wuxianovels18 Chapter 76 : Mm? Mm!
Chapter 76 : Mm? Mm!
Chapter 76: Mm? Mm!
A slight coolness touched her fingertips.
Carrying a faint, cedar-like cold fragrance.
Lilia froze in place, not even daring to breathe.
Hera’s thumb was pressed against her left cheek, the motion very gentle.
That tiny, warm bead of blood was smeared by Hera’s fingertip, dragging a glaring red streak across the pale skin.
Lilia’s heartbeat was so fast it felt like it would leap out of her throat.
What was going on?
Hera lowered her gaze, her long eyelashes concealing the emotions in those golden eyes.
She looked at the blood staining her fingertip and frowned slightly.
At that moment, the System in Lilia’s mind transmitted the reward notification for mission completion.
“Ding—”
A crisp electronic chime exploded in her brain, forcibly dragging Lilia back from the lingering shock of killing for the first time.
【Mission Settlement Complete: Loyal Guard Dog Protecting the Master (Beginner)】
【Rating: S (Although the posture was ugly and lacked any sense of aesthetics, it made up for it with ruthlessness—not only crippling the opponent’s leg but also knowing to finish them off.)】
【Rewards Delivered: Skill Book 《Combat Mastery (Intermediate)》×1, Free Attribute Points ×2】
Hera’s fingertip moved slightly.
A cluster of dark red magical glow lit up at her finger pad, then vanished in an instant.
Lilia only felt a tingling numbness on her cheek.
That burning, stinging pain—like smoke scattered by the wind—disappeared without a trace.
“Mm-hmm…”
The air suddenly fell silent.
Hera paused mid-motion while wiping her fingers with a handkerchief, her eyelids half-lifted as those eyes, flowing with a dark golden sheen in the night, slowly swept over:
“What, was I too rough?”
Lilia instantly snapped back to her senses, her back tensing, scalp tingling.
All because of the System—she hadn’t paid attention and let out some indescribable strange sound.
“No! Not at all!”
She blinked her big eyes, forcing out two drops of sincere moisture. “It’s just… I’m too moved. Master, you actually used those noble hands to touch my face. I… I almost want to cut this piece of skin off and take it back to enshrine at my bedside.”
Hera looked at her spineless appearance, a trace of disdain flashing in her eyes.
“No need to cut it off.”
“Keep that face. If you ruin it, I’ll throw you to the undead.”
“Be more careful next time.”
“I don’t like imperfections on my belongings.”
Lilia secretly glanced at Hera.
Did this count as…
favor?
She quickly shook her head, throwing that terrifying thought away.
Favor, my foot.
This was just a capitalist maintaining her production tool!
“Um… thank you, Master.”
Lilia lowered her head obediently, deciding to carry the act through to the end.
Hera casually discarded the handkerchief after wiping her hands.
The expensive silk cloth fluttered down lightly onto the corpse of that unlucky archer, covering his twisted, deformed face.
“Enough.”
Hera adjusted the collar of her coat, her tone returning to its usual indifference.
“Warm-up is over.”
Lilia glanced at the three corpses on the ground.
The churning nausea in her stomach surged up again.
This was her first time killing.
No, killing humanoid creatures…
Just now, with adrenaline surging, she hadn’t felt anything. Now that she had calmed down, her limbs felt a little weak.
The smell of blood in the air kept drilling into her nose.
If she vomited now, not only would it be embarrassing, she would probably get kicked into a ditch by Hera in disgust.
“Master, then what do we do now…”
Lilia took two deep breaths, adjusting her breathing as she asked cautiously.
In this desolate wilderness, after killing three gatekeeping lackeys—what next?
Surely they weren’t here to make offerings to the local earth god.
Hera turned around, her gaze directed toward the pitch-black night deep within the canyon.
That was the direction of the mining area.
A few faint lights flickered in the darkness, like the eyes of beasts watching.
“Lead the way.”
Hera spoke concisely.
“Huh?”
Lilia froze.
Lead the way?
Lead what way?
It was her first time in this damned place too!
And ahead was the enemy’s stronghold—who knew how many private soldiers or traps were hidden inside.
And they were just going to walk in openly?
“What, is there a problem?”
Hera tilted her head slightly, her golden eyes flowing with a dangerous glint in the night.
“You reviewed the documents. You discovered the issue. The path… naturally, you will lead.”
This wasn’t leading the way.
This was making her a test stone!
Lilia wailed internally.
Hera curled her lips into a faint, ambiguous smile and added:
“Perform well.”
“And make sure… you don’t disappoint me.”
Oh~?
Oh?
Was it appropriate for a cold, aloof beauty to say something like that?
Didn’t that basically mean she’d be buried on the spot if she wasn’t satisfied?
Definitely, right?!
Lilia gritted her teeth.
Go all in!
With this towering figure backing her up, even if the sky collapsed, the tall one would hold it first.
Whether she was borrowing a fox’s might or relying on a dog’s master—
As long as she survived tonight, tomorrow’s sun would still shine brightly!
“No problem! Just watch me, Master!”
Lilia patted her non-existent chest muscles, the aftershocks making her sway a little, then turned and walked toward the depths of the canyon.
Her high heels stepped on the gravel road, producing “click, clack” sounds.
In this deathly silent canyon, it was especially piercing.
Hera walked behind her unhurriedly, hands in her pockets.
……
Lilia stopped and looked toward the faint outline of a checkpoint ahead.
There was firelight there, and figures moving.
Since they were acting as imperial inspectors auditing accounts—
Then they had to look the part.
Lilia lowered her head and looked at herself.
Her clothes were a bit dirty, her hair a bit messy, and a blade was strapped to her thigh.
This image…
Looked like a female assassin who had just crawled out of a pile of corpses.
Forget it.
As long as she looked fierce, it was fine.
“Um… Master.”
Lilia hunched her neck and edged closer to Hera, lowering her voice.
“We’re really just… walking in like this?”
Hera glanced at her.
“Fly in instead?”
“No, I mean…”
Lilia scratched her head anxiously, almost slicing her own stockings with the short blade in her hand.
“Look, since Batori dares to raise private troops, that means the old bastard has rebellious intentions.”
“There are only two of us right now.”
“Even though you are the Supreme Ruler of the Demon Realm, invincible, and could flatten this place with just a flick of your finger…”
Better start with flattery.
Survival came first.
“But!”
Lilia changed her tone, her expression turning serious.
“If I go up there… and dare to say I was sent by you—”
She secretly glanced at Hera’s expression, gritting her teeth as she voiced her worst-case scenario.
“They might panic and just—”
She made a slicing gesture across her neck.
“Kill me, then claim it was a mining accident or that I encountered roaming magical beasts.”
“After all, this is the border. If a person dies… as long as they clean up the evidence properly, who would know?”
“If it were someone else… and if you, Master, walked straight through the front gate, those bastards would definitely burn the account books immediately.”
“By the time we go in, there’d be nothing left to investigate but a mess.”