NOVPUBTalia shook her head, speaking seriously.
"Indeed."
Lanci nodded in agreement.
"Then you tell me, what’s cute about her?"
Talia decided to test Lanci, asking in a probing manner.
"Did you notice? Hyperion’s smile is precious because she rarely shows it with ease, but when she does smile genuinely, that pure warmth can instantly strike everyone’s spirit, like a ray of sunlight breaking through the clouds on a winter day..."
Lanci explained with great focus. 𝔫𝔬𝖛𝖕𝔲𝖇.𝖈𝖔𝖒
Listening to Lanci’s words, Talia quietly frowned, staring at him.
"Moreover, Hyperion is reserved, thoughtful, and easily embarrassed, but she is extremely sensitive to the feelings of others, often showing care for her friends when you least expect it."
"Meow!"
Cat Boss started looking around worriedly as it listened to Lanci speak.
It’s over, Teacher Da Lan.
This is a trap question!
You’re praising another girl in front of one girl.
It’s possible she won’t talk to you the whole day today.
"Another thing is that Hyperion actually finds it hard to sleep soundly, and even when she does fall asleep, she often looks like she’s having a nightmare with tears brimming at the corners of her eyes. Her vulnerability, her anxiety, they’re all adorable, just very cute."
Lanci kept discussing and analyzing with Talia as if he couldn’t stop himself.
Just when Talia was about to breathe a sigh of relief with a smile, Cat Boss, frightened, hugged its ears.
"You are quite knowledgeable, a passing grade."
Talia looked satisfied, nodding with her arms crossed.
"...?"
Cat Boss was confused.
Had Lanci become segmented after spending too much time with Tata?
Turns out Tata really is different from other girls.
There’s no need to think too much when clashing with her.
The two of them, along with the cat, soon finished touring the outer hall.
They walked past the gilded doors of the side hall and into their view came the one hundred and seventeen-meter central corridor, framed with a double arcade.
"But seriously, with ’Demon Fusion,’ not only can you gain Hyperion’s passive abilities, but you can also steal a very important attribute."
Lanci suddenly spoke, sounding quite serious.
As they continued along the corridor, they stopped in a broad and towering central hall, shrouded in darkness. Their gaze followed the arches upward towards the dome where they could see a huge Rose Window. Sunlight poured down through it, casting alternating shadows of color upon them.
"What?"
Talia remembered that based on her compatibility with Hyperion, after the fusion, her basic attributes multiplied by the very low compatibility would probably drop to a Sixth-order level.
Apart from the passive benefits of the Demon Race, there didn’t seem to be anything new worth acquiring.
"Age."
Lanci watched her and replied.
"Are you crazy..."
Talia’s cheeks flushed, her brow furrowed, and she clenched her fists, but in the end, she refrained from punching Lanci.
"I would never fuse with Hyperion. Then you wouldn’t be able to tell us apart."
She said somewhat indignantly.
The Great Love Poet emerged because of her, and after she completely fused with it, she replaced the Great Love Poet.
But if she were to fuse with Hyperion, Talia wasn’t sure what the differences might be. She supposed the main will would still be hers, but whose appearance would take precedence, or whether there would be a parallel will of Hyperion in her mind, seemed uncertain to Talia.
It would be strange to end up looking like Hyperion, wearing Hyperion’s clothes, and interacting with Lanci.
"Anyway, once I reach Seventh-order, I just need to choose a class that has a high Spirit attribute bonus, right?"
Lanci stopped teasing and asked Talia.
Another journey through the Shadow World should take him to Seventh-order.
The Blood Moon Bad World’s fourth node should at least be an Eighth-order Shadow World; if he managed to go through it, he would likely gain another order.
Now Sixth-order spells could hardly hurt him since his Spirit is so high, making his magic resistance amazingly strong, and with those passive abilities from the Mark of the Great Demon Clan, now, it takes at least Sixth-order magic to affect him.
Once he engraves the class and ascends to Seventh-order, he would possess an extraordinary set of stats.
"Yes, the higher the Spirit the better. Just hit Seventh-order quickly, and use all your mana to protect me,"
Talia nodded.
She was the absolute core of Lanci’s existence now.
Presently, Lanci might at most be able to sustain her at full strength in battle for one or two minutes—facing an Eighth-order of equal strength would mean having to run.
If Lanci specialized his Spirit and reached Seventh-order, he should have sufficient duration for combat.
"You better take good care of me because even if you reach Eighth-order, you probably won’t have much fighting power. It’s better to rely on the strongest, me."
Talia’s words carried no arrogance, but she glanced at Lanci.
"Meow meow."
Cat Boss felt that an Eighth-order Lanci wouldn’t be weak, but it would be difficult for him to take action because an Eighth-order Lanci would be on par with the Son of the Sun, whom Cat Boss had seen in the recordings. That guy was too invincible.
However, the Son of the Sun should be a tough, durable fighter, like how Lanci had given Frey the ’Undying Lapis Tears’ which should also be on the Son of the Sun. Moreover, he had also studied the ancient Sealing Skill ’Immortal Eternal Penalty’ and even its advanced version.
As for Lanci, undecided, he would go for ’Nuclear Fusion Wolf Transformation,’ already taking a different path from the Son of the Sun.
"Tata, let’s check out yours."
Lanci wanted to see what Talia’s class passive was like.
"Identify it."
Although reluctantly, Talia allowed Lanci to look.
After all, their lives were linked at this point; each other’s power could be considered their own.
[Absolute Controller Specialization]
