My XX deal with Sister Nero

"The throne is collapsing, the temple is falling apart, and Goetia's body has disappeared. Everyone... we won." Turning his head to look at the gods and Tony behind him, Rosa sighed and said slowly.

Won? Just like that?

Looking at Rosa in disbelief, Tony subconsciously touched his face.

Was the battle fierce? Perhaps it was quite fierce. In places he could see or not see, countless heroic spirits, gods, and heroes from myths and legends were fighting hard. But from his perspective, this war was perhaps just a win for him without any effort. Anyway, he felt that he had not paid much.

"Notify everyone to retreat. Goetia is dead, and this Temple of Time... is about to collapse." As Rosa spoke, he pulled Tony's hand and spoke to the gods.

“…That’s right.” Tony, who had played the final level of FGO, knew that this place was collapsing. If he didn’t leave now… he might never be able to leave in his life.

"The temple is collapsing. Did it work?" Looking at the collapsing temple, the ancestor of God Romulus standing in front of the Holy Gate murmured, "Is the Magic King Solomon finally... dead?"

"Don't think about it! It's time to go!" Orion patted Romulus' shoulder hard and called to him.

……

Noticing the temple's collapse, the heroic spirits and the gods of course knew the outcome of the war.

The war is over!

"It's time to end. I'm very happy to fight side by side with you two." The First Emperor Ying Zheng looked at the Jianwu Emperor Liu Xiu and the Holy Emperor Wu Zetian standing in front of him, his tone somewhat relieved.

"I am very pleased to be able to fight side by side with Zulong and the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty." Looking at her and the First Emperor's gradually weakening bodies, Wu Zetian smiled and said, "Then, we'll see each other again in the future!"

"The emperor of the past and the emperor of the future?" Feeling the power of the heroic spirit rapidly draining from his body, Liu Xiu sat cross-legged and looked at the collapsing Temple of Time. He murmured, "My time is coming to an end. I hope that the Han Empire can flourish in Zili's hands."

……

"Hurry up, don't stop!" Rose held Tony's hand and shouted as she rushed towards the Holy Gate.

"I've tried very hard, but..." Just as Tony finished his words, a man with long golden hair suddenly appeared in front of them.

"Damn! Goetia in the Human King form!" Tony cursed subconsciously as he looked at the familiar figure.

Absolutely!

It's just like FGO! After killing the Demon King Goetia, he appeared in front of Tony again in the form of the Human King. Even though his omnipotent power has been lost, his immortal body has disappeared, and his remaining life span is only five minutes, but... Goetia, who now has a life span... He is just like in the game, he has become enlightened!

"Beat it!!!" Rosa, who was a little annoyed and not willing to listen to his nonsense, knew that Goetia was just a spent force at the moment. Not to mention that he had no fighting power at all, Goetia's body was collapsing at the moment, and it would probably be difficult for him to even move.

It's time to attack him while he's weak. If you keep listening to him, what if you end up like Gudako and are unable to get out?

There is no Fu Fu here!

"Goodbye!" As he spoke, before Goetia could speak, Rosa kept on walking and slashed at his head with a knife!

PS: It is nearly 2,700 words, 500 words more than the previous updated chapter. It is not a big chapter. The reason why I wrote these 500 words more is... Yes, today is my birthday, so I wrote 500 more words to wish myself a happy birthday~

Chapter 723: Rosa from the Future

"...Damn it." Looking at the subordinates lying on the ground around her, Alus, the commander-in-chief of the Rose Knights, looked at the commander of the Hyacinth Knights standing not far from her. Despair flashed in the eyes of both of them almost at the same time.

The opponent... is too strong!

His Majesty once said that the so-called heroic spirits refer to those who have become heroes who protect the world through legends and anecdotes. Even if these people were not good at fighting during their lifetime, they still have some means of fighting after death. And the fighting power of these heroic spirits... the weakest one is much stronger than that of ordinary people.

And Archimedes was even stronger than they expected!

At least, it is not something that their two major knight orders can deal with!

"This guy is too strong. Not to mention us, even in the Royal Knights, perhaps only the top five knights can suppress him?" Looking at the broken armor on his body, the commander-in-chief of the Hyacinth Knights coughed and spat out the blood in his throat before speaking.

"But at least... there is still hope, right?" Alus took a deep breath and tightly grasped the cross sword in her hand: "Come on, do your best to drag him here and buy some time for the arrival of the Royal Knights!"

"Actually... your mission has been completed." Just as Alus finished speaking, Elector Hyacinth and Elector Nylon suddenly appeared in front of them, turned their backs to the members of the two major knight orders and said, "Now... leave this to us."

……

Returning to his villa on the outskirts of Rome, Tony wiped the blood from his forehead with some fear.

It was almost, just almost, and he would have to stay in the Temple of Time forever. If Rosa hadn't reacted quickly and killed the Human King Goetia with one sword, he might never see his sister again in this life.

"Huh? Something is wrong. Why are there a few fewer people here?" After walking around the villa, Rosa scratched his head. According to his own deployment, this villa can basically be regarded as a temporary Chaldea. Although it is temporary, its strategic position is also very important. So here, he deployed several princes who are absolutely loyal to him. As the core combat force of the empire, even if these princes cannot defeat the Demon Pillar, if they join hands... there will be no problem in delaying the Demon Pillar for a while.

So where are they?!

"Your Majesty." At this moment, a young man in a white coat took two steps forward to Rosa's side and said with his head lowered, "If your Majesty is asking about Prince Cangdu and his men... they went to Rome with someone."

Went to Rome with someone? What the hell? Who did you go with?

Rosa frowned and tilted his head to take a look at the young man. His face was full of regret: "How come a good kid has become a fool after studying so hard? Tell me, who did Cangdu go with?"

"This..." The young man looked at Rosa with some fear, subconsciously took a half step back, opened his mouth but said nothing.

"Okay, stop making things difficult for your subordinates." At this moment, a voice that Rosa was very familiar with suddenly came from the direction of the gate.

"...I...eh, no, what's going on, why are you here?!"

Looking at the middle-aged man who appeared at the gate, not to mention Rosa, even Tony who was standing next to him was a little dumbfounded.

This middle-aged man, if you exclude the factor of age, then he... is basically exactly the same as Rosa!

substitute?

No, not to mention that Rosa already has a stand-in. Even if he wants to get a second stand-in now, his new stand-in... must be very similar in appearance to him to be a stand-in. Although these two people look very similar, but... the middle-aged man at the door has some wrinkles on his face. Can he be a stand-in?

If it’s not a substitute, then who could this be?

"If I'm not mistaken, you... should be Rose? Or, you are me from the future." Rosa took a deep breath and said slowly while looking at the middle-aged man standing at the door.

"What? Rose?" Tony was stunned when he heard the name.

Of course he would never forget the dream he had that night in Byzantium. In the dream, his sister Nero was sitting alone on the throne, looking at Tony who suddenly appeared in front of her with a sad face.

Yes, in the future, ten years later, I will be assassinated, and in order to ensure that I can survive, my sister and the future Rosa will twist this world line into an anomalous zone, hoping that by doing so, I can live safely.

And Rosa's code name ten years later is "Rose"!

"Rose? No, no, no, you are talking about you ten years later. To be precise, I am not Rose, because I... I am you fifteen years later." The middle-aged man shrugged.

"Whether you are me ten years later or me fifteen years later, have you forgotten? You want to kill me?" Looking at the middle-aged man in front of him, Rosa subconsciously covered himself with his blood-red armor and asked indifferently.

……Eh?

Tony blinked at Rosa's indifferent expression.

What's the situation?

"Don't be nervous." The middle-aged man walked into the room with a nonchalant look on his face. He sat on the sofa very casually and pointed at the sofa opposite him and said, "Don't stand. It's hard for me to talk to you with my head tilted up. Let's sit down and talk."

"I'm not tired." Rosa said coldly, looking at the middle-aged man who sat on the sofa.

"Okay." The middle-aged man smiled indifferently: "Let me answer your first question first. I am you in the future, and I am destined not to meet you now. Otherwise, this time the time paradox will cause both you and I to disappear from this world... Well, although theoretically there is such a thing, in reality, neither you nor I would do this, right? If you don't disappear, that would be the best, but if you disappear... neither you nor I can afford the cost of this experiment, right?"

"Then why are you here?" Rosa asked coldly.

"It's very simple, because I am both you and not you. Essentially, I am no longer affected by this time paradox. So no matter whether this theory is true or false, when I am no longer completely you... this time paradox is no longer valid for you and me, right?" The middle-aged man laughed and stared at Rosa with interest.

"..." Rosa didn't say anything.

Since this guy in front of me can come to this world, it means that he must be related to me. Given that he is very similar to me, it can be basically concluded that this guy is either the third brother or my future self.

The third brother wouldn't be so bored as to put on makeup and play with it by himself. That could only mean that the other person... is his future self!

PS: There will be another chapter later. I will finish updating this book before the 30th, so there will be at least two updates a day in the next few days.

Chapter 724: The biggest secret of the Execution Organization!

When Rosa first came into contact with time travel, his research institute made the hypothesis of "time paradox", that is, the future self and the past self cannot meet, otherwise it will trigger a time paradox and cause all the "selves" on this timeline to disappear. And this hypothesis... Rosa didn't dare to do the corresponding experiment. After all, if this hypothesis is correct, then all the "Rosas" will disappear.

The price is too high!

It is also for this reason that when Rose contacted Rosa ten years later to reveal information about Tony, he did not even dare to reveal his identity, fearing that it might trigger the possible "time paradox".

It was also for this reason that Rosa acted so indifferent when this middle-aged man appeared in front of him.

Because he knew that this could trigger a "time paradox" at any time and wipe out both of them.

"You said you are not completely me? What do you mean?" After a few seconds of silence, Rosa looked at the middle-aged man sitting on the sofa and said slowly.

"Back then, you were trapped in the second brother's world. In order to go home, you selected the wrong skill points and used your supernatural powers to select the skill point of traveling to parallel worlds. Then, in the third brother's world, you understood what time-space coordinates were. In the fifteenth brother's world, you learned that the second and third dimensions can actually communicate with each other in theory. And here, you know that the inhibitory force really exists...especially Gaia consciousness."

Rosa certainly knew what Gaia consciousness was.

The so-called inhibitory force actually refers to the Alaya consciousness and Gaia consciousness. Simply put, Alaya consciousness refers to the unified consciousness possessed by any individual in the human group, or to put it more simply and professionally, it is the collective subconscious proposed by Freud and Jung in analytical psychology.

Gaia consciousness refers to planetary consciousness, which is the consciousness of the earth itself in the Gaia hypothesis proposed by James Lovelock. Even if this concept is expanded and extended, every planet should have its own consciousness.

"What do you want to say?" Rosa stared at the middle-aged man and said in a deep voice.

He had a hunch that what the middle-aged man said next might be the key!

"Let me ask you, Mars...what is the Mars of this world?"

"God." Rosa answered without hesitation.

"So what is his relationship with Ares?" The middle-aged man asked with interest, a smile suddenly flashing across his lips.

In the world where Rosa lives, Mars was originally the god of agriculture in the Roman pantheon, in charge of livestock and plowing land. However, with the expansion of the territory of the Roman Empire, Mars gradually changed from the god of farming to the god of war. Especially after Rome conquered Greece, the image of Mars and the image of Ares were mixed together, so that many people in later generations thought that Mars was actually Ares.

But this world is different. In this loss belt, whether it is Ares or Mars, they are all the embodiment of the concept of "war" and the "God of Concepts". The biggest feature of this kind of God of Concepts is that they represent this "concept". No matter which pantheon, no matter what the name of this God of Concepts is, they are referring to the same God.

For example, the concept of "war". In Roman mythology, he is the god of war Mars; in Greek mythology, he is the god of war Ares; in Mesopotamian mythology, he is Ashur, the sun god of war; in Egyptian mythology, he is Set, the god of the desert.

In short, this is the god of concepts. In different mythological systems, he has different corresponding identities.

"They... can be considered equals basically." Rosa was silent for a while before answering.

"Yes, they are gods of concepts, so theoretically, Ares is Mars, and these gods of concepts are just derivatives of Gaia's consciousness. In this world... no, in this universe, every planet has its own consciousness, and the concepts derived from this consciousness are the so-called gods. Since every planet has its own consciousness, then... let me ask you, does this universe also have a so-called [cosmic consciousness]?"

"Could it be that you..." Hearing this, Rosa subconsciously widened his eyes.

No way? This guy, could it be that he...

"Once I had this hypothesis, I naturally thought of ways to explore it. Finally, I successfully discovered the existence of cosmic consciousness in a certain world. After I confirmed its existence, I began a series of experiments, from initially finding cosmic consciousness and cooperating with it, to the final stage of... devouring cosmic consciousness."

At this point, the middle-aged man paused before continuing, "Yes, I devoured the cosmic consciousness of our universe in the future, so now, I am the universe, and the universe is me. To some extent, I am God!"

"Fuck..." Staring at the middle-aged man in front of him in amazement, Rosa held it in for a long time before finally uttering these words.

He knew that his personality was a bit crazy, but he never expected that his future self would be so crazy that he would actually... find the so-called cosmic consciousness and devour it!

"So, I am you, and I am not you." Smiling at Rosa, the middle-aged man stood up and looked at Tony standing beside him. He suddenly said, "Based on the timing, you should not have recruited him into the organization yet, right? So, when are you going to tell him the secret?"

Is it finally my turn?

Tony took a deep breath and tried his best to appear calm as he looked at the middle-aged man in front of him.

He had always been curious about why Rosa in the future would twist this world line and turn it into a loss belt for himself. If it was Nero, Tony could understand it, after all, Nero was his sister, but Rosa...what was his relationship with his future self?

According to Rosa, his future self joined the Executioner Organization, and his biggest trump card in being able to absorb his future self into the organization was the so-called "secret of the organization."

Tony was very curious about what the secret was, but he didn't dare to ask, because Rosa had vowed to tell him that after he knew the secret, he might hesitate and think about it, but in the end he would choose to join the organization and become an executor within the organization, and would never betray other executors within the organization.

Rosa even hinted that all the executors in the organization would not only not betray their companions, but would even take the knife for their companions when necessary!

PS: Let me tell you something to make you jealous. Wasn't it my birthday yesterday? And someone wished me a happy birthday yesterday, right? To be honest, well, I received three birthday wishes yesterday, which made me very excited. The first one was from a girl, who is my childhood sweetheart. Of course, she wishes me a happy birthday every year, and this year is no exception.

The second one came from the reader group. Someone in the group actually remembered my birthday, which touched me so much.

As for the third one, I don't know how many of you have played "Cat Girl Paradise", which is also translated as "Chocolate and Vanilla", which is what we usually call cat fucking. And one of the heroines in it, that is, Chocolate's CV, wished me a happy birthday yesterday, hehe~

Chapter 725 "I"

What a joke!

Tony is not a bad guy, but he is not a good guy either. There are only a few people in the Executioner Organization who have dealt with him, and the one he is most familiar with is of course Rosa. But... let alone those unfamiliar Executioners, even if it was Rosa, he would not be able to block the knife for them!

If a man does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. Although Tony will not deliberately hurt others for his own sake, he is sorry, he really cannot do such a noble act as to block the knife for others.

"I was planning to tell him around his wedding... But since you're here, why don't you tell him the secret? Since you come from the future, you should have more comprehensive information than I do, right?" Rosa sneered, casually sat down on the sofa in front of the middle-aged man, and spoke.

"Okay, I'll speak for you." The middle-aged man still looked indifferent and said to Rosa.

"Well... let's start from the beginning." He winked at Rosa, and waited until Rosa drove everyone else out of the room before the middle-aged man spoke: "You, Xiao Yun, a former customs officer, you traveled through time and came here, met Nero, and then one day, you met Rosa, and knew that you would die in an assassination one day in the future, and he came to save you, right?"

"Yes." Tony nodded and replied.

Because Rosa had laid too many foreshadowings before, no matter how much Tony wanted to refuse to hear this secret, he... really couldn't help it.

Anyway, after hearing this secret, I can just refuse to join the organization no matter what, right?