He was finally willing to take off the mask in front of Xi Ning. After many days, Xi Ning clearly saw this face again.
Lin An wanted to avoid Xi Ning's gaze, but Xi Ning hadn't answered him yet. He forced himself to stand still and expose everything.
"Why not?" Xi Ning said without hesitation, "Didn't I say everything, I like you."
Lin An's eyelashes trembled lightly, and the corners of his mouth habitually pulled out a mocking arc, Xi Ning suddenly grabbed the mask in his hand, broke it in half, and threw it on the ground.
The mask was made of unclear material. It was very hard. Xi Ning couldn't move at first, but only succeeded with aura. The palm of his hand was cut by the edge of the mask's fracture.
Lin An watched Xi Ning's movements, reacted and quickly took his hand, frowned and said, "Why are you... Does it hurt?"
He used a healing technique, Xi Ning's palm returned to the original after the blood stain was wiped off, and neither of them made a sound for a while.
Xi Ning was the first to break the calm, and leaned close to the waist that hugged Lin An, with his chin resting in front of him: "Thank you."
Lin An turned his face slightly and responded, Xi Ning tilted his head after him: "You look at me."
After a while, Lin An turned his face and looked at Xi Ning. He didn't see the slightest repulsion or disgust in Xi Ning's eyes. He completely regarded him as an ordinary person with normal appearance.
Xi Ning made up his mind to enlighten Lin An and said slowly: "I told you before, I don't dislike you at all, have you forgotten it?"
Lin An has not forgotten, he remembered every word Xi Ning said, but he didn't even think Xi Ning would like him before. His status outside was the lowest servant, a low-level warrior with no self-protection ability. What is there to like about growing up like this
Of course, it's not much better now. He is a despicable dark magician who stole an elf and wanted to bring him back to his magic tower.
Lin An couldn't figure it out. He hid all his emotions and looked a little cold on his face: "What do you like me?"
Xi Ning asked back: "Then what do you like me?"
Hearing that Lin An was silent for a while, many words of praise appeared in his mind, but he always felt very superficial when he used Xi Ning. He liked Xi Ning not because of these external appearances that anyone could see.
Perhaps when he first saw Xi Ning, he hurried over from the dining table to stop him. After seeing his face clearly, he did not react the same as others, but faintly felt distressed. Xi Ning was different from others in his heart. .
"I like you because of you," Xi Ning stretched out a hand to touch Lin An's jaw line, and whispered softly: "Is it because of your face, I can't like you?"
He hooked Lin An’s neck and asked him to bury his head a little, and kissed his right cheek a few times, and the gentle touch fell on the piece of skin he didn’t want to show, like the sun at sunrise. In the dark corners, emptiness and dampness became warm and full.
Finally, Xi Ning took the initiative to kiss his lips, and the tip of his tongue softly hooked him. Lin An quickly responded and hugged Xi Ning and kissed deeper and more eagerly.
They leaned against the tree, Xi Ning almost couldn't breathe, pushed Lin An away and took a few breaths of fresh air, but his lips were blocked again.
Lin An couldn't tell the confusion and excitement in his heart, and there was still a trace of panic. He could only confirm the existence of Xi Ning in this way. Xi Ning wanted to cry without tears, and coaxed him with great effort: "Well... Okay, in the future. Some are time pro..."
He turned his head to reveal his white neck. Lin An hadn't kissed anywhere else, his Adam's apple moved slightly, and he leaned forward while sniffing and kissing, feeling the trembling of the body in his arms, and snorted a few times with a nasal sound.
If you continue, Lin An let go of Xi Ning, and reluctantly said: "Hurry up, go back to the tower earlier."
His state seems to have changed a lot from before. At least he dared to show his face and kiss himself. Xi Ning heaved a sigh of relief and nodded: "Okay."
Lin An took a step back and picked up the two cross-sections that had fallen on the grass. Xi Ning thought he just wanted to put it away without leaving a trace, but saw that the mask on his magic handle was repaired, and it looked intact.
"You..." Xi Ning was dumbfounded, and a little helpless, "There is no one else here, do you plan to bring this with you?"
Lin An really thinks this way. He wears a mask all year round, and he is not used to it for a while. Seeing Xi Ning seems a little angry, he stands still and doesn't know how to explain it, but feels a little at a loss.
Seeing him like this, Xi Ning's nose was sore.
He hugged Lin An and rubbed his face between his neck: "It's okay, you can wear it if you want."
Lin An responded, kissed Xi Ning's forehead and put on a mask.
The two delayed for a while, and then started to move toward the center again.
In order to be able to reach the magic tower before the mercenary group, Lin An took a shortcut, which was more difficult than the normal route. Fortunately, there would be no monsters to attack them. Lin An always carried Xi Ning on his back or Hugging, moving forward very fast.
On the way, Xi Ning asked about Lin An, and said that if he wanted to contact Filo and the others, he said that he was safe and told them not to look for them, so he hurried back.
He didn't know that Ferro had left with flowers, and even if the group leader could receive his message, he might not believe it.
Lin An did not agree: "Go back to the tower and talk about it."
Xi Ning didn't mention it. The mercenaries and guards who entered the Refuge Forest were carefully selected, and there were a lot of them. Xi Ning only hoped that they would not encounter any danger here.
In the evening, Lin An stopped to find a place to rest. There was no cave like the night before, and there were no tents and sleeping bags in Lin An’s storage bag. So Lin An found a clean grass and laid a mattress on the table and chairs in the open. Took some things for Xi Ning to eat.
"Your Highness is wronged," Lin An opened the can, took out a pair of new chopsticks and handed it to Xi Ning, "We will be at the center soon."
Xi Ning shook his head: "When I lived in Yagu Forest, I stayed in the woods like this every day."
Rather than being served in a carriage, he prefers to stay with the lush vegetation. The longer he stays in the sheltered forest, the more he can feel the friendliness and closeness of this forest to him. It's completely different when seen from the outside.
Hearing Xi Ning mentioned Yagu Forest, Lin An did not answer. He also simply ate something, and after Xi Ning was full, he put away the tables and chairs.
It’s the first time Xi Ning sleeps on the grass in the open air. The weather is good tonight. Lying on the bed, you can see a few stars in the night sky. Lin An came over and lay down beside him. The mask is taken off.
Xi Ning's eyes brightened, and she turned over and slapped Lin An as a reward and gave him a kiss.
Lin An held his waist and wanted to talk to him: "His Royal Highness..."
Xi Ning frowned: "Don't always call me Your Highness."
"Then..." Lin An hesitated. He didn't know Xi Ning's real name. He had inquired about others when he was in the motorcade before, and they didn't know it. "What do you want to call?"
Xi Ning propped up his upper body, took Lin An's hand and wrote his name in his palm.
Lin An muttered the words "Xi Ning" silently in her heart, and Xi Ning lay down again, her hair scattered in Lin An's neck, "You want to call me Ningning, people close to you call me like this."
"Okay, Ningning."
This familiar name seemed to bring him closer to Xi Ning. Lin An turned sideways to tidy up Xi Ning's hair: "How many people are close to Ningning?"
Xi Ning had just said casually. Hearing that, he snuggled into Lin An's arms and cuddled up with him: "Of course only you are the closest..."
Lin An hasn't gotten used to being so intimacy with Xi Ning. Although Xi Ning liked him, he took Xi Ning away and showed his identity in front of him for only two days.
Taking advantage of Xi Ning's sleepiness, he asked, "Have you heard about me before coming here?"
Xi Ning realized that he was talking about the identity of the evil magician, which he heard from the dwarf, perhaps because he was not deeply connected with the world, and there was not much fluctuation in his heart when he heard the dwarf talk about it.
And he first confirmed who Lin An was before he knew his true identity in this world, and he had no worries. After all, he had even been a big villain, so what a magician was.
Xi Ning answered truthfully: "I've heard a little bit."
"Ningning is not afraid of me?" Lin An asked, hiding a part of his right cheek in the pillow, "Don't worry about me being bad for you?"
He was originally a kid who grew up in a slum, and he took this look when he was born, and then he followed a dark magician by accident. For a while, he did do a lot of evil things.
Later, he killed his "teacher", in order to prevent outsiders from entering, he released all the monsters that were closed under the tower, destroyed the magic circle around the forest and left here.
Lin An never denies what others say about him, he is just confused, why when Xi Ning says he likes him, it seems that he doesn't care about his identity.
"Will you be against me then?" Xi Ning leaned close, his breath spread on Lin An's face, "I don't think you are the kind of person they are talking about."
Lin An's eyes softened, and he subconsciously denied himself: "How long have you known me?"
"How much do other people know about you?" Xi Ning asked rhetorically, "I don't care, anyway, I have said everything I should say. You must believe it if you believe it, and you must believe it if you don't believe it."
"Okay, I see." Lin An lowered his head to find Xi Ning's lips and kissed him. "Sleep for a while? Get up early tomorrow and go on your way."
Xi Ning nodded. He was already a little sleepy. He looked up and saw Lin An's eyes were clear and there was no sleepiness at all: "You also slept. You have been away for a day."
"I'm neither sleepy nor tired."
Most dark magicians would not participate in class evaluation. Before, Lin An only knew that he had the strength of a Tier 5 magician. After so many years of being incognito, he could not remember how much spiritual power had increased, but he could hardly Need to sleep and eat, just use spiritual power to maintain physical strength.
He explained it to Xi Ning, and Xi Ning looked at him with admiration and admiration: "You won't be sleepy..."
The first time Lin An encountered someone looking at herself like this, she felt a little uncomfortable: "Well... I originally planned to hurry up at night, for fear that you won't sleep well."
"It's okay for me," Xi Ning sat up, "wouldn't it be better to be able to go back earlier?"
He also thought about waiting for the opportunity to contact Filo when he returned to the tower. Lin An was very repulsive about this, and only agreed to go back to the magic tower.
Lin An hesitated and pressed Xi Ning's shoulder to make him fall asleep again: "Go to sleep first, and wait until you fall asleep."
He planned to use spells on Xi Ning after he was asleep so that he could sleep more peacefully without any discomfort.
Xi Ning nodded obediently, leaned against Lin An's arms and closed his eyes, and soon fell asleep with a gentle breathing.
Lin An himself took a rest for a while. In the middle of the night, he used spells on Xi Ning, put him on his back, and moved towards the magic tower after simply packing up his things.
After walking through this area, they passed through the middle layer and reached the inner layer. Although no beasts dared to meet them on the way, he was also observing the traces of various beasts and found that they should have been in the inner and middle layers. The high-level monsters are all on the outer layer, and the more you go in, the safer they are.
And the center of the inner layer is the magic tower. His initial guess should be correct. It is because of that tower that these high-level beasts will abandon their territory and leave.
The monsters were afraid, Lin Anke didn't have the slightest fear, the things sealed in the tower were originally part of his body.
On his back, Xi Ning slept very peacefully. Lin An was not afraid to disturb him when he used spells, and moved forward faster than during the day.
The night gradually faded, and when the early morning fog drifted across the forest, Lin An stepped into the area where the inner layer was.
This place is quieter than other places, and it can even be said to be deadly silent. The sun gradually rises, and there are not even low-level birds in the forest. Lin An took a few steps forward, thinking about waiting for a while to wake up Xi Ning. , Suddenly stepped.
He didn't wear a mask, frowning and looking up at the tower, a strange feeling came from inside his body.
This feeling is not fear or rejection, but attraction, something beckons him.
Lin An's right face was exposed to the air, and the cyan meridians on it were swimming slowly, returning to its original state after a while, but Lin An didn't know anything about it.
The strange feeling quickly disappeared again, Lin An's eyebrows were slightly loose, and he continued to move forward.
When the time was almost up, Lin An stopped on the way, took Xi Ning from behind and retrieved his aura, and walked slowly to wait for him to wake up.
Lin An lowered his head to think about the things in the magic tower, and there was an inexplicable hostility in his half-hanging eyes, which he hadn't even noticed. At this time, Xi Ning in his arms woke up and unconsciously rubbed Lin An's neck. rub.
When he moved, the hostility in Lin An's eyes immediately dissipated, and he kissed Xi Ning's cheek: "Awake?"
Xi Ning closed his eyes and replied, and when he was sober, he opened his eyes and found that he and Lin An were already on the road.
He raised his hand to touch Lin An's face, and asked, "When did you start... Are you tired? Take a break?"
Although Lin An was not tired, he put Xi Ning down and let him step on the ground to move around.
The two walked for a while, and Xi Ning also discovered that it was too quiet here. He curiously asked, "Why is there something different here?"
"This area was originally the territory of a Tier 5 monster," Lin An had already put on the mask, unable to see his face, "other beasts dare not come over."
He didn't want Xi Ning to be scared or worried for the time being, and didn't talk to him too much.
Xi Ning looked around, always feeling something weird, but he and Lin An didn't encounter any danger along the way, so he didn't ask more.
Because of the different routes, Lin An and Xi Ning were faster, and the group leader and Qiu Nian and his party landed diagonally behind Lin An.
After they entered the inner layer, they found that they couldn't see the position of the tall tower, so they proceeded in the direction of sunrise and sunset, only to find that they had returned to the starting point a day later.
Everyone was forced to stop, discussing what to do.
There should be some formation preventing them from advancing. There is a high-level magician in Qiu Nian's team who has studied the formation deeply, and could not find any way.
If they proceed from the original method again, the possibility of losing their direction is very high, but they at least discovered a good phenomenon. The closer they are to the inner layer, the lower the level of the monster.
In the outer layer, you can still encounter Tier 4 or even Tier 5 monsters. The further you go in, it will be Tier 2 or Tier 3. Now it is quieter when you enter the inner layer.
Some people in the team thought it was too weird and it was not a good thing, but they had not been able to find Xi Ning's trace, and Qiu Nian and others didn't want to go back empty-handed.
Just when he couldn't think of a way, the dwarf smiled, and took out a small holed glass bottle from his pocket, which contained a golden bug.
As soon as the bottle was taken out, the bug flew out with the bottle, and the dwarf almost failed to catch it.
The group leader took a closer look: "What is this... the golden beetle? When did you catch it?"
They encountered a golden beetle on the road two days ago that was rampant in the woods. This kind of bug had almost no attack power, so they didn't care much, let alone when the dwarf caught one and hid it.
"On that day, its shell is so beautiful, the beetle on the outside doesn't have such patterns and colors."
The dwarf said that he took out another rope from his pocket and wrapped it firmly around the bottle. When he put down the bottle and only pinched the rope, the golden beetle would fly with the bottle.
He took the rope and walked around in a large circle, and obviously noticed that the direction of the bottle's flying had changed.
Qiu Nian's eyes suddenly lit up: "I didn't expect you to be short but not stupid."
The dwarf rolled his eyes: "Is it useful for you to grow taller?"
Qiu Nian didn't care about him, and urged: "Let's go quickly, it's been a day's delay."
Others heard it in the mist, the head of the group saw the direction of the golden beetle flying out and understood. For the first time, he gave the dwarf his approving eyes and explained: "These beasts are all afraid of the tall tower, facing the golden beast. The beetle is flying in the opposite direction."
The dwarf is not tall enough to be seen by the people walking in the front and back. The bottle is handed over to the leader to lead the way. This kind of insect is not big, but has a lot of physical strength, and it can be fed with ordinary leaves.
Under the guidance of the Golden Beetle, a group of people marched in the direction of the tower.
They delayed a day in vain on the road, and even more fell to Lin An. When there was still some distance from the center, Lin An had already brought Xi Ning to the destination.
Xi Ning looked at the magic tower in front of him. This tower should have been abandoned for a long time. The surrounding open space was full of weeds, high or low, the gate was covered with rust from a distance, and the wall outside the tower was gray. , There are many dead grasses hanging in a shorter position.
Lin An was silent, leading Xi Ning to the door, reaching out and grabbing the doorknob.
The doorknob is also rusty and can't be twisted at all. Lin An is cold and kicks the door open with his foot. The heavy iron door makes a harsh sound. Xi Ning is startled, holding Lin An's hand and hiding in him. Behind.
Lin An seemed to have recovered. He frowned and suppressed the irritability in his heart. He turned around and hugged Xi Ning, sniffing the fragrance of plants and trees on his body, and said softly, "Don't be afraid, we are here."