At the City Lord's Mansion of Jiangtaen City, the Life Knight descended from the sky, threw Hebrew to the ground, withdrew the magic power left inside him, and returned to Velin's soul.
With that suppressive magic power gone, the swelling pain throughout Hebrew's body quickly vanished, and he returned to his original form.
Half a minute later, Hebrew rose from the ground. Looking at his lord, who was watching him, he subconsciously averted his gaze, not daring to meet his eyes.
In less than two hours of fighting, he had spent one hour and fifty minutes getting beaten up.
The remaining ten minutes had been adjustment time the Life Knight gave him.
All in all, he had been utterly defeated in this battle.
"What are you standing around for? Come in."
Hearing this, Hebrew hesitated for a moment before finally walking toward the front hall.
"Sit."
"Mm."
Hebrew nodded in response, then went over and sat down on the left. He lowered his head, not daring to look at Velin.
"These past few years, you've improved greatly."
"Only, I've improved even more than you have over these past few years."
"So it was understandable that you got beaten so badly."
"Really?"
Hebrew abruptly raised his head and looked at his lord, unable to stop himself from asking for confirmation.
"Of course..."
Velin deliberately drew out the last word. Watching hope and despair alternate in Hebrew's eyes, he found it quite amusing.
"Really."
Upon receiving that affirmative answer, Hebrew inwardly breathed a sigh of relief.
It wasn't that he hadn't improved. His lord had simply improved even more than he had, which was why he had lost so badly.
After thinking it over, Hebrew regained his confidence and returned to his optimistic self.
"All right, we'll leave it at that for