Chapter 268: A Coincidental Encounter

Returning to the castle, Hugh, the "knightly princess", immediately announced the victory to the soldiers and adventurers, and after the cheers of the crowd, introduced Abner, the "new hero".

Although Abner is actually a black household without a "destiny identity", based on his performance just now, he said that he is not a "brave man", and I am afraid that no one will believe him.

The arrival of the new "Brave" and the destruction of the besieging monsters was naturally exciting news, and the king immediately ordered a grand banquet to celebrate the victory and entertain the "Brave".

But how could Abner delay this time? He said that he was going to rescue the neighboring country immediately, and politely rejected the other party's kindness.

Hugh also took the opportunity to volunteer to be a guide and follow the "brave" adult.

Because the situation was really urgent, although the king regretted it, he did not refuse, and also sent a lot of supplies and equipment.

- Although Abner does not need these things, after resisting the rules of the "hand of order", he and the "world" are not in the same system.

"The new brave is amazing! It's a pity he's leaving now, otherwise I'd have to go and have a drink with him. โ€

"Her Royal Highness the Princess seems to be following in the footsteps of the Brave...... I'm so envious, but it's a pity that I'm only level 8, and it's a burden to be around the brave. โ€

"Only a strong person like the 'Knight Princess' is worthy of teaming up with the 'Brave', right? I hope that the new brave man can destroy the Demon King City. โ€

Amid the chatter of many adventurers, Abner and Hugh walked out of the royal city and headed in the direction of their neighbors.

"That's the distance from Kingst Street to the 'Brave Bar', and I actually went abroad...... The Beckland subway is less than a stop. Holding the map given to him by the king, Abner complained.

Hugh replied somewhat absent-mindedly, and from time to time glanced back at the king who had stopped on the balcony of the castle to look at them.

The king's appearance is very similar to her father Mason Diere, combined with what Abner just said, her "identity" comes more from her own "subconscious", and the king should be the image of her father in her heart.

Seeing him like this, Abner sighed and said, "It's just an illusion, it's no different from a dream. โ€

When you go back, I can satisfy you as many dreams as you want.

"I understand......" Hugh nodded, then was silent for a while before asking, "You say, what will happen to this kingdom if we leave here?" โ€

"There are two possibilities, one is that it's because of your 'subconscious', a temporary 'mod', and when you leave, this part of the information may be removed......

"Second, you may also have a 'ghost' play your role and continue the story of this 'world'."

Abner replied after a moment's thought.

This battleship is known as the "Ghost Empire", and it is naturally not untargeted, and the "worlds" in it are filled with countless "ghosts", all of which are implanted with "identities" and constitute a "world" of all beings.

As for the origin of these "ghosts"? Some of them were subjects who had once believed in the "Night Emperor" and were received by the ship after their deaths, and some of them were people who had been weak in faith for thousands of years and had died in various "disasters".

Of course, there are also people who occasionally die after falling into the "mirror world".

"'Story'?" Hugh then noticed what Abner's words were revealing at this point.

"The main body of the 'Ghost Empire' is the former 'Doomsday Witch' Monica, the unknown 'Traveling Mage', and a 'Hand of Order' left behind after the death of the 'Night Emperor'.

"The 'traveling mage' turns what he sees and hears during his journey into a 'world', but under the influence of the witch, the 'stories' or 'scripts' of these 'worlds' will inevitably encounter 'disasters' and even 'doomsday'.

"But the 'balance' of the 'hand of order' will bring life to these 'worlds'...... That is, us 'interlopers'. Abner pondered as he explained, "Or rather, even the former 'Doomsday Witch' Monica herself seems to be expecting a 'savior' or a 'hero', which is why the current rule is formed." โ€

It's just that these "worlds" have a strong past-life game style, which is very wrong...... Abner didn't say this last sentence.

"In other words, we can only save the 'world' in the 'story' and the right 'exit' will appear?" Hugh thought about it for a moment and understood the hidden meaning of Abner's words.

Abner nodded, "That's right...... However, there are actually different levels of 'salvation', corresponding to different 'exits'......

"For example, just after we eliminated the army of monsters besieging the castle, an 'exit' appeared in the royal city...... Theoretically, if we stayed to attend the king's banquet, we could have left directly through that 'exit'.

"However, that 'exit' is not of a high level, and it will definitely deviate from the 'correct' route and get farther and farther away from the 'end'."

Such a "rule" was experienced once in the "Daniel's Labyrinth", so he was not so surprised, and said instead: "So, after we found Edwina, we went directly to the Demon King City?" โ€

"Yes, by the way, I will recycle the extraordinary characteristics of the former 'Brave' Giuseppe and use it as the material for your promotion to 'Legal Mage'." Abner said with a smile.

He didn't pay much attention to the so-called "Demon King", but he was just a monster at level 3 in the sequence, and in this "world" it was level 30.

As the two talked, they had already entered the territory of a neighboring countryโ€”not that far after all.

However, to Abner's surprise, this place has long been covered in ice and snow, and countless monsters have been "sealed" in pieces of ice, like large ice sculptures.

"What a wide range of 'ice and snow' spells...... Are there more than level 20 legendary mages in this country? Abner asked, confused.

Hugh thought about the memories related to his "human design", shook his head, and said, "The strongest in this country is their queen, a level 16 'arcane scholar'...... It won't be her! โ€

"Then it could be Adevina who made a move!" Abner's eyes lit up, and he flew straight to the castle of the neighboring country with Hugh.

Soon, a tall building that had collapsed most of it appeared in front of the two of them.

"It's ...... The walls were breached? Abner frowned and descended slowly.

Hugh grabbed a soldier who was digging in the rubble and asked, "What's going on here?" What about your queen? โ€

The soldier looked up numbly, and then he seemed to recognize who his catcher was, and a look of surprise appeared on his face: "You are Her Royal Highness the 'Knight Princess'?!"

"Great! Please save our Queen! โ€

Even if she didn't use her extraordinary abilities, the difference in rank above level ten made Hugh full of "majesty", and she asked again, "Soldier, tell me, what happened?" โ€

"Yes, Your Highness!" The soldier who answered the call organized his words before continuing, "Not long ago, the monsters broke through the city walls, and just as the queen was about to die in battle, the frost dragon in the 'Horn Abyss' in the north arrived, and it killed all the monsters with its dragon breath......

"But the dragon didn't come to our rescue...... It then robbed the kingdom of all the gold coins and books, and the queen went to negotiate, but it took it captive......"

"Snatched the gold coins and the book ......," Abner repeated the two words with a strange expression, and couldn't help but think of the flag made up of gold coins from all countries on the "Golden Dream".

"Worthy of the 'pirate general'...... The subconscious fit character is also a habitual offender of robbery! Hugh sighed in his heart.

Obviously, they have identified the evil dragon as the "Iceberg Lieutenant General" Edwina.

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At the same time, in a cave in the "Abyss of the Horn", the queen, who was captured by the dragon, gradually woke up from her confusion.

"I'm the 'scholar' queen of the kingdom?

"No, that's not right! I'm Felina from the Kingdom of Rune!

"I remember that after parting ways with Stewart, I accidentally fell into the 'mirror world' gap during an attempt......

"How did you suddenly come to this strange world?"

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It's been another busy day...... But the chapter in the middle of the night should be updated on time

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