When he awoke from the dream, all his memories returned, along with a clear understanding of everything that had happened within it.
Han Dong immediately understood that the Yellow Robe King had gone to such painstaking lengths for his sake. He had no complaints and was deeply grateful.
Only...
The white-haired woman, Marui, who had been suspended beside him and drawn into the dream as well, was clearly from the Black Tower, judging from her attire and the Vortex Mask hanging at her waist.
Whether it was her two-point Vortex Mask, her white coat bearing the scales emblem, or her Lower King-level strength, all of it showed that this woman held no low status within the Black Tower.
Besides,
There had to be a reason she had come here on her own initiative.
Who would have thought that the Yellow Robe King would simply package her up and turn her into food specially prepared for Han Dong?
"Senior Yellow Robe, did this lady offend you somehow? Or did she do something she shouldn't have, or say something she shouldn't have, after entering Carcosa?"
"No. I merely felt that she would make a suitable 'soul supplement,' so I specifically gave her to you as a gift."
This left Han Dong looking rather awkward.
"Don't do this. We've only just established a special relationship with the Black Tower, and I'm an important intermediary. Directly eating one of their important King-level personnel would not be a good thing~"
"What's so bad about it? This is the fate of those who do not understand the rules."
"Senior, she definitely wouldn't have entered the Soul Kingdom for no reason. Perhaps she has something important to report to you... Why not let her speak first? It may be important to both of us."
"Very well."
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