(Heartfelt thanks to Youcai Luobo, Hiraga Saito, npctaojie, Mirror Realm of the Heart, and Gs Da Shi for their tips!)
(I need to get my sleep schedule back on track... Sigh...)
"So, if possible, could you come over to our side...?"
In an instant, the entire room fell into a deathly silence...
Westcott maintained that irritating smile on his face, his gaze fixed tightly on Wu Yan. Beside him, Ellen wore a deeply astonished expression as she looked at Westcott, seemingly unable to believe he would say something like that.
That was only natural. Westcott clearly only needed the Spirits' power and had always been obsessed with it, yet inviting a Spirit like this was something unprecedented.
After all, compared to power, things like personality and humanity were far more difficult to control.
Not to mention the personality and humanity of Spirits, beings entirely different from humans and born as incarnations of disaster...
One misstep, and he might very well end up burned by his own fire!
Westcott could not possibly have failed to understand that, yet he had made such an invitation. Even Ellen, who had remained by his side all this time and believed she understood him well, was somewhat bewildered.
Compared to Ellen, Wu Yan's reaction was undoubtedly much calmer. He raised his eyes toward the smiling Westcott.
"Let me ask first—what exactly do you mean by that?"
"Oh my, is it so hard to understand? It means exactly what it says..." Westcott shrugged and spread his arms, as though intending to embrace Wu Yan from afar. His tone sounded exceptionally animated.
"I wish to invite you to join DEM. Like Ellen, you can become my right-hand man. You may even stand on equal footing with me, or stand at the pinnacle of this world. As long