Xu Nan felt a bit dazed at Dilok's words.
A core figure in a projection world actually knew that he was a projection?
Is he not testing me?
It is completely normal for such a powerful legendary wizard to have doubts about the changes around him.
My expression... is fine, I probably did not give anything away.
The above thoughts flashed through Xu Nan's mind.
However, the next second, he heard Dilok let out a soft laugh:
"Stop pretending, I know you know I am a projection."
Xu Nan scratched his head and smiled somewhat awkwardly:
"But I did not know that you knew I knew you were a projection..."
Dilok's demeanor was very relaxed, lacking the kind of drastic emotional fluctuations one might experience after realizing they were a projection. Xu Nan could sense a poise and composure from the captain, the kind of quality only a true elder possessed.
As expected, anyone capable of becoming a Hall of the Gods Fleet Captain was no ordinary person.
Or perhaps, he had known he was a projection all along.
While Xu Nan was pondering, Dilok walked over to the small bar nearby, poured two glasses of milk, kept one for himself, and pushed the other toward Xu Nan.
"Actually, I sensed it long ago."
"Still, I had to try before giving up; after all, that was also my obsession."
"Once the intelligence was confirmed impossible to send out, I knew all my guesses were real."
Dilok said quite nonchalantly: "I turned out to be a projection, haha... It seems my death was not exactly ordinary."
Though the words sounded a bit convoluted, Xu Nan could understand his meaning.
"How do you know your true body is already dead?" He asked, somewhat puzzled.
"This is the Aurora World, right? Only Aurora