When Rumi fell from the sky, she saw everyone was somewhat silent.

After learning about Roger's situation, Lumi nodded and said, "No wonder I felt something was wrong at that time."

Everyone looked at Lumi.

Lumi rubbed the little swan's head and said, "Didn't you notice? When we were in the outdoor courtyard, Roger used [Time Stop] but didn't directly attack anyone."

Louis thought for a moment and then said, "That's true. With all those glass fragments in the air, it would be difficult to hurt the students."

If this happened in the previous life, this possibility would not be small.

But if it were St. Louis College, if they wanted to hurt the students, they would have to hope that the students were frightened.

The little swan widened his eyes:

"In other words, Mr. Roger wanted to use the glass fragments to force us to disperse?"

Lumi nodded and said, "Probably."

Louis glanced at the crystal knife in his hand, and then looked at the black sun in the sky.

Finally, he said in silence: "Emperor, was all this within your expectations?"

Louis suddenly had a premonition.

"Let's go. We should return to the Star Continent as soon as possible. There are people waiting for us there."

He turned around and spoke to the crowd.

Everyone nodded.

Under the guidance and protection of the pocket watch, everyone rushed towards the exit.

In the world of black, white and gray, colors are appearing more and more.

I don’t know if it was Louis’ illusion, but he always felt that moving in this direction seemed to bring him closer to the black sun of the Emperor.

This journey continued into the next day.

After several of the means of transportation that Lumi summoned with the Horse Card had been turned into Fallen Shadows, everyone finally saw a special mountain.

It was a mountain covered with colorful flowers.

From a distance, the mountain looks incredibly beautiful.

"What a nice view."

Grace whispered.

She subconsciously reached out and touched the flowers on the ground.

She felt a warm emotion placed in this wonderful and beautiful place.

So much so that the whole area looks like a living thing.

Louis raised his head and looked at the sky.

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that the sunlight of the dark sun shining on the mountain gave it a little more warmth.

As the little swan was walking, it suddenly screamed.

Louis subconsciously rushed to her side, thinking she was injured.

Unexpectedly, when he looked over, the little swan took his hand and said:

"Louie Louie, look!"

Louis looked up at a wooden sign she was pointing at.

There are a few big words written on it:

[The Great Treasure Trial from the Brave]

There was also a line of small words written below: [The Great Secret Treasure Really Exists]

However, the two sentences were obviously written by different people.

The former has a round and lovely stroke, and through the words, one seems to be able to see the playfulness of the person who wrote these words.

The latter's writing style is much sharper, and one can tell at first glance that he is a very capable person.

Alice walked forward and took a quick look.

Then he raised his hand and gave Olivia a "duang" on the forehead: "Don't believe what others write."

The little swan put his hands on his hips and said nonchalantly, "No, I won't. I've already told you that the great secret treasure really exists, but you all don't believe it!"

Grace said with some embarrassment: "But, but there doesn't seem to be any danger here."

Louis looked at her and said, "Why do you say that?"

Grace lowered her head.

She couldn't tell others that she made her judgment based on her natural intuition.

But Louis didn't say anything, and changed the subject:

"But I think you're right. There shouldn't be any danger here."

Grace raised her head, then quickly lowered it and said, "Thank you."

"Thank you for what?"

"Thank you for believing in me."

Louis snorted softly: "I believe in myself."

At this time, Lumi came over and said calmly:

"The main entrance to the main material world is just above the mountain. There is no danger here. You can relax a little."

Louis complained: "Sister Lumi, you're not going to say there's no danger again and then let me be hunted down again, right?"

Louis has some PTSD.

Although after obtaining some of Rogue's memory fragments, Louis probably understood that as long as he was still in the Shadowless Underworld, the Emperor would have the means to directly interfere with the Shadowless Underworld.

Given Beatrice's personality, she must have informed Emperor Laoden long ago.

I'm afraid that when they really encounter a crisis, the Emperor will intervene directly.

The reason why Rogge didn't take action until the end was mainly because the weapon was not deadly enough.

It's quite funny.

Louis and his friends were inevitably slightly injured when fighting a LV9 Arcane Ooze.

The gap between the Arcane Ooze and Rogue who has mastered [Time Stop] is extremely large.

As a result, until Rogge disappeared, all of them except himself suffered only minor injuries.

——When Grace was attacking Rogue with [Existence Weakening], she was too focused and was hit by a stone nearby.

After the battle was over, she used the magic of [Heal Minor Injuries] to remove the bruises.

The one who was most seriously injured was Louis.

The fight was so exciting that he used all of his Sin Dragon Armor, Succubus' physique, and Rimuru's strength.

Now that the battle was over, he only felt aches all over his waist and back, as if he had spent a dazed night in bed.

It’s too hard!

Lumi whispered, "This mountain has been set up with a teleportation array from the foot to the top."

"After we go up, as expected, we will be dispersed."

"But don't panic, everyone. Once you land safely, just head toward the top of the mountain."

"We'll meet at the top of the mountain."

Everyone nodded.

The little swan rushed up first:

"Me first, me first!"

At this moment, she was laughing in her heart.

"Hehehe! The hero's great secret treasure, I trample Malena!"

"Small change, there will be a lot of small change soon!"

Suddenly, as they stepped onto the flower-filled mountain road, Olivia's figure disappeared in front of everyone.

Only then did everyone realize that what Lumi said was true.

So one after another they walked into the road up the mountain.

Soon, Lumi was the only one left to cover their retreat.

Lumi looked at the plaque quietly and said softly, "Long time no see, Diana."

After saying that, she turned and set foot on the mountain path.

【Location: East of the mountain】

Louis stepped on the soft soil.

He looked around and found that he was halfway up the mountain.

Looking around, it seemed like this was a large gathering place of some kind of insect monsters.

There are knee-high unknown flowers and giant mushrooms half a person's height or even two people's height everywhere. Huge beehives can be seen on the towering coniferous forests.

At first glance, it feels like a fairy tale scene.

"Ding ding ding, newcomers who are brave enough to embark on this journey, welcome to the Great Secret Realm. Do you want to challenge the game of the brave?"

Accompanied by a burst of cheerful laughter, a little elf like Thumbelina suddenly appeared in the sky.

Louis took a look.

So weird, take another look.

He reached out his hand and poked the elf, then smiled and said to Mentor Merlin who was floating nearby: "Mentor Merlin, is this a goblin?"

Merlin walked around Louis and said, "No, there are very few goblins on the continent. Now goblins basically live in the outer plane, demiplane or lower plane."

"Otherwise, the elves wouldn't have become a legend in your time."

"This Diana the Fate Mage is quite amazing. This guy who looks like a fairy is actually an artificially created magical life form, and it is also the kind with its own intelligence."

"Such a sophisticated magical creation can be called a "master" in any era in history."

"You idiot, you may have really encountered the hero's secret treasure."

The little fairy pushed Louis' finger away with a look of dissatisfaction and said, "How rude! Please call me Lady Lulu!"

"Okay, okay, then, Lady Lulu, what is this game of the brave that you just mentioned?"

The little goblin flew in the air, leaning forward slightly with his hands on his waist, and said:

"Jumanji is a game for the brave!"

"That is the treasure left by Diana, a member of the beautiful and kind brave team, the destined wizard, for those who come after her."

"As long as you complete the task, you will receive a reward from Lady Diana. Do you want to be a brave man and challenge the Great Secret Realm?"

Louis poked the goblin slowly and said:

"How do I challenge the Great Secret Realm and get rewards?"

The little fairy said no, but her body honestly showed a comfortable expression:

"The place you are in now is Lady Diana's secret land of flowers and trees. It is full of insect monsters transformed by Lady Diana."

"Recently, our Little Fairy Workshop is preparing to create a batch of new equipment."

"If you are willing, please help us get the right materials from the insect monsters in the secret realm of the sea of ​​flowers and trees."

Louis nodded and said:

"I see. Are there any restrictions on the types of monsters that can exist?"

The goblin said, "The more varieties, the better, but the quantity can be less."

Louis nodded and said, "Then this trial is not bad. To be honest, I am quite good at jungle fighting."

Louis carefully recalled the contents of the future diary.

As expected, the little swan should have completed the trial, went to the top of the mountain, met the destiny wizard, and was injured by some automatically activated abyss item when he was trying to obtain the reward.

"The little swan should still be in the trial stage. In the future diary, she was not injured at all during this stage."

"She passed out because she met the Master of Destiny and got a batch of items. She was injured by an abyss item."

"That is to say, Little Swan is not in danger right now, as long as I leave the trial before her!"

"This cannot be delayed any longer!"

…

【Location: South of the mountain】

Olivia was holding a little fairy in her hand, with a malicious smile on her face, and her sharp little fangs could be vaguely seen.

"Quick, just tell me how best to complete this trial!"

The little swan coveted the treasure of the brave man's secret treasure.

In the timeline she was originally in, Sister Wang once told her that the Brave Man's Secret Treasure contained a shortcut to passing the level.

For example, if you have the opportunity to directly capture the goblin responsible for the big secret treasure, you can ask her to help you complete the task as quickly as possible.

So she pretended to chat with the little goblin at first, and when it approached, she suddenly reached out and grabbed it.

Then the little swan heard an electronic, mechanical, emotionless voice from the little fairy:

"Detected that the goblin was under attack. Based on the principle of protecting the secret realm, prepare to launch a counterattack."

"The attacker has been detected to have a special mark, the threat has been eliminated."

Then the little goblin began to struggle in Olivia's hands.

"Let me go, let me go quickly, believe it or not, I, Lady Lulu, will bite you!"

The little fangs were more obvious in the corners of the little swan's mouth. "I won't, unless you tell me how to speed through. I'm not a fisherman. You want me to collect more than 30 kinds of fish monsters in the lake. Isn't this embarrassing for me?"

"Come on, little fairy, tell me how to speedrun. You don't want me to tear off your skirt, do you?!"

Little Fairy: ???

You are a dog! The goblin was furious.

The goblin chose to refuse.

The little swan began to pull at her little skirt.

The little goblin agreed with tears.

"I said, I said, don't take off my skirt."

"The methods for capturing different fish monsters in the Deep Water Secret Realm are..."

The sobbing little fairy could only obediently compromise with the little swan devil.

…

【Location: North of the mountain】

In a strange building inside a mountain.

The pieces of metal fragments suspended in the air floated around again as if unaffected by gravity.

The sound of metal colliding echoed repeatedly in this empty space.

The knife in Alice's hand turned into sharp lightning.

There was light flashing on his body, and he collided with the headless metal armored golems.

Those who didn't know would think that Alice was fighting the undead headless knights! All I could hear was the whistling sound of swords cutting through the air: "Come again, come again! What a powerful puppet manipulation technique! This fight is much more interesting than fighting ordinary monsters!"

"That's awesome, hahahaha! I really want that crazy guy Louis to give it a try!"

…

【Location: West of the mountain】

Grace tightly grasped the cross in her hand and whispered, "Merciful and righteous Lord of Glory, what method should I use to make myself stronger?"

"Only then can I stop being protected by my benefactors and friends and truly fight alongside them."

This impromptu trip to the Shadow Underworld shocked her beyond measure.

She was just a farm girl from Dragonbone Prairie.

He has no distinguished family background, nor does he have strong power.

When that pathetic and lamentable mentor Rogge attacked, she had never realized one thing so deeply.

That is, whether it is Mr. Caesar, Miss Alice, Mr. William or Her Highness Olivia, they are simply beyond her reach now.

During this time when she was studying for the Battle Nun major, her teacher praised her more than once for having priest qualifications that far exceeded those of ordinary people.

At that time, she was still a little happy.

This means that there will indeed be a chance for me to help Mr. Caesar in the future.

Especially when Mr. Caesar told her that he needed the help of the gifted power in her body, it was impossible to say that she didn't feel a little secretly happy.

However, when she was beating up Mentor Rogge before, she had never been so clearly aware of a terrible problem.

(End of this chapter)