At night, Liens lay in bed and entered the instance.

Relying on the Elemental Cipher given by Nimophila, Liens could always quickly gain her cooperation.

It was just that every time he saw the cipher, Nimophila would blush, which made him curious about what the cipher actually expressed.

Just like at noon, although he was instantly killed by the expert possessing Nimophila every time, this did not affect his gradual progress.

At such times, Liens was quite glad that his comprehended Sword Style was "Simple."

Because of it, he was able to quickly absorb experience and summarize it in continuous battles.

Thus, he would continuously make progress.

And with each battle against Nimophila, Liens also began to somewhat understand what the fluctuation of water was.

Its essence was nothing more than "vibration" and "resonance."

All things have their frequency of vibration, and resonance is the connection between them.

Grasp these two points, and fluctuations will naturally arise.

Of course, within such a short time, even if the ability of "Simple" was powerful, it couldn't make him understand how the technique of perceiving the fluctuations of all things was cultivated.

He only somewhat understood now how Nimophila managed to injure him even before her fist touched his body.

To explain it using the theory of traditional Asian martial arts, Nimophila was a master of fist and foot techniques who had control over "hidden force."

Each of her attacks seemed light, but in reality, they were immensely powerful and had strong penetrative qualities.

At the same time, she could also directly transmit part of the force from her fists and feet into the enemy's body through "resonance," forming certain internal injuries.

These internal injuries would gradually accumulate with Nimophila's attacks until they reached a certain critical point and either erupted on their own or were artificially guided out by her.

Therefore, he had inexplicably gotten injured while fighting her before.

Now that he understood the reason, although he couldn't directly neutralize Nimophila's "hidden force," he could effectively block most of the indirectly inflicted internal injuries.

Coupled with his Sword Style reaching a higher realm, he no longer needed to reach a mutually destructive state to force out Nimophila's self-preservation mode.

"Stop, stop, stop... no more fighting."

After forcing Liens back, Nimophila made a gesture of surrender and shouted.

Liens was preparing to unleash a Sword Ki to strike Nimophila, giving her no room to breathe, and at the same time, adjusting his body, which had been shaken back, to charge again.

But he didn't expect to suddenly hear Nimophila's call to cease fighting.

Liens quickly thought about it in his mind...

He considered that if he didn't stop fighting, Nimophila might directly summon an expert to assist her.

Then, he would be instantly killed and lose the meaning of battle experience.

So, there was no difference between stopping the fight now and being forced to "stop" later. T%h$i#s c!ont$e#n-t& is ho&st@e#d at M^|^V|&L!E%^.MPY$R.#

What he needed was Nimophila to actively cooperate with him in battle, to actively fight him, so that he could get better tempering.

And not to force Nimophila... otherwise, he wouldn't have needed to explain so much to her before.

So, Liens stopped his sword-swinging motion, gripped the sword in reverse, and placed the longsword behind his arm.

This posture was roughly the same as a martial arts swordsman's stance when stopping and sheathing their sword.

"Reason?"

After Liens approached, he asked Nimophila.

Seeing that Liens had really stopped, Nimophila breathed a sigh of relief, then said with a feeling of wanting to cry but no tears:

"Not long after we started, I felt something was off... How many times have you fought me?"

"I feel like you're incredibly familiar with my fighting habits; it feels like you can even directly predict my next attack."

"I was almost completely suppressed throughout... You're practically slaughtering me, what's the point of fighting?"

"Before, you said something about enjoying the fun of battle?"

"I'm afraid only you enjoy it."

Liens directly asked Nimophila for her opinion: "Then what do you want?"

"According to the cipher, your ability is to simulate a false space of reality. I suppose this reality refers to the past, as the future is uncertain."

"You can already suppress me now. If the time difference between here and reality isn't too long..."

"Then I'm afraid it won't be long before I can no longer provide any training effect for you."

Nimophila said.

"Hmm, indeed, from the time I entered Hughes Town until now, I've probably fought you dozens of times."

"I'm already quite familiar with your fighting style."

"However, even so, your value is still very great... whether it's you under the Dean's assistance, or you in your final state."

"Neither of those can be dealt with by my current self."

"To me, you are an unmined gold mine, so I won't give up on you."

Liens said with a hint of joking.

"Heh heh... Should I thank you then?"

Nimophila said irritably.

"No need to thank me... Tell me, what do you want?"

Liens responded with a smile, then directly asked Nimophila.

Hearing this, he roughly understood that Nimophila simply wanted to negotiate some terms.

Most likely, she wanted to gain some benefits for her real self.

If it wasn't excessive, he wouldn't mind giving it to her, as a return for her previous cooperation.

But if it involved exposing his secrets, he would absolutely not do it.

"Hehehe..."

Nimophila smiled a little awkwardly, then said:

"You see, if my strength doesn't improve, wouldn't it dampen your interest?"

"So, I was wondering if you could guide me in reality?"

"With your understanding of me, you will definitely be able to bring me greater room for improvement."

"That way, a stronger me can also bring you better training effects."

"How about it? What do you think of my proposal?"

Nimophila's eyes seemed to be shining as she looked at Liens expectantly.

"Not good."

"Don't you understand yourself? The real you has always pretended to be a weak priest."

"For me to guide you... guide what? Guide in combat? Then how should I explain why I understand you so well?"

"And I will not do anything in reality that exposes my secrets."

Liens refused.

"However, if you can tell me about the secret of this town."

"I will find a way to meet your request without exposing myself."

Liens, in turn, made a request to Nimophila.

Having freeloaded for too long...

He also wanted to try if he could use this opportunity to extract information about the magic ritual from Nimophila?

However, his sudden counter-offer clearly increased Nimophila's distrust.

Or rather, she simply had no intention of revealing the town's secret.

In any case, Nimophila did not continue to discuss this topic, but directly swung her fist at Liens.

There was also some anger on her face...

He didn't know if it was anger after being rejected, or shame after being told she was pretending to be weak?