"Stay with me, don't leave." I pulled Maria to my side and whispered a whisper while watching my surroundings warily.

"Is there a way to force it out?" Maria asked in pain, to say that she was a well-trained warrior after all, and until now she was still most concerned about the battle rather than her own injuries.

"No, with my current ability, I can't interfere with the dream, if that guy keeps hiding in and doesn't come out, we can't do anything about it..."

"And it can attack us anytime, anywhere." Maria interfaced.

I smiled wryly and didn't speak, after all, the current situation is so troublesome.

"Can you get it out?"

"It's difficult, don't you know how deep that guy's scheming is?"

Maria rolled her eyes and suddenly said, "I have a way to try, but maybe it's a bit risky."

"When has this been? If it is consumed, the whole city will be in danger, and it doesn't matter if you have any way!" I looked at the city burning at my feet and couldn't help but hurry.

Maria gritted her teeth when she heard this, and then she leaned down next to me and whispered the plan, even though I had been prepared for it at the time, but I couldn't help but be surprised when I heard it.

"Will this work? If you don't get it, I'm going to take your life!?" I hesitated.

"Eliminate demons and defend the way, at all costs." Maria almost blurted out, looking at her natural look I can't help but feel a slight chill, originally these two sentences are very ordinary, but all people in the Holy See will basically hang on their lips, but unlike those people who just say beautiful things casually, I know very well that these two sentences at this time are really a true portrayal of Maria's heart, as long as she can protect the "right path" in her mind, this girl can really do whatever it takes, and this should not be the idea that a girl like her should have. What's even more terrifying is that this is not an isolated case, but a thought that many people in this world have, and I feel inexplicable fear when I think about it.

"Why are you stunned? To do it or not to do it?" At this time, Maria saw that I had been silent for a long time, and couldn't help but say anxiously.

"Well, you can do it!" Maria's words brought me back to reality, and indeed the current situation did not allow me to think about anything else, and listening to the distant cry in the wind, I finally decided to take another risk.

"That's good." As she spoke, Maria turned to the front of me and reached out to touch the seal on my chest, perhaps because of the injury, her hand was a little cold, and I couldn't help but shiver slightly.

"I'll start chanting the incantation now, you concentrate on your surroundings, and as soon as Malthus comes out, he will do it." Maria didn't care about my reaction at all, but just told herself, saying that this girl is really indifferent at times, and she really can't feel it just by looking at her appearance. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but look down at Maria's face, only to see that she was staring at the seal on my chest with all her attention at the moment, with words in her mouth, her expression was quiet and solemn, and her slender eyelashes didn't even move, at this time I suddenly felt a wave in my heart, probably because she and Anton La's battle in the Penders Prairie impressed me too deeply, so in my eyes Maria has always been a strong warrior, but I have always ignored that she is actually a woman, a sweet and lovely woman, And now we are close to almost all of us can feel each other's breathing, I also know that it is very rude to have distracting thoughts at this time, but anyway, I still belong to a young man with strong blood in my mind, it is unrealistic to say that I am not interested in the opposite sex at all, but usually this emotion is suppressed, but now when I am so close to a woman, those feelings immediately can't help but surge.

"What are you thinking?" Suddenly, Maria looked up at me with a wry face.

"Ah, didn't think about anything!?" I hurriedly denied it, could it be that her had discovered my thoughts just now?

"No, there was a change in the demonic nature in your body just now, could it be..." Speaking of this, Maria's expression changed, as if she realized something, and then there was a resounding slap on the left side of my face.

"Hooligans." Maria cursed in a low voice.

"But I didn't mean to—" I replied helplessly, covering my face, after all, this kind of thing is not something I can control.

"Nonsense, if you really do it on purpose, it's not as simple as a slap in the face, don't think nonsense, hurry up and concentrate, if something happens, you won't be able to get rid of Malthus!" Maria is colorful.

"Oh." Seeing the solemnity she said, it was inconvenient for me to continue to entangle, so I immediately had to nod my head in agreement, and at the same time restrain my mind to avoid thinking about those messy things, but this time I guess it's not so easy for me to think about it, Maria just slapped my cheeks directly swollen, and it seems that even my teeth are a little loose. This girl is really not ordinary ruthless when she fights people...

This time everyone was distracted, so things went very smoothly, and it didn't take long for the pattern of the "Forbidden Seal" to appear on the ground, and my chest began to ache faintly, but at this time I didn't care about that, but I was engrossed in my surroundings, watching out for Malthus, who would pop up at some point.

In fact, the strategy that Maria just proposed is very simple, which is to lure Malthus out under the pretense of casting a "forbidden seal" on me, because this guy's purpose is very clear, he wants to get my power, so once he sees that I may be sealed, it will never sit idly by. Of course, there are huge risks in this plan itself, what if the Malthus guy really doesn't take the bait, and our side just happens to make it come true? I personally don't really care, after all, not to mention whether Maria's mana can seal me now, even if she can do it, it won't be much of a loss to me, anyway, the power of the demon king itself shouldn't exist in this world, but the question is what to do with Maria? Knowing that the price of activating the "Forbidden Seal" is that the caster must give her life, I can't just watch her die, right? So I was so anxious that Malthus would come out soon. However, how cunning is the "King of Dream Demons"? It also guessed that this might be a trap for us to lure it out, so it just didn't show up, and things suddenly came to an impasse, and now everything depends on our respective patience, and the first side to lose will lose, but the problem is that the price that both of us may lose for this does not seem to be proportional.

Time passed little by little, Maria's whole person has obviously become weaker and weaker, her face is as pale as paper, her forehead is covered with fine beads of sweat, I can feel how painful she is in her body at the moment, in a trance I can't help but think of the scene where everyone in the Holy See sealed the soul of the demon king for the first time, although I was not strictly speaking "exist" at that time, but through the memory of the demon king, I can even clearly see the painful appearance of those people before death, is it really all about to befall Maria now? She is obviously so young and beautiful, and there should be a great life waiting for her to enjoy in the future. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel unbearable, and immediately whispered: "Maria is enough, stop it."