Chapter 112: Asiatic Cat? Princess?

Chapter 112: Asiatic Cat? Princess?

“Well now, this is quite the conundrum. I wasn’t planning to kill any women at all. They can still be used for a round of enjoyment, after all. Sorry for my miscalculation! Hahahaha!” His tone was filled with ridicule and mockery, containing no trace of an apology in them.

Lil’ Sha covered her mouth, her pupils suddenly constricting as if she caught sight of something terrifying. She hastily hid behind Ji Bai’s back.

“You scumbag! Was it you who did that?” Huo Lei was boiling over with rage, with his eyes completely tinged with blood. His massive coarse hands squeezed the handle of his hammer so hard that it emanated a creaking sound.

“Oh?? Wouldn’t you look at that? Who could this be? Aren’t you the traitor from the city wall that day? What’s wrong? Your complexion doesn’t look so good today.” The lofty troll drew back the corners of his large mouth as he spoke in a satirical manner.

“You?? You’re... the commander who attacked the city gate?!” Shouted Huo Lei in shock and fury after he had made out the appearance of the newly arrived visitor.

“Hmph! To think that you’d pity these lowly species. You’re truly a disgrace to all trolls.”

“Why are you here, troll?” Ji Bai walked towards him, with the gaze emanating from his iron helmet landing on the troll’s body.

“Hmph! I have zero obligation to explain that to an inferior species...” The lofty troll, who had a beard, casted his gaze past Ji Bai and let it hover over the whitish-gold silhouette behind him. After falling into a slight daze, he suddenly laughed out loud.

“Hahahaha! So it’s you?! Indeed, one can spend much effort to find something, only to then discover it by sheer luck! After we’ve tried to capture you for so long, I never thought that you’d arrive right at our doorsteps!?”

The words of the lofty troll caused Ji Bai and Huo Lei to be at a loss over their meaning. Only Lil’ Sha behind them was trembling like a garlic pounder.

“If we count back from now, it has already been 5 years, hasn’t it? I trust you have been well since we last met! My beloved princess...” The large mouth of the lofty troll opened to reveal a cruel smile, his burning gaze directed at the incessantly shivering Lil’ Sha behind Ji Bai’s back.

“Urgh...” Like a startled rabbit, Lil’ Sha pressed her head against Ji Bai’s back, unwilling to let go no matter what.

“There’s no use hiding... I’ve already seen you! My little dear Asiatic Cat princess! Hahahaha!”

“Asiatic Cat princess?” Huo Lei knitted his eyebrows in puzzlement as he turned his eyes, whose fury within them had yet to be dispersed, towards Lil’ Sha.

The power accumulated within it was bizarre and unfathomable. It was very unlikely that it was bestowed from the void, but instead, it probably was a direct effect of physically carving the symbols onto the stone bridge.

The difference between a void bestowment and the physical bestowment of a spell was whether or not physically engravings were used to retain its magical power. While it required a relatively short time to complete a void bestowment, both its potency and duration were greatly limited. Although a physical bestowment required the caster to spend a large amount of time engraving a formation, it was capable of maintaining magical power for a long time, maximizing its potency to the greatest extent.

This knowledge was what Ji Bai had learned from the court mage of the vampires.

Although these ‘formations’ weren’t inscribed through incantations, their principle was seemingly no different to them. It was very obvious that the effects inscribed on them were [Teleportation] or [Summoning].

“Eeeh!? Wuwuagigiyaya!” The smell of a woman drove the summoned goblins into a frenzy. Their small, glistening yellow eyes were filled with an indescribable lust.

“Stop craving for something you aren’t qualified for! Everyone listen to me! That female cat needs to be captured alive! I’ll toss anyone who dares to get touchy-feely with her down from here! As for the two men, kill them!” The loud yells of the troll commander caused the restless goblins to turn crestfallen and quieten down. Without a woman for their spoils, their morale immediately hit rock bottom. However, it was to no avail; When faced with the formidable strength of the troll commander, they had no choice but to risk their lives for him.

Lil’ Sha’s complexion turned even paler. Had she not grabbed onto Ji Bai, her weakened tiny feet would have already been incapable of supporting her weight.

“Uuuyayaaaaa!” Like a pack of ferocious wolves, the goblins launched their assault.

“Move!” Huo Lei’s heavy hammer cut through the air and sent a number of foot soldiers, that had been rushing shoulder-to-shoulder towards him, flying down the stone bridge.

As they heard the cries of their few comrades gradually getting further away as they fell into the river, the goblins began to grow terrified.

“Don’t retreat! Rush forward, I said!” Infuriated, the troll commander grabbed a goblin that was planning to retreat and tossed it down into the rapids without mercy.

In his eyes, these inferior creatures that were as weak as humans were incapable of even being pawns. They were cannon fodders at most.

The troll commander knitted his brows as he saw Huo Lei sending waves and waves of goblins flying with the ease of a hot knife cutting through butter.

The only being opposing him capable of displaying such battle prowess was the traitor. There was no need to worry about the pampered and defenseless Asiatic cat princess. As for Ji Bai, he had long since been ignored.

Clearing up the annoying goblins around him, Huo Lei turned his gaze towards the troll commander. At the same time, the other troll was also sizing him up.

The two scorching gazes came into contact.

“Haa!”

“Yaa!”