When Lu Yu woke up again, there was still lightning and thunder outside the tower. The moist sea breeze rushed in through the window and swirled in the room. The salty smell made his stomach... growl.
He didn't know how long he slept. Looking back carefully, he found that even his dreams were blank and his brain was completely shut down.
Lulu and Sera were sleeping next to him. When he saw Xiao An and Xiao Guang, who were acting as cushions and stretched their heads over to ask for caresses, Lu Yu knew that this was definitely their idea.
After poking their soft skin, Lu Yu said with a half-smile, "You guys... don't worry, I'm very sure of my goal now."
Xiaoguang and Xiaodian shone brightly, and then dimmed immediately after Lu Yu made a gesture and pointed at the sleeping two people.
Lulu hugged Sera's waist tightly, as if she had found a comfortable pillow, and pressed her face against it. She was drooling in her sleep, and she didn't know what delicious food she dreamed about.
Number 2 fell vertically from the wall and greeted Lu Yu excitedly. Lu Yu rubbed it naturally.
This experience was so thrilling that even now, Lu Yu has the illusion of dreaming.
He found some affected sheep from the collapsed ruins of the core area. After skillfully washing and seasoning them, Lu Yu started cooking them on the high tower - he was really hungry, and he had obviously eaten on the way. I had some food with me, but I still felt hungry for some reason.
"Um...what are you doing?"
Before Lulu's eyes opened, and her consciousness probably hadn't fully returned, she released her hold on Sera and sat up unsteadily. Her nose twitched like a radar, locking Lu Yu's position.
"hungry?"
Lu Yu picked up a piece and waved it in front of Lulu. Watching her turn her head after the mutton, the depression that had not been released after the fierce battle was swept away.
He picked up the wet wipes he had prepared and wiped Lulu's face, making her blurred eyes regain focus.
"Open your mouth."
Lulu obediently closed her eyes and opened her mouth wide to wait for feeding.
Lu Yu helped her blow on it, and then put the mutton into her mouth with confidence: "Jasiluo doesn't know how to eat it. There are too few spices and the taste is not layered enough. Just make do with it."
The warm mutton rejuvenated the hungry Lulu, and she became visibly happy. As she chewed, she said vaguely: "How could it be? From the first time we met, your craftsmanship has not impressed me. Disappointed."
She was planning to praise her a little more, but Lu Yu had already finished blowing a piece of mutton with skin on. This time, Lulu opened her mouth consciously without Lu Yu opening her mouth.
While she was enjoying the meal, she caught a glimpse of Lu Yu's mouth drooling and picked up the chopsticks on the side. She followed suit and blew on it. She tremblingly stretched her hand to Lu Yu's side: "Give me a bite too..."
In order to dispel the shyness in her mind, she quickly added: "I don't know why, but after I woke up, I felt like I hadn't eaten for several days... How many days did we sleep?"
Lu Yu smiled and bit into the soft stewed meat, tasted the taste, and added some salt to the simple stove to season: "I don't know too well, the rain is too heavy, Cheche and the others generally have a bad sense of time. Strong, in short, you don’t know anything about it.”
"Here, take another bite." There were two for one, and Lulu quickly found another piece of meat in the pot and handed it over.
"Don't worry, you can take a bite too."
"You..." A faint voice rose from behind the two of them.
Lu Yu and Lulu, who were busy going back and forth, turned their heads at the same time. Sera had woken up at some point and was staring at them intently.
"Sorry, sorry, I see you are sleeping soundly, so..."
Lu Yu was still planning to explain, but Sera stood up unsteadily and sat between Lu Yu and Lulu. Her eyes were still a little blurry, as if she was awake but not awake, and she was shrouded in the aura of waking up, which made Lu Yu not know what to say for a moment.
"Sierra, let me feed you!"
Without waiting for Sera to react, Lulu brought the meat to Sera's mouth. After being slightly stunned, Sera happily accepted the feeding.
Sierra, who tried hard to hide her smile, had no choice but to start a topic to divert her attention.
"Where's Gaslow?"
"Are you talking about the corpse?" Lu Yu said, "The chariot of flesh and blood has been dragged into the corridor. Oh, it drank up all the blood in the room, and the others did not move. Don't worry."
Sera replied angrily: "It sounds like I am an evil necromancer and I plan to do something with his body."
"Objectively speaking, the ability you have to control spiritual bodies is not inconsistent with your ability to develop into a necromancer."
During the conversation, Lu Yu subconsciously handed the chopsticks to Sera. His habit of feeding Lulu made this action habitual and natural, and when he reacted, it was already on her lips.
Xiaoguang and Xiaoan were held motionless by Cheche's tentacles.
Number 2 extended his consciousness to the majestic rain and continued to play the role of the wall.
Lulu took back her chopsticks hesitantly and glanced at the two of them.
"habit……"
Before Lu Yu said the word "Hai", the chopsticks that Lu Yu was about to take back were bitten by Sera, and the meat dipped in sauce filled her mouth.
"I'm... the Chosen God of Radiance, what kind of Necromancer, don't talk nonsense... Hufu, it's so hot, why didn't you blow it!" Sera, who was burned, shouted and glared at Lu Yu.
"Originally, I planned to eat it myself... with the skin on, close to the bones, very fragrant..."
"It really smells good."
The meat was slid cleanly, and two bones were spat out by Sera, with a look of unfulfilled satisfaction.
"Do you want to eat this piece?"
Lu Yu took another piece of skin-to-bone meat from the bowl and put it over. Sera glanced at him, still not rejecting anyone who came.
Seeing this scene, Lulu lowered her head, raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and rummaged through the pot calmly.
"Tell me, how did you awaken your power?" Lu Yu took the opportunity to ask.
Serra described the process of how the silver maple tree suddenly appeared and sheltered her consciousness after she was attacked by Gaslow.
Lu Yu didn't think that Silver Maple Tree awakened at exactly this time. Perhaps his weak consciousness was taking shape as early as the magic wave came, but it couldn't affect anything yet.
Or... the Silver Maple Tree is the "variable" activated by the world's consciousness to destroy Gaslow. It is precisely because of its existence that the distortion of [The Whisperer] and the intrusion of Gaslow's consciousness will be ineffective, let alone Lulu also hallucinated warnings from Sayer and Vanessa.
Sera raised her head thoughtfully: "The world of magicians has changed."
Lu Yu murmured in agreement: "Yes, it has indeed changed... The situation speculated by Erling will soon become a reality."
Suddenly remembering something, Lu Yu handed all the meat in the bowl to Sera.
Sierra's eyes widened.
"Thank you for going out of your way to expose Gaslow's trick for me."
Sierra snorted softly, but no hint of impatience could be heard: "I went out without a suitcase, so I had to rely on you. Fortunately, you didn't let me and Lulu down."
In a harmonious atmosphere, the three of them finished the whole pot of meat. They were all surprised that they had such a good appetite.
The excavation work of the Elephant Codex went very smoothly. Without the obstruction of Gaslow, the summons such as Big Bowl turned up all the land around the mansion.
Opening two purple-grey crystal boxes made of forbidden magic stones, they were full of scrolls and books. Sera couldn't wait to flip through one of them, only read a few pages, and then closed it sadly.
"It would have been nice if he hadn't met Gaslow..."
He could have become famous in Durderan, brought a new concept of magic circle to this continent, and promoted the progress of magic, but... he died, silently on an isolated island.
"I was self-taught, but I reached this height, and the result...haha..." Lulu couldn't help but laugh bitterly for this genius who died young, "I'm afraid the people in the coalition didn't even realize what they had lost."
The circle of high-level magicians in Durderan is far more closed-off than Meira. According to Eli's description, the high-level magic materials here are basically monopolized by limited magic forces. If a regular magician reaches a certain level and wants to improve You will find that the huge Durdelan does not have enough "experience" to support its accumulation, and the only way you want to realize your talent is to work as a dog for the highly concentrated magic "students".
This trading continent, which is as famous as Collet, has secretly reached the level of Sebo. The path to advancement has been completely cut off. The only hope is the so-called Star Reacher Competition.
Now the three of them suddenly understood why the dignitaries of the alliance were willing to maintain huge investment in the Star Reacher Competition every four years without wavering... As long as they participated in the Star Reacher Competition, ordinary magicians were tied to Those who are on the leash and hope to become magicians of another level only have this chance. They have and only this way to touch the higher-level world, unless... they leave Durderan.
After closing the purple-gray forbidden magic crystal box, Sera gently stroked the box, remained silent for a long time, and said, "Maybe Duckweed did the right thing..."
In a village that was no longer distorted by the Whisperers, the cloth bag wrapped in fluorite powder at the door was still swaying in the strong wind, and the dull footsteps of the large bowl carrying heavy objects made the entire village walk out in the rain.
After seeing the strange posture of the big bowl, the young men in the village took out their pitchforks and rakes and stepped forward tremblingly.
As the magic circle collapsed, the false memories lingering in their minds were shattered, but the long-term dominance still made these normal villagers trapped in the forged stories and unable to extricate themselves.
Lulu swept over the villagers with spiritual magic, and an invisible force easily defeated the confusion that was still lingering in these people's minds. After a while, the villagers' eyes stared blankly ahead. For a while, they looked left and right blankly, and then He looked down at his body, as if thinking... what on earth he was doing.
"elder brother!"
The child in the woman's hand suddenly broke through the rain and ran towards Lu Yu. No matter how loudly the woman who brought hot tea to Lu Yu that night shouted, she never looked back.
Lu Yu squatted down and let the child hug him.
"I saw."
Lu Yu was stunned by the lack of beginning and end. He touched the boy's head: "Oh, what did you see?"
"You killed a monster, a big black monster that looked like a dark cloud." The child's face was full of admiration. "Your body was shining, and the monster just... snapped and shattered."
Sera and Lulu looked at each other, as if wondering how a child could witness the chaotic scene of "War of the Gods" that night.
"What...are you talking about?"
The woman's scolding suddenly stopped, and one villager after another seemed to remember something, collectively holding their heads and writhing on the ground in pain.
The boy hurried back to his mother and asked anxiously.
"Unexpectedly, it was the child who woke up from his dream first..."
Lu Yu sighed. Although Gaslow did not alienate them for normal god-making needs, can these people return to normal life?
Returning to Duderan, Lu Yu had to hire a caravan as a disguise to transport the heavy loot.
Until now, the documents and portraits wanted for them were still scattered all over the streets. The patrolling guards stopped their convoy several times and tried to open the boxes for inspection, but Sera's right "tip" made these guards let them go with a smile.
Most of the joint guards in Durderan knew very well that this kind of inspection was more symbolic than practical. Expecting them to search out the group of attackers was tantamount to wishful thinking. Even if they were found, what could they do?
Even high-level magicians are no match, can they bring the attackers to justice?
How many silver coins does it cost per month? Is it worth risking one's life?
Sera watched everything along the way indifferently, and commented lightly: "If it is placed in the core radiation area of the Theocracy's influence, the guards will definitely open the box and investigate thoroughly."
Lu Yu smiled and said: "In the Theocracy, if they find out that we are attackers, even if they give up their lives, they will hold us together and die together... Stop comparing, the Theocracy is an exception. You must lower the level and level of The Theocracy." Can you compare to those rotten people in Durdelan? It’s absolutely rotten here.”
Shortly after knocking on the door of Boggart's house, Eli's polite and cautious voice came from behind the door: "This is the Boggart's house. Who are you? Recently, everyone in the Boggart's house has been infected with cold. We apologize for the inconvenience."
Before anyone saw him, he threw out a set of words that could not find any fault, and his slickness and sophistication were evident.
"We're back."
There was a "rumbling" sound from behind the door. Eli opened the door a small crack. After confirming Lu Yu and his party, he excitedly wanted to go out to greet them, but he quickly restrained himself and waved his arm to signal Lu Yu to come in quickly.
Eli didn't care that Lu Yu was wet all over and gave him a big hug.
"God bless you...For seven days, we thought something happened to you. Oh my god...let me take a good look at you, unscathed. There is nothing better than this!"
"Wait...you mean, seven days?" Lu Yu asked in astonishment, "But didn't we just set out for one day?"
Eli was even more surprised than Lu Yu: "Why, don't you realize it at all?"
The three of them looked at each other. They suddenly realized why they were so hungry. It was not because they overslept, but because of the fatigue and hunger accumulated in the long distortion. This side effect was enough to kill ordinary magic. division.
"Stop talking about this, move these boxes in. We will bring back a lot of good things." After speaking, Lulu touched her belly, "Also...can you get some more food? I'm hungry again."
(End of chapter)
