You are all my wings!

Lyon did not respond to Helvie's triumphant declaration, but instead reached out and gently stroked Ophie Marceau's face, saying softly:

"Don't be reckless, Orpheus. Even if I get caught, I'll be fine."

Ophimosa's once healthy, rosy complexion turned deathly pale. She barely opened her eyes and weakly said:

"I... how could I be acting tough, my dear? I am the invincible Sword King, how could I let you be chased by other women?"

"Ophie, thank you. Now that things have come to this, I'll be honest with you."

Lyon stared intently at Orpheus and said seriously:

“I want to marry Iris, Magiru, and even Britta. Of course, you will always be number one in my heart, unique and irreplaceable. So, become my wife along with them.”

Ophimosa coughed:

"What nonsense are you spouting at a time like this?"

Herwiz next door is still looking at us with surprise. The vulnerability in my heart that was just triggered, and the fear I witnessed, haven't subsided yet.

She thought this to herself, but suddenly felt a sense of relief for some reason.

When faced with life and death, worrying too much doesn't seem to bring happiness.

[Character Ophimosa's affinity +2%, current affinity 99%]

"No, I'm serious. To hell with the royal rules. From now on, you can only follow my rules because you will marry me, not the other way around."

Lyon's tone was more forceful than ever before:

"I will hold a ceremony for you that is grander than any royal wedding, to announce to the world that you, Ophimosa, will be my future and my forever wife. Will you say yes?"

"Of course I agree! But you..."

"You don't want to be with the others? The psychological vulnerability that Helwirz triggered in you isn't going to make you the last one in the rankings, is it?"

Lyon chuckled.

Ophimasso blushed slightly: "That's not true. All I saw was you dying tragically in front of me, not something as trivial as ranked matches."

"Then I'll take that as a yes to your proposal, since you've always said that I've already said yes."

Leon gently wiped Orpheus's face, using his remaining magic to cast a holy healing spell to alleviate the damage Orpheus's body had suffered due to her mental breakdown and the rampage of her second personality.

In mid-air, Herwiz initially seemed to find the interaction between the two amusing, remaining calm and composed.

Seeing what was behind them, she simply waved her hand, and her long black dress billowed out, enveloping the two of them, and they disappeared from the spot.

On one hand, she was impatient, and on the other hand, she felt inexplicably anxious, so she stopped waiting.

……

In an underground cave, Iris and Maquill sat silently on a rock.

Just as Orpheus suddenly rushed out to intercept Helvie, the heavy pressure on the three of them disappeared. Leon then activated his teleportation, accelerating into a hidden cave he was familiar with. After setting Iris and Machiru down, he said to them:

“Ophie will most likely lose, and there’s a good chance she’ll be killed or controlled as a puppet. I have to go save her. I’ll leave you with a magical marker to track her location. Don’t come out with me, and no matter what happens, don’t show yourselves. Helvie needs my help and won’t kill me! But for the two of you, especially Maggie, that’s another story. So your next task is to help me get help! Get a strong person who can suppress Helvie to come!”

"No, what if she thinks you're no longer useful and wants to kill you?"

Iris knew perfectly well how Lyon and Helvie had been scheming and clashing these past few days, and she intervened immediately.

Maggie hugged Leon, preventing him from leaving.

"Have you ever seen me fail? How many times have I challenged experts several levels stronger than myself, and every time I've returned victorious? Don't worry, even if it's the fifth epic of the continent, I can seize that miracle and make her obediently send me away in the future."

Leon gently pried Machiru's hands apart, hugged the two of them tightly, and then vanished in a flash.

When Maggie and Iris looked up again, they found that Leon was no longer there, only a slightly frivolous voice echoing in the cave.

"I will formally propose to Orpheus. If I come back alive, you two will marry me together and we can form a Lyon family."

Machiru's eyes reddened: "Doesn't this guy know that saying things like this at a time like this could easily mean he'll never come back? Damn it!"

She was angry with herself, wondering why she was so weak and why she had become a burden!

She wanted to become stronger! At this moment, she desperately hoped to become stronger and become a solid bulwark that would stand by Leon until the very end!

With this realization, the demonic blood within her seemed to be suppressed by several degrees.

[Villain Machiru's favorability +2%, current favorability 105%]

[Maquilu's main quest "Endless Demon Blood" completion rate +5%, current completion rate 37%]

Iris's gaze was serene: "Maquilu, seize the time to meditate and train. Lyon will definitely be fine. We need to seize every moment to improve ourselves before they leave, and find reinforcements as soon as possible after they leave."

Over the past ten days, through the trials of prison and the lessons learned from the clashes between Lyon and Belfast, her understanding has improved.

I've also gotten used to learning Leon's composure and using exercise to dispel the unease in my heart.

[Character Iris's affection level +2%, current affection level 116%]

After waiting for about ten minutes, the two emerged from the cave, retraced their steps, and found the place where they had fought the previous battle.

Here, they met up with Britta, who was rushing to arrive.

Not only that, Camille, Kekeqi, and M'shifisu also arrived one after another thanks to their superior agility.

……

[Bai Shaqilai's hidden side quest "Mind Control" completion +50%, current completion 100%, quest complete]

[Fate-Seeking Power +3, Magic Power +5, Learned Basic Divination]

[The villain Bai Shaqilai's hidden side quest "Demon Infestation" has been completed at +10%, currently at 20% completion.]

【主要属性：窥命力20/神圣能量容纳量7/精神力57/生命力114/魔力量233/体力131/力量120/敏捷150】

Halfway through their escape with Herwiz, Leon suddenly noticed an update to the information on his control panel.

Wait, Bai Shaqi Lai succeeded?

At her speed, she should have arrived at Cat Island long ago.

The fact that it took her so long to succeed suggests that she probably didn't gain anything on Cat Island. It seems that her escape, triggered by Ophimasso's rampage, gave her the opportunity to search for items at the outpost.

In other words, I ended up helping her by some unforeseen circumstances?

A flood of memories about basic divination techniques suddenly filled my mind.

In countless images, he saw Bai Shaqilai sitting on the beach in front of the coastline, learning divination from scratch, maintaining the same training habits day after day, working alone, and developing a set of pre-requisite chanting methods that were smoother and faster than the ancient methods, simplifying them, and finally integrating them into a completely new system of divination.

He also seemed to deeply understand every moment of Bai Shaqilai's insights and divination details, including the various details divined in the initial stage.

She could even somewhat understand her unwavering will to seek revenge when her country was destroyed during her childhood.

These memories, combined with the vast amount of knowledge he gained while working as a miracle astrologer, are rapidly being reorganized and optimized in the current three-mode state.

You have mastered the basics of miracle divination.

[Effect: With the same amount of information, it is more accurate, more specific, more intuitive, and easier to obtain world enlightenment than divination techniques of the same level. It can consume Fate-Seeking Power to obtain possible miracles.]

Goodness, divination has been elevated to a whole new level.

As for consuming Fate-Seeking Power, it's easy to understand. Fate-Seeking Power is a special power that only astrologers can obtain. The more you accumulate, the greater the enhancement to the effect of divination. It is a blue bar exclusive to divination and does not consume mana.

Of course, you can also use magic power to enhance it, but the effect will be much weaker than the power of fate-seeking. As far as Lyon knows, it takes 10 points of magic power to achieve the same effect as 1 point of fate-seeking.

Moreover, due to the special nature of the power of fate-seeking, this power can only be increased by advancing in rank; it cannot be increased through ordinary means.

In addition, as a rare profession, astrologers can also cast spells, and their magic attribute can be increased normally. They can also learn magic of other attributes, and the profession's buffs are equally effective.

Once you reach the King-level Divination Technique, you can even slightly alter the fate of others. If combined with other offensive magic, it's practically guaranteed to hit, similar to Iris's sure-hit spear technique, but even more extraordinary.

Bai Shaqilai was initially weak, but after overcoming her period of weakness and rising to legendary status through her new divination theories, the situation reversed.

Combined with her chess master profession, her strength can basically be considered top-tier legend.

Her previous successful scheme to lure Moriarty away, followed by her ambush, demonstrates that she can be quite deadly when she's in hiding.

If she can advance to Legendary status with two rare professions, she might be able to reverse the situation and defeat Epic opponents.

By the way, will Herwiz be able to detect that Bai Shaqilai has broken free of mind control?

Thinking of this, Lyon glanced sideways at Helvie.

At this moment, he was suspended in the state of Ophimasso, controlled by Herwiz's mind magic, flying at high speed, unable to move, and positioned to the side and in front of Herwiz.

As I turned around, she seemed to be staring at me as if she had sensed something.

She wore a half-smile, her eyes gleaming with a mysterious light.

"What, did you find something?"

Lyon remained calm: "No, I'm just wondering why Your Excellency suddenly wants to leave the capital? Weren't you waiting for Lady Bai Shaqilai?"

“After causing such a commotion in the capital, it would be too dangerous to go back… By the way, a bunch of beauties just chased after us. You really know how to play with women, Leon Belon. You even dared to flirt with this girl right under my nose.”

Hervé raised her long, blue-white eyebrows as if in a playful manner, her frost-white eyelashes contrasting beautifully with her dark eyes, making her exceptionally charming.

However, despite speaking at such a long time, she never explained whether she was waiting for Bai Shaqilai or not.

Has she already confirmed that Bai Shaqilai can't return, so she's simply given up on her completely?

However, Bai Shaqilai's legendary poem is still controlled by a high-level demon. Even if she breaks free from mental control, she will probably use divination to chase after her.

The magical mark I left for Iris Magiru might be blocked by Helvie, and Britta and the others might not be able to track me here.

But Bai Shaqilai will most likely appear, and might even take him away because of some of the suggestions he made earlier. It all depends on whether she will ask him to cooperate.

Thinking to himself, Lyon said:

"You flatter me. I am simply a sincere and helpful person, and I have made many friends without even realizing it."

"Hmph, friend? Didn't you just say you were going to marry those women?"

"Yes, Your Excellency, it is perfectly reasonable for a female friend to become a wife, isn't it?"

"You're quite bold, daring to say such frivolous things in front of me."

"I wouldn't dare. I was just stating my views on marriage and relationships truthfully."

"Is your view on marriage and relationships that you're a womanizer?"

"No, Your Excellency. Being fickle means loving one person and then abandoning them, losing interest once you're tired of them. But I give each person equal and unique love, and my heart will never change, now or in the future."

"Hmph, high-sounding words. But the fact that you came back alone to save this little girl shows that you do have some sense of loyalty, unlike those nobles who like to say one thing and do another."

Hervé's eyes sparkled, and as they chatted, she seemed to become quite interested:

"Tell me, how did you increase your magic power so much in just ten days? I remember you haven't broken the seal I left on you yet."

"Your Excellency, I was born with a magical power surge disorder. If it is not channeled, I will be tortured every day. As for this increase, it is just a drop in the ocean after channeling."

Lyon, without batting an eye, continued to tell the lie.

"Magic surge syndrome? So what you called 'guidance' before was actually QW and doing 'that'? That's how you channel magic and cure the syndrome?"

"Yes."

"No wonder you can still be so filthy even when you're imprisoned; even little Iris's voice can't always be suppressed."

Hervé looked thoughtful.

[Herbie's favorability increased by 2%, current favorability is 24%]

Oh dear, does Herwiz eavesdrop all the time?

This woman has a really twisted sense of humor.

Beside him, a disheveled Ophie Marceau glared angrily at Leon, "You filthy man!"

At this moment, Herwiz glanced at Ophimasso, who had raised her head, and smiled:

"What, still resisting? Although I haven't tightened my control yet, your resistance is already pretty good. Why don't you just obediently accept my mental shackles and become my puppet?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Ophimasso seemed unable to hold on any longer and fainted.

Lyon felt a chill run down his spine; Herwiz hadn't yet withdrawn her control over Ophimasso.

He had previously thought that Ophie Marceau was only in poor condition because her second personality had overdrawn her body, but now it seemed that Herwiz was still as ruthless as ever.

"Don't worry, I made her a puppet just to make you more obedient. I won't obscure much of her memory; I'll make her a good tool for you to manage your magic disorder."

A dangerous glint flashed in Herwiz's eyes:

"After all, if your beloved woman loses her memory and you are unwilling to serve me, I will be very troubled. So you must remember never to lie to me."

This guy is definitely not someone to be trifled with.