End of the Battle (Part 1)

" . . . Yueyue." Xiao Jing called Mingyue as she saw the disgusting scene before her.

A big lump of meat was convulsing repeatedly in at the corner of the room. If Xiao Jing didn't observe deep enough, she would have thought that it was not a human being.

And on the other side, there was an unkempt elderly that was pulling his own hair. The elderly had a pair of bloodshot eyes and didn't do anything except screaming to left and right. He was covered by his own urine and drool.

It was really not a sigh for a little girl to see, but there was a little girl in front of them.

"Hm?" The little girl's body was shrouded in a black and white mist. As the black and white mist gradually disappeared, what was left was only a small cat.

"Why don't you kill both of them." Xiao Jing narrowed her eyes as she sharpened her claws.

"Fu fu fu, they are already dead, you know."

". . . But that fatty was disgusting. Don't you think that the punishment is too little?"

"But he cannot do anything to me, right?"

"But. . ."

"Let's stop the topic. I know and understand what you feel, and I definitely feel the same. But what we gain by torturing this chunk of meat? Nothing."

". . . I don't think I can eat any meat for some time." Xiao Jing kept staring at the chunk of meat in front of her. She shook her head as she went out of the room.

"Fu fu fu, just tell me when you want to eat."

". . . So, what is your plan for that first son of Viscount?"

"Just leave it behind for now."

[I never expect that someone has that kind of taste.] Mingyue's body shivered as she remembered the story from the neat elderly from the Mercenary Guild, Lei Bo.

Mingyue never expected that the reason behind this scheme was something unrelated to the Fire Kingdom.

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The first meeting between Mingyue and Lei Bo was suspicious. At first, there was no scent of danger from the man himself. But after he looked at Mingyue, or more precisely Mingyue's appearance, the scent of danger suddenly appeared out from nowhere.

She didn't know what made the hostility from Lei Bo, but she would pretend that nothing happened. She didn't want to stir the calm pond, but she didn't mind if someone brought a trouble.

Not only giving a scent of hostility but out of three representatives, he brought, two of them also reeked of bad intention. Mingyue could clearly see Lei Bo's intention at that time.

Thus, she chose the only representatives without any scent. And obviously, this representative had a timid personality.

Who would choose a timid mercenary for an escorting mission? Almost none.

A timid personality was akin to a passive person.

Lei Bo's scheme was pretty good, but his effort was fruitless. Mingyue immediately cut his scheme at that time. And even if Lei Bo was capable to hide his disappointed expression very well, it couldn't escape Mingyue's observation.

Mingyue didn't care whether Lei Bo still had another scheme, but she asked Xiao Jing to stay behind and tailed him. If there was no weird movement from Lei Bo after a few days, then she wouldn't mind it too much and asked Xiao Jing to return.

After a few days, her conjecture was proven. Lei Bo's suspicious movement made Mingyue interested, but she unexpectedly became a kidnapping target.

Obviously, Mingyue wasn't patient enough to hear the more disgusting conversation, so she decided to show herself aka Familiar Possession. By imitating her original body, she could make a pair of disgusting man lowered their vigilance and she could slowly filled the room with an illusion.

By slowly spreading Elemental in the closed room, Mingyue could make them forget their façade and show their real nature. It was the highest level of Frost Step, Frost Illusion.

By spreading her Elemental in the surroundings, Mingyue could make the target lose their sense and perception slowly. For someone with a weak mind, they would definitely become crazy since this technique devoured a part of the target's sea of consciousness. The weaker someone's sea of consciousness, that person would be no different than a doll or a mad people.

And unexpectedly, the fatty's real nature was a sex offender while Lei Bo's real nature was a scaredy-cat. Seeing a disgusting lump of meat, Mingyue decided to remove every nerve system from all of his body, making him no different from a corpse. Of course, his vital organ was still working, but the lump of meat couldn't do anything.

Not even moving.

Only breathing, slowly waiting for his death.

No one would understand what happened to the fatty on the outside and there was no trace left behind.

And for Lei Bo, Mingyue chose a different approach as he was the only source of information. As long as she could break his sea of consciousness's vigilance, then she would be able to freely ask any kind of information from Lei Bo.

It didn't need to take a long time to gain the necessary information, but she was baffled by the information she received.

The reason was simple enough.

Human trafficking. Or more exactly, a child trafficking.

Some nobility's first son that had a disgusting tendency of lusting a small child. Whether it was a boy or girl, he was fine as long as the child's appearance was beautiful enough. There were a bunch of criteria, but Mingyue didn't bother with it.

The plan to send four groups of a mercenary was also arranged by Lei Bo. He obviously knew the matter of Liao Yun and Red Skeleton gang, so he manipulated the leader of Red Skeleton gang to do his dirty work.

After getting the information, Mingyue just left them as it is. Fatty Shu was no different from a lump of meat, while Lei Bo's mind was unstable and no different from a crazy person.

Of course, Mingyue wouldn't feel bad for them since it was something called 'you reap what you sow'.

But she was thinking about the next problem.

[Sigh. . . The first son of Viscount Hammer, Pan Guiying.] Mingyue opened her eyes after she returned to her original body.

"Xiao Wu. is there any problem here?"

Shaking her head, Xiao Wu replied, "Nothing is wrong. Ah, except that stupid big woman, but there is nothing wrong with me here."

Even though Xiao Wu's reply was casual, Mingyue could feel the pride inside Xiao Wu's chest.

Mingyue and company's destination was governed by Viscount Hammer, so the possibility of meeting this kind of scheme was quite high.

But even so, Mingyue didn't plan to change her destination since she wanted to know about the Viscountdom as well as the dirty things that were hidden in the dark.

(Author Note: If a Kingdom was ruled by King, then a Viscountdom should be ruled by a Viscount, right?)

She wasn't scared. But remembering a bunch of children that were kidnapped to fulfil some disgusting lust, Mingyue wanted to make a little move. At least she wanted to save those kidnapped children.

She wasn't a saviour or a hero, but she would give a hand to those who were worthy.

[Well, we will definitely meet in the future. And when we meet later. . .]

[I will castrate that bastard.]

…

Mingyue opened her eyes and he swept around the battlefield. The fight had ended and there was no casualty on her side.

Hao Bo and Liang Chun was the one with the most wound, but fortunately, the wound was superficial. With some healing from Qin Yi, they would be at their peak after a few days.

Mo Hua was mainly a shield user and he was rarely wounded. But this time, his waist and legs were aimed by the enemies, so he would definitely need a long time to recover.

Even if Qin Yi didn't participate in the fight, she almost overexerted herself in order to heal Hao Bo, Mo Hua, and Liang Chun together.

Fu Tao didn't have any wound since he wasn't an aggressive type in the fight, unlike Liao Yun.

"Oh? You are having fun, eh?" Liao Yun rolled her eyes when she realized that Mingyue didn't even try to help the fight earlier. Not only that, Fu Tao even said that Mingyue was sleeping the whole fight!

Who could hold their temper when she knew what happened?

"Hm? What happened?" Mingyue feigned her ignorance as she tilted her head slightly. And of course, she didn't forget to blink cutely.

What really happened was Mingyue used Familiar Possession to Xiao Jing, so it was not weird for Mingyue's original to fall asleep.

Since Mingyue rarely left Xiao Wu, she was not worried that much since she knew that Xiao Wu wouldn't allow anyone came close. Including Fu Tao and Liao Yun.

[Act cute to avoid any trouble of explaining.] Mingyue remember the principle of handling Liao Yun. No matter what happened, pretend that nothing happened!

Mingyue understood that Liao Yun didn't really care about the reason, but rather annoyed about Mingyue's carefreeness even after the big ambush.

Liao Yun felt that Mingyue didn't have any awareness about the danger. Even the member of Turtle Shell Mercenary was surprised, but they didn't say anything as they remembered Liao Yun and Fu Tao's combat abilities earlier.

"Oh this little girl, are you really sleeping earlier?" Liao Yun pushed forward her head closer to Mingyue while glaring.

Mingyue nodded and then shook her head while saying, "I am sleeping, but I am not a little girl." Mingyue giggled a little while she stared back at Liao Yun.

Liao Yun knew that she wouldn't get anything from Mingyue, so she only sighed and didn't probe any further.

Because their party was not in a good condition, Mingyue told Fu Tao to rest for a few days before continuing the journey.

Hao Bo and her group were a little surprised by the sudden change of plan. But even if she wanted to refuse Fu Tao's offer, her group's fatigue was not low. Moreover, they couldn't even rest on a wagon since it was not comfortable at all.

In the end, they accepted Fu Tao's offer.

After not leaving any survivor of the ambusher, the party was unable to obtain any intelligence for them. But no matter what, no one would let them alive after the scheme.

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