Wei'en remained silent. He knew that Tina's condition was exactly as Ales had described.
"Brother, I want to go home..."
"Okay," Wei'en said, patting her on the head. "Wait for me a little while."
"Okay."
Tina gazed at him, a smile gracing her face for the first time. It was warm, pure, and lovely, like that of an innocent girl untouched by the world.
Wei'en rose and looked toward Ales in the distance. The black lightning behind him merged into his tentacles, dyeing his countless black pupils with a layer of distorted, twisting ripples. As his aberrant power lessened, the eye pattern on his brow flickered in and out of sight, just like Ales's.
"Oh?" Ales tilted his head, sizing him up. "Calamity Origin... If I devour you, my power will grow even stronger!"
"Is that so?"
Wei'en took a step forward and instantly appeared before him. His eight black pupils stared at Ales's face, which was gradually regaining its youth. "Then let's see you try..."
"Mens, Di."
