Chapter 633 - A Fair Trade (Part 1) (1/2)

Under the crystal mines, he could see a flow of world energy so big that it made mana geysers look like drinking fountains.

There were also life forces inside the ground, the kind of which he had never seen before. He couldn't notice any of it earlier because he was in the middle of the raging storm that was Mogar's essence.

It was also the reason he had been unable to chase Korgh.

Only now that Lith was far enough, could he glimpse the magnitude of the natural phenomenon that gave life to mana crystals.

'Does the life force belong to Awakened crystals or to Mogar itself? Thank heavens we left the mines. Being exposed for long to such a vigorous flow of world energy might speed up Phloria's Awakening process.

'It would be a shame if I had to kill the entire expedition to protect our secret. Yondra and Morok seem to be nice people, but ”seem” is not enough to…'

”Who are you planning to kill?” Phloria's voice took him by surprise and make Lith flinch.

”No one. What are you doing here? You should be sleeping.”

”I don't believe you. Your eyes were ablaze and you were making the face.” She shook her head.

”What face?” Lith asked.

”Your battle face. When you look at people as nothing but corpses to dissect. You know, it hurts thinking that when we first met, you looked at me that way. If I knew what it meant back then, I would have never asked you out.” Phloria chuckled.

”Do you mind company while you stand guard? I think I'm still tense from the ambush and I can't fall asleep, no matter how hard I try.”

'I must have given her too much life force.' Lith pondered.

”I've no such face.” He lied through his teeth, making her giggle.

”And these eyes are not because I'm angry. I call this Life Vision. It allows to those like me to gauge our opponent's strength and to see even through walls.” He said while using a quick Hush to prevent others from hearing him.

Seeing that Phloria had become beet red and was covering her chest and nether regions with her arms, Lith rushed to explain.

”It came out wrong. I don't mean I can see through clothes or something, I see people as featureless lumps of energy. I can't even tell a man from a woman unless they're very close.”

”Really? Do I have your word?” Her arms didn't move an inch.

”Yes, I swear on my family. Am I making my perverted face?” He said while looking straight at her body. According to Kamila, he had that one too.

”Definitely not.” Phloria relaxed as the realization he actually had a perverted face stung at Lith's pride.

”Why are you telling me this now?” Phloria asked.

”Because there are a lot of things down here and I don't know if they are friendly or hostile. You already know enough about me and I need your trust so that the next time something happens, you'll do as I say.”

Lith also wanted to check how much he could reveal about himself without shocking someone he cared for.

”Who among my men is the strongest?” Phloria asked, curious to put his ability to the test.

”Physically, the small guy with red hair. Magically, the woman sleeping near the people from the Earth Griffon.”