In Roddy's vision, the world takes on two states.

On one side is the illusion that appears in his mind: the demon hunter Dukal is carrying the red [Demon Strike] on his back, and is whispering to Abaddon, the only king of the High Elves, frowning and saying words about "inheritance", there are light sources driven by arcane energy on the bookshelves around him, and the entire "book room" is as bright as the outside in the sun, and the stone floor is bright and can even clearly see the reflected shadows. On the ground were heavy tomes that had been thrown away, and flickering mana fluctuations and intricate arcane patterns could be seen on the cover.

On the other hand, the current state of the "book room" in the light of the ring in his hand is now: the floor is completely covered by thick dust, the rotten corpses can be seen with completely rusted armor fragments, the stone table where Princess Eve is buried still does not move a single bit as in the illusion, and the few books scattered on the ground are almost fragmented.

There was nothing surprising about this, but what made Roddy's back suddenly break out in a cold sweat was... Suddenly, there was a rustling sound beside him.

This kind of movement is not something that can be produced by small animals such as mice, so Roddy immediately raised the short bow in his hand, and the arrow on the quiver immediately pointed to his side - but when the light of the ring shone past, Roddy was completely stunned.

A body lying in a pile of wastepaper slowly twisted its body.

"Who is it?!"

He asked aloud, because the sound was so loud that even a humming echo could be heard in the deserted and empty tome room.

Roddy didn't care about what Abaddon and Dukal said in the illusion, he opened the "Surrounding Character Status Bar" for the first time, and then confirmed that there was a living person in the secret room in front of him, which had been sealed for more than 700 years... Mankind.

And when the other party slowly got up and reached out to brush away the hair that blocked his face, revealing the face that Roddy was not unfamiliar with, he couldn't figure out what was going on in front of him...

When Roddy turned his head, the stone table in the illusion had slowly closed, and the door of the secret room had not yet been closed, and many strong and vicious orcs rushed in, and King Abaddon, with his sword drawn, had begun the last battle of his life.

And the demon hunter Dukal did something that made Roddy dumbfounded: he raised his palm and directly released a terrifying "shock wave"!

The explosion and shock wave rumbled down the bookshelves in the room, and a large number of orcs who had just rushed in were directly shocked to death!

"Old man, I may have asked you to guard here for a long, long time..."

Dukal said this to the Sakya who was following him, and then rushed out of the chamber with him, and King Abaddon eliminated the remaining orcs, and killed them together outside the palace in a blaze of fire...

In the illusion, the door to the secret room gradually closes, which also means that the quest prompt is completely over.

The scene in front of him would have had a great impact on Roddy in the past - how could the "Demon Hunter" use spells, and it was still so powerful?

It's just that at this time, he couldn't think about similar problems at all, his dull eyes just stared at the woman in front of him, and the two didn't speak for three or four seconds.

Then, it was Akasha who broke the silence: "I'm not in... Dream—"

When the hoarse voice came out of Akasha's mouth, she didn't know what kind of emotions were mixed in.

Completely defeated by fear, she had given up hope of survival last night, and even passed out directly because of her weakness and hunger. When she woke up when the door to the chamber opened, Akasha dismissed it all as a dream and a hallucination...

But everything was so real: the sound of footsteps, the sound of breathing, the light, even if she was only imprisoned by the darkness for more than a dozen hours, Akasha felt that all of them had been separated from her by ten thousand years.

When she tried to get up and saw the bow and arrow pointed at her, there was no fear in her heart, only indescribable gratitude and joy.

Akasha could even feel her already weak body burst with unimaginable strength, she struggled to stand up, trying to open her mouth to say something, but she only felt tears flow uncontrollably...

Luo Di looked at the embarrassed woman in front of him in a daze, and there was only one question left in his heart: why did he always run into her in such a place where birds don't?

The last time was in the secret passage of Hollier City, and she was covered in blood.

kindly rescued her, but she didn't say goodbye and left such a funny message on the bar.

And this time... Roddy didn't know what to say, how could she get into such a secret place? and he made himself bloodless, and at first glance he was scared that he thought he had encountered a vampire...

However, when he saw the 30% remaining HP displayed above the other party's head, he knew that this woman was probably in trouble again. But Luo Di didn't come to be Lei Feng, after confirming that the other party had no intention of attacking, he turned his head to look around, walked towards the stone table, and whispered while looking for a switch: "How did you come here?"

"Yes, there was a big snake chasing me, and I fell from above. ”

Akasha's heart was now completely filled with the joy of being in a desperate situation, and when Roddy asked something, she replied instinctively without thinking, not even the slightest defense.

And most importantly... She didn't know that the guy in front of her was none other than Roddy, who had saved her life before.

Roddy frowned, and then the question was more detailed, but his gaze never lifted.

Akasha stood there at a loss, but she answered all his questions truthfully, and even told her escape from Houllier City clearly, and at the end she did not forget to say that she would find a chance to go back and pay back the money...

In this way, Luo Di roughly understood how unlucky the other party was, fled out to eat with the group, was run over by the beasts, walked indiscriminately, and could still come to this ruin, be chased and killed by the snake king Sakya, and fall into this secret room to escape with his life... Even Roddy didn't know how to describe her "luck".

But he didn't have any more interest in Akasha after all, and he only wanted to complete the task as soon as possible, because seven minutes had passed since he entered the ruins, and if he didn't hurry up, he might not be able to get out.

"With that... In this. ”

"Click. ”

Roddy found the switch and turned on the stone table. The interior of the table was not mechanical, with no gears or hinges, and was powered entirely by an intricate arcane circle. And even after 700 years, the energy contained in it is still enough for the stone table to open on its own...

Seeing that Roddy no longer asked questions, the excitement in her heart gradually subsided, she raised her arm and tried to wipe her tears, and when she opened her eyes again, her eyes widened suddenly...

The stone table in front of Roddy slowly opened from the middle, and a soft orange glow radiated from the inside, even illuminating the entire "book room"...

Akasha involuntarily covered her mouth - in the light in front of her lay an elf quietly, with a face that captivated the country and the city, and a serene expression, as if she had just fallen asleep. But as an accidental intruder, she had no idea... In the sarcophagus in front of him was buried the last princess of the high elves.

Little did she know that 700 years had passed.

Roddy frowned, expecting to see a pile of dry bones, he was also stunned in place.

The princess Eve in front of her was no different from what she looked like seven hundred years ago in the illusion, and even the blood-oozing bandage on her chest was bright red!

"Time stands still enchantment. ”

After seeing the intricate magic patterns inside the stone table, Roddy said with difficulty that this was the only possibility, and his tone was full of disbelief.

The mages of the human kingdom have entered a "bottleneck" in their research on "arcane", and the two most controversial issues are "time" and "space". But seeing the scene in front of him, Roddy couldn't help but sigh... Such a question, which was debated endlessly in the high-end mage council of the human race, had already been solved in the era of the high elves.

It is definitely not flattery to say that the High Elves are "at the peak of their arcane research"!

Roddy stood quietly in front of the stone table, looking at the sleeping elf in front of him like Dukal standing here seven hundred years ago, although he didn't know this princess Eve, and he didn't know what twists and turns the story between this high elf and Dukal was, but the only feeling he felt at this time was not the joy of completing the task, but absolute peace.

Seeing his beloved die in his arms, such pain Roddy has already experienced once. But because of this, Roddy can deeply realize how precious the opportunity he has grasped is today, half a year after his rebirth!

"I'll cherish it all. ”

He raised his hand, as if he was afraid of waking the princess, slowly grasped the notebook placed beside her, and gently took it out.

But at the moment when the book left the enchantment, black and red smoke suddenly rose from the book, like a chain, completely entwined Luo Di's body, and tightened it in an instant!

"Ahh

Luo Di didn't expect such a change in the advanced career task, this chain was difficult to defend at all, and almost instantly penetrated into his body through the leather armor, and the sharp pain that penetrated into the bone marrow followed, making Luo Di exhale in pain, and he actually lay down directly to the ground!

"Click. ”

The stone table seemed to have accomplished some kind of mission, and it slowly closed on its own. Everything that happened 700 years ago was like a dream of another world, and all the joys and sorrows completely disappeared with the muffled sound of this closing, as if that period of history was also frozen in time and enchantment...

In the stone room, only Roddy's gasps from pain were left, and Akasha was standing there next to him like a fool, and after the light from the stone table disappeared, the ring in Roddy's hand shone diagonally on the head of an orc corpse on the ground, and the light and shadow hit it very frighteningly, making Akasha tremble.

She didn't know what to say, and she asked, almost crying, "Y-how are you?"

But before Roddy could answer, the entire stone chamber suddenly began to shake slightly, and the gap in the stone slab above his head leaked a lot of dust, faintly... You can hear the muffled sound of thunder on the ground.

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