Chapter 559: A new start [1] |
When Durden returned, he had a thoughtful look on his face, which surprised Adam and Jasmine.
"What are you thinking about, big brother? Also, what was that cry?" Adam couldn't hold back his curiosity.
Hearing his voice, Durned came to his senses and smiled, "Nothing. That guy had momentarily woken up and cried out due to pain before fainting again. Go on, continue condensing your mana."
Saying this, he sat down, closed his eyes, and started treating his injuries.
Adam looked at him and grumbled, "You didn't tell me what you were thinking about so deeply."
Seeing this, Jasmine revealed a faint smile, "If it's something we should know, senior brother will tell us. Since he didn't, we don't need to know."
…
Seeing Max's face turning paler bit by bit, Emily became increasingly anxious. But she couldn't do anything to make him feel better, and this made her feel helpless and useless. After a while, she could no longer restrain her emotions and tears welled up in her eyes.
"Please be alright, please." She muttered as pearl-like tears slid down her cheeks.
Suddenly, his attention was attracted to his chest, where he could 'see' a mass of pure white energy shining like the sun. Slowly, it broke down into two smaller lumps before one of them merged with his blood, causing it to boil like magma. As his blood rumbled and boiled, more and more wisps of lust overlord's bloodline energy appeared and started condensing. This process lasted for a long time. When it stopped, Max could 'see' a tiny stream of pink blood flowing alongside his normal blood. Although the two were like water and oil and didn't merge, they flowed smoothly without any problem. Furthermore, he could 'see' that sometimes, his pink blood would emit wisps of pink energy, which then would be absorbed by his red blood. Each time it happened, his blood grew stronger, albeit just a little.
Just then, the other lump of white energy dispersed in tiny, barely noticeable streams and surged throughout his body. Just when Max was wondering what it was going to do, new, complicated pathways, just like blood vessels and nerves, started appearing throughout his body. Snap!
Unfortunately, Max couldn't witness the whole process because his consciousness was suddenly 'forced out' of his body and his eyes snapped open.
Ha! Ha! Ha!
As he regained his senses, he realized he was sweating a lot and was gasping for breath. Furthermore, a very anxious and misty-eyed Emily was looking at him from above as she gently wiped the sweat off his face.
'No wonder the back of my head feels comfortable. It's on her lap…' The corners of his lips curved up.
When Emily saw him open his eyes, her face shone with delight. "Y-You are awake?" Seeing her lose her composure like this, and obvious tear marks running down her cheeks, Max's heart trembled, and he lightly nodded his head, "Hm. I'm sorry for worrying you." Saying this, he wanted to sit up, but realized there wasn't even an ounce of energy left in his body. So, he slowly raised his hand instead, and gently wiped the droplets of tears hanging on her eyelashes.
Emily's face reddened when she realized Max had seen her crying face. Hurriedly, she took out another handkerchief, and cleaned her face before wearing her usual indifferent expression and nodded, "Don't worry. Everything's fine as long as you are alright."
Max's heart softened upon hearing this, but he didn't say anything and just kept laying on her lap. A moment later, he asked, "How long was I unconscious and did anything happen in that time?"
"2 days. You were unconscious for 2 days." Emily said before explaining, "You caused a huge commotion 2 days ago…"
When he heard how two demon groups were attracted to them by the commotion he unconsciously caused, his expression turned ugly. He blamed himself for causing the disaster for everyone. But when he heard everyone was fine, he heaved a sigh of relief.
"Are they still here?" He asked about Durden's group.
Hearing this, Emily's expression turned uncertain as she slowly nodded, "Yeah. They are still here. Although that little guy and girl urged him to leave and not waste time waiting for you to wake up, Durden didn't leave. He would come here to check up on you a few times daily. I… don't know what he is planning."
"From what you told me about him, I doubt that he would have any ill intentions towards any of us. So, don't worry." Max smiled, not wanting her to worry about it anymore.
Step! Step!
Just then, they heard the sound of footsteps. When they turned to look, they saw Ella and Ellie coming. Ella had an anxious look on her face while Ellie was frowning, and looked a bit annoyed.
As they came closer and saw Max laying on Emily's lap, looking at them, the duo looked relieved before a hint of anger flashed in Ellie's eyes. As for Ella, her face blossomed into a happy smile before she rushed over and sat on her knees beside him.
"Sir Max, you are awake. I-It's great. I… we were very worried."
"Hm. Sorry, I made you worried." Max smiled at her, which made Ella smile in joy. Emily, however, softly snorted at this, but didn't say anything.
Ella then glanced at Elle and beckoned her over. "Ellie, come quick and greet sir Max."
Sighing inwardly, she walked over and slightly bowed her head at him. "Hello, sir Max. It's good you woke up. Everyone was worried about you."
Max could see she didn't have any good feelings toward him and also knew why. So, when he heard her, he asked with an amused smile on his face, "Were you also worried?"