dusk.

Tulip Manor, restaurant.

Rosen and Tiralilin enjoyed a very sumptuous but ordinary dinner.

After taking a bite of the roasted quail, Rosen commented: "The ingredients are very fresh, but the spices are too few and the cooking method is quite primitive. The final taste is rich, but 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 long. It's good to have something to eat, but they don't have the time to pursue good taste."

Rosen shrugged. "That's true."

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

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

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

Rosen tapped the table lightly with his silver fork and said loudly, "Now that you're here, why don't you stop hiding and fill your stomach first?"

No one responded.

Tira Lilin was also a little confused: "Is anyone here?"

She didn't feel anything 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 next to the dining table.

At first it was a misty shadow, but after a few seconds it turned solid, revealing a tall and charming woman.

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

He thought the first one to come would be the Order Sage Talos.

Rosen had never seen the true face of Patnaros, so when he saw 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-shaped eyes, and a delicate face with a slightly ignorant temperament.

She looks like an angel, but if you look closely at her eyes, you will find that the depths of her eyes are cold and numb, like a pool of stagnant water.

She sat down in the seat Rosen had reserved for her.

He looked at the silverware on the table, picked up a silver knife, swung it in his hand, and said in a clear and melodious voice: "Your Majesty Rosen, I never thought that you would come to this damn place."

As soon as these words came out, Rosen and Tiralilin paused, and a look of 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 knows too."

"The reason is very simple. We are the real body of the projection of the Void Soul."

This situation was beyond Rosen's expectation: "We thought you were trapped in the abyss."

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

“.”

Rosen and Tiralilin looked at each other with expressions of disbelief on their faces.

Tiralin immediately said, "Miss, you are lying."

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

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

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

"The reason why these connections appear is, on the one hand, the result of our efforts, and on the other hand, because the space-time density of this demiplane is weaker than that of the main plane."

"We escaped from the abyss with great difficulty and thought we had gained freedom, but we soon discovered that we had simply escaped from one cage into another."

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

"No, he is not. Neither are Hegrid, Talos, Kael, or Agmenei."

"The real bodies of these five people are still firmly trapped in the abyss. What is in this demiplane are only the elemental projections of their real bodies."

After a pause, Patnaros laughed again.

"Your Majesty, you really shouldn't have come to this damn place. No one has ever successfully escaped from here, and the speed of time here is incredibly fast. You must spend a lot of energy to fight against the wear and tear of time."

Rosen was skeptical about these words, and it was clear that Tiralilin was the same.

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

"To kill you, or to save you."

Patnaros gave a very strange answer.

After she finished speaking, she stopped talking and started to concentrate on eating and drinking.

Seeing her like this, although Rosen and Tiralilin had many questions in their mind, they 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 23 rings."

"So, if you want to stay alive in this damn place without your soul being worn away 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 dust by the torrent of time, just like countless mortals in this world who vanish without a trace, and like countless refugees who have fled here from the abyss, dying helplessly."

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

"Of course it's the second way."

"Although there are 23 Dharma Rings, it is very difficult to advance to the next level. It is almost impossible. I have practiced for thousands of years and have only reached the 20th level."

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

Having said that, Patnaros stood up, walked to the side, and performed a swordsman-like salute to Rosen.

"Your Majesty Rosen, I want to test your ability. If you pass, then we will recognize you as my friend. Otherwise, then we have to say goodbye forever."

Rosen didn't understand: "What kind of weird rule is this?"

"I developed these rules specifically for you."

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

As she spoke, she took out a dagger from somewhere and said, "Take it, Your Majesty."

This reason is really impeccable.

Rosen dares to admit what he has done.

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 weak, then die."

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

"Come on, then."

The next moment, he saw Partnaros' body dissipate into a wisp of light mist.

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

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

Cast the super-giant time torrent spell on yourself to greatly increase your 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 at 10 times, then 20 times, 30 times, and up 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 time around seemed to be completely frozen.

Because the amount of 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 a number of common auxiliary combat spells, namely the second-ring "Giant Strength", the second-ring "Steel Armor", and the second-ring "Swiftness".

In short, as long as it is helpful to display swordsmanship, use it without hesitation.

Lai Fu, who has full computing power, can perform extreme combat operations on 100 lines without having to worry about extra time consumption.

After a series of ordinary spells, Rosen's physical qualities soared dramatically to a level that was jaw-dropping.

With its super high reaction speed, "Heart of the God of War" immediately recognizes the opponent's moves.

It is the advanced version of time spell, "Space-Time Spell", that distorts light, thus achieving near-perfect invisibility.

He could also feel that the other party also used the torrent spell to speed up his reaction speed, which was roughly the same as his own, or perhaps even faster.

The other party claimed to be a 20-ring strong man, and naturally he also possessed a divine body. The power of the divine body was definitely much stronger than Rosen's 12-ring divine body.

However, high-energy magic rings mainly improve magic power, rather than the physical strength of the divine body. Therefore, in terms of the strength of the divine body alone, the 20th ring is naturally stronger than the 12th, but it is estimated to only increase by 50% to 60%, and there is no crushing advantage.

This was not Rosen's blind guess, but was told by Tiralilin, who had once been promoted to a 22nd-ring warrior.

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

But in this demiplane, even a 20th-ring strongman can only rely on cold weapons to fight.

Rosen used the rifle to gain himself amazing hand-to-hand combat strength.

So, he had the ability to fight back.

"clang~"

The sword of annihilation was unsheathed and stabbed towards a slightly distorted ball of air in front.

Ding~

The Sword of Extinction hit something hard and was blocked.

"Heart of the God of War" is a stubborn trick. If the attack is blocked, immediately put away the sword and stab again.

Ding ding ding ding ding~~

The vibrations in the air were almost continuous.

In about 2 seconds, Rosen stabbed out 90 times in a row. 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 couldn't suppress his opponent, the speed of his stabbing was gradually increasing.

Patnaros was also really amazing, he kept blocking.

After another 2 seconds of stalemate, Patnaros took the initiative to come out of stealth and kept retreating, still desperately blocking the blade of the Sword of Annihilation with the dagger in his hand, while shouting urgently.

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

Rosen didn't really want to kill Patnaros, so he sheathed his sword and said with a smile, "Miss, you don't have to hold back on me. I can be even faster."

There was a slight ripple in Patnaros's indifferent eyes.

“Your Majesty, your smug look right now is really annoying, but I have to say that the reason you were able to defeat me is mainly because of the sword of annihilation in your hand.”

"Yes, but what's the problem with that?"

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

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

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

This is a big problem, because the Sword of Extinction is his greatest reliance at present.

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

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

"The God's Falling Dagger is a weapon with the same strength and attributes as the Sword of Annihilation. I have two of them, and we can each take one."

Obviously, this dagger couldn't hurt Patnaros, otherwise she wouldn't have given it to him so easily.

Rosen took the dagger, put it in his hand and made a few sharp moves: "Nice dagger, thank you."

In this way, he used the Sword of Annihilation to deal with everyone except Gomilel, and used the Dagger of Divine Meteorite to deal with everyone except Patnaros, which was just enough to deal with everyone.

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

"With this inferior talent, there is no chance of escaping from this damn place."

Rosen was moved when he heard this: "Then what?"

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

Tiralilin immediately said: "This is impossible."

Patnaros smiled faintly: "Of course it is impossible for the Dawn Empire, 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 and said, "Your Majesty, the price is that you have to help us get rid of this damn place."

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

"Because you are the only one who possesses a complete high-powered empire, even though it is only a rising empire, we have no choice."

"So, you are not only our hope to help us escape the abyss completely, but also our only hope to fight against the Fallen Eternal Empire in the future."

After a pause, Patnaros added: "Moreover, it is because you are strong enough. Otherwise, cooperation would not only be meaningless, but would drag everyone down with it."

(End of this chapter)