Extraordinary Rise: Starting Contract with the Silver Dragon Countess

Chapter 166: Shocking Life Story—Twins from a Thousand Years Ago!
Cohen walked further and further along the dark blue bridge. Every step he took felt like he was stepping on a flowing river of stars. The further he walked, the more blurred the surrounding scenery became, as if the veil of time and space was slowly being lifted.

The long river of memory!

This is the long river of memories from Roselanda.

The extraordinary property of the magic potion "Truth I" is that it can help the user restore the long river of memory, and by going through the long river of memory, one can find the truth that has been missed in life.

However, the more Cohen walked, the more he felt something was wrong. Rosalina's memory was too long.

He should be about the same age as Rosalina, and his childhood memories only last for about twenty years, so it shouldn't have taken him so long to get there.

Just as he was filled with doubts, suddenly, Cohen felt a violent tremor, and an inviolable and overwhelming will suddenly pressed down on him. His eyes went dark, and he seemed to be falling into an endless abyss...

at the same time--

A dreamlike place, like a mysterious island floating in the long river of time.

The dazzling light is its eternal background, as if countless suns are shining at the same time, but it is not dazzling.

In the sky, dreamy colors flow, which are interwoven with threads of various memories. They flicker with light and tell countless stories of the past.

The earth is paved with ancient stones of memory. These stones are engraved with the marks of various eras, including the hunting of savages who ate raw meat and drank blood, the barbaric and primitive Bronze Age, and the smoke and fire of ancient wars. Each stone is a history book.

All the mysterious and fantastic scenes tell one fact:

The kingdom of God, this is the kingdom of a god!

In the center of the kingdom of God stands a huge Tower of Memory, made entirely of transparent crystal, like a dream.

This tower of memory seals the memories of all things in the world. Light flows inside the tower, as if flipping through the memoirs of billions of lives.

A huge throne was floating in the air, and on the throne sat a middle-aged man whose face could not be seen clearly.

The middle-aged man is like an eternal watcher in the long river of time. His figure seems illusory and real, and he is surrounded by flowing light and shadow, which is a vortex formed by countless memories.

A powerful deity, the god of truth and memory, Llothien Hidden.

Luo Xien slowly opened his eyes, his eyes were as deep as the abyss, and he looked towards the Tower of Memory not far away.

Then a light sigh came out of his mouth:
"Interesting, how dare an ant sneak into someone else's memory?

And why is this long river of memory so strange..."

He soon lost the desire to explore. Gods would not waste their time on ants.

He casually pointed at the void, as if brushing off dust, ready to get rid of this ignorant ant.

In an instant, he was startled and disappeared from the throne in an instant. Then, a cold blue light directly shattered his throne into pieces.

Luoxian said angrily:
"Crazy woman, what are you doing?
I didn't provoke you!
Ares is right. With your temper, you deserve to remain unmarried for tens of thousands of years!" (See Chapter 30, "Fight, Young Man!")
A cold female voice sounded:
"You're touching my people!"

Luo Xien widened his eyes and said angrily:

"Isn't the one you chose a female God-favored One?

This guy is a man, and he's not a God-favored one!"

The woman's voice seemed to come from the endless void:

“The ‘Eternal Heart’ he possesses shows that this person is extremely important to the people I have chosen.

So he can't die yet, at least not now.

Otherwise, the person I choose might go crazy, or even prematurely... I can't accept that."

The corner of Luo Xien's mouth twitched slightly, and he said in a very strong tone:

"Crazy woman, he's sneaking through the long river of memory, he's getting in touch with the truth, he..."

The woman's cold voice interrupted Luo Xien's words directly:
"I'm just an ant. What does it matter if I know the truth?"

Luo Xien also came up with a quick mind at this time and said:
“Didn’t you say he was an extremely important person to the one you chose?
What if he told her?
She can’t be an ant.”

The woman was silent for a moment and said:

"Just send him directly to the destination, wait for him to finish his work, and then send him back."

After hearing this, Luo Xien almost vomited blood. Are you going to let me, a powerful god, be a boatman for an ant-like human?
"Don't want to do it?"

Luo Xien stiffened his neck and said:

"Okay, but you have to tell me how you, the Lord Gods, plan to deal with this crisis in the 'God's Realm'!"

A woman's voice rang out slowly:
"Get ready... to move!"

……

Cohen suddenly opened his eyes, as if waking up from a nightmare.

He seemed to vaguely feel a powerful will locking onto him just now.

He gently stroked the "Heart of Eternity" hanging around his neck. Just now, when he was on the verge of death, it seemed that this space storage pendant given to him by the Queen sister saved him.

Cohen's eyes narrowed slightly, and he thought to himself, Sister, are you really related to the gods?

Cohen shook his head and threw these useless thoughts out of his mind. What would it matter even if he knew it now?

You can't change anything with your own abilities. The only thing you can do is to become stronger as soon as possible!

Cohen took a deep breath, stepped onto the dark blue bridge, and looked back. What he saw was endless and unfathomable darkness.

No, this is not the road he walked, he was sent here by someone!
the truth?

the truth!

The truth about the long river of memory!
Someone is trying to hide something!
Cohen's eyes became firm again and he continued to move forward!
Colorful bands of light quickly passed by me, like fragments of time intertwined together.

In the distant void, Cohen saw a series of ancient and distant pictures -

The floating city-states rise in the morning light, and people in strange costumes work and live;
Knights clad in "divine and demonic equipment" charge on the battlefield, followed by the pinnacle of alchemy and magic - war puppets;
A grand court ball, handsome gentlemen and beautiful ladies gracefully spinning under the dazzling magic lights, with ancient royal emblems on their chests!

Cohen was stunned. These scenes reminded him of a mysterious country - the Arcane Empire!
Strange, shouldn’t I be going to Roseland’s “real world”?

How come I can see images from the Arcane Empire?

Thinking of the sudden change just now, Cohen's expression became much more serious.

Keep walking forward.

The air around has also changed, sometimes warm like a spring breeze, sometimes cold like winter frost and snow. It is as if traveling through different eras, witnessing the forgotten glory and vicissitudes in the long river of time.

The bridge finally came to an end. Cohen looked from afar and saw that the bridge actually extended from a magnificent building!

Looking at this building that was exactly the same as the one in the extra expansion pack of his previous life's game, Cohen took a deep breath, his eyes filled with horror.

Arcane Empire, Imperial Palace!
Cohen pursed his lips, his expression becoming more serious than ever.

He thought it was an ordinary rescue operation, but it brought him to the palace of the Arcane Empire a thousand years ago. What are the identities of Rosalina and Mephis?
and many more!

"Lost Land"?
Belmodi said that she picked up the sisters Mephis and Melantha from the "Lost Land"!
But the "Lost Lands" are the imperial ruins left behind when the Arcane Empire collapsed thousands of years ago!
An almost fantastic guess flashed through Cohen's mind.

Cohen opened his mouth slightly, trying hard to get this absurd guess out of his mind, but it seemed to have taken root and sprouted, and couldn't stop drilling deep into Cohen's mind.

Cohen immediately quickened his pace and soon arrived at the end of the bridge, a palace full of magic and technology!

Cohen immediately saw a square glass cover not far away, with a pair of baby girls lying inside!
hiss!
Cohen didn't know how to describe his current mood. Soon, he heard footsteps.

The magic circle on his chest flickered, and he instantly disappeared into the bedroom.

The visitors were a noble young couple, who seemed to be the biological parents of Rosalina and Mavis.

The man spoke, and his first words not only completely shocked Rosalina, who was lying in the glass case, but also made Cohen almost jump up in shock.

The man said to the woman next to him:

"I've already asked the people at the research institute. This magic circle can stop time for at least *** years, but it only works on lives with very weak auras.

We can only send our daughter off after *** years."

Cohenton felt his scalp tingling. To what horrific degree had the civilization of the Arcane Empire reached that they could actually stop the passage of time in the form of humans?
The strange thing was that the exact time when the words came out of the man's mouth seemed to be concealed by some unknown force, and Cohen did not hear it clearly.

However, he was no longer in the mood to care about this detail, because the man's words had already fully explained the life stories of the two sisters, Mephistopheles and Rosalina.

Rosalina was also completely shocked by the man's words.

She and her sister Mephis actually came from the Arcane Empire a thousand years ago!

The conversation between the two continued.

The woman sobbed a few times, her voice almost pleading:
“Does it really have to be this way?
The empire may not really collapse yet. Didn't Father say he was still trying his best to save it? "

Father emperor?

Hearing the woman's name, Cohen understood her identity.

A princess and a prince consort.

I didn’t expect that Mephis and Rosalina also have the blood of the royal family of the Arcane Empire.

Hearing the woman's plea, the man's face flashed with grief, and he said in a deep voice:

"The disorder and collapse of 'Ao' are irreversible. You just gave birth a while ago, and there's a piece of news I haven't had time to tell you yet."

The man paused, his voice lowered:
"The Ancient Elf Cultural Heritage Research Institute... is gone!"

Ancient Elf Cultural Heritage Research Institute?

Hearing this, Cohen's heart suddenly jumped. Isn't this the research institute that he and Windsardler saw in the nightmare illusion of "Star Valley"?
The "Concentric Curse Seal" and the semi-artifact "Book of Time and Space" in his hand were found there.

There is also an ancient elf tomb below, and he plans to accompany Windsardler to hunt for treasure and explore the mysteries in the near future!

Before Cohen could continue thinking, the woman screamed:
“You…what did you say?
How can it be? "

The man said in a heavy tone:
"The institute was lifted into the sky by a tremendous force and then fell back down, reduced to ruins.

As for the rest, it is still unclear because... no one survived!
My father is the highest administrator of the 'Book of Time and Space' and theoretically I can escape through the 'Book of Time and Space'.

But he didn't escape, which means everything happened too quickly, leaving him no time to even open the 'Book of Time and Space'."

Hearing this, Cohen's mind was like a bolt of lightning, exploding.

The scenes that happened in the Nightmare Mist a few months ago came to mind one after another! An ordinary gray-robed researcher actually knew so much about how to use and repair the "Book of Time and Space".

He also knows the backup of the imperial civilization and the secrets of the ancient tombs of the elves. This is completely unlike the information that an ordinary researcher can access.

And most importantly, the words the gray-robed researcher said before his death—

"That's... the name I came up with these past few days for my unborn twin granddaughters..." (See "Chapter 98: The Arcane Empire's Civilization Backup!" for details)
Got it, everything is understood.

The gray-robed researcher is the father of the man in front of him!

The unborn twin granddaughters mentioned by the gray-robed researcher are Mephisto and Rosalina!

As the father-in-law of the imperial princess, it is reasonable for him to know so many secrets!
Cohen's gaze turned to Mephisto and Rosalina in the glass case. After a long silence, his gaze gradually became firm, and a determination emerged in his heart.

I wanted your granddaughter's name to be remembered by future generations, but I didn't expect that your granddaughter actually survived.

Don't worry, I will protect them well for you!

I will help them fulfill your wish and recreate the great miracle in the history of human civilization!

After hearing this despairing news, the woman in the bedroom seemed to have lost all her strength and almost collapsed to the ground. Then, as if she remembered something, she forced herself to say:

"The Pope...isn't the Pope trying his best to contact the gods?
Are there any results?
Will the gods watch our empire fall?"

A hint of coldness flashed across the man's eyes, and he said coldly:

“Gods?
If all this is..."

The picture stopped abruptly, and the whole scene was like shattered glass, with a dazzling white light flashing.

The glass cover containing Rosalina and Mephis suddenly floated strangely in the air.

Roselanda in the glass cover looked into the distance and saw a majestic and luxurious palace standing not far away.

What followed was a scene that looked like the end of the world:
The skyline of the city was obscured by a thick smoke, and the magnificent palace tilted and collapsed like a giant beast with a broken halberd. The ruins burned in the fire, and the painful wails and screams that came one after another drilled into Rosalina's ears like dense needles.

The stabbing almost made her collapse.

That was the dying wail of the people of the empire!
Emotions of loneliness, despair, sadness and pain hit Rosalina who was trapped in the baby's body.

The soul struggles and trembles in this hellish vortex, on the verge of breaking.

Rosalina was trapped in a small glass cover. The immense pain and suffering were unbearable for her. Her willpower began to collapse, and the light in her eyes was about to go out.

At this moment, Rosalina felt a sudden warmth emanating from her chest, and this warmth immediately spread throughout her body like an electric current.

Rosalina's soul couldn't help but tremble, like a dying flower receiving the rain.

Then, she saw a scene that she would remember for the rest of her life:

A young man wearing a mask slowly walked out of the apocalyptic horror scene, his eyes flashing with doting and tenderness. He effortlessly opened the glass cover, slowly picked her up, and whispered:

"Don't be afraid, I'll take you out."

Rosalina felt an unprecedented sense of peace and warmth. That feeling was like the brightest starlight in the long dark night, reaching deep into her soul, and her whole heart was filled with emotion and tenderness.

The picture shattered again, and this time, everything around was a blank white.

Cohen and the others also returned to normal.

There was nothing strange about seeing Rosalina in someone's arms while she was still a baby.

But when the two of them returned to being adults and continued hugging each other like this, it seemed much more ambiguous.

Rosalina seemed to have not yet recovered from the feeling of being on the verge of death. Her hands were hanging on Cohen's neck, and her slender legs were tightly wrapped around Cohen's waist.

The ample breasts were squeezed so hard that a few streaks of white overflowed from the ribs on both sides.

She closed her eyes tightly, her eyelashes trembling slightly.

Cohen suppressed the romantic thoughts in his mind and gently patted Rosalina on the back to soothe her emotions.

Finally, Rosalina slowly woke up and found herself hugging a strange man in such an ambiguous posture.

The tips of her fair ears suddenly turned red, and she wanted to turn them down, but she found that her limbs did not obey her.

A shameful and angry voice sounded:

"Put...put me down."

Cohen gently let go of Rosalina, who immediately took a few steps back as soon as she landed.

She looked at Cohen with a cold gaze, and soon her memory came back to her. Rosalina recalled what had just happened, and she realized that it was the man in front of her who saved her.

If it weren't for him, I would have collapsed in that desperate and painful situation.

Recalling the nostalgic and warm feeling just now, Rosalina's heart softened and her eyes became unusually gentle.

Cohen concealed all his emotions and said with a smile:

"Hello, Miss Rosalina. It's surprising that we meet for the first time under such circumstances!"

Rosalina bit her lip lightly, then began to look at Cohen seriously.

Soon, a trace of surprise flashed across his brows, and he asked uncertainly:
"Lord of Shadows?"

Cohen smiled faintly and said:

"You are indeed Her Excellency the Witch's most capable intelligence officer.

Yes, I am the 'Lord of Shadows'.

You fell into a coma after taking the potion 'Truth I', and your life force was fading rapidly.

The Witch found me and asked me to find a way to save you.

I discovered that the reason you were unconscious was because your consciousness had sunk into the 'real world' and couldn't come out.

So, with the help of the magic circle, I entered your 'realm of reality'."

Meilansha opened her eyes wide, looked around, and asked in a low voice:

“‘The Realm of Reality’?
You said this is the 'real world'?"

Cohen's attitude was surprisingly gentle, and he patiently explained to Rosalina the effects of the potion "Truth I".

After hearing this, Meilansha's already fair face turned even paler, and she whispered:
"That is... that is to say, what I just saw was not an illusion, but... but..."

Even though everything was laid out before her, Rosalina still couldn't accept the bizarre and horrifying fact that she came from the royal family of the Arcane Empire a thousand years ago.

Cohen walked slowly to Rosalina's side and said softly:

“The past is the past. It doesn’t matter who you are, what matters is who you want to be.

If you wish, no one else will know what happened here, and you will remain the same person."

Rosalina's nose felt a little sore. For some reason, she wanted to lie in this man's arms and cry.

Cohen slowly extended his hand and said in a serious tone:

"Come on, Miss Rosalinsha, I'll take you home!"

Rosalina slowly stretched out her hand, then tightly grasped Cohen's outstretched hand.

At this moment, Rosalina no longer had the coldness and sharpness of a senior female agent when she was lurking in the "Black Tomb". Instead, she looked like a girl next door.

She absorbed emotions from Cohen that she had never felt from her sisters Belmoody and Mavis, and her heart was filled with an indescribable strange feeling.

A bridge emitting a faint blue light began to extend from under the feet of the two people.

Cohen took Rosalina onto the bridge and said softly:

"Hold on tight to me. We're going to cross a long river of memories. If we're not careful, we'll sink into the endless memories again."

Roselanda asked in a low voice:
"River of Memory? What is that?"

Cohen explained:
"The extraordinary property of the potion 'Truth I' is to help people reconnect with their memories, allowing the user to travel through their memories in search of the truth they once missed.

However, due to your unique characteristics, Miss Rosalina, the potion's power has directly brought you back to the eve of the destruction of the Arcane Empire a thousand years ago. This has resulted in the time span of your resurrected memories being too great, and the degree of danger has increased exponentially..."

Cohen was stunned when he said this.

He thought of the time figure that was covered up when Rosalina's father spoke just now.

A chill ran down the back of my head.

Was it really just a thousand years ago?

What exactly are those beings that overlook the lives of all living beings on the continent hiding?

What exactly is there along the long river of Roselanda's memory!
Rosalina's voice awakened Cohen from his deep thought:
"What should I do?"

Cohen came back to his senses, glanced at the "Eternal Heart" on his chest without leaving any trace, and said with a smile:

"It's okay, I promised you that I would take you out!"

Rosalina bit her lips lightly, and a moist look appeared in her eyes.

Her voice was soft and shy as she whispered:

"Thank you, you saved my life. I will repay you."

Cohen, who was thinking about the problem, did not notice the special emotion in Meilansha's words and said casually:
"No need. Someone has already paid you in advance. This is what I should do."

Rosalina thought the other party was talking about Belmodi.

In fact, Cohen was talking about the gray-robed researcher who taught him a lot of knowledge and provided him with great help in the "Nightmare Illusion", and was also the grandfather of Mephis and Rosalina.

Rosalina was a little annoyed by Cohen's lack of understanding of romance. She snorted softly, and her jade hands became slightly stronger.

Cohen didn't notice anything. He held Rosalina's fair and soft hand tightly, stepped onto the dark blue bridge, and walked into the depths of the void!

At this moment, he had only one thought in his mind: since someone didn't want him to see the truth along the long river of memory, they would definitely send him back to where he was!

……

(End of this chapter)