The term "three gates" was not unfamiliar to Roger.
Very quickly.
He recalled the relevant content of the book -
It was a book of strange stories called "Wandering Diary".
The book mentions the author's various experiences of wandering through many divine kingdoms in his dreams.
Generally speaking.
The Wandering Diary is considered a storybook with a philosophical and allegorical bent.
The protagonist of the diary patrols the kingdom of the gods in an attitude that transcends the mundane.
To visit these kingdoms, one must pass through specific doors.
The descriptions of these 'gates' in the book were mostly mysterious, and only two of them left a deep impression on Roger.
One of the gates was clearly pointed out as leading to the kingdom of Quinan.
Its appearance is a half-moon arch.
There is a pair of huge antlers on the door.
Roger suspected that it was the "Stag Gate".
Another door mentioned in the book was closed by the "God of Ether", so the protagonist in "The Wandering Diary" is not allowed to visit it.
The door was located under the moonlight deep in the forest.
This may be the "gate in the woods" mentioned by the jailer.
At that time, Roger didn't know that the god in charge of the ether was Mystra, so he didn't think about it and didn't come over here.
It seems now.
This gate in the woods must be related to Mystra.
Inside the three gates.
Only Roger of "Xuan Zong's Gate" had no clue.
However, according to the inference of "The Gate in the Forest" and "The Gate of the Stag".
Is there also a god hidden behind this door?
What position does that god hold?
What exactly is the so-called 'ticket game'?
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In Chimera Prison.
Roger thought a lot.
He felt like a traveler in the fog. He had just seen some details of things clearly, but his eyes were shrouded by a larger fog again.
"Could it be that the Xuanzong Gate is related to Purgatory?"
Roger's thought was not random speculation.
He now feels more and more that the sub-plane "Between Purgatory" is not simple.
The fact that the people of the Salvation Society were able to find this place shows that this sub-plane is closely connected with the main material world of Quinan; at the same time, it is the border between Purgatory and Mystra.
Combined with the various abnormalities on the Blood Crow Lord.
Roger had reason to suspect that the anomaly in this world was somehow related to the open and secret struggles among the three gods.
certainly.
Even if there was a fight, it must have happened a long time ago.
Now both Mystra and Quinan have been reincarnated.
As for the last god...
Everything is in an unknown state.
"Too little information, thinking too much will only cause more trouble!"
Just think of this.
Roger let out a long breath.
He quickly counted the spoils.
He just used most of the things that could be used.
Only that small piece of "God's rib" was full of question marks under the display of qigong.
At the moment, he could only choose to "collect".
After the inventory is completed.
Roger opened a "durable tent" to rest.
After 6 hours.
He walked towards the gate at the back of the prison with full energy.
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"Hint: You are about to enter the second step of the 'Dead Forest'. From now on, you will be under the attention of the 'Gate in the Forest'"
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Such a hint slipped through Roger's vision.
at the same time.
His perspective was constantly raised.
More information and signs appeared above the honeycomb-shaped rooms.
Three squares deeper in the "Elephant Tomb", the words "Gate in the Forest" appeared.
But the font was scarlet, with a huge exclamation mark lit up at the end!
This means that there are very scary monsters in the room where the forest door is!
"This red...it must be better than Chimera."
"Maybe it's an upgrade or above!"
Think of this.
Roger became even more excited!
He gradually realized that in the two-dimensional world, some monsters from the outside world might be easier to deal with!
After all, everyone is "squashed" in the same way.
But he has the strong sponsorship of Monty Python.
Ignoring the limit on movement points.
He can search room by room, thereby continuously accumulating secret techniques and props!
This is Roger's unique advantage in the 'Dead Forest'!
certainly.
The almost unlimited movement points did not mean that Roger could sweep all the rooms.
The rooms in Dead Forest are progressive.
At every three-way intersection, you can only choose a room that is parallel to yours, and you cannot go back.
So sometimes it’s easy to just keep going.
It is inevitable that some rooms will be missed.
But despite that.
Roger also took advantage.
At that moment, he carefully confirmed his goal and then planned a corresponding route!
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Primary Objective: "Elephant Grave/Heart of the Wild".
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Secondary Objective: "Gate in the Woods".
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Long-term goal: "Puzzle of the mysterious treasures of heaven".
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Side objective: "Find your brother".
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Following this series of clearly prioritized goals.
The infinite marbles from the gambler's roulette wheel began to violently spray on the second step of the Dead Forest.
Wherever the marbles go.
Roulette dances with the elves.
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"You killed 1 Screaming Fungus"
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"Your musical taste has improved slightly"
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"You killed 1 moss monster."
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"Your tolerance for spiciness has been slightly improved."
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"You killed a mad dinosaur"
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"Your novel filling ability has been slightly improved."
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that's all.
Roger crushed his way through.
Until you reach the "Gate in the Forest".
He didn't encounter any enemies that were too difficult!
This also confirms Roger's fighting philosophy in the two-dimensional world -
Being long means being strong!
Attack range is everything!
No matter how powerful the enemy is, what’s the point if you can’t touch him?
Look at Roger himself.
Apart from shooting marbles across most of the map, the rest of the damage was done by the elves.
And in this process.
He also collected a series of props and secret techniques.
Although the probability of dropping items and secret techniques in the second stage is greatly reduced.
But not for long.
Roger's item bar and secret skill bar are also full.
He made a careful selection for this.
Finally, we decided on a set of props:
He obtained the first six of them at the first level.
The last three items are new.
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"Angel's Armor (Heaven/Barrier)"
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"Fire Spirit Necklace (Magic/Elf/Flame)"
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"Warrior's Medal (Barrier/Courage)"
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"Water Spirit Pendant (Elf/Lake Country)"
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"Emerald Green Incense Burner (Red Earth Mountain/Drumming)"
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"Grass Knot Crown (Encouragement/Holly)"
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"Black Knight Medal (Magic/Abyss): Your spell attacks will have the effect of 'Malicious Slander'.
Malicious Slander: A judgment is made every 20 seconds. If the judgment is successful, 3 points of damage will be caused to the target and the effect of malicious slander will be eliminated.
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"Dark Elf Boots (Elf/Barrier): You gain a Dark Elf as a companion;
Dark Elves will passively attack wherever you step on them;
Enemies damaged by the Dark Elves will be stunned.
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"Wind Elf Gloves (Red Earth Mountain/Elf): You gain a wind elf as a companion;
The wind elf will actively attack all enemies in your field of vision.
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The above 9 items constitute a set of "Elf Barrier Flow" modules!
To put it simply.
It's the "condom summoning flow"!
From the perspective of entry construction.
It would be perfect if "Black Knight Medal" or "Verdant Censer" were replaced with an item with the "Elf/Barrier" attribute.
certainly.
Because of Cindy, Roger could accept the shortage of entries to a certain extent.
He then designated one of Cindy's entries as "barrier".
So these words appeared below the two-dimensional character card.
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"Currently owned entries: 4 Elves 4 Barriers 2 Encouragement 2 Red Earth Mountain 2 Magic 1 Heaven 1 Flame 1 Courage 1 Lake Country 1 Holly Tree 1 Abyss"
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「Elves (4): Your elves' attack frequency increases by 80%;
They will have a certain chance to use the four-elves combo skill 'Judgment Strike'"
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"Barrier (4): You gain an additional 30 Barrier points.
When you are hurt, the barrier index will be deducted first;
The deducted barrier index will be slowly restored at a rate of 1 point every 5 minutes.
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The "4 elves 4 barriers" strategy provides an absurdly high tolerance rate and efficiency in clearing small monsters.
Roger basically doesn't have to do anything himself.
Just run around the room and throw marbles, and the attacks from the elves will be enough to wipe out everything!
What’s even more exciting is.
The 100% critical strike provided by "Encouragement" also applies to the elves' spell attacks.
Previously, I was in a room with "moss monsters" all over the floor.
The elves in the "Encouragement" state performed "Judgment Strike".
Roger remembered that scene very clearly——
He was just about to throw a marble.
Then I saw the light of judgment descending from the clouds.
The four different colored health bars of the "Moss Monster Lord" in front of me were instantly reduced to the bottom!
It’s a pity that the frequency of combo skill triggering is a little low.
Roger has been brushing for so long and it has only been triggered 4 times.
But anyway.
The high-frequency spell attacks gained from this module are worth the money.
The properties provided by the other two entries are also acceptable.
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"Magic (2): Your spell attack damage increases by 20%"
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"Red Earth Mountain (2): Your health index increases by 30%."
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Of course, the spell damage is for the elf minions.
The cost-effectiveness of Red Earth Mountain's life index increase is far inferior to that of a "barrier" that provides a shield-like effect.
Fortunately, Roger touched several things that increased the upper limit of his life index during the raid.
In the end, his basic life index reached 9 points.
With the bonus of Red Soil Mountain, it also has 12 points.
This is an improvement that is better than nothing.
But Roger didn't think the term Red Earth Mountain was garbage.
His instinct as a player made him suspect that there might be a trick to gain more health points to pass the level.
What a pity.
He didn't have the chance to explore again for the time being.
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In addition to props.
Roger also gained a series of secret techniques.
After some thought.
He eliminated "fist and kick skills" and "unparalleled sword energy".
The final secret column is as follows:
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"Life Sacrifice"
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"Light Wind: You have the ability to fly for a short period of time, and your flying speed is slightly faster than your movement speed.
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Cooling time: 24 seconds
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[Energetic: The cooldown time of all your secret arts, items, and skills is reduced to 1/3]
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Without a doubt.
"Energetic" and "Light Wind" are a great mystic combination.
This combination provides Roger with superb mobility.
It also brings out the charm of the "condom summoning flow" routine to the extreme...
With the support of this powerful module.
Roger successfully obtained the Heart of the Wilderness from the Elephant's Tomb.
Finally, I stood outside the "Gate in the Forest" room with full confidence!
Before entering the door.
Roger deliberately paused for a while——
The "Try Your Luck" feature of Gambler's Roulette is about to be refreshed.
If you encounter failure or a big failure.
He would wait in this room for a while.
If it doesn't work, open a tent.
This is not considered long-term stagnation.
After a short rest.
on the data bar.
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"Try your luck: your luck is really against the sky, you have a 'big success'!"
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"All your attacks deal +5 damage (including your summons)"
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“Oh!”
See this scene.
Roger walked through the door decisively and confidently.
In the dim vision.
After the familiar perspective changes and transitions.
A feeling of depression and irritability came over Roger.
His vision was immediately filled with a desolate red.
What meets the eye is endless desert, huge pits and lonely starry sky!
Under the starry sky.
A mass of chaotic rotten flesh that could not even be called a living being was staring coldly at the intruder!
That moment.
A bad feeling came over Roger.
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"Hint: You have encountered the 'Ancient Evil' (Immortal/Lord/Temporary Demotion -1)"
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"Qi-gazing Technique: You cannot stare at the body of the 'Ancient God' for a long time, otherwise you will experience negative states such as 'chaos' and 'collapse'."
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"You sense that the health bar of 'Ancient Evil' is at least 60+"
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“Fuck!”
"A former immortal creature who was temporarily demoted?"
See this stuff.
Roger was completely stunned.
Where is the gate in the forest?
How did you end up with a monster for yourself?
Where is Lin?
Where is the door?
"Don't tell me they were all eaten by the 'Ancient Evil'..."
Roger couldn't help but grumble quietly.
In his mind.
The '60+' health bar is not the most troublesome.
'Not being able to look straight' is the crux of the problem!
This is a two-dimensional world!
His character can only look forward and backward. Of course, he can also look up and down, but it is not convenient to maintain these movements for a long time.
And when Roger tried to adjust to the "high-dimensional perspective", he accidentally saw the full picture of the "ancient evil"!
The result was that we immediately entered a state of "chaos".
He watched helplessly as he fucked the wall for 6 seconds.
Only then did he regain control of his body!
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"Let's see if we can fight first."
"If it doesn't work... we can only wait for the elves' "Judgment Strike"!"
Roger has made up his mind.
The evil gods over there also took the initiative to attack!
Shadows appeared under Roger's feet.
Within 0.5 seconds after the shadow appears.
There must be a tentacle falling from the sky!
Not only can the tentacle penetrate all obstacles along the way, but it can also cause more than 2 points of single damage and a certain probability of "chaos" effect!
Just dodging Roger's tentacles is already very difficult!
Fortunately, he has "Light Wind" and "Green Incense Burner".
His extremely high mobility allows him to protect himself even when facing ordinary attacks from evil spirits.
Occasionally, he could turn around and throw a small string of marbles.
But it still relies more on the elves to deal damage.
The evil god seemed to look down on the elves.
Its normal attacks and regular skill "Profaned Blood" are both aimed at Roger.
This gave Roger a glimmer of hope.
After a short struggle.
Roger discovered that the evil god had extremely high resistance to spells.
At least more than 50%.
This is another sad news.
But anyway.
Roger won't give up easily!
"After all, I am a European emperor possessed by great success!"
"I have to struggle anyway..."
Thinking so.
Roger quickly cleared out the monsters spawned by "Blood of Blasphemy" and hid in the corner of the room.
"Hurry up and use Judgment Strike!"
So.
In the desert of this unknown planet, there appeared a harmonious scene of 'the master playing hide-and-seek while the elves dealing damage'.
Time passes by every second.
Under Roger's day and night thinking.
"Judgment Strike" finally appeared!
That moment.
But the four elves, who were panting from the fight, instantly merged into one.
A column of pure light fell from the starry sky.
Hit the blurry mass of rotten flesh accurately!
That moment.
The miserable wail of the 'ancient evil gods' rang out under the starry sky!
Its blood strips melted away like ice and snow.
Just a moment.
It lost 8 light green health bars!
“There really is something interesting!”
“You have to keep working hard!”
See this scene.
Roger wished he could go into the prop column and get an "elf" or "encouragement"!
I'm of no use anyway.
It would be nice if I could form an "all-purpose" entry with Cindy...
Of course, I think so.
He couldn't get into the prop bar at all.
For now, we can only rely on the tactic of flying kites and let the elves' magic slowly wear us down.
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After 3 hours.
Roger, who had become somewhat numb from playing the game of hide and seek, looked stiffly at the "Judgment Blow" that fell from the sky.
Under the beam of light.
The evil gods wailed incessantly.
However, on the data column.
Only 20 bars of its health bar disappeared!
You know.
This is already the 4th Judgment Strike!
The elves also seem to be drained dry...
Based on their performance in the two-dimensional world.
Roger has reason to suspect that these elves in the main material world are elite characters who are at the extraordinary level or even upgraded.
Logically speaking.
With the help of these elves, he should be able to defeat all enemies.
But unfortunately, the mechanism of the evil god was too counterproductive to his tactics.
"With 50% spell resistance, there's no point in fighting against an enemy like this!"
He shook his head silently in his heart.
But the next second.
Roger noticed something unusual.
After the light column disappeared.
The evil god did not launch an attack immediately.
Instead, he lay on the ground and gasped like a bellows.
"Is it weak?"
Roger was surprised and delighted.
He couldn't help but look in the direction of the evil god's real body.
Under the vast mosaic.
Roger noticed that the scarlet skin of the flesh and blood suddenly turned crimson purple!
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"Warning: 'Ancient Evil' has entered a violent state..."
…
See here.
Roger thought it was nothing, wasn't it just the second stage?
Chimera also has two stages.
He also summoned a lot of little tree elves for him!
But the next second.
Roger's eyes almost popped out of his head.
This is what it means in the two-dimensional world, everyone has a mosaic face.
Otherwise, he would have to demonstrate with all his strength what a true "face-changing master" is!
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"In the berserk state, the spell resistance of the Ancient God increases to 90%, and all health points are restored!"
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Cross la la!
Roger seemed to hear the sound of his own heart breaking.
Watching the evaporated blood bars of the 'Ancient Evil' recover one by one, they finally turned into a healthy grass green color.
Roger no longer had any desire to fight!
In the face of 90% spell resistance.
The elves' attack was not even enough to scratch the surface.
The new skill "Skinning Blood" released in the second stage of the God of Evil has the ability to attack the entire map!
Roger's situation was worse than ever.
He struggled symbolically for a moment.
Less than 20 minutes.
His barrier index was completely wiped out.
The next damage will start to deduct the life index!
"This is too shameless..."
Roger shook his head helplessly.
This moment.
He actually felt a little sympathy for the mages who died at his hands.
It seems now.
Those who use magic damage tactics will never be able to defeat the ancient evil gods.
Roger still has gambler roulette though.
But relying solely on weapon damage is obviously a drop in the bucket, not to mention that the state of great success has long disappeared, and now it is just "average" luck.
The reason why Roger took a lot of damage was because he wanted to output the evil, and thus was controlled by the 'chaos' state.
No matter from which angle you look at it.
It seems that everything has reached a dead end now.
"Try again..."
Roger manipulated the character and began the "three advances and one retreat" strategy -
This was the method he came up with to avoid triggering the 'chaos' state.
Effective, but also dangerous.
Infinite marbles are played continuously.
The blood volume of the evil god began to decrease very slowly.
Although this speed is not even as fast as the recovery speed of the God's self-healing skill.
But Roger still outputs meticulously.
He won't give up any hope!
However, it didn't take long.
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"Hint: You have been splashed by 'Blood of Skinning', and your health index has been reduced to 4."
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"You caused 1 damage to the Ancient Evil"
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"Warning: 'Ancient Evil' used 'Self-Healing', his health bar +3"
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"This... I really can't fight it!"
"Um?"
Just when Roger was almost in despair.
He suddenly noticed a "broken tentacle" in the desert ahead!
In memory.
This thing was destroyed by "Judgment Strike" at the end of the first stage.
Roger never had the chance to pick it up afterwards.
I only approached it by accident now!
With the attitude of not letting go of any spoils.
Roger rushed over and touched it.
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"You have obtained 'Item: Light Elf Bracelet (Heaven/Elf)'"
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"Tip: Your inventory is full, do you want to replace it?"
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At the critical moment.
Roger decisively chose to replace——
He simply replaced the "Black Knight Medal" with the "Light Elf Bracelet".
In this way.
At the term effect level.
Roger lost "Magic (2)", but gained "Heaven (2)".
But the most important thing is.
His Elf entry comes to (5).
"Let's give it a try..."
Although I didn't have high expectations.
But Roger still chose "Elf" as Cindy's second entry!
This may be his last move!
If this doesn't work either.
Then he really had no other choice.
on the data bar.
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"You have gained a new effect: Elf (6)"
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「Elves (6): Your elves' attack frequency increases by 200%;
They will have a certain chance to use the six-elves combo skill "Falling Stars";
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Note: When you first gather all the elves (6), the 8-elves combo skill "Forbidden Spell of Destruction" will be triggered.
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"The forbidden spell of world destruction is being triggered..."
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"You have obtained the 'Bystander Qualification (temporary)'. You will not be harmed by forbidden spells..."
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In a trance.
It was as if a force had "pulled" Roger out of the map of the two-dimensional world!
He was able to overlook the desert from the perspective of the starry sky——
No.
He could see it clearly from this angle.
This is not a desert.
This is a planet!
The evil gods only occupy a corner of the planet.
And elsewhere on the planet.
There are other strange beings as well.
The next moment.
Countless gray clouds appeared around the planet.
Endless spells fell from the clouds—
flame.
Strong wind.
fist.
Weaponry.
Nameless claws.
Horrible rope.
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Nearly endless amounts of high-level spells mercilessly smashed onto the planet's surface.
The ancient evil god was beaten so badly that he couldn't even raise his head.
Despite spell resistance of up to 90%.
But under the terrifying number of rings of suppression, the forbidden spell still caused a lot of damage to the evil god!
Even the evil gods are like this.
How could other life on the planet survive?
Although Roger did not see the existence of other life.
But I vaguely guessed the story behind this scene!
"Is this the God simulating the destruction of the world?"
"Or is it Mystra simulating the destruction of the world?"
"Yes, only the summoners can activate the forbidden spell of annihilation..."
Looking at the irresistible rain of spells.
The great joy in Roger's heart was greatly dissipated.
He knows.
This may be what the planet Mystra will have to face again in the near future!
"If Quinan is going to repeat Mystra's script..."
"Then there is a similar possibility on other planets."
"Escape is probably not an option."
"We still have to face it eventually..."
Roger felt a sense of peace in his heart.
He calmly observed every detail of the forbidden spell.
10 minutes later.
All 69 health bars of the ancient evil god were wiped out.
It died howling in the bright light.
But the forbidden spell continues!
Roger glanced at the data column.
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"You killed the ancient evil, and you obtained the 'remains of the ancient evil'"
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"You have obtained a special item: God's Duel Arena"
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"God's Duel Arena (Special Item/God+): You can drag an enemy at the level of 'God' or 'Below God' into this 2D world map called 'God's Duel Arena'!
Before you decide the winner.
No one can escape from here.
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Note: In the 'God Duel Arena', you will inherit items, equipment and secrets from the 'Dead Forest' or other maps;
Whether your enemy possesses the relevant items depends on whether he has entered the two-dimensional world.
If so, all will be inherited;
If not, then only the original properties after two-dimensionalization remain.
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"this……"
"Isn't this just turning the enemy into two dimensions and then using your own max-level divine equipment to beat up the kids?"
Roger was overjoyed!
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