How can you become stronger if you don't build up bonds?

"Good morning." Lin Wei gently patted Liu Hua's little head in front of him.

Rikka squinted her eyes, her face filled with satisfaction and affection.

When talking to Lin Wei, Liu Hua didn't stutter at all, and no one could tell that she was originally an introverted child.

The first lesson all the children learned upon entering the Duke's mansion was how to get along with the guards.

"Your original parents have all passed away. From the moment you stepped into the Duke's mansion, His Highness Lin Wei is the closest relative to all of you."

When you're with your closest relatives, you'll naturally feel no tension or awkwardness.

Lin Wei casually checked Liu Hua's panel.

She herself doesn't have any aptitude to be explored; in the six-dimensional chart, the 'perception' level is even the lowest level Lin Wei has ever seen, D-.

But new content appeared in her bond entry that Lin Wei had never seen before.

'Humans' 'Duke's Mansion'

Admiration level: 95%

The "Bonus Leader" buff to the "Duke's Mansion" increases the current target's resistance to abnormal statuses.

It's a rare resilience buff!

In any game, resistance to abnormal statuses is a highly desirable attribute.

Lin Wei pulled Liu Hua into the [Squad Planner]. Like the racial affinity attributes of 'Duke's Mansion', 'Human', and 'Wollis', it can be directly unlocked at level 1.

『1 Duke's Mansion』: Increases resistance to abnormalities by 25%.

Lin Wei also looked at the subsequent levels; each additional level increases the resistance to abnormalities by 10%.

The numbers given are really generous.

Currently, the maximum number of characters in the [Squad Planner] is 6. If Lin Wei can find 6 characters like Rikka who have both the "Duke's Mansion" stat and a "Respect Value" of 90%, then Lin Wei can directly obtain 75% resistance to abnormalities from the [Squad Planner]!

Of course, the anomaly resistance properties from different sources are multiplicative. Lin Wei's own anomaly resistance is 10%, and when combined with the aforementioned 75%, his total anomaly resistance can reach 77.5%.

This value perfectly compensates for Lin Wei's current weakness in resisting abnormalities.

The price was that Lin Wei had to temporarily give up other useful synergy bonuses.

This will put Lin Wei to the test in judging the type of damage the enemy inflicts. From this perspective, prediction and quick switching will be his main tactical approach in the future.

Lin Wei temporarily placed Liu Hua in the [Squad Planner], and the [Squad Planner] was temporarily at full capacity of six people.

亚雷+佐雷妮凑『2圣裁战士』，尤金+雷恩+达米安凑『3骑士』，另外还有『6人类』『2沃利斯』『1牧师』『1公爵府』。

"Your Highness, who is this gentleman?" Rikka suddenly remembered the main quest and pointed to Tina behind her.

"My guest."

"oh..."

Liu Hua consciously stopped asking questions, glanced a couple more times at the giant wind eagle Feng Liu beside Lin Wei, and then went back to her work.

Leaving Fengliu to rest and wait in the garden, Lin Wei walked towards Tina.

Lin Wei took a step closer, and Tina took a step back until her back bumped into a large tree.

"Don't you have any questions for me?" Lin Wei asked, looking at the first button on her robe, trying to be as kind as possible.

"..."

Tina remained silent, but the wariness in her eyes intensified.

"Don't you want your freedom anymore?"

Upon hearing the keyword "freedom," Tina immediately raised her smooth, pointed chin, hesitated for a moment, and then finally decided to go for it:

"You think I'd believe you?! You devil!"

Lin Wei didn't react at all after hearing this, but the giant wind eagle Feng Liu, who had been following Lin Wei, got a little angry after hearing it.

It flapped its wings, creating a gust of wind that rushed towards Tina, who was immediately blinded by the wind and falling leaves.

Lin Wei was about to reprimand Feng Liu when he unexpectedly discovered something amiss with Tina's clothing underneath her robe.

Lin Wei saw directly her snow-white, flat abdomen, and the shallow almond-shaped dimple embedded in its center.

What about her lining?

Although this kind of robe is comfortable to wear close to the skin, no one would normally do it.

Lin Wei turned around and flapped Fengliu's wings twice as a warning, indicating that this was not to be repeated.

"Ptooey... Pfft..." It took Tina quite a bit of effort to spit out all the flower and leaf fragments in her mouth.

"The giant wind eagle is ignorant; don't bother with it."

But Tina seemed even angrier: "How long are you going to keep up this act? You're the most cunning and shameless devil I've ever met!!"

"Can you handle it if I stop pretending?"

Lin Wei's words immediately jolted Tina awake.

She suddenly recalled the day Lin Wei "didn't pretend."

Intimidation, threats, murderous intent, even towards one's own corpse...

Tina shivered violently.

She realized that her old problem had relapsed.

Those who lack willpower, cannot control their emotions, and are particularly prone to losing their sense of crisis are also prone to such behavior.

These were all things that Master had repeatedly reprimanded me for...

When I still had my fighting strength, I could at least take control of my own destiny, but now I'm completely powerless...

Even if I haven't been persecuted in the past two days, it doesn't change the fact that this period is the most dangerous time of my life.

This is the devil's lair...

"I... just want to live..."

Tina, suppressing the nausea of ​​surrendering to the devil, humbly begged Lin Wei to spare her life.

"I'll do anything you ask as long as you don't kill me..."

Lin Weigang was about to say, "Didn't I repeatedly emphasize that I wouldn't do anything to you?", but upon hearing the last sentence, he stopped himself from speaking.

"You can do anything?"

Tina paused for a moment, then, following Lin Wei's gaze, suddenly realized that she was disheveled.

She quickly covered her exposed lower abdomen:

"You're not allowed to touch me! If you try, I'll die right here in front of you, and I won't even leave you my corpse!"

My master said... To survive, enduring some humiliation is nothing, but defilement is absolutely unacceptable.

"Okay, then answer some questions for me."

"What's the problem...?"

Do you know Winora? What's your relationship with her?

"?!?!" Tina looked incredulous. She never imagined that her master's real name would come out of the mouth of this demon.

Doesn't this further prove that he's a demon from that world?!

"I... I can't say."

No matter what, I must not betray my master...

We must get Master out of there...

Seeing that Tina was determined to kill herself rather than give any information, Lin Wei gave up.

Anyway, I also have those three blessings about Winora, so I'm sure I can find some clues.

"Alright, then you decide on a time, and I'll have Zoreni remove your seal and let you go."

Giving her freedom was a decision made long ago.

Furthermore, from the perspective of the "rival" synergy alone, the further away Tina is from herself, the better the effect of this synergy.

But to everyone's surprise, Tina immediately panicked the next second:

"I'm not leaving, I'm staying here!"