The Great Temple of Saint Varet, lounge.

Rosen stared at Queen Kao who was sitting five meters away.

"Your Majesty, I have been learning magic for 70 years. In these 70 years, I have never failed in anything I wanted to accomplish."

“This time, I still think I will succeed.”

The words were false, and the voice was not loud, but they were spoken in a very harsh tone, like a fierce undercurrent of the mind crashing into the opponent.

Queen Kao's eyebrows twitched slightly, and she felt a heavy pressure in her heart.

A six-ringed mage has been studying magic for 70 years, and his understanding of magic must have reached a level that is unimaginable for an ordinary mage.

He originally wanted to directly summon guards to take down the opponent, but at this moment he had huge concerns because of the opponent's words.

Of course, she didn't completely believe what the other party said, but she didn't dare to gamble.

Even if the opponent had been stripped of all his magical weapons and she was carrying what might be the most powerful magical weapon in all the khals, she still wouldn't dare.

After all, she is a queen, not a warrior on the front line, and she is good at strategizing behind the scenes rather than engaging in head-on confrontation.

So, she just sat there, didn't move, and only fought back with words.

"Your Excellency the Saint of Law, the principle of focusing without breaking the circle has been a truth that has been accepted for thousands of years. But today, this truth must be changed."

The queen stared at Rosen with a smile of superiority on her face.

"What can't break the ring is magic power! It's precious power! But cheap power can!"

"Not only that, but it can also break it easily and increase its strength to an incredible level!"

This was a bit mysterious, but Rosen could certainly understand the threat in the words.

The queen is saying, 'Maybe my mana is not as strong as yours, but I have mastered a power that far exceeds the limit of the number of rings. So your six-ring mana cannot threaten me.'

Rosen was not surprised but happy about this.

Because the other party chose verbal confrontation instead of taking direct action, it means that he was frightened by what I said before.

"People in high positions always think they have a lot of bargaining chips and many ways out, so they lose their courage."

This gave him more opportunities.

But these opportunities will not last long, because after a long time, the guards outside the door will come in to check the situation, so he must be quick.

He continued: "Your Majesty, shall we make a bet?"

The queen nodded and said, "I really don't like making bets with others, but since Your Excellency the Saint of Law likes it, I don't mind paying you for it."

Rosen said slowly: "I bet that I can subdue you without alerting the guards outside the door. If the guards are alerted, I will leave immediately and never bother Your Majesty again."

The queen's face showed a strange look: "Subdue? In this situation, you are not going to fight to the death, and you dare to hold back on me?"

Rosen smiled and said, "If I win, Your Majesty, please answer three questions for me."

The queen smiled and said, "If you can really subdue me quietly, then in order to save my life, let alone three, ten will do."

Rosen's mind quickly focused, Lai Fu's "Heart of the God of War" had been fully activated and was operating to its full potential.

"Your Majesty, are you ready?"

The queen was still sitting upright, her hands still folded on her knees seemingly relaxed, but her magical power had been concentrated to the extreme, and she was in a state of full attention.

No, she even wanted to take the initiative.

Unfortunately, with the help of the Ten-Ring Mage's super sensitivity to fluctuations in magic power, Lai Fu closely monitored her every move.

Just when she was about to take action, she exploded!

With a slight "Hua La~~~" sound, a crystal-clear and restrained dark blue crystal membrane exploded in all directions from the center of Rosen's feet at the speed of candlelight illuminating a dark room, and immediately covered the walls of the lounge.

In the blink of an eye, the wall was covered with a layer of shining blue crystal 'coating'.

The six-ring pure water barrier "Breathless Crystal Wall" driven by ten-ring magic power.

The effect of the spell is that it can perfectly block all power auras inside the barrier that are lower than the sixth ring, including the barrier itself.

This is a special spell that Rosen prepared for this operation.

The core knowledge comes from Laertris, and has been transformed into the modern magic system. All high-level magicians and above in the territory have undergone various magic tests.

No flaws have been found yet.

And because it is driven by the higher ten-ring mana, the final spell has a strength that reaches the peak of the seventh ring.

Why is the casting so fast?

Because this is a pure water spell cast with the assistance of a crystal lattice, and the storage crystal lattice of the pure water spell is essentially a bag of water containing magic power.

When hidden close to the body, it cannot be detected at all.

Finally, Lai Fu's reaction speed was extremely fast.

With the help of various factors, when the blue magic crystal enveloped the entire lounge, less than one tenth of a second had passed.

One tenth of a second is almost the limit of a mortal's reaction speed, and that requires a person with quick reactions, but the queen's reaction speed is only average.

So, when Rosen's spell was completed, her magic power had not yet touched the magic weapon hidden under her skirt.

But the reason why "Heart of God of War" is so powerful is not only its fast response, but also its ability to operate on multiple lines.

When all computing power is added to it, it can achieve extremely fast casting on three lines.

While "Breathless Crystal Wall" was being activated, it was still accurately sensing the operating state of the queen's magic power, and controlling a ray of ten-ring magic power, which quickly spread over.

A moment later, the ten-ring magic power crossed five meters and met the queen's five-ring magic power under her wide skirt.

Because of the transmission through the air, Rosen's magic power strength was reduced by more than 30%, but because it was a ten-ring power, the final strength after the reduction still reached the peak of the sixth ring, which was much stronger than the queen's five-ring peak.

At this moment, two powerful pure magical powers clashed repeatedly under the skirt.

Pure mana is invisible and intangible, and the confrontation of pure mana will not cause much noise. However, if pure mana is strongly disturbed, it will decay into various forms of spell energy.

Beneath the queen's skirt, light shone and thunder exploded.

In the blink of an eye, the overflowing power tore the wide skirt to shreds, revealing a pair of plump legs wearing new tights.

If the triggering device on the queen's body had not been activated, she would have been seriously injured by now.

But the activation of the inducing magic weapon also gave the queen a lot of confidence.

She stood up.

Because this inducing magic weapon is called "Rose Field", it is one of the highest magical achievements of the Kao Magic Department.

Its defense strength is six rings, and it is charged using a very special secret technique.

Each of these inducing instruments is made at great cost, and only direct descendants of the royal family are qualified to wear them.

After the magic weapon was activated, the queen's body was covered with a layer of brilliant flames. However, the flames were not randomly distributed, but outlined a large number of rose lights and shadows, and appeared and disappeared at an extremely fast speed.

But the queen's confidence did not last long.

Because Rosen still has one last line of operation.

Under Lai Fu's control, his body showed the new and improved "Flawless Steel Dragon Body".

The dragon body that appeared when the goddess appeared that day was hideous and terrifying, and it had wings. However, although the body that Rosen appeared was also blue-black in color, it was round and smooth, without any unnecessary decorations to intimidate.

His improved dragon body has a streamlined mechanical beauty and greatly enhanced the defense of key parts, just like a steel armor.

'Brush~~~'

A dragon body that had also evolved from ten rings of mana appeared, and its strength reached the peak of the seventh ring.

The huge force bursting out from the peak of the seventh ring turned Rosen into a stream of light, and he flashed like a ghost and appeared behind Queen Kao.

He placed his right hand on the queen's shoulder, and with a little force, he penetrated the rose field composed of six rings of flames, pressed on the queen's shoulder, and gently pushed her back to sit.

With his other hand, he reached for the hem of the queen's skirt, pulled out a long, dark purple krypton gold magic weapon, and held it in his hand.

When he completed this series of actions, less than 2 seconds had passed. Under the protection of the Breathless Crystal Wall, he did not alarm the guards outside the lounge.

The queen was still sitting upright in her seat, her body still shining with gorgeous flaming roses. The only change was that her gorgeous wide skirt was torn.

Rosen pressed down the queen's left shoulder with one hand, making her unable to move, and held the krypton gold magic weapon in the other hand, observing it carefully.

A hollow tube with intricate runes painted on the outer wall, surrounded by six five-ring strength flame magic crystals. There seemed to be some kind of flame potion placed inside the tube.

Rosen took out the potion and looked at it. It was brown soil with a spicy smell, very similar to Aaron's fire soil in the intelligence.

There is reason to believe that Kaa obtained the formula of the Fire Earth through espionage.

There is a cylindrical paper bag at the front of the Fire Soil, which contains hundreds of tiny metal beads.

Krypton gold is a name from another world. On Earth, it is tungsten alloy.

So, this is an incredibly powerful rune armor-piercing musket!

The technology is not yet mature, and it can only be fired once after each reloading.

When fired, the power of the six five-ring flame crystals will be poured into the krypton gold barrel together, and combined with the violent explosion of the fire soil, the intensity of the flames condensed in the narrow barrel is estimated to exceed eight rings.

Then, this blazing flame of at least eight rings strength pushed the krypton gold bead out violently, creating a cone-shaped barrage of magic-breaking and armor-piercing bullets in front of the body.

I'm afraid that if Mother Nature was hit, she would die on the spot.

Rosen felt that even if his iron dragon body greatly enhanced his defense, he would still be seriously injured and dying if hit.

It can also be expected that with the birth and continuous improvement of the Rune Rifle, whether in a single fight or on the battlefield, the attack strength will be much higher than the defense strength, and the significance of stacking armor and resisting head-on will be greatly reduced.

With such a powerful weapon at hand, it is no wonder that the queen is so confident.

Rosen was not surprised at all, because the Rune Steam Engine was out and Aaron next door had started making cannons, so there was no reason why the musket could not come out.

Look at the queen again.

Although she was still sitting upright, the confrontation in the blink of an eye had obviously caused her a huge psychological shock.

Her face, which had been calm and composed until now, finally couldn't hold back and revealed obvious horror.

Rosen smiled slightly, leaned over to her ear, and whispered softly: "Your Majesty, I know you must be regretting meeting me alone now, but there is no regret medicine in the world."

What he feared were group attacks and high-level sneak attacks from the dark. Head-on combat was his strongest point. Ever since he had mastered the "Heart of the God of War" to the highest level, he had never encountered a real opponent.

After he finished speaking, seeing that the queen was still motionless, as if she was petrified by him, he gently reached out and pinched her smooth, tight, new black pantyhose embroidered with silver rose patterns.

The latter's body shook, and he finally came to his senses.

"Your Excellency the Saint of Law dares to venture into the world alone. You really have amazing abilities. I am convinced of my defeat."

She took the initiative to withdraw "Rose Field".

Rosen also used his wizard's hand to pick up the torn hem of the skirt, and then used transfiguration alchemy to repair it as much as possible and put it back on the queen.

"Now, Your Majesty, can you tell me why you didn't save your husband?"

The queen let out a long breath and said, "Take away your pure water barrier. If it is left there for a long time, it will arouse suspicion."

Rosen did as he was told.

After the Breathless Crystal Wall faded away, the queen said loudly: "Lena, I want to have a good talk with this gentleman. It will take about half an hour. Don't let anyone get close to us."

"Yes, sire."

The maid responded from outside the door.

The maid was separated from the lounge by a door, but she didn't notice the brief confrontation that took place inside the door.

The queen then activated a five-ring arcane shielding barrier.

Then she spoke.

"Two years ago, the king's health failed. When he woke up, his eyes and mouth were crooked, his speech was unclear, and he couldn't walk on his own. After that, I assisted him in state affairs."

"I have been hiding behind the scenes for two years, secretly controlling Kaa."

“I thought I was doing pretty well.”

Rosen nodded and admitted: "Yes, Your Majesty did a great job."

But he was secretly shocked: "The king has had a stroke, his brain is damaged. I'm afraid it will be difficult to cure."

At most he could keep the king alive, but he had no ability to cure his brain.

There was a hint of anger on the queen's beautiful face.

"I don't have a noble birth. In fact, I am a commoner, but I have a nearly perfect talent for magic."

"He was promoted to the fourth ring at the age of 18, and secretly promoted to the fifth ring at the age of 22. He is one of the most talented magic practitioners in the history of Kao."

"But just when I was full of confidence and was planning to move forward and achieve the Six-ring Sage, the king discovered my secret and forced me to marry him."

"I became the noble Queen of Kaa, and began to bear children for the king one after another, one every three years, without stopping, and gave birth to a total of nine children!"

The queen almost gritted her teeth.

"I missed the best time to practice because of this. When I finally didn't have to have children and wanted to resume my path of magic, it was no longer possible to move forward."

"That's why I hate him!"

Rosen understood: "You have reason to hate him."

If he had two or three children, it would only delay seven or eight years, and he would still be able to become a mage saint. But he ended up having nine, and the golden period of his life was spent on having children.

Who can stand this?

"Now, he is finally about to die, and you want to save him!"

At this point, the queen turned her head and looked up into Rosen's eyes.

"If you weren't a Six-ringed Sage, I would have sent my guards to kill you the moment I heard you express your thoughts!"

"Although you are strong alone, you will definitely die if facing dozens or even hundreds of fully armed guards!"

This is of course correct.

Because dozens or hundreds of people act together, it is equivalent to a bug-level master who can operate dozens or hundreds of lines and has endless power.

Rosen could only try to escape, and he might not be able to escape, after all, personal magic power was limited.

He did not expect to step on such a landmine, and spread his hands: "Your Majesty, I did not understand the situation before, I apologize to you."

"Besides, I don't have to save the king. My purpose is to get rewarded."

This made the queen's expression much more relaxed: "What do you want in return?"

"Money, or treasure?"

Rosen shook his head.

"right?"

The queen guessed again: "If you are willing to be the patron saint of the royal family, I am also very willing to employ you."

Rosen still shook his head.

He has no roots in Kaa, and joining the royal family is nothing more than becoming a top worker. No matter how good the treatment is, he is still a worker.

He puts shackles on himself, and he won't do anything if others want his life.

He gave the answer directly: "I am a Welan, and I hope Kao can help us Welan untie the ropes."

When these words came out, the queen thought she understood: "Are you the Duke of Dawn's man?"

Rosen smiled and said, "To be more precise, I am from the Adrian family."

The queen pondered for a moment and said, "I'm afraid that the current Kao is unable to restrain Aaron."

Rosen certainly knew this, but in a series of previous conversations, he had already drawn a card that was enough to make the queen's heart move.

He played this card.

"Your Majesty, I presume you support the eldest prince, correct?"

The queen did not deny it: "Everyone knows that I support Ryan."

Rosen stared into the queen's eyes and said in a very soft but very clear voice:

"Prince Ryan is a mediocre man. I'm afraid you support him with the intention of becoming the iron-fisted queen mother yourself, right?"

Once you pick up royal power, you can't put it down easily.

The Queen has held it for two years and is only 63 years old now. She must be reluctant to give it up.

Because she was promoted to the fifth ring at the age of 23, and the stronger her magic power, the slower her body ages.

After possessing the fifth ring of magic power, even without any magic assistance, the body's natural aging rate will be reduced by more than half. If it reaches the seventh ring, even until the soul collapses, the body will remain young.

Therefore, the queen's body is actually only in her 30s, but her soul at the peak strength of the five rings can last at least 70 more years.

She is in the prime of life.

Sure enough, after saying this, although the queen's expression did not change much, her hands subconsciously grasped the hem of her skirt.

(End of this chapter)