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Dusk.

Tulip Manor, restaurant.

Rosen and Tiralilin enjoyed a very sumptuous but ordinary dinner.

After taking a bite of roasted quail meat, Rosen commented:

"The ingredients are very fresh, but there are too few spices and the cooking method is quite primitive. Although the final taste is rich, it is difficult to make the taste buds feel pleasant."

Tiralilin was not so picky.

"My dear, this is just a barony, and the people here are busy making a living all day. It's good to have something to eat, but they don't have time to pursue good taste."

Rosen shrugged: "That's right."

Then he turned around and ordered the servant beside him: "Bring another set of tableware and fill it with wine. Don't neglect the new guests."

The servant looked confused because there were no guests, but he still did as he was told.

Soon, the tableware was served and the wine was filled.

Rosen tapped the table with a silver fork and said loudly: "Since you are here, don't hide. Why don't you fill your stomach first?"

No one responded.

Tila Lilin was also puzzled: "Is anyone here?"

She didn't feel it at all.

Rosen continued: "I say, do I have to ask you to come out?"

After a few seconds, a figure suddenly appeared in the air beside the dining table.

At first it was a misty shadow, and after a few seconds it turned from virtual to real, revealing a tall and charming woman.

After taking a look, Rosen was quite surprised: "Miss Death Angel Patnaros, this is really unexpected."

He thought that the first person to come would be Talos, the Sage of Order.

Rosen had never seen Patnaros's true face. Seeing that the woman in front of him was not wearing a mask, he looked at her carefully.

The woman had dark purple natural curly hair, bright almond eyes, and a delicate face with a slightly ignorant temperament.

She looked like an angel, but if you look closely at her eyes, you will find that they were cold and numb, like a pool of stagnant water.

She sat down in the seat reserved by Rosen.

She looked at the silver tableware on the table, picked up a silver knife, played with it in her hand, and said in a clear and melodious voice:

"Your Majesty Rosen, I didn't expect that you would come to this damn place."

As soon as these words came out, Rosen and Tiralilin paused, and surprise appeared on their faces.

Rosen raised his eyebrows, waved away the servants in the restaurant, and then asked: "You actually know the situation in the main plane?"

Patnaros nodded: "Not only do I know, Adela also knows."

"The reason is very simple, we are the main body of the projection of the void soul."

This situation was really beyond Rosen's expectations: "We thought you should be trapped in the abyss."

Patnaros laughed, and then/his face suddenly became serious: "Your Majesty, this is the abyss!"

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Rosen and Tiralilin looked at each other, with unbelievable expressions on their faces.

Tiralilin immediately said: "Miss, you are lying."

Patnaros shrugged, took a knife to cut a piece of steak and ate it.

"Okay, okay, I'm not entirely right."

"A more accurate description is that there are some hidden connections between the spacetime here and the spacetime of the abyss."

"And the reason for these connections is, on the one hand, the result of our efforts, and on the other hand, because the spacetime density of this demiplane is weaker than that of the main plane."

"We escaped from the abyss with great difficulty and thought we were free, but soon found out that we just escaped from one cage into another."

Rosen suddenly discovered a detail: "So, what about Gaomiel? Is he also the original body?"

"No, he is not. Neither are Hegrit, Talos, Karl, and Agmanni."

"The original bodies of these five people are still firmly trapped in the abyss, and only the elemental projections of the original bodies are in this demiplane."

After a pause, Patnaros laughed again.

"Your Majesty, you really shouldn't come to this damn place. Because no one has successfully escaped from here, and the speed of time here is amazingly fast, and it takes a lot of energy to fight against the wear and tear of time."

Rosen was half-believing and half-doubting these words. It can be seen that Tiralilin is also like this.

After thinking for a while, Rosen continued to ask: "So, what is your purpose in coming to me?"

"To kill you, or to save you."

Patnaros gave a very strange answer.

After that, she stopped talking and began to focus on eating and drinking.

Seeing her like this, Rosen and Tiralilin had a lot of questions, but they also forced themselves not to speak and followed her to eat and drink.

In silence, the three of them filled their stomachs.

Patnaros wiped the grease from the corners of her mouth with a napkin, and then said: "Your Majesty, although the magic rings in this world are very weak, their strength is the same as that of the abyss, and has reached the 23rd ring."

"So, if you want to stay alive in this hellhole without your soul being worn out by the torrent of time, there are only two ways."

"One is to advance to the 23rd ring and condense an eternal soul. The second is to master a powerful enough time spell."

"Otherwise, your fate will be to be ground into powder by the torrent of time, just like countless mortals in this world who disappear without a trace, and like countless refugees who flee from the abyss, they die helplessly."

Rosen raised his eyebrows: "So, which way did you take, Miss?"

"Of course it's the second way."

"Although there are 23 magic rings, it is very difficult to advance, almost impossible. I have practiced for thousands of years and have only reached the 20th ring."

"In fact, even in our Eternal Empire, which is now the Abyss, only three people have successfully condensed the Eternal Soul."

At this point, Patnaros stood up, walked aside, and performed a swordsman-like gesture to Rosen.

"Your Majesty Rosen, I want to test your skills. If you pass the test, then we will recognize you as my friend, otherwise, then we have to say goodbye completely."

Rosen didn't understand: "What kind of strange rules are these?"

"I developed these rules specifically for you."

"Because Adela is my sister, and you have repeatedly blasphemed her soul projection, and even made her soul projection completely independent. Although my sister didn't say anything, as a younger sister, I have to ask for an explanation for her."

While speaking, I don't know where she took out a dagger: "Take it, Your Majesty."

This reason is really impeccable.

Rosen dares to do it and admits it.

He also stood up and grasped the hilt of the Sword of Annihilation with one hand: "Miss, no matter what, apologize to your sister on my behalf."

Patnaros smiled faintly: "If you are a strong person, you don't need to apologize, because you are qualified to do so."

"If you are a weak person, then die."

Rosen did not dare to despise it at all, and quickly took back all the computing power of the main plane, and raised the strength of "Heart of the God of War" to the extreme.

"Then come on."

The next moment, he saw Patnaros's body dissipate into a wisp of light mist on the spot.

At the same time, he felt a strong fluctuation of time spell.

At this moment, "Heart of the God of War" did several things at the same time.

Bless yourself with the super giant time torrent spell, and violently improve your own reaction speed.

Because it is a super giant spell, it takes time to infuse mana, so the improvement of the spell effect is gradual, starting with 10 times, then 20 times, 30 times, and has been raised to the extreme of more than 150 times.

The whole process took about one-fifth of a second, and under the blessing of such a torrent spell, the surrounding time seemed to be completely frozen.

Because the light received at the same time became much less, the world in Rosen's eyes became very dim.

At the same time, Rosen also blessed himself with many ordinary auxiliary combat spells, namely the second-ring "Giant Strength Spell", the second-ring "Steel Armor Spell", and the second-ring "Swiftness Spell".

In short, as long as it is conducive to the use of swordsmanship, use it without hesitation.

Lai Fu, who has full computing power, can perform extreme combat operations on 100 lines without worrying about the extra consumption of time.

After a general spell blessing, Rosen's physical qualities soared violently to a point that was enough to make people astonished.

At a super high reaction speed, "Heart of the God of War" immediately recognized the opponent's moves.

It was the high-level version of the time spell "Time and Space Spell" that distorted the light, thus achieving near-perfect invisibility.

It can also be felt that the opponent also used the torrent spell to speed up his reaction speed, which was roughly the same as his own, or even faster.

The opponent claimed to be a 20-ring strongman, so he naturally had a divine body, and the power of the divine body must be much stronger than Rosen's 12-ring divine body.

But the high-energy magic ring mainly improves the magic power, not the physical strength of the divine body. Therefore, in terms of the strength of the divine body, the 20th ring is naturally stronger than the 12th, but it is estimated that it is only 50% to 60% higher, and there is no crushing advantage.

This is not Rosen's guess, but it was told by Tira Lilin, who was once promoted to a 22-ring strongman.

Therefore, if it was in the main plane time and space where the magic ring was normal, Rosen would have no chance to fight and would be crushed by the opponent with one finger.

But in this half plane, a 20-ring strongman can only rely on cold weapons to fight.

Rosen used Lai Fu to gain amazing melee power for himself.

So, he had the ability to fight back.

‘Clang~’

The annihilation magic sword was unsheathed and stabbed into a slightly distorted group of air in front of him.

‘Ding~’

The annihilation magic sword hit a hard object and was blocked.

"The Heart of the God of War" is a stubborn person. When the attack is blocked, he immediately puts away the sword and stabs again.

'Ding ding ding ding ding~~'

The vibrations in the air almost became one.

In about 2 seconds, Rosen stabbed 90 times in a row, and his arms and the sword of annihilation turned into overlapping shadows in front of him.

But this is not the limit of his ability.

Seeing that he could not suppress his opponent, his stabbing speed was gradually increasing.

Patnaros was also really good, and he kept blocking.

After another stalemate of 2 seconds, Patnaros took the initiative to contact from the invisible state, and kept retreating. The dagger in his hand was still desperately blocking the blade of the sword of annihilation, and at the same time he shouted urgently.

"Stop, stop, stop~~ I give up~ I give up~~"

Rosen did not want to really kill Patnaros, so he put the sword back into the sheath, and said with a smile: "Miss, you don't have to hold back on me, I can be faster."

Patnaros's indifferent eyes showed a slight ripple.

"Your Majesty, your smug look is really annoying, but I have to say that the reason you can beat me is mainly because of the sword of annihilation in your hand."

"Yes, but is there any problem with that?"

"Of course there is a problem. Because this sword belongs to Gomiral."

"This sword of yours can be used against anyone, but it cannot be used against Gomiral, just as the Dawnguard cannot harm members of the Safinos family."

Rosen looked at Tira Lilin, who nodded slightly: "Your Majesty, she is right."

This problem is really big, because the Nirvana Sword is his biggest support at the moment.

"I remember you just said that friends who pass the test are friends. So, is there a solution, miss?"

Patnaros moved her hand and threw the dagger in her hand directly to Rosen.

"The Divine Meteor Dagger is a weapon with the same strength and properties as the Nirvana Sword. I have two of them, so we can each have one."

Obviously, this dagger can't hurt Patnaros, otherwise she wouldn't be so straightforward.

Rosen took the dagger and made a few sharp cuts with his hand: "It's a good dagger, thank you."

In this way, he used the Nirvana Sword to deal with everyone else except Gao Mieler, and used the Divine Meteor Dagger to deal with everyone except Patnaros, which was enough to deal with everyone.

Patnaros walked back to the dining table and sat down: "Your Majesty, I can see that you have the talent for time, but the talent is far from strong enough."

"With such a low-level talent, there is no possibility of escaping from this hellish place."

Rosen's heart moved when he heard this: "Then what?"

"Then, I have to help you improve your time talent."

Tira Lilin immediately said: "This is impossible."

Patnaros smiled faintly: "Of course it is impossible for the Empire of Dawn, but our Eternal Empire has gone further than you in the field of time, and our understanding of time is deeper than yours."

She turned to look at Rosen: "Your Majesty, the price is that you have to help us get out of this hellish place."

Rosen agreed without hesitation: "There is no doubt about it, but why choose me?"

"Because you are the only one who has a complete high-energy empire. Although it is only a rising empire, we have no choice."

"So, you are not only the hope to help us escape from the abyss completely, but also the only hope to fight against the fallen eternal empire in the future."

After a pause, Patnaros added:

"Moreover, because you are strong enough, otherwise cooperation will not only be meaningless, but will drag everyone to death together."