Chapter 148: Visitation Part 3 (1/2)

Our first visit to the harpies’ nest was to save Harlow. Back then, we made a complete mess of Numila’s home and ended up in a fierce battle with her. The whole matter ended haphazardly only after the interference of Mo En and because Numila wasn’t able to capture us. Before we left, I did bring up the matter of breaking out of this prison but she didn’t agree to it at that time.

This time, we were here for that exact same reason again.

While Habona’s overwhelming victory over these bird demons might lead one to believe that the harpies were nothing but a race of small fries unworthy of recruitment, their combat strength wasn’t actually that bad.

There were a number of reasons why Habona was able to stomp on them so easily, chief of which was that she was a four-star. If you add in the fact that she was a demonic werewolf, one of the premier combat races of Hell that was known throughout the worlds, their defeat wasn’t that unreasonable. Not only that, her mother had taught her, what was in my mind an overpowered skill, the Inverse Cut which put her at the peak of four-stars.

It was kind of like a bunch of nobodies ganging up on some Xiantian Martial artist. No matter how many nobodies you threw at him, that expert would naturally triumph over all of them. Even if he wasn’t able to, he could simply fly away with his Flying Techniques and there was nothing they could do about it.

Against opponents at the same strength level as them, the harpies normally put up a much better fight seeing as they had the natural born advantage of flight. Against land-bound creatures, they had the advantage of the first strike and greater initiative while their victims could only defend helplessly.

All that was under the assumption that they weren’t armed. If I crafted a bunch of javelins for them, wouldn’t they turn into some sort of invincible aerial army?

It’s worth mentioning that pilots would always receive a better treatment than the boots on the ground. Don’t believe me? Just ask how much a pilot makes in a month and how much a truck driver makes in a month.

If I had an army of harpy javelineers, our chances of breaking through the exit would definitely be much higher.

Habona brandished her claws menacingly, promptly scaring away a harpy who tried to sneak in an attack. Having received a thorough thrashing, these bird women knew not to mess with this hulking warmachine and merely floated quietly in mid-air. Thus, we ended up in a tense stalemate with both sides staring at each other but not attacking.

A few moments later, a fiery red silhouette swooped in from the sky with a horde of harpies behind her.

Numila had come, her crimson feathers blazed as she descended from the sky surrounded by scorching heat like a phoenix of legends. Her face was just as perfect as I had remembered it; of all the women I had met so far, hers was definitely one of the most beautiful ones, though Ferti’nier’s was still a smidge prettier than her…

“It’s you guys…the lust demon and the werewolf.” She landed on the ground by herself and stood before us, face noticeably sullen: “Why have you all come? I don’t remember capturing any of your people this time.”

“Hey, it’s not like we caused any severe injuries and they were the ones who attacked us first.” I shrugged my shoulders before continuing with my explanation: “We told them that we were here to talk to you but they attacked us anyway…”

After hearing our explanation, she heaved a sigh of relief and placed her hands on her hips as she said: “Since it’s all misunderstanding, I’ll leave that matter aside for now. Now, did you have something to discuss with me?”

“Mhm. Yes, I do. I wish to discuss that matter I previously proposed.”

She furrowed her brows. “That matter…do you mean assaulting the prison exit?”

Looks like she remembered what we discussed. I nodded my head: “That’s right, Mo En, the werewolves and the medusas have all joined my army. If we add in your clan, the four most powerful clans in the prison will all be accounted for. With our combined might, breaking through the exit shouldn’t be a problem.”

“Sigh…now’s really an inopportune moment for such discussion…I’ve encountered some problems recently…” She abruptly trailed off as she paused to consider her wording.

“What kind of problem?”

“That’s all for now.” She promptly ended our conversation once more, clearly not intending to continue discussing this matter. “There’s something I must handle right now so I can’t give you an answer for now. If you still wish to discuss this matter, we can do so after I’ve settled this problem.”

Something serious must’ve happened from the looks of it. Even her usual arrogance was nowhere to be seen. Last I remembered, she wasn’t so civilized.

Seeing as she might be one of our important comrades in the future and also the best choice for our air force leader, I immediately stepped up and made an offer.

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“About that, if there’s anything we can help you with, please tell me, I’ll do my best to help you.”

Her eyes wavered, seemingly deep in thought as she mulled over my offer. Yet, just as I decided to strike the final nail in the coffin…

“This is strictly a clan matter, your assistance isn’t needed.” She flatly rejected my offer after which she turned around and prepared to leave.

However, just as she was about to take off, a gray harpy descended from the sky and landed three meters away from us. Unlike Numila, this harpy’s body was mostly that of an eagle’s with only her face being human. Disgusting…however, I suppressed my protesting sense of beauty and patiently stared at the harpy.

“Please help us…” As she said that, her claws tilted to the side and her wings flapped open before resting on the ground in what looked like a harpy’s version of a kowtow.