Chapter 45

  Drakkel got up and stretched his body. While in cultivation, time passed by much faster. It was already dark again.

  He walked over to Rillian Adore and checked on him.

  He had calmed down.

  His temperature had decreased and he was sleeping soundly. It seemed that the worst was behind him.

  Drakkel fed the fire again, leaned against the wall next to Rillian Adore and closed his eyes.

  When he opened them next, he found himself leaning on Rillian Adore's shoulder.

  He jolted up and looked at him. When a pair of brown eyes stared back, his heart skipped a beat.

  “You’re awake.” He said.

  Rillian Adore nodded.

  “Do you feel better?”

  “I do.”

  One corner of Drakkel’s lips turned up.

  He got up and grabbed crispy bread and dried meat from the bag of food he brought.

  “You should eat something,” he said, handing the food to Rillian Adore.

  However Rillian Adore paused and looked down at his hands.

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  “I can’t,” he said.

  Drakkel's mouth twitched. It wasn’t Rillian Adore’s hands that were injured and yet he couldn’t even grab some food?

  But then, he stopped and thought again. It had been two days since the fall and Rillian Adore hadn’t eaten anything since then. Considering his cultivation had suffered, he couldn’t utilize it to stall his body for the food it needed. So maybe he truly didn’t have the energy to eat. But even if he did, he owed Rillian Adore a lot. After all, if he hadn’t shouldered the fall alone, Drakkel might not have been here to think about it now.

  “Fine,” He said. “I'll feed you.”

  In response to his answer, Drakkel was rewarded with a rare sight.

  Although it was small, Rillian Adore gave a smile that was as bright as the sun.

  Drakkel’s heart fluttered at the sight.

  However, what was more surprising was that this smile didn't disappear as Drakkel fed him the food piece by piece.

  When the last piece entered Rillian Adore’s mouth, he lifted his face up.

  As if smiling at Drakkel, he said, “Thank you.”

  Drakkel blushed and quickly replied, “Not a problem.”

  He took a seat next to Rillian Adore again but left a bit more space between them than before.

  “Now that you’re awake, we need to discuss a few things,” he said.

  Rillian Adore tilted his head to the side.

  “You’re in no condition to move at the moment. If we try to leave the area now, not only might we get caught by the demons, but even if we didn’t, one of the many sacred beasts that reside here could kill us. I think we should stay here until your leg is mostly healed. By then, I should have regained enough of my cultivation to protect myself better.”

  Rillian Adore seemed bothered by this. “And how long do you think that will take?”

  Drakkel glanced down at his leg, then looked up. “Nearly a month.”

  Rillian Adore nodded and calmly replied, “Alright.”

  With Rillian Adore’s reply, Drakkel had already set their next moves in his mind. Once Rillian Adore was healed and they escaped the Mountain, he would inform his master of what happened to Taliyah Raven and see what they could do about it.