Ace Dragon Rider
Chapter 642 - 511: Time Travel
"Alright, alright, I believe you." The Dragon Knight shoved Long Yi away, and suddenly smiled. "Since you’re me from the future, you must’ve brought some power-ups, right? Come on, give me god-tier weapons, martial arts techniques, and tell me, where are all my ladies in the future?"
Listening to his past self speaking like this, Long Yi couldn’t help but shake his head. It really was like him to think in such a way.
Long Yi was about to mention Ai Lin, but the moment he thought of her, the memories of Ai Lin suddenly disappeared from his mind! In an instant, Long Yi didn’t even remember what he wanted to say. He tried to tell the other Long Yi to kill Tilian promptly when he got the chance to prevent future troubles. But almost simultaneously, the memories about Tilian also disappeared!
Long Yi opened his mouth, but looked blank.
"Did you forget what you wanted to say?" the Fine Gold Golem asked.
"Yes." Long Yi scratched his head, and as a Fine Gold substitute, his finger and forehead made sharp noises.
"I’ve told you before, that’s just how the rules of time work. Even us, we only found a way to influence the future by modifying time nodes after many trials. You can’t cheat so randomly." the Fine Gold Golem said.
"Okay, although I really want to help me. But those crappy rules disagreed, we have no choice but to discuss serious things first." Long Yi said helplessly.
Long Yi told himself about the Time Traveler’s arrival here. For Long Yi at this time, as his power was not that strong, he immediately became vigilant.
"The only thing we can be sure of is that if the Time Traveler wants to influence the future, he has to act on the correct time node. The good news is, we are currently within your timeline and have control over all of your time nodes. Also, as an unwelcome guest, he is repelled everywhere in your timeline, so if he tries to change the time node, you will feel uncomfortable, and we will immediately find him then." The Fine Gold Golem said to the two Long Yis.
"So, what do we need to do?"
"Wait, wait for the arrival of the next time node."
Although Long Yi didn’t fully understand, he also got a sense of the concept of time nodes. A set of particular time and space that is not controlled by people’s will but naturally forms under specific conditions, it’s the might of time and space. Whether you want to time travel or alter history, you have to operate on the time node.
The next time node happened during Long Yi’s testing phase, which was the first time Long Yi met Fan Sen. The Fine Gold Golem and Long Yi, wearing large robes, hid in an inn outside the academy and were prepared to detect any danger.
Then, the next node happened when Ai Lin was bullied, and nothing was out of ordinary.
Another node happened when they met the Golden Hammer.
As time went by, the nodes passed one by one. The things that happened in the past, were appearing in front of him like a movie, and the feeling was really unique. But Long Yi had a faint sense of unease in his heart.
Gradually, this unease turned into a discomforting feeling.
"Damn it! That feeling is starting to emerge!"
The next node, when Ai Lin (who was then still disguised as a boy) was being beaten up by the Earth Dragon Riders from the Second-Year Land Forces Department!
Is the assassin’s target Ai Lin?
Long Yi could feel his temper surfacing.
On this clear morning, Long Yi and the Fine Gold Golem were hiding early in the academy, watching Ai Lin and Wesley.
Long Yi knew that Ai Lin and Wesley had always been acting with him. But now he was hospitalized, so they could only visit him during their spare time.
So early this morning, Ai Lin had breakfast as usual with Wesley. Just as they left the cafeteria, Long Yi noticed that more than ten people were following Ai Lin and Wesley, and they were getting closer.
"Sis, is there an assassin here?" Long Yi asked softly.
"If the assassin needs to time travel, like us, they must use Fine Gold for time stability. They absolutely can’t be in the form of humans."
That is to say, there was no assassin here.
At this time, Wesley also noticed the danger.
"Not good! Move fast!" Wesley said softly to Ai Lin, but right then, another ten or so people showed up in front. Looking at their outfits, they were indeed from the Second Year Land Forces Department.
Long Yi fixed his gaze on the faces of those people in the distance, trying to find any possible assassins among them.
"Hey lad, where are you in such a hurry to go?"
The man at the head came out, a smug smile on his face.
"What, the Second Year Air Force Division has lost, so now the Land Forces Division also wants to have a go?" Wesley laughed disdainfully.
The man immediately laughed heartily and pointed at Wesley, "Wesley, I know you, you’re a little gossipmonger with an Observation Dragon, always picking on other’s business, and you’ve suffered a lot because of that. Thinking that a fool like you could actually have a Flying Dragon and join the Air Force Division makes me sick. Is the Air Force really amazing? If it wasn’t for our Land Forces, you guys in the Air Force would’ve been blasted out of the sky by the Dragon-hunting Cannon by now!"
Upon hearing this, Wesley couldn’t help but laugh coldly, "So what, you ran here to complain about the academy’s injustice? I have wings, I am in the Air Force. If you have the guts, try to fly and see?"
"Well, well! Good lad, you’ve got guts! I want to see which is tougher, your bones or my fists."
The man laughed bitterly in anger, charging directly towards Wesley. He didn’t use Fighting Aura — in campus fights, once one uses Fighting Aura, it escalates to a serious event, generally, no one dares to break this rule.
Right now, Long Yi wanted very much to jump out and eliminate these scumbags in one fell swoop, because he knew what was going to happen soon. At this time node, Long Yi and Ai Lin were not very close, and helping Ai Lin was much more because of friendship and simple justice as classmates. But the current Long Yi disagreed.
How dare you hit my woman!
"Don’t get impulsive. This is history that has already happened. And now it’s a time node, whatever you do can greatly change history."
The Fine Gold Golem said by one side.
Long Yi’s mouth twitched, forcefully shifting his gaze away.
The events were still happening, and witnessing Ai Lin being knocked down and beaten up, Long Yi felt as though he was about to explode. If it weren’t for the Fine Gold Golem holding him back, he would have charged out at that punch just now.
"All this has already happened. We are only spectators now. Don’t give anyone a chance to take advantage." 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺
The Fine Gold Golem said softly again.
"Wesley, go find someone, find the tutor, instructor, and the Fat and Skinny brothers, quick!"
Arin desperately protected Wesley, who was already smashed in the nose, his face covered in blood. But he couldn’t leave.
"No way, they’ll kill you!"
"I have armor, the silver light will protect me! You need to go!"
With that, Arin, out of nowhere, found the strength to break through the crowd, throwing Wesley out!
"You go with Wesley."
The fine gold golem said to Long Yi.
"What? Impossible!" Long Yi shook his head.
"Perhaps their goal is Wesley. You’re not calm enough, you need to leave here."
The fine gold golem directly blasted Long Yi away.
Long Yi secretly followed Wesley, but nothing happened on the way.
Long Yi kept following Wesley, everything happened exactly as it did in the past, without any deviation. Meanwhile, Long Yi also kept an eye on their surroundings, fearing to miss the slightest anomaly.
However, the so-called assassin remained unseen.
But the unrest in Long Yi’s heart did not lessen; instead, it grew more severe.
Then Long Yi and the fine gold golem watched as they took Ai Lin to the medical room for examination. He watched as the other Long Yi punched Wesley. After that, the other Long Yi left in a rush. According to history, this is when Long Yi should have gone to find the Dwarven blacksmith, Golden Hammer.
"I’ll protect Ai Lin here, you follow your own path." The fine gold golem said.
"Alright."
Long Yi covertly followed himself, coming to the Dwarves, and the unease in his heart grew heavier with every step he took.
Then, Long Yi left Golden Hammer’s forge, heading to the Dragon God’s Temple. But as Long Yi was about to reach the Temple, he noticed someone quickly passing by the other Long Yi, who didn’t react at all.
At that moment, Long Yi’s heart suddenly plummeted!
Damn it!
The target is the Black Dragon, Tyl!
The original Long Yi, who was following him, rounded a corner and quickly caught up with the person ahead of him.
The man was also cloaked in black, tall, with broad shoulders. From behind, it was impossible to see his face, but the nearer Long Yi got to him, the more palpable his unease became!
The man came to the side of the Temple, looked up at a window high up, reached for a crevice in the stone to climb. Long Yi could see the dark gold color of his fingertips!
You think I’ll let you go up?
He grabbed his ankle.
"Get down here!"
Boom!
The man was slammed onto the ground, and then a giant foot stomped on his chest. With a rip, the black robe was torn apart, revealing his appearance.
It was a gaunt man, without any facial features. However, his body was covered in runes, just like the first time they saw the fine gold golem.
"Time Traveler?" a voice like metal scraping metal asked, as if the person completely didn’t expect to be caught.
"I’m your uncle!" Long Yi landed another punch, smashing half of the assassin’s face with a thud.
"Roar—"
The assassin roared. With a burst of force, he actually broke free from Long Yi’s grip! He made no move to fight Long Yi, but turned and ran. His legs were incredibly long, his speed was swift. But before he could make his second leap, a figure descended from the sky.
It was the fine gold golem!
The assassin quickly raised his hand, symbols on his arm shimmering brightly, and from his palm a ray of light exploded, hitting the fine gold golem’s body, reflecting onto Long Yi at the same time!
The fine gold golem was pushed back by the force of the blast, but Long Yi didn’t suffer much. He exploded forward, the assassin raised his other hand, another beam of light blasted at Long Yi, but it also reflected onto the fine gold golem.
Damn it!
Long Yi roared. As the fine gold substitute, was he afraid of this thing?
He roared out, rocketing forward like a cannonball, his giant power fully unleashed, directly slamming a punch on the assassin’s palm, his arm instantly broke.
At this time, the fine gold golem had also charged over, delivering a powerful kick that snapped the assassin’s shin.
"Perfect timing," Long Yi raised his fist, ready to kill the assassin.
"Don’t rush to kill him, I have some questions to ask." The fine gold golem said as it fired two rays of strange light from the crystal on its arms, engraving many runes on the assassin’s body. These runes covered the original ones on his body, forming new patterns.
"You... what have you done!" The assassin exclaimed in horror.
However, the fine gold golem didn’t say a word, handed the assassin over to Long Yi, and walked away before him. Long Yi looked back to see the other Long Yi walking into the Dragon God’s Temple.
At the instant the large door closed, the peak unease in Long Yi completely disappeared.
At the same time, the assassin in Long Yi’s hand drooped his head in despair. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to qidian.com to vote for it, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)