Chapter 31 (2/2)

“You were subdued by a certain mage, right?”

After saying this, the long-haired creature looked around and said warily, “No matter who it is, you’ve already subdued me. Why don’t you hurry up and reveal yourself?

“I’m surrendering to you, too!”

At this moment, Flanders understood.

It seemed that this long-haired creature had misunderstood something.

However, Flanders was still very interested in the information she mentioned.

Hearing words like ‘surrender’, ‘subdue’, and ‘strange human’, Flanders had a rough guess.

Most likely, it meant that a mage could subdue strange creatures by subjugating them in a way and that enables them to use these creatures for their own purposes.

If that was the case, this would be interesting.

“First of all, I can tell you honestly that I’m not the person you’re talking about. I’m a strange creature.

“Now, I’ll ask you a question. You only have one chance to answer.”

After saying this, the long-haired creature shut her mouth and quieted down.

Obviously, she knew who had the upper hand now.

“Creature, can you subdue other creatures?”

The long-haired creature was slightly stunned. Then, she nodded and said, “Yes.”

Generally speaking, if there was a battle between creatures, the winner would devour the loser to improve its strength.

It was rare for a creature to subdue another.

This was good news for the long-haired creature.

“You want to subdue me?” She narrowed her eyes and stared at Flanders.

Earlier, the long-haired creature was mentally prepared.

To her, it was better to submit to a mage than to die.

However, things were completely different now.

It was the scarecrow in front of her who wanted to subdue her.

That was somewhat acceptable to the long-haired creature.

As long as she could live, what difference did it make who subjugated her?

However, she was still a little unwilling to be subjugated by a strange person who did not have any strength at all.

This was a great humiliation.

Flanders smiled slightly and released the straw that bounded the long-haired creature.

“What? You don’t want to?

“Or, do you think you can beat me?”

Hearing Flanders’s relaxed tone, the long-haired creature furrowed her brows. She seemed to have other thoughts.

“Although I don’t know how you beat me just now, I can’t feel any strength in your body.

“If we fight again, who’s to say you’d win?”

After saying that, the long-haired creature took a step back mysteriously, as if she didn’t intend to surrender so easily.

However, Flanders was not angry at all. He merely stretched out a slender straw finger and pointed at the long-haired creature.

Fear!

Then, the long-haired creature’s pale face instantly grew paler.

[Fear points: +5,000.]

After a short 30 seconds, Flanders was still leaning against the handrail.

As for the long-haired creature, she was panting heavily.

“I—I’m willing to serve you as my master, to submit to you, and to never betray you.

“If my master dies, I’ll die.”

Earlier, she had experienced an extremely realistic illusion.

No matter how hard she struggled, she could not get rid of it.

After experiencing a long period of fear and returning to reality, the strange long-haired creature finally understood.

It was not that the scarecrow in front of her did not possess any strength.

It was that her strength and the scarecrow’s were not on the same level at all.

How could an ant standing on an elephant feel the size of an elephant?

“I accept.”

Flanders smiled lightly.