Aside from Ron, no one else could see the form manifested by the system.
Herman, who had just slid down to the ground, had half of his face swollen high, the skin cracked like a tortoise shell, streaks of blood seeping out, his mouth filled with blood.
He spat, spitting out several broken teeth.
His body wriggled like a maggot as he tried to climb up from the ground, but all four limbs were numb and completely unresponsive.
Aurelia sniffed hard.
Although she had just been treated roughly, Herman was still her fiancé after all.
She walked over and reached out to grab her fiancé’s arm.
With Aurelia’s help, Herman finally climbed up from the ground.
He gasped heavily, and after a long time, he finally regained sensation in his limbs, his previously swaying body gradually returning to normal.
From the corner of his eye, he glanced at his timid fiancée beside him.
The anger in his heart decreased slightly, but when he thought that because of her, he had completely lost face in front of everyone, a nauseating hatred surged up again.
He forcefully shook his hand and pushed Aurelia to the ground: “Get lost, shameless thing.” Herman completely disregarded Aurelia.
His bloodshot eyes stared fixedly at Ron, that gaze like the most ferocious beast, trying to tear Ron into pieces.
Kill him, kill him, kill him!
Herman roared in his heart, yet ultimately did not dare to make the slightest move!
Aurelia fell to the ground, her silver-white hair disheveled, her whole figure looking miserable and messy.
She lowered her head, her eyes red.
The grievance and pain in her chest filled her with bitterness.
Her slender fingers had curled up at some point, her small fists tightly clenched.
She did not understand why her fiancé, who had always been gentle, gentlemanly, and had sworn to protect her for life, had become like this.
Through her moist eyes, she saw Ron’s figure.
In complete contrast to her fiancé’s irritability, Ron stood quietly among the crowd just like before.
He had only joined the Eternal Freedom Sect because of certain unavoidable difficulties.
He endured the erosion and torment of the aphrodisiac potion and was still unwilling to hurt her.
Although he had said some very excessive things, that was only to reassure her, to make her believe he truly would not harm her.
He was willing to apologize for the fear he made her bear, even though it was not his fault.
He even risked punishment to release her after Herman and the Dawn Knights arrived, because he knew that once the Dawn Knights arrived, she would be safe.
In comparison, her fiancé… [Ding, System Prompt: Aurelia’s favorability toward you has increased by ten.
Current favorability forty, level Friendship!] The system prompt startled Ron awake.
He glanced at Aurelia and Herman, already roughly understanding what had happened between them.
For a moment, Ron even found it amusing.
What is this?
He clearly hadn’t done anything, yet Aurelia’s favorability toward him kept rising?
Could it be that this guy has some kind of special fetish?
Desperately sending his fiancée to other men?
However, Herman’s current expression really feels great… Ron liked seeing Herman’s expression of wanting to kill him yet being completely helpless.
After a long while, Ron withdrew his gaze and raised his right hand.
That light movement instantly made many Dawn Knights tense up.
They did not even dare to leave this place.
Even with hundreds of knights present, before Ron spoke, they did not dare make even the slightest sound.
The strength Ron displayed filled these knights with deep fear.
Any slight movement could stimulate their extremely sensitive nerves.
And Ron merely raised his right hand to hold his chin, once again falling into thought.
In the previous system prompt, the first two lines were completely garbled.
What exactly was the system trying to convey?
Interference?
Who interfered with the system?
And what kind of existence was the Repairman?
Ron would never be foolish enough to treat the Repairman as an ordinary worker.
An ordinary worker would not have the ability to repair world lines.
Since the world line had already been repaired, did that mean that he, Ron, would still ultimately die here?
After all, in the future world, he did not have much of a role.
And facing a repaired world line, how much of his experience could still be effective was unknown.
He tried to defy fate, but some existence wanted to press him to death!
Interesting.
After a long while, Ron cast his gaze downward.
He wondered if this counted as activating the strategy system.
He vaguely remembered that there was once a big shot named van, who in the game conquered thirty-eight men, either handsome or tall and mighty.
There was also a player who conquered sixty-nine married women, praised as having the bearing of Cao Wei!
Four strategy tasks, jumping directly from three to thirteen, which meant there were nine tasks in between that had not been activated.
Ron’s gaze stopped on three names.
Aurelia, Arianna, Deloris!
The three main female protagonists of the first arc.
In terms of figure, appearance, and strength, all were extremely outstanding women.
Capturing such excellent women was self-evidently difficult, but the sense of achievement after success was also the strongest.
And for Ron, there was another advantage.
He had once successfully conquered these three women in the game, familiar with their personalities and preferences, knowing what they would experience and encounter.
Aurelia’s personality was gentle, but deep inside she had her own persistence.
Once she gave you her true feelings, she would show you what unwavering devotion meant.
Although Arianna had a quiet name, her identity was the Chief Valkyrie of the Granville Kingdom, almost the strongest woman in the entire Kingdom, with a fiery personality.
Ron did not like tigresses, except white ones.
Deloris, the eldest princess of the Granville Kingdom.
When the continent fell into chaos and war could break out at any time, it was Deloris who single-handedly suppressed many nobles and strengthened the Kingdom’s military power.
With one sentence: “If money isn’t used to train soldiers, is it meant to be used as war reparations?” Ron greatly admired that.
At the same time, she was a complete sadist!
It was said that any sadist had a masochistic heart.
Who knew if it was true.
Ron could barely accept conquering these three, but what the hell was this strategy system?
Since when could the system be conquered too?
If it were the original cold system, Ron would have no interest at all.
But if it was the current system with a new skin, Ron actually felt a bit of an urge to dye it with his own color.
The corners of his mouth curled slightly.
This game was finally starting to become interesting.
However, there was still a question in Ron’s mind: what exactly was the meaning of conquering these?
What did Heart of Purity, Heart of Valor, Heart of Nobility, and Eternal Heart represent?
And what was the Gate?
Could it be a gate to return to Earth?
Ron’s eyes suddenly brightened.
He truly did not want to be trapped in this game forever.
If he could return to Earth, could he avoid the inevitable death ending in the repaired world line?
At this moment, the usual indifferent voice suddenly sounded in Ron’s ears: [Ding, Infinite Death System Activated.] [Mission Description: Someone has developed intense killing intent toward you.
The strength you displayed has made him deeply jealous.
He is attempting to kill you and replace you.
How will you choose?] [First, flee.] [Running away is not cowardice.
At certain times, it is a display of wisdom.] [Mission Reward: Agility +3.] [Second, slaughter wildly, let blood flow like a river!] [Use blood to prove your strength.] [Mission Reward: Calculated based on number of enemies killed.] [Death Countdown: 360 seconds!] Ron exhaled slightly, a brilliant smile blooming on his face.
He had discovered another function of the system: Death Warning!
…
Dawn Faruk!
The number two figure of the Lanaka City branch of the Eternal Freedom Sect.
This was a rather handsome man.
Such believers were very popular within the sect.
But now, that handsome face was gloomy to the extreme.
Possessing Panic Tier One-star strength, he had originally been the most powerful candidate for branch leader.
Being overtaken by Ron, who had been parachuted in, already made Faruk dissatisfied, but he still had pride.
That was that his strength was stronger than Ron’s.
But now even this last bit of pride had been mercilessly shattered by Ron!
His previous disdain for Ron now felt like Ron had deliberately toyed with him, making his mood grow more and more irritable.
Seeing Ron standing quietly ahead, completely unguarded, presenting his back to him… a strong impulse surged in Faruk’s chest to launch a sneak attack from behind.
If he acted now, he should have a ten out of ten certainty of taking Ron down, right?
Even if he couldn’t kill Ron directly, he could at least seriously injure him!
The Eternal Freedom Sect advocated absolute freedom.
So act, what are you waiting for?
Isn’t this the best opportunity?
Herman hated Ron to death.
Once he made a move, this knight squad leader would immediately become his ally.
All the members of the entire branch were his subordinates.
Those Dawn Knights would also besiege Ron together with Herman.
Himself and Herman, over a hundred subordinates, several hundred Dawn Knights—just one mouthful of spit from each would be enough to drown Ron.
No matter how you looked at it, the advantage was on his side.
There was absolutely no way he could lose.