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However, after searching all around, Kenma found nothing.

None. There was no trace of his wives anywhere in the Sanctuary.

Could it be that they were placed in the jungle outside the Sanctuary?

The key to Regulus being able to remain invincible lies in his two complementary Authorities.

Little King and Lion's Heart.

Taken individually, neither of these two Authorities could be considered extremely powerful, but when combined, they were overpowered.

Lion's Heart allows Regulus to enter a state of absolute invincibility, where any attack can only displace his body, ignoring all negative statuses and physical rules, and also allowing him to touch other objects to put them into a stationary state together, unleashing attacks that ignore all defenses.

This Authority is very powerful, and its most important and only drawback is that while the user is in a state of absolute invincibility, the body's actual heart will also stop beating together with it, and it can only be used for a maximum of five seconds.

If the Authority is not deactivated within five seconds, he will die of cardiac arrest.

Little King allows the wives subjectively recognized by Regulus to manifest a simulated Lion's Heart, thereby supplying blood in place of the body's actual heart and making it unnecessary for the body's heart to beat.

One is a purely supportive Authority, and the other is an Authority that grants absolute invincibility and infinite attack power, but can only be used for five seconds at a time.

The moment these two combine, an ability capable of permanent invincibility is born.

There is only one way to break the absolute invincibility of Regulus, and that is to kill all of his wives.

In this way, Little King can be broken, causing an opening in Lion's Heart and finding an opportunity to kill him.

But the question is, where the hell did his wives go?!

After much thought, Kenma finally decided to go back and ask Regulus in person.

Anyway, this white-haired idiot would answer anything, though who knows what he's thinking.

Seeing Kenma land, an already extremely irritated Regulus grabbed the sand in his hand and scattered it over.

"I'm telling you! Are you even human flying around in the sky! If you're not human, then obediently go die at the hands of me, who am human!"

Kenma's figure turned into an afterimage, easily dodging the sand scattered by Regulus.

He did not launch an attack, but instead spoke, "Sin Archbishop of Greed Regulus, right? I've heard of you. Don't you usually love your wives very much? Did you bring them today?"

Hearing this, Regulus, who had still been somewhat angry, rubbed his nose, suddenly feeling that he had lost his composure a bit. He put his hands behind his back, a confident smile hanging on his face.

"Of course. I didn't expect you to be my worshiper. Let me, Regulus Corneas, tell you out of my great mercy. No matter when it is, I will always bring my wives along, and today is no exception. This is the greatest right I grant them."

Kenma put away the look of looking at an idiot and said coaxingly, "Then, where are your wives?"

Regulus, who had still been smiling, heard these words, and his eyes turned vigilant and disgusted.

"What business is it of yours?! Do you know that this violates my right to privacy! My wives are not your wives, why are you asking so much! Hurry up and reunite with your apprentice!"

As he spoke, Regulus flung a large handful of sand over.

This time, Kenma did not dodge. He suddenly realized a problem. This place seemed to be an excellent save point for grinding stats.

Regulus could ignore his defense. As long as he didn't actively choose to self-heal, he would be killed in one hit.

In that way, wouldn't he be able to grind a large batch of attribute points?

Thinking of this, he immediately adopted a non-resistance policy.

Kenma, standing in place, was pierced through the body by sand, turning his entire body into a sieve.

He did not choose to self-heal, but instead actively severed the connection to his life.

Before his consciousness blurred, Kenma heard words by his ear.

"I love you. I love you..."

...

[Ding! Avenger has been triggered, obtained 1 Free Attribute Point.]

[Ding! Detected that the host was killed by a key plot character, obtained Bonus reward.]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining System Gacha Attempt × 1]

Kenma opened his eyes, and before him was Echidna, who was still hesitating.

It seemed she didn't come back.

The Echidna before him was definitely not the Echidna he had already formed a contract with in his previous loop, but rather the period before a contract was formed.

Before his last death, Kenma prohibited Echidna's return. That is to say, the Echidna from last time did not reincarnate together with him, but simply perished on the spot.

After verifying that he could indeed prevent Echidna from following his reincarnation, Kenma understood in his heart.

It seemed he would have to sign the contract all over again.

Without hesitation, he slammed his hand onto the table, the sound startling Echidna, who was deep in thought.

"There is an urgent matter to attend to right now. I'll give you five seconds: either you sign the contract now, or I will forcefully suppress you immediately."

Looking at Kenma's undisguised killing intent, Echidna shrank her neck back in fear.

"Oh..."

Just like that, Kenma shortened the time for Echidna to hesitate, forcibly recruiting this Witch of Greed.

Then he broke away from the Witch's Garden and his soul returned to his body.

After confirming that Echidna in his mind was still firmly locked down, he immediately went outside the trial cave.

Upon seeing Regulus's figure emerge in the distance, a joyful smile appeared on Kenma's face.

Regulus, who had just arrived here, frowned, only to see a man gripping a greatsword rushing over with a smile on his face.

It didn't look like he was going to fight, but rather like he wanted to act all buddy-buddy.

He was startled on the spot, and without hesitation, he flung the sand clutched in his hand.

The sand easily pierced through Kenma's honed physical body, stirring his insides into a complete mess.

With a smile on his face, Kenma crashed to the ground, losing all vitality.

In the back, Shaula, who had just seen him come out and hadn't even had time to say hello before seeing him fall into a pool of blood, had a blank look in her eyes.

"Master, no!!!"