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Chapter 117: Ugh, Just Kill Me

“Who will keep it?”

Princess Hilna, already tempted, looked at Kailun and asked.

It wasn’t that she hadn’t learned her lesson, as Kailun said, she had nothing left to lose.

Compared to gradually fading away, it was better to play some interesting games, at least this way she could clearly feel that she was still alive.

She knew that her chances of winning were very low, but even if it was low, it couldn’t be less than one in ten thousand.

As long as there was a glimmer of possibility, she would continue the game with Kailun.

Perhaps the strange dreams gave Hilna new hope, she didn’t want to be Kailun’s puppet, didn’t want to be controlled by him all the time.

She could still barely teach Phils some useful things now, but when the day came when she was useless, wouldn’t she become a mere tool for venting?

This was the ending Hilna couldn’t accept the most.

“Let me think, let Isabella keep it. Although she is my ally, she is generally neutral, you have interacted with her, you should be able to trust her. How about it? If you have no objections, write down your respective requests.”

Kailun said as he pushed the paper and pen on the table to Hilna.

“I have no objections, but you haven’t said what we are betting on specifically, how to judge who wins or loses.” Hilna asked after glancing at the paper and pen on the table.

Kailun: “Didn’t you just say that when those ninth-ranks come to their senses, they will definitely break the illusion of the Kingdom of Xiya? Then let’s bet on whether they can break this illusion within a month.”

“Isn’t a month too short?” Hilna hesitated.

“A month is too short? They have ninth-ranks, you know, don’t tell me that the princess doesn’t even have this much confidence?”

Kailun frowned slightly. What he cared about wasn’t that he would lose if the time was extended, but that if the time was extended, his harvest time would also be extended.

If the time dragged on, he might forget about it one day.

“A month… I can agree to you, I just hope you can keep your promise.” After hesitating for a while, Hilna finally nodded, she could see the casualness in Kailun’s eyes.

She regarded this as a new possibility, but for Kailun, it was just a casual game.

Taking the paper and pen, Hilna covered the paper with one hand and wrote with the other.

After hurriedly writing two lines of small words, Hilna quickly folded the paper to prevent Kailun from seeing it. However, when she raised her head, she found that Kailun had already written down his request, and had only casually flipped the blank paper over.

This casual attitude made her unhappy. Just as she showed displeasure, she felt an itch between her legs, it was obviously Kailun’s foot doing mischief.

Helplessly, she could only press Kailun’s foot with her hand to prevent him from misbehaving.

“Speaking of which, I haven’t cared about you for several days, wouldn’t the princess feel lonely?” Kailun teased her sensitive spot with his toes subtly.

Hilna’s face flushed slightly: “I don’t have such worldly desires, don’t lump me in with you.”

“That’s great, my beautiful princess is so pure and innocent, but I just like to bully you who are pure and innocent. The cleaner you are, the more I want to make you dirty, until you are completely corrupted. But let’s forget about being as extreme as Chrissy, one plush ball is enough.”

Kailun cast a provocative look at Hilna. Under her puzzled gaze, he ordered:

“It just so happens that I have worldly desires, so crawl under the table and serve me now. Remember to drink it all this time, okay?”

Hearing this, a panicked look appeared on Hilna’s face: “Isn’t that a bit inappropriate? Many people will see us here.”

They were in the pavilion in the middle of the small lake. Because girls often played here, Kailun had someone put a round table and a few chairs here.

This place was open on all sides, with almost no cover.

However, the pavilion was some distance away from the shore, and people in the distance couldn’t see clearly what was happening here.

Moreover, there were only women in Kailun’s backyard, the largest number naturally being the young and pretty maids. However, at this moment, only a few dancers were playing and swimming in the lake, their figures, occasionally leaping out of the water, were fair and alluring.

They already regarded Kailun as their true master, so even if they felt his gaze, they wouldn’t shyly hide underwater.

On the contrary, they would even stand up and show off their bodies to Kailun, hoping to be favored by him.

They were more realistic and sincere in their expressions, this kind of unpretentious attitude deserved praise.

Kailun was glad that he had taken them back from Isabella. No matter what, their dancing was quite good, and their handling of intelligence was a bonus.

And he was the only male they had ever come into contact with, so they wouldn’t feel any psychological discomfort.

This had to be praised for the Loya Ball, they understood men.

Of course, not everyone had this kind of strange possessiveness. For example, the Second Prince liked experienced women, Duke Pit liked married women, and Harry liked pretty boys.

Everyone’s hobbies were different, Kailun had a strong possessiveness.

Moving his gaze from the dancers’ bodies back to Hilna, who was even more beautiful, Kailun smiled and said, “It’s okay, no one can see you under the table, right?”

Kailun retracted his foot and urged Hilna to make a decision with his eyes.

“Can we not do it here? We can go back to the room, as long as it’s not here, I can satisfy more of your requests.”

Hilna’s momentum weakened, she had been bullied by Kailun many times, and she wasn’t very resistant to being intimate with him.

What she cared about was the eyes of others, if others saw her, the dignified princess…

She glanced down under the table, because of the cover of the pavilion’s pillars and the table, others probably couldn’t see.

“You can refuse me, but the consequence of doing so is that I will actively press you on the table, so you can choose one.” Kailun fiddled with the paper in front of him and smiled.

Kailun was unwilling to give up the pleasure of bullying Hilna. Anna went to deal with the accounts with Ella today, the latter’s favorability had been brushed from -20 to 20.

Anna had already told Kailun about Ella’s evil plan, and Kailun had bullied Ella hard for several hours because of this.

Afra was still training the little knights, Phils was busy with the tasks Kailun had assigned, so the only person he could bully was Hilna.

At this time, Kailun couldn’t help but think about whether he should bring Little Princess Vivian along. After all, putting the two sisters together would always produce wonderful reactions.

“I understand…”

Hilna forced down her shame and shrank under the table, then she slowly crawled towards Kailun until she poked her head out from under the table.

Grabbing her fiery red hair with one hand, Kailun enjoyed the rich expressions on her face.

[Your rough actions made Hilna disgusted, but mental pollution offset her disgust. Favorability unchanged.]

Half an hour later, while listening to the gurgling sound, Kailun opened the note Hilna had written her bet on and read softly: “My bet is to make Kailun my dog, wagging his tail at me every day and barking.”

After reading Hilna’s request, Kailun touched her head and commented: “You’re just like Vivian, you both like to keep dogs. This is not a good habit, because you are the little doggy, you know?”

[Your actions once again shattered Hilna’s newly built pride, she hates your deception. Favorability -5, Total favorability -85]

He said he wouldn’t look, but Kailun still looked, he was a liar!

The sad Hilna bit down hard with her teeth, but all she could bring Kailun was endless sourness. If she had little canine teeth, Kailun would be even more satisfied.

Hilna’s resistance was just humiliating herself, it didn’t take long for Kailun to feed her again.

[Hilna was filled with mental pollution. Favorability +10, Total favorability -75]

After going back and forth, Hilna’s favorability didn’t decrease but increased, the only price was that she might not be able to eat lunch.

Kailun touched her hair while contemplating life.

He had been back in the Kingdom of Xiya for several days. Since the Temple of the Heavenly God hadn’t started a war, he could only contact the Fox Spirit in advance.

He didn’t know if the previous method would still work, but no matter what, he would try it first. He planned to set off after lunch.

To be safe, he would bring Afra along.

Because of his gift, Afra already had top-tier eighth-rank attributes. If he transferred his own attributes to Afra, then she would have double the attributes and be able to truly rival a ninth-rank.

For now, Afra was one of his hidden trump cards.

……

In the main hall of the Rose Kingdom, the Rose Queen was once again discussing their next plan with the ministers and nobles.

“I heard that Duke Pit has already contacted a supplier of magic crystals, is this true?”

The Rose Queen, sitting high on the throne, lowered her head slightly and scanned the crowd in the hall, her gaze finally landing on Duke Pit.

“Your Majesty, please rest assured, I have already contacted reliable people to provide a stable supply of magic crystals. Although I paid a high price in the process, as long as it’s for the benefit of the kingdom, it’s worth it, I am willing to dedicate everything to Your Majesty.”

Duke Pit bowed with a smile, his face filled with uncontainable joy.

He naturally felt the displeased gazes of the other nobles, but he didn’t care. As long as he could get close to the Rose Queen, he was making a profit.

He secretly glanced at the Rose Queen on the throne out of the corner of his eye, she was so intellectual and beautiful.

In Duke Pit’s eyes, the Rose Queen was the perfect married woman, her existence perfectly satisfied his understanding of this term.

Especially when he heard that the former king was about to die of illness, he was even happier.

“Very good, if you handle this matter well, I can give you a certain reward, either territory or gold coins. You should know that the resistance of the Madden and Kaz Kingdoms has become tenacious recently, our offensive has been blocked everywhere, and the magic crystals stored in the treasury are about to be exhausted.”

The Rose Queen reminded him briefly.

Originally, they planned to take down the Madden and Kaz Kingdoms within a month, but now it seemed that it was impossible.

The Rose Kingdom was now bogged down in the quagmire of war, with tight funds, scarce resources, insufficient troops, and lack of firepower… These were the current difficulties the Rose Kingdom was facing.

And all these difficulties were related to a person named Kailun. If it weren’t for Kailun’s appearance, she would have easily conquered the capitals of the two countries by now.

What she never expected was that while she was still fighting hard, Kailun had already defeated the Temple of the Heavenly God and captured the Kingdom of Malaga, the whole process only took a week.

Compared to him, the Rose Queen even doubted her own life.

“Your Majesty, please rest assured, if I can’t deliver, you can take back my territory and rights.” When Duke Pit said this, he confidently thought that the Rose Queen would refuse.

After all, he had contributed so much to the Rose Kingdom, even if he didn’t have any merit, he still had hard work.

“Okay, since Duke Pit has such great determination, I naturally have to trust you completely.”

The Rose Queen smiled: “Everyone, listen carefully, Duke Pit has made such a promise, you must supervise him well and never let him slack off.”

The Rose Queen had a charming smile on her face, making it difficult to tell whether she was joking or being serious.

Duke Pit: “Your Majesty, actually I…”

Seeing the Rose Queen’s smile, Duke Pit’s heart tightened, he quickly tried to explain, but the surrounding nobles chose to kick him while he was down and congratulated him one after another.

“Duke Pit, you really have good methods, we are so envious, but we are not capable enough, we can only watch you accomplish this great task.”

“Yes, yes, Duke Pit must keep his word. You said before that you would use one million gold coins to buy how many supplies? Oh, one and a half million!”

“That’s right, it’s one and a half million, Duke Pit, you have to work hard.”

“….”

Duke Pit: “….”

He had too many enemies, it was a bit overwhelming.

Looking at the Rose Queen on the throne, he wondered if she did it on purpose.

But it didn’t matter, wasn’t this fiery personality a plus?

To take it a step further, Duke Pit smiled confidently: “Your Majesty, please rest assured, this is just a piece of cake for me.”

He had already thought about it, if the magic crystals provided by Earl Laurist couldn’t meet his needs, then he would target these nobles around him.

Anyway, they didn’t have a good relationship, it wouldn’t be a big problem if he took a little, just treat it as getting rid of potential opponents.

Duke Pit was very skilled at this kind of thing, after all, this was how he had survived all these years.

“Hmm, good awareness, then let’s move on to the next topic, how should we defend against the Kingdom of Xiya’s attack in ten days? According to the situation on the front line, it will take us at least another month to conquer the Madden and Kaz Kingdoms. During this time, we can’t defend against the Kingdom of Xiya’s attack from the rear. Unless we give up the external offensive, but this is not realistic, is it?”

The Rose Queen laid out the current predicament on the table, the Kingdom of Xiya had become her biggest worry.

Withdrawing troops to defend meant that the war during this period was in vain, the national strength was wasted, and the subsequent decline was foreseeable.

But if they continued the war, how could they defend against the Kingdom of Xiya’s attack?

A hint of regret appeared in the Rose Queen’s heart.

Before, she thought that a one-month peace treaty was too long, now she thought that this one-month peace treaty was too short.

People were fickle, and so was she.

Hearing this, a noble who was also a duke hesitated for a moment and stood up and said: “I am willing to share Your Majesty’s worries, in order to solve the kingdom’s difficulties, I am willing to contribute five thousand private soldiers to defend the rear.”

With one noble taking a stand, the other nobles were put on the spot. The cruel involution forced them to make a choice.

In order to not leave a bad impression in front of the Rose Queen, the nobles expressed their stance one after another.

“I am willing to contribute three thousand private soldiers.”

“I am willing to contribute one thousand mages.”

“I am willing to contribute five hundred knights.”

“….”

Bit by bit, they quickly gathered more than thirty thousand troops, which should be enough to defend the city, it could only solve the immediate problem.

After all the nobles had expressed their stance, Duke Pit stepped forward: “I am willing to contribute fifteen thousand private soldiers to share Your Majesty’s worries.”

‘Damn involution dog!’

Hearing Duke Pit’s words, everyone cursed him in their hearts.

“Thank you all for your contributions to the country, we will reward you for your merits when everything is settled. If there is nothing else, you may all leave.”

When she said these words, the Rose Queen glanced at Duke Pit, there was no praise in her eyes, but pity.

“Your Majesty, I discovered a special situation. In our investigation, the Madden and Kaz Kingdoms transported a large amount of supplies and gold coins to the Kingdom of Xiya. Unfortunately, our investigation was a step too late, they have already successfully entered the Kingdom of Xiya. According to my investigation, the changes in the Madden and Kaz Kingdoms are likely related to the Kingdom of Xiya.”

An old minister spoke after the nobles had finished speaking, he looked at the Rose Queen on the throne with a worried expression and continued:

“This is clearly a scheme by that Kailun, he wants to be the fisherman who benefits from the troubled waters. Your Majesty must be extremely vigilant, this Kailun is not simple at all, as far as I know, even the Temple of the Heavenly God was defeated by him, and in the end, they could only spend money to redeem the Saint.”

Hearing the name Kailun, the Rose Queen was silent for a moment. “You all go down first, as for this Kailun, I will study him carefully. If he wants to benefit from this, he must pay a heavy price. After I solve the matter at hand, I will definitely come back and crush his Kingdom of Xiya.”

As she spoke, the Rose Queen’s disgust for Kailun increased a bit.

[The Rose Queen hates your insidiousness. Favorability -5, Total favorability -65]

……

“What?! One gold coin can only buy ninety-five ordinary magic crystals? With such a high price, why don’t you just rob me?”

“You said this is the price everywhere, how come I don’t know? In the Kingdom of Xiya, it’s clearly one gold coin for one hundred magic crystals, don’t try to fool me.”

“Are your magic crystals made of gold or something?”

Dean Edlin was furious when she heard the chamber of commerce shopkeeper’s outrageous offer. This was a direct loss of 5%, who could stand it?

In terms of profit, it was a 50% reduction, which meant that the other party’s asking price made her lose two hundred and fifty thousand gold coins.

It was already considered restrained that Edlin didn’t immediately chop the other party down after hearing this offer.

“I’m sorry, this is the national unified price. As far as I know, the price in the neighboring kingdom is even higher. If you can’t accept it, then please go somewhere else.”

The chamber of commerce president in front of Edlin was a middle-aged woman. If it weren’t for the fact that Edlin had two seventh-rank knights with her, she would have already kicked her out.

In her opinion, her price was still too low. The neighboring kingdom was already at 1:92, if she didn’t raise the price, it would be against heaven’s will.

Edlin, in her girl form, put her hands on her hips and said: “How could the neighboring kingdom be more expensive than your price? Don’t lie to me.”

“Master Edlin, she’s telling the truth.” The deputy commander, feeling a little embarrassed, quickly stepped forward and pulled Edlin’s sleeve, whispering:

“According to the information we received, the exchange rates in the next few kingdoms we are going to are: 1:90, 1:85, 1:83. If you don’t believe it, you can see the magic letters we just received with your own eyes.”

According to the information they received, the further away the kingdom was from the Kingdom of Xiya, the higher the price. When they arrived later, the price would probably be even higher. The current price was already the lowest they could get.

The deputy commander’s words were like a bolt from the blue, shattering Edlin’s heart. She quickly grabbed the deputy commander’s arm and said, “Are you sure you’re not lying to me? You’re joking, right?”

The deputy commander shook her head: “Sorry, this is the information we just received. The price of magic crystals is soaring, if you want to buy them, you have to do it soon.”

“Oh right, how many magic crystals do you have left?” The deputy commander’s words reminded Edlin, she quickly looked at the middle-aged woman in front of her.

“About eighty million, I wonder how much this customer needs?” The middle-aged woman smiled professionally.

Edlin: “…”

Eighty million magic crystals meant only a few hundred thousand gold coins, then she would have to go to other kingdoms to buy the rest at a high price.

No matter how she looked at it, it was a huge loss, let alone making a profit, she estimated that she would lose hundreds of thousands of gold coins.

“Ouch, my stomach hurts, I have to go out to take care of it!” Edlin had a sudden idea and clutched her stomach, running outside.

However, the two seventh-rank deputy commanders immediately pressed Edlin’s shoulders. “Where do you want to go, Master Edlin? Don’t forget that Young Master Kailun signed a contract with you, you should be very clear about the consequences of breaking the contract.”

To prevent Edlin from running away or doing something stupid, Kailun arranged for two deputy commanders of the Silver Moon Knights.

They were there to protect the gold coins, and also to “protect” Edlin.

Edlin’s face fell: “Oh right, I signed a contract, tell me honestly, did Kailun already know that the price of magic crystals was going up?”

“Master Edlin, don’t overthink it, Young Master Kailun didn’t know that the price of magic crystals was going up, have you forgotten that the magic crystals in the Kingdom of Xiya are only 1:100?”

Edlin: “Ugh, just kill me, I don’t want to live anymore, the thought of owing hundreds of thousands of gold coins makes me want to bang my head against the wall.”

The deputy commander patted Edlin’s shoulder and said, “Master Edlin, look on the bright side, maybe the gold coins you owe are more than a million.”

Edlin: “…”

The person who she originally thought was kind and like a grandmother only knew how to stab her in the heart.

Now Edlin could only pin her hopes on Kailun, she didn’t know how many gold coins her beauty was worth.

Melancholy, sadness, and discomfort.

She had to dress up well, so that she could sell herself to Kailun, this big sucker, at a very high price.

With Kailun’s lecherousness, it wouldn’t be excessive to charge him a million gold coins, right?

Thinking of her sadness, Edlin directly waved her hand: “Bring out all your magic crystals, this master will take them all!”

Even though she had already lost everything, she still had to continue buying magic crystals for Kailun, what kind of torture was this?

……

Chapter 116: Another Bet?

“Speaking of which, haven’t the Temple of the Heavenly God and the abyss started fighting yet?”

At ten o’clock in the morning, Kailun sought out Isabella to get the latest information.

He had been waiting for both sides to start fighting, but after waiting for so long, there was still no result, which made him very disappointed.

The two of them were strolling by the small lake. Along the way, Kailun could also feel the gazes of the princesses.

Vivian didn’t know when she had become close to Hilna, but she looked a bit like an owner, her status far above Hilna’s.

Using the authority given by Kailun, she often bullied Hilna in daily life, making her do laundry, wash dishes, and mop the floor.

Kailun didn’t interfere too much, he was waiting for the two of them to put on an interesting show for him.

Turning his head back, Kailun’s gaze fell on Isabella.

She was really too petite, her height barely reaching Kailun’s waist, she looked like a delicate doll.

“Your eyes are very rude. I told you, I’m an adult, please don’t look at me like that. If it were in my territory, I would definitely have someone gouge your eyes out.”

Isabella didn’t answer Kailun’s question immediately.

If she could beat him, she would definitely jump up and hit Kailun’s knees.

“Unfortunately, you are in my territory now, so doesn’t that mean I can do whatever I want to you?”

Kailun reached out and touched her head, messing up her gray hair.

Sensing Kailun’s somewhat aggressive gaze, Isabella wisely didn’t refute his words.

She only expressed her displeasure with her lively and charming eyes.

[Your words made Isabella slightly unhappy. Favorability -2, Total favorability 18]

It was really hard for her that she hadn’t dropped below freezing point after witnessing so many of Kailun’s evil deeds.

Speaking of which, there weren’t many normal people around Kailun. People like Saint Chrissy were all brushed from negative to positive through special methods.

Anna’s situation was similar, she was also on the passive side.

As for Little Princess Vivian, she had a mischievous personality, it was reasonable for her favorability to increase because of the scenes in her dreams.

“Tell me, tell me some information I don’t know, I’m quite interested in the war between the Temple of the Heavenly God and the abyss.”

Kailun didn’t continue to tease Isabella, if he went too far when her favorability was not high, it was easy to make her favorability drop to 0 or below.

For Kailun now, Isabella was just a useful tool.

Therefore, he didn’t pay much attention to her and didn’t even deliberately brush her favorability.

Actually, the favorability of “little girls” like Isabella was often easy to brush, he only needed to show a little more care and concern to have a chance to enter her heart.

Don’t look at her always putting on an unapproachable appearance, she would occasionally show envious eyes.

Thanks to their similarities in some aspects, Isabella was very close to Vivian, but recently Vivian had started to be busy with her own things, so she was left alone again.

She looked a little pitiful, should he find something for her to do?

Isabella, who was mentally mature, felt Kailun’s gaze and wanted to correct his misjudgment, but to avoid trouble, she still said patiently:

“The main reason why the Temple of the Heavenly God didn’t take the initiative to start a war is that other major forces are watching, to be honest, our Loya Ball can also be considered one of them. Not only that, the Temple of the Heavenly God seems to want to use this to deplete the abyss’s reserves and force them to act, after all, the second mine that the abyss has been operating for so many years has a home advantage. Although this home advantage is useless for the ninth-rank, it still has some impact on the rest of them.”

Isabella paused for a moment: “The reason why the abyss didn’t attack is even simpler, that is, their frontal strength is not enough to support a frontal battle. As far as I know, there are still several factions in the abyss, and they are not perfectly integrated with each other.”

Hearing this, Kailun skillfully touched Isabella’s head and said regretfully: “You might as well have not said anything, there’s nothing useful in your words.”

Isabella rolled her beautiful eyes at Kailun: “You just didn’t get the result you wanted, they’re not idiots, how could they start a war so easily?”

“Oh, you’re wrong about that. In fact, those two idiots are much crazier than you think, they would have started fighting long ago if everything had gone normally. The reason they haven’t fought now should be because of unexpected problems, and this accident is most likely due to my appearance.”

Kailun even smiled proudly when he said this.

Isabella naturally didn’t believe this statement. Although Kailun had already had a considerable impact on the Temple of the Heavenly God, it wouldn’t have much impact on their main decisions.

After all, Kailun didn’t have a ninth-rank on his side, even if the Temple valued him, they wouldn’t value him too much.

But looking at Kailun’s expression, she wasn’t so confident anymore. So Isabella thought about it and took out a gold coin from her arms: “Do you need me to divine once?”

Kailun shook his head: “There’s no need to use your ability on such small matters, why don’t you calculate whether the Temple of the Heavenly God will start a war today instead?”

Isabella was stunned for a moment and nodded slightly: “Okay.”

She flicked the gold coin with her thumb, making it draw a beautiful arc in the air…

……

“Slap!”

The gold coin landed on the table, heads up.

“Ahhh! I was actually tricked, I’m going to kill him!”

In the carriage heading towards the Temple of the Heavenly God, the assassin girl was heartbroken as she looked at the gold coin on the table.

The gold coin on the table was left for her by Kailun. At first, Helena didn’t understand what was the point of Kailun doing this.

But as she replayed the scene in her mind, she realized that it wasn’t that she was unlucky, but that probability was on Kailun’s side.

If it were in the past, she should have discovered such an obvious problem long ago, but why didn’t she notice it?

Thinking back, Helena realized that she had been completely led by the nose by Kailun, as if she had been possessed.

This feeling of being played with made her very angry. In order to return to the Temple of the Heavenly God and report the Saint, she signed an extremely unequal treaty with Kailun.

However, this wasn’t the most excessive part, the most excessive part was that Kailun didn’t even return her dagger.

You know, her dagger was made from a dragon tooth, a proper eighth-rank weapon, it was a gift from the Pope.

The heartache made it difficult to breathe, she would rather Kailun take her body than her dagger.

“Damn Kailun, just you wait, I will personally take your head in a month.”

Helena glared at the gold coin on the table fiercely. After leaving Kailun, she returned to her original personality.

Next time she faced Kailun, she would use all her means. As long as she could kill him, she was willing to sacrifice everything, even using seduction, she was fearless.

“Don’t be silly, if you dare to touch Kailun, I will be the first to cut you down, understand?”

Saint Chrissy, who was sitting opposite Helena, rolled her eyes at her. If Helena wasn’t just talking, she would have slapped her.

She was just a knife raised by the Temple of the Heavenly God, she was still far inferior to her, the Saint.

Even though she had become Kailun’s plush ball, Chrissy could still look down at Helena from above.

“Traitor, you traitor to the Temple of the Heavenly God, everyone spent so many resources to cultivate you, but you betrayed the Temple. You are not only a traitor, but also an ingrate!”

The originally respected Saint had become the biggest traitor, Helena’s mood was not calm.

While hating the Saint, she hated herself even more, because even though she knew the truth, she couldn’t directly tell the Pope.

An unspeakable sin weighed on Helena’s shoulders, she desperately wanted to kill Kailun to seek relief, if possible, she also wanted to include Chrissy.

“Yes, yes, yes, I’m an ingrate, but don’t you have to listen to me now? Don’t you think you’re noble? If you’re so noble, tell the Pope directly that I’m a traitor.”

Chrissy, deeply influenced by Kailun, also learned his sarcasm.

Helena looked at Chrissy angrily: “You, you, you…”

“Don’t ‘you, you, you’, I ask you, what’s your name?” Chrissy, who had gained the upper hand, directly ended the topic with one sentence.

Helena: “…”

With just one sentence, she was completely silenced. Helena hated two kinds of people in her life, one was called Kailun, and the other was the kind of person who asked her name.

Biting her lip, Helena huddled in a corner with the gold coin.

She didn’t want to be an assassin anymore, she wanted to be a warrior, so that she could stab Chrissy in the heart with a sword.

……

“At our current speed, we will be able to enter the kingdom with the Temple of the Heavenly God’s bank the day after tomorrow. At that time, we will directly exchange the Golden Agreements for gold coins, and then buy magic crystals on the spot. However, I estimate that the local gold coins and magic crystals won’t be enough to meet our needs, so we have to go to several kingdoms. But we are all riding horses, so the whole process can be completed in half a month.”

On the way to the next kingdom, Dean Edlin, riding on a horse, was talking about her plan.

The deputy commander, who knew the inside story, smiled and said: “As long as you’re happy.”

The deputy commander was a veteran of the Silver Moon Knights. Although she was fifty years old, her combat power was even stronger than when she was young.

After all, not everyone reached their peak when they were young, for many people, they could only slowly increase their strength.

The deputy commander next to Edlin was the one who reached the seventh-rank after decades of hard work, but this was already her limit.

She saw a similar talent in Edlin as in Afra, both of them were favored by the world.

Not only them, there were many other talented girls around Kailun.

As a senior, she felt that she should guide these talented girls to become stronger.

At the same time, Steward Roden and the captain of the First Knights were in the Kingdom of Malaga, helping Kailun guard and manage the territory.

But she couldn’t help but smile when she thought of Kailun’s evil plan.

Such a good girl, but she had already fallen into Young Master Kailun’s trap.

She didn’t intend to tell Edlin the truth. As the deputy commander of the Silver Moon Knights, she was part of the Kailun family, and obeying orders was part of her honor.

“I’m always generous, when I make money, I’ll give you five thousand each, no, ten thousand… Forget it, I’ll treat you to a good meal, that’s more practical.”

Originally, Edlin wanted to show off and give everyone five thousand gold coins, but then she thought that five thousand gold coins was too much, it was better to treat them to a good meal.

There was no other way, she had been poor for too long, and now that she finally had the possibility of being rich, Edlin didn’t want to be extravagant and wasteful.

In order to earn more gold coins from Kailun, she even sold all the mentors from the Royal Magic Academy to Kailun in one go.

It wasn’t much, just fifty thousand gold coins, this money had already been deducted from the money she owed Kailun, she currently still owed sixty thousand gold coins.

In fact, Edlin had quite a bit of savings, adding up to about fifty thousand gold coins, but she had always saved it and never spent it.

She lacked a key catalyst for the special magic she was researching. According to her research, this catalyst was best to be a hard dragon tooth, and it had to be at least eighth-rank.

However, eighth-rank dragon teeth generally came from dragon corpses, so the price was always sky-high.

If she remembered correctly, the last dragon tooth sold at the Temple of the Heavenly God fetched one hundred thousand gold coins, and that was just the price of one tooth.

If you added the wings, horns, and scales, a whole dragon would be worth millions of gold coins, no wonder the Temple of the Heavenly God often hunted the abyss, this was simply profiteering.

Even if they didn’t hunt dragons, occasionally catching some elves and rare races to sell could also earn them a fortune.

It was impossible not to be envious. For Edlin, who would do anything for money, she also wanted to steal a dragon and sell it.

It was just a pity that most dragons were quite powerful now, there were quite a few seventh and eighth-ranks among them.

After witnessing Edlin’s stinginess, the deputy commander still smiled and said: “As long as you’re happy, but the price of magic crystals seems to have gone up recently, so we’d better hurry.”

“What? The price has gone up? Hurry, hurry, hurry, let’s rush to our destination overnight, I’ll treat you to a feast when we get there!”

Hearing this, Edlin was completely flustered. Now was a race against time, every hour she wasted, she would lose countless gold coins.

Thinking of the fact that the gold coins she earned were reduced, Edlin’s eyes turned red.

……

Amidst the hustle and bustle of countless people, the Kingdom of Xiya really calmed down.

But this peace only lasted for two days. When the third day arrived, the Kingdom of Xiya was in an uproar.

For Kailun, everything was developing in a good direction. The academies located in various parts of the kingdom were recruiting students in an orderly manner, and they were advertising free tuition.

No matter who it was, as long as they had the corresponding talent and were recognized in a certain way, they could study for free.

This outrageous move was seen by many as another form of scam, but with Kailun’s personal confirmation, people went crazy.

Countless people flocked to the Magic Academy, wanting to become a noble mage, but unfortunately, there weren’t many people with magic talent. Even though Kailun’s academy was free, many people couldn’t study.

So they settled for the next best thing and chose the Knight Academy and Warrior Academy, which were also free.

Although they were very enthusiastic, talent was always the cruelest reality. Even though the acceptance rate of the latter two was much higher, it was only 1% of the number of applicants.

Reality extinguished their enthusiasm, many people could only helplessly devote themselves to the construction of the kingdom.

It wasn’t because they were patriotic, but because the current salary was much higher than before.

The daily salary not only allowed them to eat hard bread, but also allowed them to save money to buy new clothes. If they worked a little harder, they could even see the hope of buying a house and settling down.

With this kind of publicity, many people from the surrounding kingdoms flocked to the Kingdom of Xiya. Among them, there were quite a few sixth and seventh-ranks, most of them came for the classes of Kailson, the eighth-rank mage.

At first, they planned to steal the knowledge and then return to their countries, leaving as soon as they broke through. After all, there was only one eighth-rank in the whole world who taught selflessly.

But when they had this thought, they had already fallen into Kailun’s trap. After breaking through from the sixth-rank to the seventh-rank, wouldn’t they want to break through to the eighth-rank?

Kailson had the experience of breaking through to the eighth-rank, let him teach you.

If there were one or two lucky ones who really broke through to the eighth-rank, wouldn’t they want to break through to the ninth-rank?

By just painting half a pie, Kailun could quietly win over many people.

Of course, this method naturally had many drawbacks.

But in Kailun’s view, as long as the advantages outweighed the disadvantages, it was enough. The benefits he gained from this could make the snowball of fate roll bigger and bigger.

In addition to free tuition, Kailun also sold books, magic books, at cost price.

He broke the norm and sold these once extremely expensive books at the price of blank paper.

Except for some sensitive taboo scrolls, all books below the sixth-rank were sold.

In order to mobilize the enthusiasm of the merchants and let them print books in the country for free and sell them at cost price, Kailun gave them the right to export books, allowing them to sell them to other countries at a maximum of five times the cost price.

Although it was five times the price, it was also five times the price of ordinary books, so overall it wasn’t expensive.

Even the lowest class of people could buy a book with a fifth-rank magic circle if they saved money for a while.

However, a fivefold profit was enough to drive these merchants crazy.

Kailun didn’t expect them to make a lot of money for him, he just wanted them to expand the influence of the Kingdom of Xiya, all of this was paving the way for his future plans.

It was no exaggeration to say that this was a storm sweeping the world, only a madman like Kailun dared to make such a bold plan.

If it were someone else, at another time, they might have been crushed by the surrounding countries long ago.

However, what were the surrounding countries of the Kingdom of Xiya doing? The Rose Kingdom was fighting the Madden and Kaz Kingdoms, the Kingdom of Malaga was taken down by Kailun in a week, and then Dean Edlin’s crazy purchases would also have a profound impact on the remaining countries.

From this point of view, Kailun had almost provoked all the surrounding kingdoms, but they couldn’t punish him.

The only one who could punish him, the Temple of the Heavenly God, had already suffered a defeat. With their main forces entangled with the abyss, the Temple simply couldn’t control Kailun.

In Kailun’s words, the time, the place, and the people were all in his favor, if he didn’t act now, when would he?

Kailun clearly knew what kind of impact his decision had on the world, no one could stay out of it during this period.

Now Kailun had thrown the problem to the other kingdoms. Facing Kailun’s actions, would they join in or close themselves off?

No matter what decision they made, Kailun would benefit, he was in an invincible position from the beginning.

The next step was to contact the Fox Spirit based on this, truly establish a connection with the abyss, and become the third pole of the world.

To put it nicely, it was absolute neutrality.

To put it bluntly, it was taking advantage of both sides.

As long as the first phase of the plan succeeded, Kailun would have this confidence.

Since someone could observe fate, then they would definitely know that the future center of the world was in the Kingdom of Xiya.

“Checkmate!”

Throwing away the chess piece in his hand, Kailun looked at Princess Hilna across from him with a little interest and said, “So, my beautiful princess, do you understand why I made this move?”

“I don’t understand.”

Hilna shook her head. In the morning, she was still glad that Kailun hadn’t bullied her for several days, but she didn’t expect him to come and play chess with her early in the morning.

Five games in a row, she tried her best in these five games, but she couldn’t resist Kailun’s attacks, and finally ended up with a crushing defeat.

“Doesn’t the princess have anything to say about the current Kingdom of Xiya?”

Kailun took off his shoes, put his feet on Hilna’s lap, and asked her to massage them for him.

“You’re asking about the Kingdom of Xiya?” Hilna was stunned.

“Otherwise? You don’t think I’m asking about the chess game in front of you, do you?”

Kailun shook his head with amusement: “Princess, don’t make me laugh, I’d rather expect you to fall head over heels in love with me than expect you to understand the chess game in front of you.”

“…” Hilna bit her lip, leaving faint teeth marks on her red lips with her teeth: “I would rather die than fall for you.”

“Don’t say such absolute things, or I’ll take it seriously. But speaking of which, does the princess really have nothing to say when she sees the current Kingdom of Xiya?”

Kailun propped his chin on his hand and stared into Hilna’s eyes, he deliberately used the title “princess” to provoke her nerves.

“I… I don’t understand…”

Hilna stopped halfway through her words, meeting Kailun’s provocative gaze, she bit the bullet and said: “Surface prosperity, underlying chaos, as long as there is an external force beyond our control, it will definitely collapse. Everything now is just a last hurrah, the final glory. When those forces with ninth-ranks come to their senses, they will definitely crush the Kingdom of Xiya.”

She wanted to say she didn’t understand, but a voice in her heart told her not to.

“It’s a considered opinion, you pass. Considering that you’ve been teaching Phils seriously recently, I’ll give you a chance, a chance to bet with me.”

Kailun saw Hilna purse her lips, knowing that she wanted to refuse, so he added: “After all, you have nothing left to lose, do you? Don’t tell me that the once proud princess doesn’t even have this much courage anymore.”

Bullying Hilna had become a pleasure for Kailun, he would properly educate this former enemy when he had free time.

When would he stop?

Of course, when she fell in love with him.

Was that possible?

Of course not, because Kailun would try his best to avoid it, because only Hilna, who hated him, was worth bullying.

Hilna asked: “What’s the bet?”

Kailun gently stepped on Hilna’s soft lower abdomen and put his foot between her legs: “Don’t ask about the bet, let’s decide the bet at the end, we can write it down on a piece of paper and have someone keep it beforehand. In that case, are you still willing to bet with me?”

These words meant that the bet could be anything.

As soon as he finished speaking, Kailun felt Hilna’s body tense up, she was tightly clamping his foot with her beautiful thighs, making him sink into endless softness.

Of course, as a bad guy, Kailun wouldn’t tell Hilna that his bet was to have her personally send Shirley to his bed.

He might not eat Shirley, but he definitely wanted to see Hilna cry.

Hee hee~

Chapter 115: Dragon Girl’s Teeth

“Alright, get some rest. I’ll stay with Carol tonight. The little one seems to have something on her mind, I need to comfort her well tonight.”

“What’s wrong with me? Don’t overthink it. With my current strength, even ten of you can’t beat me. Don’t you believe it? I’ll press you against the wall and bully you right now.”

“Really, Sister Afra, believe me.”

“….”

After much effort, Kailun barely managed to dispel Afra’s doubts. With his current physical injuries, let alone defeating the combination of Anna and Ella, he couldn’t even defeat the weakest, Afra.

To save face, Kailun chose the soft and fragrant Carol.

“Good night, see you tomorrow.”

Kailun kissed Afra on the forehead and pushed her into the bedroom.

Before Afra could say anything, Kailun slipped away into Carol’s room. This escape-like behavior made Afra feel helpless.

“This bad guy must be hiding something from me.”

She hummed with dissatisfaction, looking at Kailun’s receding figure thoughtfully.

She was clearly thinking about taking advantage of her enhanced physical fitness to prove herself, but Kailun ran away before she could.

In Afra’s view, she could definitely surpass her previous self, at least two or three hours shouldn’t be a problem, her attributes were already at the peak of the eighth-rank.

Afra gently stroked her lower abdomen with her fingers. She didn’t feel anything when she touched herself, but every touch from Kailun made her itch unbearably.

It was so strange.

Turning her head to look at Ella and Anna, who were already sitting on the bed chatting, Afra rubbed her smooth lower abdomen and got into bed.

Without Kailun’s liveliness, everyone could only go to bed early.

On the other side, Kailun had already entered Carol’s room.

Compared to his big bed, Carol’s bed was a little smaller, but it was more than enough for two people.

When Kailun entered the room, Carol had already finished her bath, and she was sitting by the window, drying her hair with a towel.

Her hair was very long, it had already passed her slender waist and was growing towards her knees.

Kailun closed the door, walked over, took the towel from her hand, and actively dried her hair for her. Perhaps sensing Kailun’s arrival, a satisfied smile appeared on Carol’s face.

Compared to the World-Ending Witch in his memory, who didn’t have much emotion, Carol at this moment was more like a cute girl next door.

The two didn’t speak, as if they were tacitly enjoying this moment of peace.

Because of the good food and the vast amount of resources provided by Kailun, Carol had made great progress in both strength and figure.

She had grown two centimeters taller, her originally thin figure gradually becoming curvy, gradually approaching a voluptuous figure.

The originally somewhat dry hair ends had regained their luster, holding them in his hand felt like sand slipping through his fingers.

With nothing better to do, Kailun tied Carol’s long hair into pigtails.

Speaking of which, pigtails didn’t suit Carol’s personality, but because of her excellent foundation, she still looked very pleasing to the eye.

This unique nurturing gave Kailun a special sense of accomplishment, especially since Carol also had the attribute of the final boss, so this sense of accomplishment was magnified to an extremely high level.

After fixing her hair, Kailun touched Carol’s head and said, “You promised to give me a massage, now I’ll leave this arduous task to you.”

“I’ll do my best.”

Carol turned her head and nodded seriously. No matter what kind of massage Kailun asked for, she would do her best to complete it.

Hearing this, Kailun consciously lay down on Carol’s bed, using her pillow to cushion his chin: “Go ahead, I hope you can use a little more force when you massage my back.”

Even now, Kailun could still feel the soreness and swelling in his body. It should be noted that he had maxed out his physique, and such a terrifying physique attribute could still have such obvious aftereffects, which only meant that he had vented too thoroughly.

For Kailun now, even just touching the barrier of the ninth-rank would come at a certain price.

Even though he now possessed ninth-rank magic power, he couldn’t cast ninth-rank magic. Besides the fact that he didn’t know how to, casting magic also required a certain degree of mental power support.

However, with all his points allocated to magic power, Kailun couldn’t fill the gap in mental power.

“Just a massage?” Carol asked unwillingly, wearing her beautiful pajamas.

She had deliberately prepared herself tonight. She was wearing a black silk nightgown that was as light as a feather, the semi-transparent fabric just allowing one to see her delicate skin underneath.

Even with a quick glance, Kailun could see the bulge on her chest through the nightgown, its allure not inferior to that of other girls, with a kind of innocent temptation.

Below was the thin gauze skirt of the nightgown. Although she wasn’t wearing nothing underneath, as long as Kailun wanted to, he could see a lot of spring scenery.

Not only that, Carol had also specially put on stockings, black and white over-the-knee stockings.

He didn’t know if she learned it from Saint Chrissy, after all, in his house, only Chrissy liked this kind of unbalanced, asymmetrical beauty.

Kailun was naturally not made of stone, he would also be moved, but his current body couldn’t support high-intensity battles, he might collapse as soon as he broke through the defense line.

Absolutely not!

Chrissy was only targeted because she pointed out Afra’s half-hour defeat, if his record of ten minutes spread out, he would probably die of social death.

According to Kailun’s estimation, he should be able to recover half of his combat power tomorrow night, at that time, there wouldn’t be any problem in defeating Afra and the others.

To avoid being discovered by Carol, Kailun chose to lie directly on her bed. With her obedient nature, she probably wouldn’t get to the bottom of it.

“Ugh!”

However, after only a moment, Kailun realized that his judgment was wrong.

Carol not only tempted him with her clothes, but also took a step further in her actions.

She was indeed massaging Kailun with her hands, but her method was a bit special. At this moment, she was completely sitting on Kailun’s waist, massaging his shoulders.

Her delicate and perky parts were only separated by a thin layer of fabric, pressing against Kailun’s back. If he closed his eyes and felt carefully, he could even feel the heat and contours.

Perhaps this was the meaning of “pain and pleasure”, Kailun closed his eyes and remained silent.

In other words, this was a cruel tug-of-war. Carol was the saw, and Kailun was the wood. She used her soft body to slide up and down, slowly sawing through Kailun’s defenses of desire.

The tug-of-war lasted for a long time, Carol had her own persistence.

She had feelings she wanted, she wanted to go further into Kailun’s heart.

The bad guy underneath had said he would give her a wedding dress, but after so many days, there was no movement, he was always flirting with other women.

Carol admitted that she was envious and jealous.

She wanted to get more attention, she wanted to stay by his side all the time, she wanted to close her eyes and see him, open her eyes and see him.

If she didn’t fight for it, she felt that the space around Kailun would be occupied by other women.

To intensify the massage, Carol directly lay on Kailun’s back, using her body to massage him.

Her delicate skin pressed against Kailun’s back through her pajamas, the delicate touch carrying an innocent beauty. After just a few minutes of tug-of-war, Kailun was defeated.

“Thud!”

Kailun rolled over and pinned Carol underneath him.

Taking in the girl’s beauty, Kailun lifted her chin and said, “You forced me to do this, I hope your moans sound good.”

After saying that, Kailun kissed her moist red lips.

With Carol’s innocence, he could conquer her with just his tongue.

Carol, who had just bathed, smelled of milk all over, she must have added a lot of hot milk to her bathwater.

It was such a waste. To express his strong condemnation, Kailun decided to lick her all over.

“Hmm~”

However, Carol’s combat power seemed to be quite limited. After just a few minutes of kissing, her eyes became glazed over.

As time passed, she kept losing territory.

It was precisely because of the special conditions that Carol received a unique treatment. Even though the Saint’s long legs were so tempting, Kailun never used his tongue on them.

But today, Carol opened a new door for Kailun.

[Carol’s wish was partially fulfilled, your nimble tongue filled her heart. Favorability +1, Total favorability 96]

As Carol’s body convulsed, her favorability increased to a new level again.

It only took a little over half an hour to finish the battle with Carol. Looking at the pajamas and stockings scattered on the bed, Kailun wiped the corner of his mouth with his arm with satisfaction.

He didn’t know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that the stronger a person was, the weaker their combat power was. Except for Chrissy, the exception, everyone else fit this characteristic.

It was a bit strange, he couldn’t find the reason, but it wasn’t a bad thing.

At least it wasn’t a bad thing for Afra, she might have gained a comrade-in-arms in another sense.

Holding Carol’s smooth and delicate body, Kailun rested his chin on top of her head and slowly fell asleep.

……

“Thump~”

Carol had a dream, she dreamed that she had returned to half a month ago.

Her mother’s death brought her great sadness, she wandered by the river, filled with despair.

Perhaps because she had lost all hope, she closed her eyes and fell into the river.

However, the imagined coldness and suffocation didn’t come, it was like she had fallen into a warm embrace, gentle and reassuring.

Drifting with the current, she floated up and down in the water, the feeling of peace made her forget all her sadness.

After an unknown amount of time, she was pulled out of the water. After opening her eyes, she first saw a woman with fox ears.

But after blinking, she found that the fox-eared woman in front of her had turned into Kailun, and he had a puzzled expression on his face.

“Master~”

The memories of reality merged into the dream, Carol recalled what had happened in the past half month.

It was clearly a dream, but she remembered being hit by Kailun’s carriage, being picked up by him and taken home, having everything about her reserved by him… and recalling the intimacy just now, her face flushed even more.

“I knew that no matter where I was, you would save me, I knew that you would always be with me.” Carol rubbed against Kailun’s arms, her favorability seemed to be overflowing.

In Carol’s memory, the fox-eared woman who originally taught her magic was gradually replaced by Kailun’s figure.

Although it was only a vague outline, she still remembered that it was Kailun’s figure.

[You are Carol’s savior. Favorability +1, Total favorability 97]

Kailun, who was still a little dazed, hugged Carol’s delicate body and nodded subconsciously: “Yes, no matter what happens, I will be by your side.”

He clearly didn’t have this segment in his memory, but the dream created a new possibility.

If he remembered correctly, it should have been the Fox Spirit who saved Carol, but why did it become him?

Kailun originally thought that the scenes in the dream couldn’t be changed, but Carol’s change negated his previous guess.

Perhaps it was because of Carol’s special nature that caused the unknown changes, but for Kailun, it wasn’t a loss.

If he could brush Carol’s favorability in the dream, then he could manage his time better.

As the dream clashed with his memories, some vague memory fragments gradually surfaced in Kailun’s mind.

No, to be precise, those weren’t his memories, they should be the Fox Spirit’s memories.

In these memories, he was teaching Carol magic, and it lasted for several days.

He had a feeling that as time passed, he would gradually replace the Fox Spirit’s identity and become Carol’s true mentor.

Logically speaking, he should be happier, but an inexplicable sadness surged in his heart.

The long-lost sadness filled his heart once again, becoming an indelible mark.

“What went wrong?”

He couldn’t figure it out, all the clues led back to the Fox Spirit.

Kailun felt that it was necessary for him to contact the Fox Spirit.

But right now, the main thing was to comfort Carol. At this moment, she was like an injured kitten, immersed in this moment of gentleness.

Kailun stroked Carol’s smooth hair and whispered to her in her arms.

They chatted for a long time, until the sun rose, and the two opened their eyes at the same time.

Carol’s eyes were filled with attachment. Seeing that Kailun woke up with her, she took the initiative to kiss him. She carefully licked the corner of Kailun’s mouth with her small tongue, like a kitten currying favor with its owner.

Her extremely high favorability made her even more dependent on Kailun, neither of them mentioned last night’s dream.

Whether it was special or not, it had become a secret in their hearts. Carol looked forward to meeting Kailun in her dreams next time.

She was a smart girl, she had made many guesses about the dreams, but compared to these unrealistic guesses, she was more willing to cherish the present moment.

Even if Kailun was lying to her.

No, even Kailun couldn’t lie to her.

After licking the corner of Kailun’s mouth, Carol rested her head on his chest, she could clearly hear his heartbeat and feel his sincerity.

……

“What’s wrong with me?”

“It seems like I had a strange dream, but why can’t I remember anything?”

“It’s like I lost something important, it’s very uncomfortable, and it’s also like I achieved something…”

The Fox Spirit clutched her very full chest, her eyes dazed, her pink eyes carrying a hint of sadness and relief.

Two white fox ears drooped on top of her head, and her white fox tail fell limply on the soft bed.

“Fox Spirit, Fox Spirit, wake up, that hateful Temple of the Heavenly God is provoking us again, we have to drive them out today.”

While she was feeling melancholic, a girl with light purple hair pushed open the door and walked in. As she approached the Fox Spirit’s big bed, she complained:

“They have a ninth-rank, and so do we, my uncle and the others have already gone to the battlefield, we won’t stop until we take a bite out of them today.”

The Fox Spirit raised her head and looked at the girl by the bed. She had light purple hair and light purple eyes, her eyes were as bright as if they had light in them.

But what was most eye-catching was the pair of dragon horns on her forehead, they were dazzling, like some kind of extremely precious crystal.

The girl looked to be about sixteen or seventeen years old, but she had the aura of an eighth-rank, and she felt like a very strong one among the eighth-ranks.

Her delicate features were no less than the Fox Spirit’s, innocent with a hint of magnanimity.

The girl standing in front of the Fox Spirit was known as the last princess of the Dragon Clan, her people were already very few in number, and even the continuation of their race was difficult.

“Let’s not talk about this first, the front line is short of funds, pull out a few of your teeth for emergency.” The Fox Spirit’s eyes lit up as she looked at the Dragon Girl.

Dragon teeth were a very valuable material, for a living dragon, they could regularly provide some of their teeth.

After all, in this world with healing magic, even if they lost their teeth, they could quickly grow back. The only problem was that teeth that grew too quickly had quality problems.

However, this quality problem was difficult to expose in the short term, and by the time humans discovered it, it would be too late.

It was precisely because there were many very precious races in the abyss that the Temple of the Heavenly God often hunted them. Many of the Dragon Princess’s people had been captured by the Temple of the Heavenly God and dissected into various materials.

These materials were disposable and non-renewable.

After all, with the pride of the Dragon Clan, they would never become slaves to humans.

If the princess in front of her wasn’t thinking about revenge, she wouldn’t have made such a big sacrifice.

“What are you doing? I’m warning you, don’t even think about it, my teeth just grew back yesterday, if you pull out my teeth again, I’ll take the Dragon Clan and retreat, and let you guys fight on your own.”

The Dragon Girl took a step back and looked at the Fox Spirit with vigilance. As if feeling that her threat wasn’t working, she added:

“Selling too many teeth at once will not only affect the market price, but also expose our current state. Besides, which human dares to buy our things now? The Temple of the Heavenly God has already issued an order that anyone who trades with us will be treated as a traitor, those cunning humans won’t take the risk.”

Reasoning with her and moving her with emotion, the Dragon Girl thought she could persuade the Fox Spirit.

However, the Fox Spirit’s gaze didn’t change much, she grabbed her tail and said, “No, you’re wrong, even though the Temple of the Heavenly God has issued a ban, there are still stubborn humans in the world.”

“Who is so stubborn?” The Dragon Girl asked curiously.

The Fox Spirit: “Have you heard of the Kingdom of Xiya? They directly confronted the Temple of the Heavenly God. Although the Temple didn’t send out a ninth-rank during the whole process, this already shows their stubbornness.”

“But haven’t you always been against the Kingdom of Xiya? I even heard you say before that you didn’t want to go to that chaotic place anymore.” The Dragon Girl looked at the Fox Spirit in confusion.

“I do have some resistance. After the first calculation failed, I made a new calculation. Fate told me that many things had happened there, and more things will happen in the future. You know, I hate trouble, so I hate going to the Kingdom of Xiya.”

This was the Fox Spirit’s excuse, in fact, she couldn’t explain the real reason herself.

Because of an unclear emotion, she resisted the Kingdom of Xiya, this resistance became especially strong when she occasionally thought of Kailun.

At first, she wanted to study Kailun properly, turn him into her specimen and puppet, but now she resisted Kailun.

She didn’t want to have more contact with him, as if she would lose something.

A voice in her heart told her to get close to Kailun, but what followed was a huge emptiness and loss.

The Dragon Girl: “So you still want to pull out my teeth, right?”

“Actually, I don’t necessarily have to pull out your teeth, you can choose to take off some dragon scales, as long as there are enough to make a piece of armor.”

The Fox Spirit’s gaze moved down to the Dragon Girl’s lower abdomen.

The Dragon Girl: “…”

She did have dragon scales, but she would never give these private dragon scales to anyone.

For her, this was like her reverse scale, whoever touched it would die. The stupid fox was clearly delusional.

“Don’t look at me like that, if you’re not willing, then pull out a few teeth for me, not too many, just two. I plan to go to the Kingdom of Xiya sometime to see if there are any new possibilities. Otherwise, if we keep fighting with the Temple of the Heavenly God like this, we will definitely be the ones to suffer. Don’t forget, the abyss’s reserves are running low. If we don’t replenish our supplies, you should know the consequences, right?”

The Fox Spirit smiled, holding her tail.

As a bad fox, she had three favorite things to do: one was to play pranks, two was to play pranks with fate, and three was to pull out the teeth of this Dragon Princess.

High-level materials from an eighth-rank, they could be exchanged for a lot of supplies.

“Damn it, you just know how to use morality to kidnap me, why don’t you pull out your own fur and make a coat for someone?” The Dragon Girl glared at the Fox Spirit fiercely.

The Fox Spirit smiled: “I would love to, but my fur is not as valuable as your teeth. Even if you pulled out all the fur on my body, it wouldn’t be as valuable as one of your teeth. After all, dragon teeth play an important role in human magic.”

“I won’t agree, you can give up.” The Dragon Girl made a move to leave.

The Fox Spirit said unhurriedly: “A cartload of desserts.”

The Dragon Girl: “I’ve already quit, I don’t eat desserts anymore.”

The Fox Spirit: “A cartload of desserts plus a cartload of dragon fruit, a specialty of the human race.”

The Dragon Girl swallowed: “Even so, it’s not enough.”

The Fox Spirit: “In addition to the above conditions, I can also help you peek into fate once and let you find a way to continue your race.”

The Dragon Girl: “…”

Half an hour later, the Fox Spirit left the room with two crystal clear dragon teeth. The girl’s sobbing could be heard continuously from the room, it sounded like she was extremely aggrieved.

Pinching the Dragon Girl’s teeth, the Fox Spirit headed towards the Kingdom of Xiya with mixed feelings.

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Dragon Girl:

Chapter 114: Master of Pie-Painting

As dusk settled and the sun began to set, the remnants of the day bathed the bustling royal city in a warm glow. Kailson had delivered the five hundred thousand gold coins and a cartload of scrolls before nightfall, such a grand gesture practically draining the family’s foundation. Watching Kailun’s people count his family’s assets, Kailson felt a pain in his heart that made it difficult to breathe.

His family’s accumulation of hundreds of years had reached its peak in his generation, and the eighth-rank’s support had made the family even more prosperous. However, this prosperity ceased to exist after encountering Kailun.

“Are you feeling very unwilling?” Kailun asked, standing at the manor’s gate, watching as batch after batch of gold coins were brought into the manor.

“Sigh, of course I’m unwilling, but what can I do? I lost, I have no complaints.” Kailson sighed softly, his face filled with sorrow, all his pride gone.

“How mundane, you only see the immediate defeat, but not the future possibilities. As an eighth-rank, don’t you realize where you’re standing now?”

Kailun skillfully painted a pie for him, he called this mobilizing the enthusiasm of employees.

Kailson: “At the gate of the manor?”

“Ignorant, the place you’re standing is the center of the world. The Kingdom of Xiya connects to many powerful countries to the west, and to several main veins of the abyss to the east. Backed by the important trade route of the Kingdom of Malaga, taking advantage of the chaotic situation in the Rose Kingdom and the others. Finally, considering the war between the Temple of the Heavenly God and the abyss, haven’t you seen the situation of the world yet?”

Using the calmest words to depict the grandest blueprint, Kailun called this the best pie-painting technique.

“What do you mean?” Kailson frowned in thought.

Kailun: “You’re really stupid, we’re in an important location, we declare absolute neutrality, we don’t participate in the war, but we reap the benefits of their war. No matter how long the war between the Temple of the Heavenly God and the abyss lasts, we can gain huge benefits during this period. And don’t forget, Saint Chrissy is my person, with her, I can monitor every move of the Temple of the Heavenly God and guard against their sudden attacks.”

“Please forgive my ignorance, I still can’t understand how you will reap their benefits.” Kailson shook his head.

He hated riddle masters. Although Kailun had told him some key information, it still didn’t stop Kailun from being a riddle master.

Glancing at the caravan that had almost finished unloading, Kailun stretched and said, “I don’t participate in the war, but we will do business with them. We will sell whatever they need. We are the existence that breaks the barrier between humans and the abyss. As the middleman connecting the two, we have the initiative.”

Kailson was still confused, this method was clearly very different from the grand blueprint Kailun had just depicted.

Could they really reach that point just by relying on trade?

“But as far as I know, the abyss hates humans very much. Even if there is contact and trade, it’s only superficial, it’s generally difficult to go deeper.”

Halfway through his words, Kailson suddenly thought of something and widened his eyes: “Could it be that you are a traitor to the human race, a spy for the abyss?”

“….”

Kailun clenched his fist: “You’re the spy, your whole family are spies. The abyss does hate humans, but not all races hate humans, I can contact them naturally because I have acquaintances. Although I’ve only met this acquaintance once.”

The so-called acquaintance naturally referred to the Fox Spirit. Originally, Kailun had thought about contacting the Fox Spirit when attacking the Kingdom of Malaga, but because of his own strength improvement, he postponed this decision.

If he didn’t have the strength to negotiate with the Fox Spirit on an equal footing, contacting her too early would put him in a weak position.

But now Kailun could completely talk to the Fox Spirit as equals, which meant that he now had the ability to talk to the abyss.

He knew what the abyss wanted, and he could also satisfy their appetite. As long as he could mediate the scale properly, he could get the maximum benefit.

The chamber of commerce was just a process, not the ultimate goal.

Since his rebirth, Kailun’s plan had been constantly changing, from initially scheming for one country to now aiming for the whole world, this process only took half a month.

It was undeniable that as his strength increased, his plan also became more and more crazy.

If he revealed everything, everyone would probably think he was crazy.

Having said that, Kailun added: “Don’t doubt my relationship with the abyss, I just have a deep understanding of a certain important leader there, and we have a mutual connection.”

Kailson: “…”

He really wanted to ask if Kailun really wasn’t a spy for the abyss?

This was clearly a spy, how could a human be so close to the abyss?

Also saying that he would do business with the abyss, it sounded strange no matter how he thought about it.

But thinking about it carefully, if Kailun really succeeded, wouldn’t the Kingdom of Xiya have the abyss as its backing?

Thinking further, combined with the special geographical location of the Kingdom of Xiya, this not only divided the world into two parts, but also became a new center and buffer zone.

This was a man-made buffer zone. If it succeeded and the abyss could come to the surface, then Kailun’s importance to the abyss would increase accordingly.

On the other side, with the existence of Saint Chrissy, every move of the Temple of the Heavenly God would be exposed to Kailun, he could always react one step ahead.

Not to mention anything else, this could at least allow Kailun to gain a foothold and become the third pole of the world.

His current weakness was also a natural camouflage.

However, Kailson always felt that something was missing, like the last step that determined victory, but the current plan couldn’t see the final dawn.

Once this model collapsed, Kailun would definitely be the first target to be eliminated by both sides at the same time.

Kailson raised his head and followed Kailun’s gaze, he saw a white-haired girl in a neat maid outfit counting batches of gold coins. He glanced at her briefly and automatically ignored Carol.

In his opinion, she was just a pretty little maid.

Anyway, as a slave, he could only listen to Kailun’s opinion and gamble with him.

The new possibility swept away Kailson’s dejection. If Kailun could really become the third pole of the world, wouldn’t he be considered a meritorious official?

So wouldn’t it mean that he had a chance to get rid of his slave status?

“I may not be able to understand your plan, but I want to know if there’s anything I can do to help you?”

Kailson put his hands in front of his chest and bowed solemnly: “I want to do something for my family, I want to add a meritorious deed to your glory.”

“Your attitude is barely passable, but it’s enough, I do have a job for you and your family, listen carefully.”

Kailun turned around and looked at Kailson seriously.

The role of an eighth-rank couldn’t be underestimated. Besides throwing him on the battlefield, Kailun had a better way to squeeze his value dry.

Kailson said respectfully: “Please speak, as long as it’s something I can do, I will definitely do my best.”

Since yesterday, he had been wandering around the city, inquiring about all kinds of information about Kailun, the more he inquired, the deeper his understanding of Kailun became.

He saw something called a miracle in Kailun.

“You need to take the members of your family above the sixth rank and become mentors in the newly established academy. I need you to selflessly spread the knowledge you have learned to the kingdom, to the world. You will mainly be responsible for teaching mages above the sixth rank, teaching them new magic circles and how to advance. In the new academy, your students will not be restricted by kingdom, race, or faction, as long as they are recognized, they can enroll.”

Kailun smiled devilishly, he was once again breaking the rules at the bottom of the world.

He emphasized the words “recognized”.

“Are you crazy?!” Kailson looked at Kailun in astonishment: “Whether it’s for humans or the abyss, knowledge is a luxury, a pride and glory that only a few people can touch. You demoting everyone’s pride to the mortal world will make everyone hate you, this is an absolute bottom line that cannot be touched.”

In this world, knowledge about strength was the most expensive luxury, and magic was the most typical example.

Knowledge restricted the strength of the lower class, made it difficult to cross class boundaries, and stabilized the basic pattern of the world where one class exploited another.

The Temple of the Heavenly God exploited the world, the royal family exploited the nobles, and the nobles exploited the commoners. In Kailson’s view, this was how the world should be.

Strength was their pride, and the strength of their families was because they relied on powerful strength.

Sharing knowledge was equivalent to sharing their pride with the lowest class of commoners, Kailson found this behavior very repulsive.

“Kailson, do you really think everyone will hate me? This includes you, right?”

Kailun’s smile widened.

Although he didn’t know why Kailun was laughing, Kailson still bit the bullet and asked:

“Sorry, even I can’t accept it, the knowledge we possess is the glory won by our ancestors, why should ordinary people get this glory?”

Kailson’s thoughts represented the thoughts of many people.

“Then, if there was someone who could teach you how to break through to the ninth-rank, would you still hate this model?”

Kailun’s smile became even more obvious, he seemed to be about to burst into laughter.

“You mean?”

Kailson clutched his heart, his old face showing an excitement that hadn’t been seen for countless years.

Hearing Kailun’s words, he had a terrifying guess, this guess made his heart pound, as if he had returned to his youth.

The Temple of the Heavenly God had blocked the key information about breaking through to the ninth-rank, he wanted to break through entirely by relying on his own exploration.

Strictly speaking, if he only relied on himself to try to break through, he would most likely die.

But as a mage who pursued the peak, death was originally his destination.

But one day, someone suddenly said that he would tell you the method to break through to the ninth-rank, share with you the pride of embracing the whole world, then what kind of mood would this person have?

Kailson stared at Kailun intently, in his eyes, Kailun’s figure was constantly growing taller.

Kailun narrowed his eyes slightly and spread his hands: “As you can see, now there is such a person who will tell you the method to break through to the ninth-rank, and that person is me.”

“Boom!”

A violent surge of magic power poured out from Kailun’s body, the entire royal city trembled.

From Kailun’s body, a torrent of black magic power soared into the sky, piercing the clouds, adding a dark stroke to the afterglow of the setting sun, as if tearing apart the entire world.

Kailun’s magic power was released without restraint, the extremely pure magic power made people’s scalps tingle.

Kailson, who was the first to be hit by the torrent of magic power, retreated continuously, only escaping the terrifying magic storm after retreating dozens of meters.

He stared at Kailun intently, his eyes filled with ecstasy, the magic power in front of him had completely reached the ninth-rank.

Moreover, it was extremely pure, without any impurities at all, something that couldn’t be found anywhere else in the world.

Perhaps because Kailun’s magic power was too violent and unrestrained, it made him think that Kailun was much stronger than the Pope, at least the Pope didn’t have such a terrifying amount of magic power.

At this moment, except for Kailun who was venting himself, the whole world seemed to have fallen silent.

Carol clutched the bills tightly in her arms, she saw his confidence and pride in Kailun.

Her master was moving towards his goal step by step, and his light always enveloped her during this process.

Carol regarded Kailun’s pride as her own pride.

In the manor, Afra, who was training the three little knights, Eve and the others, looked at the soaring torrent of magic power.

Covering her chest with her hand, she felt a special kind of emotion, as if a dream from the past had come true.

This was her emotion, but it didn’t seem like her emotion, it was complex and sincere.

Anna and Ella poked their heads out of the window and looked towards the gate of the manor. Although they couldn’t see clearly, the name Kailun came to their minds first.

The two looked at each other, Anna was proud, and Ella was pitiful.

Ella was wondering if she still had a chance to surrender now.

Isabella, who was playing chess with Vivian, quickly stood up and threw away the chess pieces. She left Vivian and ran towards the gate of the manor. Just now, she felt that the fate of the world had undergone an unexpected change, and it was a huge change.

She regretted it very much, she missed the key scene, she should have stuck to Kailun’s side.

Kailun’s actions alarmed the entire royal city. The passersby who looked up at the sky couldn’t understand what level this magic power had reached, but they felt an inexplicable sense of security.

Phils, who was returning in Kailun’s carriage after finishing her work, lifted the curtain. Feeling the familiar aura, she hummed proudly, her choice was indeed correct.

The entire magic power outburst lasted for a full minute, even Kailun himself was immersed in the feeling of venting.

He seemed to have awakened some strange attribute, this feeling of venting magic power seemed to be only slightly weaker than venting on Chrissy.

It was over, he actually wanted to switch to being a mage.

Oh, he was originally a mage, so it was fine.

Feeling that his magic circuits were being torn apart by the huge torrent of magic power, Kailun quickly transferred all his attribute points from magic power to physique, he had to stabilize his state and not let others see anything unusual.

“Whew~”

With a deep breath, all the magic power dissipated, the clouds in the sky gradually closed, and the world returned to its hustle and bustle.

Kailun opened his eyes and saw Kailson pounce and kneel in front of him. To show his piety, Kailson even chose to kneel on both knees.

He couldn’t help but say excitedly: “Please forgive my rudeness just now, from now on, I will do my best to fulfill any of your orders.”

Kailson saw the hope of breaking through to the ninth-rank in Kailun, perhaps only Kailun in front of him dared to break the rules of the world.

“I said, this model wouldn’t make people hate it. Just like I teach you to break through to the ninth-rank, you teach others to break through to the eighth and seventh ranks. Everyone will benefit from it, except for those who have already reached the ninth-rank. However, those who have reached the ninth-rank don’t have time to deal with us, this is the opportunity we have.”

Kailun spoke as he waved to Carol, signaling her to come over.

He put his arm around Carol’s shoulder, barely stabilizing himself. It would be too embarrassing to expose his weakness to outsiders.

“I understand, I was shortsighted just now and couldn’t understand your decision. Under your guidance, I have seen a glorious future.”

In order to reach the ninth-rank, Kailson transformed into Kailun’s fanatical believer.

This was the ninth-rank!

This was a ninth-rank who was willing to teach him how to break through to the ninth-rank!

This was a ninth-rank who was only in his teens!

Now, let alone asking Kailson to work hard, even if Kailun asked Kailson to take out the entire family’s foundation, he wouldn’t even blink.

The method to become a ninth-rank was difficult to replicate, but Kailun, this ninth-rank who was only in his teens, represented a miracle in itself. From today onwards, Kailson also became a believer in miracles.

“Your attitude is good, but you should give before you receive, you have to let me see your worth. Don’t forget that you’re just a slave now, when you work hard enough to get rid of this identity, I will seriously teach you. So before that, you should teach others with the same attitude.”

Kailun nodded with satisfaction, it seemed that his attempt just now was correct.

In fact, he couldn’t teach others how to break through to the ninth-rank now, but this didn’t prevent him from painting a pie.

If Kailson’s work could match the pie he painted, then Kailun wouldn’t mind really giving him this important knowledge when the time was right.

Others regarded it as pride, but Kailun didn’t care.

He knew very well that his actions would definitely throw the entire world into chaos, and the existing order would be completely broken.

Perhaps many bad things would happen, perhaps future generations would call him a devil.

But Kailun didn’t care, he had said that he would turn the Kingdom of Xiya into the center of the world, he would conquer everyone with his crazy plan.

This was the tide of the times, Kailun, who had already lost to fate once, wouldn’t lose again.

Kailson looked up at Kailun: “I will definitely follow your teachings, for your glory, I will dedicate all my glory.”

Through his imagination, Kailun’s image had become immensely grand, he felt that he was doing a great undertaking.

Even if this undertaking failed, he still had a chance to touch the ninth-rank.

For a mage who pursued the peak, change was often simpler than imagined, just a promise could make them fight for it.

For Kailson, he was already a slave, he had nothing more to lose, it was better to gamble again than to give up.

However, he didn’t know what purpose was hidden behind Kailun’s greatness.

Perhaps there really were people who were selfless, but that person would never be Kailun.

He would only sow some seeds called hope while reaping benefits. This casual act was his greatest kindness.

“Go down, bring those above the sixth rank in your family to see me tomorrow, I will make more detailed arrangements.” Kailun waved to Kailson, he wondered if he had overdone it a little.

If there was a favorability rating, then Kailson’s favorability must be quite high now.

After expressing his respect to Kailun again, Kailson left Kailun’s manor with his caravan.

It wasn’t until the caravan disappeared from sight that Kailun hugged Carol’s delicate body tightly and complained: “I’m in so much pain, I should have added some physique points.”

Although he was complaining, Kailun didn’t regret it. If the magic power just now had been lower, it might not have had such an outstanding effect.

As for the price, he could accept it. With full physique points, it might only hurt for a day or two, the only problem was that he couldn’t bully Ella tonight.

His current state of soreness, back pain, and swollen magic circuits was exactly like how he looked after overexertion.

Carol held Kailun’s arm, turned her head to look at his profile, and said with distress: “Sorry, I can’t help you with anything now.”

She often couldn’t understand the strange things Kailun said, but she could clearly sense his emotions.

She wanted to share Kailun’s burden, but she was still too weak now.

Hearing this, Kailun scraped Carol’s nose with his finger and said: “What are you thinking about, little fool? I told you, you only need to take care of my food, clothing, housing, and transportation. Now I prefer you to be a personal maid, leave the other things to me. After all, the world has become more and more interesting, I, who likes pleasure, don’t want to miss out. If you really want to do something for me, then I’ll leave the task of massaging me tonight to you.”

Because he couldn’t bully Ella now, Kailun planned to sleep in Carol’s room tonight to avoid her.

At least his current physical condition couldn’t support him participating in any high-intensity battles, maybe even Afra could single-handedly kill him.

Kailun didn’t want to be single-handedly killed by Afra, he planned to hide in Carol’s bed.

“Okay, I’ll listen to you, Master, I’ll do whatever you tell me to do.” Carol nodded obediently.

Kailun was her savior, she would fulfill all his requests, whether they were right or wrong.

Supporting Kailun and walking towards the manor, passing through the quiet tree-lined avenue, Carol’s heart became extremely calm. If possible, she hoped this road could be longer.

……

“Bang!”

A clear explosion sounded from the secret room of the Temple of the Heavenly God. The destiny calculation device, which had been used intensively by the Pope, finally malfunctioned and exploded.

“What’s going on? What’s going on!”

The Pope clutched her head in distress: “Why did the fate lines suddenly become erratic, what happened?”

The suddenly fluctuating fate lines exceeded the processing threshold of the calculation device, and one of the main components directly exploded. It would take at least a month to repair it.

However, the Temple of the Heavenly God had almost used up all the Fate Stones they had stored, so the Pope could barely accept a month’s time.

But what she couldn’t accept was that this damned Kingdom of Xiya kept messing with her mind. If it weren’t for the imminent war with the abyss, she might have gone there personally to find out the reason.

“No, I can’t waste any more time, I have to go ask the Empress if she has any discoveries.”

As she muttered to herself, the Pope cast a teleportation spell and left the secret room.