Endless darkness formed a vast abyss beneath his feet, surrounded by blinding walls of white light. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Directly in front of them, there are five figures: Daron, Zazacha, Kylloya, Melufa, and Valrhona.

Alicia excitedly ran towards them, only to find that no matter how fast and desperate she ran, they were getting farther and farther away from her.

All five of them had a gentle smile on their faces, and then, in unison, they raised a hand towards Alicia, slowly shaking it from side to side in the air.

"Don't ......"

After making a farewell gesture, everyone turned and walked towards a white curtain of light, without looking back.

"Don't ...... Don't go ......"

The surrounding white walls of light were gradually covered with a layer of black, like ink pouring in, and the white was gradually eroded by black, but the five people still walked forward without hesitation.

Alicia tried to speed up her steps, but felt like she couldn't move her feet like lead. She looked down at her feet, only to see that countless black arms were rising from the ground beneath her feet, grabbing her calves.

Looking up again, Lutierfa's handsome face appeared in front of him with a smiling expression, and he seemed to say something to Alicia, and then turned and walked towards the curtain of light that was engulfed in darkness.

"Brother...... Elder brother...... Don't go for ...... Don't leave me behind!"

Alicia woke up suddenly, a huge sense of loss swept over her bones and muscles. She lay on the ground, the tip of her nose rubbing against the dirt, tidbits caressing the tips of her brows. It's still the same woodland, but now it's sprinkled with silver-white moonlight.

A small figure crouched beside her, hands hidden in wide-sleeved robes spread out in the direction of Alicia's body, covered in a hazy aqua blue light. That faint layer of light also appeared around Alicia's body, accompanied by the small magic circle on the ground, channeling a steady stream of healing mana into Alicia's body.

Meru ...... Enamel?"

Alicia struggled to make a sound, and she felt like her throat was like a dry well.

The pink-haired girl next to her was doing her best to treat her. Even when her face turned pale with weariness, she did not ignore it. The robe cracked over her shoulders, revealing the snow-white skin underneath it and a reddish stab wound near her collarbone. The wound was still oozing blood, but the girl endured it, cold sweat gathering on her forehead, and she was still concentrating on helping others heal.

"Melufa...... Leave me alone, I'm fine...... Let's go and heal the others......"

Alicia's pronunciation was particularly difficult, and she wanted to take a sip of water more than to be treated.

"I've treated everyone else, and Alicia doesn't seem to be seriously injured, so you're the last person I treated. ”

"Others...... How's it going?"

Unexpectedly, Alicia's question made Meluva cry directly. With tears in her eyes, she didn't stop treating Alicia.

"I'm really useless, the teacher and Big Brother Dalong are seriously injured, if my mana can be stronger, I will definitely be able to heal them faster. I've been treated for a long time, but they're still in a coma until now. Karen and Zazacha are not seriously injured, Sister Valrhona is gone, Lord Lutierfa, Lord Lutierfa, he ......"

Alicia looked at the little girl who was crying in front of her with tender eyes, although her heart throbbed when she heard Lutierfa's name, and her eyes swept uncontrollably to the side, and she easily saw the cold corpse in the moonlight, like a dreamer sleeping peacefully. Turning around, Alicia slowly and struggled to raise an arm and lean over the pretty pink head, rubbing it lightly. Mei Lufa's hair is soft and very pleasant to the touch.

"Stupid...... If they don't have you, who will treat them? Thanks to you. ”

"Yes......" A murmur suddenly came from under the tree not far away, Alicia turned her head and found that Zazacha was pressing her abdomen with one hand, and her face was a little painful and she was hunched over her knees, "Some things cannot be defined by strength or weakness, but depends on whether you do your best within your ability." ”

"Zazacha, are you alright?" asked Alicia, a little worried.

"It couldn't have been better. This pain reminds me of hatred. I'm going to make those two stinky women pay it back!"

During the conversation, Melus is working hard to heal Alicia, completely ignoring her own wounds. Obviously her face was already so haggard, but Mei Lufa never gave up her efforts for a moment.

"Enough of Melufa, you better treat yourself first, you're seriously injured yourself. ”

Alicia said unbearably.

"It's okay for me. ”

"Melufa!"

In the end, under Alicia's gloomy persuasion, Meluva finally helped herself with treatment. After the treatment, Melufa also basically exhausted the magic in her body, and fell asleep exhausted under a tree. Zazacha brought Talon, Kyllloa, and Karen to the sleeping Karen and lit a bonfire. Zazacha was a bonfire lit with flint and steel that Alicia had brought with her, and without Kyllloa's fire magic, it would have been a lot of work to light a fire.

"Really, Melufa. Obviously he is desperate in everything, why do you always think that you can't do it?" Seeing the firelight reflect the pink snow-like hair of Melufa under the tree even redder, Alicia's mouth suddenly spat out a gentle reproach.

Probably because she felt that the people around her were too dazzling, so she tried her best to fit in. Zazacha replied indifferently.

"Gregarious?"

"Humans are social animals, and being part of a collective creates comparisons. Melufa's inferiority complex is something that only arises in this collective. If she had followed Kyeloa to learn spells every day as she had done before, she would not have felt inferior. Kyllloa was already a recognized archmage, and studying under him was just a master-apprentice relationship, and no one would compare them together, even if she mixed the wrong potion ratio, it wouldn't affect anyone. However, after joining this team, everything is different. She and Kyloa are now not just mentors and apprentices, but also companions. She is no longer like when she was studying, she just needs to work her own, she has to work hard for others now. Her magic was now in handy for the sake of others, so it was natural for her to feel that Kyeloa's abilities could contribute more to the team, and her own magic would seem insignificant to him. In this team, everyone has made their due contribution in their own position, so Melufa has to work hard to cater to such a group. This is where the inferiority complex comes from, because comparison, in order to fit in. ”

"Did we put such a burden on Melufa?" said Alicia with a sad expression.

"Burdens don't have to be all bad. Zazacha closed her eyes and smiled slightly, "It is precisely because of being in such a collective that Mei Lufa can work so hard." Just be careful not to overdo it, and she'll definitely grow faster. At the very least, it's much better than huddled in that gloomy tower to dispense medicine. ”

"I see, it's the same thing that Daron always told me that actual combat is more effective than training. ”

"That's right. When we were young, we Yi people would be left alone in the wild by our parents, and in order to survive, we would desperately stimulate our will to survive and potential. In the mountains and forests infested with monsters, you can only be considered an adult if you spend two months alone. ”

"It's cruel, if you are attacked by a wild beast, will your parents come to your rescue?"

"The parents of the Yi people would not agree that a child who can be eaten by wild beasts is their own flesh and blood. ”

"......" Alicia suddenly had nothing to say, living in the same world, but each race had a very different way of life. She could not directly say to Zazacha that their way of life was barbaric and unreasonable, because there were civilizational and cultural differences.

"Thank you for not directly refuting me, our actions must seem incomprehensible or incomprehensible to you, right?"

"No, you have your own ideas and beliefs, and I respect them. ”

Zha Cha smiled and added the fire to the pyre, and the fire burned slightly stronger.

"In fact, in our clan, this way of life is also a kind of gregariousness. Everyone has been passed down from generation to generation, and they have all come alive in this way. Therefore, if you are born in the Yi tribe and do not rely on this method to become stronger, you will become an outlier. Every Yi child who was banished to the mountains and forests to live alone was actually like Mei Lufa, trembling and afraid of being abandoned, and had to work hard. ”

"Zazacha, do you think I'm trying hard enough?" asked Alicia suddenly.

"I don't think that's a good question to ask someone else. Zazacha said in a slightly indifferent tone, "If you were an ordinary girl, I would think you are coquettish, but you are not." ”

Alicia groaned slightly, and nodded thoughtfully. 、

"That's right, I shouldn't be spoiled to anyone anymore. ”

Zazacha took a deep look at the person he considered his master.

"What are you going to do tomorrow?"

"When Karen wakes up, I'll bury his knights with him. As for the elder brother, he should be brought back to the royal capital for a state funeral, and this matter should be left to Karen. Alicia glanced up at the white moon and said, "Then, we're going to go after Valrhona." ”

"What?" Zazacha frowned dissatisfiedly, "That woman has obviously escaped, such a guy, you still want to find her?"

"I have to go to her. Alicia said in a resolute tone.

"Why?"

"Because she stole all of our money. ”

“......”

I thought that Alicia said that she was going to find Valrhona because she was reluctant to be a companion, but it seems that Zazacha completely misunderstood her master.

"Catch up with her, beat her up, and get our money back, that's it!"

Zazacha didn't know if Alicia was serious when she said this, but he was glad that Alicia's eyes finally regained a hint of their old look.