Tap—
The collapse of Lu Cang's entire sea of consciousness suddenly stopped.
The confusion in Lu Cang's eyes abruptly cleared for a moment.
"What am I doing?"
"Lu Cang... are you planning to reject your own decision?"
"You finally made up your mind, and now you want to go back on it? How much longer are you going to keep contradicting yourself?"
Questions echoed through his sea of consciousness.
But the figure beside Lu Cang gazed up at the sky of his sea of consciousness...
"So that's how it is."
"The mind really is a fragile place."
Lu Cang looked at the figure beside him. Even through the haze in his heart, a faint question surfaced. "Iz?"
"How did you end up here?"
Iz asked, "You mean, how did I appear in your sea of consciousness?"
"You're undeniably guilty of heinous crimes, but the magic you used certainly caught my attention."
"And besides, you didn't look like you were fighting just now."
"Even if I'm going to judge you, I should at least get to the truth first."
"And it seems you really do know me."
At this point, Iz and Lu Cang didn't know each other at all.
If he were to meet Iz, it should have been a year from now.
Yet Lu Cang felt an elusive bond linking them...
It was a bond between mages. Even though the two of them had never met, the magic they used spoke volumes about each of them.
The magic Lu Cang used had already told Iz that Lu Cang was no vicious criminal.
Someone like him...
Why would he kidnap a little girl?
Why would he destroy Ruilun?
It made no sense...
And now,
Iz felt as though he understood something.
He had only seen a glimpse of what lay