Reject me, you damn woman.

Hound Sister Natalie, holding a short straight sword in both hands, made the short sword shine, and was leading several nuns, waving the sword continuously as if to cheer for the little nun.

"Ah, wah-a ...

On the altar of the gods, the little nun Martina, who was doing horse stance, had tried her best. Veins bulged on her small forehead, but she still could not put up a big enough divine barrier. Not to mention protecting half of the Rose City as planned, she had already tried her best just to cover the part under the jurisdiction of the church.

"This won't work. We can't leave this level of divine barrier."

Celitia said worriedly.

"Yes, yes, a delicious messenger of God."

Natalie turned away, complained quietly, then turned back to cheer.

"Come on, Martina, you can do it!"

"That's enough. Don't pretend that others can't hear you!"

Martina, the former secret weapon and messenger of the Earth Mother Goddess, complained loudly,

"Enough of your sarcastic remarks, you slutty nuns who only think about men!"

"Do you think releasing the divine power barrier is as simple as pooping or giving birth? It can just come out with some force?"

"Who do you think is the reason why things have become like this now?"

"Isn't it because that annoying bastard Lynn Norton stole most of my holy power that I can't release the divine power barrier? If you want to complain, go find him!"

The nuns just shook their heads and sighed, turning a deaf ear to Martina's complaints.

After all, everyone knows that such a good situation would not have been possible without Lin En's efforts.

Moreover, he is the one who needs the most support and bears the greatest pressure now.

The church should have been the first to support Lynn, but was unable to do so because of the divine barrier.

"No, it's okay, Martina,"

Natalie could only comfort him by pinching her thumb and index finger.

"It's cute even though it's small."

And with her careful comfort, Martina successfully...broke through the defense!

"Goddess, if you really show your spirit, stab that bastard prince to death first!!!"

The little nun burst into tears.

Suddenly, she was stunned, as if the thought of danger and warning flashed through her mind like lightning.

"Eh?"

She subconsciously looked at the statue that seemed to be emitting a barely detectable light.

..........

At the same time, inside the palace.

As Lilith smiled on the throne, a delicate dagger suddenly pierced through Lin En's waist without warning, and blood gushed out instantly.

Lin En's eyes were filled with disbelief. He could only smile bitterly and look at the wound on his waist, and Historia, who was also extremely shocked but holding the hilt of the sword tightly.

"Oh shit......."

This kind of backstab is not what I want!

..........

ps: Sorry everyone, this volume is now officially entering its climax. I have to thoroughly conquer all the female characters, do some work, kill the BOSS happily, and tie up all the foreshadowing. Therefore, I am always very stuck when writing this part of the plot.

But in order to maintain the continuity and quality of the plot, the updates these days are basically 5k or 6k in excess of the quota, which cannot be finished at all. Therefore, this is the only option for full maintenance. I hope everyone can understand, woooo~!

Also, this chapter is 8.8k, which is equivalent to adding two more chapters!

Please forgive me this time!

Chapter 249: Backstabbed? Then both the protagonist and the villain will regret it for the rest of their lives! (7k)

The time goes back a few minutes.

In the throne room, the smile on Hedwig's face disappeared, or rather, it actually shifted to Lynn's face.

With the fireball that almost evaporated half the sky as a signal, Lin En knew that he had won the bet.

The heroic spirits of Historia's family finally took action.

Of course, this disaster, which had been brewing for a long time by the Ring Leader of the Magic Bell Tower, could not be easily resolved by just a few high-level combat forces.

However, having achieved this, for Rose City, Lin En felt that he had done his best and had a clear conscience.

Only a savior would overestimate his own abilities and try to save everyone.

Lin En is not the kind of person who seems compassionate but is actually inexplicably arrogant and saintly to the point of making people want to vomit.

He never presented himself as a savior.

On the first day he arrived in Rose City, he told Lily that if the city was not worth saving, then Lin En wouldn't mind tearing it down and starting over.

Rather than arrogantly thinking that he must save everyone alone, he prefers to sow the seeds of hope.

And now, the seeds have been planted.

The rest depends on how determined the other people in this city are to protect their country, their city, and their home.

What's happening outside has nothing to do with him anymore.

While waiting for others to support him, he needs to calm down and focus on...the things that are happening right now, which belong to him.

Of course, he wouldn't mind if what he was going to do next could help those protesters.

Lynn's eyes turned to the witch Lilith on the throne.

.........

And Hedwig, or the Ring of Heart, Lilith, knew at the moment the flames rose that some things seemed to be beyond her control.

At this moment, the huge tree shadow that blocked the sky was the real nine-ring arcane, and its name was - the tree of the false dream world.

It is a genuine nine-ring arcane, a masterpiece that uses mental arcane to imitate the legendary world tree that connects the world and gives life to all things.

This was the Tree of Disaster that Lilith had cultivated using most of her demigod-level magic and spirit as the core furnace, stealing the spiritual energy of 300,000 people in Rose City to nourish and cultivate. Therefore, through spiritual empathy with the thousands of fallen leaf evil beasts that connected the entire Rose City, she instantly understood what was happening.

The offensive of those evil beasts that should have brought destruction to Rose City according to their own plan was suppressed.

Even the "tree" itself, which kept producing more evil beasts, was attacked by two powerful targets, forcing the "tree" to produce more evil beasts to protect itself, which gave the guardians of Rose City some time to breathe.

Soon, the defenders in Rose City, the various families, and other forces that are still fighting on their own will realize that this is not a battle that can be won by the victory of one side or the power of one individual.

With the time bought by the heroes, they will soon wake up and unite, and then they will face even greater resistance to the offensive of the evil beasts and even launch a counterattack.

Human beings are just like this. When separated, they are as small as ants. A slight pinch will destroy their bodies. But when faced with life and death, they can burst out with miraculous cohesion and will. Even the high and mighty Huan will have a headache because of this.

However, Lilith was not too upset about this.

From all the spiritual fragments she had stolen, she had not obtained any traces of the appearance or even existence of those heroic rebels, so the appearance of these heroic rebels was definitely beyond her expectations.

If that's the case, then it's not her fault.

Although she is quite confident in her own strength and preparation, unlike her companions, Lilith, who is good at psychic arcana, feels that she is different from Mordiana, the Queen of Demons, who is arrogant to no limit because of some power.

She will never become arrogant because of her pride, but she will not become self-deprecating because of her mistakes either.

If it's not your fault, there's no need to worry.

What's more, she didn't think that the situation had reached an irreversible point.

Her gaze slowly moved from the sky outside the French window, and finally fell on the prince standing in front of her.

And she just happened to see that Lin En's eyes were fixed on her, and there was even a hint of teasing and provocation in his eyes.

At this moment, Historia silently walked to his side and stood side by side with him.

"I don't quite understand what you mean, but I just want to know one thing."

Historia suppressed the trembling in her voice and said slowly,

"So, from the very beginning, Sister Hedwig was the mastermind, right?"

"I'm sorry, but that may be the case, Historia-sama,"

Lin En nodded and said in a deep voice:

"She was able to support His Highness Zevis to the point where she could fight against His Highness Hilteria, she was able to form a blasphemer organization of the level of Dark Night Rose, and she was even able to secretly steal the soul fragments of 300,000 people... Perhaps, before we came to Rose City, His Highness Hedwig had already been chosen by Lilith as the target of her mind possession, and everything that happened afterwards, including the current situation, was indeed caused by her."

"it is good,"

Historia took a deep breath, her voice still trembling but full of determination.

"I will assist you in killing this Sister Hedwig and avenge everyone!"

Hearing these words, Lilith's eyes finally changed.

Obviously, both sides understood that if they killed the other side directly here, they would be able to directly win the game.

If Lin En killed Lilith's real body, the collapse of the Nine Rings Arcane without its maintainer would only be a matter of time. Moreover, the number of rebels was increasing. Even if Lin En did nothing next, the battle might not fail.

Similarly, if Lilith won, she only had to kill Historia and Lynn, and then she could occupy Hedwig's body and announce in Hedwig's name that Lynn and Historia had sacrificed their lives heroically to defeat the enemy, and then take over command as a hero.

With the power of the Heart Ring, even if some people doubt it, she can find countless ways to completely destroy Rose City before being exposed.

But unfortunately, this is exactly where Lynn laughed at Lilith.

This seems to be the best tactic, and Lin En can try his best to make it a reality, but Lilith cannot.

Because Lin En's purpose has never changed from the beginning to the end. He wants to kill Lilith. This has no conflict with saving Rose City, helping Historia regain the throne, helping Zijinhua maintain the situation among the countries, and gaining the trust of Mother Earth.

But Lilith's goal was not to kill Lynn and Historia, or even to destroy the Rose City.

Her ultimate goal is to steal the secret fire!

This goal is above all other goals, even above destroying Rose City!

Therefore, occupying Hedwig's body was her best decision, but also her stupidest one.

Thanks to Hedwig's identity and status, she was able to know many mysteries, gain everyone's trust and hide until the end, and even gave Lin En wrong guidance, and almost succeeded in destroying the Rose City.

This decision has ten thousand advantages, but just one disadvantage is enough to be fatal.

Because Hedwig has no talent for fire arcane magic!

But since it is a secret fire, it must be something that can only be stimulated by the blood of the Fire Family.

Therefore, even if she and Lin En temporarily obtained some of the secret fire from the Fire Transmission Secret Realm, she must also find the most suitable person, someone with the blood of fire, to become the carrier of the secret fire.

Otherwise, what she would get would be nothing more than a small burning flame, no different from the flame in a fire started by picking up a few pieces of firewood from the roadside.

But the fifth prince, Zevis, who should have been the most suitable person to play this puppet role, is dead.

As for the other crown princes, once Lilith attempts to destroy Rose City using Hedwig's identity, they will immediately become alert and never give her another chance.

Therefore, Historia is almost her only choice now.

If she wanted to seize the Secret Fire afterwards, she must not kill Historia.

Lin En was confident in letting Historia come here with him today, not only because he wanted to let the other party relax their guard and force Lilith to break down and reveal her true face, but also because he calculated this point.

What's more, when fighting against the Ring of Mind, even if the opponent split out most of its strength, Lin En was not sure of winning.

With Historia to fight two against one, the chances of winning are much greater.

Even though they seemed to be quarreling and not getting along with each other every day, in fact, because Elena didn't like fighting, the two of them in the same group often cooperated in team battles in the academy. They were like the male and female evil spirits in the academy. For a while, they even made other students of Eden Academy dare not participate in the double arcane duel.

One party can strike without scruples, while the other party has to be cautious and restrain its hands.

In a life-and-death duel, unless one has absolute overwhelming strength, the outcome of the battle seems to be over before it even begins.

Thinking of this, Lilith sighed and looked at Lin En with her dark and unfathomable eyes:

"Prince of Purple Gold Flower, I have to admit that you have given me many surprises. I will probably never forget the humiliation of being cornered and teased by you this time."

"So, you've decided to surrender, right?"

Lynn asked.

"No,"

Lilith shook her head and said seriously: