Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 248 Time Exile and the Cruelty of War

Chapter 247

As soon as Rosen put down his brush on the time-predicting painting, he already knew that this time he had finally succeeded.

Sure enough, the closer to the predicted time, the higher the chance of the prediction being successful.

Looking at the Abyss Shadow in the painting, cut in two by a single stroke, it's easy to see that the Abyss Shadow's surprise attack tomorrow will fail.

However, something was wrong. With the power of perfect riding, he was able to share his power with the Shadow of the Abyss.

This naturally includes the enhanced stealth of the Wolf Totem, so theoretically the Abyss Shadow's sneak attack could not have failed. However, the Abyss Shadow in the painting was indeed cut in two the moment the main cannon was fired. Could it be that a Sequence 0 deity intervened on the side of the demi-humans?

However, as far as he knew, the regional military command should have a way to delay the gods on the demi-human side.

If the gods were to intervene, how could the mere Shadow of the Abyss possibly resolve the special wormhole?

Rosen continued tirelessly drawing time-predicting pictures, becoming more detailed the closer it got to tomorrow.

On average, it takes half an hour to finish one set of medicine. Before we knew it, there were less than two hours left until the agreed time for the next day.

Looking at the latest time-predicting painting, Rosen finally figured out how the enemy had discovered the Shadow of the Abyss.

Because from beginning to end, the strike that severed the Shadow of the Abyss actually came from within.

The Sequence 2 sent by the World Government to guard against him actually betrayed him at a crucial moment.
We have two hours left to catch this person.

Inside the Abyss Shadow command center, Hannes is making final preparations with all his might.

Through the Mind Warfare Network, he taught all the Shadow Fiends the war skills he had mastered in less than a month. With the combined power of the war skills of 100,000 Shadow Fiends, the Abyss Shadow's main cannon was enough to completely destroy the special wormhole.

Although the main gun was to be destroyed afterward, it was insignificant compared to the gains.

"Look at this painting."

Rosen teleported to the command center and handed the time prediction diagram to Hannes.

Upon seeing the content of the painting, Hannes' first reaction was that it was a forged prophetic painting.

The reason is simple: he knows who the second-in-command infiltrating the logistics unit is.

That was the guardian assigned to him by the regional military command, who was also responsible for leading the Shadow of the Abyss away after the surprise attack.

Finally, he was also responsible for keeping an eye on Rosen, since Rosen was not a direct subordinate trained by the regional military headquarters.

Unreserved trust in an outsider like Rosen is only possible if the regional military command is out of their mind.

In this situation, Hannes' first reaction was naturally to prioritize trusting his own people over Rosen.

But then I thought, what was Rosen's motive for framing the Divisional Military Department's Sequence 2?
If Rosen wasn't on the side of the humans, then he had sided with the alien races. With Rosen's terrifying ability to hide, he could have simply led the Shadow of the Abyss through the demi-human defenses into their territory, and then the demi-human gods could have taken down the Shadow of the Abyss.

There's no need to frame or betray humanity at this time.

Be aware that betraying humanity will stagnate one's advancement in the nobility.

But then I thought again, there was no reason for Rosen to betray us at this time, but could it be that the Sequence 2 trained by the Divisional Military Headquarters had a reason?
There's definitely something wrong with one of them, but Hannes can't tell right now.

Looking at Hannes, who was covered in sweat, Rosen knew without a doubt that he must be very conflicted.

"You can take a look at this."

As he spoke, Rosen took out a lucky love lock and handed it to Hannes.

Hannes took the Lucky Love Lock and, with Rosen's help, spiritually sensed the attributes of this Sequence 1 Miracle Treasure.

Rosen retrieved the Lucky Love Lock and took out a contract to sign with Hannes.

Although it wasn't a permanent union, but just an ordinary contract, under the witness of the Lucky Heart Lock, breaking the contract would still result in the price of having one's luck permanently reset. At this point, Hannes didn't hesitate any longer and told everything he knew about Sequence 2.

Yaser Aji, a Holy Dragon Knight of Sequence 2.

Possessing the strength of a demigod of the same level, he once escaped from being pursued by a Sequence 1.

Furthermore, the Holy Dragon Knights are most skilled in defense and resurrection, enabling them to escape with the Shadow of the Abyss after a surprise attack. That's why they were dispatched by the regional military headquarters. It's simply impossible to eliminate Asel silently in just two hours.

Besides, dealing with Yaser isn't the key; the key is how to complete the task on time in two hours.

The Shadow of the Abyss is inherently fragile, and its defenses, both inside and out, are even weaker.

If you are not careful when capturing Yaser, the entire Shadow of the Abyss will be dismembered from the inside.

When they face the powerful demi-humans outside, they might not even be able to deal with Asel before the two of them are captured by the demi-humans.

"We don't necessarily have to kill Yaser; trapping him for now will suffice."

Rosen offered his suggestion.

"You can do it?"

Hannes asked in surprise.

"You can try it!"

Rosen said with certainty.

Time ticked by, and only one minute remained until the agreed-upon time.

Hannes cleared his mind of all distractions and focused all his energy on unleashing the war skill Darkest Star.

At this moment, Rosen had already arrived behind Asel using the Void Shadow Cloak enhanced by the Wolf Totem.

With five seconds left on the countdown, Rosen instantly unleashed his World Domain, trapping Asel within it. Asel, who was preparing to destroy the Shadow of the Abyss with a powerful strike, realized he had been exposed. He then swung his sword, already imbued with divine battle aura, towards the World Domain.

However, even with Yaser's full-force attack, the multiple overlapping world domains were difficult to break through in one go.

Rosen seized the opportunity and at that moment escaped into one of his own time domains.

Not all time realms contain the remnants of lost civilizations. Some time realms transformed by historical imprints not only lack the remnants of civilizations, but also contain only endless destructive power.

Because historical imprints originate from lost history, but lost history records more than just the history of lost civilizations during their lifetime.

It is also possible that it records the history of a brief period after the lost civilization had been destroyed.

Those who record history may simply be the last survivors of a lost civilization on its deathbed.

Such historical imprints are rare, but Rosen has still managed to discover a few after analyzing thousands of lost civilizations.

The force capable of completely destroying a civilization must be an extremely terrifying one.

Therefore, his divine domain cannot remain in these time territories transformed from historical imprints for long periods. Rosen's main purpose in transforming these time territories is to deal with powerful enemies that are difficult to deal with, and then, when necessary, he can directly exile people to these time territories.

Yaser's second strike tore through the world's boundaries, as he unleashed the divine dragon, amplified by the power of his mount.

However, what lay outside was not the divine realm one had imagined, but rather a vast expanse of ruins shrouded in billowing white mist.

The ruins were filled with the corpses of an unknown life form that looked like humanoid beetles. The air was filled with a blue powder that fell on Asel's Holy Aura Armor, causing the Holy Aura to be visibly corroded and dissolved.

Rosen ignored Acer's perilous situation and instead left the realm of time to return to reality.

There were still two seconds left in the five-second countdown.

Rosen instantly broke free from the Void Realm, took out the Knight's Reins, and released the Shadow of the Abyss from the Void Stable.

The true form of the Abyss Shadow was still hiding in the shadows through dimensional shadow escape, leaving only the ten-meter-long shadow outside. At this moment, the main cannon barrel in front of the shadow was fully charged and ready to unleash the Abyss Shadow Cannon Strike enhanced by the war skill Dark Star Flash at any time.

With one second remaining in the countdown, three violent energy fluctuations suddenly erupted within a ten-mile radius of the special wormhole.

To the left of the special wormhole, a Sequence 3 wizard tower suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

The moment it appeared, it released a void flare powerful enough to tear everything apart.

The entire gate-shaped structure outside the special wormhole, made of flesh and blood, was torn apart in an instant by a space collapse resembling a flare.

Immediately to the right of the special wormhole, an assassin who seemed to have stepped out from the depths of time appeared.

The assassin was incredibly fast, instantly killing the five Sequence 3 demi-humans who rushed out to intercept him from around the special wormhole. Then, instead of weakening, the assassin appeared even stronger before a Sequence 2 demi-human and beheaded him with a single stroke.

However, the assassin's speed finally slowed down, and instead of continuing the attack, he fled with the wizard who had put away the wizard tower.

At this moment, the last Sequence 3 cosmologist who appeared on the back of the special wormhole made his move, unfolding a spatial domain that covered an area of ​​hundreds of miles. Within the spatial domain, a small, burning star released all its energy in an instant.

Endless light and heat incinerated everything except the special wormhole and the deliberately avoided shadow of the abyss.

At that moment, the main cannon of the Abyss Shadow also successfully fired the Abyss Shadow Cannon, which successfully hit the special wormhole. This special wormhole, constructed from multiple Sequence 1s, was dragged into the Abyss World by the power of the Abyss Shadow.

Completely destroying a special wormhole would require the intervention of three to five Sequence 1s. Therefore, the primary role of the Shadow of the Abyss is not destruction, but rather to transport the special wormhole to the Abyss World.

At that time, not only will the threat to the regional military headquarters be eliminated, but it may even force the demi-humans and the abyss plane to engage in a local war. At that time, in order to prevent the abyss demons from launching a large-scale invasion of the demi-human continent, the demi-humans will likely consume the Creation Star Tears that they have painstakingly obtained.

Otherwise, even if a special wormhole is destroyed once, the demi-humans have a way to construct a new one.

Rosen put away the Shadow of the Abyss and prepared to run away like the others.

Two Sequence 2s have their eyes on the fleeing wizard and assassin, while the cosmologist is being personally targeted by a Sequence 1.

On the contrary, Rosen did not encounter any interception until he escaped the battlefield through data transmission.

Ever since he learned that Asel was problematic, Rosen knew that this was a trap set by the demi-humans for humanity.

Humans want to destroy special wormholes, and demi-humans also want to kill a few powerful humans.

However, the forces that humanity dispatched this time all exceeded expectations.

A wizard who wields the power of space, an assassin who wields the forbidden level of the power of time, a cosmologist who wields the power of space and the power of stars, and finally, a Rank 4 divine lord who silently defeated Yaser.

Too many unexpected events caused the demi-human's trap to fail miserably.

After breaking away from the demi-human defense line, Hannes immediately contacted the district military headquarters to explain the situation.

Then the regional military command directly ordered the Shadow of the Abyss to do its best to rescue the cosmologists who could not escape in time.

Of course, this is not a mandatory mission; if the cosmologist can be rescued, the knight's reins can be given as a reward.

Without saying a word, Rosen used data transmission to turn around and return to the demi-human's defensive line.

The wizard and assassin had vanished, but the cosmologist was now being beaten to death by the Sequence 1 demi-human. The demi-humans had misjudged the power invested by the humans, and the regional military command had also misjudged the capabilities of this Sequence 1 demi-human.

This Sequence 1 demi-human possesses an unknown extraordinary bloodline and terrifying spatial power.

Therefore, the cosmologists who should have torn through space to escape were instead crushed head-on by a stronger spatial authority.

If Rosen had arrived a dozen seconds later, this cosmologist would have been torn to shreds.

Rosen instantly activated the Eye of the Void, locking onto the spatial coordinates behind the cosmologist's head. He then created a wormhole the size of an eye behind the cosmologist's head. The World Domain enveloped the cosmologist through the wormhole and rescued him directly through it.

At this moment, data transmission began simultaneously, and Rosen and the cosmologists made their escape.

No sooner had Rosen fled than three somewhat disheveled Sequence 1s appeared in the demi-human defense line.

However, it was all too late; the special wormhole that had pulled the Shadow of the Abyss into the Abyss Plane was irreversible.

It wasn't until several days after Rosen returned to the human defense lines that he learned the full details of the operation.

While the human side launched a surprise attack on the special wormhole from four directions, they also hired several alien gods and a large number of Sequence 1s to intercept the powerful demi-humans. With the cooperation of the cosmologist and the Shadow of the Abyss, they successfully resolved the threat of the Tear of Creation.

However, the military district paid a heavy price; alien gods are not so easy to hire.

Moreover, hiring alien deities to participate in the battlefield on the demi-human rear line, while not completely breaking the treaty, still violated its contents and suffered some backlash. As a result, the demi-humans retaliated by hiring several alien deities to attack the mechanical Great Wall at the front line.

In just a few days, two-thirds of the mechanical Great Wall was demolished, resulting in numerous casualties.

While the regional military headquarters held its ground, not even a single Sequence 0 soldier appeared to participate in the battle.

The fact that he never fought back while being attacked was clearly an explanation from the regional military command to the demi-humans.

However, those survivors who managed to live on the mechanical Great Wall were chilled by the cold-bloodedness of the regional military command.

It's likely that this military district will have a hard time recruiting soldiers for many years to come.

However, now that the regional military command and the demi-humans are both severely weakened, it will be difficult for a large-scale war to break out for at least another hundred years.

"Are you really going?"

Hannes looked at Rosen with disappointment and asked.

"My goal has been achieved."

Rosen fiddled with the Sequence 2 Glory Badge he had received as a reward for his merits.

"Alright! The regional military headquarters wants to buy your 100,000 Shadow Demon troops."

Hannes sighed and said.

"As expected, what price can they offer?"

Rosen asked without the slightest surprise.

"Take a look for yourself. These are the things the regional military headquarters can provide. Pick one item. If you don't like any of them, then we can discuss it further."

As he spoke, Hannes handed Rosen a tactical quantum computer.

Rosen took the tactical light brain and examined it one by one on the light screen. The regional military headquarters really had a lot of good stuff. Although the highest level was only Sequence 2, they were all rare and good items. As he looked at them, his heart raced for a moment, which was hard to control.

After feigning hesitation for a while, he finally chose 100,000 Shadow Demons as his trade item.

Soon, a spirit messenger delivered the items to Hannes. After Rosen transferred control of all the Shadow Demons to Hannes, he also received the compensation from the district military headquarters as he wished. Both sides were happy and parted ways peacefully.

Before Rosen arrived at the front lines, he was very excited about the place.

But after arriving, I truly realized how brutal the battlefield was.

Human life is the least valuable thing here. During the days when the Mechanical Great Wall was ravaged by alien gods, all the superhumans who died on the Mechanical Great Wall were expendable pawns. But here, no one can criticize the actions of the regional military command.

As long as the Creation Star Tear problem is successfully resolved, these casualties will always outweigh the losses for the regional military command.

In war, people always die; as long as it's not them who die, it's fine.

Having secured the benefits, Rosen didn't want to stay on the front lines for even a second longer.

The Glory Empire, the closest to the front lines, is the only human nation on the one-third of the demi-human continent that humans have occupied.

Rosen chose to come to the front lines of the Demi-human continent to earn Glory Badges, partly because he was interested in the special products of the Glory Empire.

The Glory Empire places great importance on honor, and its official brainwashing capabilities are extremely strong. The entire nation considers the front line the greatest honor, and more than 70% of the troops in the regional military headquarters come from the Glory Empire. This is the confidence that allows the regional military headquarters to use foreign superhumans as expendable pawns to quell the anger of the demi-humans.

Because the Glory Empire places great importance on glory, the strength of the Glory Empire's Glory Laws has been significantly enhanced.

Elevating your Blood Seal of Glory here will increase your chances of obtaining powerful traits.

Rosen arrived in the capital of the Glory Empire and slipped into a mysterious study, placing the Glory Badge of Sequence 2 on the coffee table.

Instead, he picked up the compensation from the regional military command, a Sequence 3 Miracle Treasure.

Transformation Badge: Miracle Treasure

[Level: Sequence 3]

[Miracle Attribute: Grants a pet the ability to transform twice]

[Miracle Traits: Mutant Growth, Unique in Heaven and Earth, Eternal and Undying]

For hunters, this Sequence 3 Miracle Treasure is an extremely valuable treasure.

Of course, not all hunters need this. Hunters who have reached Sequence 1 no longer need this transformation badge, because neither the Miracle Attribute nor the Miracle Trait can affect a single Sequence 2 pet at most.

Otherwise, the regional military command wouldn't have been willing to trade such a valuable item for 100,000 Shadow Demons.

Without hesitation, Rosen refined the Transformation Badge and then gave this miraculous treasure to his self-portrait clone. He had initially contracted the self-portrait clone as a pet and gained many benefits in the early stages, but as his strength continued to grow, the self-portrait clone's usefulness diminished.

Comparatively speaking, the divine avatar who possesses the bloodline of the bronze dragon and also serves as a historian is far superior to the first self-portrait avatar.

However, with this transformation badge, his first self-portrait clone will soon become even stronger.

The so-called second transformation is essentially the ability to fuse with a new extraordinary bloodline.

Then, the Miracle Trait Mutation Growth allows the two extraordinary bloodlines within a pet to fuse and mutate, eventually growing into a stronger extraordinary bloodline. At the very least, this will allow the pet to gain the growth potential of Sequence 2.

Otherwise, the first self-portrait clone has limited potential, and Sequence 4 is already the upper limit of this clone's growth.

The second self-portrait clone drawn in Sequence 3 is a replacement for the first self-portrait clone. Usually, after the first self-portrait clone is eliminated, it will reside in the Void Gallery as a tool clone for drawing paintings in the Spirit Realm.

Now that there's an opportunity for continued growth, Rosen certainly won't miss it.

With the world gene pool and unit nests available, it's only a matter of time before we need as many Shadow Fiends as we want.

(End of this chapter)