21 Hero Saving the Beauty is so Archaic (2/2)

”What do we have here? A bunch of full grown men messing around with little girl. How pitiful. How hateful.”

The woman's lazy eyes indistinctly sharpened as she locked her gaze unto the opened robe of the girl. The men felt shivers down their spines as they met her eyes. It was cold and indiferrent. She looked at them as if they were insignificant weeds beneath her shoes.

The leader unconsciously gulped, his face turning pale as a ghost. Danger. The woman was the epitome of danger. Though she did not emit any killing intent, the blank indiferrence of her eyes made it seem as if he was staring at the abyss. Years of experience made him a good judge of people. And this woman was anything but simple. Most of all, the lion she was riding was no ordinary beast. Only a few people were aware of the existence of royal beasts, the overlords of jungles whose intelligence were on par if not more than human. He was only one of those more fortunate ones who have heard about it.

But before he could prevent his people form offending this seemingly simple woman, it was too late. Duff snickered and had ultimately sealed their doom with his words.

”Hey boss, it's another beauty. She's even better than the other one. She also has a lion. We've struck it rich boss.”

The woman's smile became wider. She beamed at them looking all innocent.

”My apologies, sadly I'm not here to join the fun. I'm here to save the little girl.”

The leader was about to talk but yet again he was cut off by his pig-headed teammate. Not one of them noticed that he was almost about to break down.

”Heh. What are you playing at girl? The hero rescuing the beauty? Too bad you're no hero.”

Duff the Buff guy laughed mockingly as he said this. In return, the woman sneered.

”Please, the hero saving the beauty is sooo archaic. Let's be more revolutionary, shall we? Oh, my bad, I forgot you don't possess the intelligence required to think that way.”

If it were not for the poisonous words spewing from the woman's tongue, the men would have been enchanted all the way by her. But her insults instead infuriated them.

The leader this time rushed to intervene before his companions make the situation unsalvageable. If that happens, none of them would escape here alive.

”Damn it, Duff. Enough. Are you the one in command? You're going to get us all killed.”

He shouted to his stupid teammate. The woman's brow raised up.

”Oh? It looks like there is one who still have some semblance of common sense from the lot of you.”