Chapter 326: Chapter 225: Loss of Emotion
For two days, Paige Summers and Marcus Monroe showed no signs of movement.
The two of them sat within the array, seemingly unconscious and unaware.
Normally, no news would be good news.
But Sean Raines was growing anxious.
He could sense that Paige Summers was nearing her limit.
He had told her that even if she didn’t feel any rejection from the energy, she had to stop before reaching her limit. Otherwise, forcibly overexerting herself would cause irreversible damage to her body.
And yet, she showed no sign of stopping now.
Sean Raines couldn’t help but curse under his breath, "This idiot! Is she trying to get herself killed?!"
Nearby, Sweetie, who had eaten its fill of Crystal Cores and should have been resting quietly, also grew restless. First, it paced around the cave on its short legs like a person, then it began flapping its wings impatiently.
The gust of air it kicked up wasn’t strong, but a few small pebbles still struck Sean Raines in the face.
The sting of the impact snapped him out of it, and the pain seemed to solidify his resolve.
He glanced at Sweetie, then shifted his gaze back to Paige Summers. He shot to his feet and strode toward her.
’There’s only one way now: forcefully sever the array!’
He sat down before the core of the array. His hands flew in front of his chest, quickly forming several hand seals before he slammed his palms into the jade supporting the array!
Instantly, the jade shattered, and all light vanished.
The array was broken.
At the same time, blood slowly trickled from the corner of Paige Summers’s mouth, and she collapsed backward.
Sean Raines moved to catch her, but Sweetie was faster. With a single stretch of its massive wings, it swept Paige Summers out of the array.
Sean Raines checked her meridians and breathed a sigh of relief.
’Good, the damage isn’t severe for now. With a little recuperation, she should be fine.’
’To think she’d ignore my warning... I’ll hold back the torrent of curses for now. When she wakes up, she’s going to get an earful!’
Once he confirmed Paige Summers was okay, he remembered to check on Marcus Monroe.
But just as he stood up, a rather cold voice came from behind him. "Is she alright?"
Sean Raines spun around, his eyes wide. "You..."
He only managed to get one word out before he was unable to continue.
Marcus Monroe was awake.
Truly awake. His eyes were open.
’But wasn’t something off about the way his eyes had opened?’
’Why did the gaze shooting from those eyes feel even colder than ice?!’
"...She’s fine. No, I mean, you’re awake? Are you okay?" Sean Raines felt that something was very, very wrong.
Marcus Monroe gave a short "Mhm" in response and said nothing more.
He flipped his hand over, producing a Crystal Core, and began to practice his Cultivation on his own.
Sean Raines woodenly turned his eyes to Paige Summers, who was lying on the ground. A trace of blood still stained the corner of her lips, not yet wiped clean.
’What... what... what the hell is going on?!’
It wasn’t long before Paige Summers came to. Sean Raines was no longer in the mood to scold her and simply asked, "Are you alright?"
She smiled and looked toward Marcus Monroe. "I’m fine. What about him? How is he?"
Sean Raines muttered something before saying impatiently, "Worry about yourself first!"
Seeing Paige Summers frown, he had no choice but to explain, "He’s fine. He just woke up and is already able to use a Crystal Core, so you don’t need to worry about him."
Paige Summers nodded and also sat cross-legged to begin her Cultivation, though a bitter smile surfaced in her heart.
’Sean Raines’s strange behavior is probably because I didn’t stop, isn’t it?’
’It wasn’t that I intentionally refused to protect myself, but the situation at the time was just too delicate.’
’For some inexplicable reason, I could feel that Marcus Monroe was at the final, critical moment. With just a little more energy, he could completely eliminate those Spiritual Attacks.’
’Even though the feeling came on suddenly and had no basis, I just couldn’t bring myself to pull back at that moment.’
’Thankfully, the result was ideal.’
’Marcus Monroe really did wake up, and I’m more or less okay, too.’
’It’s just that I don’t have a shred of power in my body right now, which is very uncomfortable. I should recover first, then explain to Sean Raines!’
At that time, she thought that as long as Marcus Monroe recovered, everything would be fine.
But the reality was far from it.
"Why did you come?" When Marcus Monroe asked this, his face was cold, and his heart was just as cold. No, perhaps it wasn’t coldness, just... just a complete lack of any emotion.
How did Paige Summers know this?
She couldn’t understand it either.
A moment ago, after recovering some of her strength, she heard Marcus Monroe get up and eagerly rose to meet him.
She had been overjoyed.
She thought he would be, too. But the reality was that he sidestepped her embrace and coldly asked that question.
