Even though he was in a state of napping, Antoun was not ignorant of his surroundings. After some time, while noticing that the fuselage had landed smoothly on the ground, he opened his eyes and opened the hatch, and carried the unconscious knight girl on his shoulders to the outside of the helicopter.

The first thing that catches Antoun's eye in this new territory is the detached buildings encased in high walls and tight iron gates, or it is no problem to call them private villas. Despite his unremarkable appearance, he clearly felt the mysterious aura that he had once had when he stood in front of Byrne's workshop.

With this in mind, he swept around and confirmed that they were on a low slope (most of the mountains in reality could only be called slopes for Antoun, who had seen all the steep terrain and mountains of another world), were close to the top. A little farther away, you can see that most of the town shrouded in darkness is still lit up with sporadic lights.

The next person to emerge from the cabin was Altina, who seemed to be in good spirits, apparently having played a role in the previous "meditation". Luo Jielinti appeared while rubbing her eyes, and like Antoun, she first checked her surroundings, and then frowned.

"What's going on, why did you come to the annex?"

"I'm sorry I didn't tell the lady beforehand, but this is what Lord Jonah told me. ”

"Uncle Jonah, what about the others, I don't think you're here now?"

"Yes, Lord Jonah received a notice from the Magic Society this evening, and has now rushed to the headquarters. ”

This was the first time Antoon had learned about his master's family. On the other side, receiving some unexpected information from the members of the "Hypocritical Courtyard" piloting the helicopter, Luo Jielinti was silent for a moment before asking.

"Uncle, does he have anything else to say?"

Yes, he said that you don't have to worry about anything else, just rest in peace. ”

"I see, hard work. You go back first. ”

"Yes, Miss. ”

Glancing at the driver who was driving away, Antoun retracted his gaze and saw that Luo Jielinti was repeatedly flicking her hair, looking a little restless.

"What's wrong, Miss?"

"Nothing...... I just thought about how the Magic Society would have been monitoring our movements, or how they would have gotten the news so quickly and called Uncle Jonah over. And if that's the case, why didn't we mean to help when we were in trouble before-"

"But didn't your uncle say that you don't need to worry, you should be fine if you look at it this way, right?"

"Ahh......h Antun, whoever waits will be taken care of by the maid, you temporarily use the main staircase of the annex to go up to the third room on the second floor on the right side, if you need to take a bath, there is a bathroom at the end of the corridor. We'll talk about the rest tomorrow. ”

Although she vaguely felt that she was still a little uneasy in her heart, Antoun couldn't find any reasonable words of consolation now, so she had to take action.

As if to see that Antoun was still confused, the three of them walked through the iron gate and along the path in the courtyard towards the villa, while Artina whispered to him as if she were talking to herself.

"Jonah von Howssen is both Kitty's uncle and the current leader of the Hypocritical Courtyard. Kitty's parents died when she was younger, and she was raised by this uncle. ”

It turned out that there was such a thing, no wonder she was so anxious after hearing the briefing. But in this way, the leader of the so-called famous association is actually only a middle-aged man, and he thought it would be an old man.

After a moment's thought, the maids of the mansion had opened the door and stood aside waiting for instructions before they reached the main entrance of the villa. And when Antun casually handed over the knight girl to one of the maids, the other party did not show surprise, and he couldn't help but recall that he used to be in the other world when he was under his hand to himself, which was almost the same gesture.

It seems that the magic family is also quite strict with the discipline of their subordinates.

Then, in order to give the impression that she had indeed returned to her room, and to make some preparations so that she would be able to move freely later, Antoun did not stop in the hall with a few abstract paintings that he could not read, but went straight to the second floor to find his room. But the moment he opened the door, he couldn't help but want to hide his face and sigh - it seemed that the plan to act privately was about to fail.

For no other reason, in the very plainly furnished guest room than the characteristic hall, a muscular man was sitting behind a desk facing the door, looking out the window with a melancholy expression.

In a sense, this picture is also as abstract as a painting hanging in the hall, causing Antoun to not know how to speak for a while.

"The moonlight is beautiful, isn't it?"

Although the strong man broke the silence first with a rather magnetic voice, Antoun did not want to answer at all. Seeing his indifferent appearance, the expression on the strong man's face finally changed to a distressed color that was not so slotted.

"Alas, it's tiring to talk to men, why can't Kitty recruit a female hero. ”

"I would have been happy if it had been Ms. Jonah instead of Mr. Jonah sitting across from me. ”

For Antoun's-for-tat response, the strong man was obviously stunned, and then smiled "elegantly".

"It's better to see than to hear, and although I had read the general report at the headquarters before I rushed back, the actual meeting was more interesting than I had imagined. Come in, Mr. Antoun, my lovely niece must have given you the right to use this room. ”

In the face of the leader of the "Hypocritical Courtyard", who obviously had some intentions, Antoun was not afraid, and closed the door while turning on the wall lamp, and the two faced each other across the table.

"Time is pressing, so I said directly, Mr. Demon God of the other world, can you please give up your contract with Kitty and fall under the jurisdiction of other magicians in the association. ”

"Oh, a surprising offer, a reason?"

"War is about to begin, and at such a point in time, a stable kingdom does not need two kings, nor does it need people who cause chaos. ”

Hearing the strong man's words, Antoun narrowed his eyes. Considering that he had only recently returned from the headquarters of the Magic Society, Antoon could deduce that this was most likely the meaning of the Magic Society itself. It is also an indisputable fact that it agreed to the proposal after certain deals with the association.

As for the war, it was indeed a war between eight heroic spirits and a large number of mysterious organizations fighting each other for the power to see the truth?

Indeed, before the start of the Great War, it is necessary to eliminate all internal instability as much as possible and gather all the available forces, which Antoun himself knew when he ruled a large area of the other world as a demon god.

"That's right, so it's okay for me to understand what I just said - I have to surrender myself as a king and stoop down to be someone else's pawn?"

As he said this, Antoun tried to use his "coercion". Thankfully, though a little weakened, he managed to make it fully formed. However, to his surprise, the strong man Jonah seemed completely unmoved.

This wasn't the first time he'd missed the power in this world. As the daughter of the magician Byrne, that knight girl may have some miracles in her, but it can't be so coincidental that the magician in front of her will do the same thing, right? Or to put it another way, could it be that the magician of the high-ranking sequence can resist his weakened coercion?

Given his complete ignorance of the other party's abilities as a magician, even if Antun summoned the "system" text column, it would not help. As he frowned slightly, Jonah responded to his questioning.

"If you can only choose between right and wrong, then Mr. Antoun, your understanding is completely correct. ”

Before Antoon could react, Jonah slowly stood up from behind the table and continued.

"But from the moment you tempted me, I knew that persuasion to get you to accept this proposal was probably not going to succeed. ”

The other party actually gave up the persuasion decisively, and admitted that he did experience his "coercion", both of which made Antun think secretly again. But now was not the time to speak, and he waited quietly for Jonah to finish.

"In that case, I also have a personal proposal. Of course, before that, it may be necessary for me to confirm Mr. Antoun's strength for myself. I don't want Kitty to be in danger several times in the future because of my momentary mistakes. ”

Jonah's words made Anthun's heart sink, indeed, if he refused the invitation of the Magic Association here, he might have to participate in a battle that would start at any time without any support, and the scale of the battle was not yet clear. At that time, he himself will be fine, and Luo Jielinti, as the imperial master, may not be able to completely guarantee his safety. Before, he had made a vow in his heart to ensure the safety of Luo Jielinti as much as possible, but he didn't want to break the appointment easily.

Now we have to deal with it head-on.

"What do you want to do?"

"Let's have an elegant duel, of course. But where the duel is ......"

Before he could finish speaking, a small ritual circle faintly appeared in the center of the room, and then the dazzling light obscured his vision.

"Huh?!"

Since he had been on Byrne's side before, Anturn became more cautious about the fluctuations in the magic power around him. Unexpectedly, this time he was caught off guard and forcibly transferred due to Jonah's hands and feet in the room.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself being transferred to the tarmac in front of the mansion.

He looked back to check on the mansion, only to find that the entire building had disappeared without a trace, and only a strange-looking, dated altar had been left in place. In an instant, he felt the flow of magic in his body, and the jerky sluggishness in the real world disappeared.

"Mr. Antoun, I will greet you at the center of the stage. ”

Jonah's voice seemed to come from all directions in the night, and Antun did not rely on his vision, but used his magic to perceive the surrounding situation for the first time. The feedback was that Jonah's real body was not nearby. When he wanted to expand the field of perception and explore further, he was unable to expand after reaching a much smaller range than expected.

Could it be that there is something in this space that hinders perception?

Since you can't shoot directly, let's continue the conversation first - there is no doubt that the other party can hear him.

"Is this the 'Void Realm', is this the so-called 'Hypocrisy Courtyard' exactly?"

Jonah did not answer Anthun's words that were more like a statement of his discovery than a question, but directly announced the "rules of the duel".

"If you find and beat me in an hour, I'll think about telling you the contents of that private proposal. ”

"Huh. ”

Antun snorted softly, and his heart ignited with war. It wasn't that he was interested in the so-called private proposal, after all, he had a hunch that Jonah would eventually say it no matter what the process was. Now it is interesting that he will have to guess the capital of Jonah's arrogance and solve the "puzzle", and in the "Hypocritical Courtyard", he will test some of the ideas that he has not reached in the battle in the "Forest of Thorns" that he has not yet reached.

Given that Jonah had not spoken after the end of his words, Antoun thought for a moment and made up his mind to walk down the hill into the town below—no doubt the center of the stage to which Jonah was referring.

-

Shortly after Antun and Jonah entered the "Void", after bathing and changing into pajamas, Rogerinti came to the room assigned to him by surprise, when it was time to go to bed.

As for the reason for visiting, it was also very simple, she wanted to formally thank Antoun.

Although the other party is a follower, it is also an indisputable fact that he has fought with many powerful enemies in a row for the sake of himself who has not yet had a deep understanding, and saves her and Tina from danger regardless of his own danger. It is reasonable and reasonable for her to act like this.

However, when she reached the door, she felt that her behavior as a woman seemed inappropriate, but it didn't seem appropriate to just turn around and go back. In the end, she had to look at the light leaking from the room, and she couldn't hide her anxiety and paced back and forth.

I thought that Antoun could hear her footsteps and open the door to ask, so that she could pretend to be passing by, but she walked like this for more than half a minute, and there was still no response in the room. So she finally had to give up on herself and reach out and knock on the door.

"Antoun, are you still awake?"

This kind of question is mostly based on the premise of acquiescing to the other party's wakefulness, but the result is unexpected, and no one answers.

Theoretically, the Heroic Spirit does not need to eat or sleep, and only needs to continuously consume the summoner's mana to maintain its existence. Of course, it is also a fact that some Heroic Spirits will live like humans according to their habits in life, but could it be that their own Heroic Spirits are the latter?

Given that knocking on the door again might attract the attention of other unwanted people in the mansion, Rogerinti had to use the magician's perception before her body could recover.

The feedback she received was that her servant was not in the room, but far away from her. She subconsciously twisted the doorknob, and the wooden door opened, and only then did she take in the empty room and the near-complete dissipation of the magic circle on the ground.

"Transfer magic? And the style of this technique is ...... Is Uncle Jonah back?!"

After careful observation and conclusion, Luo Jielinti shouted in her heart that it was not good, although she did not know when her uncle would return to the mansion and take Antoun away without telling the group, but there was no doubt that it had something to do with the fact that the Magic Association summoned him to the past today.

And if she guessed correctly, he would have taken some "hostile" actions against Anthun, otherwise there would be no need to avoid herself and preemptively meet with Anthun alone at this point in time.

The inner anxiety shifts dramatically to another level. Now that the transfer circle in the room is about to disappear, if you want to go to the place where Antun was teleported, it is no longer up to Luo Jielinti to change clothes and make other preparations.

She immediately took out several gems from the magic medium that she had placed in her pajama pocket just in case, and skillfully reinforced, refilled and mana at key points in the circle, while reciting the key phrases that would initiate the teleportation ritual.

"......" (lay, too lazy to make it up, I'll talk about it later)

With a slightly dim light than it had been a dozen minutes ago, the figure of Luo Jielinti disappeared from the room.

Of course, it was such a slight deviation that caused great trouble to her in a hurry to Anthun's side.