Underground labyrinth.

Morbius, Max the Thunderbringer, Nia the Sage, and a young female magician are all waiting in the hall for Lawson to return.

Max and Nia both sat motionless on the bench, their eyes closed, looking like two statues. The young female magician was nestled in the corner of the hall, reading with a book in her hand, and from time to time she would let out a chuckle of 'Jil~'.

Morbius was never at ease, he sat for a while, then got up and paced back and forth, and then turned to look at the unconscious Veronica, her eyes in a daze.

Every ten minutes or so, he would shout to the young female magician sitting next to him, "Miss Vigo, please help me check Veronica's injuries." ”

The young female magician was Nilogaard's most gifted illusionist, and the most proud disciple of the sage Nya, Vigo. Tiramis, the first few times, she did as she was told.

After more than ten hours, she finally got impatient: "Why are you so troublesome, can't you just go and see it yourself?!" ”

Morbius smiled awkwardly: "I can't." There is a difference between men and women, and when Veronica wakes up, she will come to me for trouble. ”

"That's a lot."

Wei Ge rolled her eyes, but still put down the book in her hand, walked over to Veronica, lifted her clothes, and carefully examined the injury.

In suspended animation, the rate of cyan-black spread around Veronica's wound did slow down considerably, but that didn't mean it stopped. After more than ten hours, the area of the toxin had expanded several times, and the most distal end of the toxin was about to expand to the lower end of the left lung.

After a few careful glances, Wei Ge turned to Morbius and said, "The toxin has expanded a little more, but it should last for a long time." ”

"That's good." Morbius breathed a sigh of relief.

As soon as he finished speaking, Niya, who was sitting still on the side, suddenly spoke: "No, the situation is already very serious. The toxin is not far from the heart. Once the toxin reaches the heart, its expansion rate is immediately increased several times! ”

"Really?" Morbius was frightened and stood up directly.

Niya glanced at him lightly: "The heart is the gathering center of the body's blood, and after the toxins enter the heart, they will easily flow throughout the body with the blood." It's common sense! ”

Morbius swallowed a mouthful of saliva uneasily, turned his head to look at Veronica, who was asleep, and then looked back at Nia: "Sage, how long can she hold on?" ”

"As it stands, there are still four hours at most."

"It's only 4 hours, didn't you say you could last at least 3 days? It's only been half a day! Morbius said in an agitated tone. He had a feeling of being deceived. Isn't it harmful that the estimated time is so different?

Nia closed her eyes and hid quietly on the bench, her expression unwavering, as if Morbius did not exist.

Morbius became more and more angry, and he asked, "Nya, I respect you because of your wisdom, not the false name of a sage!" If you're not sure, you shouldn't talk nonsense in the first place! ”

Niya smiled faintly, "Flesh and blood are the most complex and subtle existence in the world. There is no one in this world who can fully understand the mystery of flesh and blood. What's more, it was the first time I had dealt with a toxin of destruction, and it was normal to misestimate the time of the toxin's spread. ”

"You ......," Morbius was speechless.

"Alright, alright." Max, the thunderbolt, came out to play a round: "Nya, you don't have to say a word." ”

"Hmph~~" Sage Niya turned around and said nothing.

Max looked at Morbius again: "Man, there is no point in arguing, this is already the case, the most important thing you should do is to get Rosen back quickly." You have to understand that for every second wasted of time, the dragon girl's life is one step closer to death. ”

Mobius nodded repeatedly: "What you said is that I have to get Rosen back immediately." ”

He turned and walked towards the stone wall: "Max, you take me out...... Wait a minute! ”

Morbius stopped abruptly, a look of struggle on his face, and after a while, he suddenly turned around and stared at Veronica, who was asleep, his eyes flickering. A few minutes later, he walked back to the edge of the bench and sat back down.

Miles was stunned: "Morbius, what are you doing here?" ”

Morbius lay down on the bench, put his hands under his head, and lifted Erlang's legs: "What's the use of me looking for Rosen to come back?" It's nothing more than a life for a life. In this way, even if Veronica is really saved, not only will she not accept my affection, but she will also find me desperately. I'm not going to do such a thankless job. ”

"......." Max was a little confused, he didn't expect Morbius to have such an idea.

Niya glanced back at him and sneered: "This dragon girl is also your friend, and you just watched her die?" Undead, you're heartless. ”

"Rosen is also a friend of mine, and I owe him a great favor. If I had to choose between Veronica and Rosen, I'd rather Rosen live. Mobius's legs in the air swayed, and although his posture was casual, his tone of voice was not the slightest hint of joke.

Niya found herself speechless and was silent for a while before she spoke, "Haven't you thought about what Rosen will think of you after he knows that you deliberately concealed the dragon girl's condition?" Don't you forget, when Rosen left, he entrusted the dragon girl's life to you, do you just repay his trust? ”

Morbius was silent, his feet were no longer shaking, his body was motionless, his eyes were wide open, staring at the gray ceiling without blinking.

Max on the side helped persuade: "Go and get Rosen back." Whether it's to save or give up, let him choose, right? ”

Morbius still didn't speak.

There was silence in the underground hall, no one spoke, only the faint sound of breathing.

Wei Ge's voice suddenly sounded: "The situation doesn't seem to be very good, the toxin expansion seems to be a little faster than just now." ”

Morbius's body shook slightly, and he wanted to turn his head to see Veronica's situation, but in the end, he still held back and didn't move, and he was so stalemate for more than half a minute, he turned over on the chair, turned his face to the cushion on the back of the chair, and then didn't say a word.

Seeing him like this, Max asked incredulously, "Man, are you really ready to let go?" ”

A muffled voice came from the cushion: "You asked me to get Lawson back and let him choose for himself...... But it seems to me that he has no choice at all, and he will definitely sacrifice his life to kill Veronica. I owe him my life, this cruel choice, let me face it for him. ”

"He'll kill you!" Max said loudly.

"He won't! The most he will do is let me go! ”

"You're just watching the dragon girl die?" Illusionist Wei Ge looked surprised.

"Life is like dew, it will pass away one day, but sooner or later. It was Veronica's own choice to get to where she is today...... Don't talk about it, I'm not going to go to Lawson anyway! ”

"You ......"

"Forget it." The sage Nya's voice sounded, calm as water: "Max, Morbius has been through at least a hundred years, and he sees the meaning of life more thoroughly than you and me. ”

Morbius breathed a sigh of relief: "Your words are quite sensible. ”

Nya's next sentence rang out: "Max, go and get Rosen back." I've left a mark of time on him, and you should be able to find him easily. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Morbius jumped up from the bench and looked at the sage with angry eyebrows: "Nia, you are despicable! ”

The undead's eyes were red, and there were obvious tear stains on his face. For him, the decision just now was extremely difficult, and it was almost the most cruel choice he had faced in his 100-year life.

As a result, Nia's fluttering words made his efforts come to naught, and Morbius felt a fierce anger in his heart.

"Nia, you will pay for your actions!"

Before the words fell, Morbius's body turned into a black phantom, shooting towards the sage Nia like the wind, and he directly started it.

"Enough!"

It's Max!

The shout was accompanied by a blazing bolt of lightning as thick as a thumb.

No matter how fast Morbius was, he couldn't be faster than lightning, and he was pumped firmly by the lightning, and the terrifying energy poured into his body in an instant.

"Bang~~Boom~~Bang~~"

Morbius was thrown more than ten meters away by lightning and knocked over several chairs before rolling to the ground. His appearance was very miserable, with extensive burns all over his body, his clothes were burned into beggar's clothes, his eyes rolled white, and his body twitched uncontrollably.

"Wei Ge, get a cliff illusion to trap him." Max said.

"Understood."

Wei Ge nodded, his mind moved slightly, and the air around Mobius immediately distorted, and then returned to its original state, looking no different from before.

But Morbius let out uncontrollable screams from his mouth, and his hands and feet were still swaying on the ground, as if trying to grab something.

"Alright." Vigo looked at Morbius sympathetically.

Max turned and walked towards the exit: "I'm going to find Rosen now." ”

Niya spoke, "Be careful when you go out, there are a large number of Tree Demon Golems in the docks. ”

Max laughed: "Don't worry, although I'm old, a few puppets are not my opponents." ”

Niya said in a condensed voice, "It's not a few, it's hundreds, and one of them is a powerful tree demon servant. ”

Max's expression immediately became solemn: "Oh~~~ I'll be careful." ”

If it had been before, he would have been fearless, but the Tower of Wisdom was no longer there, and he could no longer squander his power as recklessly as he used to.