The villain queen eavesdropped on my inner thoughts and won't let me lie down?

Before Xia Ti left the Gap Between Worlds, Nalinair took the initiative to find her, wanting to make a deal.

If Xia Ti could provide Nalinair with a suitable opportunity to capture the Eternal Night Empress alive, she would extend the Yaman Empire's interest-free period with the God of Knowledge by five years.

Although Xia Ti didn't know why a big shot like Nalinair would be interested in the Eternal Night Empress, the interest-free loan was an irresistible temptation for her.

Old Josda thought he had schemed against Xia Ti, but wasn't Xia Ti also inducing Old Josda to lead the Eternal Night Empress this way?

They were all old schemers, each getting what they needed.

The 500,000 undead in Ashford City were also to facilitate Nalinair's entry into the battlefield to harvest the essence of life.

Her strength had reached a level that this plane could not directly withstand, and she needed to use a sacrifice to strengthen the plane's barrier to allow her to enter.

All the arrangements went smoothly, Old Josda took the bait, Ashford City was controlled, and the citizens developed their own ideas...

The stage was set. Based on Xia Ti's analysis of the Eternal Night Empress over the past three years, she believed that the extremely arrogant and reckless Empress had a 98% chance of teleporting directly to settle the score with her.

A public provocation. As the number one mage of the era, how could she tolerate it?

Xia Ti simply couldn't imagine how her scheme could fail.

Then the Eternal Night Empress actually endured it, and Xia Ti's plan backfired.

The life essence used to increase the strength of the plane's barrier had a time limit. To avoid wasting it, Xia Ti could only offer it to the God of Knowledge with tears in her eyes.

Fortunately, she always made the worst preparations, and she could still comfort herself in this situation.

Just then, a thin book appeared in Nalinair's small hand.

The cover was red and depicted the Eternal Night Empress catching fire elements.

"'New Arcana'?" Xia Ti asked curiously.

"This book is very interesting. The editor, Roger Charles, is an interesting subject of observation. We can make another bet. Within two months, if you present him to me complete, without any loss of soul activity, I will help you get a two-year interest-free period."

"I will follow..."

"Don't rush, this bet has a penalty."

Nalinair raised a finger to her lips, her perfect face approaching Xia Ti at an extremely close distance that made her breathing accelerate. Her violet eyes seemed to see through her soul, searching for Xia Ti's desires, excitement, and deep-seated fears.

"Xia Ti, if you fail again, this body will be mine."

Nalinair's emotionless voice suddenly gained a hint of playfulness and cunning. Her smile was shallow, but it seemed to come alive, revealing a curious meaning that Xia Ti had never seen before.

Chapter 83: Saving Your Majesty is Saving Yourself

Xia Ti understood Nalinair's plan.

She wanted her to help her capture that observation target; if she couldn't capture him, she would use her body to directly descend into this world for observation.

She coveted her body, but not in the usual sense.

Nalinair was too strong, so strong that this world had very few bodies that could withstand even a small amount of her consciousness, and they needed to meet a series of harsh conditions.

Coincidentally, Xia Ti Veronica, who had been working hard to cultivate and had excellent talent, perfectly met all the conditions.

Obviously, Nalinair had developed a lot of curiosity about the Eternal Night World and wanted to come here for observation, but was limited by her strength and could not experience it in depth.

She just didn't know if she had been setting Xia Ti up from the first bet, or if it was a temporary idea, and she had just flipped to "New Arcana" during the waiting process and had a new hunting target.

Fortunately, Xia Ti was deeply loved by the God of Knowledge and showed the potential to earn more faith power, so Nalinair couldn't directly plot to use her body for a descent.

But if Xia Ti used her body as a bargaining chip and lost to Nalinair, then the God of Knowledge wouldn't care.

There is a widely circulated saying in the multiverse: Followers of the Church of Wisdom never make a losing deal.

Nalinair's bet would at most result in earning less, and she would never suffer a loss, but if Xia Ti lost, she would have no chance to turn the tables.

Very harsh and one-sided conditions.

But Xia Ti finally agreed.

Because the Yaman Empire already owed the God of Knowledge too much faith power, and the Qing Teng Empire gave her a great deal of pressure, which was not a goal that could be solved in a short time.

If it dragged on for too long, the interest would snowball, and even if she could destroy the Qing Teng Empire and rebuild the Veronica Dynasty one day, she would only be able to turn the country into a land of the undead.

It can be said that when Xia Ti chose to accept the loan from the God of Knowledge to study, she was already a fish on the chopping board, waiting to be slaughtered.

Her 'staying low' was only on the surface, and deep down she was already a gambler who had bet everything and had no way to turn back, but she had always disguised her madness very well.

"I believe poverty will make you omnipotent."

Nalinair said goodbye with a smile, and her phantom disappeared.

Only after feeling that the pressure she brought had completely disappeared did Xia Ti reveal a thoughtful expression:

"Roger Charles, a useless younger brother with terrible magical talent, a playboy young master, would actually be noticed by a six-winged angel?"

Xia Ti knew that an undead army was only creating trouble for the empire and could not shake the ruling foundation of the Qing Teng Empire at all.

The Veronica Dynasty still needed more time.

And if she wanted more time, she had to catch that Roger first!

The bet had already started, and a series of plans began to form in Xia Ti's mind: an action plan, a backup action plan, a backup plan for the backup action plan, etc...

...

...

Kambusak Desert, outside Serena City.

200,000 elite orc coalition forces spread out their formation, surrounding the Rommel Legion.

The magical units of both sides had already begun probing each other with firepower.

The result was a great advantage for the orc side.

After all, the Rommel Legion had just finished a siege battle. The casualties were not high, and the organization was still intact, but the soldiers' physical strength and the mages' magic power were severely depleted.

They needed time to rest, but it was obvious that the orc coalition forces were ready to attack and would not give them this time.

"Fortunately, Her Majesty is still here with us... Thanks to Roger!"

Rommel thought with relief, knowing that his life now was given by Roger.

Because of the previous easy victory, he underestimated the orcs and did not expect that the other side was hiding such an elite coalition force.

After a tentative exchange, he felt that the opponent's strength was ridiculously high. Those shaman priests didn't have high direct magical attack power, but they played a very good dispelling technique, which could restrain many of the empire's mages' attack methods.

At this time, if the Eternal Night Empress went to support Ashford City, the best result for his five armies would be a costly breakout, and there would be no possibility of defeating the opponent with a tired army.

The Eternal Night Empress, after being enlightened by Roger, was ready to intervene in the frontal battlefield and engage the orc coalition forces.

And using Roger's intelligence advantage, let that old woman be an informant who has infiltrated the church.

The Empress's condition was not bad. The final death whirlwind only looked cool, but it was actually the simplest combination of mage hands.

The consumption was not large, but the insult was extremely strong.

The Eternal Night Empress was preparing to first behead the other side's silver dragon princess to strike a blow to morale, and then use a meteor shower to wash the other side's front line of defense.

At that time, Little Elvin will definitely be able to seize the opportunity to charge into the enemy formation and divide the battlefield.

Then I will cooperate with the mage group to snipe the opponent's threatening powerhouses.

This battle will be won.

When one side of the battle has an AOE unit that the other side cannot solve and has strong attack power, tactics do not need to be fancy, and simple and crude methods can reduce the possibility of making mistakes.

Just the Eternal Night Empress casting her gaze over was already tactically valuing the enemy.

This is also why Old Josda felt that the Eternal Night Empress was very rogue.

She was almost unsolvable head-on, so he could only avoid her edge and fight a decisive battle when she was not there.

Now that the Eternal Night Empress was not led to Ashford City, Old Josda could only execute the backup plan given by Xia Ti.

She also knew very well that the Eternal Night Empress would aim at her, so she had been letting that silver dragon fly very ostentatiously in the sky.

She herself sneaked into Serena City, activated the formation to awaken and strengthen the Eris Demon Worm, and then teleported the gradually awakening astral creature into the silver dragon's body.

The poor silver dragon, feeling that it was locked on by the Eternal Night Empress's mental power, was already desperately trying to escape.

But even if it could fly, it couldn't escape from someone who could teleport.

The Eternal Night Empress was waiting on its path, and shot several disintegration rays in a row.

This is a life-betting instant-death spell that rolls dice and causes the target to evaporate directly into foam.

Generally speaking, the magic resistance and level of an adult dragon directly immunize it to disintegration.

But it was obvious that the Eternal Night Empress's disintegration technique had a lot of magical specialties and effects attached, and with her mental power, the difficulty of the judgment was terrifyingly high, directly raising these disintegration techniques to a height they should not have been.

The silver dragon had no resistance at all and was all foam.

But at the moment this judgment was completed, the Eris Demon Worm in its body was also exposed to the Eternal Night Empress.

The astral creature, which was already full of morning grumpiness because it was awakened, suddenly saw a terrifying existence with boiling magic power after the light suddenly brightened, and subconsciously used its strongest and only life-saving skill:

"Heart Demon Domain"!

The Eternal Night Empress didn't have time to dodge at all.

Such a big silver dragon body was hiding a silver worm the size of a fingernail, what a wicked plan!

The Heart Demon Domain was deployed without any magical fluctuations.

Astral creatures basically have some characteristics that violate the laws of the material world and are biased towards the inexplicable spiritual realm.

The Eris Demon Worm's only skill is to pull the target into the domain it has woven throughout its life, an independent plane between illusion and reality.

Targets entering the domain will see the things they fear most in their hearts, and then become lost in it, eventually becoming nourishment for the Eris Demon Worm.

The principle that the fewer skills a world has, the stronger the effect, also applies to monsters, which directly makes the Eris Demon Worm one of the most difficult monsters to deal with in the astral world.

Fortunately, this thing has no initiative to attack, and spends its days sleeping. Its first choice when encountering danger is actually to hide in its own domain.

If it is not provoked, it will not randomly pull people in.

However, the designed formation was to strengthen it and stimulate this little thing to the point of explosion.

This is the advantage of the followers of the God of Knowledge.

Rich knowledge reserves and clever combinations always allow them to achieve miraculous effects.

The changes in the sky were too rapid and sudden, and both sides of the battle were stunned.

Originally, the orc tribe was full of despair, watching their dragon knight princess, who they thought was powerful and invincible, being instantly killed by the Eternal Night Empress, feeling that this round was difficult.

Then in the next second, it reversed, and the imperial army found that their invincible empress was gone.

The accompanying mage of the Rommel Legion also had legendary mages who had explored other worlds.

From the remaining silver light in the air, he distinguished the unique aura of the astral world and exclaimed: "It's the Eris Demon Worm, Her Majesty has been pulled into its Heart Demon Domain!"

"It's actually that unreasonable thing? Impossible, that thing can't survive in the material plane at all!"

"It's a trap. The world of magic is infinitely vast, and there is always incredible creativity that breaks our inherent cognition and weaves traps to plot against Her Majesty... Too despicable, too shameless!"

"Okay, stop analyzing how it was done, what we have to do is think of a way to rescue Her Majesty!"

The mages figured out the reason, but fell into a state of helplessness and argued without coming up with any solution.

The Eris Demon Worm hid in its own domain and did not belong to this world at all, so how could they find it?

All prediction spells were also ineffective. Whether it was the Eternal Night Empress or the mastermind behind the scenes, the Heavenly Light Mentor and Old Josda, they were all anti-prediction existences.

At this time, Princess Tasika had returned to the orc coalition's central army, and her voice was amplified with divine magic to spread throughout the entire battlefield:

"The Qing Teng Empire's evil empress is arrogant and conceited, and has no regard for anyone. She has fallen into this palace's trap and is lost in another world. Everyone, the time has come to avenge the chieftains and the tribe, charge!"

"For the tribe!"

The orc side's morale instantly soared. Even though the formation was a bit scattered, the impact was unparalleled.

At the same time, the tribe's shamans began the space blockade ritual.

This was to prevent the empire from dispatching reinforcements here, and also to prevent Rommel and other high-level officials from escaping.

They wanted to take advantage of the imperial army's confusion, take a big bite, and avenge the chieftains!

In fact, at this time, Tasika had lost control of the coalition forces.

Facing the ruined Serena City, she could ignite the orcs' fighting enthusiasm, but she could not control how they would specifically fight, and they gradually entered a state where each tribe fought on its own.