"Can you tell me why your first look when you woke up was so disappointed?"

The young man sitting cross-legged across the bed hugged his shoulders and stared very unhappily at the black-haired wizard who was lying there and had just opened his eyes, and the other party still looked indifferent, as if he had just gotten out of bed. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"I'm just a little disappointed, even if I wake up alone, it should be better than now. Loren shrugged his shoulders as if he didn't care: "Absolutely nothing to do with someone, please don't get me wrong." ”

“...... You really hate me, don't you?"

"My dear Asrael, don't you think it's stupid to ask this question?"

"It's heartbreaking, but Asrael is used to it. The young man sighed very oldly, and his ruby eyes blinked slightly: "Leah is just outside the door, if you really want her to ......"

"How long have I been in a coma?" Loren immediately stopped the conversation.

"A whole month, thirty-two days in the strict sense of the word - if you go beyond that, you'll probably never wake up!"

When he talked about this topic, the young man's expression became a little more serious: "I warned you. Indeed, your combination of spirit and matter is very special, allowing you to resist the power of the void beyond the imagination of many wizards, but it is not without an upper limit, do you know how dangerous it is to drain all your energy at once?"

"Will you die?"

"There's no doubt about that. The young man spread his hands, and a dangerous smile appeared on his delicate face: "The most important thing is that you are like a living dead, and you are simply a perfect container for many dangerous existences." ”

"You're a wizard, and when your energy is exhausted, your spiritual temple is like an unguarded fortress that can easily be taken advantage of, not to mention that we are facing an opponent like Mezca!"

"But at least this time we won, and that's enough. His hands trembled to support his body, and his face was completely indifferent with an indifferent smile: "Let's talk about business." ”

"For example......" Asriel still looks "naïve" and pretends to be stupid.

"What exactly happened after I was unconscious. Loren narrowed his eyes: "Mezca shouldn't be dead, why did the ogre suddenly collapse?"

"This ...... The process is complicated. Asriel's little face showed a little entanglement, and he hugged his shoulders: "To put it simply, you have destroyed the 'basis' of its existence. ”

“...... What do you mean?" Loren raised his arm, revealing the serpentine rune on his right wrist, "Like this?"

"No, it's worse than that...... All in all, dear Metzka is unlikely to appear for the time being, and even if there is a next time, it will be a long, long time later, so you can rest assured, dear Loren. ”

"As for why those ogres broke up......," the boy smiled, "because I eroded this guy's consciousness while you were about to kill it, and temporarily controlled those ogres with its hand - only for a moment, but only for a moment. ”

"And now that Metzka no longer exists, although the ogres will continue to invade, they will never be on that scale again - dear Loren, I am desperate to help you at the risk of injury, a testimony to our friendship!"

Asriel's expression was so sincere and sincere, there were even a few tears in his eyes, his shoulders were trembling with excitement, his right hand was pressed tightly on his chest, and he looked at the black-haired wizard pitifully.

It's a pity that he doesn't eat this set.

"Let's put it another way. Loren showed a bright smile: "When a guy almost died in me, his first reaction was not to save his friend, but to seize the opportunity to devour another existence similar to him, in order to enhance his own strength, did I say it wrong?"

"Anything...... There are a lot of angles. The young man's smile was not embarrassed at all: "That's just one aspect." ”

"I'm well aware I'm not smart, but I'm not stupid enough to be ignorant - dear Asrael, there's so much you haven't told me, like this time, you already know who the enemy is, and you know that I'm capable of taking it down. ”

"It just happened to happen. The young man was very helpless: "I can't ...... everything"

"Why did Metzka come?"

Loren interrupted him directly, his voice getting colder and colder: "Why did you appear in that cellar?

Asrael's smile froze.

"If I'm not mistaken, I'll face similar enemies in the future, right?" Loren stared at the boy with burning eyes, "Metzka is only the first, and definitely not the last. ”

“...... My dear friend, you guessed it right. ”

A dangerous glint flashed in Asriel's eyes, and his expression was no longer pretentious: "Metzka is not the first, not even the most dangerous one, sooner or later we will encounter more difficult enemies, that's for sure. ”

"But you don't have to worry too much about that, because you can already fight them head-on. The boy curled the corners of his mouth slightly, "Thank you, dear Mezka, after devouring what little consciousness remains, my strength has also regained some—by the next time, I can build a stronger dream." ”

"I'm sorry, but what does your 'dream' do other than let me fight and die in it?"

"Dreams are thoughts, dreams are everything. Dear Loren, your understanding of the Void is still too shallow—the more powerful the Void power, the more distorted it will be to your surroundings. And when this level reaches a certain level, it is the real dream world. ”

"Just like Madzka, when its 'dreams' open, it can further transform into more terrifying gestures, and can even imitate your moves, distorting his own appearance into what he wants. The boy tilted his head helplessly: "It's a pity that poor Asrael can't do this now." ”

"And if you're going to fight these threats in the future, you'll have to slowly master how to fight in your dreams, because that's the only way you can hurt them for sure, and only you can do it. ”

Loren slowly clenched his hands, feeling the power coming from his body—still weak, but already able to connect to his spiritual temple.

"How long do I need to recover?"

"There's no need to be in such a hurry. The boy regained his playful expression again: "Dear Loren, you still have guests. ”

Guest?

The moment the door was pushed open, Asreel's figure disappeared without a trace again, and the unaware female elf walked into the room, her emerald eyes were obviously a little more happy: "Are you awake?"

"Just now. Loren smiled a little awkwardly, especially after seeing the other party's concerned eyes, "I haven't thanked you yet, bringing me back from the Valley of the Eternal Night Forest." ”

"It's just a trivial matter, and you're not very serious. Liya's eyes seemed to be very flat, as if she was saying something trivial that was not worth mentioning: "You are a guest of the Morning Star Forest, and protection is what we should do." ”

The room was quiet, and although Loren didn't mean to, he could sense that something was wrong with the atmosphere around him.

"Please, may I ask......" Loren pulled the corners of his mouth in embarrassment: "Is there something wrong?"

"Your envoy from the Duke has arrived, and he has brought a... Priest?" Leah pronounced the word with some uncertainty, "They want to build a church in the Morning Star Grove, and then make us all believe in your Holy Cross, otherwise the Duke will not agree to ally with us!"

What's going on?!

Although he was a little surprised, Loren still nodded: "Understood... I'll try to see if I can get the Duke's emissary to take this back... Some harsh conditions. ”

"The priest is outside, and he seems to know you. Turning silently, the elf was about to go and fetch the little priest, and stopped at the door just as she was about to leave:

"Thank you. ”

For a moment, the subtle voice vanished with her figure.