Chapter 1 Suren

Suren felt the murderous intent prickling at his back, and dared not delay in the slightest.

He casually harvested the soul ash mist in the camp, then charged towards Nineteen and the dwarves, roaring, "Run!"

Spatial fluctuations appeared, and Suren was instantly beside Nineteen.

In that instant, a flash of inspiration struck him. He recalled how he'd been spied on by a mysterious force after killing people outside of Kabitelong, and touched Nineteen's body.

Suddenly, Suren once again sensed that familiar feeling of being watched. He cried out in his mind, "Just as I thought! It's some kind of time magic!"

He abruptly turned his head, as if seeing a cold woman in a nun's habit staring at him from the ruined camp.

Someone was chasing them!

That single glance across time and space made Suren feel increasingly uneasy. He and Nineteen turned and fled.

The entire process, from killing the five mages to leaving, took no more than five seconds.

But Suren didn't know why, the more he ran, the more uneasy he felt. It was as if some mysterious force had drawn a strange circle, and no matter how he tried to escape, he couldn't avoid a predetermined outcome.

The hill dwarves had also reacted. The brown-bearded dwarf chieftain, seeing Suren kill the mages, realized that these two were not enemies. With a complex expression, he shouted an order, and a group of dwarves quickly retreated into the dense forest.

However, just a few breaths after the magic light pillar of the Iron Shield Adventurer Group's camp went out, light and shadow flickered in the forest.

Looking closely, a cold-faced nun in black and white robes had quietly arrived.

Her figure flashed, covering a great distance.

It looked like spatial teleportation, but there wasn't the slightest spatial fluctuation.

Just as Suren left, the Forbidden Nun, Jona Belle, had appeared in the camp ruins.

Looking at the bloodstains and magical traces on the ground, her face darkened.

"She actually killed the Five-Mage Squad instantly..."

A cold glint flashed in Jona Belle's eyes, and she began to chant a magic incantation: "Great Lord of Time, grant me the power to glimpse the mysteries of time..."

The incantation was instantly completed, and the magic staff in her hand lit up. She softly exclaimed, "Time Reversal!"

Looking again, in the area illuminated by the magic light, the scene of Suren killing the five mages immediately replayed before her eyes.

"Scythe, the Law of Death... It's him again!"

Jona Belle immediately recognized him as the one from outside Kabitelong.

Thinking of this, she snorted coldly in her heart, "I won't let you escape this time!"

Looking again, she raised her staff high and chanted an extremely profound magic incantation: "Praise the greatness of the Lord of Time, witness the magic of time, with the power of God, I glimpse the face of truth..."

Instantly, a remote and vast magical aura surged out of the large camp.

The light on the staff was like the starlight of a time traveler.

Jona Belle raised her staff and softly exclaimed, "Arcane - Time Rewind."

Looking again, the image of the two figures running away rapidly reversed.

The illusion actually turned into two real people.

No one would have thought that the local timeline would actually return to the moment when Suren had just prepared to escape from the camp.

......

"Run!"

Suren roared.

He sensed danger and didn't dare linger in place.

But for some reason, shouting this out felt strangely familiar.

It was as if his memories and time were confused, and a scene that had once happened was being replayed.

After alchemists advanced to become high-level professionals, they would have fewer and fewer inexplicable feelings. But if there were any, they would be more or less affected by some external force.

Suren also reacted instinctively: "Was I interfered with by some mysterious technique?"

But before he could react, he turned his head and saw a cold-faced nun had already appeared in his field of vision.

Suren thought he was seeing the same feeling he had last time outside Kabitelong, but in his soul perception, there were clear soul fluctuations.

She appeared there like a ghost, without any warning.

There were no spatial fluctuations, no action trajectory to follow, as if she had appeared out of thin air.

""Forbidden Nun" Jona Belle-Masha! When did this person appear?!"

Suren recognized this person and secretly cursed, but he couldn't react in time to what had happened.

Why did the enemy come just as he had killed these mages?

Prophecy?

Special space treasure?

Mental illusion?

Or some other mysterious technique?

Suren couldn't figure it out.

But at the same time they were shocked, that "Forbidden Nun" Jona Belle also showed a hint of surprise in her eyes after casting the spell, as if she had seen something unbelievable.

Although Suren didn't know what she was surprised about, he captured this micro-expression and recorded it in his mind.

.......

The enemy came faster than he expected, but now was not the time to think about it.

Knowing that escape was impossible, Suren drew the Black Scythe like lightning and slashed at the nun in a tentative attack.

Not far away, Nineteen's mana furnace was charging, and she also retreated rapidly to open the distance.

At the same time as retreating, a section of the muzzle was exposed in her left palm, and the flames of the green alchemy bullets spewed out; and the ammunition compartment on the mechanical arm popped open, and several small missiles were launched at the same time.

In that instant, she also sensed some abnormalities, so how could she not know that the enemy was fierce?

Millions worth of ammunition was poured out in one face-to-face encounter.

"Tu", "Tu", "Tu"...

She knew that Suren's death domain could block the other person's time domain, but she couldn't, so long-range attacks were the best choice.

There was absolutely nothing wrong with this combat decision from beginning to end.

However, the situation developed in a direction that neither of them had expected.

The cold-faced nun seemed to have predicted the Black Scythe's slash and easily avoided the spatial rift. At the same time, the magic shield on her body shone brightly, and a barrage of ammunition poured down, immediately exploding a mushroom cloud in the already ruined camp.

Smoke filled the air, obscuring her figure, but Suren sensed that her soul fluctuations were intact.

Although this guy was a Tier 7 mage, she definitely had the strength of the "Top Ten Legendary Bounty Hunters."

No!

This weird "Time Domain" made her methods even more difficult to deal with than any of the Top Ten Legends.

This was not something an ordinary Tier 6 could resist at all.

Just as the two sides exchanged tentative blows, Suren did not feel any danger, but he immediately thought of something and shouted at Nineteen, "Be careful!"

Even without being reminded, how could Nineteen not be fully alert?

She was also moving rapidly while firing ammunition, using the movement to avoid the enemy's counterattack. This series of operations was already the most extreme combat reaction of an ultimate warrior.

But at this moment, there was a harsh crack of lightning.

A lightning javelin shot towards Nineteen.

Although the lightning was fast, Nineteen was also prepared. Watching the magic power gather, and predicting the direction of the spell, the pressure relief nozzle of her mechanical legs released pressure suddenly. With a "poof" sound of venting, the huge force pushed back, and her body instantly moved a large distance in the opposite direction, seeming to perfectly avoid the enemy's attack.

Seeing this, Suren also thought that she could avoid it.

Even he himself would have made the same choice!

However, an accident still happened.

In Suren's eyes, the lightning beam suddenly accelerated, falling from point B, the predicted trajectory, to point A!

It just so happened to hit Nineteen!

Suren's pupils shrank sharply.

In an instant, Nineteen was like being shot by a heavy arrow. The huge inertia carried her backwards, and then with a muffled "bang", she and the lightning javelin were nailed to a giant tree a hundred meters away.

In an instant, lightning burst out, charring Nineteen's mechanical limbs. The giant tree behind her was also struck by lightning, instantly turning into a charred carbonized tree.

It could be seen how overbearing the power of this lightning javelin was!

If it had hit a body of flesh and blood, this single blow would have meant death.

......

"Damn it! Time has been locally accelerated!"

Seeing this, Suren cursed inwardly.

This method was simply impossible to defend against.

Moreover, the yellow light lightning was actually a physical object, obviously a magic guide of no low quality, so it directly broke through the alloy armor.

Fortunately, he sensed that Nineteen's soul fluctuations were still intact. Although the mechanical limbs were badly damaged, she was fine.

The hidden talent of \[Justice Angel] gave Nineteen a hidden "turn bad luck into good" aura, which seemed to have played a role at this moment.

But the enemy's ability was too weird, and mechanical warriors were not suitable for this kind of battle.

Suren said urgently using the Dawn Organization's communicator: "Don't take action, just stay there!"

The enemy's attack on Nineteen also gave him a chance to attack.

Opportunity knocks but once!

Almost at the instant the lightning spell was cast, Suren had teleported over.

He used the same trick again, and the thirty-one gargoyles all shot out together. His muscle strength was also accumulated to the extreme, and the Dragon Slayer Dagger and Black Scythe in his hands would surely bring blood.

In the eyes of alchemists, energy follows the principle of conservation and equivalent exchange. Whether it's magic, alchemy, or some weird Shinto technique, the essence is inevitably this principle.

This method of his, with all his moves being used, was the way to use force to overcome all skills.

Not to mention ordinary Tier 7 professionals, even the "Top Ten Legends" would be killed on the spot!

Of course, the most important thing was that Suren's domain could exempt him from the life-devouring "Time Domain."

In Suren's opinion, even if this nun had the ability to control local time, it was impossible for her to cope with so many attacks at the same time.

As he thought, the \[Forbidden Nun] Jona Belle frowned as she looked at the gargoyles in the sky: "Puppets?"

At this moment, this holy army's divine servant nun also knew how he had killed the five-person mage group.

This was an attack method that even she felt was a deadly threat.

A thought flashed through her mind.

Jona Belle waved the staff in her hand, and once again chanted a mysterious incantation.

......

"Damn it! Time has been locally accelerated!"

Suren cursed inwardly when he saw Nineteen nailed to the charred tree.

But for some reason, as soon as these words were spoken, that strange feeling of deja vu appeared again in his heart.

Fortunately, Nineteen was not seriously injured.

Before he had time to think about it, he used the Dawn Organization's communicator and said urgently: "Don't take action, just stay there!"

The opportunity was fleeting.

At the same time as speaking, he had teleported hundreds of meters and appeared in front of the cold-faced nun.

The puppet army arrived at the same time.

He was determined to win this attack!

But what was strange was that even though Suren felt that he was fast enough, the other party had still predicted his teleportation position in advance!

Just as he teleported, a magic light blade accurately pierced his chest.

Although the other party's attack had local time acceleration, that kind of nerve reaction speed couldn't be said to be a prediction at all. It was as if... he had crashed into it?

"How is that possible! How could she predict the location where I would appear?!"

Suren was shocked in his heart.

He completely couldn't understand it.

Not to mention that his current physical reaction speed was the best among his peers, but even among Tier 7 professionals, few could compare to him.

What's more, this was a mage with a weak body?

But in the instant they exchanged blows, his nerve reaction speed was actually crushed?

He instinctively felt that this crushing must be fishy.

But there was no time to think about it, and it was completely too late to avoid it.

The magic light blade had already pierced the skin on his chest, and with the acceleration of time, it pierced into his chest without any obstruction, accurately piercing through his heart.

"Damn it, another legendary magic guide!"

Suren also knew that he had met a real expert.

Or rather, a treasure-filled expert!

He was forced by that deadly threat and his hair stood on end, and he reacted instantly. His fighting instinct made him pull the silk thread in his hand like a conditioned reflex, and using the gargoyle's pulling force, he pulled his body away from its original position.

Before the energy on the magic light blade could fully explode, he flew out.

"Biu~"

A blood arrow shot out from his chest.

This blow, if it had been anyone else, having their heart stabbed with a big hole, they would have died on the spot.

But when Suren flew out, he instantly and precisely controlled the muscles near his heart, preventing the blood flow near his heart.

Once in Old Lindon, he had obtained the human body research report of \[Forensic Doctor] Jedra. That guy had mastered a secret technique for micro-controlling muscles, and even if his heart was crushed, he could still fight in a short time!

At this moment, relying on this secret technique, Suren did not let his fatal injuries get worse.

He flew out, teleported hundreds of meters, and pinched the warlock seal like lightning, and strips of silk thread in his chest instantly physically sutured the wound. At the same time, he took out a blood crystal core and used the \[Blood Devour] secret technique to absorb it rapidly.

This ability, which he had gained from the professional advancement, gave him the vampire's super recovery ability. Almost in this instant, the gash on his heart had healed by seventy to eighty percent.

"Huff... Huff..."

Suren landed on his feet, his chest heaving violently, and he breathed heavily.

He looked at the enemy in front of him, and his eyes revealed an unprecedented solemnity.

He almost died in one face-to-face encounter, how strong!

As far as he could see, Suren couldn't see that he had a chance of winning.

However, just as he was racking his brains and couldn't find a way to break the situation, an unexpected situation happened. Da Feng Novel Network

.......

From the time Suren sent a message to Nineteen, to the time he went up to fight, and then retreated, the entire process only took a short moment.

He did hear Nineteen say something, but before she could finish speaking, the thrilling exchange had already ended.

When he retreated, he heard Nineteen's voice just as she finished speaking: "Time rewind, staff energy 1145."

Suren was stunned when he heard this, not understanding why she would say such a thing.

But in the communicator, Nineteen said urgently again: "This is what you just told me!"

"???"

Suren was even more confused when he heard this.

I said it?

When did I say it?

Suren didn't remember saying this at all.

But with each other's first sentence, he suddenly woke up and thought: "Time has gone back!"

In an instant, it seemed that all the doubts were solved.

The reason why he had crashed into the blade was not because the other party reacted quickly, but because the nun had rewound time and knew that he would teleport to that position!

"So that's it! The power of the Law of Time... It's simply amazing!"

Suren suddenly became enlightened.

He also instantly understood what the energy meant.

Under the appraisal of the All-Knowing Eye, the attributes of the cold-faced nun's staff were also clear at a glance.

\[Time Staff (Legendary)]

Details: A legendary staff that can carry the power of time; can extract the life force of creatures to store energy, storing the power of time; the current stored energy is 645 units.

Suren instantly understood what he meant and quickly thought in his mind: "Nineteen said it was 1145, but it shows 645, the energy is missing 500 units... That is to say, she consumed it when she used the rewind spell!"

There was absolutely no way that there would be no price to pay for such heaven-defying abilities of the Law of Time.

Based on Suren's understanding of transcendent power, there was absolutely no way that a small Tier 7 magic guide could master this kind of power that could be called divine art!

So the mystery was on this staff?

So that deja vu feeling was not for no reason, but that's how it came about!

At the same time, Suren was ecstatic in his heart: "Bringing Nineteen along was really the right thing to do!"

Knowing that time had been rewound, he also instantly understood why the nun chose to attack Nineteen first, even though he was the greater threat, thus exposing a flaw and giving himself a chance to attack.

So, it was to kill the "third-party observer."

The mystery of time, with an observer, and without an observer, the ending is completely different!

If it was one-on-one, Suren might not have been able to figure out what was going on until he died. Because he had completely forgotten the content of the rewinded memory.

But if there was a third-party observer, the local time rewind would be completely exposed in the eyes of that observer.

It was solved!

It really was a "lucky charm"!

If he had brought someone else, they might have been killed as soon as they met.

On the contrary, because Nineteen was a super-class soldier, her body structure was different from humans, which is why she survived.

The enemy thought she had killed her, but they didn't expect her to still be alive.

She had become the most important "observer"!

Suren thought,

If he hadn't brought someone along, he might have only been able to escape in the face of such a powerful enemy...

No, he couldn't escape!

A flash of inspiration struck his mind, and he thought of the two deja vu feelings, concluding: he must have tried it before!

"Before, this \[Forbidden Nun] Jona Belle didn't appear out of thin air. She also used time rewind to send me back to the camp. At that time, she was already waiting there..."

With this crucial link added, Suren understood everything.

He also understood why those mountain dwarf tribes had disappeared out of thin air.

They hadn't disappeared, but only his timeline had been rewound, and the dwarves were not affected.

Having figured everything out, Suren looked at the values on the other party's staff again, and seemed to have found a hope of breaking the situation. He said in his heart again: "One time rewind consumes 500 points of energy, and her staff only has 645 points of energy left. That is to say, she can only use the time rewind one more time at most!"

At this moment, his brain was working at high speed.

Although he had found a glimmer of opportunity to break the situation, he didn't dare to be careless in the slightest.

The last time rewind almost cost him his life, and this method was impossible to defend against.

But that nun only had one chance left. If she didn't have a sure-kill grasp, she obviously wouldn't use it easily.

This was a crucial hope to break the situation.

Time rewind was certainly unsolvable, but now that he knew the other party's spellcasting principles, and there was a third-party observer, then he might be able to find a chance to counterattack!

"So... force her to use the last rewind?"

Suren thought in his heart.

His spatial technique condensed, and he turned and fled.

Although time abilities were rare, spatial abilities were also not bad.

If you want to kill me, you can only rewind time again!