Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 398 The Departing Audience and Rosen's Fall

Chapter 397

Rosen looked at the Sky Emperor, who nodded after noticing his gaze.

First, kill the combined Judgment Emperor and the Burning-Eyed Emperor, then kill the Holy Spirit Emperor, and finally determine the victor. This is the new alliance strategy he and the Sky Emperor devised after their previous plan to reap the benefits failed. Now it's time to end the King's Game.

Rosen put away the Star-Shooting Crossbow with some regret; this immortal, divine, and extraordinary artifact was temporarily unusable.

Because it was too powerful and too difficult to refine, and also because there were no suitable crossbow bolts.

As for the Sword Emperor's memories, despite his best efforts to protect them, he only managed to preserve a bunch of fragmented memories.

It requires careful research to uncover the origins of the Star-Shooting Crossbow.

The fusion of the Judgment Emperor and the Burning-Eyed Emperor, with the Judgment Emperor at its core overall.

The Burning Eye Emperor transformed into a vertical pupil that grew between the eyebrows of the Judgment Emperor. Below this eye was a very small mouth, and on either side of the vertical eye were two miniature ears. It looked somewhat deformed and ugly, but the combined power of the two was by no means inferior.

When the Burning-Eyed Emperor realized that the Grail Emperor and the Sky Emperor were approaching at the same time, he had already warned the Judgment Emperor.

Without hesitation, Emperor Judgment returned to the Judgment Empire and the Burning Eye Empire, which were in the process of merging. The two vast empires and two territories spanning millions of miles were not easy to merge perfectly. Upon returning to the Judgment Empire, Emperor Judgment immediately went into hiding.

With two emperors besieging one, there's no longer any need for a king-to-king or general-to-general confrontation.

The Sky Emperor directly unleashed a meteor shower from the void, a meteor shower composed of extraordinary stars.

Rosen instantly transformed into the familiar Sun Dragon God, then became a transcendent star, showering sunlight upon the Judgment Empire and the Burning Eye Empire. However, this sunlight was as black as ink, because he opened the Dark Sun Heavenly Eye located between his eyebrows.

All life exposed to the light of the Dark Sun is gradually corrupted into becoming a companion of the Dark Sun.

In just a short time, both the Judgment Empire and the Burning Eye Empire had suffered heavy casualties.

If a convicted emperor tries to hide, he can at most delay his death.

However, at that moment, Rosen and the Sky Emperor simultaneously stopped and looked towards the depths of the void to the west of the King's Continent.

Because they sensed that the seal previously placed on the Holy Spirit Emperor by multiple emperors working together had disappeared.

Although it was only a matter of time before the Holy Spirit Emperor broke the seal as the emperors who set it up fell one after another, the fact that it was broken so quickly was still beyond expectations, which also meant that the Holy Spirit Emperor was more powerful than they thought.

The Sky Emperor was in a dilemma. He didn't want to face the Holy Spirit Emperor, and he didn't want to face the Holy Spirit Emperor again after killing Rosen.

Rosen was the same, so they all began to focus their efforts on the two empires.

Rosen directly deployed his domain to encompass the Empire of Judgment, and then the Painting World descended, bringing the Horror Paradise to reality.

A bow and arrow also appeared in the Sky Emperor's hand. The moment he drew the bow and nocked the arrow, the sky of the Blazing Empire disappeared, as if the sky had been taken away and transformed into an arrow. Then, it locked onto the Blazing Empire and released the bowstring. This arrow, which had been transformed from the sky, immediately struck the territory of the Blazing Empire.

The moment the arrow struck, the Burning Eye Empire collapsed and shattered into pieces.

The Empire of Judgment fared even worse. Rosen directly used the Original Artwork Sealing Technique, and the Collapsed Domain sealed the Empire of Judgment, which was covered by the domain, inside the Horror Paradise. However, the Emperor of Judgment did not appear until the Empire of Judgment was sealed.

Similarly, the Burning Eye Empire yielded no results; the Sky Emperor destroyed the Burning Eye Empire but failed to find the Judgment Emperor.

It was as if, right under their noses, the Emperor of Judgment had hidden himself and disappeared.

Rosen instantly thought of several possibilities: he had hidden in a secret world similar to a mysterious study, or he had hidden inside a supernatural artifact with its own miniature world, and then conveniently hid in the Horror Park, or he had hidden inside the body of a living being in the Horror Park.

Clearly, the Emperor of Judgment was well aware that showing himself would inevitably lead to his death.

So they hid away at any cost, just to wait for a possible opportunity to turn the tide in the future.

There is no gain without sacrifice. Emperor Juezui relinquished the territories of two empires, as well as his own imperial status and power, so decisively. Emperor Juezui, with such decisiveness, should not be underestimated.

Both Rosen and the Sky Emperor breathed a sigh of relief after quickly resolving the threat posed by the Emperor of Judgment.

If we join forces to kill the Holy Spirit Emperor, the King's Game can reach its final battle.

The Holy Spirit Emperor moved very fast, but instead of approaching, he moved away.

Sensing something was wrong, Rosen and the Sky Emperor gave chase, eventually reaching the very edge of the void world where the King's Game was located. There they saw the Holy Spirit Emperor modifying game data, and through their game privileges, they discovered that the Holy Spirit Emperor was losing his player identity.

Before they could stop the Holy Spirit Emperor from leaving, he had already lost his player identity and exited the King's Game.

Because they left the King's Game, the territory of the Holy Spirit Empire remained.

However, there were no living creatures on it anymore; all the subjects had been moved away by the Holy Spirit Emperor.

Now, the entire Holy Spirit Empire consists only of the backlash of the civilization's embers, the game privileges held by the Holy Spirit Emperor but intercepted by the King's Game, and the eternal game essence that the Holy Spirit Emperor gained from defeating his opponents.

As Rosen scrambled for the things left behind by the Holy Spirit Emperor, he seemed lost in thought, probably because the Holy Spirit Emperor never intended to finish the King's Game smoothly.

While everyone else was concealing their abilities, the Holy Spirit Emperor made no attempt to hide his overwhelming power.

This meant that from the very beginning, the Holy Spirit Emperor was destined to be feared by other emperors.

The Holy Spirit Emperor gave Rosen the feeling that he was more like an audience member at a game of kings.

Now only Rosen and the Sky King remain in the King's Game, but they haven't immediately engaged in a final battle.

Because besides each other, the King's Game still has the biggest threat that hasn't been resolved.

The core area of ​​the King's Continent, a forbidden zone left behind by the Fallen Empire, has always been a major threat.

"How about we take a trip to the Forbidden Zone of Fallen Souls?"

The Sky Emperor proposed this after seizing the last half of the Holy Spirit Capital.

"I am also very interested in the origins of the decadent scholar."

Rosen nodded in agreement.

The two sides were not far apart and soon approached the forbidden zone.

They were both very careful, because if they encountered danger in the forbidden zone, none of them would offer any help; instead, they would seize the opportunity to kick each other when they were down. Therefore, they not only had to guard against the forbidden zone, but also against each other who harbored ulterior motives.

Everyone knows the Fallen Zone is dangerous, so why not win the King's Game before dealing with it?
Rosen is unafraid of the corruption of the forbidden zone of corruption because he has mastered some of the eternal sources of corruption through the Eternal Root.

As for the Sky Emperor, having witnessed the birth of the Fallen Forbidden Zone firsthand on the King's Continent, he certainly understands the Fallen Forbidden Zone better than anyone else.

So the joint exploration of the forbidden zone is a pretense; the truth is that they all want to use the forbidden zone to kill each other.

On the surface, the entire Forbidden Zone appears normal; it's just an imperial ruin filled with desolation.

However, after Rosen stepped into the forbidden zone, three kinds of mindless monsters began to spawn out of thin air around him.

These are fallen scholars, fallen nobles, and fallen relatives, all of whom seem to have been transformed from former subjects of the fallen empire.

Rosen quietly observed the Sky Emperor, who was already casually killing the corrupted monsters that had spawned nearby.

Even the strongest corrupted monsters are nothing more than gods, posing no threat to them.

However, just to be on the safe side, Rosen still released the Cataclysmic Apostles to deal with these corrupted monsters.

The Scourge Apostle, accompanied by numerous Shadow Demons of Calamity, slaughtered all the approaching corrupted monsters.

The fallen monsters that died would disappear, with no loot or experience points. Rosen could only feel a trace of the eternal corrupting essence falling on him, while the Scourge Apostles and Shadow Demons of Calamity that he had personally hunted yielded no results.

Rosen tried to control the tiny amount of eternally corrupting energy falling on him, but found it was completely uncontrollable.

The eternal corrupt sources he previously controlled through the Eternal Roots were all unowned sources, but all of these in the Corrupt Empire had owners, and there was an immortal will among them. Only by washing away these immortal wills could he control these eternal corrupt sources.

Rosen tested it out; the Eternal Holy Light could incinerate this immortal will. He then took the initiative, frantically slaughtering the corrupted monsters that spawned around him as he ventured deeper into the Corrupted Forbidden Zone.

In contrast, the Sky Emperor had already quietly retreated from the Forbidden Zone of Fallen Kingdoms.

The fallen monsters that the Sky Emperor had casually cleared out earlier suddenly reappeared out of thin air and gathered at the edge of the Fallen Forbidden Zone after He left. It was clear that He had not killed a single fallen monster after entering the Fallen Forbidden Zone.

What appears to be a kill is actually trapping the corrupted monster, creating an illusion that is difficult to distinguish from the real one to disguise as a kill.

The Sky Emperor watched Rosen's departing figure with a mocking smile. He only needed to wait for Rosen to die in the Forbidden Zone to win the King's Game.

At this point, Rosen had completely ignored the Sky Emperor and was focusing all his efforts on hunting down the fallen monsters.

Slaughtering these monsters gave him an unprecedented sense of satisfaction and pleasure.

Rosen did not think there was anything wrong with him, because his divine origin had not been affected by the corruption, nor had his body. The clone sitting inside the mysterious study in his sea of ​​consciousness also did not think that the main body was currently experiencing any abnormality.

In this way, Rosen quickly fought his way through half of the Forbidden Zone of Fallen Kingdoms and arrived at the former capital of the Fallen Empire.

New corrupt monsters have appeared here; there are at least a thousand corrupt kings in the capital.

Rosen stormed into the city and began eliminating these fallen kings, who possessed the power of true gods, one by one from the outer perimeter.

He discovered that hunting these fallen kings would not only grant him the eternal source of corruption, but also strengthen his own kingly lineage and enhance his control over the game of kings. Soon, the Sky Emperor would be at his mercy.

Six months later, Rosen slaughtered the last group of fallen kings who had gathered outside the palace in the Fallen Empire.

Upon entering the palace, Rosen discovered the last corrupted monster, the Fallen Emperor.

The man before you may well be the emperor of a once-fallen empire.

Rosen could sense that the source of eternal depravity was within the Fallen Emperor.

He can obtain a second Eternal Origin Seed by killing the Fallen Emperor.

After Rosen expanded his domain, he used the Art World Descent to bring the Horror Paradise to the Fallen Palace.

The Horror Park still seals away the Empire of Judgment and the Emperor of Judgment. It's a good opportunity to have the Fallen Emperor help him get rid of the Emperor of Judgment, while he waits outside to ambush him. After successfully luring the Fallen Emperor into the Horror Park, no more Fallen monsters have spawned in the Fallen Forbidden Zone.

Rosen sat on the throne of the fallen emperor and found the palace pleasing to the eye no matter how he looked at it.

He immediately transferred a group of maids from the Glorious Kingdom, and summoned Alicia, Li Shiqing, and Farah from the Ancient God Realm. Ignoring Li Shiqing's struggles and dissatisfaction, he began to enjoy himself to the fullest in the palace, embracing them on both sides.

Li Shiqing bit her lip; after all, she grew up in modern society.

Although that period of life was short, it had a huge impact on the rest of my life.

Extraordinary world powers should possess more, and she knew that Rosen was not a person who was devoted to one person.

Over time, she stopped expecting Rosen to be faithful. Her only insistence was that there should be no third person present when they were alone together.

Over the years, Rosen never forced her to do anything, and they often just went sightseeing together.

But today, our world of two has been expanded to include more than a third person; we can hardly count them on both hands.

There was grievance and pain in my heart, but also a little bit of unspeakable pleasure.

While Rosen was enjoying himself in the Fallen Palace, inside the Horror Park, the Fallen Emperor had already destroyed the Empire of Judgment and the King's Amusement Park. With nowhere to hide, the Empire of Judgment was forced to confront the Fallen Emperor.

Both were emperors, but the Emperor of Judgment possessed the power equivalent to at least four emperors.

The Fallen Emperor was not at all at a disadvantage, and the battle between the two forces tore the miraculous painting of Horror Paradise apart.

The two emperors who escaped from Horror Paradise did not fall into the Fallen Palace, because the painting Horror Paradise existed in Rosen's sea of ​​consciousness, and his sea of ​​consciousness was merged with the Mysterious Study, so the two emperors continued to fight in Rosen's sea of ​​consciousness.

Instead of being worried, Rosen projected the scene in his mind onto the outside world and enjoyed it with Farah and the others.

They completely disregarded the two emperors, simply isolating and hiding the important items in the mysterious study.

Thus, the two emperors fought to the bitter end, both severely wounded, and were utterly unable to withstand the judgment brought by Rosen, who gathered all the power of the Immortal Empire and the Glorious Kingdom with the Fallen Holy Sword. The moment the two emperors fell, he unsurprisingly gained enormous benefits.

First, there is the flame of civilization from the Empire of Judgment and the Empire of Depravity; second, there are the three emperors: Judgment, Burning Eyes, and Depravity.

Then there were various intact but incomplete extraordinary artifacts, a considerable number of miraculous treasures, and finally, the most precious source seed of eternal depravity. The moment he successfully mastered the source seed, he completely mastered the forbidden zone of depravity.

As Rosen thought of the Sky Emperor, he looked at the many beautiful wives of all ranks in the palace.

There's no need to choose at all; just let the Sky Emperor wait outside like an idiot.

He was enjoying fine wine, delicious food, singing and dancing, and beautiful women by his side. None of these things were as interesting as the life-and-death battle he had with the Sky Emperor outside. Now that he thought about it, his past arduous cultivation, which involved accelerating time by thousands of years, was truly an inhuman life.

While Rosen was indulging in pleasure at the Fallen Palace, the Sky Emperor was getting restless outside the Fallen Forbidden Zone.

The fact that no battle between emperors actually broke out indicates that the Fallen Emperor was directly trapped by the Grail Emperor.

The Fallen Emperor couldn't even break free from his confinement; he's probably already dead at the hands of the Grail Emperor.

This is not surprising, as the Holy Grail Emperor has not yet escaped the forbidden zone of corruption.

For the King's Game, the forbidden zone is a bug, and even more so, an error that cannot be corrected and can only be left unchecked.

As players remain in the Forbidden Zone for an extended period, their connection to the King's Game will gradually weaken.

The Sky Emperor originally thought that he didn't need to do anything at all; he could simply wait for the connection between the King's Game and the Holy Grail Emperor to break, and he would automatically become the winner of the King's Game. However, as time went by, the connection between the Holy Grail Emperor and the King's Game did not weaken at all.

Even though He holds the King's Card, which is equivalent to a VIP player, the King's Game shouldn't be so closely tied to Him.

The Sky Emperor's judgment was correct; VIP players who remain in the Fallen Forbidden Zone for an extended period will lose their player status.

But Rosen was different. Relying on the Eternal Root, he permanently separated a part of the King's Game and built a small King's Continent and a small King's Game within his Ancient God Mind. Even the King's Game outside could not take this part back from Rosen.

Unless the Lesser King Game within the Ancient God's Mind is destroyed, the bond between Rosen and the Greater King Game is now inseparable.

Even if the Sky Emperor wanted to completely win the King's Game and obtain all of the King's Game, simply killing Rosen and winning the King's Game wouldn't be enough. He also needed to take back the power contained in the Lesser King's Game and the Lesser King's Continent within Rosen's Ancient God Heart to the Greater King's Game.

The Sky Emperor could no longer wait and reluctantly sneaked into the Forbidden Zone of Fallen Kingdoms.

Rosen had completely taken control of the Fallen Forbidden Zone and immediately detected the Sky Emperor's infiltration.

However, instead of launching an attack, he subtly moved the entire Fallen Imperial Capital into the Horror Paradise and then into the Mysterious Study.

The Fallen Imperial City seamlessly integrated into the Horror Paradise, which not only restored the Horror Paradise but also allowed Rosen to enjoy himself without having to fight to the death with the Sky Emperor. Rosen did this without even considering his instincts.

The Sky Emperor couldn't find the Grail Emperor no matter how hard he searched, confirming that the Grail Emperor had completely fallen.

Depravity is a terrifying force because its essence never originates from the outside world, but from one's true self. True depravity is the complete removal of all self-imposed constraints, thereby abandoning all moral responsibilities and living entirely for oneself.

Therefore, eternal depravity is not a negative or harmful force.

Instead, it helps a life break free from the constraints of morality and responsibility, allowing it to fully reveal the positive power of its true self.

So no matter how much you guard against it, once you hunt down corrupted monsters, there's little chance of turning back.

The Sky Emperor thought the Grail Emperor was doomed, but even after fully unleashing his power, the Grail Emperor was still able to hide and remain undetected. If he didn't come out for tens of thousands of years, the Sky Emperor felt like he was going crazy.

The Heavenly Emperor had to be forced out, so he began to consider all the means at his disposal.

Even if the Holy Grail Emperor cannot be found, there are still ways to harm him.

If the Grail Emperor can be forced to reveal himself, the Grail Emperor, who has completely fallen and lost his ambition, will surely die at His hands.

(End of this chapter)