Chapter 658: Awakening

"Alright, that's enough. Hurry up and wake her."

"As expected, I still can't hide anything from you..."

Reflection Naclis smiled awkwardly, and at the same time began explaining her Arcane Ability to Loren:

"After you left, Naclis suffered quite a shock, and along with it, her Arcane Ability underwent a complete evolution.

"Now we can concentrate our consciousness into one of us. When consciousness is concentrated in me, she herself enters a state of suspended animation and completely loses awareness. At the same time, I lose all restrictions, receive enhancements in every aspect, and can even teleport to her side.

"When consciousness is concentrated in her, I lose myself and become entirely her combat tool, so her power also reaches a terrifying level.

"My explanation might not be very clear, but if one day you see her in that state, you'll understand what I mean."

As she spoke, Reflection Naclis's appearance was gradually returning to normal, and Naclis's vital signs were slowly recovering as well.

"Think about how you're going to face Naclis."

Reflection Naclis revealed a smile and retreated back into the shadows.

Naclis's eyelids began to move at this moment. She slowly opened her eyes, but Loren's light magic stung her eyes, causing her to instantly shut them again.

So Loren softened the light magic considerably, just enough to illuminate his face:

"I adjusted the brightness. You can open your eyes now."

Naclis rubbed her eyes. Her consciousness was still a bit fuzzy at this point.

But when she saw Loren's face, her mind instantly cleared.

She trembled, then suddenly threw her arms around Loren's neck:

"Master Mentor... I knew you would come back for me..."

Her voice carried the sound of tears. She no longer cared about any image at this point, only wanting to act spoiled toward Loren to her heart's content:

"I really, really missed you... The moment I learned you had died, I truly wanted to hurry and accompany you..."

"Don't have such dangerous thoughts..."

Loren sighed, pressing his face against Naclis's cheek, letting her tears flow onto him:

"Everything I did was to let you all live well. If you're gone, then everything I did loses its meaning."

"A world without you in it, what meaning is there in living here..."

Naclis said through her tears. She understood the reasoning in Loren's words perfectly well, but she still couldn't accept it.

"Alright, alright. I'm back now, and everything is getting back on track."

Loren set Naclis down. Having slept for so long, her body was somewhat weak, so Loren could only support her.

"Looking at you like this, you won't be able to climb up. Better to just dig a new tunnel."

"No need. Naclis can use her Arcane Ability to climb up."

At this point, Reflection Naclis popped out again. Loren still remembered how she had just told him to think about how he would face Naclis.

If it were just a reunion after a long separation, she wouldn't have said that. Loren suddenly thought of something...

And now, when Naclis looked at the Reflection, there was a hint of hostility in her eyes...

Reflection Naclis didn't continue speaking, merely turning into shadow and merging into Naclis's body.

Subsequently, Naclis was enveloped by shadow, as if she had gained an extra layer of shell.

"Let's head back first."

Naclis had no intention of saying more. Eight sharp spider legs suddenly grew from that shadow shell. These legs were extremely agile, carrying Naclis as she crawled out of the narrow tunnel.

"Follow along..."

Loren didn't know what to say either, so he could only bring Laila along to follow Naclis.

"Older Sister!"

The moment Anna saw Naclis, she pounced forward, wanting to give her a hug, but was blocked outside by the shadow.

"Anna..."

Naclis voluntarily dismissed the shadow shell and embraced Anna.

Even though Naclis was currently hugging Anna, her gaze remained fixed on the exit.

"Anna, let me ask you a question."

"What?"

Anna was also a bit curious. This was the first time Naclis had spoken to her in this kind of tone.

"Has your relationship with Master Mentor progressed further?"

"What? In what specific way?"

Anna hadn't expected Naclis to ask such a question either. Logically speaking, their relationship with Loren had already reached its peak, the most intimate relationship possible.

If they wanted to go further, there was only one possibility...

The question Naclis asked left Anna somewhat shocked. Just as she was about to answer, Loren crawled out.

"Master Mentor."

Naclis immediately let go of Anna and went forward to pull Loren up.

"..."

Anna was somewhat speechless. Now Naclis wasn't even bothering to hide her feelings for Loren. Even her own little sister couldn't compare to a fraction of Loren.

"Uh... thank you..."

With Loren's physique, he could have simply jumped out directly and didn't need Naclis to pull him up at all.

But since Naclis wanted to pull him, he didn't refuse.

"Naclis, have you discovered any important intelligence during this time?"

According to what Laila said, Naclis had been staying in the Holy Flame Empire this whole time. Logically, she should know quite a bit of intelligence.

"I don't know. I've been asleep the entire time.

"When I arrived here, I told the Reflection to let me sleep continuously. Unless you were found, no matter what, don't wake me.

"A world without you in it, I don't want to spend even a second in it."

As she spoke, Naclis summoned Reflection Naclis:

"If you have questions, you can ask her."

"Alright... Has anything happened in the Holy Flame Empire recently?"

"The

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"The other two gods, even with the Severance Ritual, are being suppressed in battle, though things have recently stabilized.

"However, none of this is the most important thing."

At this point, Reflection Naclis paused, in order to emphasize what she was about to say next:

"A new Witch has recently appeared in the Holy Flame Empire. Her strength is terrifying. The moment she appeared, she massacred an entire army that included Angels."

Integrating Angels into armies was an old tradition of the Holy Flame Empire. After all, the God of Light and Fire had two authorities, and the restricted Severance Ritual could only sever one type at a time. So even with the restricted Severance Ritual, the Holy Flame Empire would still deploy Angels.

Because His authorities were complete and compatible, the God of Light and Fire had the greatest number of Angels.

"So the God of Light and Fire personally took action and erased that Witch.

"But! That Witch revived not long after. After that, she was surrounded and killed by Angels once more, but she quickly revived again!"

Having the strength to kill Angels and possessing the extremely rare ability of resurrection, Loren had already guessed who she was.

"Finally found her... the Wrath Witch..."