Volume 3, Chapter 69 – The Rebellious Forest

“Go ahead and do it. I know you understand how to grasp the ‘limit’.”

Looking at the communication magic stone in Saibok’s hand, which was emitting a faint blue light, Miss Yumo spoke slowly. “Additionally, the command of the Abyssal Demons in the eastern part of the forest is handed over to you.”

Hearing this, Saibok’s brow twitched as he looked somewhat apprehensively at the calm, black-haired girl. From past experience, when the girl’s inner anger was thoroughly provoked, she often appeared very calm, just as she did now, stroking Lady Karina’s forehead to soothe her daughter while speaking calmly to the Duke.

On the other side, Xiao’s tone carried an unprecedented hint of shock, as if he also hadn’t expected Yumo to grant him command over so many Abyssal Demons. At the same time, a surge of gratitude welled up in Xiao’s heart; after all, Yumo entrusting him with such a force proved her trust in him, which undoubtedly made Xiao exceptionally excited.

However, as someone with strong psychological resilience, Xiao quickly brushed aside his internal shock and excitement, replying steadily in a respectful tone, “Understood, Lady Yumo. I will certainly complete the mission and give this Chosen Son an unforgettable trial.”

“Mhm.” Yumo nodded faintly.

But in the next moment, the black-haired girl seemed to think of something, her brow arching slightly. “By the way?”

“Do you have any other instructions, Lady Yumo?”

“Xiao, is the plan you mentioned in time? Tomorrow is the Coronation Ceremony, and the Deepwinter Forest is quite a distance from here…”

Facing Miss Yumo’s question, Xiao on the other end of the communication laughed meaningfully and said in a playful tone, “Don’t worry, Lady Yumo. I have already obtained enough spatial magic stones to construct a large-scale teleportation magic, so it will be in time.”

“Large-scale teleportation magic? That requires many spatial magic stones. How did you get so many of such rare items?”

“As for that, really don’t worry, Lady Yumo. The spatial magic stones have already been ‘donated’ by someone~”

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On the other side, inside a certain cave, the one-time-use communication magic stone in Xiao’s hand suddenly shattered following the end of his call with Miss Yumo, turning into magic power particles that filled the air. The kind smile on his face vanished instantly, replaced by a cold poker face.

The atmosphere around Xiao gradually dropped to freezing point.

After glancing playfully at the giant rock gate about fifty meters high in front of him, Xiao slowly turned his head to look behind him.

There, a small, delicately carved loli was currently tightly bound by countless ash-white chains of magic power, hanging upside down inside the cave.

The girl had brilliant platinum-blonde hair that cascaded down like a waterfall. She had curved moth-like eyebrows, watery eyes that could steal one’s soul, a delicate nose, cherry-red lips like dripping fruit, and a flower-like oval face.

Undoubtedly, the little girl was quite cute, giving anyone who looked at her the urge to pull her into their arms and squeeze her.

However, most clever people wouldn’t dare to do so. Judging by the two prominent golden dragon horns on the girl’s head, the tail constantly lashing beneath her skirt, and the violent aura rippling around her, this girl was not to be trifled with.

But as the Duke of Blackrose, Xiao obviously did not belong to ‘most people’.

Glancing speechlessly at the “troublesome” Dragon Loli who had repeatedly overestimated herself and caused trouble, Xiao said politely, “Lord Dragon King, I know your kind are the most generous, so could you let me take a look inside your treasure vault?”

Hearing this, the Dragon Loli, who was already baring her teeth and using the ‘Crunch’ skill in an attempt to break free from the restraints, suddenly bristled! Her scarlet dragon-slitted pupils, filled with rage, locked onto Xiao. If looks could kill, Xiao would likely have died thousands of times over by now.

Seeing that her gaze attack was ineffective, the Dragon Loli could only resort to her verbal abuse skill.

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“You bastard human! Coming to steal our treasure again! I’ll curse your xxxxx! Your mother xxxxx! You’ll die a horrible death!! I… no… This King will absolutely not compromise! This King will definitely not give these spatial magic stones to you! You can dream on-“

However, she hadn’t been cursing for long before Xiao waved his hand, and the chains constructed of ash-white energy forcefully sealed the little loli’s mouth. Xiao then looked at the Dragon Loli with a ‘kind’ and ‘grateful’ expression.

“I knew you would agree, Lord Dragon King. Thank you for your generosity…”

As he spoke, under the Dragon Loli’s exasperated gaze, Xiao practicedly removed the key from the Dragon Loli’s tail, opened the treasury, and walked inside openly.

His movements were so practiced it made the dragon burst with rage.

In the face of this scene, watching her treasure being plundered by the same human for the nth time, the Dragon Loli had no tears left to cry. She could only struggle constantly, emitting mournful whimpers of sorrow.

‘You bastard!!’

…

Dozens of minutes later, amidst the cursing and ancestral greetings of a certain Dragon Loli, Xiao, laden with spoils, leisurely left the cave surrounded by a faint ash-white light.

He departed from the Dragon’s Gorge, the most ‘dangerous’ area on the Ancheka Continent second only to the Deepwinter Forest.

Looking at the five spatial rings filled with rare spatial magic stones in his palm, a smile of reflection gradually appeared on Xiao’s face.

The Dragon Race was as ‘generous’ as ever.

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After reflecting for a moment, Xiao soon began to use another communication magic stone.

Since the spatial magic stones had arrived, there should be some reaction from the north, shouldn’t there?

“Can you hear me? Lady Shuoyue, it’s time to act…”

On the other side, in the eastern part of the Deepwinter Forest, north of where the original Hall of Ten Thousand Demons—or rather, the small wooden cabin—was located.

“La la la~ la la~ la~”

Accompanied by a crisp and pleasant humming, a burst of blue-gold light rippled across the blizzard-covered mountain peak.

In the next moment, amidst the rippling light, a beautiful, cute blue-haired girl who gave off an ethereal feeling appeared on the mountain.

The girl was our young Shuoyue. Judging from her humming, Shuoyue’s mood was certainly quite good.

It made sense; after hearing that Mommy had agreed to Xiao’s plan, it was impossible not to be happy.

And unlike before, this wouldn’t be some small-scale skirmish.

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When Shuoyue’s small feet touched the ground, the blue-haired girl looked toward the vast mountains and plains ahead, covered in snow and devoid of life.

Then, young Shuoyue suddenly recalled some childhood memories.

She remembered not long after she had become an Abyssal Demon, her second brother had brought her here to play. Hmm, although it was said to be for play, in reality… her second brother had just come here to pick a fight with some demons, saying he wanted to beat up those from the Holy Tower.

Later, although her rogue-natured second brother successfully beat the pulp out of that Tower Master and the two Venerables, Mommy eventually found out about it.

Then, unsurprisingly, her second brother’s backside was beaten to a pulp.

However, what Shuoyue was recalling at this moment was not the result of that event, but the ‘flashy’ movements her second brother made when he gathered the demons for the fight! These Abyssal Demons sleeping beneath the glaciers were originally her second brother’s subordinates. To wake them up, she would just use her second brother’s movements.

It was definitely not that she simply wanted to try them out.

Besides, unlike back then, she wasn’t acting on her own initiative now. She held the ‘military order’ given by Mommy in her hands!

After recalling second brother Pierre’s movements, Shuoyue put one hand on her hip, leaned her waist back at a forty-five-degree angle, and faced the sky, only using the corner of her eye to glance forward, striking an extremely arrogant and punchable pose. Then, Shuoyue lowered her voice and shouted in an even more arrogant tone, “Boys! Get up, we’re going to cause some troubleeeeeee!!!”

Shuoyue’s voice, laced with blue-gold Shadow Essence, instantly whistled toward the world of glaciers ahead.

As the echoes faded, the earth suddenly trembled. Accompanied by a loud roar, the glaciers shattered, and terrifying Shadow Essence erupted violently from within the ice and the earth! In an instant, the terrifying aura of power swept across the surrounding world of ice and snow like a bursting flood.

In the next moment, under Shuoyue’s expectant gaze, countless terrifying behemoths began to awaken from their slumber…