The all-out battle with Lilia has brought Roy a lot of benefits: not only is he much more experienced in actual combat, but he also has a clearer positioning of his own combat effectiveness.

Now, before he opens the "destruction" state, he is slightly inferior to the witch who has evolved with a perfect talent at the witch apex.

And after turning on the "Destruction" state, if the opponent is not an "exceptional" witch like Lilia, there is a high probability of winning.

Shadow Mastery, Contract Summoning, Blood Sacrifice Descending...... A series of powerful natural abilities have raised Lilia's combat power to an extremely terrifying level in the witch stage.

In fact, even Ace, with the same level of magic, could hardly be Lilia's opponent.

is also a witch, and they have both experienced a perfect degree of talent evolution, and Ace was far stronger than Lilia before, the reason for this situation is that the two have different talent evolution directions.

If the ability points obtained from a perfect evolution of talent are set at 10 points, then Ace points all these 10 points on Ice Elemental Affinity, while Lilia points 5 points on Shadow Elemental Affinity and 5 points on Contract Summoning.

Elemental affinity, which can improve the witch's all-round abilities, including but not limited to: the power of the corresponding element, the speed of mana recovery, and so on.

But it is precisely because of the comprehensiveness that in terms of pure power, it is not very large.

Shadow Pact summoning is different.

Its upper and lower limits depend on what kind of strength of shadow creatures the contract master can summon, and unfortunately, Lilia is unexpectedly popular in the shadow world, but whenever she sends out a contract invitation, no shadow creature will choose to refuse, scrambling to come, and even as one of the kings of the shadow world, it stands to reason that the Horned Moon Wolf King, who should not deal with such a weak "contractor", "deigned" to be invited.

Figuratively speaking, Ace's choice is biased towards a single person in the later stage, while Lilia is a multi-person person in the early stage.

In the later stages, Lilia is hardly a match for Ace, who is skilled in one piece, but now, Lilia is stronger.

……

Time flies, like the sand that flows inadvertently between your fingers.

Two days later.

Roy sat at the top of the hall, looking down at the envelope in his hand, a thoughtful look in his eyes.

It was a letter from the Duke's Palace on the border, and the messenger was a red knight with a silver star, and after delivering the letter, he refused Roy's offer and left quickly for the next location.

Looking at the words "Lord Blackstone Lord Lord Roy Personally Opened" on the envelope, Roy did not hesitate too much, opened the envelope, and read it slowly.

The letter was not long, and soon Roy read it all.

To summarize briefly, there are three main things that the letter says.

First: The Kolai Empire has officially withdrawn its troops, and the friction between the two empires has temporarily ended, and at least for the whole winter, it will be a period of stability.

Second: At the beginning of next spring, in addition to the two bronze knights originally scheduled to be sent to support, the Blackstone Territory needs to send at least thirty additional official knights.

Third: This winter, affected by the outbreak of the demon tide, the number of ferocious animals will rise sharply, and even there may be demonic beasts, the major territories need to pay special attention, if the traces of demonic beasts are found, they need to be reported to the Duke's Mansion as soon as possible, and the Duke's Mansion will send people to exterminate them.

Looking at the letter paper in his hand, Roy rubbed his chin lightly and fell into deep thought.

The retreat of the Kolai Empire is not surprising, there are only a few days left before the cold winter hits, and today's temperature is only in the single digits, and soon, the sky and the earth will be covered in white.

Under the ice and snow, even extraordinary knights will be greatly affected, let alone ordinary knights, and under the premise of heavy snow and road closures, the transportation of various materials will become extremely difficult, and no one wants to fight in this situation.

The environment is too cruel.

And the information that additional combat power was needed made Roy frown, and his heart became solemn.

Additional support is needed, which is not a good sign.

Seeing that in this confrontation between the two empires, the glow seems to have fallen into a disadvantage.

Although he didn't have much affection for the high-level of the Glow Empire, as one of the nobles and a member of the vested interests, Roy naturally didn't want to see the defeat of the Glow Empire.

It's a pity that compared to the entire empire, he is not even a legend, he is too weak.

But if things really come to the most critical time like "the country is broken......

Roy's mind was silent.

Shook his head.

It's too early to think about that.

Although the Glow Empire is temporarily at a disadvantage, it is impossible for the Kolai Empire to defeat the Glow Empire in a short period of time.

Not to mention that the Duke of the Frontier has added Fuma, a talented legendary knight, you know, the temple that occupies half or even more of the extraordinary side power of the empire has never made a move until now.

The system of the Glow Empire is very peculiar.

Theocracy and monarchy stand side by side, mutually restrictive, and faintly opposed.

The nobles governed the territory and dealt with the people's livelihood issues, including the war with the Kolai Empire, all of which were paid for by the nobles, while the temple was mainly responsible for dealing with the otherworldly affairs.

Over the years, the temple has become more and more low-key, and apart from the calamities related to witches and forbidden objects, there are no Templars at all.

But it is undeniable that in terms of the power of the transcendent side, the temple will never lose to the nobles, and may even be superior.

It can be said that the current Glow Empire is only using half of its strength to fight against the Collei Empire.

As the only overlord on the continent of the Old Era, the strength of the Glow Empire is by no means as simple as it seems.

It is true that once the magic energy technology is developed, it will snowball, faster and stronger.

Roy is also very optimistic about magic technology.

After all, he still remembered his previous life, and he knew that once the Kolai Empire created a strategic weapon of destruction like the "Heban" and had the ability of precision guidance, at that time, even if the strength of the individual was at the top of the legend, it would be impossible to compete.

It's a pity, judging from the current intelligence, even if the "Starfall" on the wall of the solid rock was blown up by the Kolai Empire some time ago, although the power is terrifying, it is at most an ultra-high-yield explosive, far from reaching the standard of "and bomb".

Otherwise, if a "mushroom" is planted, I am afraid that the entire Rafa province will fall into a catastrophe due to subsequent radiation pollution.

At this level, it would be impossible for the Kolai Empire to defeat the Glow Empire for a long time.

Thinking of the temple, Roy's eyes narrowed slightly.

Behind the Star Lake incident, the ultimate mastermind behind the scenes is the temple.

But even if the three-star knight of the Tooth Wind Legend died at the hands of the Moonlight Great Witch Sehir, after such a long time, he didn't see any action in the temple, and he didn't even symbolically come to the Black Stone Collar to inquire about the situation, giving people a strange sense of quiet.

This made Roy feel a little uneasy in his heart.

The strongest forces in the Glow Empire are the nobles and the temple, but it doesn't mean that there are no other transcendent forces, some cult organizations will jump out from time to time to make trouble, once the temple is weak, these cultists will become more and more rampant.

In a border province like Rafah Province, there is the first legendary knight of the empire, the border duke, and there are no cultists who have not jumped out for the time being, but Roy can see from the old intelligence letters in the study that cultists are active in other provinces of the empire.

But the temple didn't do anything, as if nothing had happened, and it was confusing.

Shaking his head, Roy suppressed his thoughts.

Instead of thinking about this, it is better to think about the "beast disaster" that is coming in this cold winter.

The eruption of the magic veins under the star lake caused the demon tide to spread in all directions, and the Black Stone Collar as the center point, the fierce animals and demonic beasts that appeared around it would inevitably be the most.

The so-called "beast disaster" does not only refer to these ferocious animals or even rare magical beasts, but refers to the herds of beasts that attack the town on a large scale under the influence of violent animals or demonic beasts.

It is well known that beasts that lack food in winter tend to be at their most violent, and with the influence of ferocious animals or magical beasts, these beasts become more and more crazy and have an extremely strong desire to attack. If there is not enough defense, a large number of ordinary people will die.

In fact, there are not a few towns that have declined or even disappeared because of the "beast plague" in the huge empire.

The beast plague makes the official knights of the territory exhausted, and the monster is a terrifying individual that non-golden knights cannot crusade.

Even though the Great Lord will send someone to strangle the demonic beasts, sometimes by the time help arrives, it is already too late, leaving only a ruin and blood everywhere in the once prosperous town.

The beast disaster is an imminent event!

Of course, Roy didn't worry too much.

Although the beast disaster encountered by the Blackstone Territory this year is likely to be more violent than the other surrounding territories, the strength of the Blackstone Territory is no longer comparable to the past.

Ace at the crown level, Shanica and Lilia who are about to break through the crown rank, and himself who is about to break through the gold rank.

Each of them has the strength to easily defeat Warcraft.

Yes, after Shanica, Lilia didn't know what she was stimulated, and the progress of the Basic Meditation Method suddenly improved a lot, so that she, who had already completed seven runes, completed the first stage of nine runes at once.

Thinking that Lilia's original sin traits are rage (60%), arrogance (20%), and lust (20%), Roy had a strange idea in his mind: could it be that Shanica's advance stimulated Lilia, who has the characteristics of "arrogance" and "rage", making her more in line with her original sin traits to a certain extent, which led to the rapid progress of her basic meditation method, right?

Like Shanica, although Lilia has completed the first stage of the Basic Meditation Method, she still needs to adjust for a few days before she can officially break through the "crown position".

It's Roy himself.

He felt that it was almost time for a breakthrough!

After two days of actual combat and adjustment, he felt that he had reached the peak state both physically and mentally.

Getting up and leaving the hall, Roy headed towards the small courtyard in the rear.

When it comes to a breakthrough in such a big realm as the golden rank, it naturally cannot be sloppy, and it must be carried out in an absolutely safe environment.

And what could be a safer place than a hidden place?

Upon entering the courtyard, Roy saw Tonine, a mechanical witch crouched and staring blankly at the ground.

At this moment, she had changed into a slim pants that Shanica had prepared for her.

The mechanical girl's wrists outside the cuffs were still wrapped in white bandages, covering her fully metalized arms.

Following the girl's gaze, Roy saw a team of ants crawling slowly on the dirt.

Well, that's good, at least it's no longer just "looking at the sky", and the new skill "looking at the ground" has been added, which is gratifying......

Retracting his gaze, Roy strode towards the hidden place.

After a few days, Tonine was not as vigilant as she had been.

Roy wasn't in a hurry to learn more about magical mechanics from her, and it was more important to be promoted to the gold rank in comparison.

When you come to the hidden place, the witches will soon gather here.

His eyes passed over Shanica, Ace, Lilia, Vivien, and Elena one by one, and Roy said seriously: "During the time I broke through, the territory will be handed over to you. ”

The breakthrough of the gold rank is different from silver, it requires the transformation of the Dou Qi transformation organ, unlike the promotion of silver, which can be achieved quickly, and the whole process will take two days at the earliest.

With the talent of [Infinite Desire], Roy's body has a strong adaptability to magic and fighting energy, and it may be faster to transform the organs of fighting qi, but it is not something that can be completed in a few hours.

"Don't worry." Lilia replied, and on the side, Ace nodded slightly.

During the entire breakthrough process, only Shanika, as a "wet nurse", will always be by Roy's side to ensure that he can be rescued in time if something goes wrong.

And Lilia and Ace will be in the small courtyard outside the gate, guarding while also taking care of the black stone collar.

As for Yelena and Vivian, they have only reached the fifth level of the basic meditation method at present, and they are not the main combat power of the Black Stone Collar for the time being, and there are no additional arrangements, in order to avoid affecting Roy's breakthrough, the two of them will also leave here and go to the small courtyard.

Nodding to the witches, Roy walked over to the cushion on the floor and sat down cross-legged.

"Hoo ......"

Taking a deep breath, he slowly closed his eyes.

As Roy's breakthrough began, all the witches left, leaving only Shanica, who was wearing a goose yellow dress and outlining her bewitching curves, came behind Roy and stood with nervous eyes.

After all, it is a breakthrough in the great realm, and there is a danger to life.

With his eyes closed, Roy has completely abandoned the perception of the outside world, and all his spirit is concentrated on his body.

The fighting spirit of the silver peak had already filled his heart to the brim.

Like the witch, the knight's internal organ for storing fighting energy is also the heart.

At this point, the only way to get more and stronger fighting energy is to open up a new storage organ!

The "Flame Breathing Method" was circulating at high speed in his body, and Roy, who had already made a decision, mobilized the fighting energy in his body and headed towards the kidneys.

The breakthrough of gold has officially begun!

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