Academic gathering with Lich colleagues

"It's over, Physician, while you sleep."

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Filled with immense doubt, Lyle looked at the magic circle, where a black mud ball floated in mid-air.

Has the ritual ended? Or is it in my dream? Have I lost the opportunity to imagine it, or has it become a form of my subconscious?

With a mix of trepidation and anticipation, Lyle stepped forward.

"Water?"

After being called softly, the sphere responded.

A black tentacle slowly reached out toward Lyle.

Lyle stretched out his arm, just like Shui Shui used to like climbing on his shoulder.

The two slowly approached each other, but were eventually blocked.

Medusa stood between them.

"Medusa?"

Medusa did not reply. She followed the tentacle toward Shui Shui and slowly approached.

Perhaps thinking that Medusa wanted to play with her, Shui Shui extended many more tentacles, guiding Medusa to swim on her body.

After a bit of playful banter, Medusa slipped back into Lyle's sleeve and shook her head at the scholar one last time.

The black tentacles finally touched Lyle's arm.

Just when Lyle thought Shui Shui would swim up as before...

The sphere changed.

A crack appeared from the center, and the outermost layer of skin split open to reveal the rubbery crystal inside. At the center of the black crystal, a bright ring resembling a yellow flame was pointed at Lyle.

Lyle didn't react at first, until the two pieces of skin closed and split open again.

A sense of panic arose.

It was a huge black eyeball.

A black eyeball covered in tentacles.

This is what my talent looks like now.

As tentacles crawled toward him, and the enormous eyeball stared intently at him, Lyle looked at the scholar. "Teacher, is something wrong?"

The scholar removed his chains. "Face the facts, Lyle, this is a creation of your subconscious."

My subconscious is like a tentacle eyeball with a strong sense of the bizarre and grotesque.

It seems there's no problem.

In his past life, he was obsessed with strange and bizarre monster illustrations. Perhaps he also liked this kind of grotesque style. Or perhaps it was because he had stayed in Andrei for so long that his way of thinking had deviated from that of an ordinary person.

Looking at it this way, isn't this big-eyed guy kind of cute?

However, the nickname "Shui Shui" is no longer suitable for her.

"How about I call you Meatball from now on?" The touch right now feels like a giant chunk of meat.

Meatball didn't reply; her tentacles were adapting to Lyle, considering how to attach herself to Lyle like a koala.

One of the large eyes was fixed on Lyle's profile.

Lyle felt uncomfortable under the prolonged gaze.

"Meatball, could you please stop looking at me with those big eyes?"

Rou Rou seemed to understand.

The large eye closed, and even the cracks were mended.

Then, on the sphere, like strawberry spots, countless tiny eyes opened up. Nearly a hundred tiny eyes stared at Lyle, a number enough to trigger trypophobia.

Looking straight ahead, looking sideways, looking down, looking up.

Lyle experienced the fear of being the center of attention.

Chapter 125 New Members of the Cup of Extravagance

In the tranquil ancient castle, in the lonely corridor.

A figure is moving.

A pair of black leather boots trotted across the ground, his standard gait carrying an air of elegance, like that of a well-mannered gentleman.

If you only look at the lower body.

Because his upper body was twisted and tangled, black lumps accumulated on his shoulders, and his shadow dragged on the ground, shifting and twisting. Several black tentacles slid on the ground, leaving several water streaks.

The figure staggered slightly as several tentacles stuck to the wall, pulling at its body and preventing it from moving forward.

"Fatty!"

This person is Lyle, who has just completed the bestowal ceremony.

“Wall.” The chubby big eyes looked at Lyle, and a tentacle poked at the wall.

Lyle eventually gave in to her big eyes, which was less painful in comparison.

The newfound talent allowed it to learn to pronounce sounds, no longer the gurgling noises of the past.

Rou Rou's voice was very high-pitched and childish, like a little girl's voice. Lyle wasn't sure if this was because of her.

Rou Rou's intelligence seemed to remain at the infant stage, full of curiosity about her surroundings, but under the coercion of her powerful physical abilities, or rather, her racial traits, Lyle had no choice but to indulge her.

"Yes, this is a wall."

"Eat." Okay, that's a biological instinct, but it won't work!

"No, we can't eat the wall."

The chubby little eyes looked at the wall, then at Lyle.

“I won’t eat it, I’ll just lick it.” She made a new request.

Although he didn't know what was so great about licking a wall, Lyle didn't want her to develop any bad habits.

"No, you can't lick it!"

"No, but licking is fine!" She got a little grumpy, completely ignoring Lyle, leaving two tentacles to hook around Lyle's neck, and pressing her main body completely against the wall.

They didn't stop until the walls were completely covered in black slime.

But after walking for a short while, she made a new move.

As Lyle walked, he realized that his feet had left the ground and he was walking on air.

The meat sticks itself to the wall and uses its tentacles to help Lyle climb up until the poor little thing trapped by its tentacles screams.

She showed the poor fellow to Lyle.

"Bird? Lamp?"

"That's a light bat, let him go!"

"Light bats? Eat them?"

The light bat let out an even louder, more piercing scream. This continued until Rou Rou, seemingly unable to bear the sound, dangled it in the air and tossed it around like a toy until it became dizzy.

"Eat?" There seemed to be liquid flowing on the fleshy tentacles, and Lyle wasn't sure if it was saliva.

"You can't eat it!"

"I won't eat it, I'll just lick it."

Familiar formula, familiar taste.

Lyle sighed.

"Then lick it."

The meaty creature shook its tentacles with satisfaction.

After finishing her investigation of the light bats, she was satisfied and wrapped all the swaying tentacles around Lyle, leaving only two waving in the air and babbling sounds coming from her body.

A completely black light bat was thrown on the ground, and the light it emitted could not penetrate the black slime on its body.

……

"I am back."

Welcome back.

"What was the result, doctor?"

All the members of the Cup of Extravagance are present.

Ariana was stirring her tea, the gentleman was reading the newspaper, and the dragon was standing under the chandelier, trying to seduce the light bat. But the bat seemed to be new, or perhaps it had heard something before, and was oblivious to the dragon's temptation.

The new talent instantly caught their attention.

"What is that, a plague doctor?"

Lyle raised his hand, and the fleshy tentacles gently patted his palm.

"My talent, I named her Rou Rou (meaning 'Meatball')."

Ariana arrived before Mr. Dragon.

Her veil was adorned with gold pendants, and the glittering little things attracted the fleshy tentacles.

"Who is she?"

"I'm not sure, a sea monster? A mutant monster."

Ariana excitedly reached out, took the fleshy little tentacle, and gently kneaded it.

This touch caught Rou Rou's attention. Her big eyes looked at Ariana and she made a babyish sound.

"Oriana".