16 Chapter 16: Demon Cat

Earlier when the seductive beauty was killed, he was already ready to join the fight.

A hero saving a damsel in distress? When he thought of his beloved woman who had been with him for many years being engaged to another man tonight, he did not have this thought anymore. The reason why he made the move was entirely because of the bison king.

This was a BOSS. Killing the BOSS would mean lots of money. After Chikage took the other terminal, he was anxious to make money for his sister's tuition fees. With a stack of banknotes in front of him, he was naturally moved.

The bison king was left with little HP, and it was exactly that which triggered the berserk skill which drastically increased its attributes, allowing it to kill the members of Snow Dust's team one by one.

Jiang Ming was now much higher in attributes than other players. He rushed over immediately and swung his swords several times, instantly killing the bison king which only had a little HP left.

But to his disappointment, the bison king only dropped one piece of equipment and two silver coins, and there was nothing else.

"Damn, that's way too stingy, it wasn't worth my efforts!"

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Snow Dust glanced dumbstruck at Jiang Ming who was standing in front of her. Just as she stood up and was about to open her mouth to thank Jiang Ming, she heard Jiang Ming's words and was taken aback; bitterness swept over her face.

Originally, she thought Jiang Ming came up to rescue her when he saw that she was a beautiful woman. What she didn't expect was that Jiang Ming was just going for the equipment, so she stopped in her path awkwardly and didn't know what to say.

After Jiang Ming lamented, he stepped forward to collect the equipment and the silver coins, then he deconstructed the Bison King.

Realising that there was someone behind him, he turned his head and looked at Snow Dust who was embarrassed.

After seeing Snow Dust's stunning beauty, he was taken aback for a moment, but he immediately regained himself and said in a flat tone, "Are you okay?"

During his glorious time before, he had also seen numerous beauties. His ex-girlfriend was also very gorgeous, although not as pretty as Snow Dust in front of him. But he was self-aware, and knew that with his current status, no females would like him. It was very likely that he would return in disappointment in the end. Since he didn't have any hope, why bother being affectionate?

It wasn't that he was unconfident, but that he didn't want to. He always believed that if you got a 'vase' [1], you must have a table to support the vase. If you didn't want the vase to be stained, you had to carefully take care of it every day.

Now that even food and clothing were problems for him, how could he afford to buy a vase?

Although Jiang Ming's words could mean that he was concerned, Snow Dust could not hear even the slightest hint of concern in his tone, only indifference.

As a girl born with a silver spoon, treated by her family like delicate treasure and someone who was sought after by thousands of people, she felt a sense of frustration when facing Jiang Ming. She barely squeezed a smile from the corner of her mouth, shook her head gently, and replied, "Thank you, I'm fine."

"Oh, if there's nothing important, don't wander around. Although the pain reception can be adjusted, the lower limit of female players is still 20% pain."

After he finished speaking, Jiang Ming raised the corners of his mouth slightly, then turned around and left with Chikage.

'Is he caring about me?'

Snow Dust stared at Jiang Ming's back as he walked away slowly. This thought inexplicably came to her mind. Whether it be in reality or in the game, there were numerous people who cared about her, but when this kind of care appeared on Jiang Ming, it gave her a different feeling.

"Ring Ring~"

At this moment, someone in Snow Dust's friends list suddenly sent her a voice call. Snow Dust's body trembled slightly, and she withdrew her gaze from Jiang Ming's back figure and connected the call.

"Snow Dust, are you alright?"

"I'm fine, a man saved me."

"Wow, a hero saving the damsel in distress! Is he handsome? Is he relentlessly chasing after you and wanting to hit on you?"

'If he did pursue me, I wouldn't be this upset.' Snow Dust thought helplessly, and at the same time she said, "No..."

"What? No? Are you sure it was a man who saved you?"

 "Uh huh."

"I can't believe it. Any man would want to pursue you. Unless he's gay? Come, tell me about the entire process of the rescue..."

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Just as Snow Dust was talking about the process of herself being rescued, Jiang Ming had already arrived at the level 10 demon wolf monster area.

For him, the fight with Bison King was effortless, so he was already ready to challenge higher-level monsters. After all, killing monsters of higher levels than himself would give much more experience points.

Demon Wolf: Level 10 ordinary monster

HP: 800, Attack: 77-83, Defense: 13

High attack, average HP and low defense, and most probably an agility monster, so its movement speed would also be relatively high – this was Jiang Ming's analysis of the demon wolf after checking its attributes.

His current attributes would make the fight with the demon wolf a little difficult, but with Chikage which was even more powerful than him, he could still deal with it.

Demon wolves were herd monsters, and they all acted in groups. Even the smallest of the teams had three demon wolves.

But he didn't care and directly asked Chikage to attack one of the three wolves.

Chikage acted without hesitation. It stepped back and kicked against Jiang Ming's shoulder, leaping onto a demon wolf's body. One of its sharp claws pierced deeply into the back of the demon wolf, and the other claw kept scratching on the demon wolf.

"Awooo~"

Chikage's attack caused the demon wolf to scream in pain. The other two demon wolves which were only four or five meters away heard the scream, and their eyes flashed with ferocity as they came rushing towards Chikage.

Seeing this, Jiang Ming stepped forward to deal with one of the wolves, relieving Chikage's pressure a little.

With Chikage's attack, the demon wolf that was subdued by it quickly lost most of its HP. At this moment, Jiang Ming rushed forward and took the life of that demon wolf.

Since the pet system had not been opened now, and he was unable to form a team, he could not get experience points for the monsters Chikage killed. So he had to let Chikage do unpaid work and reduce the monster's HP, and then he would finish off the monster to gain experience.

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"What! A black cat was lying on his shoulder!"

In the restaurant in 00520 Novice Village, the seductive beauty who was sitting across the table from Snow Dust suddenly slammed on the stable and stood up, looking at Snow Dust in utter shock.

"Sister Lychee, isn't it just a cat? Can you not be so startled? That scared me." Snow Dust rolled her eyes at the shapely Lychee and rubbed her temple.

"'Isn't it just a cat?'" Lychee repeated, stretching out each word, "My young lady, do you remember the 'demon cat' that we discussed?"

Snow Dust's body trembled slightly when she heard what Lychee said.

Of course she knew about the demon cat. In the three game days, she remembered that a black cat had appeared in the Novice Village. It was very powerful and killed whichever player it saw. Its killing made some players so afraid that they did not dare to leave Novice Village.

Thinking of that demon cat, she suddenly realised what Lychee was talking about, and asked Lychee in shock, "Are you trying to say that the black cat on his shoulder is the demon cat?"

"Of course it is! There is no wild cat or black cat monster area around Novice Village. If it weren't that demon cat, then where did the black cat on the man's shoulder come from?" LycheeLitchi said.

"You're saying that it's the demon cat. But why did the demon cat not attack him and is, instead, so intimate with him? Besides, isn't the pet system not yet open? It's impossible for him to accept the demon cat as his pet." Snow Dust analyzed.

"Make sense." Lychee glanced at Snow Dust and nodded. She rested her chin on her hand and started to ponder. "Is the black cat on the man's shoulder the demon cat? If so, why is the demon cat so close to him and not attacking him? "

For some time, both Snow Dust and Lychee were puzzled. Meanwhile, Jiang Ming, who was fighting monsters, was also in trouble.

[1] A 'vase' in Chinese is used to describe a girl with (only) a pretty face.