What witch? The Deadly Pharmacist!

A moment later, he vaguely heard footsteps, and then Fred rushed through the dark tunnel and entered the underground space.

Leon then realized that Fred wasn't already behind him when the save file started loading; she had only just arrived at this point.

Queen Alice, now in her dragon form, reappeared from the Fountain of Youth, her dragon might surging forth.

"You ultimately did something you shouldn't have done; this is a power you absolutely cannot touch!"

She said the exact same words as before, which relieved Leon somewhat. His repeated rehearsals of the future seemed to have no effect on the memories of the other parties involved.

This means that the future will unfold exactly as predicted by the Blessing of Astartes, without the slightest deviation.

In that case, as long as he finds a way to win and can replicate it perfectly, he will definitely achieve victory!

So this time he didn't treat the conversation as an unnecessary option, but instead took the initiative to respond to Queen Alice's words: "Your Majesty, you look radiant."

"Shut up!" Queen Alice narrowed her eyes, her gaze filled with not much indignation, but only vigilance.

Her gaze quickly fell on the seemingly ordinary chain ball that Leon was dragging in his hand, and her instincts were telling her that it was dangerous.

"You want to stall for time?" Queen Alice finished speaking, her eyes beginning to gleam with an evil, cursed light.

Leon anticipated this and fired first, covering Queen Alice with a barrage of mithril bullets.

The key to defeating Queen Alice is to activate the Red Mercury Incendiary Bomb in time.

But after the Red Mercury incendiary bomb, without Freyd's protection, Leon himself would certainly die.

For Freyd to safely reach this location deep within the labyrinth, Leon must first break the seal of Astartes and activate the great labyrinth with magic energy.

But in that case, Queen Alice would be able to control the labyrinth with her own abilities.

Once Frey is in place, Queen Alice's clone will also appear.

If you want to ignite the red mercury in advance, you have to predict the timing very precisely, and there can be no mistakes, even in the rehearsal stage.

It is important to know that once the red mercury reaches the ignition stage, it will definitely explode. It cannot be prevented during the delay stage. If he accidentally detonates the red mercury during the rehearsal stage and is burned to death, this death will be projected onto the original timeline. He will be burned alive in the temple, facing the back of Astartes.

This is a risk that shouldn't be taken lightly.

Queen Alice was interrupted by Leon's shot and was about to throw herself into the spring when Leon, realizing that she was about to use her monster-summoning spell again, grabbed Freyd's shoulder and pulled her back. "Let's escape outside!"

He couldn't stop Queen Alice from summoning monsters after she had obtained the authority to be the master of the labyrinth, but he could create distance to buy more time!

All he needs to do is ensure that the red mercury bursts and engulfs the labyrinth. No matter how many monsters Queen Alice summons, they will all perish here with her clones.

Leon led Frey away from the cave where the Fountain of Youth was located and quickly escaped along a dark tunnel.

“You lead the way,” he said to Fred when they reached a fork in the road.

The Fountain of Youth should be located beneath the temple, but the temple of the Earth Mother Goddess Cult is actually a complete maze, with the Fountain of Youth at its center. The overall terrain is quite complex.

The information collected by Dorothy and Lamia only provided a general outline and did not include the complete terrain of the maze.

But when Freyd arrived, she must have already traversed this maze and knew the route from the temple to the Fountain of Youth.

"Didn't you come down here?" Fred looked at Leon with surprise.

She didn't understand why Leon needed her to lead the way. Leon had first gone from the temple to the Fountain of Youth and broken the seal before she could enter the ruins.

Even the fact that she was able to get here so quickly was because Leon guided her along the route.

"Just do as I say!" Leon couldn't explain it to Fred in this timeline.

He jumped from the original timeline to this future, and his memories are still a bit hazy. In fact, this is somewhat contradictory. If he doesn't pass this test, he normally won't be able to reach the Fountain of Youth.

However, reaching the very core of the labyrinth is the prerequisite for this trial to be valid, and this contradiction is the result of Astartes' blessing and manipulation of time.

Freyd had no choice but to comply, leading Leon out of the labyrinth. Behind them, the roars of high-level monsters rose and fell, interspersed with terrifying dragon roars carrying the might of dragons, which made people tremble with fear.

"Be careful!" Leon warned, as if he had a premonition.

But as the words left her lips, the tunnel's ceiling began to collapse, and countless living vines emerged from the crumbling walls, their roots destroying the labyrinthine tunnels and attempting to bury them. This labyrinth had originally housed some monsters, and the seeds of these plants had been buried within the tunnels, now forcibly activated by Queen Alice.

As rubble continued to fall, Freyd activated the sacred ground, protecting the two of them.

Leon suddenly had a premonition and saw a future where the road ahead was buried—if he was trapped here before the Red Mercury was activated, it would mean certain death.

He made a quick decision, activated time acceleration again, and abandoned Freyd, rushing forward alone.

Chapter 699 Lack of Martial Morality

Queen Alice's summoned plant-type monsters continued to wreak havoc, with thick vines breaking through the tunnel walls and extending towards Leon.

A bewildered Frey was quickly buried behind him.

Leon tore open his wounds, and a cursed blood mist spread rapidly around him. The vines that came into contact with the blood mist turned into grayish-white salt blocks, which Leon easily destroyed.

The road ahead collapsed again. Leon picked up the Shadow Amulet for teleportation, activated it while anticipating the future, and instantly arrived on the other side. He then sped away from the underground labyrinth area.

The moment he returned to the temple, his perspective shifted, and the silhouette of Astartes' remains reappeared before him.

He's back.

It turned out that facing Queen Alice and activating the Red Mercury directly was very difficult. He himself could hold on for a while, but it would be very difficult for Fred, who only had a second-tier blessing, to survive in front of Queen Alice, who was blessed by the Labyrinth. And he could not abandon Fred.

If Freyd falls, activating the red mercury would mean that he would perish together with Queen Alice's clone.

It seems that the most reliable method is to activate the red mercury incendiary bomb in advance by precisely timing it.

The good news is that there is such a rehearsal mechanism for practice, but the bad news is that he will still die if he fails during the rehearsal.

Facing Queen Alice head-on is a huge adventure in itself, and he knows he shouldn't be hesitant here.

However, the previews of the future mostly begin a few seconds before Queen Alice appears and Freyd arrives; it would be better if they could start a little earlier.

Even if it's only a few seconds earlier, it's still earlier than expected. Let's give it a try.

Thinking this, Leon took another step forward.

The scene before him shifted again, and the shimmering white spring water once more filled his vision. At the same time, a "plop" sound, like a pebble falling into the water, came from the water, jolting him back to his senses.

Leon suddenly recalled a somewhat hazy memory and looked at the empty jar in his hand.

That was the pure magic essence he had brought, extracted from the dragon, and just a second earlier, he had poured it into the Fountain of Youth.

The rehearsal started at a different time; it was moved up to the moment when he threw the magic essence into the Fountain of Youth!

A surge of immense magical power erupted from the Fountain of Youth. Leon felt the magic coursing through his body, his blood seemingly boiling. The entire labyrinth trembled, and the temple above creaked as if it were collapsing.

As the labyrinth's magic was activated by these highly pure magical elements, the surging magic overwhelmed the remaining sealing power of Astartes, and the flow of time, which had been stagnant due to his blessing, was also reversed by an invisible hand.

New memories resurfaced in his mind. From this moment on, it would take about three minutes for Freyd to arrive in time, and Queen Alice would also appear around that time.

The blessing of Astartes read his thoughts and adjusted the foreshadowed future accordingly!

Could it be that the remaining consciousness of this saint is truly preparing to help him seize the blood of Moirai?

Leon's spirits lifted, and he began to concentrate on deciphering this revived memory. Compared to the vague memories of the future he had before, this memory was exceptionally clear. He was able to use his own blessing to keep track of the time clearly during the rewind!

"The seal is broken, Freyd, come here right now!" Leon shouted, taking out the magic mirror.

“Okay.” Fred, who was in the memorial hall, also began to act.

Leon waited silently, then, relying on his sense of déjà vu, timed it precisely and began to activate the red mercury incendiary bomb in his hand using the blessing power of the supreme god.

He could sense Freyd rapidly approaching—the cursed blood he had implanted in Freyd was still effective.

He counted precisely in his mind. The Supreme God's blessing not only enhanced his memory but also strengthened his perception of time. When he concentrated on counting the time silently, he could count to an hour with little deviation.

Twenty seconds later, Fred sensed Leon's location and arrived at the cave. Leon glanced back at her and said in a commanding tone, "Fred, immediately perform the blessing!"

Freyd paused for a moment, glanced at the red mercury incendiary bomb dragging on the ground in Leon's hand, and suddenly gasped.

The incendiary bomb looked normal, but Fred's X-ray vision could detect changes on its inside, indicating that it was about to be activated.

Seeing Leon giving her orders with a blank expression, Fred didn't think twice and instinctively obeyed, rushing forward.

She stepped forward and activated the domain of the sacred land to envelop herself and Leon, glancing nervously at the incendiary bomb.

This deadly incendiary bomb looked like it would explode uncontrollably in a few seconds, and if it wasn't thrown out of the barrier in time, they would be the ones to die.

At this moment, the water of the Fountain of Youth suddenly turned red and then began to boil, bubbling up in large quantities.

Freyd's blessing sensed the outline of a living creature appearing out of thin air underwater, while Leon simply gazed calmly at the surface.

Then, Queen Alice, transformed into a dragon, arrived as expected. She burst forth from the water as if born from a spring, spreading her wings and unleashing a dragon's might like a tidal wave.

"you……"

She stared at Leon, about to speak, but before she could utter a single word, Leon took action, hurling the red crystal incendiary bomb at her head.

At this point, the red mercury had entered the delayed burst phase, and the lead shell it was encasing had been heated to a bright red and was beginning to melt!

Queen Alice's eyes widened, her face showing a rare expression of shock, even a hint of fear.

The destruction of this clone posed no threat to her, but Leon's actions were incomprehensible to her.

Dorothy had managed to gather some information about the Red Mercury weapon for her, which meant that Leon had already activated the Red Mercury before she even created her clone. If she wasn't careful, Leon himself would be the one killed in the explosion.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty." Leon spread his hands.

He didn't even say a word of opening remarks before unleashing his ultimate move. Facing Queen Alice, he really couldn't talk about martial ethics anymore.

At that moment, the red mercury erupted, as if a sun had been ignited in front of everyone. The blinding light instantly engulfed the entire scene. Freyd used the sacred ground to filter out most of the light, but she still couldn't observe the situation outside from the inside.

The raging flames quickly ignited the labyrinth's dense magic, flowing out to the temple and filling all the spaces of the underground ruins of Elland.

The mithril gate slowly melted in the high temperature, and flames gushed out through the cracks they opened, igniting the ossuary and spreading all the way to the memorial hall above.

The impact also traveled along the underground water veins, and the abandoned well in the monastery spewed out steaming flames. The heavy well cover was blown into the air, and the entire monastery was rumbling. The earthquake spread from here to the entire diocese.

After a while, the flames gradually subsided. Freyd was panting heavily as she repaired the barrier while being hit by the red mercury.

Leon looked ahead and saw that the Fountain of Youth, still imbued with magic, was burning like an oil field on fire.

We need to go down and salvage it... Leon thought to himself, but then realized that this was just a drill.

But at that moment, Freyd raised her hand and exclaimed in surprise, "Leon..."

Leon's heart sank. He looked in the direction Fred pointed and saw Queen Alice's remains pressed against the wall at the deepest part of the cave, still burning.

Chapter 700 We've driven her to the brink.

Leon wasn't surprised that the queen's body hadn't been burned completely, since they had already conducted related experiments on the real dragon.

The flames of the red mercury were enough to fatally wound a dragon, but not enough to kill it instantly. It would take time to burn it to death, at least for a dragon that had received the regenerative blood of Queen Alice and possessed powerful self-healing abilities.

The avatar of Queen Alice, who bestowed this blessing with her heart, should naturally possess a vitality no less than that.

Even so, Queen Alice should be doomed to die just like that dragon. The flames of red mercury will continue to burn on her body until death stops the flow of magic within her.

However, seeing Freyd's nervousness, Leon also became alert. He and Freyd had experimented with mercury together on Arend Island, and what he knew, Freyd also knew. Freyd shouldn't be so frightened by a burning corpse.

The only explanation is that Freyd sensed something within that burning body using the blessing of the Mystic God!

"What did you see?" Leon asked in a deep voice.

“A new life has hatched inside her body, like… an egg!” Fred exclaimed in astonishment, staring at the burning remains.

As soon as he finished speaking, the mangled body suddenly seemed to explode from the inside, and the dragon scales and wings, which were ignited by flames, turned into fragments and scattered.

Leon watched as the head turned into a burning shell and rolled down into the spring.

A smaller, more petite figure, wrapped in a blood-red membrane, emerged from the fragments.

Then a sharp claw tore the membrane open from the inside, and a girl who looked a little young emerged from it. Her naked body was completely covered by dragon scales, and she had majestic dragon horns on her head. Her face... was exactly the same as Queen Alice's!

Rather, this is Queen Alice. Although her physical age seems to have regressed to that of a teenager, her dragon-like body and chilling majesty are still exactly the same as her.

Is this... molting?

No, it's more like a larva spinning a cocoon to hatch a new body. Queen Alice's clone used her own body as a cocoon to quickly hatch a new body within herself.

Before the red mercury ignited deep within her body, she completed the incubation process and isolated the outer parts of her original body tissues, then discarded all the parts that had been ignited by the red mercury.

“I must thank you, Fenrir.” Queen Alice, whose appearance had become younger, began her speech with gratitude. “This is the first time I have managed to re-incubate my body using a clone. Thanks to you, I was able to force myself to overcome my fear. You have allowed me to surpass myself once again.”

"Haha, you're welcome." Leon's smile was a little forced at this point, and he subconsciously took a step back. "Next time I'll prepare two."

This was just a rehearsal; if he had a chance to escape, he would still have the opportunity to take on the challenge formally again.