After leaving the team, the adventurer ladies regretted it deeply

Chapter 433: 338, Cat girl helps, the mysterious leader of the Phoenix Tail Flower Fan Club
 

In the dim yellow light of the cave, Hulus leisurely moved a chair, sat down in front of the cage, and observed.

He held a feather pen and a notebook, recording the changes in Monica’s Magic Power through a Magic Guide device with a square, miniature screen.

On the device, the initial curve showed a startling fluctuation, indicating that the Magic Potion was fiercely active inside Monica, its activity reaching tens of times that of an ordinary girl!@@novelbin@@

It was at such times that the subject’s body would usually undergo demonization, with a few directly turning into twisted black masses of flesh.

After all, the key ingredient in the Magic Potion was Epic-level Material, Dragon Blood, and Fallen Blood extracted from the bodies of completely corrupted witches.

Just a single drop of that blood could poison and kill a large crowd of ordinary people if placed in a water tank.

“The child’s endurance is really high, she was worth being specially brought back,” he said.

Hulus grew more pleased with Monica the more he watched her, as if she was a treasure gifted to him by the Goddess.

In her, he saw an opportunity to rise rapidly to success.

However,

after half an hour of observation, the fluctuations on the device gradually normalized. The signs of pain on Monica’s face disappeared, and she sat in the cage hugging her knees, her gaze hollow as she stared ahead like a wooden sculpture.

This injection of the Magic Potion had failed, just like the others.

What Hulus wanted to see was a twisted humanoid life form, similar to the black spider growing on his ribcage. The main feature of an Artificial Witch was that they couldn’t maintain a human form like a normal witch could.

He curiously looked in the direction Monica was staring at.

There was nothing there, just an empty space.

Hulus couldn’t help but ask, “Good child, tell grandfather, what are you looking at?”

After a while, Monica seemed to finally react, and she said blankly, “Lord Captain, I want to see Lord Captain.”

“Oh… Lin Da… Haha, hahaha, I see, I understand completely now!”

Hulus excitedly slapped his thigh.

He had finally understood what was missing from the experiment, the most important element.

The stimulation wasn’t strong enough.

Without an intense craving for something, one could not become a witch.

The other subjects Hulus had captured cried and screamed, turning into black masses of flesh within a week.

Only Monica had, after recognizing that crying and shrieking made no difference, obediently begun accepting the injections of the Magic Potion.

“Then grandfather will reward you, letting you see Lin Da once.

But what you will see will be his corpse!

Little Monica, you must remember, it is you who caused the death of your Lord Captain. Your originally kind grandfather wasn’t going to hold Lin Da’s fratricidal act against him and was prepared to let him go.

It was because of you that I decided to cruelly kill Lin Da right before your eyes!”

Hulus stroked his chin with his right hand and laughed heartily.

Monica, locked in the cage, suddenly changed her expression and began trembling with fear, clutching her head.

Seeing this, Hulus’s face lit up with surprise.

He had not expected mentioning Lin Da’s name to have such a huge effect.

With enough stimulation and another injection of the Magic Potion… it would definitely be successful!

However, there was one thing: Hulus had deceived Monica. Even if she didn’t want to see Lin Da, Hulus had no intention of letting the captain of Phoenix Tail Flower go.

It was to avenge his brother Kam that Hulus accepted the invitation from the Doomsday Sect and became one of the “Young Dragons” in the Dragon’s Rest Tomb.

“Just wait, Kam, your brother will soon send that Lin Da to hell to meet you…”

Hulus muttered to himself with a crazed expression.

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…

In the evening, at Swan Amusement Park in White Dove City, in front of a small cart selling crepes,

a line of people stretched out like a dragon, filled with continuous laughter and voices.

Compared to some caves shrouded in darkness, the amusement park, filled with colorful neon lights, felt like heaven.

“Here you go, kiddo,” said the burly, white-towel-draped owner with a smile.

In front of the cart, a short person in a black robe tiptoed to accept the crepe the uncle passed over.

This delicacy, also known as a pancake dessert with cake added, was filled with plenty of strawberry jam. Freshly made, it steamed hot, and eating a crepe on a winter’s evening was indeed a pleasure.

The little black-robed person simply drooled with anticipation at the sight.

“Thank you.”

Her craving for the sweet treat won over any anger at being called “kiddo,” and she happily held her crepe to the side. When she saw no one familiar around, she confidently pulled back her hood, revealing waist-long silver hair and a pair of cute cat ears.

The girl’s white cat ears twitched, their pink insides seeming very warm. The weather was a bit cold that night, and the cat ears that had just come out of the hood were emitting a faint steam.

The crepe was a specialty of White Dove City, not found in Cyan City. The moment she saw crepes on the flyer, she secretly resolved that since it was rare for her to come to White Dove City, she must have fun for a few days before leaving.

After all, no one knew she was the dean of Azure Sky University.

——Just then.

“Dean, please grant my most important request in life!”

Caught up in the excitement of about to enjoy the sweet, Bailuo, despite being a Light Rank, didn’t notice a tall man approaching her from behind.

Suddenly hearing the words “Dean,” Bailuo trembled, and with a gasp, the crepe she had waited in line so long to buy fell onto the ground.

The cream and strawberry filling contacted the dirt, rendering it inedible.

Such a pity!

Amidst her distress, Bailuo feared something else even more. If a reporter captured this scene and published it in Adventurer’s Weekly, it would be terrible!