Rod doesn't know if Lulu went to Wonderland for himself or for fun, but no matter what Lulu's purpose is (or Lulu never talks about purpose), this is a good opportunity for Rhodes.

The place where time was born.

Sounds exciting!

In this way, Rod, who had planned to leave, followed Lulu again, and then began to circle around Bandle City.

Lulu followed Pixar, stepped on the shallow stream, climbed over the high mountain beam, and Rod didn't know how long he followed her, but the final result was Lulu, Pixar, and Rod, and the three of them returned to the place where they started.

Seeing Lulu's happy appearance, Rod finally had to start to suspect the little witch's intentions - he even wondered if Lulu was playing tricks on herself.

No, it shouldn't.

Along the way, Rod just worked harder, but Lulu herself didn't know how many heels she had fallen, if this was also playing tricks, then no matter how you look at it, it was more of a trick on herself.

"Big man's big white." Just when Rod was surprised by the purpose of Lulu's actions, the fairy witch seemed to finally remember her guest, "Do you know the best path between two points?" ”

The best path between two points?

Faced with Lulu's strange question, Rod was stunned for a moment.

Before Rod could give his answer, Lulu's face was already full of smiles.

"The best path between two points is to turn it upside down, connect it, and then reverse it inside and out and circle it again."

As if to explain her meaning more precisely, Lulu waved her long staff, and Pixar stretched out her thin little arm at the tip of the staff like a conductor, matching Lulu's movements.

And with Lulu's actions, the time that has been completely stagnant in Bandle City seems to have a tendency to flow again.

The time fluctuation came so suddenly that Rhodes was not even prepared, and fell into a brief confusion in the flow of time - when he regained consciousness, Lulu and Pixar were long gone.

Standing by the pond, Rhodes was in a trance, everything he had experienced with Lulu before seemed to be a magnificent dream, and when he thought about it again, his memory was only a variety of bright colors.

Rhodes tentatively rose up, and after transforming himself into an arcane form, he was surprised to find that the change in memory had not been erased, and all he could recall was a colorful patch.

Reflecting on everything, Rod finally remembered Lulu's last words.

"The best path between two points is to turn it upside down, connect it, and then reverse it inside and out and circle it again."

Upside down...... Connected...... Then the inside and outside are reversed...... And round it again......

Rod no longer dwelled on the meaning of these words themselves, but chose to close his eyes, temporarily abandon logic, and pursue the taste and color of language itself, this time, he finally had a completely different experience.

A new door opened in front of Rod, and this time, time flowed around him again.

A smile broke into the corners of his mouth, and Rod opened his eyes.

At the last moment, he didn't choose to push the door open—because he already understood, knew that this door was enough for him.

Now Rhodes is not ready to really step into that eternity.

……………………

The subtlety of time is ineffable.

Maybe Lulu didn't know what a wonderful experience that those words gave Rhodes had.

With Lulu's help (let's call this act helping), Rod finally figured out something very interesting – how exactly to drive time.

If in the past, Rhodes was just a tide maker in the long river of time, riding the wind and waves on the river with a boat of the sands of time; It was now that Rhodes first focused on the river itself.

The river always flows low, so why does the river of time roll forward?

Well, for now, the topic is a bit bigger for Rode, but anyway, he has a vague glimpse of how time is driven.

Instead of using the sands of time to isolate time and make yourself stand still or super-accelerate, it is to actually change the flow of time, and even create a flow of time!

For Rod, this kind of trial and harvest has opened up a new path for him, and with his understanding and mastery of time, Rod even has a feeling that if he continues to walk, he will be on an equal footing with Nogannon in the future.

(Nogannon: One of the Creation Titans of the Pantheon, who holds the power of time.) ）

As far as time is concerned, Rhodes used to be just a boater on the river, and with the help of the sands of time, he can temporarily make himself independent of the flow of time; And now, Rhodes can stand still in the long river of time, and even after leaving the river, he can still pick up a handful of water!

Although it is only a shallow handful of water, after mastering the method, Rhodes may not be able to open up his own stream, and even a new river of time!

After sorting out all the gains, Rhodes felt as if some subtle changes had taken place in his body, and a new power began to move in his body, one as familiar and reliable as the arcane power that had been with him for decades.

Rhodes thought for a moment and used this magical energy that he had never seen before in the way of arcane ascension.

The result was interesting - if Ascension was the embodiment of Rhodes' arcane artifice, now, for the first time, Rhodes had the ability to temporize himself.

Reaching out again, Rod tried to create a handful of the Sand of Time, but when he snapped his fingers, the grit that used to be like a finger did not show up - in the face of this situation, Rod changed his means, he twisted his neck, and the next moment the whole person turned into the Sand of Time.

Rod raised his sandy hands to take in the magical sensation, and after a moment, he ended the form with a big smile on his face.

From now on, Rhodes finally no longer needs to use the Sands of Time to use the power of time, and after a fantastic adventure, he and the Sands of Time have become one.

With a brisk step, Rhodes finally left the pond - for him, the trip to Bandle City was enough, and all he had to do was leave this magical place.

Familiarizing himself with his new powers, Rhodes walked in the direction of the city, where he needed to ask Tristana where the portal back to Valoran was.

Well, I hope I'm not a bad person!