Man in the Ark: Revitalizing Kazdel

Chapter 318 Return, Promise

New Kazdale City, Roy's office.

The moment the Black Crown's internal communication was restored, Theresa stopped praying in her heart. A smile of relief appeared on her face full of sorrow.

"That's great..." An inaudible whisper was heard in the silent office.

During the hours when Roy lost contact, every second of waiting was a torment for Theresa.

Now that that reassuring connection has been re-established, I can finally put my mind at ease.

As soon as Roy opened his eyes, he saw Theresa sitting next to him with red eyes, and he felt distressed.

"I'm sorry, Theresa, I made you worry again..." Roy raised his hand and carefully stroked Theresa's slightly cold cheek, his words full of guilt.

"I'm glad you came back safely. I always believed in you... I always believed in you..." Theresa hugged Roy tightly with such force that her ribs were almost broken.

She was afraid that Roy would disappear in front of her again.

As the demon lord who rules Kazdel, Theresa must present herself as a strong, courageous, and independent leader in front of her people, but she also has vulnerable moments when she needs to rely on others.

In front of Roy, she can freely show her other side as an ordinary person.

After hours of fear, Theresa silently vented her emotions.

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect that to happen. I promise, it won't happen again..." Roy endured the pressure from those strong arms and gently stroked Theresa's back to calm her excitement.

After coming out of the Originium internalized universe, Roy realized belatedly that he had walked a circle between life and death. If Precious had decided to leave him behind at that time, even if he could find a way to escape in the end, how much time would have passed in the outside world.

The things and people that I cherish may disappear over the long years. I have failed everyone's expectations and trust, causing them to pass away with regret at the end of their lives.

Thinking of that scene, Roy wanted to slap himself hard. He was arrogant and thought he was strong and could handle anything on his own. He did things without thinking things through, which almost caused serious consequences.

Obviously, he had a clone, so he should have used it to test the situation first.

The trembling of the soft body in her arms gradually subsided. Theresa secretly wiped the moisture from the corners of her eyes with her sleeve, hoping to hide the fact that she was crying.

But the red and swollen eye sockets could not deceive Roy's eyes.

"Theresa, I'm sorry..." Roy pushed away the slightly messy pink hair on Theresa's forehead and faced her gentle and sad eyes.

“Promise me, okay? If you’re going to do anything dangerous in the future, don’t hide it from me and face it alone. Kazdel can’t leave you. Everyone needs you. I hope I can help you.”

Theresa made a request in an almost pleading tone that Roy could not refuse.

"Well, I swear to you that I will inform you in advance of any possible danger in the future. I will never use magic to create a clone, and I will never put my original body in danger."

After this incident, Roy clearly realized his mistake. He would think twice before taking any action in the future and would never make anyone who cared about him sad and cry again.

"Why didn't your real body come back? Did you run into some trouble?" Theresa, whose emotions had calmed down, was still unwilling to let go of Roy's hand. They clasped their fingers tightly together and snuggled up to each other.

Seeing that Roy's real body had not returned yet, Theresa couldn't help but become worried.

"We're about to return to Kazdel. Because we've caused quite a serious impact on a desert in Columbia, other clones are doing the cleanup work, so it took some time to arrange the work."

Before he finished speaking, a ripple appeared in the space, and a familiar figure walked out of the darkness. The clothes on his entire right arm were torn, and his skin was exposed to the air. A pure and transparent diamond-shaped crystal floated calmly on the palm of his hand.

"Theresa, I'm back."

......

Rhine Life Headquarters, Ecological Science Park, in a circular ecological park.

The air and pure water that have undergone multiple filtration processes constitute the main environment of the ecological park.

Due to her race, the elf girl, Muirseth, who was unable to adapt to the Originium environment, sat alone by the constant temperature pool with her hands on her knees.

The smart terminal nearby was broadcasting real-time reports on sudden incidents in the Skeleton Wasteland. The terrifying blood-red disaster clouds and giant crystalline trees had disappeared, and the violent geological movements had also stopped.

The topography of the Skeleton Wasteland has changed dramatically. Rhine Life may send personnel to survey and map it again.

Scholars from all walks of life have not yet come up with a unified and reasonable explanation for the cause of this major event. They can only temporarily attribute it to a rare natural disaster caused by the large accumulation of Originium.

The military left behind a small number of personnel to observe the subsequent situation in real time and evacuated with the main force.

As for what the vortex that absorbed all the energy of the Originium was, no one proposed to explore it in depth. The military leaders received an order from the Presidential Palace, asking them to downplay the entire incident.

"Could it be another dangerous experiment from one of those tech companies? We are always left to clean up the mess for those hypocritical guys..." A soldier took off his heavy and stuffy protective suit, spat fiercely on the ground, his face full of complaints.

"Who cares? Anyway, I heard there are pensions and vacation compensation, so I don't care." His companion found a dry towel and wiped the sweat off his face.

"*Colombian swear*, they are so generous this time. It seems that the senior executives are hiding something. That thing is very dangerous. This is the hush money for us."

"Then you don't want it?"

"Of course I do. I deserve it. Only a fool would not want it."

I believe that after this, more bizarre stories and legends will appear in the bone wasteland, which is already strange and mysterious and full of rumors.

But Muirseth didn't care about all this. She was waiting for someone to come.

The person you care about will definitely come to report to you that he or she is safe.

"Muerseth, you are here after all..." Roy appeared silently in the ecological park and quietly sat down next to Muerseth.

Before coming in, he specially cleaned the source stone dust on his body to avoid polluting the water and air of the ecological park.

"Humph! Do you know how worried I am about you? I even left an important meeting of Rhine Life halfway through. If I hadn't been unable to adapt to the Originium environment and the Skeleton Wasteland was too far from Tremont, I would have wanted to go in and look for you myself..."

As Muirseth spoke, he clenched his fist and brought it down on Roy's chest with neither too much force nor too little force.

"Don't make me worry next time, okay? This feeling is very uncomfortable. I finally found someone who can spend my life with me."

"Okay, I promise you, my Miu Miu." Roy had just agreed when he felt a warm and soft touch on his lips, mixed with a hint of mint.

The water elf Muirseth took Roy's hand and leaned back into the pool.

This was her petty revenge out of willfulness, and it was also what she had always wanted to do to Roy - a dance in the water.