Chapter Forty-Seven: Nightmares as Bonds

Gulp.

The servant’s throat quivered. More than anyone, she knew that she had been deliberately drawn into this dream. Thus, there was no way Lu Mingfei would let her go.

No, if I’m killed too many times, I can’t predict what will happen to my psyche. I must find a breakthrough and seize a chance at survival.

With that, the servant stepped forward of her own accord. She looked at the youth who had killed her with a single slash; the pain from her former wounds still throbbed faintly across her body.

She drew a deep breath and began, “Lu Mingfei, I’ve come to—”

Buzz!

Before she could finish, Lu Mingfei’s spiritual domain crashed down upon her, pinning her helplessly to the ground. He clasped Furina’s hand tightly and approached step by step, golden vertical pupils blazing with fierce flames.

If this opponent were merely an illusory NPC, Lu Mingfei might have simply struck her down without hesitation. But if she possessed her own will—and truly was the one who had attacked Furina—he had no intention of letting her die so easily.

Do you know how I spent that night?

Do you know how heartbroken and desperate I was when Furina was attacked?!

And you want to negotiate terms? Negotiate your damn terms!

…

His wrath surged, growing more frenzied and brutal. Instinctively, Lu Mingfei almost moved to kill her outright, but the cool sensation in his hand brought clarity back to his mind.

“Fufu, how do you want to deal with her?” he asked, gazing at his enemy and feeling the slight tremor in Furina’s hand. Taking a deep breath, he forcibly suppressed the dragon’s bloodlust in his veins.

It was true: exacting revenge upon his enemy would be satisfying. But now, at his side, stood someone precious—Furina. To help Furina banish the shadows in her heart, to let her live happily ever after—this was more important than vengeance.

Perhaps humanity cannot defeat dragons,

But love surely can.

“Hm?” Furina met Lu Mingfei’s gaze. The sense of being cherished and protected filled her with indescribable happiness. In five hundred years, she had never known such a powerful sense of security.

She laughed—brightly, joyfully—like a willful child. Pointing imperiously at the servant, she raised her chin and declared with pride, “In the name of the Water God, I grant you the right to slay her with divine water. Let her witness the might of the Water God’s chosen!”

Once, playing the Water God had been a duty—she was obliged to fulfill her role in the eyes of others. But now, she played the Water God with delight, eager to lay herself bare before the one she loved.

Hurry! Hurry!

Furina urged him silently, her small hand in Lu Mingfei’s beginning to fidget, her thumb softly tickling his palm in secret encouragement.

“All right,” Lu Mingfei replied, turning to the servant. Slowly, he raised his hand, savoring the sensation in his palm, and began to chant with pride:

“O tides, I have returned!”

A massive surge of water elements roared into existence, sweeping toward the servant like a flood. Pinned by his spiritual domain, she could only watch helplessly as the overwhelming torrent engulfed her, her consciousness drowning in despair and agony.

In that instant, the servant realized with chilling clarity that by attacking Furina, she had provoked a truly terrifying existence.

Furina’s nightmare was finally over.

But the servant’s nightmare had only just begun.

…

Some time later…

Furina gazed at Lu Mingfei, whose head was resting on her lap. Stroking his hair gently, she said, “Time to wake up, you know. Today isn’t the weekend. I still have to go to the Inquisition, and you have to go to school. We can dream together again another time.”

“Ahh, that figure in black was just too strong! I used up all my strength to kill her. I don’t have the energy to wake up. I can’t move~”

“Then how are you still talking?”

“Because… because these are the words in my heart. You can hear them even if I don’t say them aloud.”

“All right, all right~” Furina sighed helplessly. Of course she could tell which words were spoken and which were unspoken.

But since it was Lu Mingfei speaking, she didn’t mind playing along with his silliness. She continued, “One more minute, and if you don’t get up, I’m going to spank you! Hmph!”

“No, please don’t~”

…

After resting a while longer, Lu Mingfei and Furina parted reluctantly in their dream, each returning alone to their own reality.

“What a wonderful dream,” Lu Mingfei murmured contentedly, a smile spreading across his face as he awoke in his hotel room.

Then, clenching his fist, he reached for the Eye of God he had been constructing at his bedside and whispered, “I’ve almost finished replicating the structure of the Eye of God, but there are still many details that need refining. It’ll take more time—what a nuisance.”

I need to finish it as soon as possible!

Lu Mingfei’s version of the Eye of God had removed the extraneous features of the original—those that forcibly bound the user’s desires and willpower.

However, to activate this Eye of God, one still required a strong mind—a truly formidable spirit. Without sufficient mental fortitude, the user might suffer irreversible side effects.

It wasn’t just about the mind; the body’s elemental adaptability was equally crucial. If the user’s body couldn’t perfectly accommodate the corresponding element, the results could be disastrous.

“Brother, this thing contains fragments of your authority. That means ordinary people can use it to gain power too. Are you sure you want to perfect it?” Lu Mingze suddenly appeared beside him, sitting on the sofa and speaking softly.

“Fragments of authority? Did I add those in?” Lu Mingfei asked in confusion.

“You did. It’s just that those fragments are so minute you couldn’t sense them with your current mind.”

“Oh.”

The little devil gazed at his brother’s nonchalance and sighed in exasperation. He stressed again, “If this thing falls into someone else’s hands, it might cause a bloody storm—maybe even change the entire landscape for hybrids.”

“Tsk… is it really that serious?”

“It’s not just about activating elements. What matters is that this thing can bear and consume the will of dragons. If other hybrids get their hands on it, they might be able to become super hybrids through blood frenzy,” Lu Mingze said with grave seriousness.

“Huh?” Lu Mingfei was baffled.

The essence of the Eye of God was to let the user’s spirit reside within it, transforming that mental energy into the power to manipulate elements.

Coincidentally, when dragon hybrids triggered their blood frenzy, the will of dragons would awaken and influence their minds and bodies, thereby enhancing their bloodlines.

As an external organ, the Eye of God could contain and consume this frenzied will, since it operated by burning mental power to wield elemental force—its original function.

Thus, the dragon-induced frenzy could be directly borne and spent by the Eye of God, even transforming into powerful elemental attacks—something ordinary hybrids could scarcely imagine!