Cheat Awakening

"He is talking about taming us?" Ocea, who seemed to know about taming, asked confusedly. But seeing Ted's even more confused expression than hers, she quickly explained to him what taming meant. In one word: "Official slave identity with some sense of existence."

"What! How can he think about that? We saved his life!" Ted exclaimed, realizing Merlin's intention and the source of his happiness.

"Master, Master, you can't! YOU CAN'T DO THAT——!"

"Ohh shut up, I can and I will do it. How can I let go of treasure that falls into my lap?" Because of their Master-Pet contract, Merlin could understand Cyunsuke's words, but he didn't care what she said. Instead, he made her shut up after giving her a fierce glare and walked toward Waffle and the others.

However, after taking a few steps, Merlin's expression suddenly changed, and he fell to his knees, with veins bulging on his forehead. Clearly, he was trying his best to resist the immense pressure that suddenly appeared on his body but could hardly do so.

"Master!"

Cyunsuke, the drama queen, let out a loud cry and hurriedly came to support Merlin, but Waffle wasn't in the mood to play with her. He also dragged her into his gravitational field, directly making her lay flat on the ground. Cyunsuke's little body clearly couldn't withstand fourfold gravitational force on her, and she was in worse condition than her master.

"That's my boy, yes, teach that f*cker a good lesson. How dare he think about laying hands on my children!" Myne, who was watching the show from the background, couldn't help but cheer in excitement. He decided that after going back home, he would give Waffle a big gift.

"Waffle, I think that's enough. That little bird can't handle so much pressure," Ocea, although she tried to be indifferent, soon couldn't watch Cyunsuke's pitiful state, who was trying hard to get up, and speak.

"Fine," Waffle, who wanted to teach both Master and Pet a good lesson, reluctantly withdrew his skill under her pleading gaze, and Merlin, who was on the verge of collapsing, breathed a sigh of relief, as did Cyunsuke.

"Wh-What is this even!? Using this kind of skill... this isn't something an ordinary monster can do! I will definitely make them mine! If I have all three of them, along with Cyunsuke, no one can be my opponent! Hehehe!"

Merlin clearly didn't learn anything. Instead, he seemed to have become even more motivated to capture the trio after seeing Waffle's skill.

This time, Waffle was pissed off, so he used almost half of his mana into Magic Eye of Gravity, increasing its power to tenfold, which was no different than having a weight of a hundred kilograms suddenly falling on every cell of the body. And without any surprise, Merlin directly kissed the ground, and blood started flowing from his seven orifices.

"W...why... cough... it is not working..."

Merlin, seeing that the contract had no effect, spoke confusedly while enduring unimaginable pain. Having a godly skill that gave him near immortality, Merlin obviously didn't fear death.

So, after seeing the potential of Waffle and his group, he originally thought he could somehow tame Waffle, who seemed to be the leader of the group, and then he would use Waffle to also seduce the other two. For this, he also used a super-rare slave contract, specially used to tame high-level creatures, which he accidentally found in the treasury of an unknown big shot, from where he got the egg of Cyunsuke and some other rare things that changed his life from a poor peasant with no origin to a well-enough adventurer.

Phew, thankfully that bastard used that scroll on Waffle. If he had done that to Ted, things would become troublesome. This is also a reminder for me. I have to find some protection from this kind of slave contract for him. Waffle and Ocea are divine beasts, and those contracts have no effect on them unless they are willing to become someone's familiar.

No one can force them, but Ted is different. He is just a normal dog, with a special bloodline. He doesn't have much resistance toward those kinds of contracts, Myne in the background breathed a sigh of relief as he watched Waffle teaching Merlin some manners and decided that after getting home, he would talk about this to Fenrir.

"Cough!"

As Waffle increased the gravitational force more and more, Merlin threw out another mouthful full of blood, and his expression turned extremely ugly. Only now did he realize how foolish and brainless his act was. After all, he might be revived from death, but what about his Pet?

Thinking about his Pet, Merlin hurriedly looked behind him and found that her condition to be more dire than his own, lying on the ground, seemingly unconscious.

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"Alright, Waffle, that's enough," Ocea interjected, seeing Merlin's pitiful state as he crawled towards Cyunsuke with great difficulty.

"Let's go. There's no need to waste time on this kind of people," Her heart couldn't help but soften. She truly didn't want to see Waffle kill both Master and Pet for such a trivial matter.

"But it's the second time," Waffle frowned, clearly not in the mood to let Merlin go. "What if he tries to do something again? I think it would be foolish to show pity on the enemies twice." Instead of relenting, he prepared to unleash a barrage of fire bullets upon both Merlin and Cyunsuke, sealing their fate.

"I also think Waffle is right. Going easy on enemies is nothing more than digging your own grave. Myne always said that you should never show even a sliver of kindness to enemies. Otherwise, this form of kindness will lead to your demise."

Hearing Ted's words, and his determined expression to deal with Merlin once and for all like Waffle, Ocea had nothing else to say. She also knew that what Merlin had done was unforgivable. So, she shook her head and moved back without uttering a word.

Waffle, seeing that Ocea understood his meaning, nodded with satisfaction, muttering that she was teachable. He took a deep breath, ready to bombard Merlin and Cyunsuke with fire bullets.

BOOM!

However, just at that moment, a loud explosion sounded around two kilometres away, attracting their attention. The explosion was incredibly powerful, sending a shockwave that they could feel from so far away.

"What was that?"

The trio exchanged glances and hurriedly flew higher to investigate the source of the explosion. They saw a plume of black smoke rising from the middle of the forest to the northeast.

"I can smell it – the scent of adventure," Ocea exclaimed, her voice laced with excitement. "Let's go quickly! It might be something interesting."

Because deep down, she was still unwilling to see Waffle killing Merlin and Cyunsuke, after finding the perfect opportunity to distract Waffle and Ted. Ocea didn't give them a chance to think anything, exclaiming with excitement, she hurriedly flew towards the explosion, leaving the dumbfounded duo behind.

"Hey! Wait, don't run off alone! It could be dangerous," Waffle exclaimed, regaining his senses a moment later. He hurriedly followed her. After all, it was his responsibility to take care of Ocea and Ted. If anything happened to her, he would naturally bear the full responsibility.

"Sigh, naive," Ted muttered, shaking his head. He gave a deep glance at the dense bushes where Merlin was hiding, tightly hugging Cyunsuke, and then followed after them.

"Phew, finally gone," Merlin muttered, breathing a sigh of relief as he saw Ted flying away.

"Who would have thought that little wolf would be so ruthless? If not for that explosion, I might have lost Cyunsuke today..." He hurriedly took out a small, palm-sized white bottle, opened the cap, and extracted a black pill. Crushing it between his thumb and index finger, he fed it to Cyunsuke.

"You just wait," He vowed with bloodshot eyes, gritting his teeth and clenching his fist so hard that his nails dug into his palm, drawing blood. "Once I digest all the treasure I have acquired and become powerful, I will find you and make you mine. Then... I will take revenge for today's humiliation."

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"Damn you, bastard! Where the f*ck did you buy those explosives?" A gruff voice boomed.

"I told you to bring something that wouldn't make much noise, but now it's a miracle if someone didn't notice us. Do you want us all to spend the rest of life in prison?"

"It's mine, Boss, I heard that recently, the royal family has been transferring almost all prisoners in the entire kingdom to the mines, saying that instead of wasting kingdom resources and just lying down in cells, prisoners might as well make some contribution to kingdom's development," A passing guy, who was transferring supplies corrected.

"Yes, god-damn mines! I also heard about that! That's why I wanted to do everything as quietly as possible! But now? AHHH! Just die, you bastard!"

A two-meter-tall fatty, wearing a brown robe, kicked a thin, bald man in front of him, sending him flying several meters. The bald man coughed up a mouthful of blood before pretending to be unconscious so his boss wouldn't beat him more.

"By the way, are you sure the information is correct? Is there really treasure in this cave? As far as I remember, this cave is haunted, and a lot of people have vanished inside. That's also why the Adventurer's Guild closed it and labelled it as a forbidden place," A muscular man with long hair and a musketeer-style beard asked hesitantly. A long one-handed sword hung at his waist as he glanced at the dozen or so members of their gang, all gathered nervously near the cave entrance, moving debris.

"Absolutely," The fatty declared confidently, hammering his chest. "The one who gave me this information—I trust the one who gave me this information more than my three wives, Mumba, my child. You can rest assured about it. If he said there's a treasure in this cave, then there is." He pulled out a sheepskin scroll from his inner shirt pocket and showed it to his right-hand man.

"Look, he also gave me a detailed map of this cave, and the treasure isn't too far from the entrance, probably 500 meters deep at most. We'll be finished quickly, and even if there's any danger, we can always escape."

"The cave entrance is very big anyway. And don't forget, we bought nearly 50 cannon fodder this time. I can't believe we'll go home empty-handed today," The fatty said, his eyes gleaming with greed. He had already imagined all the things he would do after becoming rich.

Mumba, who had felt a sense of unease since they approached the cave, remained silent. He took the map from the fatty and began studying it seriously. For some reason, he felt like he had seen this map somewhere before, but couldn't quite place it.

"If there's treasure, and it's so easy to get, then why would someone give it to others?" Mumba muttered with a frown, but the fatty was too busy yelling at the others to move quickly to hear his words.