The same is defeat, and the meaning of this word is different for different people.

In the minds of the vast majority of people, defeat means to defeat the opponent, to outperform the opponent, and for others defeat is equated with killing.

Egwen falls into the latter category.

Since they have all become enemies, what is the point of just defeating each other. If you can't kill the opponent with one blow, isn't it just right to let the other party find out your bottom and have the most intuitive understanding of your strength, so that people can make an accurate estimate of your strength and prepare for a comeback in the future?

Just to defeat Gruel in the literal sense, it is not difficult for Egwen to join forces with Ainan, it is difficult to kill him. When a creature is in a desperate situation, the power it can burst out is often several times or even ten times more than usual. If Gruul's strength were to explode tenfold, Egwen and Ainan would have no choice but to run away.

Egwene didn't think that Ainan would not think of this, and Ainan's choice to consume one of the Moon God Elune's chances to create the Hades Scepter must have been in mind at this time.

Leaning into the female mage's ear, Ainan whispered, and Egwen listened with a look on his face.

She was not mistaken, Ainan chose to make the Hades Scepter at this time, even if it was a precious opportunity for Elune to make a move, his plan was indeed not small.

Not long after the two of them talked, Egwen left the underworld with the Scepter of the Underworld, unlike Ainan, who liked to stay on the platform at the top of the Mage Tower to gaze at the stars, holding the Scepter of the Pluto, she returned to the laboratory in the Mage Tower as usual, and seemed to be immersed in the endless study of magic again.

The only difference was that Egwene made a small mistake in the magic experiment, which kept the Arcane Guards in the Mage Tower busy for a long time to clean up the damage caused by the experiment. The debris of the cleared lab, the Arcane Guards disposed of as usual - dedemonizing the scraps and transporting them to the base of the mountain, tossing them into the river, where they were washed away.

The river that flows through Karazhan is not wide on the surface, but not shallow in depth, and the actual flow is not small, and the most important thing is that it connects to the Endless Sea after many divergences and mergings.

No one noticed that as Karazan's arcane guards disposed of the debris of the experiment, dark shadows hid in the deepest part of the river. In fact, even if someone looked at the surface of the river, they would not be able to spot them, because Karazhan had been gray since being affected by the dark energy of the underworld, and this river was no exception. Standing on the surface of the river and looking into the water, all you can see is a muddy gray water.

Not only that, but the most amazing thing is that after being dyed by the gray mist, Karazanri can also block the perception of mental power, which is why Chromi could only run to a close distance to observe Karazan, but could not hide from a distance and monitor Karazan with spiritual perception.

It is not visible to the naked eye, the spiritual perception is also isolated, when the dark shadows hidden at the bottom of the river came, when they left, what they took away, these people except the person concerned were not aware of it.

Perhaps because of an accident in the magic experiment, Egwene only spent two days in the magic lab, but when she walked out of the lab, the Hades scepter was gone.

Powerful mages will open up their own different spaces, which can be used to place items and store materials. So many times you can see an unarmed mage in the moment before the start of the fight, and the staff, magic potions, magic scrolls and the like are held in their hands.

Maybe Egwene put the Hades Scepter into his storage space, after all, holding an artifact to swagger through the market is too eye-catching, which is equivalent to saying to everyone to push the boss quickly, and push the artifact that will explode.

Out of the laboratory, Egwen walked around the mage tower, carefully checked that there were no anomalies, and then entered the underworld.

"I've given it away, but are you sure she'll do that?"

Ainan asked rhetorically, "Why not?" ”

Egwen wasn't sure, he always felt that this matter was a bit hanging, but Ainan was not. Female mages are too sensitive to artifacts of this level, so much so that some of them suffer from gains and losses, lose their normal mind, and their thinking is not as clear as usual. Ainan didn't.

The Hades Scepter was created by him, and it has the origin imprint of the underworld on it, and as the lord of the underworld, Ainan only needs to move his mind to take back the Hades Scepter in an instant.

Since he could get it back at any time, he naturally wouldn't be worried.

Tens of thousands of years of loyalty can't withstand the temptation of a Hades scepter?

Egwen didn't understand, she couldn't figure out how Ainan was so confident.

"Tens of thousands of years are true, but loyalty may not." Ainan's eyes looked through the waters of the Sea of the Underworld and saw the Naga of the Underworld frolicking in the deep sea, "As the most favored lady-in-waiting in front of the queen, her power is greater than that of many high-class elves and nobles of her time, and her beauty has also been widely recognized by the high-class elves, listen to what those high-class elves describe her beauty - with a beauty that is only inferior to that of the queen." That is, in terms of beauty alone, she is only under the queen, and you are also a woman, so you should understand what this means. ”

The difference between 9,900 years old and 10,000 years old is only 100 years old, but the status is very different, the former is a slave, the latter is the master, who doesn't want to go further in that position?

Egwen, of course, understood.

As a woman, even if she doesn't have the heart to dominate the crowd, she will never be happy for someone to compare herself, how can she be the second best in the world. In particular, this first still appears in front of me every day, reminding myself all the time: you are the second, and I am the only one who is stronger than you.

When encountering this kind of thing, no matter how generous a person is, he will inevitably have thoughts in his heart.

"Don't look at the fact that she chose to stand by the Queen's side in great matters, and served her for 10,000 years in the darkness of the depths of the Endless Sea, and thought she was a loyal and hardcore follower. In fact, this is the real smart person, she has self-knowledge, and understands that she can't create a force by herself with her own strength, even if she creates it, she can only obediently bow down if she is approached by the strong. Since they are all serving people's lives, why should they expose their true thoughts? ”

"So you gave her the Scepter of Hades and let her see the opportunity." Egwen gave Ainan a roll of his eyes, "You're so sure she'll promise you, aren't you afraid she'll turn around and sell you?" That ally of ours is so powerful that if she knew you were digging into her corner, she would have come to her door. ”

People sent their henchmen and maids over, and as a result, you pried people off, what do you say is the reaction of others?

"That's not the case, if Ms. Fasqi didn't have that heart, I wouldn't be able to say anything, and the queen in the deep sea is not a fuel-efficient lamp, how can I hide her from my little bit of caution?"

Egwene nodded: "That's true. But just a Hades scepter can't say that Fasqi can't do it, let's say, what did you promise her to make her so resolutely give up her forbearance for 10,000 years. ”

Pointing downward, Ainan laughed: "Lord of the Seven Seas of the Underworld, one of the future gods of the Underworld, do you say that the weight is enough. ”

Not betraying is not because of faithfulness, but because the temptation is not great enough.