"A sincere person will not fear meeting others' gazes!"
Ethan Drake released Kreya from his embrace and set her down.
Kreya had struggled before, but now, she felt a strange reluctance.
The gentle words from Ethan reached her ears.
As they parted, she finally got a good look at his appearance.
Those deep, dark eyes were so captivating!
No matter what Ethan looked like,
this person, who was like a warm ray of sunshine, was the most beautiful in her heart.
Kreya gazed intently at Ethan, as if trying to etch his appearance into her memory.
"Brother, thank you! You are the kindest person I've ever met!"
She looked at Ethan earnestly.
"A kind person? Heh…"
Ethan paused at her words, then squinted slightly, revealing a smile with ambiguous meaning.
"Hmm…"
Kreya suddenly stiffened.
A warm hand gently stroked her head, smoothing out her disheveled white hair.
At the same time,
a soothing male voice reached her ears.
"Little one, sometimes 'kind person' is not a compliment! I am not a good person! Perhaps, I am the worst person in this world…"
"What?"
How could that be?
He is so kind… How could he possibly be a bad person?!
She had never met someone as gentle as this warm brother…
If he is a bad person, then surely those defining what makes a bad person are mistaken!
As she felt the warmth of his hand on her head, Kreya thought this.
If only time could stop here…
For someone living in darkness and cold, even a little bit of sunshine and warmth is enough to make them ecstatic and cherish it.
The two of them didn't speak further.
This silence was something Kreya savored immensely.
She hadn't been treated with such tenderness in a long time.
If only time could stop at this moment!
She didn't know how long it had been,
maybe just a moment, or maybe an eternity.
At some point, the hand on her head had disappeared.
Kreya, feeling a bit wistful, looked ahead.
The tall figure was gradually walking away.
He hadn't said goodbye!
She didn't even know his name!
Their connection seemed to end here!
Thinking of this, Kreya gritted her teeth, clenching her fists, as if she had made a resolution.
Barefoot, she chased after the figure ahead.
How could this be?!
...
Meeting a Dark Elf girl was just a small interlude.
Ethan casually wandered through the streets.
At that moment,
he suddenly stopped, instinctively looking north, as if sensing something.
"Has the mental link been severed? Is someone logging off?"
The thirteen players he had selected previously had gained immense power from him.
But similarly,
they were also thirteen eyes he had placed among the players.
Ethan could sense their presence at any time, see what they were doing, and feel what they felt.
If necessary, Ethan could even forcibly take control of their bodies.
However, just now,
one of the thirteen mental links had been severed.
Such a thing should be impossible under normal circumstances!
Unless the person's soul had left this world!
According to the last sensing, the person was indeed about to log off.
But then,
Ethan was surprised again,
as he stroked his chin, squinting slightly, his eyes sparkling.
"Hmm? It's linked again!"
The mental imprint had reactivated!
He sensed another space and world through a different perspective!
"Logging off doesn't affect control? It seems this world is not a simple game… Then what role does the company that published this game play?"
...
"Master! Thank you for your generosity!"
As consciousness returned from another world, looking at the familiar ceiling,
Lucas Hayes felt as if he had crossed into another realm.
He felt inexplicably different from when he first started playing the game!
But he couldn't quite pinpoint what had changed!
He clasped his hands together in devotion, murmuring softly.
Today's game went exceptionally well, even better than he had planned!
The Lord of Catastrophe he worshipped had given him powers beyond imagination!
He looked at the slightly rundown rental apartment, peeking through the window at the sunny world outside, and clenched his fists.
He firmly believed,
this game would give him a brand new life!
In the game, darkness had already fallen,
but here, it was still sunny, as if not much time had passed since his departure.
The flow of time in the real and virtual worlds was different!
A day in the game was only a few hours here.
This was one of the attractions of the game, allowing people to experience multiple lifetimes in another world.
And it was even more fantastical and exciting there!