In the Name of the Queen

Hell is emptiness, Hell is real.

This is a prison on the sitting plane, where exiles from countless worlds are imprisoned.

This is a filthy place that the power of gods does not want to touch, and a restricted area of ​​life that the power of demons is afraid of.

No one wants to come here on their own initiative, but there are also many people who don’t want to leave when they come here.

The residents of Hell never feel like prisoners; they are proud to call themselves free people.

As long as you don't leave hell, this is the freest place in the world.

There are only a few basic rules in the underworld to ensure the freedom of movement of the underworld residents. There is no government, no police, and no army. There are only places for communication and debate.

Of course, the rules of the debate here are very simple, whoever has the biggest fist has the final say.

When Roland came to Hell, he thought he had come to the wrong place when he saw the naive and plump fat man waiting at the city gate.

"Is this a hell?" Roland thought for a moment and then asked directly.

"Foreigner, this is indeed a hell, but I would rather you call it the land of freedom." The honest fat man still smiled with his eyes narrowed, not angry.

"If I want to take a way to the Sea of ​​Annihilation, what price will I have to pay?"

Looking like a businessman welcoming guests, Roland chose to be frank.

"Sea of ​​Annihilation?"

The fat man opened his eyes in surprise, and then said with a solemn expression, "There are two ways. The first is to obtain the arbiter's permission, and the second is to enter secretly."

"What's the difference?" Roland asked curiously.

"With the permission of the judge, you will still be friends when you come out; if you enter secretly, you will be enemies when you come out." The fat man said calmly.

Roland thought for a moment and asked softly: "Isn't there a way in and out of the Sea of ​​Annihilation?"

"So far, no one has come out of the Sea of ​​Annihilation."

The fat man smiled kindly, "But it didn't happen before, but that doesn't mean it won't happen in the future. You know, a good businessman never says it's impossible."

"indeed."

Roland nodded in agreement and asked casually: "How did you choose the previous visitors?"

"It's a shame that they chose to become enemies of the land of the free."

The fat man shrugged, chuckled and teased: "Since they have chosen this way, even if they can come out, they will become enemies of the land of freedom, so they are dead."

"No chance of passing the judge's level?" Roland frowned.

"Only an idiot who doesn't understand the power of the Adjudicator would think that."

The fat man snorted softly, "The judge under the divine domain is invincible, otherwise he would not be able to become the talker in this lawless zone. Well, I don't think you are like a single-minded idiot, so I have to say so much to you, let's make a decision. ”

"It's a pity that the beautiful little girl decided to make a deal a few days ago, but she went back on her word at the last moment, which made the referee very angry."

The fat man's words stopped abruptly. Perhaps he realized that he had made a mistake. He glared at Roland angrily and shouted in a low voice:

"Make a decision quickly, I'm busy."

"Sorry, I want to ask again, what is the cost to impress the judge?" Roland narrowed his eyes.

"Paying the most precious thing, or part of the soul, can be discussed."

The fat man was obviously impatient and urged Roland to make a decision again.

The most precious thing or part of your soul?

Sorry, can't afford it.

Invincible under the divine realm? Roland didn't approve.

He didn't believe that anyone could defeat Sophia at the same level, and Sophia had now returned to her peak strength, and her combat power was definitely above that of the Judge.

As long as he holds on until Sophia rescues him, he is not afraid of the Judge at all.

He couldn't pay any price to save Sif.

From the beginning, he had no intention of making a deal, he just entertained the fat man and obtained information from the fat man.

His plan was perfect, and Fatty really believed that he was a businessman with a flexible bottom line who could trade anything.

From what I heard, I could tell that the beautiful girl who entered the Sea of ​​Annihilation was Sif.

After getting along with him for a long time, Xif's dealing style is also very flexible, and she will not refuse any possibility of transaction.

The most precious thing is one that you know without even thinking about it.

Since Sif was unwilling to trade, how could he accept it.

Roland nodded, smiled and said, "Thanks for the introduction, I've made my decision."

Break in!

Throwing out a smoke bomb, Roland's figure disappeared into the distant horizon.

The Sea of ​​Annihilation has seven entrances to the Underworld. The Underworld has no government or army, so naturally there are no dedicated gatekeepers.

The so-called arbiter only has the strongest strength. Even if everyone gives him face, he can't maintain the army.

There are a few patrollers under the Adjudicator's command to maintain order, but they will not be used to defend places like black holes with no return.

Roland seemed to rush directly to the door, but in fact he circled around and returned to the city at the center of the hell.

The most dangerous place is the safest place.

Darkness under the lamp is truly dark.

Gold is the common hard currency in the entire universe. When Roland entered the underworld, he used a special method to seal 3,000 kilograms of gold in an independent space and brought it in.

This money is wasted if not spent.

Do some shopping in the Underworld and then go to the Sea of ​​Annihilation.

The fat businessman angrily reported the failure of the negotiations to the arbiter. Soon, several patrols left the city and headed for the entrance to the Sea of ​​Annihilation, preparing to intercept Roland.

They might not be able to stop Roland, but just a little delay would be enough.

The Judge will appear with the force of wind and thunder, crushing those who disrespect him.

After being severely reprimanded by the judge, the fat man finally waited until the judge waved his hand and told him to get out, and he ran away sweating profusely.

He walked into a bar angrily, wanting to find a seat to sit down and have a few drinks, but found that all the seats were occupied. According to the rules of this restaurant, unless the guests at a certain table agreed to let him share the table, he could not forcefully sit down.

After a look around, he locked onto the table in the corner and walked over.

"My friend, can we share a table? I'll buy you a drink." The fat man asked tentatively.

"I'll buy you a drink, get out immediately." The guest who covered his face with half a mask had a hoarse voice, but his attitude was particularly bad.

"Sorry, I made a mistake. Is this okay?" The fat man took out a few gold coins and put them on the table.

The guest opposite touched the texture of the gold coins, stood up and said in a deep voice: "Deal, I won't disturb your elegance."

The guest put away the gold coins and left quickly, which made the fat man feel a little better.

This was a very common transaction. After all, this bar was the best bar in the Nether Prison, and it was hard to get a seat. It was reasonable to ask the guy who took the seat first to lift his heavy buttocks and pay a price.

This was the Nether Prison. As long as you paid enough, there were few things you couldn't buy.

The fat man didn't notice that the mysterious guest took his gold coins and quickly sneaked into an empty corner, threw the gold coins into the crucible and smelted them skillfully.

The gold coins soon turned into gold bars.

The mysterious guest breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the purity of gold in this world was about the same as that of Theia.

After confirming that there was no problem, the mysterious guest melted all the gold he carried with him into gold coins, which were no different from what the fat man had just given.

Melting gold is not a high-level technology, and it is not worth mentioning for the third-level extraordinary.

After melting the gold coins, the mysterious guest skillfully made the coins old. After repeatedly confirming that there were no flaws, he walked out of the alley and bought an exquisite milky white pendant at a roadside jewelry store with the gold coins.

Roland was surprised to find such a pure sacred necklace in the Nether Prison.

Although he didn't understand why the old man bathed in holy light came to the Nether Prison to sell holy light jewelry, it didn't matter. What mattered was that this store was good quality and cheap, and he just chose a gift for Christine.

Jewelry is an excellent choice for a formal gift for a girl.

But it's very particular about what to give.

The best magic jewelry is naturally a ring, but it can't be given to Christine.

Clergy don't wear rings, and non-couples of the opposite sex rarely give rings.

Bracelets are also an excellent choice, but they are also not suitable for clergy.

The jewelry commonly used by clergy are mostly pendants, pocket watches, brooches and simple necklaces.

Necklaces and rings have similar functions, so they are excluded first.

The pocket watch has a special meaning to Roland, so it can't be given away casually, so it's excluded second.

Brooches are okay, but the brooches here are a bit non-mainstream and not suitable.

Roland's eyes quickly focused on the pendant.

The milky white sacred attribute pendant has no additional attributes, but it stores a huge amount of essence of sacred energy.

Christine can use this sacred energy freely, and it is really beautiful.

The teardrop-shaped appearance is very similar to a teardrop, and the smooth and greasy outer surface feels very comfortable to the touch. It feels strangely cool when it is attached to the chest, refreshing and very comfortable.

This thing can be hung on the chest or placed against the chest. It is Christine's freedom to use it.

Before going down to adventure, he promised to bring a gift to Christine, and of course he would not break his promise.

He knew very well that unless it was a divine weapon, Christine didn't care about any gift. She wanted to see Roland go back alive.

Only if you go back alive can you bring a gift.

Thank you for your support, I will definitely come back!

Roland took a deep breath and prepared gifts for Alina, Lisa and Sophia.

He didn't prepare a gift for Sif.

It's not that the old couple has no love, but

Is there any gift more precious than crossing the triple death to save you?

I'm here!

Roland spent all his gold coins, exchanged the last change for a bottle of strong liquor, drank it hard, and strode towards the entrance of the Sea of ​​Annihilation.

Although he didn't understand the reason, he did descend from the dream world to the underworld and entered the world of death.

Perhaps it was the guidance of Sif's soul fragments that he could vaguely sense the correct direction.

It was foggy.

This was the most common doom fog in the netherworld. The visibility was extremely low. If you were exposed to the fog for a long time, you would encounter misfortune. It was simply called the doom fog.

The patrolmen quickly returned to the city, hid in the room, and said goodbye to the damn fog.

The bustling streets were empty in an instant.

Roland was a little conspicuous walking alone on the street, but fortunately the fog was very thick and no one saw him, so he was not discovered.

As the Sea of ​​Annihilation got closer and closer, Roland's heartbeat was also accelerating.

He couldn't fully understand how he entered the underworld, but at least he could think of the possibility of existence, but Sophia's entry into the underworld made his worldview collapse a little.

Living people cannot enter the underworld, this is an iron rule.

After a person dies, the soul is awakened from the body by the guide and enters the underworld in the form of a soul.

No matter how powerful a person was in life, after becoming a soul, his strength is less than one ten-thousandth, and he has no power to resist and can be driven by the underworld soldiers.

Roland transformed his complete soul and consciousness into a spirit through dreams, entered the underworld in the form of a virtual spirit, and retained most of his strength and control over his power.

The body of the ethereal spirit is between death and life. If you don't observe carefully, you can't see the difference from the soul body, but if you observe carefully, you can see that the body of the spirit body is more solid, and it is extraordinary at first glance.

Roland thought that Sophia also used the dream channel to enter the underworld like him, but he didn't expect that this guy used some unknown means to forcefully enter the underworld with flesh and blood.

Living beings with flesh and blood are a dimensionality reduction attack on the souls of the underworld and the army of the underworld.

Unless the gods come, Sophia is really invincible here.

The Judge of the Netherworld is falsely invincible, and Sophia is really invincible.

Roland imagined the scene of the Judge being chopped up by Sophia with some ill intentions.

Unfortunately, this scene probably won't happen. Sophia may not be willing to come to the Netherworld. She will probably continue to slaughter more powerful underworld armies in the underworld to practice combat methods.

So. How did she get in?

Roland looked back with some curiosity, and happened to sense a ghostly shadow approaching through the fog.

So fast, could it be the Judge?

Without any hesitation, Roland stepped into the entrance and stepped into the third land of death, the Sea of ​​Annihilation.

At the moment of crossing the entrance, the black sickle cut through the sky and hit Roland's sole, cutting off the mud he brought from the underworld.

The soil of the underworld fell at the entrance to the Sea of ​​Annihilation and hit the Judge's heart hard.

In the mist, the originally dark face turned blue and purple.

The Judge was terrified, as if he saw some terrible scene.

The real purpose of the existence of the netherworld is not to exile sinners, but to isolate the underworld from the Sea of ​​Annihilation.

"Since you are in, don't come out!"

The Judge roared in a low voice, "No one can walk out of the Sea of ​​Annihilation, no one!"

His voice was filled with endless anger, as if only in this way could he vent his fear.

Not long ago, he heard that a living person appeared in the underworld, a complete living person.

He thought of that terrible prophecy.

People with complete life will eventually disrupt the incomplete world of death.

He was afraid, but more curious.

The underworld rejects living beings. Even gods cannot enter. This is the rule of the universe. It cannot be violated.

So how did that woman do it?

Of course, she came back to life.

Sophia wiped the green liquid on the blade silently, her face expressionless.

There are native living beings in the underworld, ghosts.

These ghosts are different from the souls that fell into the underworld. They have flesh and blood, but they are green blood.

Sophia thought for a while, then pierced her wrist with her fingertips, looked at the green blood flowing out, and was slightly stunned.

She is now a genuine ghost, and can also perfectly control the breath of living people.

Roland was very curious about how she entered the underworld alive, but she never said it, which made Roland tortured by curiosity.

Of course, living people cannot enter the underworld. This is the basic rule of the universe. No one can violate it, and she is no exception.

When Roland entered the underworld through dreams, she also destroyed her body at the same time, attached to Roland in the form of energy, and entered the underworld.

After death, people cannot keep their souls when they are transformed into energy forms. This is also the rule of the universe.

So Sophia injected her soul completely into the black and white gemstone that Roland carried with him at the moment of death.

When she entered the underworld, she died completely.

After entering the underworld, she immediately reversed the energy into the body.

Because time was urgent, she could only temporarily retain her human form, so she became a monster sucking machine.

After killing countless ghosts, she finally found a way to transform and became a ghost.

"Here, the ghost form may be more useful."

Sophia muttered silently.

"Roland, you have created countless miracles, can you do it this time?"

Just as Sophia was muttering, Roland just stepped into the Sea of ​​Annihilation and avoided the killing of the Judge.

The Sea of ​​Annihilation is boundless and has no support.

This is complete nothingness.

It is not the nothingness attribute of magic, nor the nothingness in the definition, but there is really nothing.

Roland's body was suspended in the air, and there was not even land for him to stand on.

This feeling of emptiness and nothingness is really terrible.

But his eyes suddenly burst out with surprise.

He saw Sif curled up in a ball with a dull look.

She was barefoot, her long, smooth hair scattered on her shoulders, her eyes were empty, and she was as quiet as a corpse.

Roland took a deep breath, used his mind to drive his body, and swam towards Sif.

For the first time, the gloomy Sea of ​​Annihilation had light, and the light of hope bloomed in his heart.

"Sif!"

His roar sounded at his lips, and then dissipated.

There was no air in the Sea of ​​Annihilation, not even dark matter, nothing existed, and of course sound could not be transmitted.

When the energy brought in was exhausted, it was the time of annihilation.

Sitting in the middle of a pile of soul fragments, Sif seemed to feel something, and her originally empty eyes became more lively, looking at Roland who was squirming.

His movements were a little awkward, but his eyes were particularly gentle.

Sif slowly got up, tears rolling in her eyes, but she couldn't cry out.

Her energy was about to run out, and even her excitement was so powerless.

The flame of her life was about to burn out, but she was not sad.

It was also romantic to be annihilated in the arms of a lover.

The only regret was that Roland would be buried with her.

She was reluctant to let Roland go to those women, but she was even more reluctant to let Roland die.

If she had a choice, she would rather Roland return home safely.

Even if there is no trace of her in the house.

She finally cried out, and the cry disappeared at her lips.

"Roland, Roland, you are really here."

Even if it disappears forever, this moment is eternal.

The fingertips touched, the two bodies hugged each other tightly, and consciousness exchanged at the moment of touch.

There was no need for language between them, but they could clearly know each other's intentions.

Roland passed the general energy to Sif without reservation.

He decided to find a way out with Sif.

If they can't find it, they will burn together and annihilate together.

Sif didn't cry hypocritically, didn't vent hysterically, but just looked at Roland quietly.

Countless moments poured into her consciousness, as if returning to the moment they first met.

That essay contest, that absurd short story "Oh my God, the Queen is pregnant, who did it?" .

Since you did it, take responsibility and take me home.

Sif's eyes became softer and she hugged Roland tightly, not wanting to be separated at all. (End of this chapter)