Lucan grinned "Hehe! No you tell me first?". He was completely calm despite the strangle.
The slime's strangle intensified, he asked "Aren't you afraid that you would die? Like this, before you reach your so called goal?".
Lucan smiled at him, the slime asked with a frown "You?...do you still have any...trump cards left?".
"I honestly have no way to escape, with just one thought, you could actually strangle me to death,
This human body is fragile".
The slime lifted his hands as he sliced one of Lucan's hands and legs, it snapped off like a piece of paper.
As he had said, it was fragile, Lucan gritted his teeth and suppressed his pain forcibly.
But his grin was still maintained faintly, even during the pain.
The slime could not believe that such a person could exist, who literally grins even when death is a step away.
He gulped down salive as he asked "How are you still confident? Hahaha! You are going to die now anyway".
Lucan smirked as he said "Kill me! Go and try it". His grasp tightened further, as he asked "How can you be like this? Ugh! Answer".
Lucan replied "I am 100% confident, that I won't die now, because you can but won't kill me".
He pointed his index finger towards the slime, but one of his hands and legs were already amputated.
The blood was dripping out continuously, "Why is that so?" asked the slime with an intense irritation.
Lucan replied "Kill me, and who else is going to revive your ocean? Hehe!".
He was speechless, Lucan's words made sense, he immediately left him, Lucan instantly froze time with no delay.
He even stopped his body from moving below his head except for yhe intact arm.
He said "Very wise decision of you, sun and ocean, huh! I will give you one advice, let them go, they are just mere illusions, they aren't worth it,
Focus on developing yourself while listening to your inner heart, stop getting blinded by love".
He was clenching his teeth "You! What is love? A beautiful emotion, and you were the one who taught it!".
Lucan nodded in agreement "Of course, you are right, I taught you them, but I taught you all the emotions, not just love.
Moreover, did I ask you to go and love?".
The slime asked "What is love for you? Your ocean? Your sea?".
Lucan looked at the sky, twinkling with stars filling the dark void.
illuminating the darkness with brighness.
His eyes shown with a glow, his smile was gentle and warm.
He pointed above the sky and pointed himself,
as he spoke "For me, love is to purse the end of space and go beyond it, and also to listen and act according to my own selfl.
It is what true love is!".
His gaze although looked normal, but beyond them were countless ambitions and thoughts.
Which continuously flickered.
They were saying "Lucan! Oh Lucan!
Go and find the end of space.
Then walk beyond it.
And learn the truth beyond it".
The slime muttered "Such ambitions, even I can't help but admire this".
Lucan healed himself and regenerated his lost limbs, the sensation of pain struck him, it tore him apart, but he still endured it.
The slime asked "Then what about our loves? The love on earth? Which you have taught us earlier, the one I feel!".
Lucan said "Love is a form entertainment for me, A story you guys consumeto escape boredom"
The slime felt awkward, like he had betrayed himself, he was surrounded by darkness, with no light.
He was sitting down, there were two thoughts colliding with each other.
One said "Lucan is right, beleive him! After all he was the one who taught us emotions, how can he be wrong hahaha!".
He said "You are right, they are just a form of entertainment or time pass".
The other one spoke "No! They aren't, he is not right. love is a feeling, which you must never treat as entertainment or time pass.
It is divine and pure, your heart will ache for a person to look after you.
Without her, you are incomplete.
Without you, she is incomplete.
You believe in those cold words? Answer me?".
He shook his head "Actually, you are right".
But the thoughts were continuously bargaining, these two thoughts tore his mind, making him feel headache
He fell down, with no more hope left, both the thoughts disappeared.
In the darkness, a blue colored light shone in front of his face, it was her, his ocean.
He asked "Which type of love are you? An entertainment to watch or not?".
She tied her hands at the back as she walked ahead.
After a few steps, she stopped and spoke "That is one question, which you have to ask yourself, I won't answer.
That Lucan, he said one right thing 'Ask your inner heart!', do it, and take your decision".
Saying these she vanished away that instant.
He went into deep thought, but he was sinking down deepened endlessly.
The darkness was getting more deeper and deeper.
He finally decided an answer, his eyes widened and lips curled up.
He lifted his hands above, a hand appeared instantly.
It was her hand, she had a smile "Hehe! So this was your decision".
He was lifted up from the darkness, his world turned bright.
He asked "Yep! The sun needs the ocean to escapedarkness!".
He was awake again, but was frozen in time, Lucan was standing in front of him.
He laughed crazily, Lucan asked "Have you gone insane? Well, it doesn't matter to me, tell me about this place now!".
He was still laughing, Lucan decided to forcibly take the details from him.
He walked closer, but the paused time suddenly was resumed.
Lucan felt backlash and spat out blood. He was panting heavily, his eyes turned wide.
A pink color light started to condense in front of him, it was getting brighter and brighter, his crystal of betrayal dimmed.
It flew off his grasp and hit the pink light.
Lucan was stumbled upon, he asked "You are refining a crystal? It is greater than my betrayal.
Greater than Great lord's pride.
Greater than vice lord's thousand years of calmness.
What is it?".
Lucan was blasted away from the light, getting suppressed.
Lucan coughed out blood again, he wiped it off breathing heavily, gazing silently.
The crystal turned bigger and bigger, it was the largest one ever, which he had seen personally.
The slime held on to it as he laughed at Lucan.
He said "Guess what crystal am I refining? It is called as a mere entertainment to watch in your foolish terms".
Lucan frowned as he replied "The love crystal? Or the crystal of love?".
The slime nodded his head as he teleported beside him, he punched Lucan with full might using cosmic energy.
Lucan reacted in time, and defended himself.
But the pink light suddenly shone over his face.
He flew away getting backlashed again, the ground formed a cratar, Lucan said "You think you can kill me? Who will reviv-''.
Before he finished, multiple consecutive punches landed straight on his face.
The earlier dug underground, which was deep, Lucan fell down to its bottom.
The slime was flying in the air "Lucan! Just do one thing, I and the others will all be your crewmate.
We will do anything, just accept the true meaning of love.
I won't persuade you to love! just listen to it, you will automatically feel like doing it".
Lucan was severely injured, his bones were broken and seven orifices were bleeding heavily.
Even some of his teeth were broken.
But he still grinned as he said "Love? Hahaha! Nice joke".
The slime sighed "Huh! Let me tell you, with the crystal's help, I myself can revive her and even my friends! So I won't hesitate to kill you, if you refuse anymore".
Lucan said "Then kill me instead of yapping!".
The slime waved his hands to kill him, he asked "Any last words?".
Lucan smirked "Pride or Love?", "Pride! A selfish armor worth even less than shit!".