Volume 2, Chapter 12 – Early Morning

East Deepwinter Forest – Yumo’s cabin.

As the winter sunlight streamed through the window, it dispelled all the darkness within the cabin, ushering in the radiance of dawn…

Inside the cabin at this moment, the adorable Miss Mengxi was affectionately hugging the large teddy bear Yumo had specially made, lying obediently on the bed. Judging by the constant upward curve of her lips, this little cutie was likely enjoying a very pleasant dream. Opposite the small bed, an exquisitely beautiful black-haired girl sat quietly on a wooden chair, her hands resting on her knees, her eyes closed.

When the sunlight brushed over her breathtakingly beautiful face, the black-haired girl showed no reaction, remaining seated in place like a statue. This beautiful black-haired girl was naturally our Miss Yumo.

Although Yumo had successfully taken human form through the Elven Race’s secret technique, she still retained many habits from her time as a building. The most deeply ingrained of these was staying completely still, like a wooden doll, silently contemplating life—though sometimes it was purely just daydreaming.

Passing the time there… Clearly, Miss Yumo had once again entered building mode.

Originally, under Mengxi’s constant coaxing, Yumo had reluctantly been pulled into bed to sleep with her. She thought it was just sleeping, but unexpectedly, the childlike Mengxi immediately wrapped herself around Yumo’s arm like an octopus, seemingly trying to increase physical contact with Yumo as much as possible.

The breathtakingly beautiful sleeping face so close, the faint scent of jasmine, and the soft, squishy sensation transmitted through her arm all made Yumo somewhat unable to restrain herself, her heart unable to calm down.

Yumo felt as if her fingertips had vaguely brushed against Mengxi’s pure white panties…

For an ordinary person, being held so intimately by such a stunning being would likely make them want to take her right then and there, wouldn’t it?

Thus, to avoid any accidents, after resting with her eyes closed for a while and confirming that Mengxi was sound asleep. Yumo had the large teddy bear take her place, letting it be held between Mengxi’s slender arms and plump, snow-white thighs, while Yumo herself sat on the chair, silently watching over the sleeping girl…

And while guarding her, Yumo’s thoughts entered the inner consciousness space she had constructed, beginning to ponder, just as she had done before. The content of her contemplation mainly concerned the recent battle at Fort Garros.

“Sigh~”

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After carefully recalling the details of the battle at Fort Garros, Yumo in the consciousness space couldn’t help but let out a long sigh. In this battle, the number of Abyssal Demons killed by the defending forces at Fort Garros was only a little over two thousand… More than half of those died from the initial fireball bombardment and the subsequent city defense barrier.

Once the Abyssal Demons entered the city and engaged in close combat with the soldiers, the situation became completely one-sided. Although the Abyssal Demons did have numerical superiority, the combat effectiveness of the defenders truly left Yumo dissatisfied. Not counting those directly blasted to death by Li Mo, these human defenders had to sacrifice about twenty men to eliminate a single Abyssal Demon…

Seems a bit weak, honestly.

Moreover, these soldiers’ combat experience and understanding of Abyssal Demons were shockingly low. For example, when encountering poisonous Abyssal Demons, many soldiers charged into the toxic mist like reckless fools; when facing water-attribute Abyssal Demons, they actually used fire-attribute magic attacks?! Some Abyssal Demons had weak points on their backs, yet they relentlessly focused fire on their chest armor…

‘Unbelievable…’

Shouldn’t these soldiers have memorized the basic intelligence on these Abyssal Demons?!

Sigh…

It seems they’ve grown too complacent after so long, huh?

Or perhaps?

The intelligence was wrong?

But that shouldn’t be possible, right…

After all, they’ve been confronting Abyssal Demons for so long…

Although the soldiers’ performance was unsatisfactory, Yumo did notice some encouraging things.

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For example, that purple thing resembling a ‘missile’ created by the Snownight Empire’s crown prince.

Truly worthy of being the Chosen Son, to come up with something like this. Impressive~

That hunk of iron, with a single shot, directly killed tens of thousands of Abyssal Demons! You know, in dozens of battles combined, Yumo hadn’t lost that many Abyssal Demons. Although this weapon wasn’t without flaws, once its characteristics were known, as long as the Abyssal Demons concentrated fire to shoot it down mid-air before it approached the horde, it could be neutralized…

But this flaw wasn’t a big issue.

Anyway, when the time came, as long as she went all out to hold back and ordered the Abyssal Demon horde not to directly destroy that ‘missile,’ it would definitely cause significant harm to the horde. Being able to injure Li Mo, even an unprepared Li Mo, proved its power was certainly not something ordinary Abyssal Demons could withstand.

‘I wonder if such an awesome thing can be mass-produced…’

Even if it can’t be mass-produced, as long as it could be fired occasionally, the power gap between humans and Abyssal Demons wouldn’t be so vast.

Besides this ‘missile’, what delighted and satisfied Yumo were the strengths of Bai Yanluo and the female lead. As for the Heavenly Apostle, no need to say much. Being able to hold her own against Li Mo in her unleashed state for so long was enough proof of her formidable power.

‘Among humanity’s top experts, there are still some reliable ones~’

Of course, what excited Yumo the most was the female lead’s strength.

Fighting one against two, nearly defeating two sixth tier opponents—without a doubt, Miss Mengxi had a promising future.

As for why this child could control Shadow Essence, after examining Mengxi’s body, Yumo still hadn’t figured it out…

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Her body seemed perfectly ordinary…

Perhaps the reason lies in her soul?

Yumo thought so, but considering how weak Mengxi’s soul currently was, Yumo didn’t dare risk testing it, fearing the powerful aura of Shadow Essence might inadvertently cause irreversible damage to her soul…

At this stage, she would continue with the original training plan. Tonight, she would give this girl the Amos Pill to accelerate her cultivation. Tomorrow, she would immerse her in the Soul Elixir liquid. By then, the childlike symptoms should also lessen as her soul power recovered…

Ah, right, besides Mengxi’s matters, there was also the little girl rescued earlier and the Divine Punishment Holy Church’s pill…

Just as Yumo was pondering and making plans in the consciousness space, the adorable silver-haired girl on the bed slightly furrowed her brows before opening her sleepy, pale purple eyes.

“Sis, Big Sister Yumo?”

After letting out a cute, delicate call, Mengxi rubbed her little eyes and curiously looked at the large teddy bear in her arms.

Upon seeing clearly that what she was holding wasn’t Yumo, the girl couldn’t help but pout, immediately releasing the stuffed animal and turning her gaze toward the black-haired girl sitting motionless like a statue on the chair in the room.

At this moment, a barely perceptible strange glint gradually appeared in Mengxi’s eyes. But soon, this look was concealed behind her cute, innocent expression. The next moment, the girl wearing a white lace camisole slowly climbed out of bed, barefoot, and tiptoed over to Yumo’s side.

To this, Yumo remained completely unresponsive. After all, the current Mengxi had not a trace of holy magic fluctuation, nor any divine power fluctuation. Aside from her physique, she was almost no different from an ordinary person. For Yumo, who had entered the consciousness space to ponder like a wooden doll, she likely wouldn’t sense any non-threatening movements…

This scene was etched into Mengxi’s heart…

Seeing that Yumo showed no reaction at all, just sitting there quietly with her eyes closed, Mengxi, having walked to her side, grew bolder.

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Stepping slowly behind Yumo, after sniffing near Yumo’s ear, Mengxi raised her slender, rosy, delicate arms and boldly wrapped them around Yumo’s neck from behind, affectionately nuzzling Yumo’s fair, tender cheek.

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Hmm?

Being nuzzled like this, Yumo naturally snapped out of the consciousness space, opening her scarlet eyes more vibrant than rubies. She then glanced somewhat helplessly at the silver-haired girl beside her, who wore a pure, smiling expression, and reached out to gently pat the other’s slightly disheveled little head.

“Awake?”

“Mhm, mhm!”

Mengxi nodded repeatedly with a smile, closing her eyes to enjoy Yumo’s caress.

The two girls quietly interacted like this for a while, until Mengxi opened her eyes again.

“Sister Yumo~”

“Hmm? What is it?”

“My tummy’s hungry. I want to eat the food sis makes~”

Yumo:….