Long Mei Er noticed Richard's expression and looked over. Without changing his expression, he said, "I know, Wizard Richard. You must feel somewhat unconvinced, thinking my approach is unreasonable, as if I'm deliberately deceiving you. If that's truly what you think, then keep thinking that way. I don't mind, but I won't change because of it either. Because this time, I don't intend to reason with you."
As he spoke, Long Mei Er picked up the head of the dead magical wolf beside him, examined it, then tossed it back onto the ground and pointed at it. "Just like this dead 'Undead Wolf,' I didn't reason with it. I directly showed it through my actions that even if it's called an 'Undead Wolf,' it still has to die when it's time to die.
"Do you know? Reasoning is a choice. Sometimes you can choose to reason, and sometimes you can choose to use force. If you were strong enough—so strong that I couldn't defeat you even by using force—then I could only reason with you gently and agree to your demands..."
"No." At this point, Long Mei Er shook his head, glanced at Richard, and corrected himself. "No, not that I would be unable to defeat you with force. As long as you can hurt me even a little, letting me see that you possess sufficient strength and qualifications, I can agree to your unreasonable demands. I can even help you.
"But you do not possess that strength. You think you are powerful, you think your research has great prospects, you think your confidence is justified—but in truth, they are all illusions. You are not powerful at all, your research has no prospects, and your confidence has been wrong from beginning to end—absurdly wrong.
"The reason is entirely because you