Star Railway: The Last of the Grammer Riders

Chapter 209 That Summer? Calypso
Kiana used the power of the sky to teleport everyone to the middle level of the Divine Tree Garden, the Silent Garden of Knowledge, which is some distance from the Throne of Enlightenment. At the same time, she activated the power of death to maintain Natsumi's life state.

However, Xia's life is currently in great danger. If she loses the power to die and is kept alive, she will soon be on the verge of death again, but whether she will die or not is still unknown.

After all, his condition had been stabilized by an unknown person before their arrival, allowing him to breathe his last.

“Son of man, stop. There’s no need to prolong our lives any longer,” Naksha said at this moment. “Your power should be used in a more meaningful way.”

"Are you sure?" Kiana stopped and asked when she heard what Naka said.

"This way of speaking... You're not Teacher Na Ke Xia. Who are you?" Bai E immediately recognized that Na Ke Xia wasn't the Na Ke Xia he knew from her way of speaking and questioned her.

“Heh heh, my name is Calypso, one of the Seven Sages. It was I who saved this child before you arrived. Otherwise, he would have already gone to the Underworld to meet Cenatos before you arrived.” Calypso manipulated Naxsha’s body to sit down in a corner and then revealed his true form.

She was a woman who resembled a pharmacist, but without a hundred eyes, only two arms, and had a more scholarly air about her… no, a female ghost.

Because she had no feet under her skirt.

“Thank you for your help, Lady Calypso. However, I am curious… which of the Seven Sages are you? As far as I know, your appearance does not belong to any of the Sages,” Bai Er replied.

“Heh heh, I am not one of the Seven Sages of this generation, so you have naturally never seen me.” Calypso placed his hands lightly on his abdomen to answer Bai Er’s question.

Xia Die looked at Calypso and felt a sense of familiarity with her. It seemed that she had seen her before.
"Wait...you're not a ghost, are you?" Kiana asked, only then noticing Calypso's appearance.

“In your Son of Man’s terms, I am indeed a ghost,” Calypso said after a moment’s thought.

"Hey, I thought ghosts would be those with blue faces and fangs, looking terrifying!" Kiana said in shock.

"Hehe, that's just a stereotype from horror stories. Ghosts only look the same as they did when they were alive; they don't change at all."

"Phew, as long as there aren't any, that's good. Dealing with monsters without bodies is the most troublesome," Kiana said with a sigh of relief.

“However, there can be some unexpected things. For example, prolonged exposure to the Black Tide and the Underworld can affect the form of the soul, eventually leading to a difference between the consciousness and the physical body,” Calypso explained. “Hmm… he’ll be awake soon, so I should go and rest too.”

As he spoke, Calypso's figure disappeared.

Not long after Calypso disappeared, the real Nashita woke up, clutching her head.

Xia cleared her head and looked at the people standing in front of them.

"Teacher Xia, you're awake. What... happened just now?" Bai E rushed over to help Xia when he saw that he was awake.

“Bai’er, I told you not to call me Naksha, call me Anaxagoras,” Naksha said. “As for what happened just now? He was just a fire thief who came to steal fire during the Black Tide attack.”

“However… that Fire Thief is indeed quite powerful,” Xia continued. “And the timing was too perfect… he broke into the Throne of Enlightenment just when the Black Tide invaded the Divine Enlightenment Tree Court and the defenses were at their weakest. I even suspected that he was created by the Black Tide.”

"But the result told me that the answer was wrong, because there is a device inside the Divine Enlightenment Tree Garden that can detect Black Tide creatures, but this device has never sounded since he entered the Tree Garden, while the detection of Black Tide creatures outside is very accurate, even down to the number. Moreover... there are many checkpoints inside the Divine Enlightenment Tree Garden, and without a specific identity or pass, one cannot enter." "In other words... this black-clad swordsman is either someone inside the Divine Enlightenment Tree Garden, or he has the ability to detect those checkpoints." Bai E continued after listening to Xia Ke's explanation. "For example... the Hundred Realms Gate?"

“No one could possibly use the Hundred Realms Gate! Tian is absolutely certain! Because that’s the power that the Fire Seed gave us!” Tian replied very seriously.

"So there are several possibilities... First, the black-clad swordsman has a spatial teleportation ability similar to that of the Hundred Realms Gate. Second, and almost impossible, is that one of the ladies, Tirispius, helped him."

“Little Xia, that’s absolutely impossible! Because *we* can guarantee that *we* only have Tian, ​​Tianning, and Tibao left now.” Tian shook his head so hard it was practically a rattle drum.

“At that moment, Teacher Xia, Teacher Tibo, and the others would not do anything to defy the Journey of Fire. It wouldn’t be any of Teacher Tibo or the others who helped that black-clad swordsman. They…we…have all lost a lot for the Journey of Fire. If we give up now…we would only be letting down the changes made by those who came before us.” Xia Die also explained to Tian at this moment.

“You don’t need to explain. I know it’s impossible. After all, Lady Tirisippius has already dedicated everything to the Journey of Fire. But there are always exceptions. Perhaps, somewhere in this world, there is another Lady Tirisippius still living,” Nakasha explained.

"If that's the case... then there must be some unspeakable reason, right?" Tian was also a little uncertain at this point.

After all, when the divine oracle was being spread, too many Tibbers traveled to the ends of the West Wind.

Many Tibbers silently disconnect from sharing before they die, and the Tibbers therefore assume that they have gone to the end of the West Wind, but whether they are still alive is still unknown.

“However, I still tend to believe that this spatial ability is his own,” Na Ke Xia said. “Then… where did the other party’s ability come from?”

Everyone fell silent. Yes, if it weren't for the help of the Tibos, where would his abilities come from?
Could it be that it was obtained from the past?

Just as everyone was pondering, a blazing, powerful flame shot into the sky, leaving everyone somewhat dazed by the heatwave.

Feeling this power, Kiana immediately thought of the feeling Kevin had when he used the "Karma" form.

It felt similar to the battle on the moon back then, but it seemed to have been strengthened by the power of destiny. Kiana could feel that the flames were more intense and powerful.

"Ancestor Kevin has made his move!" Kiana exclaimed instinctively.

"I didn't expect Teacher Kevin to be so strong?" Bai E murmured, looking at the pillar of fire.

"This power is truly immense... I can sense it; even a Titan would have to retreat a bit under its influence." At that moment, Xia felt both curious and excited about the source of that power.

This force is extremely powerful, no less than that of Titan.

Perhaps we can learn the secrets of the Titans from him!
Moreover, Xia also felt a sense of curiosity about Kiana at that moment. He could sense that Kiana was very strong, but now he had a question...

Why have I never heard of such powerful people before?

“At that moment, Teacher Xia, Lord Kevin… had indeed slain a Titan. And because of him, our mission to retrieve the Titans went very smoothly,” Xia Die explained.

(End of this chapter)