Under the guidance of several maids, Gu Qing Shan headed to the sky garden to meet with princess Maria.
At the same time.
Crow was invited by several other maids to an item exchange room, where he was responsible for receiving the items that the Roland Empire bestowed upon Rhode.
"The list is here, please take a look" one of the maids said.
"Ah, very well" Crow received the list.
The maids bowed and retreated.
Crow looked around, only to see that the door had already been closed, with no one else around.
She could only take the list and check the items in front of her one by one.
— — -it couldn't be helped, the Count only had a single knight by his side, and he didn't even have a butler, so she had no choice but to do this.
Crow took a look at the deeds, then carefully looked at the official titles and medals of the empire.
While she was reading, the door was suddenly opened.
Princess Maria came in with a few maids in tow.
Crow nonchalantly turned around and bowed: "So it's your Highness"
Maria observed her, then muttered: "You're so beautiful"
"Thank you, from the past until now, even if there were some twists and turns, I've always agreed with this point of view of yours" Crow pridefully replied.
Princess Maria's expression flickered a bit and asked: "Back in Ramon village, were you the one who took care of Count Rhode's matters?"
Crow nodded: "Ah, that's right, I was naturally the one who took care of such matters"
"Why?"
"Because there was no one else by his side"
"The two of you are quite close" the princess glanced at her and said.
Crow immediately appeared awkward and shook her head: "No, we're brothers"
"Really?"
"Of course"
"Hm, I can sense that you're telling the truth"
The princess' expression softened a bit and held Crow's hand: "However, if the Count asked you to marry him, what would you choose?"
Crow resolutely replied: "He would never do such a thing"
The princess chuckled.
All of a sudden, Crow's gaze froze and grabbed her rapier.
The atmosphere instantly changed.
Several maids stepped forward and stood in front of the princess.
"It's fine"
The princess pushed them aside, still holding her hand and asked: "Why did you suddenly feel killing intent towards me?"
Crow replied in a low voice: "You're not the princess"
He had already drawn his sword.
Princess Maria looked at him with great interest and asked, "How can you tell that I'm not a princess?"
"I've come into contact with more women than you have, so I've awakened the ability to distinguish between them. Every woman has a different scent, I can smell it" Crow replied.
This time, it was Princess Maria's turn to look strange.
"That's impossible … I clearly left the changing room as fast as I could … and only came here now after avoiding it," she muttered.
"Don't even think about hiding anything from me. You're clearly different from that princess just now" Crow coldly laughed.
The two of them fell silent.
From his words, they could tell that something was wrong.
Just now? Princess Maria's mind raced as she slowly understood something.
Why did he only come now? Crow recalled what happened earlier and understood the entire situation.
The next second.
They asked each other in unison, "Where is the Count?"
"Not good!"
Princess Maria quickly took out a golden bell and shook it vigorously.
The ringing of the bell echoed throughout the entire palace.
…
Let's rewind time a little.
While Crow was going through the inventory by himself, Gu Qing Shan was having a 'simple exchange' with Princess Maria in the sky garden.
The sound of a slap resounded in the air.
Princess Maria froze.
Gu Qing Shan was also surprised, but quickly realized.
— — this was the effect of the Red Dragon Origin Hex.
Sure enough, a line of glowing text had appeared on the War God UI:
[The other party has been affected by the Red Dragon Origin Hex – Confusion's effects, thus transferring the attack against you onto themselves]
Tch!
What a good skill.
Gu Qing Shan was silently pleased, but didn't show it on her face: "Your Highness, do you think a victor has been decided?"
Princess Maria went silent for a bit, then muttered: "If I remember correctly, a rare dragon like the Black Dragon doesn't possess the power of a Red Dragon, and the Red Dragon Origin Hex that the Magic Scale Dragon possesses should only be at the level of Shadow, which is to weaken senses"
Under Gu Qing Shan's surprised expression, Princess Maria continued: "I've read a few documents. Dragons are a race that suddenly appeared within the space vortex, normally they wouldn't have the power of a Hex. Only the most talented and powerful dragons would be able to wield the Shadow Origin Hex, and the number of dragons who could truly wield a Hex is almost as small as a feather"
"But you, sir Count, after killing that Magic Scale Dragon, you managed to grasp its power and elevated it to the level of a Hex …"
Princess Maria clapped her hands: "How impressive"
"So you've seen the entire process of our battle, your Highness" Gu Qing Shan said.
"That's right, I was worried about letting a stranger enter the Empire, so I kept a close eye on him, I hope you understand"
Saying so, Princess Maria stood up: "Would you like to come with me to the Chasm world for a look?"
Gu Qing Shan also stood up.
A sense of danger appeared from his spirit sense.
— — -that was a world corrupted by the Plague Apocalypse, it would definitely be filled with danger.
With that in mind, Gu Qing Shan felt relieved.
"Of course" he said.
"Then let us take a look together"
Princess Maria formed a hand seal inside her sleeves.
A strange fluctuation quickly appeared from her body. Space itself began to change.
The royal palace, the garden, the peaceful world faded away from their vision.
Complete darkness.
Following that, an unfamiliar and blurry world appeared at the end of their vision.
It was quickly approaching the two of them.
Gu Qing Shan scowled, then abruptly drew the Earth sword and placed it against Princess Maria's neck.
"Who exactly are you?" he asked.
Princess Maria revealed a puzzled expression.
Gu Qing Shan put her sword away, replaced it with the Six Paths Great Mountain sword, and pressed it against the other party's neck.
— — [Law Breaker]!
Bright red blood immediately flowed out from the princess's snow-white neck.
Following that, her figure abruptly changed and turned into a maid.
The maid laughed and asked: "Rhode, I didn't lie at all just now, how did you notice that I'm not a princess?"
Gu Qing Shan pressed her sword down and casually replied: "You and I didn't sign a covenant. According to what you said, we aren't old enough to enter the Chasm world, that's the first reason"
"The second reason, when you performed the spatial technique just now, it was a Cultivation-type technique"
The maid sighed and said: "I can't wait any longer, Rhode, I have to act as fast as I can. Even if I have to destroy these maid pawns that I've been hiding for countless years, I have to kill you"
A figure wearing a red mask appeared from her body.
Red Wraith.
It was him!
Who would've thought, the wraiths had also placed pawns in the Roland empire's royal palace!
"That can't be right" Gu Qing Shan spoke in a low voice: "Everyone in the royal palace has been examined, no one has been affected by your technique"
"Of course not, these maids are clean, I've raised them for so many years, it was only after the royal palace's examination was over that they contacted me" Red Wraith replied.
Gu Qing Shan said: "Such precious pawns, yet you used them on me …"
Red Wraith stared at her with a complicated expression: "It can't be helped, the more I come into contact with you, the more terrifying I find you to be, so I finally decided that I can't wait any longer"
"Rhode, you're proud enough, this was originally a trap left for the Roland Emperor"
"— — -die"
With that, Red Wraith's figure disappeared in front of Gu Qing Shan's eyes.
The maid immediately chanted a strange incantation.
Boom!
Her body directly exploded into a mass of blood, forming a red talisman in the void of space.
Seeing this talisman, Gu Qing Shan naturally knew that it wasn't a good thing.
The shadow of death had completely devoured his spirit sense.
But this place was neither the sky nor the earth, a different world was approaching him, as well as a wraith talisman drawn in blood that hovered in the air.
In that split second, countless thoughts flashed through Gu Qing Shan's mind, only to find that he didn't know what kind of world that was, nor did he know what kind of effect the talisman would produce.
— — how should I deal with this?
Who would've thought that even the royal palace of the Roland Empire would be hiding such a deadly trap?
Gu Qing Shan couldn't think of any other countermeasures, so he could only think of one.
In an instant, a gold and silver light appeared from his body, moving along his arm to his palm.
The image of a coin appeared in his hand.
The Coin of the Earth!
As soon as the coin appeared, the blood-colored talisman had already moved.
The blood-colored light flashed and entered Gu Qing Shan's body.
Gu Qing Shan felt his consciousness becoming blurry, so he used the last bit of time he had to say: "I'll probably need a bit of luck"
Oong — —
The Coin of the Earth gave a powerful response.
[True Luck], activate!
A golden light flew out from the coin, enveloped Gu Qing Shan's entire body, and slowly entered his body.
A second later, the world from extremely far away manifested around Gu Qing Shan and enveloped him.
Gu Qing Shan collapsed to the ground and fainted.
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