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Tatiana looked at Nash smugly. "Are you about to ask how I can also control fire?"

Nash replied nonchalantly, "You're a dual-element Esper."

Tatiana shook her head. "Make that three. I can also control mud."

Nash was speechless again. This was truly a monstrous talent! In a novel about urban superpowers, she would definitely be the protagonist.

As the charcoal burned, the temperature inside the hut slowly increased. Tatiana took out some meat to roast on the grill and pulled out more than a dozen spices from her backpack.Còntens bel0ngs to Nô(v)elDr/a/ma.Org

Having relied on just water to stave off hunger during the day and having expended a lot of energy, both of them were famished. The pork belly sizzled on the grill, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It was dripping with grease. Nash practically drooled.

Half an hour later, the two sat on their stools and enjoyed the barbecue heartily. They chased it down with beer. On the grill beside them, there were sides of cabbage, eggplant, oysters, and lobsters being cooked.

After nearly two hours of eating, both were stuffed to the brim. "You should've taken these out earlier, then the day wouldn't have been so hard!" Nash said, his words muffled by the oysters he was eating. Tatiana rolled her eyes. "With the gravity during the day, they would've been instantly crushed into pieces!"

Nash took a couple of sips of beer to cover his embarrassment and changed the subject. "How long will this night last?"

"About three days," she replied.

"Three days!" Nash felt a sinking feeling inside.

Three days... Surely, Hera and the others would be worried sick?

Seemingly guessing what Nash was thinking, Tatiana attempted to ease his concerns. "You don't have to worry about time passing outside. One day on Maligant Mountain is just an hour outside." Hearing this, Nash breathed a sigh of relief. By that calculation, only about two hours had passed outside. Perhaps Hera and the others had not even reached Jonford yet.

"Worried about your wife?" Tatiana asked tentatively.

"Uh-huh." Nash noncommittally nodded.

A hint of disappointment tinged Tatiana's voice as she prodded further, "Your wife must be very beautiful, right?"

Nash, tactful as ever, responded, "She's as beautiful as you are!"

Tatiana smiled brightly. "For such a handsome man like you, there must be more than one woman by your side."

"I have two women," Nash stated bluntly.

Tatiana had been giving him odd looks all day, thinking that he said that he had a wife to maintain some distance between them.

Tatiana grabbed a bottle of beer and guzzled down most of the contents in one go.

"Your face is getting red. Don't drink too much if you can't handle it," Nash chided.

"Malignant Mountain is very dangerous. We might not make it out alive, so we might as well eat and drinkas much as we can!"

Tatiana then pulled out two mine!

bottles of beer from her backpack. She tossed one to Nash and cracked hers open before chugging it.

If Nash could use his cultivation, he would not need to fear Malignant Mountain. Without his powers, the only thing he could rely on was his Third Eye. At this moment, Nash suddenly had the desire to retreat.

Nash fell silent.

He had a wife and an unborn child waiting for him at home. How devastated would they be if something happened to him?

Nash twisted open the cap of his

beer bottle and took several big

gulps. Going back now would only weaken his resolve. He had come to the mountain to search for heavenly materials and earthly treasures to become stronger.

How could he consider retreating when he had not even exacted his great revenge? Without great power, how could he protect his wife, child, and family?

He was the commander of the

Celestial Dragon Squadron and the chief of the Young family. He was Drakonia's Golden Amulet Master He had a father, a grandfather, a wife, a child, and many friends. As a man, he should not retreat

With these thoughts churning in his head, Nash took a few more fierce swigs of beer and finished the whole bottle in one go.

At that moment, the tipsy Tatiana suddenly took off her sun hat, revealing her exquisitely beautiful face to Nash.