stress response

Lord Glenn rushed forward and snatched Elena's hand back.

Elena's screams continued.

Lord Glenn hasn't dealt with a child's stress reaction for a long time. Anyone who can come before him must be a mature, excellent and rational person.

His ears were filled with Elena's screams. Lord Glenn was overwhelmed and took things out of his space ring, taking out fruits, dry food, and water bags.

Lord Glenn stuffed the water bag into Elena's hand: "Calm down and drink some water."

Elena had been shouting for too long, and just as she ran out of breath, she stopped shouting and burped.

Elena took the water bag in a daze, and vaguely thought that she should apologize: "I'm sorry, I don't know what happened to me, I performed so poorly."

Glenn smiled faintly, shook his head, and said, "It's okay, drink some water."

Elena nodded obediently, opened the water bag and took a sip.

After taking a sip after sip, Elena gradually calmed down.

She knew that she was mentally unbalanced just now. The fear from reality was much more real and profound than she thought. She felt that she could do it. Although she had experienced a series of dangerous and strange things before, she had calmed down and she could do it.

However, reality told her that it was not possible yet, and her instinctive reaction told her that it was not possible yet. Her mentality was in a very fragile state, and the slightest stimulation could make her panic and scream.

Elena took a deep breath, tried to calm herself down and counsel herself psychologically, constantly telling herself not to be afraid, that it was okay, that she was safe now, and that Lord Glenn was by her side.

But it’s not possible, it really isn’t possible. No matter how much she encourages herself, Elena’s heart cannot calm down.

She desperately wanted to leave here and change the environment, an environment where she could feel safe and relaxed.

"Can I, can I go out for some fresh air?" Elena looked helplessly at Lord Glenn. Her beautiful big green eyes, which were originally bright and lively, now showed obvious fragility and fear.

Lord Glenn nodded, took her by the hand, and led her out.

Back on the ground again, the sunlight fell on her body, bringing a touch of warmth. Elena let out a long breath and squatted down.

She hugged her shoulders and leaned her little head on her arms, like an autistic mushroom.

"Are you okay?" Lord Glenn's voice came from above his head.

Elena's current mentality was to escape and hide. She didn't move or look up, but just answered in a muffled voice.

"I'm fine, just want to rest."

Lord Glenn said nothing more and stood quietly aside.

Elena squatted for a long time before finally standing up.

"I'm well rested," Elena said.

Lord Glenn observed her expression and shook his head, "No, you didn't. Well, don't force yourself to go down today. I'll go."

"You want to go down again?" Elena didn't expect that Lord Glenn wanted to go down again.

Lord Glenn: "Well, I must go."

"Why?" Elena wanted to hold him back, "Does it have to be now? Can't we do it tomorrow? Let's invite more people to come tomorrow."

"No, because there are people waiting for me to rescue them," said Lord Glenn.

"Them?" Elena was confused. "Did they hear a distress signal from down there? Could someone have fallen in the collapse three months ago?"

It's been three months, and you're still alive?

Lord Glenn shook his head slightly. "No, a few days ago, several knight academies held a regular competition at Snow Ridge. Two days ago, some students discovered a sinkhole here, and they ventured down into it, but they never came back out."

"They went down?" Elena looked at the cemetery not far away. "Where did they go down from? Is there a second hole?"

Elena shuddered as she remembered the trap she had fallen into.

"Yes, there's a second cave. This cave exudes an ominous aura that can bewitch people. The students who went there two days ago were likely bewitched and took risks. So, for safety reasons, the academy has set up a hidden magic circle to prevent anyone from getting too close and being bewitched again." Lord Glenn pointed in a direction. "That's right there, where the big rock is."

Elena: ...What bad luck she has today.

The big rock that Lord Glenn pointed out was the rock that Elena had set her eyes on before and wanted to use as a seat. She wanted to sit on it but ended up falling off.

Seeing that Elena looked unhappy, Lord Glenn asked, "What's wrong? Did you remember any details from your dream?"

Elena opened her mouth and wanted to tell her previous experience, but when the words came to her lips, she swallowed them back.

If she told him that she had fallen, how would she explain how she had escaped safely?

As a mid-level mage, does she have the ability to escape?

Obviously not.

Is she going to reveal her cards to Lord Glenn?

It is said that she actually absorbed a complex symbol that includes space and destiny, but where did this symbol come from?

One sentence will lead to more questions, which is too troublesome.

Elena's hesitation and embarrassment were fully revealed to Lord Glenn. Lord Glenn did not urge her and continued to wait quietly.

Finally Elena spoke: "I just think it's dangerous there, very dangerous."

She still chose to be reserved.

Lord Glenn nodded. "A golden knight went down to rescue people earlier. He said that after going a certain distance from that cave entrance, space teleportation would inexplicably activate, and they would be randomly sent to a dangerous place."

"You know it's dangerous, but you still want to go down?" Elena blurted out.

Lord Glenn's eyes were calm and firm: "Only I can save them."

Elena wanted to persuade him again, but she couldn't. If Lord Glenn gave up saving people, he would not be a knight of justice, and it would go against his life principles.

She was silent.

"Why don't you rest here, or should I take you back now?" Lord Glenn suggested.

Elena shook her head slowly: "No, I want to go down and try again with you."

It was an impulsive decision, Elena knew, but she said it anyway.

Lord Glenn refused: "You are in very bad condition now. You need to rest."

"No, I can." Elena raised her head, her eyes shining brightly again, "Please let me try again."

In the underground passage, Elena and Lord Glenn once again stood in front of the strange boulder.

Elena held out her hand.

Lord Glenn held her back and said, "Wait a minute, let me do it first."

Elena nodded and took a step back.

Lord Glenn wrapped his left hand in sword energy and stretched it toward the boulder.

The boulder remains motionless.

This is very strange. Lord Glenn is a demigod, and his sword energy is a sharp weapon that can split mountains, but now it can't cause any damage to the boulders.

Lord Glenn's expression grew more serious.

The boulder should be guarding an extremely important key point. As long as this key point is broken, the danger of the other cave entrance may be eliminated.

Elena said softly: "Let me try it."

Lord Glenn retracted his sword energy.

"Turn on the protective shield and protect yourself carefully," said Lord Glenn.

Elena nodded and activated the protective shield.

Elena stretched out her hand towards the boulder.

The palms blended smoothly into the boulder.

Elena stopped.

"How do you feel now?" asked Lord Glenn.

Elena thought about it and felt that it felt like jelly, but she hadn't made jelly yet, so she had no object to compare it to and couldn't describe it. So what should she say it felt like?

"It feels like a semi-solidified liquid." That's all Elena could say.

Lord Glenn looked at her, seemingly not quite understanding.

Elena blinked and said, "It's like thick yogurt, but it's more elastic than yogurt."

Lord Glenn had eaten yogurt before, so he probably understood a little bit.

"Did your spirit give any warning?" asked Lord Glenn.

Elena shook her head.

Lord Glenn thought about it for a moment and said, "To be safe, I'll take you out for a divination."

"Okay." Elena immediately retracted her hand.

Lord Glenn took Elena out of the underground passage, tore open the teleportation scroll, and brought Elena to his manor.

Leonard, who was pacing around the manor restlessly, suddenly sensed Elena's presence.

???

How did she get here?

Was it Lord Glenn who brought her here?

Leonard wanted to go over and take a look at the first thing, but then he remembered what happened before and felt a little uncomfortable, so he couldn't make a decision for a while.

After pacing around in a restless circle for a long time, with two thoughts fighting each other, Leonard finally decided to go over and take a look.

Forget it, she is still young, just give in to her for now.

He is a mature man and should be more generous.

Leonard walked over and saw the poor, weak and helpless little girl who was "dressed in disarray".

Leonard: !!!

Leonard immediately walked over quickly and held Elena's shoulders with his hand.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Leonard asked anxiously.

Elena looked up at him, thinking of the series of events that had happened before, and for a moment she didn't know what to say.

Leonard became even more anxious when he saw the little girl was silent and had a pitiful expression on her face, with her beautiful big eyes filled with grievance and embarrassment.

"What happened? Don't worry, just tell me, I will definitely help you."

Elena was still organizing her words, thinking about how to say it appropriately.

Lord Glenn has already spoken: "This matter is caused by me, so I'll tell you about it."

Leonard turned his head sharply.

In the beautiful garden, there is a table and three chairs. Three people sit opposite each other. There is tea and snacks on the table, which looks like a leisurely afternoon tea.

But of the three people sitting opposite each other, except for Lord Glenn, the expressions of the other two were not very good.

Elena's face was pale, and she held the hot tea in her hands, relying on the tea to draw warmth.

Leonard listened to Master Glenn with a stern face.

Lord Glenn was calm and as objective as possible. He described the appearance of a sinkhole in the snow ridge, the knight trainees' adventures deep into the mountains, their disappearances one after another, the Golden Knights' unsuccessful rescue efforts, and the underground situation. He performed divination before setting off, and met Elena according to the divination prompts. He asked Elena for help. Elena thought of her past dreams and found a safe passage. There was a huge rock blocking the end of the passage. Elena's palm was immersed in the rock, and she was terrified. She recounted the whole process in concise language.

Leonard: "...So what's with her skirt?" The question he was most concerned about had never been mentioned.

Elena answered quickly, "The path in the forest was too difficult to walk on, and the path in the passage was too difficult to walk on. My skirt was too wide and too big, and it dragged on the ground and got ripped, so I just cut it off."

She didn't say it was Lord Glenn who cut her, so she let Leonard think she cut her.

Leonard breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm glad nothing happened." He really thought someone was bullying her.

"I'm fine, I was just scared." Elena emphasized again.

Leonard reached out and touched the back of her hand; it was cold.

"You need to rest." Leonard was still a little worried.

Lord Glenn summoned the butler: "Prepare a guest room for Miss Elena."

The housekeeper quickly arranged the room, and Leonard sent Elena to rest.

When they arrived at the room, Elena gently pulled Leonard, and Leonard understood and stayed.

"I'll stay and talk to Elena, thank you." Leonard said to the butler.

The butler bowed and left the room.

Elena and Leonard were the only two people in the room.

"Come on, is there anything else you want to tell me?" Leonard asked.

Elena took out paper and pen from the space ring.

Leonard raised his eyebrows. What could be so secretive that it needed to be expressed in words?