Victor sat alone in a gorgeous and spacious room, comfortably leaning back on a soft sofa.

His gaze slowly swept over Xizhou, and he looked at it carefully.

This room was specially prepared for him by Gwen's maid.

The interior of the room is luxurious and bright, with a bright chandelier hanging from the ceiling like the sun.

Sprinkled with dazzling light, the whole room looks extraordinarily bright.

Silk curtains hung down like a silver waterfall from the heights, brushing the wooden floor along the sofa.

The air is filled with the delicate scent of lilies, which makes you feel very comfortable as soon as you step into this space.

Victor remembered that the servant had been secretly looking at him when he had brought him to this room.

It's like wondering if he's really Victor.

Now, Victor finally had a chance to calm down and think carefully about the current situation.

Through the conversations of the servants around him and Gwen's level, he can basically confirm it.

I've returned to the empire ten years later.

It was no surprise to Victor that the empire had grown to the point it was today.

After all, after the fall of the Lesser family in the south, the head of the empire acquired all the technology of the advanced city of Tiyebo.

This, combined with the influence of the Academy of Magic, has led to an exponential increase in the number of mages in the empire.

In the past, it was said that you could find a job after graduation, but now the competition is fierce due to the increase in the number of mages.

Many mages can't find a job, so they have to put aside their pride and choose to become a magic worker.

Contribute to the building of the empire.

In the space of ten years, mages have ceased to be a rare profession.

At least compared to when Victor left, there was a significant increase in numbers.

However, Victor was most puzzled.

Why was he teleported to the world ten years later by Kaos?

Victor knew that Kaos had the power to influence time, because he was himself a vehicle of space and time.

As long as he exists, time will flow.

Correspondingly, controlling the speed of time is a breeze for him.

However, his actions disrupted Victor's entire plan.

"Is it to stop me from continuing to affect the timeline?"

For now, Victor can only think of this one explanation.

I'll let you go, but I didn't say what time I'd get you back.

So, he asked Victor to skip the most important decade of development.

Try to erase his presence during this period in order to bring the timeline back to normalization.

In the beginning, Kaos wanted to erase Victor because he had influenced the timeline.

In the end, Kaos tried and found that he couldn't erase Victor at all, so he retreated to the next best thing.

Changing the speed of his time takes him back to the world ten years later.

"So, what's the second reason?"

Victor closed his eyes, thought slightly, and whispered to himself.

As Kaos said, he really couldn't keep Victor.

Even a fight between the two would be pointless.

Perhaps Victor without Vega would not be able to kill Kaos's health bar, but Kaos would never have wanted to take the victory from him.

Therefore, even when he was invited by the other party to go alone to the primordial space, Victor never felt intimidated by Kaos.

However, no matter how confident he is.

Kaos didn't fight him at all, and he didn't have a problem with the other party.

Victor can reasonably speculate.

Even if he doesn't take the initiative to enter the initial space, Kaos will still use the power of time to send him to the empire ten years later.

Since I can't erase you, I'll disrupt your plans. ’

But why do you have to choose exactly ten years later?

Victor slowly opened his eyes, and he seemed to have found an absolute answer

"The gods have descended."

Ten years later, the advent of the gods once again pushed the world into the chaos of the abyss.

In Victor's memory, only the Carencian Empire was spared the invasion of the gods.

Other countries in order to avoid the loss of population caused by the attacks of the gods and their large groups of believers.

I had to be forced to worship the gods.

In this way, the world after a thousand years will once again be ruled by the kingdom of God.

Moreover, Kaos knew that Victor was puzzled.

In addition to his name, there is one more point.

Naturally, he rejected Gaia's name and did not go to create the gods.

Therefore, it stands to reason that a god like Hades should not appear.

Now, however, Gaia's disappearance is a given.

Then the appearance of these gods becomes an unknown question.

For Viktor, if he still exists in the Empire during these ten years.

Then, he would definitely disrupt the timeline and prevent this from happening in the event of the Descent of the Gods, which should have occurred ten years later.

But once the gods were prevented, Victor could no longer find the answer to how the gods had skipped Gaia.

Ten years later, Victor was unable to intervene in this timeline.

By the time he returned to the Empire, everything had become an immutable fact.

Victor could not prevent the gods from coming again.

And finally—

'Find the answers you seek, and deliver them to me'

These are the words that Kaos left in his last conversation with him.

"Is this a mission given by the Initial God? Scold. ”

If that's the case, then the quest is like going deep into a dungeon.

Maybe after completing the mission, he will be able to get a very generous reward.

It's just.

Thinking of this, Victor narrowed his eyes slightly, clenched his fists, and a fierce and dangerous light flashed in his eyes,

"I've lost ten years, who should compensate me?"

Finally, he let go of his clenched fist with some weakness.

Thinking too much about things now doesn't help.

The most important thing is to gather more information first and play to your strengths as a "player".

Despite forgetting his name, now that he has the skill and memory to be a player, he has to take advantage of it.

As for who he really is, put it aside for the time being.

Now, he's just Victor.

Victor twisted his fingers and spread his thoughts as a player widely, treating everything in front of him as the game scene he was most familiar with.

What has happened in the space of 10 years?

He must quickly gather all the information available and favorable to him, and keep it firmly in his hands.

"Now, I can't leave the Delin Mansion."

If Victor wanted to leave, no one would be able to stop him, not even Gwen now.

But Gwen will definitely try to stop him, and her current combat power makes Victor find it quite tricky.

Once, it was this Valkyrie that he feared the most.

He had gone to great lengths to hope that Gwen would never get stronger.

It's only after ten years that Gwen finally became this powerful boss posture.

The thought of making his palms tremble at the thought of just one tentative attack making his palms tremble, and Victor's heart palpitated.

But who will be the winner in the end?

It could only be him.

However, given Gwen's combat prowess, the clash between them would undoubtedly cause a huge stir within the Empire.

If she strikes with all her might, she may turn the entire king upside down.

This was not what Victor was expecting, as it would completely ruin his plans to gather information quietly.

In addition, there is a little more.

If the plot he knows is not wrong.

The empire is now on high security and does not allow anyone undocumented to enter.

This law was created to prevent those who believe in the goddess of justice from constantly trying to invade the empire in recent years.

They will do almost anything to infiltrate the Empire.

As a result, the people of the empire at that time were subject to strict scrutiny

Body, soul, magic......

Only those who pass the inspection will be able to obtain proof of identity.

He had only just returned, and even with the title of "Count" on his head, he was no different from an unchecked outcast.

Even if Victor wanted to go out, he would have to wait for Gwen to confirm his identity and pass through security before he could move freely around the capital.

Otherwise, once you step out of the threshold, you will be immediately discovered.

He was about to go to "tea" at the invitation of the empress.

Thinking of this, in Victor's mind, the appearance of the little princess when he left the empire appeared.

Even in the last moments of his departure, they never saw each other.

Immediately afterward, Aurelian receives the heartbreaking news of Victor's death.

In the end, her father, the Emperor, also ran out of life, leaving a sixteen-year-old girl to take on the responsibility of the empire alone.

She must take full control of all aspects of the empire and deal with the intrigues among her courtiers.

At the same time, it is necessary to skillfully reconcile the greedy intentions of the major families against the empire.

"Eternal Witch......"

Perhaps, this is the reason why she became the empress who was both lonely and powerful.

He didn't return until ten years later, and he really didn't know what to do with the current empress of the empire.

Therefore, he needs to stay at the Delin Mansion for the time being and avoid going out at will.

In particular, the Empress must not be allowed to discover his whereabouts.

Then after that, it's Vega.

Where is Vega now?

Kaos didn't like the one-eyed raven from the start, and only allowed him to enter the initial room.

Therefore, he entrusted Vega to Erica, who had left the abyss earlier, and instructed her to return soon.

"Do you need to contact Erica first?"

Thinking of this, Victor's mood became a little heavy.

The version was updated too quickly, and his strength as a fifth-order mage couldn't even keep up.

Therefore, it becomes crucial to find Vega, who is his most important hole card.

Thinking of this, Victor quickly identified his current two major tasks:

"Gather intel first, then find Vega."

As for the way to gather information without leaving the Delin Mansion?

Almost at the same time, a crisp knock on the door interrupted his thoughts.

This was followed by the servant's voice calling softly to Victor:

"That's, ...... Mr. ”

"The Gwen family master and Miss Kevlar are waiting for you in the hall."

Victor looked up slightly, a glint in his eyes.

"Here we are."