You are all my wings...

To be honest, I am more upset today than when my grandfather passed away, because I had very little contact with him, while my mother was with me almost my whole life.

Sigh, I hope everyone takes good care of their health.

I need to adjust my medication tonight, and I have surgery tomorrow. I don't know what the outcome will be.

So I'll have to take a break from writing tomorrow's chapter, but I'll try my best to finish the chapter the day after tomorrow.

Since the costs will likely be substantial and I will be primarily responsible for them, I'm considering starting a second book after my mother's surgery to earn more money for medical expenses. I hope my readers will be gentle with their criticism.

Chapter 528 Therina: So young, yet so full of love

Overwhelmed by this strange emotion, Terena frowned her delicate, beautiful golden eyebrows and stared at Lyon.

Lyon continued to study the mysterious texts that were imbued with life.

"Young man, you..."

What advice do you have for me?

After a moment's hesitation, Terena strode towards Lyon, looking up at him with a scrutinizing gaze:

"Squat down."

"Squat down?"

"Hmm, speed."

Leon crouched down.

Terena reached inside his clothes.

Her hands, like her appearance, were slender and delicate, with fair skin and fine texture. They possessed the flawless beauty of a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl, and the transparent nail tips shimmered with a pinkish luster, a quality that could catch the eye under any lighting conditions.

After reaching inside Lyon, she seemed to be groping for something.

Although there was a layer of undershirt between them, the warm and cool sensations of their skin naturally mingled, causing Leon's heart to flutter slightly as he recalled the time in the future when he would carry Terena on his shoulder every day to study magic books.

But why did Terena suddenly want to touch herself?

Is it because the affinity system was just activated?

Or is she using some kind of supernatural organ in her palm to explore something about herself?

"Your Excellency, what are you doing?"

"Ask less and do more, and continue to comprehend these mysterious characters."

Terena spoke softly, but her slender hand slowly moved to a more inward position.

"The main problem is that someone as charming as you touching me like that is very distracting and interferes with my concentration."

Lyon reminded him.

"Hmph, so young, yet so full of lust."

Terena shook her head, pinching Lyon's peanuts with her fingers like a little girl who had just seen a new toy.

[Goddess Therina's favorability +1%, current favorability 98%]

"Remember this: as someone I reluctantly approve of as an experimenter, I can tell you that if you want to understand my thoughts, try to do so from a rational and research perspective. If you can guess my research objectives, I will reward you. But if you keep making wild guesses, don't blame me for reducing your reward!"

Does that mean she has a real purpose in doing this to herself?

Lyon said, "While you say that, I still feel that your actions..."

Before he could finish speaking, Terena interrupted him with a soft snort: "Don't move around, you're interfering with my movements!"

Leon blinked. Could it be that he had guessed right about Terena?

The Terena before me is naturally more indifferent and condescending than the future Terena.

Nevertheless, as their future favorability levels synchronized, Leon could still sense a subtle change in Terena's attitude towards him.

But because she lacks shared experiences with herself, and because her perspective is clearly more intense.

Therefore, although she has a high level of likability towards me, it is estimated that it will be difficult for her to immediately develop that kind of romantic behavior towards me.

Therefore, it will likely be difficult to change the way he interacts with Terena in the near future.

What's even more worrying is that Terena gets carried away with her experiments and runs out of time, which would cause trouble for Astalia in the future.

'By the way, we can check Treina's panel; maybe we can find some useful clues.'

Thinking of this, Leon felt a slight stirring in his heart and opened Terena's latest panel data.

[Character: Therena]

[Age/Lifespan: 1.5 centuries/Immortal (As long as the sacred land of civilization endures, the soul will be immortal)]

[Plot Weight: s++]

[Potential Level: SR+]

【Class: Lord of the Sacred Land of Civilization】

Current level: 14

[Divine Organs: The Indestructible Body of Civilization, The Hand That Can Extinguish Thoughts Through Creation, The Eye That Can Penetrate the Void and See the Truth of Nature, The Flawless and Wonderful Skin Like Jade, The Divine Brain That Can Sensate All Transformations]

[Primary Attribute: Temporarily Invisible]

[Current main tasks for the character: "Brilliant Life" (completed), "The Ancestor of New Magic" (cannot be completed due to time-related errors), "The Meteor of the Great Magician" (cannot be completed due to time-related errors)]

[Due to the achievement of the required affinity level and event milestones, the Terena personal side quest "Death Spiral" has been triggered.]

[Mission Details: Help Therina break free from the death spiral imposed on her by the Goddess of Origin and regain control of the Holy Land]

[Mission Rewards: Divine Energy Capacity +200, Spiritual Power +200, Magic Power +200, Stamina +100, Strength +100, Agility +100; Learn the secrets of the Eternal True God-level Civilization System, Pro]

Wow, what a luxurious panel.

This is a luxurious mission reward.

Lyon scanned the information on the panel but was still clueless.

At this moment, Leon comprehended the knowledge of a new mysterious script, which suddenly dripped down and merged into his body.

During this moment of integration, in addition to gaining 2 points of mental strength, Leon also saw more scenes.

That was a scene showing Therena and Petelides talking face to face—

In a dark and desolate environment, two goddesses of extremely high status were facing each other.

“Petridides, you are indeed different from before. Remember this day, for it will be the beginning of your being devoured by the laws of origin. I swear this oath with the Holy Land as my witness.”

"The oath of the forbidden zone? Your control over the Holy Land has reached such a level. Unfortunately, it has no effect on me at this moment. I'm sorry, since you have already demonstrated such power, I really cannot let you live this time. Goodbye, my dear little Terena."

'So these are Therina's memories from before her first fall? Then, how many times has Therina resurrected?'

Lyon pondered this in his heart.

However, the conversation ended quickly.

What followed was a violent collision of spacetime and endless turbulence in the void.

Moreover, the words of the two goddesses seemed to have a heavy pull, and the echo of every word resonated in Leon's mind like a great bell, making it difficult for him to support himself even with fourteen modes enabled.

Fortunately, after getting through the initial moment, he experienced another surprising change.

That is the further growth of spiritual power.

Even though this memory had already increased my mental strength by 2 points, this time it multiplied several times over, increasing by a whopping 7 points.

Adding to the previous two 4 points, his mental strength surged by 11 points in just a few minutes, comparable to the effect of a small-scale level-up.

If I could comprehend all these thousands of mysterious characters, how much would my spiritual power increase?

Suddenly, Leon, lost in his reverie, felt a chill on his upper body. Glancing to the side, he saw his disheveled outer garment and inner shirt lying on the ground!

It turned out that she had taken off her clothes while she was still immersed in Terena's memories!

What does she want to do?

Although he didn't resist such things, Terena was currently very close to her peak. If she suppressed that strange thought later, would she do something unpleasant?

Lyon immediately probed:

"Your Excellency, why do you require me to expose my upper body when conducting experiments?"

"This is my business, you don't need to worry about it. Continue to study your mysterious script! Get ten of them as soon as possible to complete the first step of the experiment, understand?"

Terenas, her small body dangling cross-legged, moved around Leon's body, her hands occasionally touching his upper body.

Leon noticed that every time she touched him, her eyes would gleam with an unusual light.

"The problem is that I really don't understand what your actions have to do with the experiments I'm currently conducting."

Terena paused slightly, then crossed her arms, stepped back several meters, and said coldly, "I understand. In the end, you just think the benefits I've given you aren't enough, and you're unwilling to cooperate with me? Tell me, what other reward do you want to cooperate with my actions?"

Chapter 529 Terena: I need to examine your body carefully.

Lyon: "Uh, Your Excellency misunderstands. I was just asking."

"Me, misunderstand? Impossible."

Terena narrowed her eyes and then said, "Considering that your current talent is not bad, I will give you another twelfth-grade secret treasure."

As she spoke, she tossed another wind-elemental treasure into Leon's hand.

"Now you can cooperate with me quietly, right?"

What else could Leon say when she was in this state?

When Terena saw Leon obediently accept the treasure, she nodded in satisfaction, a barely perceptible smile appearing on her usually indifferent face.

"very good."

She continued to explore Leon's body, her slender hands carrying a slightly strange sensation that traveled throughout his body, as if releasing a faint static electricity, which was very pleasing.

Although he didn't know what Terena's purpose was in exploring like this, Leon had to admit that he was indeed being teased by Terena and was becoming somewhat distracted.

This is another reason why he repeatedly interrupted Terena with his questions.

After all, it's best to be cautious with Terena for now, as her current mindset is difficult to control.

Fortunately, Lyon immediately recalled the future Terena, and his longing mind cleared up instantly.

Of course, it's not that the future Terena will extinguish his desires, but rather that the future Terena looks too young, and imagining her is just right to resolve these kinds of problems. His strong sense of ethics allows him to automatically suppress these subtle emotions.

Lyon immediately continued to focus on deciphering the mysterious script.

An hour passed in the blink of an eye, and the one-hour modes of Ion, Mind, Immaculate, and Critical all simultaneously expired, causing Leon's comprehension speed to plummet.

Terena originally asked Leon to understand ten mysterious characters within half an hour, but Leon finished them in about ten minutes and was about to start using ten of them to combine into magic.

However, while touching Leon's body, Terena suddenly told Leon to continue to comprehend the mysterious script, without needing to combine magic for the time being, so Leon continued to comprehend it.

Leon couldn't tell whether Terena was continuing her comprehension because she was addicted to touching herself, or whether she decided to intensify her experiments after discovering her unexpected talent.

In short, Lyon reaped considerable profits during this period.

He comprehended a total of 43 mysterious characters. As his mental strength increased and he became more familiar with the patterns of these mysterious characters, his comprehension speed gradually increased. At first, it took him one or two minutes, but the time continued to shorten later.

At this point, his mental strength had made another remarkable breakthrough, officially reaching the level of a tenth-order god.

【主要屬性：窺命力364/神聖能量容納量292/精神力807/生命力628/魔力量1219/體力832/力量730/敏捷834】

Meanwhile, he also saw various memories of Therena during this time.

Besides the scene of confronting the Origin Goddess Petrified, there are also familiar faces of the Forbidden Zone level, such as Styx and Aurahande.

However, because it is rather scattered, the relatively complete picture that I saw during my third enlightenment is basically gone. I don't know if it's because of some other reason.

As the Lyon mode faded and her comprehension efficiency gradually declined, Terena slowly withdrew her hand from Lyon's body.

Whether it was a misperception or not, Leon saw a hint of lingering desire on her face.

The reason it's impossible to determine is because Terena is very emotionally detached at this stage, and she possesses a faint aura of divine power that protects her from being spied on. Even with Leon's eyesight, he couldn't see her micro-expressions clearly at close range.

It can only be said that she is worthy of being one of only eight forbidden zone masters in the world, and she is very close to her peak state. Even if she suppresses her aura, the terrifying sense of oppression emanating from the divine power of the forbidden zone outside her body could crush even a ninth-level cultivator who passes by.