Origin

At the bottom of the deep pit.

Gustav took out a small burlap sack containing a stockpile of concentrated dried tongues, specifically meant for situations like this, when his strength had been depleted.

This was the most severely injured and exhausted he had ever been. He had nearly eaten half his reserve of tongues before recovering.

Next came the treatment of the wounded after the battle. He needed to lick their wounds one by one.

With the Lame Walker's death, the Hole Infection had been completely cleared, and Maximus's hands could regenerate normally again.

It had not been easy... Everyone had nearly emptied their reserves and given everything they had to achieve this.

And yet, a single enemy had forced the entire Corner into such a desperate situation.

Without Mr. Question Mark's decryption, without the Special Combat Uniform provided by the humans, without Luo Di's unexpected ability to open a passage—

If any one of those links had been missing,

This Outer God calling itself the "Lame Walker" would have occupied the Corner, and their entire race would have been wiped out.

Yet under Mr. Question Mark's final observation, such a being seemed to be in a state of "imprisonment."

Even a surface-level guess at what lay behind this made him deeply uneasy.

Slurp, slurp~

Gustav was currently licking Teacher Guo's wounds. Although the latter had recovered his physical strength and injuries, his aged state remained.

After all, he had forcibly reversed time to restore Maximus's youth. That price could not be repaired.

But to him, such a trivial matter was not worth caring about at all.

"Everyone, you've worked hard. When Teacher Ma failed in the direct battle, I thought defeat was certain. I never expected something so unforeseen to happen.

Question Mark, when it comes to deciphering