"This ......... Your Majesty, how long will it take for us to reach Broken Domain? ”

Panting and following behind everyone, Sherry finally couldn't help but ask the strangest question in her mind at the moment. Although Xie Erli also knew that she was actually the least qualified to speak up among the group, because she was completely a burden to soy sauce, and the reason why she would follow Rod or why Rod was willing to take her with him was just to take her out of hell by the way. And this temptation is not small for Sherry, only those who have been in hell can appreciate how precious peace and hope are. Even if Sherry was just an elf, even if she wasn't treated well in the Land of Light, the malice of the main plane was basically nothing compared to the dangers in hell...............

Although at this point, Sherry herself was a little hesitant, after all, her original mission was not this. But now, Sherry couldn't help but speak, because the scene in front of her was so ridiculous!

Of course, Sherry had heard more or less about their destination, Broken Domain, which was not an obscure place in the Netherworld. But although the destination is very clear, the direction of Rhodes and the others is not "clear" at all, in Sherry's eyes, they will go to the left for a while, to the right for a while, to the front for a while, and to the back for a while! There were even a few times when Rhodes turned around and walked the way he came from without even saying a word, and then turned around and walked somewhere else, completely looking like he was going the wrong way. But the others didn't have any intention of resisting at all, and instead followed Rod's instructions, feeling as if they were simply going where to go, and the rest of the things were out of their minds. There were even a few times when Sherry felt like they were just going around in circles.

Will this really be able to reach the destination?

"Don't worry. Miss Sherry, when we should have arrived, we we'll be there. ”

Compared to Sherry, who looked a little uneasy, Rhodes still looked leisurely strolling, looking at the dark shadow in the distance and narrowing his eyes. That's where Broken Town is. If Sherry had gone ahead, then she would have found that no matter which direction Rhodes chose, even if he turned around and walked back, the shadow of Broken Domain would always be in front of him.

"This is the bottomless abyss, Miss Sherry."

At this moment, Stefael, who was walking next to him, smiled very kindly and explained to Sherry.

"This is the top of the Abyss, but it's the Land of Discord, here. The rules of Hell are not universal, and it is not possible to determine the location of a destination by its location as is the case with the Main Plane, even if it is a town or a fortress, where its location is constantly moving. So it's not that we look for it, but follow it. And here, the distance. Time is also meaningless. We can't say for sure how long we'll have to walk to get to our destination, all in all. As long as we keep going, then we are bound to get to where we need to go at a suitable time. ”

"It's ............ Is this okay too? ”

Sherri, who had no experience in plane travel at all, had completely changed her complexion at the moment, her eyes widened, and she didn't know what to say. There is no logic at all about such a strange thing, if you don't see it with your own eyes, to be honest. Sherry would never believe that there would be such a world, and since according to Miss Stefael's words, we would definitely arrive at our destination at the right time, so why should we walk? As long as we lie here and rest for a while, maybe we will reach our destination after opening our eyes——— is there really such a strange world?

Although Sherry was skeptical. But the facts soon completely overturned her worst doubts.

"Here we are."

Just as she frowned and thought, Rhodes suddenly stopped, and then made a turn to the left, and hearing this, Sherry couldn't help but turn her head to look in Rhodes' direction, and then her eyes widened in surprise——— only to see that just now there was a vast wilderness and wind and sand, but at this moment there was a fortress.

Broken Town.

While the name suggests you'd mistake it for a small town on the Main Plane, it's actually a massive fortress made of stone and steel. But alas, this fortress is not as orderly as the devil's steel fortress, although it is barely orderly, but the whole city wall is full of chaos, and from a distance, it feels like a child playing a game of placing blocks, this block is placed here, that block is placed there, no matter what it will become, as long as it looks like that.

And the current Broken Domain Town is just "it looks like that".

"How? Commander, let's do it now. ”

Looking at the messy people at the door, Little Bubblegum suddenly lifted her spirits, she squinted her eyes, clenched her little fist, and kept holding it, an excited smile appeared on her face, for Little Bubble Gum, this is completely a precursor to planning to do it, but ...............

"Huh?"

At this time, Little Bubblegum was stunned for a moment, the expression on her face changed slightly, and then the girl stretched out her hand, only to see that with the movement of Little Bubble Gum, a white light was released on her hand. It's just that compared to the divine light released by the little bubblegum on weekdays, the current light seems a little dim?

"Commander, I have a problem.........

"What's wrong?"

Hearing the little bubble gum suddenly lowered his voice, Rod was also stunned, in fact, he was ready just now, as long as the little bubble gum was ready, let her go and say hello. Although it is true that Rhodes came to Broken Domain Town this time to "fulfill" the agreement between him and Asmodes, the content is one thing, and how to do it is another, isn't it? But now, looking at the little bubblegum that was excited just now, it suddenly "calmed down" at this time, which also made Rod stunned.

"My strength is ..............."

Little Bubblegum clenched her fists, and as she moved, the divine white glow brightened again. But this time, it seemed like she had wasted a lot of effort to do it.

"My strength has weakened!"

“……………… Huh? ”

Hearing Little Bubblegum's answer, Rod's first reaction was incredulous, and he hurriedly reached out and opened the list of systems in front of him. Then he found out the list of personnel, and soon, Rhodes found the name and attribute information of the little bubblegum there, but ——— on the surface, there was nothing abnormal at all? The level has not changed, and the attributes have not changed, is it because they have entered the abyss? What are you kidding, the little bubblegum has always been alive before, and now it suddenly says that the strength has become weaker?

"What the hell is going on?"

For a while, Rod was also shocked. He always thought it was a bit weird, although it was a bit of a weakness if people felt tired after playing games for a long time. But looking at the little bubble gum doesn't look like it's in a burnout period at all, at this time the little guy is always more active than anyone else, and he doesn't lack aggressiveness. Could it be that you have unknowingly fallen into someone's trap?

Thinking of this, Rod immediately ran his strength again, which was normal and there was no problem. Others...............

"You guys also try your strength!"

Hearing Rod's order, the others immediately began experiments. Obviously, they also noticed that something was not right. It's only for a moment. Rhodes got the answer.

"There's nothing wrong with Miss Ben."

Selestina raised her head and spoke proudly.

"Me too............ Master, my strength is working normally. ”

Celia glanced at the little bubblegum with some concern, and then replied. At her side, Rasti didn't speak, just nodded slightly. Obviously, she didn't have any problems either. Subsequently, Stefar and Sherry also responded.

"I'm fine, Your Majesty Rod."

"Me, so do I. Your Majesty, although there is some confusion......... But I still have no problem with my strength. ”

What the hell is this.

Hearing everyone's answers, Rod looked at Little Bubblegum with a strange expression, if there was no problem with Celia and Rasti and the others, then Rod might also think about whether it was a problem with his own system, which caused a problem between the card system and the Phantom Guard. But Rashty has no problem, although she is not a phantom guard, but she is also a projection that belongs to the same system. And Stefal has no problem, Rhodes is not surprised, a businessman who walks the planes, if he can't even settle this little thing, then it's a hell. But even Sherry, an elf mage who is only at the peak level of a master, has not been affected in any way, so it means that it is impossible for him and the others to fall into some sealing trap or something, otherwise there is no reason for Little Bubblegum to be hit, but Sherry escaped. Not to mention, little bubblegum is a spirit master, and she is more sensitive to this negative state than anyone else. But before Rod could figure out a clue, he heard another answer that gave him a headache.

"Rod, my strength seems to have weakened as well..............."

“………………… What's going on? ”

Looking at the canary in front of him, Rhodes was completely speechless.

That is to say......... Your strength has weakened? ”

"It's not so much about weakening......... It's more like a part of the force has suddenly disappeared..............."

Little Bubblegum frowned and clenched her fists.

"Well, like the demons in the past, I can just punch a piece away, but now, I'm afraid I'll have to be a little more serious to be able to do it. As for those bosses......... Well, Commander, I didn't say that I'm going to have a bit of a hard time by myself right now, especially those with high ranks. ”

"Me too, although there are problems with high-level spells, the power of some low-level spells has been weakened."

"Weakened?"

Hearing this, Rod's face was a little strange, and of course he knew that players sometimes "give up" some low-level skills because they don't have enough skill points. But at the level of him and Canary, those skills are all assigned well, and they are fully matured and belong to their own treatment, and it is impossible to cancel and weaken them casually.

"No, it should be said......... The power of these skills has weakened, and I wonder where they have gone........."

Maybe it was because there were other people next to her, and the canary didn't understand it too clearly, but Rod understood what she meant. Because they are still using the player system, and the same is true for the use of skills, as well as spells and psis. The problem is that these skill spells must first be in their skill slot, and the power of the skill is calculated according to the skill proficiency. Take Canary as an example, she is a mage who specializes in fire and wind, so the proficiency of her "Fireball Technique" skill can reach SSS at the highest, and the final power of a Fireball Technique is superimposed from the proficiency of SSS plus the attribute value of the canary itself. And these skills need to be increased by skill points, and Rhodes also experienced it when he first leveled up——— for any top player, it is a necessary skill to determine what skills to practice to a certain proficiency without wasting skill points. And those who have reached the top level of level 85 are even more familiar with their own attribute points.

But now, according to Canary, it's as if her "Fireball Technique", which was supposed to be an SSS-level proficiency, has been inexplicably lowered to AAA. And those skill points that increase proficiency are gone.

After carefully examining the attributes of the two, Rhodes also confirmed this, and only the two of them, Little Bubblegum and Canary, all of their skills dropped by one or two levels on average. But luckily, they were strong enough. Now it's just a small bubblegum that can take a group of demons with one punch, and now it takes three punches to do it.

However, although the impact was not very great, Rhodes frowned, because this situation was too weird, and Rod had never encountered such a thing as a sudden decrease in skill proficiency. Not in the game or in reality. Now that something like this suddenly happened, Rod was also a little worried.

"It seems that we have to think of another way."

Although there is nothing wrong with continuing like this, this situation is so strange that it seems that Rod will have to revise his plan again. (To be continued......)