Novel & Cerita 10 Minute Hourglass

She glanced at her watch, saw that she only had to get through one more hour, then she could escape without being rude. Forget about one day at a time right now, OK? This is one minute at a time, so hang in there. Just get through one more minute without a drink. Then another. And another and another until all those minutes add up to an hour. You can do this. You can, and you will.

“You expect an insane, curse-hurling witch to be precise about her timing? I’m sure the curse was only approximately ten years, give or take a couple of months on either side.” My stomach was in my throat as we dashed through the corridor to the opposite wing and entered the small room with the enchanted hourglass. A single drop of the crimson liquid hung suspended between the upper and lower sections of the double-heart. “No!” I screamed as it dropped, creating a tiny splash when it joined the larger pool in the bottom half. Everything around me seemed to turn to slow motion, the deafening rumble muted as terror gripped my chest. Xavier, Lysander, and Kaelen dropped to the floor—lifeless. J

My glasses hit the floor and shattered under Leon's boot. "Leon! Look at the panel! That's a core overload warning!" I struggled, my cheek scraping against the metal until I felt skin break. Leon flipped open my case and stared at the canisters of silver liquid inside. "What is this? No labels. Looks like some kind of toxic chemical to me." He picked one up, like he was about to smash it on the ground. "Don't! That's high-purity nano repair compound. There are only three cans left in the entire shelter!"

At least it didn't take hours for it to appear. I tried to slowly make the fire bigger when someone opened the door. The action surprised me and I created a mini explosion. The only reason it's mini is because of the seals in this place that prevents the mana usage to a certain point. I looked at the time and realized that it's still almost half past the 14th hour. They use an hourglass with square wooden boxes that have a number to tell time here that are magically connected to the castle's hourglass so that all clocks are synched.

Ana and Levi stood nervously, looking at the hourglass kept on the table. Past few hours had passed in understanding the operation of the hourglass. "I hope this works." Levi muttered. "We don't have any other option." Ana stated. Levi sighed and nodded to her. He took the hourglass and closed his eyes. "Are they going back in the year 1475?" Adi asked. "I hope their plan works." Leo said, nodding to Adi. "Let's see what happens." Alex said, waiting for the couple to do something.

Ril didn't understand what I was doing, but just like an owner minding his own business he didn't bother to ask. Of course, it failed many times. The time I am calculating got completely different from it and after so many trials it was completed. And I arranged a large stone to fall down after each hour is completed. Two for an hourglass, and made 3 of the same kind so that I can know the time every six hours. Ril was so confused, but he patted my head as soon as he found out what I was doing. Today, It's the 5th day It was too peaceful that I can even hear the sand falling down the papers.

I gently held her hand that was touching my chin and brought it to my lips for a simple kiss to threatened her in a respectful way. She just pulled her hand from mine as she gave me a glare first before she turned her back on me and steps towards the tree where she first appeared and the jar placed in its hole, turned into a sand clock. There is only more sand in its upper part, and very little sand falls into its lower part. It is as small as a needle but as time goes on, it wears out. That means it's Travis' clock.

Yet, as the doors closed behind them, a shadow flickered, a subtle distortion in time's continuum, hinting that their journey was far from over and that new challenges lurked on the horizon. As the guardians dispersed, merging into the tapestry of their individual realms, the clock tower stood tall and timeless against the backdrop of the universe. But deep within its core, a mechanism that had been dormant for millennia began to stir. In the tower's most sacred chamber, a place even the guardians had never ventured, a large ornate hourglass rested. This hourglass was unlike any other; its sands were not of this realm, but rather stardust from the very beginning of time. For eons, it remaine

Together, we followed the clues, unraveling the temple's secrets one by one, until we stood before the entrance of the hidden chamber. As we stepped into the dimly lit chamber, the air seemed to crackle with anticipation. At the center, resting upon a pedestal, was the artifact—a shimmering hourglass, its sand a mixture of gold and stardust. This was the key to unlocking Scarlett's truth, the gateway to the realm beyond.

It moved exactly one microscopic inch. "Incredible," Kiara mocked lethally, gracefully taking another delicate sip of her premium Darjeeling tea from the fragile porcelain cup. "At this completely pathetic, microscopic pace, my flawless marble likeness will officially reach the central fountain exactly by the time you completely expire from old age. I explicitly gave you exactly two hours, Singhania. The clock is aggressively ticking."