Chapter 253: Nozala (1/2)
To be honest, that salamander’s speed wasn’t really that slow; it was just my irate mood that made me feel so uncomfortable.
In terms of its speed, it was at least at the level of a sprinting human male. Furthermore, as a creature of Purgatory, one could be sure that its stamina was sufficient to cover the entire three Li even at that speed.
However, when compared to Big 4’s flying speed, that impressive level of speed was a little lacking then…
Scooped up by Big 4 once more, the salamander didn’t struggle at all this time. Instead, it obediently allowed the devil to grab it and fly away. From this, along with all my other experiences so far, I could basically conclude that the creatures of Purgatory weren’t actually stupid…they simply weren’t able to speak the language of the devils and that resulted in certain complications. However, simple differentiation was still all right. Moreover, they all had one thing in common…they were pragmatic…
Looking at the soaring crimson figure in the air, I couldn’t help but sigh in frustration. ‘When would I ever be able to evolve into a Four-stars…also, you’d better not kick the bucket after I did all this for you…live and lay that egg of yours…otherwise all my efforts would have been for naught…come to think of it, what is a devil like me doing, saving another person…ahem, I mean salamander…’
Roughly ten minutes later, Big 4 came flying back. Because his flying speed this time wasn’t all that fast, I was able to get a good look at him along with…a horde of salamanders slowly appearing over the horizon, behind them was an even larger horde of wiggling Demon Fire Worms…
Truth be told, this was the first time I had seen so many salamanders and worms gathered together. All of them were sprinting as fast as they could and given how the worms had no limbs at all and had to crawl ahead by contracting and expanding its body…the sight that bombarded my eyes was a rather disgusting one…
Soon, the salamanders in front began to widen the distance between them and the worms thanks to their furious sprinting.
“Master, I’m back…” His face was a little pale as he landed; most likely this was the result of all the pressure he was under right now. Even though those salamanders weren’t likely to attack us, the pressure was still immense given how many of them there actually were…especially how those worms at the back looked like a horde of maggots crawling towards us…that pressure…it was as heavy as a mountain…so overbearing, it’s almost invincible!
Crawling up to me, one of the salamanders separated from the group and from the aura it gave out, it was probably a Four-stars. It was the largest salamander amongst its peers but when compared to that Six-stars…it was at most half of its size.
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Still, it could be considered massive already, with its nearly 5 meters long body.
“Greetings, Devil, My name is Nozala, one of the salamanders living in the nearby lava lake. If it’s possible, I would like to start with the rescue operation immediately.” Even though its tone was polite, I could feel its eyes boring into me all throughout the conversation. I could tell that it didn’t trust me all that much. Should I even try anything funny right now, it and the horde behind it would undoubtedly dogpile me in a heartbeat. Still, in a real fight, we shouldn’t fare too badly. At the very least, we should still be able to escape even against such a horde.
“Alright, that’s exactly why I was looking for you. Honestly, I hope she is able to safely deliver the egg as well.” Truthfully, Nozala’s stare unnerved me somewhat but I wasn’t going to harp on this matter now. After all, them coming here was a risk for them as well. This entire situation could have easily been a trap that I had set for them…given the horrible reputation devils had managed to garner for themselves across the worlds…
I signalled for everyone to step aside in order to make space for the salamanders. Sinmosa quietly nodded her head and trotted over to my side. No.3 and Big 4 came flying to my side aside, keeping a safe distance from the salamanders.
“Hmm, we can’t move her…looks like we just have to die into an underground lava stream…this location isn’t half bad, let’s keep digging downwards then…” After inspecting the pregnant salamander, Nozala couldn’t help but sigh before commanding the rest of the salamanders to commence digging.
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Prior to this, No.3, Big 4 and Sinmosa managed to dig a rather sizeable hole so all they had to do now was follow the general direction of their digging. Naturally, the over ten thousand strong worm army had no digging power to speak of. Moreover, those worms were still a good distance away because of their slower crawling speed so there really wasn’t a point in expecting anything out of them.
Upon making the necessary arrangements, Nozala then walked up to me, seemingly full of questions to ask.
“Devil, till now I have no idea why you are helping her, what is your motive? Exactly how is this benefiting you?” Before I could answer however, Nozala shook its head and said thusly: “If you are trying to use her as bait, I don’t think you will even be able to find a juicier target than her, so what exactly is your motive?”
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“I don’t care if you believe me or not but I really have no ulterior motives here. I just couldn’t bear to see a mother suffer…” At that, I sighed. “If it hadn’t been for me informing you of this news, she would’ve been dead by now. Before this, none of you even knew about this situation.”