Xie Ning didn't know what to say.
He felt sorry for Echidna's experience, but his reason reminded him that from the perspective of the mortal world, the choice made by the Olympian gods was not wrong. Echidna's name was passed down from generation to generation, and the monsters it gave birth to were a mixture of gods and demons, cold-blooded and cruel, and countless disasters that killed and devastated people were caused by them.
"I... I don't know what to say," he said frankly, "I can't say for sure that what the gods did was completely wrong, because..."
He saw Echidna's golden pupils flicker and then quickly dim as if burned by flames.
Xie Ning hurriedly tried to remedy the situation: "But your problem is not that big! I understand that people cannot choose their own birth. If you had a choice, you would definitely not want to be Echidna and be imprisoned in such a dark underground, right?"
Echidna spit out his snake tongue, picked up Xie Ning, and held her tightly in his arms.
"You are willing to give up the inherent prejudices of mankind, give up the joy and sweetness of life, and come to me. This is a great gift, Doros." Echidna hissed, "I will not blame you for your opinion! I can't blame you either. If I stop doing evil, those naughty and frivolous new gods will no longer insult my fate and snatch you from me. Then do it! I will give up the right to enjoy human sacrifices, even if this will cause all the other children of Gaia to gather together and laugh at my weakness and retreat."
… What is this? A reverse version of “For you, I am willing to be the enemy of the whole world”. For you, I am willing to be kind to the whole world
Xie Ning was dumbfounded, and she didn't dare to tell him clearly that she would have to go home in the future.
"I, uh, cough!" Xie Ning coughed twice, feeling guilty. Although time reveals a person's true character, after spending the past two days together, he found that Echidna was quite honest, without any twists and turns in his mind. He had the kind of straightforward character that animals have, and even had a hint of innocence. Xie Ning felt a little guilty for hiding this from him.
"I've rested... let me go and paint."
Echidna reluctantly let go of his arm, and Xie Ning ran to the drawing board with a heavy heart. After a short rest, he turned around and looked at the picture, and he immediately saw the problem.
"The tune is not good," Xie Ning frowned, "It's too gray..."
"What's the problem?" Echidna asked, leaning forward.
Without an eraser, there was a huge problem. He couldn't use an eraser to erase highlights, and the important light and dark contrast in sketching could only be controlled manually by Xie Ning. How could his skills be so profound
Echidna's palace was originally dark and gloomy, but since Xie Ning did not have the ability of night vision, the snake demon lit tall candles on the four walls and inlaid the eyes of a giant dragon on the ceiling, illuminating the palace with a brilliant light, as if it were daytime with the sun at its zenith.
It was so bright that Xie Ning could of course see every detail of the model clearly while standing under the throne. However, in order to show the demon's savage charm, he cleverly dimmed the light of the picture.
In this case, the contrast between light and dark becomes particularly important. The bright part must be rubbed whiter than the drawing paper itself to show how the three-dimensional characters have evil vitality under the light of the fire.