Their romance storyline only begins on the second playthrough

thump—

Natalie suddenly froze.

what?

"Mother-in-law, what are you saying?"

"Well, I don't really want to upset you, but that's just how it is."

The emperor could no longer wait for things to unfold slowly.

So, as soon as we heard that we were coming, we made up our minds to arrange everything.

The engagement has been finalized with the King of the Melanie Empire.

The high priest paused briefly, then sighed.

"This can be considered as leaving Princess Felicity a way out... After all, if something really happens to the Empire, at least she can leave with Lord Rhodes."

Each word fell.

These few simple words, however, were like a terrifying ink, instantly plunging Natalie into darkness—

The capital will be Felicity's home ground, but the problem is...

Natalie froze, unable to move.

"Are you kidding me? Felicity is a good friend of mine and Rod's, but she doesn't like Rod at all. How can you force this on her...?"

She knew exactly where the problem lay.

Because of the rebirth, the deployment of troops caused a butterfly effect.

But this shouldn't be the case.

Emotions are about to explode.

Chapter 110 Ivina, Stepping Out of the Duke's Mansion. (4k)

In the library of the St. Starson Academy—

Twisting, folding, and rearranging.

Clara, corrupted by Isadora, began to exude pure white, blue-silver threads from her body.

These threads continuously wrapped around her, but under the influence of the demon god, they were stained with a layer of black, polluted film.

Even so, a thick layer of silkworm cocoon still formed on her body, covering everything.

Most remarkably, Clara's body was gradually growing larger, appearing and disappearing through the shadows—

She changed from a young girl's body to a teenage girl's body.

Even through her silhouette, one can see that her slender waist creates an arc in her figure, her chest is slightly raised, and her whole body floats gracefully in her cocoon like a fish in the deep sea.

Moreover, she seemed to be emitting a deep-sea-like murmur, and piercing waves were spreading continuously, calling upon the tribe.

Cecilia, or rather one of her twelve bodies, was calmly observing this strange change.

In fact, before she separated the souls, a soul could only control one of the directions pointed to by the pointer.

However, since her body on Rhodes' side was asleep at the moment, she naturally woke up here—

It's pretty shameless, isn't it... not needing to sleep for 24 hours straight.

Top-tier bull and horse skills.

"It's undergoing evolution, or rather, bloodline inheritance?" Cecilia rested her chin on her hand, lost in thought. "But it's already become a Fallen Demon God. If it truly evolves successfully, what kind of monster will it become?"

Cecilia sighed.

"Oh no, I've really become the villain who caused all this trouble, even though I never really wanted Clara to die."

"Isadora, I never expected that not only would her appearance be useless, but the things she did in the end would be truly stupid."

This is true.

Yesterday I was still marveling at how Isadora had given her a hand that allowed her to get revenge on Rhodes for making her kneel down and be his dog, but today I realized that this hand was extremely malicious.

She had assumed Clara was just the daughter of a sea creature who had reached the peak of the fifth level of ascension, but she hadn't expected things to be so complicated.

After all, she couldn't even break the silkworm cocoon.

Moreover, those who can inherit and evolve must be the most special beings among those races.

In other words, she killed people like saints from the marine species... No wonder the coastline is in such chaos now.

In a few days, the central government in the capital will likely learn about the situation and send a large number of powerful individuals over, since this is a conflict between the [Divine Seeds].

It's been so long since something like this has happened...

“This is troublesome, but let’s see how it goes.” Cecilia looked at Clara and touched her elbow. “Anyway, we’re not going to die.”

……

...

In the early morning, Ivina was still in bed, drool dripping from her lips, and wrapped herself up in a ball with the sun behind her.

Rhodes had already gotten up.

He sat cross-legged on the sofa, his eyes tightly closed, as he burned all three secret scrolls of links in his hands—

Last time, he upgraded [Life Dragon Heart] and [Body of Creation], and this time he wants to upgrade the skills [Elf Dragon Sword], [Listen to the Song of the Dragon of Life], and [Dream Realm Chaos].

These three skills were the ones he selected for their best improvement effect.

It's a very simple principle: although the Dragon Sword directly increases basic attribute values, the 35 points it provides are negligible due to the low skill level.

But once you level up, things will be completely different.

In his previous battle with Sheila, Rhodes realized that if he couldn't level up his healing skill [Dragon's Song] when facing opponents of higher ranks, he would obviously be in a difficult situation.

Therefore, these three skills are undoubtedly the most comprehensive and the highest priority to improve.

Without hesitation, he quickly sensed his body's nerves frantically transmitting signals; the so-called "divine runes" were embedding themselves into his body and activating its potential.

My blood and qi were burning hot, and my body began to feel as if it were boiling water, while my eyelids were tightly closed.

Cutting, linking, repeating endlessly, and ultimately, it leads to a change in skill level.

【Elf Dragon Sword LV.1→2】: You can forge an Elf Dragon Sword. When equipped, your Strength increases by 35→70, Agility decreases by 10, and when the weapon pierces an enemy, you can inflict the 【Mental Damage】 effect.

Psychological damage?

Rhodes held his breath slightly.

If his previous skill, Mental Shock, was just a tricky mental attack, then Mental Damage is a real attack that cuts a small piece off the opponent's mental defenses.

If the enemy's mental strength is 100, then as long as his mental strength drops to 30, that is, below 30%, the enemy will lose the ability to control his body.

Once the mental energy reaches zero, the enemy will become a complete living dead.

Mental damage is a form of injury that can truly reduce a person's mental strength to zero.

This type of damage ignores the enemy's recovery skills and those insignificant defensive enhancement skills, making it the noblest and rarest talent direction among true mental damage.

At least in the first playthrough, Rhodes achieved this kind of genuine mental damage effect, which was something he only did when he reached the Saint level.

In other words, as long as Rhodes can plunge this sword into the enemy's flesh, he can kill the enemy.

"That's right. If I had this skill when I fought Sheila, I wouldn't have been afraid at all. After all, spiritual death is ineffective against ordinary resurrection techniques."

Rhodes continued to look down at the enhanced effect of the second skill—

【聆听生之龙曲LV.1→2】：可无障碍交流全物种，全属性+8→+30点，且激活技能后在【龙曲世界】范围15米内的所有友方单位及自身以每秒1.5%伤势治愈恢复。

【Dream Realm Chaos LV.1→2】: When you activate this skill, you can create your own domain within a 20-meter radius of your original location. Within the domain, your attributes will increase by 15%→20%, and the damage of your soul attacks will increase by another 15%→20%.

The upgrades to the other two skills were quite drastic.

Dragon Song has been transformed from a single-target healing skill into a group healing skill, and the recovery speed has increased by half.

The domain simply and directly improves attribute values ​​in all aspects.

However, I am now undoubtedly a terrifying being with multiple effects.

I wonder if Natalie will be shocked and bewildered when she finds out that she can take away Natalie's role as a life-seed support.

The thought of Natalie made Rod feel a little itchy inside.

After all, she's the one who clearly likes him... What will happen to the situation if she shows up?

She would probably circle around Ivina twice, then examine her with her chin in her hand, and finally exhale in dissatisfaction.

As for Felicity, she was naturally happy to shake hands with her and scratch her chin.

As for Lilith and Cecilia... tsk.

Rhodes shook his head; just thinking about it gave him a headache.

"Hey."

Ivina's small figure suddenly appeared in front of Rhodes and patted him on the shoulder.

Rhodes opened his eyes, looked at the girl in front of him, and raised an eyebrow, saying, "Awake?"

"Of course! It's past ten o'clock, and the sun is high in the sky." Ivina pointed to the sunlight outside, a little annoyed that Rhodes hadn't woken her up.

However, it cannot be denied that she was really exhausted last night. She should have known better than to try it so casually.

Rather, one might ask how much repression Rhodes must have been under to allow her little hands to endure such torment.

“Ivina.” Rhodes reached out and took her slender wrist, speaking gently, “Now that you’re awake, let’s give it a try.”

"Huh? Hey, you don't mean...you want more, do you?" Ivina covered her mouth.

“What are you thinking? I mean, we should try to get out there.”

Tick.

The pendulum on the wall swung for a moment, and Ivina's crimson eyes calmed down.

"okay."

"Take off the umbrella and walk out openly and honestly."