You sneaked into my simulation world and started spamming the panel?

She sensed the presence of magic.

However, this magic was not released by Lotte; it contained enormous magical power and could only have come from within the city of Ridria.

Isolde's gaze swept across the fields and landed on the distant Tree of Lydria.

The Tree of Lydria has locked onto Isolde.

Chapter 69 Parting the Fog

The Tree of Lydria opened its eyes, locked onto Isolde, and then slowly closed them again.

The unsettling, immense magical power appeared for a fleeting moment before vanishing.

Isolde didn't understand what this meant, but she didn't choose to leave.

If the tree spirit in front of her is bait, she can eat it, figure out what it's up to, and then retaliate against it in the next life.

Lotte, standing on the hillside, noticed that Isolde had sped up, as if she had sensed something.

Lotte summoned Mia in an attempt to sense if any enemies were nearby.

Komiya searched for several minutes but found no trace of the enemy.

Lotte rubbed its head while observing the surroundings.

"Heh!"

Mia suddenly cried out, jumped in front of Lotte, and bared her teeth at something not far away.

Lotte picked up Mia and hid her behind him. He squinted and focused his senses, discovering a figure that appeared out of thin air not far from him.

How could Mia not notice the other person at such a close distance?

Lotte dispelled the spell to prevent Mia from being discovered. He drew his sword and stared at the approaching figure in the distance.

"Whoosh!"

The leaves rubbed against the man's clothes as he drew closer, and his figure gradually became clearer.

By the moonlight, Lotte saw that the other party was a slender elf with long ears and wearing a monocle.

"You spotted me?"

The elf put one hand on his hip, looked at Lot, and said in a relaxed tone, "It's not bad that humans can do this much."

The elves spoke the human language, which Lot understood perfectly this time.

"Let me introduce myself. I am Derek, the [Ridrielian Catastrophe]. You can go and inform your master, but I don't think it will be of much use. By the time you get to her, it will already be over."

Why?

Derek snapped his fingers and looked up. "Look at the sky."

Apart from the bursts of light from Isolde's swordsmanship, everything in the night sky was no different from usual.

The sky was filled with twinkling stars, and a shooting star streaked across the horizon; everything was very peaceful.

meteor?

Lotte's gaze fell on the shooting star, which seemed strangely familiar.

The meteor, trailing a long purple tail, hurtled toward Lot at a visible speed, like an arrow from the gods.

This is the long-range magic he witnessed in reality as the elves defeating the Titans!

"Did you see that shooting star?" Derek said unhurriedly. "It's the most powerful natural disaster from the center of the territory, a gift to you on your first visit to the Elven lands. His long-range magic can traverse three empires within five minutes, precisely landing at the location locked by the Tree of Lydria."

"So far?"

“Yes, it will probably take you more than a month to reach his location.” Derek also looked up at the sky. “It’s beautiful, isn’t it? This is ninth-ring transcendental magic, originating from the primordial elves. You humans cannot master this kind of magic.”

Lotte stared at the magic in the sky, a sense of excitement rising within him.

If one could learn this skill in the real world using the [World Sage], then the entire empire would be within one's attack range.

Lotte asked curiously, "How powerful is it?"

"Destroying the city of Ridria is no problem. As for your Isolde, I'll probably only be able to severely injure her."

"Isolde is that strong?"

“She’s a human calamity who absorbed Callistos’ life force.” Derek adjusted his glasses. “How come you’re not nervous at all?”

The unusual appearance of the shooting star in the sky was now very obvious, and Lotte believed that Isolde had also seen it.

But Isolde continued to fight the dryad, and Lot understood Isolde's intentions.

Lott asked, "Can I escape this magic?"

"No. If you and Isolde don't escape in time after being locked on by the Tree of Lydia, neither of you will be able to escape the explosion's range. It's too late to escape now."

"Then what am I nervous about?"

In the next life, Isolde will stab you to death, one cut at a time.

Lott continued, "So you're waiting to severely injure Isolde with long-range magic before dealing with her?"

"Exactly."

"Then you shouldn't be in a hurry, right?" Lott looked down at Isolde, sensing that she was about to finish up. "Let Isolde finish the fight."

“I don’t care. Even if Isolde has magical damage reduction talent, she can’t withstand this ninth-ring super-tier magic.” Derek shrugged. “But you really disappoint me. You didn’t even put up a fight in the face of death. I was hoping to use you to provoke Isolde.”

Derek looked down at Isolde and couldn't help but sigh, "What a beautiful way to fight! If she were an elf, I would be proud of her. It's a pity she's a lowly human. No matter how strong a lower race is, the blood in their veins is filthy. To deal with someone like that, you have to pluck her petals one by one and tear her apart bit by bit."

“We humans have a Mage Association. You could work with them.”

Derek smiled but didn't respond. Instead, he watched the shooting star gradually approaching in the sky.

The darkness had been completely driven away, and the entire sky was covered by this giant meteor.

A colossal, overwhelming object descended from the sky, its weight causing Lotte to sink into the mud.

Under the blinding light, Lotte could no longer open his eyes.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Isolde kill the dryad and rush toward him.

But it was too late.

The giant meteor crashed into the ground, and the blast of air sent Lotte flying, slamming him heavily into a tree.

Immediately following was an attack of high temperature and extreme pressure, and Lotte's ears rang instantly, and he could hear nothing at all.

A giant mushroom cloud rose from the ground, several times the size of the Tree of Ridley.

In the distant city of Ridria, all the windows were shattered, and people walking in the streets were knocked to the ground by the shockwave of this long-range magic.

Derek crossed his arms, bracing himself against the inferno at the epicenter of the explosion.

Whether it's flames or air currents, they will automatically dodge when they encounter him, creating an absolutely safe vacuum zone in front of him.

Lotte didn't know how much time had passed, but finally he could hear the crackling sound of nearby flames burning again.

【They're still alive】Activated.

Lott took out two bottles of life-restoring potion and drank them, feeling as refreshed as if he had drunk a bottle of Chloris's honey mint liqueur.

However, his vitality has not fully recovered.

Lotte slowly sat up, let out a long sigh, and looked around.

The forest within a radius of several hundred meters was leveled, leaving a huge crater hundreds of meters deep in the center of the forest clearing at the foot of the mountain.

Lotte didn't see Isolde, but since the deduced world hadn't ended, it meant that Isolde wasn't dead yet.

Derek was quite surprised to see that Lott was still able to move.

"You're still alive?"

"Lord Isolde also gave me some of the dragon's life force, so I am now a calamity as well."

Derek frowned slightly, unable to tell whether Lott's words were a joke or the truth.

Lotte was still having some difficulty standing up. He had originally wanted to buy Isolde some time to recover, but now it seemed that was impossible.

Derek's magic circle was now complete, and Lotte was no match for his magic.

However, Lott felt that this life was not a loss.

Isolde was given the gift of knowing the traps set by the other party, and in her next life, Isolde can use this knowledge to her advantage.

In the next life, the tree spirit will be reborn, and Lotte will have the chance to steal the talent.

Lotte took off the necklace hanging around her neck and looked at it in the moonlight.

Before he died, he wanted to try something crazy. If it worked, the next simulation would be much easier.

This is near the Tree of Lydria, where the concentration of magic is several times higher than in the border regions.

He forcefully flung the necklace away, freeing himself from its protective range, and the magic instantly seeped into his human skin.

Lotte's body visibly began to swell, and he barely mustered his willpower to open his control panel.

【精神：22→42→62→102→200→500】

……

Derek walked over curiously and picked up the necklace that Lott had thrown out.

Why is this chain in the hands of a human?

A soft sound came from behind him. Derek turned around and saw a white-haired girl standing in the moonlight.

Isolde, her face grim, held her sword in one hand and pointed it at Derek.

In her view, Derek removed Lott's necklace and killed Lott in this mocking way.

Derek paused for a moment, realizing he had been misunderstood.

He adjusted his glasses, slowly stood up, and smiled: "Are you angry? This necklace wasn't a gift from you, was it?"

Derek walked over to Lott, saying casually as he went, "I protected him and prevented him from dying in the explosion of the long-range magic. I originally wanted to reunite the two of you, but unfortunately... he wasn't settled."

Derek feigned a sigh, continuing his attempt to provoke Isolde. "He launched a frenzied attack on me, trying to buy you time, just so you could recover a little longer. And I just lightly ripped off his necklace, and he couldn't hold on. Why are humans so fragile?"

Derek grinned at Isolde: "He was such a loyal soldier, wasn't he? He was thinking of you even before he died, maybe he even had a crush on you. But what about you? Where were you? Why couldn't you save him?"

Chapter 70 I will wait for you in the next reincarnation

By the moonlight, Derek carefully observed the changes in Isolde's expression, trying to find even a trace of anger on her face.

But Isolde's face remained expressionless, her icy blue eyes calmly watching him.

Derek wondered if he had misjudged the situation. Perhaps the humans who had entered the elven realm with Isolde were not important to her?

Derek sighed and said softly, "This is no fun... Just killing people is too boring."

As soon as he finished speaking, Derek sensed a murderous intent coming from behind him.

He didn't even have time to turn around before he activated his magic, creating a flowing, dark green light screen behind him.

"when!"

Derek, crouching on the ground, stared in disbelief at the cracks appearing on the screen, his pupils suddenly contracting with tension.

He hadn't expected that the heavily injured Isolde would almost shatter his prized shield with a single sword strike.

With a flick of his wrist, Isolde gripped the hilt of his sword with both hands, pulled it behind him, and lowered his left shoulder to begin gathering power.

The tip of the sword was just below her calm face, and it began to tremble slightly as the sword technique was activated.

Her white hair fluttered in the wind, obscuring her face, leaving only her eyes fixed intently on Derek.

"Buzz!"

The longsword in Isolde's hand was not fast, but the force it carried bent the surrounding space, and the silver moonlight was even noticeably refracted when it passed through it.

Derek, crouching on the ground, felt an earthquake-like tremor. He cast his spell again, and three new magical shields appeared one by one in front of Isolde's sword, attempting to block the powerful blow.

But nothing can stop Isolde.

The sword tip tore through the shield the moment it touched it, and the first layer of the shield instantly turned into particles of light.

The second, third, and already damaged fourth layers disappeared one after another with a crisp cracking sound as Isolde's sword plunged directly into Derek's left shoulder, pinning him to the ground.