The documents that can be placed in the lakeside study are naturally the most important documents of the empire.

The defenses of the study are very, very tight, and even an ant would find it difficult to enter.

But the method of turning the pages was so secretive that no clues were left for tracing.

Therefore, Rosen immediately suspected that it was an inside job.

It was most likely done by the assistant mages in the study, as they had legal access to the documents.

We immediately called in elite security agents and began a secret investigation.

There were twenty assistant mages in total, and they were quickly investigated, and everyone was proven innocent.

This result surprised Rosen a little.

'Did I make a mistake?'

This is almost impossible.

Because Emperor Rosen was the last one to leave the study every day, he would make a detailed record of the situation in the study before leaving.

The reason he discovered that someone had moved the file was because there was a very slight change in the location of the file.

The change may be less than one tenth of a millimeter, but it cannot escape Lai Fu's precise comparison.

After another careful comparison, Rosen confirmed that someone had entered the lakeside study after him.

This person moved a lot of files, and almost every file was flipped through.

"You sneaked into my study and hid all traces afterwards. That's quite an impressive ability."

If he could sneak into the study silently, he could sneak into the backyard, or even into his underground laboratory.

So this matter is very serious and we must get to the bottom of it.

Rosen simply sealed off the study, and then replaced Emperor Rosen with Combat Rosen who had super high perception to search.

Soon after entering the study, Rosen discovered a new clue.

This discovery was not based on magic, but on smell.

'There was a very faint smell in the corner of the study, the smell of fireworks coming from the downtown area of ​​​​Mondanya.'

Those who can enter and exit the Lakeside Study have extremely high status and seldom go to the downtown area. They also don't have much worldly air about them, so this scent must have been left by the intruder.

Because it was still early, the government department of Swan Castle had not yet started work, and the atmosphere left by the night had not yet been completely disrupted. Fighting Rosen followed the faint smell of fireworks and tracked them all the way.

He chased out of the study, passed through the garden, and crossed the parapet, and finally left Swan Castle and came to a secluded place on the shore of Swan Lake.

Then, he saw an unnatural hole. The hole was very neat and it was obvious that it was dug out by magic.

A very weak breath of magical power could be heard faintly from the cave.

Through this breath, Lai Fu concluded: "Basic soul strength is legendary 17, mana strength is legendary 17, and mana scale is 3000 Rosen."

At first glance, he looks like a saint of some great God, but the basic soul strength of this saint is ridiculously high, which is very unreasonable.

Even if Rosen was armed to the teeth for this battle, he had no confidence against this man.

Considering that the other party's actions were very secretive and he probably didn't want to make a big deal out of it, Rosen tentatively said to the cave: "I found you, come out."

After waiting for more than ten seconds, a female voice came from the cave: "Oh~~ This is really beyond my expectation. How did you find me?"

There was a hint of surprise in the voice.

"You have achieved near perfection in magic, but there is a slight flaw in the elements."

"Oh~~Okay, I'll improve next time."

After a pause, another voice came from the cave: "I'm sleeping and I'm too lazy to move for the time being. Either you come in and talk to me, or you wait outside the cave until I wake up."

Rosen came with a puppet. After thinking for a moment, he walked towards the cave entrance.

At the same time, his real body is always ready to sever ties with the puppet.

Once he finds that the situation is not right, he will sacrifice the car to save the king.

The entrance of the cave is about two meters high and one meter wide, and is covered with many vines hanging above it, making it look inconspicuous.

Originally, Rosen thought the cave would be very dark and narrow, but after walking a few meters into the cave, he felt like he had passed through a strange film. At the same time, his eyes suddenly lit up, and an exquisite, fresh and bright bedroom appeared.

It was in no way inferior to his bedroom in Neuschwanstein Castle.

There was a soft couch in the middle of the bedroom, and a beautiful woman with black hair and black eyes was lying lazily on her side, covered only with a thin silk quilt that was as soft as water.

The scenery is great, but it's a little small.

This beautiful woman is less than one meter tall, like a dwarf.

But they are different from ordinary dwarfs, because the body proportions of ordinary dwarfs are different from those of ordinary people. Their heads appear big and their bodies are small.

But the dwarf in front of him was a smaller version of a normal human and looked very well-proportioned.

This strange sight made Rosen's heart move slightly, and he thought of a strange story he had read in the newspaper before about a mare giving birth to a dwarf.

On the other side, after seeing Rosen, the dwarf woman yawned and asked lazily: "Rosen, who do you think I am?"

Rosen certainly had some guesses: "I guess you have a relationship with the goddess of life Adela, perhaps you are a saint carefully trained by her?"

The black-haired woman shook her head. “You’re half right.”

She did not hide anything and said, "To be more precise, I am the elemental projection of the goddess of life Adela, or in other words, I am Adela."

"Elemental projection. It's a new word, I don't know it."

Adela smiled and said, "It's normal that you don't know, because this is the result of my latest development of magic, and it can be regarded as my exclusive ability."

Rosen sincerely praised: "Great!"

As he spoke, he looked the other person up and down, and then said, "But there seemed to be a small problem during the projection."

Adela showed a trace of embarrassment on her face: "Well, the results are indeed immature. Do I look weird now?"

Rosen nodded: "It's really strange, how did it happen?"

Adela sighed: "There was a problem with the elemental projection disk. The projection ratio and the projection coordinates were adjusted incorrectly, causing me to experience some extremely terrible things."

Rosen immediately recalled the strange story he had read in the newspaper before: "So, you didn't really crawl out of a mare's ass?"

Adela's expression became more and more embarrassed: "You are really well-informed, but I hope you won't mention this a second time, because I don't want to recall those past events."

"Okay, so what's your purpose?"

Speaking of this, Adela's face became serious: "First of all, I have to formally introduce myself."

"Adela, the goddess of life, is my name in the mortal world, but this name is used to gather faith and facilitate my management of the elemental plane. My true identity is the plane supervisor."

"Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that he is the plane supervisor who has lost his glory."

Rosen was slightly shocked when he heard this: "Supervising what?"

"The development level of the magic in the supervised plane, once it exceeds the critical point, the plane supervisor must intervene and use various means to suppress the development level back to below the critical point."

After saying this, Adela asked with a smile, "Do you think that gods and demons are non-human creatures?"

Rosen suppressed his surprise and nodded slightly: "I do think so."

"You are not wrong. Demons are indeed non-human beings, and lower gods are also non-human, but great gods are not."

"The great god is a projection of the soul."

The words 'elemental projection' and 'soul projection' gave Rosen a very strange feeling.

He subconsciously asked: "So, there is another source for projection?"

Adela snapped her fingers gently: "Yes, there is an origin."

"This origin exists within the plane of the Higher Law Ring. We call it the divine body, which is the body that is the perfect fusion of elements and soul."

Rosen was quite shocked by the large number of unfamiliar words. He looked at the other person carefully and found that he looked almost exactly like an ordinary person. He did not feel the inhuman aura of the devil at all.

This is the result of Battle Rosen's detailed investigation, so what the other party said is most likely true.

"I want to talk to you."

Adela's face showed a trace of solemnity.

"I listened to what you asked Laresia to bring me."

"To be honest, this doesn't threaten me because our planes are very far apart and I don't have any idea about the plane I'm in."

"But I clearly felt your determination and confidence, which made me curious about you."

"What are you curious about?"

"I'm very curious. I want to know what you rely on?"

"Then, I came here quietly. Then, I saw the magnificent imperial capital you built, and also heard an astonishing plan."

At this point, Adela stared at Rosen and said, "Although your Ocean Heart Plan was not stated explicitly, it has already surprised me, because it is very likely to be an important critical point in the development of magic."

Rosen did not answer but asked: "So, you sneaked into my study just to confirm this?"

"Yes, but you obviously hid it very well. I didn't get an answer, so I just asked directly."

"I want to know, have you really discovered the secret of the sun?"

After saying this, the elemental projection of Adela added: "I know this issue is very sensitive, so I will state my position first."

"It's true that I was once the plane supervisor, but my supervisory responsibilities have basically dissipated, so I don't want to meddle in other people's business."

"I am also the Lord of Dritan, because I wish to obtain his Branch of Life. To this end, I helped him improve the Golden Warrior a little."

"If I can always obtain the Branch of Life, then I will not interfere in this plane war."

"Whether you win or Druitan wins, it has nothing to do with me."

Rosen was skeptical, but considering the methods displayed by this so-called great god, it would be better not to say anything definite.

So he asked, "Since you don't want to exercise your supervisory power, why do you want to know about this?"

"It's simple. If this is true, then Druitan will never be your opponent."

"I will sever my ties with Dritan and cooperate with you after you defeat Dritan."

Rosen thought about it and nodded: "I did get some secrets of the sun."

Given the other party's means, if they have suspicions, they can't hide it. If they can't hide it, they might as well just say it directly.

Adela showed a hint of shock on her face, which soon turned into deep emotion.

"Oh, after 20,000 years, another elemental civilization has finally reached this point."

Rosen didn't quite understand what was said, but he had a feeling that the other party would tell him the reason right away.

Sure enough, Adela spoke up: "If you didn't lie to me, then you and your empire are standing at a crossroads."

"There are two roads ahead of you. One is complete destruction. The other is falling into the abyss."

Rosen's heart was slightly moved, but his face was expressionless: "I don't understand."

Adela raised her hand and pointed at herself, then pointed to the sky.

"There used to be three extremely glorious higher-level magic ring planes near this sun. But now, the glory of these three planes has completely dimmed and degenerated into three abysses."

"The demons of the abyss created the inhuman void demons to prevent other elemental civilizations from achieving the glory their ancestors once achieved."

Rosen was confused again: "Since you have mastered the power of the sun, you should have endless power and create endless wealth. It should be a true kingdom of God. How can it be an abyss?"

Adela sighed softly: "The process of degeneration is very long, and it is difficult to explain it at once, but you must understand the nobility, right?"

"certainly."

“Nobles, especially great nobles, can be said to have inexhaustible resources. They can enjoy the most delicious food, the most exquisite clothes, the most magnificent houses, and they can also dominate the fate of countless common people.”

"But for these great nobles, the first generation may be hardworking and enterprising, the second generation may emulate their father's glory, and the third generation may still stick to tradition. But the fourth and fifth generations usually only think about maintaining their glory by all means."

"His greed, indifference, and ruthlessness are no different from those of the devil."

Rosen understood: "The wind and sand of time have corroded the kingdom of God into an abyss?"

Adela nodded. "Yes, it has been too long, more than three hundred thousand years. The glory of our ancestors has completely faded, and the virtues of heroes have been gone with the wind. Only a group of despicable rats and an abyss made up of rats are left."

"Twenty thousand years ago, there was an elemental civilization that reached your point, or even went a little further than you."

"Civilization and its founders saw the tragedy of the three abysses. They wanted to escape the curse of time, so they continued to explore higher levels, trying to break through the constraints of the solar ring and enter the deeper astral realm."

"But in the end, they failed, and their civilization was destroyed in a terrible war."

Having said this, Adela turned her head to look at the Swan Lake in the distance, a hint of sadness showing on her face.

"So, Rosen, which path are you going to take? Destruction or depravity?"

Rosen thought for a moment and said, "While I am alive, I will choose to keep moving forward. After I die, I won't care so much."

Adela nodded. "Based on your answer, I will do my best to keep this a secret for you, but you also have to keep a low profile and not let other Void Gods and Demons know about this."

"Because even though the Abyss has fallen, it still has some legacy of the glory of its ancestors. Once they notice the appearance of a challenger, they will definitely try their best to destroy him."

"And the ideas of the other six great men may not be different from mine."

Rosen was a little puzzled: "Why are you helping me again?"

"Because I don't want to be an accomplice of the fallen. I want to see some new scenery in this lifeless world."

After a pause, she continued, "At the same time, I also need a powerful ally who can help me escape from the abyss of depravity."

Rosen's heart was slightly moved: "Can you tell me more about the abyss?"

Adela shook her head: "Sorry, it's not that I don't want to tell you, it's because I don't know much."

"In order to protect myself, my real body hid in the deepest part of the abyss, basically isolating myself from the outside world. So I don't know the current situation of the abyss."

"But I think the Abyss has become even more corrupt. Because in the past three thousand years, all that have emerged from the Abyss are cold-blooded demons."

"Now let's get back to the point."

“We have two win-win collaborations.”

"One is long-term, which is that I will help you cover up the development of civilization, and when you are strong enough, help me escape the abyss."

"One is the immediate one, which is that you hand over the Branch of Life to me, and I will not interfere in the war in this plane."

"Do you agree?"

Rosen nodded: "I agree."

"Very well, then goodbye for now, Emperor of Mortals."

As Adela said this, her body gradually turned into stone, and finally turned into an exquisite stone sculpture.

Rosen turned and walked out of the cave, stopped by the Swan Lake, and looked at the sun slowly rising across the lake, feeling a little heavy in his heart.

But the mood lasted for a while and then dissipated.

He shrugged: "Hey~ This goddess of life is not bad looking."

He was just an ordinary person on Earth. After coming to this world, he has made a lot of money to get to where he is now.

As for the grand destiny of civilization, if it works, then go for it; if it doesn't, forget it.

In the face of the erosion of time, even the sun will go out, let alone human civilization? Therefore, it is better to let nature take its course than to force it.

But there is one thing that must be done, and that is to kill Druitan.

It's not enough to just defeat him, he must be killed.

"I haven't had enough of my good life yet, and you insist on messing with me. Don't blame me for being harsh."

(End of this chapter)