Chapter 10

Translator: Henyee Translations

Editor: Henyee Translations

When the dozen men saw Chu Nan’s reaction after the girl hid behind him, their expressions sank.

The man who was leading the two grey wolves approached him and looked at the girl while disregarding Chu Nan. “Catherine, stop hiding and return with us.”

Chu Nan noticed that the beast skin on the man who had spoken was red, while the color of the others was yellow.

“No! I won’t go back!”

Catherine tightly grabbed Chu Nan’s sleeves. Her actions were similar to a drowning man that clutched tightly on to the only lifebuoy that could save her life.

The man glared at her, and his expression instantly turned furious. “Catherine, stop with your stubborn behavior! As a druid, you should fully abide by the laws. Now that the village needs you, how could you cower in fear?”

Oh? Chu Nan raised his brows. It seemed like the little beauty behind him did not fully abide by the laws of the druids. As it turned out, there seemed to be an opportunity for them to discuss the issue of her committing suicide and killing him.

“No!” Catherine firmly shook her head. “Jack, I will abide by the druidic laws, but this incorrect law of blood sacrifice was already abolished a long time ago! In order to protect the village, I am willing to participate in the fight against barbarians and sacrifice my life, but I will never agree to the blood sacrifice!”

The leader who Catherine called Jack furrowed his brows. “I know that the blood sacrifice has long been abolished. However, you are too weak, and even if you were to fight against the barbarians, you would make little difference. Rather than that, why don’t you sacrifice yourself and proceed with the blood sacrifice to cure the heavily injured Aleta? You should know that you have the strongest perception in the village. Only with your blood sacrifice can our strongest warrior be fully healed…”

“No!” Catherine’s scream interrupted Jack. “The reason why the druids have declined is because of our blood sacrifice; we’re punished by the heavens. A blood sacrifice would only bring destruction upon our village.”

“But!” Jack agitatedly shouted. “We’ll be unable to fight against the barbarians if we lose Aleta! Not only that, but we’d also face destruction. It seems that you will not obediently follow me, and in that case, I can only-”

Before he finished talking, one of the grey wolves suddenly pounced with a kick of its hind legs.

Catherine tugged on Chu Nan’s clothes, and he did not have the chance to dodge when he saw the grey wolf pouncing toward him. As a result, he aimed Sara Jane toward it and pulled the trigger.

From the grey wolf’s point of view, it only saw a white mist spraying out from the steel tube. Before it could even react in mid-air, it had turned into a perfect ice sculpture.

*Crash*

The ice sculpture crashed to the ground, and the grey wolf’s body shattered into pieces.

Chu Nan’s mouth formed an O shape. Even though he had merely defeated a weak grey wolf, the might of Sara Jane had exceeded his expectations after the installation of the frost dragon’s crystal as the power source.

Shortly after he killed the grey wolf, Chu Nan felt a warm current flowing around his body. Compared to the first grey wolf he had killed several days ago, the current was slightly stronger.

Everyone present had the same reaction as him: they were stunned and rooted on the spot.

Catherine fearfully looked at the blocks of ice on the ground. If she had attacked him a moment ago, she might have ended up like the wolf.

Jack’s expression changed several times. The human that seemed weaker than the females in the village had unexpectedly possessed such a terrifying magic weapon.

“Human who possesses the elvish bloodline, I don’t know how you entered the Heaven Forest alive,” Jack paused for a moment before he continued, “but this is an affair of the druids, so I hope you won’t interfere.”

When faced against dozens of robust and huge men with savage expressions, Chu Nan very much wanted for them to deal with it themselves, but the moment he saw Catherine’s helpless expression, he sighed and said, “Truthfully speaking, I don’t wish to become a hero that steps out in the face of anything unfair.”

A trace of malevolence flashed through Jack’s eyes, and Chu Nan felt pain on his back from when Catherine had unconsciously grabbed him out of anxiety.

“But…” Chu Nan’s tone changed. “Isn’t it too wasteful to capture a beautiful girl and chop off her head for some so-called blood sacrifice? We’re all educated people, so why don’t we look for the barbarians to sit down and negotiate instead?”

Jack’s eyes filled with fury. If it were not for his fear against the strange steel tube, he would’ve already launched at attack. Now that he had been teased by Chu Nan, he roared, “Human! You are the kings in the outside world, but don’t forget this is the Heaven Forest! A place that you can never conquer! Since you disregard the friendship between elves and druids, then…”

“Heaven Forest?” Chu Nan waved the steel tube and interrupted Jack. “You mean there are humans outside of Heaven Forest? That’s great! Please tell me how I can leave here.”

Jack felt that Chu Nan was teasing him. As a human, how could he not know of Heaven Forest?

“Attack!”

Dozens of druids positioned themselves and encircled Chu Nan. He immediately rested his finger on the trigger and prepared to attack, but the druids suddenly stopped in their tracks.

Jack’s eyes widened, and as he looked at Catherine’s loosely-covered body, he said, “Catherine, You… you and that man…”

“This…” Chu Nan interrupted Jack and hastily explained. “Listen to me; this isn’t what you imagine. There’s nothing between us. I’m still a virgin!”

A nearly naked beautiful young girl stood behind a man with dried blood stains near her thigh while they were in the wilderness.

In a situation like this, Chu Nan’s explanation seemed even more powerless, and the dozens of male druids looked at him with a distrustful gaze.

Even though they had not spoken, he could sense the words behind their expressions. ‘Kid, who do you think you’re fooling? You forgot to wipe your mouth after enjoying a meal, and you’re still thinking of wriggling your way out? Who wouldn’t enjoy a feast in such a situation? Unless you’re impotent at your young age? Or are you gay?

“Damn it! I’m not impotent, nor am I gay!” Chu Nan waved Sara Jane and cried out. “I’m honestly still a virgin!”

“He’s lying,” Catherine pointed toward the bloodstains on her thigh and said to Jack. “We’ve already done the deed, and this is evidence. Right now, I am no longer pure, and I am not qualified to participate in the blood sacrifice. If the village needs me, I can fight against the barbarians as a soldier.”