7 07 - The Perfect Counterattack!... Probably
While Fang Lin was facing one of the biggest crisis he's ever faced to date, Ning Er and Xiao Bai were having troubles of their own in finding anything to hunt for their dinner. It seems 6 plus months of constant hunting in their quest for the glorious exp-sama, the whole area surrounding their campsite experienced a massive dip in magical beast population. Their occasional raidings into the breeding grounds of anything that are egg laying types (a crap load of them are) did not help refilling the numbers either. The allure of converting those eggs, something that qualifies as having life force yet not sentient, into UP is something that Fang Lin definitely could not resist.
"Aah, looks like we need to go further out. What do you think we should bring back today, Xiao Bai?" asked Ning Er as she cast her senses to the surrounding. Even after waiting for a few seconds she still did not receive an answer like the usual instant reply she used to. Ning Er thought something might have happened as Xiao Bai was always quick to give an answer for anything food related. Turning towards Xiao Bai to ask what was wrong, she instead was interrupted by Xiao Bai's shout, panic clearly in her voice.
"Big sis! Something's happening to boss Lin! I can feel his agitations through our bond!" After hearing something like that, Ning Er needed no further incentives to make a U-turn and made a mad dash through the forest. Even though it is a distance of more than 20 minutes worth of walking, at their current realm, they can cross this in around a minute or so. Even less if they really pushed themselves and that's exactly what the girls did.
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Back at the lake, Fang Lin who was now starting to sweat bullets, decisively started to act. If he doesn't do anything soon and those women disrobe any further, there would really no longer be a way to salvage this situation. With that in mind, he opened his mouth and started the biggest gamble he's done ever, with his life literally on the line.
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"C'mmon sis! Hurry up I can't wait any longer!" said the younger girl as she finally undid everything that was holding her robe together. Just as she was about to open the flabs of her cheongsam(1) and reveal her glorious body to mother nature... and Fang Lin (the lucky bastard)... a voice so cold it could freeze the flame of hell itself resounded throughout the area.
"And just what is it that the two of you are thinking of doing?" Suddenly hearing a voice out of nowhere, both ladies hurriedly turn towards the source of the voice. Upon finding their target, both of them just stood frozen in shock, but for different reasons. The younger girl was shocked as that was the most handsome boy she's ever seen and considering her own clan's status and influence, she's seen a lot of 'high class' people.
The older elf was shocked because even as a 'Battle King' realm expert, she hadn't been able to sense him at all! Just who was this person? It's impossible for someone with no cultivation at all to be casually taking a dip in this forest. Was he an expert even more powerful than her that she couldn't even begin to feel his realm? She dismissed this possibility as soon as she thought of it. That was definitely impossible as he seemed to be around the same age as the young miss. Many thoughts and possibilities crossed her mind at high speed.
While both girls were in thought, the man, no... boy was slowly making his way towards the shore and stopped when the water level was just at his waist level, still hiding the important parts. His action revealed to the girls a perfectly chiselled chest, lean muscles on his arms, slight abs that shows he's trained his body. One of the boy's hand slowly raised towards his head to sweep back the fringes over his eyes to reveal his wine red mesmerising eyes. The elegant indifferent gaze he casted upon them was a treat to the eyes of young ladies everywhere. In fact, if one were to take a closer look, a bead of red liquid seemed to have escaped the nostril of the younger girl just now. The only thing that is slightly spoiling this picture of perfection, is the round shaped scar situated on his abdomen area.
While still stuck in their own fantasies, the boy started speaking again.
"Are you still not turning around? Did you want to watch me change that much?" Hearing him say this, both girls were startled awake from their daydreaming. The older elf immediately put her guard up as she put her hand over the sword on her hip while a small amount of 'killing intent' washed over the boy. The younger girl on the hand finally remembered that she was in the midst of undressing... right in front of a man no less! At this realization, steam rose from her head as she turned beet red, ready to let out a scream. Before she could however, his voice rang once more and interrupted her.
"Ho hou... you're still taking liberties with me? And one of you is even releasing her 'killing intent'. Are you trying to force yourselves on me?" Hearing his unexpected words, both girls were frozen in shock again. Taking liberties? What is he talking about?
Taking their silence as a chance, the boy continued his accusations. "As a 'Battle King' expert, there should have been no way for you to not know I was already here. And yet... you both still insisted on intruding upon my bathing session and even going as far as disrobing. Have you no shame?" His barrage of words left their mouth hung open. No shame? No shame your head! We're ladies of virtues okay!? His words seem to have some logics to them though as he was really here first and they did 'intrude' on his bathing session. Even though the logics are there... why does it feel like something is off? Aren't they, beautiful women of age, the one being taken advantage of and not the other way around?
Again, the only thing the boy received was more silence. After a few seconds, his eyes widened a little as if coming to a realization and proceeded to voicing his doubts. "Could you people... possibly be one of those things I've heard about?" What 'one of those things' is he talking about? Now sporting confused looks, they started to wonder what he was talking about.
"Aah, yes one of those. What do they call them again? Sexual deviants? Both of you are that type of people aren't you? The fact that one of you intended to use force earlier is clear, definite proof." HUH? D-deviants? Deviant your head! Your sister's a deviant! Your whole families are deviants! We're pure ladies with noble standings from a clan of high level influence okay?!
"Why are you giving me looks as if I've wronged you? Why aren't you turning around and redress yourself so I can put on my clothes yet? Are you truly one of those 'deviants' as I've thought?" Saying this, the boy began to use his arms to cover his chest as if he were an exposed young lady. Hearing his words, they've finally remembered their state of dress and quickly turned around to fix themselves. But what's with his actions just now? The girls don't know why they suddenly felt provoked at that image and really wanted to go over to beat him up. Not to mention, why did this entire conversation felt so wrong?
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Xiao Ning Er and Xiao Bai whom rushed towards Fang Lin's location as quickly as they could finally got there. Their breath a bit heavy from their over-exertions, both girls were greeted with the odd sight of a fully dressed Fang Lin with arms crossed, with his hair still wet from his bathing and staring at something, or rather someones. A distance away from him, two stunning beauties on the same level as Ning Er, could be seen looking a little flushed in the face and looking towards the ground in shame. What the heck...? What happened here after they left? And who the heck are those women? Glancing at each other, Ning Er and Xiao Bai could only warily walked toward Fang Lin and ask him while keeping their up guards.
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*(1) cheongsam --- one of the most typical, traditional, and female body-hugging dress with distinctive Chinese features for Chinese women in ancient China - wikipedia.
stats update;
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Name: Fang Lin
Title: "Pig Slayer"
Lv: 42 (88%)
Tier: "Mortal"
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Physical Level: 4 Stars Mortal
Soul Level: 4 Stars Mortal
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Traits: "Serene Mind", "Pain Tolerance"
Skills: "D-Sword Mastery", "D-Cooking Mastery"
Bloodlines: "None", "None"
Equipments: "Black Dao (Mainstream)"
Items: "Basic Camping Set", "C-Spatial Ring (small)"
Summons: "Xiao Ning Er", "Xiao Bai"
AP: 2,800
EP: 200
IP: 35,000
UP: 15,000
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Name: Xiao Ning Er
Title: "Shinigami in Training"
Lv: 42 (84%)
Tier: "Mortal"
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Physical Level: 4 Stars Mortal
Soul Level: 5 Stars Mortal
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Traits: "Loyal", "Pain Tolerance", "Determined"
Skills: "D-Sword Mastery", "Inner World"
Bloodlines: "C-Shinigami", "None"
Equipments: "Asauchi (Mainstream)"
Items: "C-Spatial Ring (small)"
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Name: Xiao Bai
Title: "Sacred Beast Descendant"
Lv: 42 (90%)
Tier: "Mortal"
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Physical Level: 6 Stars Mortal
Soul Level: 6 Stars Mortal
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Traits: "Lightning Rod"
Skills: "Bone Hardening", "Lightning Manipulation"
Bloodlines: "Thundercloud Warcat", "Celestial White Tiger(Sealed-70%)"
Equipments: "None"
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