Greya nodded and didn't ask any more questions. Silence reigned in the room.
On the other side, Shirley crushed a new Demon Flower Demonblood Stone in her Destiny's Boil. This meant that the confrontation between Toby and the Will of Extreme Resentment had reached its climax.
Greya finally broke the silence. "Do you think Toby can defeat the Grudge Spirit this time?"
"I don't know. It's Toby's own battle."
They had already reached the limit of what they could do. Whether or not they could defeat the Will of Extreme Resentment depended on Toby's own efforts.
"I hope so." Greya looked worried. "After all, it's better to defeat the Grudge Spirit as soon as possible."
As Toby grew stronger, the Grudge Spirit would grow stronger as well. One day, even Froste's seal wouldn't be able to suppress it. At that time, the gap between Toby and the Will of Extreme Resentment would be like the difference between heaven and earth. It would be impossible for Toby to win.
Froste said that the sooner one challenged the Grudge Spirit, the higher the chance of winning. The earlier one challenged the Grudge Spirit, the higher the chance of failure, but there was still a chance of success. But the longer one waited, the longer one could live, the worse it would be. The Grudge Spirit was like a malignant tumor that would slowly spread and destroy one's hope of survival.
"That's my hope too," Angor said in a soft voice.
As the average time for Toby to wake up approached, both Angor and Greya remained silent. They stared at the Singularity of Fate and waited for the final result.
20 minutes, 25 minutes, 30 minutes … This was the time Toby usually woke up.
But this time, Toby still didn't wake up. Even Shirley was still using her talent at full power. They could see that Shirley's forehead was covered in sweat, which meant Toby was still fighting against the Grudge Spirit.
Another five minutes, ten minutes … When Greya's heart was about to jump out of her throat, Shirley finally let out a long sigh of relief.
Shirley took off her magic hat and shook her wet hair. She didn't even have the strength to cast a Cleanse spell. She sat there for an entire minute, paralyzed.
Finally, she dried her hair with a gentle breeze and walked out of the magic array, looking a little tired.
After leaving the magic array, she looked at Greya and Angor and smiled. "Toby has calmed down. I think he's done fighting."
She paused and continued, "Toby's emotions went through a lot this time. Thank goodness I took a bath in the hot spring earlier. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to hold it. But fortunately, I won in the end. "
Greya stepped forward and patted Shirley's shoulder. "You did well."
Greya flicked a finger, and a pink mist that carried the aroma of food floated to Shaly's side. Before Shaly could react, the mist went straight into her nose.
Shirley felt as if all of the energy in her body had been cleansed, and an indescribable sense of comfort washed over her as she exhaled. "Thank you, Master."
"Greya's''s Greya.. Greya. Greya....
As soon as Shirley sat down, Toby opened his eyes again. This time, Toby seemed to have returned to the period when he was affected by the difference in Comos' dreams. After opening his eyes, he was stunned for a long time and did not move.
"Don't tell me it didn't succeed?" Greya muttered.
Angor wasn't sure. The "Room of Heart" was Toby's test, and no one should know what happened.
Greya walked to Toby with a worried look on her face. Toby seemed to have sensed that someone was approaching, and its red eyes moved.
Greya knew Toby had woken up. She tried to comfort him by saying, "Don't worry about it. We can always try again." But before she could say anything, Toby suddenly flew away and became a tiny black dot in the sky.
"What's wrong with him?" Greya was confused.
Angor was also puzzled when they heard a loud roar coming from the sky. They looked up and saw that Toby had transformed into a Fiery Griffin, flapping his wings that blotted out the sun as he circled in the sky.
"It sounds … very excited?" Shirley stood up and looked up at the sky curiously. "What is it saying?"
Greya and Angor heard Toby's roar as well. They exchanged a look and saw joy in each other's eyes.
"He's saying." Greya couldn't hide the joy in her eyes. She grinned. "It worked!"
…
Toby had been challenging the "Room of Heart" for two weeks. He failed 81 times, or rather, he died. Finally, on his 82nd attempt, he defeated the Grudge of Utmost Resentment.
Toby didn't seem to be affected by Komos' dream. Instead, it was because he was too happy.
When Toby came back to his senses, he immediately let go of his emotions and transformed into a griffin. He flew around in the sky and roared, venting the depression of the two weeks of "death" as well as the excitement of defeating a powerful enemy.
The excitement lasted for several minutes. When Toby could no longer maintain his Fire Griffin form, he transformed back into a small seabird and landed to report the good news to Greya and Angor.
Toby chattered for a long time and said a lot of excited words. Finally, he calmed down a little.
"What was it like?" Angor asked curiously, "How did you defeat the Grudge of Utmost Resentment?"
"Tweet tweet tweet tweet?" Toby blinked and looked at Angor innocently. Neither Shirley nor Azaz understood Toby's words, but they could guess what he was trying to say just by looking at Toby's bright eyes.
"What are you talking about? I don't understand human language?"
"Not again." Greya sighed. "Every time I ask him how he fought the Grudge of Utmost Resentment, he's always acting like he doesn't understand human language."
Toby: I'm not pretending. I really don't understand!
Angor nodded. "So he really doesn't understand."
"That's strange. Who did I promise to buy dried fish for last time?"
Greya chimed in, "Oh, I forgot who asked me for the same outfit as Shally."
Toby cried out pitifully, "Chirp, chirp." It's me! "
"You don't understand human language, do you?" Angor looked at Toby, who quickly lowered his head and looked at his little paws.
Angor and Greya looked at each other and shook their heads.
They only teased Toby for a while and then let the matter pass.
They could guess that Toby didn't want to talk about his experience. Perhaps it was because he didn't want to remember, or … he didn't want them to worry.
"Toby's grown up a lot," Greya spoke through their Spirit Bond.
Angor nodded. "Yes." He was still acting like a child, but his mind was slowly maturing.
He knew how to take responsibility for himself.
Greya sighed in disappointment. Sometimes, she wished Toby could grow up faster. Sometimes, she wished Toby could stay like this so that he didn't have to worry too much.
But it was hard to have both.
Growth always came at a price.
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