"You know, it is said that the moment before death, the sorcerer's soul will enter a state called 'Blissful Dream'."

Lying on the ground, Ash opened one eye and saw An Nan squatting beside him. The long legs in purple stockings pressed the soft white rabbit outwards, and the short skirt did not play the role of blocking the external enemy, but instead aroused the desire to conquer and explore.

An Nan said slowly: "The time in the 'Elysian Dreamland' is infinite. The sorcerer will have all his memories erased and experience his life all over again."

"But it's different from reality. In the 'Blissful Dreamland', everything will develop as the magician expects. The people you like will like you, and you can get everything you want. The people you hate will die immediately... The magician can dominate the fate of everyone in the dreamland. He can do whatever he wants and enjoy endless bliss."

"Is there such a good thing?" Ash couldn't help but laugh, but he trembled in pain: "I've been on the verge of death several times, how come I haven't experienced it even once?"

"How do you know this is not your 'paradise dream'?"

An Nan blinked like Ash and smiled, "The 'Elysian Dream' will only appear a moment before death. When the dream ends, it means the sorcerer will definitely die. Ash, do you know where the sorcerer's soul will go after death?"

"Hell?" Ash asked tentatively, "But I heard that the Lord's Kingdom of Heaven also seems to accept soul immigrants..."

"Yes, it is hell and heaven." An Nan said, "and what determines whether you go to hell or heaven is your behavior in the 'Elysian Dreamland'."

"If you are still pious in your dreams and live your life according to the will of God, you can ascend to heaven; but if you act recklessly and indulge in pleasure in your dreams, you will fall into hell."

"Ash, if it were you, would you prefer a moment of pleasure or eternal happiness?"

"Can I not die?"

"Do you know why I'm telling you this story, Ash?" An Nan propped up his chin with both hands and looked at Ash, who was lying on the ground. "Although I can't find out about your past, from what Mr. Borgin and Mr. Harvey said, I can roughly guess that you were cellmates with them, and that you escaped from prison not long ago and finally came to Gospel through the virtual world passage."

"Because of this, I have long been prepared for your moral bottom line. Because of this, Mr. Harvey and Mr. Borgin can be said to have given me a surprise. If we use the requirements of the firm's personnel, their moral level has exceeded the industry average."

That must be because your line of work is too tasteless...

"If the two of them were a surprise, then what you gave me was a shock, Ash."

An Nan glanced at the bruises on Yaxiu's face and said, "I really didn't expect that you would use fake fighting to complete the task."

"What a fake fight, I really can't beat him!" Ash spoke with a little more force, pulling the bruises on his face, grimacing in pain: "That was an orc! Not to mention that he was heavier than me, he seemed to have learned martial arts. Fortunately, my fist and claw faction has reached a certain level, otherwise I really couldn't beat him away. I have fulfilled my mission, I have completed the task you assigned, and won cleanly."

"You call this your victory?" An Nan was somewhat speechless: "The victory or defeat is probably 30-70 at best."

"Why is it only 70%?"

"70% is the other side, 30% is you!"

Annan helped Ash up, and Ash naturally put his hand on her shoulder and leaned his weight towards her. Purple Moth said unhappily, "I have to take a photo later. This scene will definitely prove that I am sincerely cooperating with you. Even Mr. Borgin can't accuse me of treating you as slaves - how can a slave owner help a slave!"

Ash laughed and said, "You are underestimating Igula. He only talks about reason when it is beneficial to him. If it is harmful to him, he will use various miracles such as 'double standards', 'logical fallacies', 'changing the subject' to find ways to accuse you. For a trickster, is reason such an inconvenient thing?"

"That's understandable." An Nan snorted, "People cannot betray their own interests. The truth is just a beneficial consensus recognized by the majority. If the consensus is harmful to oneself, there is no need to admit it."

"It is precisely because selfishness is human nature that I cannot understand you - why didn't you use the power of a sorcerer to defeat the orcs just now?"

"I used it." Ash said, "I strengthened my skin's defense, but I didn't expect the orcs' basic attack power to be so high..."

"Where's your swordsmanship miracle? Where's your defense miracle?" An Nan said, "Even without a miracle, you can just take out the sword hidden on your body and use the most ordinary swordsmanship to scare the opponent to his knees."

"As a production magician, he can better understand the horror of combat magicians than ordinary people."

"How did you know that my sword is hidden on my body?" Ash was a little surprised. He had never exposed his treacherous nature in the Gospel Kingdom.

"As a swordsman, you never carry a sword, which is enough to explain the problem." An Nan glanced at him, and her amethyst earrings shone brightly. "Any weapon master will carry a weapon with them. For example, the Red Hats, who all train in gunmanship, will even carry guns with them when they take a bath."

"Then when they poop..."

"Why?" An Nan interrupted his boring topic and said, "Why don't you reveal your true strength, but fight with the other party like an ordinary person?"

"Didn't I complete the mission?"

"Do you have to ask me to order you to answer the questions seriously?"

"I almost forgot that you can do whatever you want to me now." Ash muttered, "Well, I just don't want to bully others. After all, it's weird to deliberately cause trouble for him, and to suppress him with the power of a magician, isn't this just a bad guy?"

"When I was working before, my crappy bosses would assign me some really stupid and offensive tasks. But in order to make a living, I had no choice but to complete them."

"Because I know that even if I don't do it, someone else will. And if I do it, I can at least minimize the damage."

The cult leader paused and said, "It didn't decrease much. After all, I just used my shadowless kick to kick the orc into the air—"

"Okay, okay." An Nan said, "So you are blaming the rubbish boss who assigned the task - me?"

"The rubbish boss is just a metaphor." Ash shrugged. "In life, you will always have conflicts with others. There will always be something that forces you to hurt others, such as life, desires, positions, family... Of course, it also includes you, young lady."

"I can't resist you now, and besides me, you have other executors." Ash said calmly: "In this case, I will complete the task in my own way."

"The orc will at most think about how to better beat me with his punches when he goes to sleep tonight, and he will forget about the fight tomorrow morning. If I use my magician's power to bully him for no reason, he will probably never forget the humiliation I caused him until he dies."

At this time they had already left the school. An Nan pressed the car key and let the hovercraft come over by itself.

"He's not even your race, he doesn't look like you, and you have no friendship with him. Why are you trying to help him in the most troublesome way?"

"He hasn't offended me before, why would I hurt him in the cruelest way?"

The two waited in silence until the hovercraft arrived. An Nan took the initiative to get into the back seat and motioned for Yaxiu to sit next to him.

"Ash, do you still remember the story of 'Elysian Dreamland'?" An Nan said, "I have always felt that Elysian Dreamland is very unfair, because most of the people I know cannot pass the dreamland assessment to enter heaven, but they are not bad enough to fall into hell... I am the same."

"The Paradise Dream intentionally created an environment where evil can be vented, arousing the desires in people's hearts, and thus proving that they should fall into hell... This is nothing but arrogance, just like the magician uses power to oppress mortals, and the God uses dreams to tease all living beings."

"But you are different, Ash." Annan said, "You are not in the middle state. I have a strong feeling that in your blissful dream, it is either a paradise where everyone is happy, or an unimaginable hell. You will stand above the sky, or become the enemy of God."

"I am very grateful for your appreciation, Miss, but I am just a 0-star genius who has not made it onto any list." Ash said calmly, not wanting to take any chances with Annan's promises: "I don't want to go to either heaven or hell."

"Hmph." An Nan made a soft nasal sound and patted his thigh: "Lie down."

"ah?"

An Nan summoned the water therapy spirit: "Don't you need treatment? You can go back and let Panji treat you."

"Don't think you can harass me just because you're my superior..." Ash said as he slept on his lap.

The faint scent of violet, the elastic thighs, the smooth texture of the stockings... well, it's okay.

Before he knew it, Ash had gained a lot of experience with knee pillows.

Sword Lady's knee pillow, Freya's knee pillow, and now Miss's knee pillow, it can be said that they are evenly matched. Sword Lady will sing when she is on her knee pillow, and Freya will help him clean his ears when she is on her knee pillow. Although Miss doesn't have any extra skills, she is now Ash's boss, and this alone makes people have to give her a thumbs up.

Just as Ash was making comments in his mind, An Nan asked while treating his bruises, "So are we going home now? Or do you want to buy something?"

"Huh?" Ash was startled: "The mission is over?"

"It's over." An Nan smiled and said, "Do you think I would assign you something difficult? You just want to top up the game. I can't let you kill someone... at least I won't let you do it yourself."

"Then why did you ask me to drive away that orc?"

"Are you curious?"

Ash sat up suddenly and looked sideways at An Nan: "If Harvey and Igula are curious, then so am I."

"After all, this is why you brought me out here tonight, right?"

An Nan pulled him back and laid him down, continuing to leisurely treat his injuries, but did not answer his question.

Although he didn't know what the eldest lady's attitude was, Ash opened his eyes wide and watched with pleasure.

These amethyst earrings are so big and shiny!