Malevolent – Chapter 42 – The Reliable Octopus Girl Is Truly Reliable

A few minutes ago,

In the Bellflower Sanctum at the center of the Forsaken Metropolis Visas,

Inside the familiar cave, a certain pink octopus was huddled apprehensively in the corner, trembling continuously, and maintaining a vigilant gaze, staring intently at the two little girls who were still looking at her curiously from a distance.

At this moment,

In Ling Xi’s heart, a trace of emotion called ‘fear’ emerged unprecedentedly.

Evidently,

She had just been unceasingly tormented by these two girls who treated her as a toy, to the point where she was almost traumatized.

Damn it,

Children are really too frightening, wuwuwu…

Fortunately, perhaps fearing that her sisters might provoke the pink octopus and suffer retaliation, little Ailiya took the initiative to pull her two sisters back and hold them in her arms.

Seeing the two ‘demons’ restrained by Ailiya’s small hands, Ling Xi finally took a rare deep breath of relief.

At this moment, for some unknown reason,

Ling Xi felt that this little girl Ailiya didn’t seem so hateful after all.

Then,

To comfort her wounded heart, the pink octopus quickly ate a dozen or so apples to calm herself down. Of course, although Ailiya appeared to be soothing her sisters, in reality, the little girl’s attention remained focused on Ling Xi.

Watching her repeatedly pull out apples from some inexplicable places, Ailiya thoughtfully bit her lip.

And after a long silence,

Ailiya asked curiously:

“Um, where do you conjure so many apples from? It’s so amazing!”

Ailiya blinked her watery big eyes, her cherry-colored pupils filled with childlike curiosity and innocence,

“You’re so small, yet you keep taking out apples! Is it magic?!”

——”Of course not, I would never stoop to using such a low-level thing as magic.”——

“Then how do you do it? It seems so incredible!”

Ailiya continued to inquire.

Under normal circumstances, Ling Xi would be reluctant to reveal her abilities to humans, especially since Serveiling had instructed them before.

However,

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Hearing the little one’s praise, feeling the curiosity in her eyes and the excitement in her words, Ling Xi’s crimson eyes narrowed slightly.

She had a different idea in mind.

Well, anyway, she’s just a little kid, and so weak, it doesn’t matter to show her a little. Besides, she’s helped me control those two little demons, so the great me should give something in return, right?

Therefore,

The pink octopus smugly put her tentacles on her waist, proudly raising her head,

——”Of course, the power bestowed upon me by the Terran Malevolence is related to space!”——

“Space?!!!”

Ailiya covered her little mouth with her hand in ‘shock’, looking at the pink octopus in disbelief.

“Space attribute? That’s one of the twelve attributes, second only to the holy attribute… My goodness.”

——”That’s right~”——

Ling Xi nodded repeatedly with satisfaction.

Honestly, at this moment, the pink octopus felt a sense of fulfillment in her heart. It’s worth noting that her ability had never been acknowledged by those damn cats, always being ridiculed as the ‘transport squad leader’…

Now, feeling the admiration in the little girl’s eyes, Ling Xi felt quite delighted.

“Space ability, do you really possess such a rare ability?”

Hmm?

Seeing that the other still had some doubts, the pink octopus frowned and immediately waved her hand, seemingly wanting to prove her ability.

In the next moment,

With the dancing of the pink octopus’s tentacles, along with the rippling of dark pink curse power, a huge spatial rift appeared behind Ling Xi. Behind this rift was a vast warehouse filled with apples.

Right in front of Ailiya, Ling Xi extended her tentacle, directly grabbed an apple, and began munching on it with a ‘chomp chomp’.

While eating, she didn’t forget to hold up a sign in a show-off manner.

——”See, this is my ability~”——

“Wow!! It really is space ability! That’s so amazing!”

Seeing this, Ailiya praised in shock and excitement.

Not just Ailiya, but Miya and Weiya, the two little girls, also stopped their fussing and watched everything that had just happened like curious babies.

“Ying ying~”

Taking in the reactions of the three little ones, Ling Xi nodded satisfactorily. Being able to look cool in front of humans was quite fulfilling.

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However,

After marveling for more than a minute, Ailiya somewhat hesitantly raised her hand.

“Um, may I ask you for a favor?”

——”What?”——

“Could you help open a spatial rift at the border of the Veiled Domain, at the location where our convoy was attacked earlier?”

Ailiya said softly.

However,

As soon as she said it, Ailiya hurriedly shook her head,

“No, never mind… that place is too far… even the strongest space-system Celestial Augur Knight can’t construct a spatial corridor at such a distant place…”

As soon as these words fell,

The pink octopus frowned in displeasure and hurriedly raised a sign to emphasize:

“Don’t compare those garbage humans with me, okay? Just because they can’t do it doesn’t mean I can’t?”

Saying this,

The pink octopus suddenly raised her hand, mobilizing her curse power again, seemingly wanting to prove it to Ailiya.

However,

The moment she raised her tentacle, Ling Xi frowned, as if sensing something amiss, and her movement subsequently stopped.

——”Open a spatial rift? What do you want to do?”——

“I want to find a doll.”

Ailiya said softly.

——”A doll?”——

“Yes, a doll kept in an exquisite silver box. I want to find it back; it’s very important to us.”

——”You want to use my ability to find a doll? Why should I help you find it? You tell me to open a rift to help you search, and I just do it? That would be too undignified.”——

Ling Xi firmly chose to refuse.

Hearing this,

Little Ailiya puffed her cheeks, lowering her head in disappointment.

“That doll was handmade by our mother years ago for us. Miya and Weiya love it very much and can never put it down. It’s also the only thing our mother left for us.”

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—”So what?”—

“Without that doll, Miya and Weiya will have nothing to play with… In that case, I’ll have to let my sisters go and play with you.”

Ailiya blinked her watery big eyes, speaking with an innocent and pure face.

Hmm?!

However, this adorable voice directly made the pink octopus tremble all over.

Glancing at the two little girls who were being held by Ailiya, looking at her excitedly, and Ailiya’s gradually loosening small hands, Ling Xi instinctively swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

The next moment,

A brand new wooden board was hurriedly raised by her.

——”Fine, whatever. I’m magnanimous, so I’ll let you witness my great power. And I’ll help you find your toy too! You’d better thank me.”——

Hmph~

Raising the sign, the pink octopus pouted and snorted.

Forget it,

They’re just a few little brats, what does it matter if I open a channel?

Could they possibly escape right in front of me?

“Really?!!!”

After receiving this answer from the pink octopus, little Ailiya immediately brightened up, her cherry eyes full of excitement and gratitude.

“Ying~”

After arrogantly and smugly raising an eyebrow, the pink octopus transformed her octopus tentacles into wheels and rolled towards the more spacious interior of the cave.

“Whoosh~”

Accompanied by surges of rushing airflow,

Under little Ailiya’s ‘admiring’ gaze, concentrated curse power began to condense on one of Ling Xi’s tentacles. With the waving of the tentacle and the surging pink light in the pink octopus’s eyes, the space in front of Ling Xi began to distort at a visible speed.

——”Abyss Hex – Spatial Gate.”——

Just as Ling Xi completed her signature skill, a spatial rift suddenly appeared in the cave.

Seeing this, little Ailiya’s pupils suddenly contracted.

Because,

On the other side of this spatial rift was a scorched land still lingering with the scent of blood, with blood and debris scattered everywhere, and damaged, scrapped vehicles visible everywhere. Yes, on the other side of this spatial rift was the place where little Ailiya first encountered the Terran Malevolence…

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It was also the place where her mother and teacher lost their lives.

Unlike before, as this was the location where the convoy was attacked, the area had been cordoned off by the Westivian Covenant’s forces, with various types of combat mechs on guard.

Looking at this sorrowful place, little Ailiya couldn’t help but gradually clench her fists.

At the same time,

The little one took a deep breath, hugged her two sisters, and slowly walked forward. As she walked, she asked in an anxious tone:

“Have, have you found, it yet?”

Her anxiety seemed to be mixed with a touch of nervousness.

However,

To avoid becoming the twins’ toy again, Ling Xi was concentrating on finding the doll toy that Ailiya had mentioned through the rift, and didn’t notice Ailiya’s unusual tone.

Enmm,

Toy box?

Where is the toy box?

Taking advantage of the temporary distraction of the mech troops that hadn’t noticed her rift, Ling Xi widened her eyes, searching quickly, her gaze sweeping over one scrapped car after another. Finally, near a discarded tire, the pink octopus noticed a box that somewhat matched Ailiya’s description.

Wumu?

Could this be it?

Hehe,

Found it~

The pink octopus immediately turned her head, smugly preparing to confirm with Ailiya. However, just as Ling Xi turned her head to raise the sign, Ailiya’s expression darkened, and she directly hugged her two sisters tightly and leaped into the spatial rift that Ling Xi had summoned.

Eh??

Seeing this scene, Ling Xi was stunned, her large crimson eyeballs blinking repeatedly.

It wasn’t until several seconds later that Ling Xi suddenly realized what had happened.

These three little ones,

They escaped?!!!

Damn! Dare to trick me!

“Ying ying! Ying ying!!!” (You little brats! You, you all, come back here aaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!)