"Huh~~"

Rosen, Tiralilin, Adela, and Patnaros disappeared deep into the cave.

After a period of absolute darkness, the four appeared in a beautiful garden.

This is a huge indoor garden.

Above the head is an extremely tall and gorgeous dome of light, with light flowing down slowly like a waterfall. All around are transparent walls that refract light as highly as diamonds, and under the feet are various unknown but extremely exquisite flowers.

There is warm and fresh music flowing in the air, and what is even more amazing is that the flowers are moving to the rhythm of the music like dancing elves.

Tiralilin said softly, "We are now in Anya Garden in the Imperial Palace, which was built in memory of Anya, the first Queen of the Dawn Empire."

"Look, the human-shaped light and shadow over there is what Queen Anya looked like when she was alive."

Rosen looked in the direction Tiralilin pointed, and sure enough, he saw a hazy light among the flowers.

She was dressed as a gardener, weeding, removing insects and pruning flowers, looking almost exactly like a living person.

Adela commented softly, "It seems that the first emperor of the Dawn Empire loved his queen very much."

Tiralilin smiled faintly: "No, I don't love her. The queen was actually tortured to death by the emperor."

"After the queen died, the emperor was forced to build such a garden for repentance under pressure from the queen's family."

After a pause, the wise man in front of the emperor said in a tone that saw through the world: "Miss Adela, if you place your personal feelings on the emperor, you are destined not to get the same return, because every emperor has an entire empire in his heart."

Adela shrugged slightly: "Thanks for the reminder, but I know everything."

Rosen listened to the conversation but did not express his own opinion: "I think the most important thing we should discuss now is what to do next, right?"

Tira Lilin smiled softly: "Indeed."

She immediately became serious: "Everyone, feel the magic circle carefully, and you will find that the palace's binding force on the magic circle is many times stronger than the demiplane."

"Here, casting any spell, including time spells, is a luxury."

Adela concentrated and sensed it, then looked frustrated: "Indeed."

She couldn't use any spells.

Patnaros cursed out loud: "This is really hell."

Rosen tried to cast an ordinary spell, but found that the spell, which originally had a maximum power of 8th level, was now only equivalent to 1st level, and the casting time increased several times.

It can be said that the power of ordinary spells has dropped by an order of magnitude.

He tried the time and space spell again, and its power was also greatly reduced, but the reduction was smaller, probably by 3 times.

In this way, he still retained a lot of combat power, but he could not deal with the so-called purifying angels like he dealt with the miscellaneous soldiers as he did before in the demiplane.

This is only natural.

After all, this is the Dawn Palace, the place with the strongest defense in the entire Dawn Empire.

Tiralilin continued, "What we need to do next is to gain partial control of this Dawn Palace. There are two ways to do this, one legal and one illegal."

"I'll try the legal one first."

After that, Tiralilin looked up at the air and said, "Summon Alice."

"Buzz~"

The shadow of a woman suddenly appeared in the air.

The light and shadow saluted to Tiralilin: "Greetings, Lady Tiralilin."

Tiralilin showed a hint of surprise on her face: "Why, didn't His Majesty Safinos cancel my identity?"

Alice replied in a soft but emotionless voice.

"Ms. Tiralilin, you have been promoted to the status of Sage of the Dawn. No one, including His Majesty the Emperor, can cancel your status."

Tira Lilin showed a hint of surprise on her face: "Dawn Sage. Who was promoted?"

"You were promoted by His Majesty the Emperor himself. He was promoted in the 10,938th year of the main plane clock, which was the second year after you left the Dawn Palace."

Tiralilin was more and more surprised, and had many more doubts in her mind: "Okay, then where is His Majesty now?"

"Your Majesty is currently at the top of the Tower of Truth."

"Can I go see him? Not alone, but with my friends."

"Can."

As she spoke, a pitch-black space-time passage appeared beside Alice.

"Please, everyone. His Majesty has been waiting for a long time."

This made everyone present feel a little confused.

Patnaros was a little wary: "Could this be another trap?"

Rosen shook his head. "At this point, there's no need to set any traps. Let's go and take a look."

He walked towards the space-time tunnel first, but after a few steps, he was overtaken by Tiralilin: "I go first, Your Majesty."

After saying that, she took the lead in entering the time tunnel, followed by Rosen, and then Adela and Patnaros.

In a flash of light and shadow, Rosen walked out of the time tunnel.

He found himself standing on a circular platform with a diameter of about fifty meters and no guardrails around it.

The wind was very strong on the platform and an endless sea of ​​clouds could be seen in the distance, indicating that they were now standing at an extremely high place.

In the middle of the platform stood a high-backed stone chair made of purple-gold material, with a man sitting on the chair.

The man had skinny cheeks and a shriveled body. He had long, equally dry dark purple hair and a pair of dull dark purple eyes.

He was wearing a gorgeous and exquisite purple-gold robe, holding a gorgeous scepter in his left hand that seemed to be condensed from pure light, and a square seal in his right hand.

He sat on the stone chair in an almost limp posture, a trace of extremely tired smile appearing on his skinny face.

"Cousin, you're finally back. I thought I couldn't wait for you anymore."

Tiralilin's face was full of surprise: "Your Majesty, I thought you were dead a long time ago."

Obviously, the person sitting on the chair was Orets Safinos, the last emperor of the Dawn Empire.

The weak emperor on the chair coughed softly: "The assassination from the abyss has indeed caused my soul to suffer a serious injury that is difficult to recover from. This pain has been tormenting me and constantly wearing away my will and vitality."

"I know you must be confused about the current situation, and you must be angry, thinking that I betrayed the original oath."

Having said this, a deep bitterness appeared on the weak emperor's face.

Tiralilin frowned: "It seems that a lot of things happened after I left."

"Yes, a lot of things happened."

Emperor Oletus had a complex expression of pain and relief on his face.

"After you left, the empire did not calm down, but became more chaotic."

"The kings continue to rebel, and the Abyss continues to invade, and the intensity of the invasion is getting stronger day by day."

"Seeing that the plan we agreed upon was about to fail, I had no choice but to create this demiplane as a buffer zone for the main plane world."

Tiralilin had never expected this to happen, but when she thought about it carefully, she felt that it was reasonable and at the same time she felt a lot of guilt.

After all, she was just in hibernation, and she could easily travel through ten thousand years by closing and opening her eyes. However, the emperor in front of her, with a seriously injured body, had to endure the wasted time of tens of thousands of years.

But she was still somewhat confused.

"Then why did you attack us in the demiplane? Why didn't you just summon us?"

The emperor smiled weakly, his dim eyes revealing an indifference that regarded life as insignificant.

"This is the last test I set. If you can't even pass this, you are unworthy of inheriting the glory of Dawn, let alone fighting against the Abyss."

Having said that, he turned to look at Rosen, a hint of dissatisfaction on his face: "Of course, there are also some personal grudges involved."

"I respect my cousin, and I love my cousin. Although I keep this love deep in my heart, it doesn't mean I can watch you desecrate her."

Rosen spread his hands and said apologetically: "Your Majesty, I didn't know about this. I apologize to you."

One could feel that the emperor did not really kill him.

Otherwise, with his powerful control over the demiplane, one hundred of his lives would be gone.

Considering that the other party was already weak and dying, Rosen, who knew the truth, had no intention of revenge at all.

Oletus waved his hand slightly: "Let's not talk about it, let it all go. Even if I have the heart, I can't afford to argue with you."

"No matter what, you succeeded in getting to me."

"As the first emperor of a new high-energy empire, you also possess all the qualities that a first emperor should have."

"Ruthlessness, courage, perseverance, and extraordinary talent."

"Everything is in line with my cousin's prediction. If nothing unexpected happens, you should be the destined successor to Dawn of Glory."

At this point, Oletus seemed to be short of breath and coughed hard again, and only stopped when he coughed up blood.

"Sister, I regret to tell you that most of the Empire's Royal Creation Bureau has been destroyed."

"It has been destroyed for at least ten thousand years. Of course, it was not destroyed automatically, but was destroyed in the war with the abyss."

"I tried my best, but only a small part was left. And this small part of power was almost all used to maintain this demiplane."

"Of course, the Empire still has some legacy."

As he spoke, Orlets used all his strength to throw the scepter of light in his hand to Rosen.

"This seal is nothing special, but this scepter is a true artifact, from the Sun Ring. Its greatest function is to protect the soul of the holder and ensure his clear will."

"It is because of its existence that my remaining soul has been preserved until now, and I have been able to resist the soul control of the True God all the time."

"Now, it belongs to you."

After saying this, Oletus coughed violently a few more times.

"In addition, it can also greatly speed up your practice, all the way to the ultimate of 23 rings."

"But please note that in our world, the soul of a living being seems to be able to only reach the 23rd ring. This should be determined by the laws of the world."

"And relying solely on the power of the 23rd ring is absolutely not enough to fight against the true gods of another world, so you need a truly great high-energy empire, and you also need to find a way to control the power of the true gods with mortal souls."

Before he could finish his words, the ground of the Tower of Truth suddenly shook violently, and at the same time a loud bang rushed up to the clouds.

The tower was shaking violently, and everyone on the top of the tower was unstable.

Oletus's face showed a look of complete relief.

"The betrayers and invaders from ten thousand years ago have come back again."

"I have held on for more than ten thousand years. I am so exhausted. The rest of the troubles will be handed over to you, Your Majesty Rosen~"

After struggling to say this, the extremely weak emperor gently exhaled his last breath and slowly closed his eyes.

A circle of fine halo slowly spread from his body, which was the glow produced by the decay of his shattered soul.

The last emperor of the Dawn Empire, Oretos Safinos, left the world completely.

'Dang~Dang~Dang~'

A majestic and desolate bell sound emerged from the air and spread throughout the Dawn Palace, announcing the death of the emperor.

Tiralilin walked to the throne and knelt on both knees to salute.

"Your Majesty, you are worthy of the sacred duty of the Emperor of Dawn and the glory of the Safinos family."

"I pay you the highest respect."

She bowed deeply, and when she looked up again her face was covered with tears.

Rosen also stepped forward, bowed deeply to Orlets, and recited silently in his heart.

"Thanks, bro."

(End of this chapter)