"Alright, you've been strengthened. Go get them!" Chen Luo said to Golden Merlin.
"...You really don't think a nightmare's life counts as a life, do you?"
"I just wanted to see whether Altair's abilities worked on people from Different Worlds, especially that Causality Restoration thing," Chen Luo explained.
"Then why don't you go yourself?"
"Me? I'm just an ordinary person. What can I do?"
"Huh?"
Merlin was about to point fingers at Chen Luo when he suddenly remembered that all of Chen Luo's abilities had undergone conceptual modification.
So when Chen Luo chose not to display any abilities, he really was an ordinary person—at least, he looked like one.
"If Altair can erase my abilities, then there's no need to fight. We might as well surrender directly," Chen Luo said.
"You could send those two instead." Merlin pointed at Griseo and Tiamat.
"..."
"Chen Luo, why aren't you saying anything? You're scaring me." Frightened by Chen Luo's silence, Merlin took a step back.
"This one is the daughter of an old friend. I've known her for fifty thousand years." Chen Luo pointed at Griseo.
"This one is my Servant... the Root told me to take good care of her." Chen Luo pointed at Tiamat.
"...So you called me here just to use me as a sacrificial pawn?" Merlin's eyes slowly widened.
"What else? Didn't I say from the beginning that you needed to lead the charge?"
"But why aren't you using your Scouting Ability?" Merlin retorted.
"Ah, right... Then I'll give you a different task, Meli. Go blow up the sofa Altair is sitting on. She looks way too comfortable, and it annoys me," Chen Luo said.
"You just want me dead!" Merlin finally saw through him.
"Listen to me. This is for dramatic effect. Look, the camera's still filming."