Chapter 2 - Rabbits are Delicious (1/2)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The rowdy forest had turned so silent that not even the sound of critters could be heard.
The gray-robed woman sat cross-legged on the carcass of a massive tiger in a daze, having that same frail look from before. After a moment of silence, she sighed and muttered to herself, “Sigh… How tiring. It’s time to return home!”
With that said, she slowly got off the tiger carcass and rubbed her flat stomach. She was feeling a little hungry. She surveyed the demon carcasses of all shapes and sizes around her. Since she had come here, she might as well… have supper?
After some thought, she turned and walked up to the snow-white Rabbit Monarch on her right. But just as she was about to reach for its tail to drag it away, the supposedly dead Rabbit Monarch suddenly came alive.
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It did not flee after it leaped up; instead it began kowtowing to her, producing a series of thuds against the ground.
“Exalted Immortal, please spare me! I was wrong, I had been entertaining angels unawares yet have offended you!” Covered in snot and tears, the Rabbit Monarch’s massive head repeatedly struck the ground forcefully. Its body was trembling so vigorously that waves were flowing down its rabbit fur.
“You were feigning death?” The woman blinked before squatting down before the rabbit.
The Rabbit Monarch trembled even more vigorously. “Exalted Immortal, please have mercy on me! I am just a mere rabbit monarch. I’m not like them. I only eat grass and have never eaten a human before! I have elderly rabbits and young rabbits to care for. I am even pregnant with a whole fluffle of them. I can’t die now! Please, spare me!”
She was just too horrifying. The Rabbit Monarch had never seen anyone with a cultivation so high. Despite looking weaker than a mortal, she was able to vanquish over ten thousand demons in the blink of an eye. Furthermore, nine of them were tenth-stage Demon Monarchs. Despite the complete lack of methodology in her movements, she had wiped out more than ten great demons with a single swat. The demons were all dead before they figured anything about her strength.
Terrifying… just too terrifying…
It was no wonder not a single demon who had left the Demon Realm in the past three months returned—such a powerful individual could destroy every demon in existence within a couple of hours.
“You are pregnant with bunnies?” the woman suddenly asked.
“Y-yes.” The Rabbit Monarch nodded as it subconsciously tried to suck in its tummy.
“Oh.” The woman fell into a momentary daze before nodding at it. “Congratulations!”
“Ah?!” The Rabbit Monarch was taken aback as it instinctively replied, “Th-thank you?” What was the meaning of this? Did she have her sights on the bunnies in its tummy?
“Have you really never eaten a human before?”
“Yes, yes!” The Rabbit Monarch nodded its head frantically. “I cultivate in the Way of the Herbivore. Look at my fur, there isn’t the slightest bit of blood or grievance on it.”
“I see. You may leave then!” The woman waved her hands carefreely and instructed, “Remember to eat more grass when you return and continue bearing more grass-eating rabbits.”
“Ah! Ah?” The Rabbit Monarch was completely dumbfounded as it widened its eyes in disbelief. “You plan on… letting me go?”
“Yup.” The woman nodded. Moments later, she added vaguely, “Supper is fattening.”
The Rabbit Monarch found it unbelievable to be so easily spared. It glanced at the demons carcasses scattered across the land. “A-are… you really not going to kill me?”
“It’s not like I have any interest in slaughtering little animals. Why would I lie to you?” The Rabbit Monarch did not eat humans after all.
“B-but… we rabbits were the ones that suffered the greatest casualties when we exited the Demon Realm…” The Rabbit Monarch spoke halfway before covering its mouth immediately. More than a hundred demons had died in the past three months, of which a third were rabbit demons.
“Well…” The woman did not show the least bit of anger. Instead, she seemed to give the matter some serious thought before replying, “That does seem to be the case.”
“And?”
“Well, that’s because rabbits are delicious!”
“… What?!” What the heck was that reason?
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However, the woman maintained her languidness as she babbled on in all seriousness, “Look… Deer meat is too tough; fox meat has a stench; tigers are protected animals, so I don’t really dare to eat them. As for snake meat, it has too many bones…” She began counting with her fingers, one animal at a time before concluding, “That’s why, you rabbits are still the best. Yes… delicious!”