Hearing this question, which instantly put him in a difficult spot, Li Wei really wanted to turn around and ask this thick-headed young dragon girl:
We're practically about to die! Can't you, you little glutton, focus on something at least a bit more useful to our current situation?
But just as he dragged her through this not particularly long tunnel, with a faint glimmer of light appearing at its end, the sense of danger that had made every scale on his body stand on end suddenly receded like a silent ebbing tide.
Li Wei turned to look behind them and saw that upon touching the light, those incomparably terrifying void tentacles seemed to feel an aversion to it. They no longer pursued them and slowly withdrew.
As though she had known this would happen all along, the little Silver Dragon continued pestering him after Li Wei set her down:
"Hey, hey, why aren't you saying anything? I clearly saw you whispering with that other guy in front of the Ancestor Statue earlier, getting ready to split the loot.
"Or are you worried about his safety? Don't worry, though. Dad doesn't seem to have gone after that idiot.
"You're the bold one, really. It's my first time seeing Dad this angry.
"Come on, tell me! How did you change your size? Can you teach me?
"That idiot Gode is always mocking me for being skinny and small. If I learn that, I can become as big as you were earlier and give him a scare. Hehe."
Hearing her rattle on without pause, Li Wei was somewhat stunned. Are you really a Brass Dragon wearing a Silver Dragon's skin, or Graz'zt's long-lost daughter?
He answered perfunctorily, "I got skinny because I exercised too much just now."
"What? Fine, don't tell me if