Ten days later at night.

The underground chamber of Neuschwanstein Castle.

Rosen summoned all the mages of five rings and above around him.

There are five.

They are the Six-Ringed Iron Goddess Melkilina, the Banshee mother and daughter, the Five-Ringed Queen Kao, and the Arcane Soul Fugilola who had just fled from Levender.

Finally, Princess Levinder, as an eyewitness to the demonic incident, was naturally invited to the scene.

The eldest princess' full name is Molly Sheila. She is the aunt of the current young king and the younger sister of the previous generation's old King Sheila.

Currently possessing the power of the peak of the fourth ring.

She was once considered very powerful, but after Rosen published his training record, a large number of magic masters emerged in the Natural Alliance, which immediately overshadowed her brilliance.

When everyone arrived, Rosen suddenly discovered that except for himself, all the others were female mages.

This discovery made him sigh again: "Women have a big advantage in connecting the magic ring."

But at the same time, it was also found that this advantage was only reflected in low and high rings. For super high rings of nine and ten rings, the advantage seemed to disappear.

Including Rosen himself, the known super high-level mages are the Queen of Light and Moon Goddess Dora, and the other four are all men.

After the girls sat down on the circular leather chairs, Rosen once again took out the ice-blue power he had extracted before.

Compared to ten days ago, this strength has shrunk a lot, leaving less than one third.

It’s not that Rosen is reluctant to feed the magic power, but that its structure is collapsing uncontrollably.

Rosen guessed that it was because it could not exist independently for long after leaving its controller.

Just like human cells, they can still survive for a while after leaving the body, but they will die after a long time.

He said to the women, "This is the strange power used by Rafeng. It is very powerful and can snatch control of the power of low-level spells."

To be precise, it is possible to rob across three rings.

Considering that its strength is eleven rings, it means that if a mage below the eighth ring encounters it, his spells will not be able to obey his commands.

"I carefully analyzed its strength and found that it is higher than the Ten Rings!"

When these words came out, all the women were shocked.

Princess Molly stood up as soon as she sat down: "Ten rings, how is that possible? Lafengge said himself that he only has the power of eight rings!"

Rosen released his hold on the icy blue force.

The ice-blue ball of light suddenly floated in the air like a wisp of glowing duck down, and fell down at an extremely slow speed due to the effect of gravity.

"You can feel it for yourself and you will know that this is pure magic power."

The women tried it one after another and were all very surprised, because it was common sense that magic power could not exist independently from the soul.

But the magic power before him overturned this common sense.

After everyone had tried it, Rosen said, "It's very strong, isn't it?"

"Yes, very strong, much stronger than me!"

The one who spoke was Neferniloya, who possessed the magic power of the middle eighth ring, the highest except for Rosen.

The other mages were also shocked, apparently they had never seen such powerful magic.

Rosen then said: "Better than me."

"And my mana."

He looked around at the women, no longer hiding his true accomplishments in magic: "I have already reached the pinnacle of ten rings."

Regarding this, the mother and daughter of the enchantress showed reverence on their faces, Queen Kaa had a look of sudden realization, and the goddess Melchilia had an expression that showed that her descendants had made her proud and that she herself was proud of herself.

But the two girls from Levender couldn't help but widen their eyes.

But these emotions were fleeting, because everyone immediately thought of an even more shocking fact.

Fujilola was shocked and said, "How can Lafengge possess the power of eleven rings?!"

This is also everyone's doubt.

Everyone turned to look at Rosen, waiting for the answer from this young and talented wizard.

Rosen did not disappoint the girls: "There are demons in the void outside the ring. Demons seem to be unable to enter the mortal world, but they will use various methods to trap mortals as their agents in the mortal world."

"No one knows the true purpose of the devil, and no one knows where the devil comes from."

"The only thing that is certain now is that this power comes from a demon, and Lafengge is falling into becoming the demon's mortal representative."

Rosen's face was serious: "The reason why I called you all to hold this brief meeting is to discuss how to defend against the power of demons."

The princess asked, "Duke, I heard you say the other day that Laffengge was a stand-in. What's the situation?"

Rosen didn't hide it either.

"It is a blood fusion replacement technique to obtain a substitute that is difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake."

"In other words, I did kill Lafenge, but not all of them."

"In the palace of Levender, there is one or even several Rafengges. And each of them has exactly the same bloodline."

Lafeng's stand-in is different from Rosen. Rosen is a puppet controlled by Lai Fu and is the outer edge of his soul.

Since Lafengge does not have Laifu to assist in controlling him, there are two ways to control his stand.

First, the Stand has no independent consciousness, just like Queen Kao, and needs to be remotely controlled by the original body at all times.

Second, the stand has independent consciousness, but is secretly controlled by the main body, Lafengge.

Based on Rosen's observation, the second method is more likely.

The girls looked at each other in disbelief.

The banshee Neferoniya recalled the situation in the Sea Cliff Laboratory: "So, the one we met in the laboratory that day was just one of the Lafengges?"

Rosen nodded. "That's obviously true, but at that time, Lafengge was obviously not as deeply trapped as he is now."

He turned to look at the two women from Levender: "I believe you can both see that Lafengge is now only one step away from being a madman."

Princess Molly said bitterly: "No, he is already a madman!"

Rosen ignored the princess's emotional output and continued, "Rafonger now has the power of the eighth ring, and it is possible to upgrade to the ninth ring or even the tenth ring at any time."

"In the face of national might, this little bit of personal strength is nothing. A musket team can handle it. If that doesn't work, artillery or high-powered incendiary bombs can always kill the enemy."

"But because he has mastered the power of phase conversion and has the powerful strength bestowed by the demons outside the ring, he has become the most perfect assassin."

"What we need to discuss is how to defend against his assassination."

As he spoke, he looked at Queen Kao and said, "Nana, Kao is very close to Levender and may become a target of infiltration by the devil, so you must pay special attention to this."

The queen was secretly shocked and secretly relieved when she heard this.

Fortunately, her real body was far away in Weilan. It would be terrible if she was assassinated by Lafeng without knowing it.

On the other side, Rosen began to distribute the drawings of the confinement array.

"The Phase Confinement Array, once successfully set up, will prohibit phase shifting."

"This kind of magic array requires the assistance of Soul Gems. The good news is that we in Weilan have enough Soul Gems."

He looked at the Queen of the Kao: "Nana, to set up a large-scale phase-binding array, hundreds or even thousands of soul gems are needed, but don't worry, I will send a batch to the Kao."

This matter is within her power and no one can say anything about it.

Rosen was naturally happy too, after all, he could get a large sum of money.

He continued, "After the phase transmission was banned, the threat of Lafengge was reduced by half."

"But he has obviously gained a lot of high-level knowledge from the demons and is skilled in disguise and stealth, so we must have a way to discover him."

"This is extremely difficult, but the demonic power left over from this accident has given us some opportunities."

Rosen pointed at the ice-blue demonic power and said, "This is an extraordinary power. It is a terrible weapon against mortals."

"But it is this power that has become Lafengge's biggest vulnerability."

"As long as we can find him in advance, a team of ten fully armed musketeers can send him back to hell."

The basic attack strength of a musket is above 6 rings, and a specially made musket can reach 8th, 9th or even 10th rings.

As long as ten elite musketeers formed a semicircle and fired together, even a great hero would be killed instantly! Besides, musketeers were very cheap.

If 10 are not enough, then a hundred can be enough.

For the royal family, there is no pressure at all.

After his analysis, the expressions of the ladies present suddenly eased a lot, and their fear of Lafengge was reduced a lot.

Laertris asked, "How do we detect this demonic power?"

Rosen smiled slightly: "To be honest, it's difficult. Spells can't detect it at all. At least all the detection spells I know can't detect it."

When he saw that all the girls looked confused, he changed the subject.

"but!"

He took out a handful of strange silver-white rings from his pocket. The inner layer was made of silver-white metal, and the outer layer was coated with a layer of transparent crystal.

What's strange is that these silver-white rings all emit a faint purple glow.

When the ring moves away from the ice-blue demonic power, the light weakens, and when it moves closer, the light increases.

"The sacred ring does not rely on any mana to operate. It uses a very rare metal element, which I call arcane holy gold."

Actually, it is rubidium metal. This thing is too active and will explode when it comes into contact with water.

Rosen had to carefully wrap it in special glass.

"I discovered this metal by accident. For some unknown reason, it is very sensitive to demonic power, and the maximum detection distance can reach one kilometer."

Rosen really didn't know the reason. When he was researching, he just held on to the simple ideas that 'there must be an antidote within seven steps of a poisonous snake' and 'all things are interdependent and mutually restraining', and tried one after another randomly.

He was just trying his luck, but it actually happened to him.

"That is to say, when a demon apostle appears within a thousand meters, it will emit purple light."

"I also added a light-sensing magic circle on the surface of the ring. When it detects purple light, it will convert slight mental power, allowing the wearer to sense abnormalities immediately."

Rosen distributed the rings one by one, and after the girls put them on, he asked, "Do you feel the spiritual fluctuations?"

Queen Kaa nodded: "I feel it, a sense of concentration, very special."

The other women also nodded.

Now that they have the confinement array and the detection ring, everyone's fear of the demon apostle Lafengge has been greatly reduced.

It doesn't seem so scary anymore.

Queen Kao said: "Duke, this sacred ring is very important and should be promoted vigorously."

Rosen nodded: "I will. I will deploy a large number of them in the army so that the demon apostles will have no place to hide."

"We will also export similar sacred instruments in large quantities to reduce the space for the demon apostles to operate as much as possible."

Naturally, a large number will also be sent to Kao.

After losing their fear, the minds of the mages present returned to the ice-blue demonic power.

Mel Qilina asked curiously, "Why can it exist stably and independently?"

This was everyone's question, and they all subconsciously looked at Rosen.

Ten days ago, Rosen really couldn't have the answer, but after ten days of hard work and study, he came to a preliminary conclusion.

“It is a sophisticated self-sustaining structure of soul dynamics.”

After a pause, he explained: "It's like a black stone steam engine. As long as the black stone keeps burning, it can keep running until the black stone is burned out."

"The power of the devil is similar. As long as the source of power is not completely consumed, it can exist for a long time."

As he spoke, Rosen looked intently at the demonic power floating in the air.

"Although its owner is extremely evil, the power itself is very beautiful."

There was one sentence that Rosen didn't say, but everyone present heard it subconsciously.

In other words, if one can thoroughly study its principles, imitate it, and improve it, then mortals may be able to take one step further from the tenth ring and enter the eleventh ring.

Neferoniya asked: "Duke, if we really enter the Eleven Rings, mortals will become true gods, right?"

There was a trace of worry on her face, apparently she was worried that Rosen would become possessed.

Rosen naturally understood her hidden meaning and shook his head, saying, "As far as I know, mortals are mortals. Even if they break through the eleventh ring, they are still mortals, just stronger mortals."

"It certainly has some powers that lower-level mages don't possess, but it still has the weaknesses of mortals."

"We need food and we need to excrete. Even if our heads are chopped off, we will still die. We still have human emotions and desires."

For example, this demonic power tends to disintegrate after leaving the main body, which shows that the main body is still very important.

If a mortal is promoted, the physical body that serves as the main body, especially the brain that stores the soul, is still irreplaceable.

"Of course, the specific situation will only be known after you are actually promoted."

Laertris asked, "How do you know so much?"

Rosen smiled: "I learned this from various experiments on magic."

Then, he clapped his hands: "I've said what needs to be said. Demons are very powerful and should not be underestimated, but they are far from invincible. Everyone, be alert and carry this with you!"

"Click~~"

Rosen held the third edition of the Vulcan Gun in his hand. Because of the disguise of Transfiguration, it looked like an exquisite decorative cane.

"This thing can judge gods and demons!"

"I specially designed the structure of the fire gun, which can judge six times in a row!"

There is something Rosen didn't say, that is, the demon apostle seems to have an extremely powerful divination ability.

It is this ability that allows the Lafeng people to detect Vilan's situation in Levender.

This ability is extremely terrifying on the battlefield, it is equivalent to activating a full-map cheat.

He has not yet found a way to crack this ability, but it is obvious that this kind of detection cannot be done as one pleases, and it does not cover everything.

Otherwise, Lafengge could find the eldest princess directly instead of searching for a long time.

But what exactly happened may only be figured out by a legendary wizard.

(End of this chapter)