Chapter 166: Attacking the Nes (1/2)

Violet Snow threw me a look that screamed “useless wuss”. However, I simply couldn’t bring myself to do it with a giant lizard so I distanced myself even more in spite of her scorn.

Oblivious to my look of utmost disgust, Weslin continued voicing out her true thoughts, head hung low as before. “Frankly, I didn’t wish for it to be so…but I don’t like you, I can’t like you either…frankly I…frankly the person I like is Mistress Habona! So…will you please let me go…”

(TL: From now on, Mo Ke’s thoughts will be enclosed in ‘ ’ .)

‘Let you go? Aren’t you making a mistake here? I should be the one begging you to let me go…also, it’s fantastic that you like Habona instead, thank the heavens and the stars.’

Noticing that I had the look of someone who had just survived a calamity, Violet Snow nearly choked herself to death with her laughter. However, the little puppy promptly put on an obedient facade after a furious glare from me.

“Err, it’s fine, there’s nothing wrong with liking Habona. Even though I won’t support you, that dare-to-love and dare-to-hate attitude of yours is worthy of respect. In that case…”

Initially, I had planned to continue talking in order to divert her attention but I was abruptly cut short when I discovered that she was looking at me with a shocked look on her face. Within her eyes, I could see a glimmer of expectation, gratitude along with a bunch of other hope-related emotions. Even her voice began to tremble a little as she said: “Ah, you…you aren’t going to force me to marry you?”

‘Force you to marry me? Please, there’s no chance the two of us will ever get together, you’re thinking too much here.’

“Haha…hah…”

‘I dare you to chortle one second longer, Violet Snow. Do you believe that this brother will shave that fluffy white fur of yours in a second!’

Even though I really wanted to punish this little puppy, now wasn’t the time for that. The most important task at hand was settling Weslin. Thus, I hurriedly put on the most casual look I could muster.

“Ah, ah,ah, not at all, not at all. There’s really no need for that, I won’t lift a finger to touch you…errr, I mean the fact that you like Habona seems extremely normal to me. Please don’t worry too much about it. If you truly like someone, you should give it a shot. For all you know, Habona might swing that way as well.”

‘I’m really sorry, my dashing and valiant wolf-sister Habona, but in this crucial moment…all I can do is sell you, my teammate, off.’

‘As the saying goes, I’m not going to hell, how about you go instead. Am I right? Even Bodhisattva Dizang agreed with me when he said [I’m not going to hell anymore]. So regarding Weslin, how about you be my fall guy, I mean fall wolf. I prefer girls who are more innocent and natural. As for the more eclectic girls, they really don’t fall within my strike zone.’

“*sob sob sob*…that’s simply wonderful, you are the first devil to approve of my decision to court Mistress Habona…you’re really a nice guy…”

‘Hey hey hey, don’t just turn on the waterworks like that. What if someone hears you and mistakenly think that we did it? Also, I don’t want to be issued the nice guy card…’

Eyes gleaming with mischief, Violet Snow swept her gaze over the two of us and, with lips curled up at a corner, she quipped: “Don’t you know that Mo Ke’s a devil? Is it really alright for you to call him a nice guy?”

Perhaps she finally noticed the dissatisfaction on my face but after wiping off her tears, she gazed weakly at me before saying: “About that, I’m really sorry, Master Mo Ke. To think I actually called you a nice guy, I truly deserve to die. I bet a devil like you, definitely don’t want to labelled a nice guy. I apologize, from now on, I’ll remember that you are a bad guy, the most baddest guy in the world…”

“…”

‘Why does that make me want to cry instead? I feel you should give me that nice guy card instead, it’s not that inappropriate now that I think about it.’

“Hahahaha…”

“No laughing!”

No matter how much I fumed, it didn’t stop her from continuing to laugh at my expense. However, it wasn’t that bad having her laugh like that either. Normally, she had an icy look on her face as if I owed her millions of dollars.

Truly, ever since we met, she seemed to have gotten a lot more cheerful. It probably had to do with her successfully avenging the death of her mother and finally letting go of that burden.

‘Well, that’s good to hear, she’s a girl after all, being a little lively isn’t a bad thing.’

‘However, since the reinforcements are here, it’s about time for us to get down to business.’

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‘Speaking of which, aren’t the medusas and lizardmen in an adversarial relationship?’

If it wasn’t for the medusas’ ability to petrify, the lizardmen would probably come out ahead in terms of combat strength. After all, the medusas didn’t have a set of scales that could protect their vital points from all sorts of damage.

Both races had toxins within them but the medusas were able to fire theirs from a distance while the lizardmen had their toxins concentrated within their oral cavities. In order to activate this toxin, they first had to bite down on their victims. However, the lizardmen had an advantage over the medusas in that their mouth toxins contained viruses as well. Thus, they were able to poison opponents who had a resistance to toxins.

Both of these races had their own strengths but when you factored in the ability to petrify, it went without saying that the Medusas had a clear edge over these lizards. However, if one were to evaluate them based on defenses alone, the medusas couldn’t even come close to the lizardmen who were born with a scale mail built into them.