Baron Cullen

The Order Keeper Division.

Karen suddenly opened her eyes, gasping for breath.

At this moment, his body swayed slightly, and his forehead was covered with fine cold sweat.

The feeling of weightlessness from the rapid fall and the excruciating pain upon impact with the ground still lingered in his senses.

Until the very last moment, he even thought he had made the wrong choice.

However, he soon found himself standing in the same room he had been in before.

Opposite him, the deputy leader Martha's face was filled with shock, even a hint of horror!

She looked at Karen as if she were looking at a monster.

On one side of the room, the deputy leader, Blair, also had a solemn expression, his eyes fixed on Karen, as if trying to discern something from him.

As for Fiona, the leader of the Order Keepers, she remained calm and indifferent.

However, there was an emotion in her gaze toward Karen that she had never felt before.

That was an appreciation that far exceeded expectations.

She walked towards Karen and said, "Being able to break free from the illusion's shackles and see through the exit trap, it seems I underestimated your talent."

"Thank you for your praise, but I also gave it my all and almost completely succumbed to it." Karen regained her composure and returned to her usual noble demeanor.

His words were not just polite formalities; he genuinely felt lingering fear.

The feeling of discovering that time travel was nothing but a dream, that he would eventually become an orphan again, and that he would soon be heading towards the end of his life with a decaying and sickly body, almost drove him to the brink of collapse.

Fortunately, he managed to regain consciousness.

What Karen didn't expect was that the despairing illusion that had felt so real and long just now had only lasted about three minutes in reality!

In other words, if he were to immerse himself in it for even a few more minutes, he might really go crazy.

"Alright, this test was definitely not a good experience for you. Go back and rest." Fiona walked to Karen's side and offered a rare word of comfort. "If you're free tomorrow, you can come here. I'll try my best to share my experience as a warrior with you."

Upon hearing this, Karen was taken aback.

To receive personal guidance from a sixth-tier warrior-class extraordinary individual is a rare opportunity!

"Thank you very much, I will come." He bowed slightly to express his gratitude.

"Bright, see Baron Karen off." Fiona nodded, said to Bright, and then gestured for Martha to follow.

At the same time, Martha quickly went to Karen's side and asked curiously, "How...how did you realize that jumping down was the only way out?"

She did not ask Karen how she escaped the illusion.

After all, his numerous deeds that had circulated in the city and the fact that Fiona personally valued him were enough to demonstrate his talent.

She was simply curious why, when faced with the final choice, Karen, who was clearly about to stab her, chose suicide—a choice most people wouldn't dare to make—at the last moment.

At this moment, Karen said with a wry smile, "Ms. Martha Gillian, I must say your sorcery is truly admirable and terrifying!"

Actually, I initially thought that since both were exit routes, the best option would naturally be to kill... that doctor.

After all, even if that's not the right way out, I still have the chance to choose suicide again.

But at the moment I raised the knife, I suddenly realized that everything, whether it was the doctor or the knife that suddenly appeared in my hand, seemed to be intentionally guiding me to kill the other party.

Therefore, I believe that if I had actually killed that doctor back then, I might not have even had a second chance.

So, I changed my mind.

As soon as she finished speaking, Martha showed a look of sudden realization, and then smiled and said, "You really are as rumored, not only courageous but also exceptionally meticulous."

Indeed, if you had actually killed... uh, that doctor back then, you would have fallen into the second illusion again.

That illusion was a deeper world, one that even a fourth-tier transcendent being would find difficult to escape on their own.

After saying that, she smiled with relief and quickly followed Fiona out of the room.

At the same time, Bright also came over.

He said, "Let's go, Baron Karen. You performed exceptionally well today. Even by the standards of this Order Keeper division since its inception, you are better than most people."

Karen didn't speak, but simply bowed slightly.

The two then left the room one after the other and headed out of the building.

...

The Order Keepers branch, inside the leader's office.

"What do you think of Baron Karen Waller?" Fiona asked after writing a few words on a piece of paper while sitting behind her desk.

The deputy leader, Martha, sitting opposite him, thought for a moment before replying, "A rare dual-profession genius, possessing the qualities of many outstanding individuals."

It's no exaggeration to say that he might become a pillar of the branch in the future!

Upon hearing this assessment, Fiona simply nodded slightly without offering her own opinion.

Seeing this, Martha asked in confusion, "My lord, is there something you're dissatisfied with about Baron Karen Waller?"

Fiona smiled, pushed the note in front of her over, and said, "Take a look at this."

Martha took the note and was completely stunned.

Just then, the office door was opened from the outside, and Bright walked in: "Boss, Baron Karen Waller has left."

After receiving the signal, he intended to leave, but suddenly noticed that Martha, sitting motionless at her desk like a statue, curiously walked over and asked:

"Martha, what's wrong?"

"Take a look at this." Martha's pupils trembled slightly as she handed over the slip of paper.

Bright took the note, but froze after his eyes fell on the words on it.

Immediately, both of them looked at Fiona and asked, "Boss, this... did you write this?"

"Yes, I think he deserves that praise," Fiona nodded.

For a moment, Martha and Bright exchanged a complicated look, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes.

Their reaction stemmed from a few words written on the note:

"Karen Waller's test results: perfect."

Even the two vice-leaders were only described as "excellent" when they joined the Order Keeper branch.

Since the establishment of this branch, only one other person besides Karen has received the "perfect" rating.

"I remember..." Martha murmured, seemingly recalling something, "When the leader joined, the previous leader seemed to have given him the evaluation of 'perfect'!"

Blythe nodded and said nothing more.

They all understood what Fiona meant by that assessment.

This is one "perfectionist" acknowledging another "perfectionist"!