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Chapter 74: Traveling Together (26)

October 5, 417 Jialong calendar year

Almost ten days passed without any results from the search.

Luo Qixi noticed that even with her company, Gawain still inevitably began to become more and more taciturn, and the evil behaviors that he seemed to be very fond of at first almost disappeared.

She simply gave up returning to New Roa to rest every night, and instead followed Gawain on night patrols, with the reason being that "searching the forest would be more efficient at night, as we could determine the situation by the campfire." As for her sleeping time, it was split up. Apart from resting when Gawain rested, she would also rest, and basically she would find opportunities to take a few naps when Gawain took her flying during the day.

To the extent that, Lokixi's current mental state seems to be more than twice as bad as Gawain's, and this is even with the support of Milis's secret medicine.

A few days ago, they also received interesting intelligence: the "Clairvoyance - Original" wielded by Chishilica Chishiris, known as the "Demon Emperor of the Demonic Eyes," could directly reveal the current location of anyone in the world. However, after much inquiry and searching, Gawain and Luo Qixi were completely unsuccessful in finding the resurrected Demon Emperor. After simply entrusting the matter to Mu Ya, who was currently in charge of the Demon Continent Rescue Team, they had no choice but to abandon the idea.

October 8, 417 Jialong calendar year

After multiple investigations, the most likely target of the human-god commission also surfaced.

Dragon God Orsted, the contemporary Dragon God, is the 100th generation. He is said to be the strongest individual in history. He once crushed the Water Goddess Leta with his swordsmanship when she was young and had just mastered the [Deprivation of Sword Realm]. Later, he challenged and defeated the contemporary Sword God Gal Falion. His swordsmanship may be at least equal to the first three gods. He is undoubtedly the top figure in the world.

He is a terrifying character that would suffocate ordinary people with fear just by seeing him. However, there is also a saying that such unreasonable fear is actually a curse.

This reminded Gawain of the intelligence he had received some time ago: a figure in a white robe with strange movements and a terrifying temperament was found on the outskirts of New Roa, along with a woman with black hair and a white mask.

In short, based solely on the available information, Gawain didn't consider the Dragon God Orsted to be a formidable opponent. Defeating fragile figures like the Water God and the Sword God wasn't even a feat he'd consider impressive. As for the claim of being the strongest Dragon God of all time, the fact that the 99th Dragon God Urpe was treated like a paddle by the Demon God Laplace severely undermined his credibility.

After all, the second place ranking of [Dragon God] among the great powers was purely due to the fact that Urpe dealt the final blow to [Demon God] and the ranking was swapped. If it was the Armored Dragon King who took action at that time, perhaps the second place among the great powers would be the emperor-level powerhouse [Dora]?

However, considering factors like mythology, even if one were to extrapolate from the earliest period of the rumor, the opponent's age was less than two hundred years old. Even so, out of rationality, Gawain decided to treat the opponent as a demon god-level opponent or even stronger.

If necessary, he would borrow the Fighting God Armor.

Even though it was obviously a weapon specially prepared for him by the human god.

October 11, 417 Jialong calendar year

"Om-"

A familiar, shrill voice suddenly rang out, and Luo Qixi, who was dozing in Gawain's arms, immediately woke up, covering her ears:

"what's the situation?"

Gawain answered simply as he moved quickly through the jungle:

"Read."

Luo Qixi looked around and thought she was just half asleep.

"Ah? We're going back to the Demon Continent?"

"No, I'm just doing an experiment."

"What experiment?"

"Telepathy magic."

"?"

This was probably the most helpless day in Luo Qixi's life. She, a Migrud who could not speak telepathy, watched helplessly as her foreign students learned to speak telepathy on their own.

Gao Wen explained:

"I had this idea a few years ago, but I just never took the time to implement it. However, what I made this time is only a semi-finished product. It can't just convey information or simple emotions like the Migrud tribe does. The content is too complicated and the transmission distance is too short."

Luo Qixi probably understood, and she complained:

"No wonder I felt like I was hit on the head with a hammer. You know, when my tribesmen used telepathy on me, it was just like being hit by a bug at best."

"Gawain! You are not allowed to practice this around me!"

Gawain, holding a grudge, decided not to tell Roxy that once the analysis was complete, she might be able to control her telepathic abilities like the Mystic Eye, gaining normal telepathic abilities just like aligning frequency bands.

"If we change this version in a different direction, we might be able to create something like contact-based mind-sharing magic."

Luo Qixi was actually very curious about this:

"It's a bit like a simplified version of Miss Nas's ability."

Gao Wen confessed his discovery:

"The so-called curse itself is a form of 'natural' magic. Just a random guess, maybe it's a legacy from the five deceased gods? Even things like racial innate abilities are just heritable, fixed magic. Aside from being hereditary, they're no different from the Mystic Eye."

Luo Qixi discovered on her own:

"According to this theory, telepathic ability can also be acquired later in life, right? Just like your magic eye, Gawain."

She was so clever that Gawain decided to ignore her.

"Hey, hey, hey, why aren't you talking again?"

"Childish ghost, ignoring me again."

"I guess I guessed something right?"

"Hehe, you're not planning to give me a surprise after the research results come out, are you?"

A woman who gets carried away by success.

That's why I don't want to pay attention to her.

October 18, 417 Jialong calendar year

The search still yielded no results.

There were no results in the Great Forest area, the ancient forests of Milis, the dense forests, the ancient forests of the archipelagoes, the oases of the Bekalit continent, the forest areas of the Wanglong Mountains, the forest areas of the Red Dragon Mountains, the forest areas of Asura and the southern countries, and the forest areas of the northern countries.

Nor was the Demon Emperor or other clairvoyant possessors found.

Gawain has already accepted the possibility that he will not be able to find his parents on his own. He has tried his best to mobilize all the power he can, and if he fails, he will have no choice but to accept it.

Can only accept.

It's nothing more than bad luck.

Or perhaps the human-god was not willing to give up the third chip easily. This was not something to be surprised about, but rather something Gawain had emphasized many times. He would be surprised if the human-god did not do so.

After all, when he decided to pay the price to ensure the safety of the four people, it no longer mattered how the human god would control him. This was his fault in itself, and atonement was a matter of course.

Gawain doesn't mind atonement.

It would be better to atone for your sins.

October 20, 417 Jialong calendar year

The day promised to God has arrived.

As usual, Gawain lay on Lokisi's legs and slowly fell asleep to her humming.

It was a good dream.

Like in the past, everyone camped and had a picnic in the fields full of spring flowers. Everyone was there, even Lijie's mother, Alice, Lokali and the others. Everyone was happily playing, celebrating and gathering together.

He wakes up.

There are no white rooms, no white gods.

Luo Qixi comforted him, saying that maybe they would have to wait until tonight or tomorrow to decide.

October 21, 417 Jialong calendar year

Fall asleep, there is no God.

October 22, 417 Jialong calendar year

Fall asleep, there is no God.

October 23, 417 Jialong calendar year

Fall asleep, there is no God.

October 24, 417 Jialong calendar year

Fall asleep, there is no God.

October 25, 417 Jialong calendar year

Fall asleep, there is no God.

October 26, 417 Jialong calendar year

Fall asleep, there is no God.

October 27, 417 Jialong calendar year

Fall asleep, there is no God.

October 28, 417 Jialong calendar year

Fall asleep, there is no God.

October 29, 417 Jialong calendar year

Fall asleep, there is no God.

October 30, 417 Jialong calendar year

Fall asleep, there is no God.

Chapter 75 Love

Chapter 75 Love

Gawain has gone mad.

During this period, only Lokixi was with him, so she saw very clearly that after the breach of contract between humans and gods, Gawain was losing control, and she could only watch and could do nothing.

He even had to cooperate with Gawain to deceive everyone, pretending that nothing had happened, and relying on everyone's trust in him to fool them that Gawain was fine.

Luo Qixi didn't know what she was doing every day, nor did she know what she should do.

She didn't even dare to comfort Gao Wen.

Just like it is now.

Gawain simply knelt on the ground, digging his hands into the soil, his body trembling slightly as he vented and suppressed his anger and desire to destroy. The ground around him began to tremble like an earthquake, even surging visibly like waves. Even she, who was floating in the air, could clearly feel the shock waves.

Luo Qixi felt shamefully frightened.

"If I disturb Gawain, he might lose control and smack me to pieces, right?"

She couldn't control herself from thinking this way, but the more she thought this way, the less able Luo Qixi was to comfort Gao Wen. Gradually, she didn't even know why she was standing by his side.

Am I really worthy of comforting him if I think like this?

Do I really deserve to stay by his side when I can't help him?

But I can't leave and add extra psychological burden to him.

The only thing Luo Qixi could do was to use her lap to pillow him to sleep every day, and then silently watch him wake up and vent his anger crazily.

It was as if he was the one who brought him pain.

Maybe it doesn't matter?

She was clearly a teacher, and she had clearly believed she had seen through Gawain's true nature several years ago. She had always felt that she owed Gawain a favor, but she had not helped him earlier. Even now, she was holding back words that might have helped him but dared not speak.

Silently watching Gawain pulling his hair and smashing the ground for more than ten kilometers into a basin with his forehead, Luo Qixi couldn't help but be distracted:

'Why am I running away again?'

"Because you like Gawain, right?"

"That's why I don't want to do anything that would damage our relationship or say anything that might sever our relationship."

"Rather, just the thought of being threatened with death, attacked, insulted with genuine disgust, or completely abandoned and ignored by him is enough to make me feel so miserable that I can't breathe."

"I clearly like him and care about him so much, and my feelings for him are growing like crazy every second. Even if I never get a response, it doesn't matter, but at least it's normal to not want to be rejected, right?"

"But I really can't stand it any longer."

"...because I like Gawain so much..."

Unarmored, Lokisi curled up in mid-air, covering her face and weeping uncontrollably. She wanted to remind Gawain to control his power, so she voluntarily discarded the jet-black armor that had saved her from Gawain's careless loss of control and recast it into a giant staff.

Like someone too much.

So I would rather be hurt by him than want him to be hurt.