Lu Yuan's steps faltered slightly. So that was it. Everything fit.
The awakening in the potion room had pulled Frey out of that ritual at the very last moment. If not for that, she would probably have been dead by now.
Frey really was lucky to be alive.
"Then do you still remember which direction the Great Tower was in?" Lu Yuan continued. "Where was it? And just how big is this world?"
"How big is this world? I'm not really sure. Everything I could see from the Great Tower stretched on forever, with no boundary in sight. And I don't remember where the Great Tower was, either, because they knocked me unconscious before taking me there."
Lu Yuan felt a little disappointed, but he had expected as much. It would have been strange if she could remember after being knocked unconscious.
At that point, Lu Yuan stopped asking questions and kept running forward with Frey on his back.
The surrounding mist seemed to have begun moving. At some point, the impenetrably thick fog had started thinning. Their field of vision, which had originally extended only a few dozen paces, was gradually reaching farther into the distance.
"Lu Yuan." As Frey watched the mist around them thin, her voice suddenly grew tense. "We need to find somewhere to hide, quickly. Otherwise, those Heretics will be able to spot anyone exposed in the thin mist."
"Sure, no problem," Lu Yuan answered readily.
His mind, however, was on something else. If there were only one or two Heretics, that would actually be perfect. They would just be delivering experience to him.
Still, it was better to hide first, just in case. A whole pack of Heretics would be troublesome. Besides, if he had to stay for four days, he really did need