Wizard starting from shoeing donkeys

Chapter 1498: Chapter 515: Underground and At Sea

”Actually, in my heart, you’re the one who truly embodies knightly values,” said Rein earnestly.

Whether it was Menia’s performance in the recent battle or what Rein sensed from the battle scenes within Menia’s consciousness fragments, Rein had a deep-seated respect for this mature, beautiful, and wise woman before him.

Although Rein hadn’t fully merged with all of Menia’s consciousness fragments, he had seen enough to understand her character well.

Upon hearing Rein’s words, Menia was slightly taken aback.

When she came back to her senses, she found Rein still looking at her intently.

If it were someone else being so rude, Menia would surely be angry.

In the past, even with Rein, Menia would have felt offended.

But at this moment, she was different.

Unbeknownst to her, after going through the consciousness fusion with Rein, she inexplicably felt a natural closeness and familiarity with him.

In a way, this intimacy surpassed even that of a lover.

And Rein, looking at Menia now, felt completely different than before, as if he were looking at Anna, at someone he knew very well.

”Thank you.”

Under Rein’s gaze, the usually dignified and majestic ’Red Queen’ Menia blushed slightly, feeling a bit shy, and most unusually, she slightly lowered her head in front of a young man.

If others saw this, they would be utterly shocked.

However, to Rein, Menia at this moment appeared not only stately and dignified but also added a hint of mature femininity, making it even harder for him to look away.

”Re... Rein, I need some time to recover.”

”Ahem... of course, Prince Menia.” Rein quickly nodded, trying to conceal his earlier lapse of composure.

”However, although I brought healing potions, for the aftereffects of the Dragon Blood Sacrifice, they might not be very effective, so I might need several days to regain some combat capability.”

Menia’s beautiful eyes scanned her surroundings, seemingly assessing whether the location was safe.

”Don’t worry, Prince Menia, as long as I’m here, you can safely recover here,” Rein promptly assured her.

”By the way, is there anything I can help with?”

He had long noticed that although Prince Menia appeared unharmed, her aura was significantly more weakened and unstable.

She almost couldn’t maintain her level as a Fourth Level Dawn Wizard.

If immediate treatment or recovery wasn’t undertaken, it was highly likely that she would fall from the rank of Dawn Wizard.

This was understandable given the tremendous power of the secret technique, as its aftereffects were exceedingly severe.

In fact, normally, after Menia performed the Dragon Blood Sacrifice, her fate would have been doomed.

Fortunately, Rein, the recipient of the Dragon Blood Sacrifice, was an anomaly and had somehow halted it, restoring everything to its original owner.

However, it wasn’t simply a matter of borrowing and returning.

It involved a series of extremely complex and precise changes, and even if Menia recovered well, Rein knew that her power would likely drop by at least one level, becoming a Fourth Level Dawn Middle Stage Wizard, which was the best-case scenario.

If not addressed immediately, there was a high likelihood of falling to Dawn Initial Stage.

In the worst-case scenario, she could fall to the Third Level Crystalization Peak.

”Thanks, no need for now,” Menia shook her head, saying.

”Alright, if you need anything, just call me any time.”

As Menia entered a deep meditation nearby, Rein once again made a careful round of the surroundings, ensuring no fierce species were in the Dark Lake and surrounding rock walls before returning to Menia.

”This place is several hundred meters below the surface, and with the siphon effect creating a lake above, the chance of being discovered by the Sea God Sect is negligible.”

”However, given what’s happened, the situation with the Federation might likely stir up quite a commotion.”

He had just attempted to send a witchcraft message and found that, possibly due to being deep underground, the witchcraft waves were greatly affected, unable to reach Reginald.

”I wonder if Crown Reginald has managed to escape?”

After a brief consideration, Rein couldn’t help but shake his head, feeling there was a slight risk in proactively contacting Reginald.

Not that he worried about Reginald divulging their situation, but there was a chance that if there were many high-rank Sea God Sect wizards around the island, the process of sending a witchcraft message might be sensed by nearby wizards.

And with only a few remaining attribute points, if the Sea God Sect were drawn here and Menia was at a critical recovery stage, it would be counterproductive.

However, Rein wasn’t without things to do.

Besides summarizing battle experiences, although he didn’t have the relevant materials for Elf leatherworking or Goblin engineering creations, he had not yet thoroughly studied the Goblin engineering knowledge he had memorized in his mind.

Previously, Haleem had generously shared his research progress, advancing Rein’s precondition for becoming a Goblin Engineer (Legendary) - ’mastering relevant Goblin engineering knowledge,’ to 63%.

Therefore, Rein planned to use Menia’s recovery interlude to see if he could further improve this progress.