217 Chapter 216

"Hammath, Ava… return to the village… now." Gurr ordered.

"Grandfather, this isn't what you are thinking," Hammath said. "We followed Leon. He didn't make us enter the dungeon. He ordered us to stay behind."

"I didn't come here because of that." Gurr declared. "I came here because it looks like he doesn't care about the problems he may cause and keep on using mana indiscriminately."

"I see…" Leon closed his eyes and massaged his eyebrows. "We can't help each other, but it looks like you don't have any intention of overlooking my actions either. You don't look that old, but I guess your brain aged… it doesn't make any difference if I use mana or not. Many in the city above have even more mana than me, and they keep using… why don't you try to stop them?"

"I can't stop them; they are too numerous…" Gurr said. "But I can stop you and delay the evolution process of this world. If I delay it, even for a single minute, I'm fine with it."