Strongest Mage with the Lust system

Chapter 559  A new start [1]

When Durden returned, he had a thoughtful look on his face, which surprised Adam and Jasmine.

”What are you thinking about, big brother? Also, what was that cry?” Adam couldnʼt hold back his curiosity.

Hearing his voice, Durned came to his senses and smiled, ”Nothing. That guy had momentarily woken up and cried out due to pain before fainting again. Go on, continue condensing your mana.”

Saying this, he sat down, closed his eyes, and started treating his injuries.

Adam looked at him and grumbled, ”You didnʼt tell me what you were thinking about so deeply.”

Seeing this, Jasmine revealed a faint smile, ”If itʼs something we should know, senior brother will tell us. Since he didnʼt, we donʼt need to know.”

…

Seeing Maxʼs face turning paler bit by bit, Emily became increasingly anxious. But she couldnʼt do anything to make him feel better, and this made her feel helpless and useless. After a while, she could no longer restrain her emotions and tears welled up in her eyes.

”Please be alright, please.” She muttered as pearl-like tears slid down her cheeks.

Meanwhile, Max, whose all senses to the outside world were cut off, was in a daze. He couldnʼt believe he ʼlostʼ the system just like that. ʼBut why am I not feeling sad about it?ʼ He wondered. Strangely, he wasnʼt feeling sad about losing the system. Instead, he felt as though some kind of restraints had lifted, making him feel lighter.

Suddenly, his attention was attracted to his chest, where he could ʼseeʼ a mass of pure white energy shining like the sun. Slowly, it broke down into two smaller lumps before one of them merged with his blood, causing it to boil like magma. As his blood rumbled and boiled, more and more wisps of lust overlordʼs bloodline energy appeared and started condensing. This process lasted for a long time. When it stopped, Max could ʼseeʼ a tiny stream of pink blood flowing alongside his normal blood. Although the two were like water and oil and didnʼt merge, they flowed smoothly without any problem. Furthermore, he could ʼseeʼ that sometimes, his pink blood would emit wisps of pink energy, which then would be absorbed by his red blood. Each time it happened, his blood grew stronger, albeit just a little.

Just then, the other lump of white energy dispersed in tiny, barely noticeable streams and surged throughout his body. Just when Max was wondering what it was going to do, new, complicated pathways, just like blood vessels and nerves, started appearing throughout his body. Snap!

Unfortunately, Max couldnʼt witness the whole process because his consciousness was suddenly ʼforced outʼ of his body and his eyes snapped open.

Ha! Ha! Ha!

As he regained his senses, he realized he was sweating a lot and was gasping for breath. Furthermore, a very anxious and misty-eyed Emily was looking at him from above as she gently wiped the sweat off his face.

ʼNo wonder the back of my head feels comfortable. Itʼs on her lap…ʼ The corners of his lips curved up.

When Emily saw him open his eyes, her face shone with delight. ”Y-You are awake?” Seeing her lose her composure like this, and obvious tear marks running down her cheeks, Maxʼs heart trembled, and he lightly nodded his head, ”Hm. Iʼm sorry for worrying you.” Saying this, he wanted to sit up, but realized there wasnʼt even an ounce of energy left in his body. So, he slowly raised his hand instead, and gently wiped the droplets of tears hanging on her eyelashes.

Emilyʼs face reddened when she realized Max had seen her crying face. Hurriedly, she took out another handkerchief, and cleaned her face before wearing her usual indifferent expression and nodded, ”Donʼt worry. Everythingʼs fine as long as you are alright.”

Maxʼs heart softened upon hearing this, but he didnʼt say anything and just kept laying on her lap. A moment later, he asked, ”How long was I unconscious and did anything happen in that time?”

”2 days. You were unconscious for 2 days.” Emily said before explaining, ”You caused a huge commotion 2 days ago…”

When he heard how two demon groups were attracted to them by the commotion he unconsciously caused, his expression turned ugly. He blamed himself for causing the disaster for everyone. But when he heard everyone was fine, he heaved a sigh of relief.

”Are they still here?” He asked about Durdenʼs group.

Hearing this, Emilyʼs expression turned uncertain as she slowly nodded, ”Yeah. They are still here. Although that little guy and girl urged him to leave and not waste time waiting for you to wake up, Durden didnʼt leave. He would come here to check up on you a few times daily. I… donʼt know what he is planning.”

”From what you told me about him, I doubt that he would have any ill intentions towards any of us. So, donʼt worry.” Max smiled, not wanting her to worry about it anymore.

Step! Step!

Just then, they heard the sound of footsteps. When they turned to look, they saw Ella and Ellie coming. Ella had an anxious look on her face while Ellie was frowning, and looked a bit annoyed.

As they came closer and saw Max laying on Emilyʼs lap, looking at them, the duo looked relieved before a hint of anger flashed in Ellieʼs eyes. As for Ella, her face blossomed into a happy smile before she rushed over and sat on her knees beside him.

”Sir Max, you are awake. I-Itʼs great. I… we were very worried.”

”Hm. Sorry, I made you worried.” Max smiled at her, which made Ella smile in joy. Emily, however, softly snorted at this, but didnʼt say anything.

Ella then glanced at Elle and beckoned her over. ”Ellie, come quick and greet sir Max.”

Sighing inwardly, she walked over and slightly bowed her head at him. ”Hello, sir Max. Itʼs good you woke up. Everyone was worried about you.”

Max could see she didnʼt have any good feelings toward him and also knew why. So, when he heard her, he asked with an amused smile on his face, ”Were you also worried?”