Chapter 26.1 (1/2)

Chapter V Mysterious oriental beastman

As far as food is concerned, every beastman will have their own preferences, which has nothing to do with their faith – Beamon proverb.

After seeing the black seahorse disappearing in the darkness of night, Hailun could no longer bear anymore and gently fell into Liu Zhenhan’s arms.

“What’s wrong?” Liu Zhenhan asked in a concerned tone.

“I hope you realize that we have come out alive of a fairly dangerous situation?” Hailun replied in a weak tone while slightly narrowing her eyes, which complimented her beauty, even in this morbid state.

“Danger? Oh, come on.” Liu Zhenhan proudly showed his st.u.r.dy arm and said, “My girl, have you forgotten that I am a cursed sacrifice? I possess the great strength of a Yalong beast, how can there be any danger when I am there to protect you?”

Liu Zhenhan said these words without a hint of humility. During reconnaissance training, he always focused on techniques to either capture his enemies and render them immobile by breaking their limbs, or kill them instantly without making any noise. The reason why he was not sent much on such missions because his instructor disliked his inclination towards killing over capturing. Yes, Liu Zhenhan took pleasure in killing the enemy and was well-versed in pinpoint a.s.sa.s.sination skills.

Perhaps accidentally or thanks to lucky circ.u.mstances, he now possessed the formidable power of dragons that had literally turned him into a standard killing machine. But Liu Zhenhan couldn’t tell these things to Hailun and thus chose to keep his dark and cruel nature a secret from her. He buried this secret in the depths of his heart because explaining something so twisted to her would be quite troublesome. She was too young to know a lot of stuff and was better off not knowing some things, especially when they were related to him.

Although Liu Zhenhan portrayed himself as a stupid goofball all the time, in reality, he was a cold-hearted beast deep down in his heart.

The very contrast between what he really was on the inside and how he appeared to Hailun could blow her mind away, though it was quite amusing to Liu Zhenhan himself.

“Li Cha ~~!” Hailun clearly looked displeased.

“What is a sacrifice?” Hailun said: “A sacred sacrifice is the messenger of the temple, like a strong beam of light that guides the people of Beamon Kingdom toward a peaceful and prosperous future. If Beamon soldiers are flame then we are like hot oil that helps them burn more vigorously. Not even ten sacrifices together can rival the combined strength of a trained Beamon soldier; if a sacrifice goes to partic.i.p.ate in a war against human race, they are supposed to focus on singing battle songs while relying on their magic pet and Beamon soldiers to fight for them, understood?”

“But there were no soldiers on my side when I fought that sharky. Are you implying I should have let Fruit fight on my behalf?” Liu Zhenhan shrugged and said while gently caressing Fruit’s head.

“When we return to the Beamon Kingdom, as soon as your ident.i.ty gets confirmed and you obtain the t.i.tle of ‘inborn soul singer’, countless soldiers will compete to become your followers. When the time comes, even the temple will grant you special status and will send formidable templars as your bodyguards.” Hailun gave him a supercilious look while setting her fiery-red tail upright. She even scratched under his arm with her fingers.

“It is not my fault.” Liu Zhenhan grabbed her tail and started rubbing it: “You see, it’s that shark knight’s fault. He was a water magician and how can we ignore his size? He was heavier than all of us put together.”

“Do not grab my tail!” Hailun suddenly screamed and pulled her tail out of his grip as if he had accidentally touched the ‘G-spot’ of her tail while rubbing it. She was fuming with anger, her entire body heated up as she coquettishly looked at him while breathing heavily: “For now on, you are not allowed to foolishly get involved in face-to-face fights with powerful warriors! We also have to hide the matter about your curse; we absolutely cannot allow others to find out about it. Remember, it is simply blasphemous to your ident.i.ty as an inborn soul singer.”

“I understand.” Liu Zhenhan was thick skinned but was deeply moved when he saw her genuinely concerned about him, “You don’t have to state the obvious. I know what to do and what not to do more than anyone else.”

“You really are not like those pigmen who are famous for their stupidity throughout the Qin Mainland, like my fox clan is famous for being smartest among beastman.” Hailun said and smiled at him.

“Is that so? In that case, I can consider marrying into your clan.” Liu Zhenhan became even more shameless, “When the man himself is incompetent, he can adopt the surname of his wife’s influential clan! I can, then, become a part of your fox clan, right?”

Hailun’s eyes turned dim all of a sudden, a faint color of sadness enveloped her face.

“What’s wrong?” Liu Zhenhan felt that something was not right.

“Nothing, I am fine.” Hailun gently buried herself in his bosom, caressed his manly face and said emotionally: “Li Cha, no matter what happens in the future, regardless of how difficult our lives become, promise me that you won’t abandon me.”