Levi stared at Terrella until the black Ozer and the warm sunlight faded like a tide, and he remained standing, looking in that direction in a demonic manner.

Where his gaze froze, there was no more shadow queen, only a quiet deep blue void.

Levi fell from mid-air, placed Flora on top of a pale building, and then stood aside, stretched out his bloody right hand and pulled out the Libra Hourglass from his sleeve, staring at the hourglass silently.

Sitting cross-legged among the tiles, Flora pulls out a green test tube with a section of plant roots exposed at the base.

"What's that?" Flora looked at the hourglass in Levi's hand.

Levi stared at the white sand in the hourglass, was silent for a while, and said, "It can travel through the mirror world of Jiling. ”

Flora's eyes narrowed, and she pinched the root of the plant with her fingertips and pulled it out of the tube. The plant was a miniature tree that was just right to lie in Flora's palm, and its trunk was covered with green leaves the size of a grain of wheat.

"So you've already calculated the time." Flora bit off half of the trunk in one bite, making a crunch sound as she chewed in her mouth, "No wonder you can still have nothing to fear in the face of so many people besieging you." ”

She ate the whole tree in three or two strokes, and threw away a small piece of tendrils in her hand, and her pale face suddenly became a lot more rosy.

Levi put away the hourglass, looked up slightly at the dark blue void in the distance, and asked in a low voice, "Are they mirror images?" ”

"Does your question include Terella?" Flora asked with a frown.

Levi shook his head, and he turned around and lifted his hood, revealing a calm face.

"Terrella isn't a mirror image, she's real." He said lightly.

Under the gaze of Levi's black eyes, Flora remembered the Shadow Queen's struggle at the last moment. She stood up with one arm propped up on her body, looked Levi in the eye, and decided not to talk about Terella yet.

"From what I've observed, neither the crowd nor the figures on the eight statues can come from reality...... But as you should also be aware, their powers and forms are very real, and they can't be reduced to pure mirror images. Flora said.

"It's in line with the atmosphere of the tomb, and that's true of every street and every house we've seen all along." "They appear both real and illusory, two very different qualities that come together to create a false reality." ”

He paused, then added, "Do you know [the crown of the cracks]? ”

Flora was stunned for a moment, then fell into memories and thoughts, she tilted her head slightly, her eyes flickered for a moment, and then she said in an uncertain tone, "If I'm not mistaken, this is the name of a superior relic. ”

Levi said noncommittally: "Although we do not have a cooperative relationship, we can exchange information, which is beneficial to both sides." ”

"What do you want to know?"

Flora realizes that Levi seems to have some important information, and can't help but wonder what he's been through.

"I've been in Oze for a short time." Levi pointed to the hourglass in his sleeve, "I know almost nothing about the details beyond the key clues. ”

"That is, you have the key clues." Flora raised her eyebrows, she removed her black veil, revealing a cold face, "You obviously didn't enter the pillar of light, where did you get this information?" ”

Levi said lightly: "It's just a puzzle game, how about it, do you want to exchange?" ”

Looking at Levi's deep eyes, Flora looked at him more and more impressively. Although she knew that he was talented when they first met, Levi's after that really surprised her, both good and bad...... But when Flora thought about it, wasn't it because Levi refused to cooperate with her because he looked down on her?

What are you kidding, I'm one of the representatives of the Temple of Nothingness on the physical plane, and I would be despised by a young man in his twenties?

"Let's start with the crown of the cracks." Flora suppressed her strange emotions and annoyance at him, "I hope you can show a little gentlemanly spirit." ”

Levi nodded, and took the lead in saying, "I know from Saladin's message that the Tomb was built by relying on the crown of the cracks, thus showing this distorted mirror quality. ”

"Saladin's message? Did you find such an important clue? Flora couldn't help but look surprised, and Levi had taken her by surprise at the beginning of the conversation.

"It's your turn, Lady Secret." Levi reminded impersonally.

Flora cleared her throat and said, "As a high-ranking relic, the Crown of the Seams has never appeared in history, and there is almost no record of it, and what I have learned indicates that it has the ability to bend reality - in short, it can create something out of nothing and confuse right and wrong. ”

The two looked at each other and were silent for a moment. It didn't take long for Levi to say thoughtfully: "If the account is true, based on the crown of the cracks, the black and white sides of the tomb and the crowd in Oze can be explained." ”

Flora agreed with his judgment and pondered, "Speculate further, if those eight statues have something to do with the crown of the gaps?" ”

Levi asked, "Who have you seen on the statue?" ”

"Tsk, I'm a secret keeper." Flora gritted her teeth and said, "Well, it's just a reflection of my consciousness anyway, so it doesn't hurt to make an exception to tell you." ”

She paused, revealing a look of palpitation: "The purple figure is the master of the Void Temple. ”

Although he didn't know much about the Void Temple, Levi still had a solemn expression. Noticing the details of Flora's words, he asked, "Wait, you just said that the purple figure that chased you is the reflection of your consciousness?" ”

"That's right." Flora replied, "It's your turn." ”

Levi pondered for a moment and said, "I saw someone who was suspected to be Emperor Gole, who was holding the [Mountain King Sword] and a Gole War Mage...... And then there's the Demon and the Duke of Splendor we've all seen. ”

"Mountain King Sword ......" Flora furrowed her eyebrows, "Counting the Archmage Rudolph I haven't met, there are so many Sages in Eze, this is not in line with the prophecy. ”

Levi asked, "What prophecy?" ”

Flora hesitated for a moment and said, "It is a prophecy that cannot be mistaken, and the content of the prophecy is that I will meet three sages in the tomb...... But the reality is much more than that. ”

The Sage is not a passer-by that can be seen all over the street, and the number of Sages in the entire city of Slom combined is not as large as that found in the Hime-Tomb, which is a very astonishing fact.

"It seems understandable that they cannot be regarded as saints mentioned in the prophecy." Levi said slowly, "As you just said, these people are just reflections of consciousness, can I think that there are only eight people who have entered Eze?" ”

"You mean to say that because these eight people entered Eze, the reflection of the eight consciousnesses was generated, and then the statue figure was chased and killed?"

Hearing Levi's analysis, Flora's eyes showed a hint of abruptness.

"That's right, but the actual number of people who entered Oze may be more than eight, and I used the Libra hourglass, for example, to get in." Levi thought of Thorne the Gore, and a haze flashed in his eyes, "At present, it can be preliminarily speculated that people who walk in from the pillar of light will have a reflection of consciousness, and these reflections are listed as the first target to be pursued. ”

"Now you understand? Why am I trying to prevent more people from entering the pillar of light. Flora glanced at Levi and said angrily, "If it weren't for you to stir up the situation, the situation might be much clearer now." ”

Levi didn't bother Flora, he turned to look at the pale palace in the distance, and the half-sunken tower of nothingness, and fell silent.

"Something is wrong." Levi shook his head.

Flora walked up to him, looked up at his side face, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Levi's dark eyes reflected the vast paleness of the complex, and he calmly gazed at the marvelous landscape, his gaze flickering.

"Can you kill without a master's sword?" He suddenly asked a strange question.

Flora said: "Obviously not, the sword is just a murder weapon, how can it kill itself?" ”

Levi nodded and said, "So, do you think the Crown of the Seams will distort reality on its own?" ”

Flora showed a hint of strangeness and said, "No, these two questions are not the same...... You said that it was Saladin who used the power of the Crown of Cracks to build the Tomb, and that it was used by Saladin. ”

"But Saladin didn't say that it would create the inhabitants of Ozer, and the reflection of the eight consciousnesses." Levi said lightly.

Thinking about Levi's words, the more Flora thought about it, the more strange and frightened she became—yes, what Levi said was true, but if his speculation was true, it meant that everything that happened to them was under someone's control!

That man is the one who made the eight statues and the entire inhabitants of the city, and that man is the master of the Crown of the Seams!

Who would that person be?

Flora remembered the eerie smile on the face of the Öze, and the phrases "where are you from" and "Welcome to Öze...... These Ozer inhabitants are a pair of eyes, they roam the black metropolis, mechanically recognizing the identity of outsiders, and then drawing the reflection of fear in the hearts of outsiders, obliterating them.

"Lord of Frost." Levi said the name suddenly.

Flora came back to her senses from her terrifying imagination and asked, "What?" ”

"I saw that Ciel used the dragon soul in his dead touch to confuse the reflection and survived...... Was it really a fluke? Levi subconsciously stretched out his fingers, pinched his chin, and muttered, "Why do these reflections react to the Dragon Soul of the Frost King?" ”

He turned around and looked into Flora's eyes, and because the distance was so close, Flora couldn't help but take a step back.

"In case you don't know, Saladin's rule for the tomb is that once a sage enters the tomb, the Lord of Frost will awaken." "But so far, we haven't seen the dragon." ”

Flora lowered her head, avoiding Levi's gaze, and whispered, "It's strange what you said, the Lord of Frost was never born, was it?" ”

"The Lord of Frost in the Himeling isn't a dragon in the orthodox sense, and I don't know what it is, but Terella calls it that." Levi narrowed his eyes, "Regarding the true Frost King, its dragon soul was infused into the lower holy relic [Dead Touch], and a part of its body was disintegrated to serve as the entrance to the tomb, and the remaining dead embryo became the dragon egg that sealed Terella's soul. ”

He paused and said, "Do you mean...... Saladin kept a part of the dragon soul to guard the Himeje? Yes, it makes sense. ”

The king of frost, the crown of the cracks, when the king wears the crown, it will set off a bloody storm.

Levi left Flora, who was confused, and turned to the edge of the roof, looking in the direction of the Tower of Nothingness.

Flora didn't understand what he said, she just reached out and grabbed the broken left arm, quietly watching Levi's back. It was the first time she had explored the ruins with others, and it was also the most dangerous...... In some ways, it's not a bad feeling.

Faced with countless enemies, Jenny and Jack flew through the dark streets, stabbing their swords from the shadows and stabbing daggers from behind—exhausted from the moments of non-stop flight, but still able to hold on.

Luckily, since they had not entered through the pillar of light, no fearful reflection had descended in the first place.

Between the flights, two small angels holding shields surrounded the two of them, fending off attacks from all directions. Panting, Jack gritted his teeth and said to Jenny, "If my magic runs out, you leave me alone and run for your life!" ”

"No, I won't leave you, Jack!" Jenny said with red eyes.

Seeing that the two of them were about to fly across the street, a chilly figure suddenly appeared in mid-air.

Anna Christer held a [Queen's Spear] in her left hand and a [Queen's Sword] in her right hand, and looked at the green-robed figure opposite her with a solemn face.

"Your Excellency Winter!"

Jack said in surprise.

Anna turned her head to look at Jack and Jenny, and nodded slightly.

Jenny also had a smile on her face like she had been amnestied, but when she saw the green-robed man not far away, she pulled Rajak's sleeve suspiciously, and whispered, "Did you see it, Jack?" The man looked like Lord Rudolph......"

"How is that possible...... Wait, that man is really Lord Rudolph! Jack stared carefully at the green-robed man's face, and couldn't help but show a look of surprise, "Why did Lord Winter confront Lord Rudolph?" ”

Anna didn't have time to pay attention to the two behind her, because she had more than just Rudolph to face. From the moment she had just begun, she had sensed that four unusual auras were approaching this place, and this sense was accompanied by a strong oppressive effect, which made her faintly worried.

Rudolph waved his wand, the big mouth at the top of the wand sang, and with this unpleasant chant, a green cold wind suddenly set off around the Winter Saintess, and a green transparent snowflake flashed in the wind, and the snowflake suddenly bloomed, bursting out with a strong cold air.

[Anna Christer's Winter Flowers] didn't bother the Winter Maiden too much, as she held up her crystal shield against the frost, and a wisp of frost wrapped around her right finger.

It was the Extreme Chill necessary to release [Absolute Zero], the only wisp of it in her Magic Palace—Anna was sure Rudolph couldn't replicate the Frost Essence, but she wasn't sure how to use it to win in one blow.

The white and green ice spears collided fiercely in the air, and Anna and Rudolph cast spells and fired at each other mercilessly, and the battle was at a stalemate for a moment.

At this moment, a purple light and shadow swept from the sky, and in the blink of an eye, it came to the Winter Saintess, and flashed without stopping.

The crystal shield split in two, turning into two pieces of broken ice and falling down, and Anna's body split into two, then into a puddle of clear liquid.

"It's ......"

Anna regrouped from the ground, frowning at the purple figure in mid-air, and from his body, she felt a familiar aura...... The same power of nothingness, Anna couldn't help but think of the rose-red light and shadow.

Jack and Jenny also discovered the arrival of the Void Spirit Lord, although their strength is far behind, but they are also at the level of a magister, and naturally see the horror of purple power.

"The crystal shield, which is known for its sturdiness, is like paper......" Jack's face turned a little pale, "what the hell is this?" ”

As soon as he finished saying this, there was a sudden explosion behind him—between the shattered walls, a large charred black hand with sharp nails poked out, holding Jack's head in the palm of his hand, and a strong hellish aura came from it, and the golden hot lines crawled to Jack's face and neck, looking hideous and evil.

"Ahh

Jenny's eyes reflected the golden ashes, and she screamed in fear, as if she couldn't believe that her lover had turned to ashes in an instant.

A cyan python suddenly fell from mid-air and wrapped around Jenny's body, the size of the snake with a strong mouth, shattering her body into several pieces of rubble.

Jenny's figure flew out from the rubble, but as soon as she fled into the air, she found that there was not much magic left in her body, and even the levitation technique could not be maintained.

Jenny turned her head and shouted in horror, "No-"

Cyan arrows of energy shot at a rapid distance and pierced her head. Jenny's body fell from mid-air to the ground, and was cut in two by a flaming knife, splattering a terrible splash of blood.

Seeing that the two court magicians were killed in an instant, Anna rose into the air. Looking at the enemies that had appeared, and the enemies that were about to appear, she clenched her fists, and the extremely cold aura in her palms rolled up uneasily.

Every direction around her was blocked: Rudolph floating in the heights, demons and Grand Dukes Gustav standing on the ground, gorgons staring at the rooftops, and blurred figures in the purple light.

Surrounded by five sages, the Winter Saintess took a deep breath, she raised her hand, spread out her palm, and the extremely cold qi in her palm flew into the air like a bird out of the cage, and then stayed somewhere and spun - a frost-white cold current was inhaled into it, and the extremely cold qi condensed into a white magic ball that was surging wildly and circling.

Anna knows very well that only by using power beyond her own limits can she survive in a desperate situation.

The magician is the defender and user of the order, and magic is the order itself—but after becoming a sage, Anna finally understands that forbidden spells are magic that breaks order.

It's like absolute zero that can freeze time, like a blizzard that can destroy a city.

……

Elsewhere in the Himere, Benedict knelt on the ground in shock, holding a head in his arms, and the face on it was beautiful and resolute, none other than the King's Knight, Harriet Lopez.

His moon-white robe was stained with blood, but he didn't care, just hugged Harriet's head tightly, staring blankly at the headless corpse a few meters away.

In front of and behind him stood two men, one holding a half-sword in his hand and the other with a broadsword: Connellus, the Horn of the Sun, and the unnamed Emperor Gore.

"I'm sorry...... Lord Harriet...... Benedict's eyes were red, and he said bitterly, "There is no way to collect your body, I can only flee with my head!" ”

Seeing that the two Sages were about to swing their swords and slash at them, Benedict gritted his teeth and roared—

"Even if you only have one head, I'm going to take you back to Slom!"

……

Near the cemetery crypt of Ozer, Thorne's body maintained the soul state of a cyan phantom, flying through the air.

He held the black cube tightly in his hands.

Behind Thorne, the Goeller shepherd, armed with a wooden staff, chased after him in a fierce wind, assuming an undying posture.

At this time, the bloody slaughter was unfolding silently in the city of Eze, and this obsidian city had turned into a cruel Shura field.

On the periphery of the Ji Tomb, the main hall of the controller.

In the pale hall, Levi stood in front of the shattered map of the labyrinth of living bodies, took out the Libra hourglass in his hand, and remained silent.

Flora stood behind him, frowned, and said, "Are you really going to do this?" As you said, the Lord of Frost is a trap left by Saladin to deal with the Sage, and it must be a very dangerous existence. ”

Instead of responding directly to Flora, Levi touched his chin and said, "What do you think of the changes in Terella?" ”

He finally brought it up.

Flora hesitated for a moment, smiled self-deprecatingly, and said, "Obviously, she returned to her body, but also forgot about us...... Looks like I can't get to know the secrets of the Dome. ”

Levi shook his head and said, "I don't think so. ”

He turned around, looked into Flora's eyes, and said calmly, "Terella has not forgotten us, but is in trouble. ”

"Why do you think so?" Flora was stunned and frowned and asked.

"Because she would never agree with such an outcome." Levi said word for word, "Maybe she'll be dismissive of us, but there's no way she'll be able to act as the Shadow Queen anymore...... She is not such a woman. ”

Flora's eyes flickered slightly: "Even if you don't want to accept the facts, you can't convince yourself, right?" ”

"If I were Saladin, it wouldn't be difficult to do anything to the corpse, not to mention that there was a high-ranking artifact in the corpse." Levi said to himself, "Using the remnants of the Frost King's flesh as a carrier, Terella's soul state is very weak, and she is likely to be consumed by the consciousness of the dragonheart. ”

"There is consciousness in the dragon's heart?" Flora muttered that she couldn't deny the speculation, because the superior relics were strange and unpredictable.

Levi speculated, "Perhaps the Dragonheart was born into a spirit over the course of a thousand years, or it may have been a trap designed by Saladin to trap Terella's weakened soul and give it a will against its nature." ”

Flora gritted her teeth and asked, "Even if you're going to free Terella, what are you going to do?" ”

"It's simple, purify and separate - take the dragon's heart out of her body." Levi clenched the black vial in his sleeve and said with a blank face, "If I can use the Crown of Seams with ease, I'm sure I can do it without hurting her." ”

According to Levi's speculation, the crown of the cracks is in the hands of the Frost King.

"Having said all that, you're still going to slay a dragon, and it's a dragon with the crown of the cracks." Flora took a deep breath, she took a step closer to Levi, and looked up into his eyes, "Let's not talk about whether you can do it or not, the use of the Crown of the Seams itself is also unknown, it is too risky to do so." ”

Levi didn't speak.

Flora stared at those calm dark eyes, and the words he had shouted came to her mind—

"Have you forgotten our agreement?"

"Have you forgotten? You're not anyone's queen! ”

"You are the queen of the Shadow Country!"

"I'm the one you choose!"

With a flicker in her eyes, Flora sighed, her gaze falling on Levi's bloodied right hand, which had been pierced by the thorn of pleasure.

She smiled and whispered, "I see." ”

Levi nodded and said lightly, "I can't fix your left hand, and you don't have much origin power left, so you can stay here." ”

He paused, then said, "Don't worry, if you rescue Terella, I'll tell you about the Dome." ”

Flo stretched out his hand and grabbed the broken arm, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Are you disgusted that I am dragging my feet?" ”

"That's right." Levi said solemnly.

Flora rolled her eyes and said angrily, "Even if I'm injured, I'm not as weak as you think, Lord Nevenmor." ”

Levi curled the corners of his mouth and said, "Then you can find a way to get in by yourself." ”

He raised the Libra hourglass in his hand, and the figure suddenly disappeared in place.

"Levi, you bastard!"

Looking at the air in front of her, Flora said through gritted teeth.

"Don't worry, I'm not here to accompany you, Lady Secret?"

A voice came from behind her.

"Or should I call you Ms. Flora?"

Flora turned, narrowing her eyes, and a flickering rose blade of light appeared on her fingertips, much darker than usual.

Bunier Lang stood at the entrance of the Great Hall of the Masters, his face smiling gracefully, black veins crawling up from his left arm, five bone spurs piercing out of his fingertips, and his palm swelling several times its original size, looking very incongruous.

A strong demonic aura overflowed from his palm.

("In the ice fields of the far north, a group of shepherds live like ascetics, they are athletic, powerful, and able to wield monophyric magic with ease.") These users of mana who are able to fight against the Ordric mages are known as battle mages. —General History of the Continent • Medieval Era)