

"Tomorrow’s Harvest Day, we drivers have all received unified deployment."

"If you want to know where’s the best view, I’m very familiar with it..."

Ronald also smiled slightly.

While verbally agreeing with the driver, he quietly murmured to himself:

"That’s great."

"Tomorrow’s Harvest Day..."