Hearing someone's explanation, Fen let go of his hand and let him fall back to the ground. Lin, who lost his balance, fell to the ground. He didn't mind at all, rubbing his sleepy eyes and continued, "The original rules were set more loosely. It was like the magic tower would only attack if someone was hurt and blood was spilled. But I laughed at myself when I was chased out of the tower, what was there to be afraid of? No matter how much I tried to help others, no matter how much I did, I would still be treated as a thorn in the flesh by some unimportant people. It could be imagined that the rest of my journey wouldn't be too peaceful. That was why I changed the rules. As long as there were certain behaviors, it would be considered hostile and an attack would be launched. Anyway, it's not uncommon for people to be killed for rudely offending mages. So I don't care if it's accidental or not, it's fine if they die, who told them to show threatening behavior in front of mages. I just didn't expect that group of people to come on the first night. A bunch of impatient idiots, they deserved to die. "
"Oh, so that means I don't even have a chance to attack within the range of the Arcane Eye."
Speechless … Lin looked at the disappointed ex-demon king and said, "It should be like what you said."
"How big is the range?"
"Those newcomers have upgraded the tower's Arcane Eye. It's fine that it can be used 24 hours a day, but they didn't give me a chance to test whether the range increased after the upgrade, so I don't know. I guess there will be more people coming to die, so I'll let them be test subjects and see the limit of the Tower of the Great Sage's Arcane Eye. It's not like I'm the one dying. "
Full of complaints, this night almost became Lin's solo show. Everyone looked at the dead people outside the defense circle and the former tower master who was muttering. No one knew what to say, even if it's a conversation between companions.
The group of elite warriors working for the spellcasters could be considered to be experienced and knowledgeable people. They knew very well when to keep quiet and when to open their mouths. But like today, it's rare for them to be speechless. Everyone had mixed feelings, they didn't know where to start.
After days of insomnia, Lin's mental state has reached its limit. Today, he was no longer unable to sleep. Instead, he slept like a log.
In his sleep, he vaguely felt that someone was moving him. However, a certain someone didn't care. He didn't even have the thought of opening his eyes. He just indulged himself.
He finally woke up in the swaying carriage, but it wasn't because he had enough sleep, or because he had regained his energy. He was simply awakened by hunger. When Lin woke up, he took out some dry rations from his bag and munched on them. Then, he stared blankly at the sky, not wanting to talk to anyone else.
The sense of reality of the Magic Tower was only slowly emerging now. Before this, other than making himself very busy, so busy that he didn't have time to let his imagination run wild, he more or less had some unrealistic expectations. It was like a falling meteorite, smashing everyone to death. Along the way, it also smashed the dimensional crack of the Abyssal Gate, smashing the demons until they couldn't do anything.
However, once he was free, the wave of 'cruelty of reality' hit him, and the sense of frustration almost crushed him. With a pair of dead fish eyes, his brain was not working at all. Logically speaking, this was the best state to meditate, but Lin was simply wasting his life.
During this time, Hallumi and Kaya more or less felt betrayed. Although they didn't openly complain to their teacher, but they were in a state of cold war, and didn't want to say a word more. As for that heartless teacher, he ate and slept as he pleased. He even helped the people who robbed him of his home.
Originally, they thought that their teacher didn't care about such things, and that all the decisions were made by her alone. Therefore, the girls accumulated even more dissatisfaction in their hearts. But today, it seems that the whole thing wasn't without a blow to their teacher, it was just that he didn't show it before.
Seeing their teacher like this, it would be a lie to say that they weren't worried. But they also understood that as half-grown women, their period had come. According to the standards of the Magic Tower, they were already considered adult women, and could no longer be regarded as children. Although they were only 13 years old now, there were many times when they were still powerless. Therefore, they could only look at another mature woman for help.
The former Demon Lord Fen, who was originally immersed in the Water Mirror screen and keyboard, was also somewhat escaping from reality. On the one hand, with the Purple Change grade magic stone as the core, the Magic Tower's portable computer, the Head Coffin, was a very novel toy, and a certain Lich was delving into it.
However, as a person with enough strength to rule the world, Fen still paid attention to the things around her. She wouldn't let herself be so focused that she ignored danger.
With the two little girls' watery and pitiful expressions, it was hard not to attract the attention of a certain Lich.
Following the girls' gazes, Fen saw the former Tower Master in a daze. She sighed slightly and put down the coffin on her thighs. She stretched her body lazily and changed into a more comfortable position before saying, "You look like you've gotten over it. Is that because you've let it go or have you given up? His Excellency Gablash Tripwood. "
Even though the name was mentioned, it took Lin a while to come back to her senses. She refocused her eyes and looked at the person who asked the question. She said: "What's the point of it? In the end, it can't change reality. "
"Of course there is a difference. Enduring blindly would not bring about a good result. People who hate you, people who are greedy, people who are ignorant, people who are stupid, these people will intentionally or unintentionally step on your head. Even if you only fight back and show your strength when you have no other choice. But people who are used to you retreating and tolerating won't take this occasional outburst seriously. They would rather bet on you still shrinking back, bet on you swallowing your anger. But what they don't know is that emotions won't disappear for no reason, they will only accumulate. If all this doesn't destroy you, then you will destroy others and finally become the Demon King. "
Lin listened to Fen's words, felt something was wrong, and asked: "Are you talking about me, or yourself?"
Fen realized that she had inexplicably fallen into her memories, and laughed contemptuously, as if mocking herself. She said: "It seems that there are more similarities between us than you think. No. "
"Then, is there any way to solve it?" Lin asked weakly. In fact, he didn't expect to get any answers. He was just chatting idly and casually looking for a topic to talk about. He continued: "You've lived for so long, you can't just focus on taking revenge on society in the latter half of your life, right? There are always times when you have nothing to do, and you think that if you had done something like that in the past, you wouldn't be so miserable. Then what solutions have you thought of? Tell me for reference. "
Seeing that a certain man had recovered a little, Fen tilted her head, thought for a moment, and said: "Have you ever carefully observed a carnivorous beast? When it bared its teeth at you, it actually meant that it didn't want to fight with you, so it showed a threat, hoping to force you to retreat. If it bit, it was because it had no choice but to defend itself, not because it was hostile. But when it didn't move and didn't show any threat, it represented two possibilities. One was that it was waiting for the best time to kill with one blow, and the other was that it was so old that it had no teeth and couldn't bite anymore. Interestingly, humans thought that they were a higher species than beasts, but the rules they followed were no different from beasts. When you bared your teeth at someone, most people would retreat, but when you didn't make a sound, they would only treat you as a weakling who didn't pose a threat and continue to attack. It didn't matter if you were waiting for an opportunity to deliver a fatal blow, or if you couldn't fight back for various reasons, but to the other side, your initial performance was the biggest reason for them to offend you. No one cared whether you would bite if you were forced into a corner. If you really did bite, you would be the one in the wrong, and they would only have more reasons to resent you, hating you for not being obedient and letting them bully you. "
Lin was dumbfounded by Fen's long speech. A certain man was dumbfounded as he looked at the person who spoke. After a short while, Lin said: "I thought you would just say it casually, but I didn't expect you to be so serious."
"What do you want to hear? A million ways to kill someone? Stop fooling around. "
"No, I was just thinking that if I had been through those things, I would be very happy to see someone else follow in my footsteps. I wouldn't try to persuade others. "
"Am I such a bad person in your heart?" Fen asked in a slightly sullen tone, but then she burst out laughing and said: "Alright, I admit that I am. Watching others suffer what I've suffered, it's indeed quite satisfying. But I don't want that person to be you. "
Hearing this confession from the heart, it was as if the resentment in his heart had been washed away, washing away all the unhappiness in his mind. No matter how slow Lin was, at this moment, his ears were red. He lowered his head and held it in for a long time before he said: "Thank you."
Whether or not she loved him was secondary. The most important thing was that Lin hadn't felt this kind of concern in a long time, and he didn't even know how to respond. The atmosphere became awkward for a moment, and this also caused a certain Lich to be unable to advance or retreat.
As if to break the ice, Fen asked: "How did you face this kind of situation in your hometown?"
Lin never shied away from talking about Earth in front of his two disciples. But most of the time, he didn't talk about it, not because he wanted to keep it a secret, but because he was just too lazy to talk about it. Now that he was asked, he seriously thought for a while and said:
"In my hometown, you have to stand at attention when you are beaten, nod when you are scolded, and you can't fight back. Only then can you use the identity of an innocent victim to seek the protection of public power. Otherwise, most people who uphold justice would choose to punish both sides 50 times to reduce a big problem to a small one, and a small one to nothing. "
This time, Fen was dumbfounded. For a long time, she didn't know how to comment. With great difficulty, he finally managed to squeeze out a sentence and said, "It's such a damned place, and you're still longing to go back all day long?"
"That godforsaken island is my home."
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