CH 348

Lin Xiao wrapped his arms tightly around the crying kitty.

Elena took a couple of deep breaths after feeling his reassurance. She did her best to hold back her tears and then slightly looked up at Lin Xiao and leaned into him.

“Don’t get affected by her… she’s being influenced by black magic, so she isn’t the aunt that you once knew anymore.”

“I know, but…”

Elena naturally knew that.

Although her aunt wasn’t a gentle and caring person and she was always carefree and slept all day, she would never be jealous of others and wouldn’t bad-mouth the younger generations for no reason.

Elena still remembers how much her aunt doted on her when she was younger, so she would never say such hurtful things.

The reason Adele was saying that was because her mind was disturbed by black magic, her festering wounds and the blackish-purple haze in her eyes were proof.

But, but… regardless, that was her aunt! After finally seeing someone from her tribe after a year, she was cursed out before she could even catch up, so how could she take it?

Elena knew that Adele wasn’t in control of herself, but she was still pathetically pushed to the point of tears… She felt shame for her incompetence and felt herself almost tearing up again.

Elena thought that as the demon king, she could deal with anything and tonight was going to be her performance. but the unexpected change caused her to be at a loss.

She was never afraid of a fierce enemy, but how should she treat anger from someone of the same tribe… but it was good that there was someone reliable next to her.

“Okay, okay, stop crying, leave the rest to me.” Lin Xiao hugged her and squeezed her shoulder.

Leave it to him… that’s fine. It’s not like it was the first time she depended on him, she trusted that he wouldn’t let her down this time as well. Since he had such thick skin, he probably wouldn’t cry pathetically like she did…

Elena didn’t say anything and just weakly nodded her head. Lin Xiao chuckled and walked towards Adele.

“Hello, thirteenth aunt… as you saw, Elena is my maid, so as her master, you can say what you want to say to me.”

“You? Who the hell are you?” When she saw him approach, she cursed him as intimidation, but her body unconsciously took a couple of steps back.

Even if Adele was in a delirious state, her instincts as a red-eyed black cat were still there. Even if it wasn’t as powerful as Elena’s magic power radar, she could still vaguely sense the magic power in a human’s body.

On the surface, he looked like a normal youth, but in actuality, Adele could sense the abundant magic power coming from him.

“Thirteenth aunt, I’m curious, did you gather those children?”

The children were referring to the demonic beasts that were unconscious and foaming at the mouth outside.

“That’s right.” Adele coldly responded.

“Oh, then can you please disband them and get them to go back to their own homes? Please, we want to pass through.”

“No!” When he mentioned that, Adele suddenly raised her voice and got more agitated, “You, you definitely can’t go through here! No one can!”

“But we want to go to Gotham Kingdom, so we have to pass through here.” Lin Xiao helplessly raised his hands, “Thirteenth aunt, we’re family, cant we discuss this?”

“Who’s family? Scram! You, and that disgusting maid, get the hell out of here! Don’t bother my sleep!”

“Sigh, you red-eyed black cats are really… with such large watermelons, people would enjoy your abuse rather than feel bad. If you want to scare someone, you should wrap up that chest… wait, no, if you did, it might be even lewder…”

A threatening cough came from behind him.

“Cough… Lin Xiao, what are you muttering about?”

“Uh, nothing, I didn’t say anything, it was the wind!”

Lin Xiao was startled and knew that Elena was getting jealous again so he tried to make excuses but forgot even the most basic of common sense.

“Oh? This is the depths of the cave, where’s the wind coming from?”

“Uh… cough, not the wind, it was your aunt muttering to herself!” Lin Xiao awkwardly scratched his head and quickly changed the topic, “I say, Aunt Adele, why aren’t you letting us pass? Elena is your niece and I’m her master, with our relationship, we can discuss it.”

“There’s no discussion! Scram!”

“No, no, we have to go through… The expedition team will set out in two days, at that time, even if you don’t make way, we’ll force ourselves through!”

“Hmph, expedition team? Did they forget the last two times? … Even if you have more people, just my precious scorpion is enough to wipe you all out! … You want to force through? In your dreams!”

“Precious scorpion? We already took care of it.”

“What did you say?”

“Yeah, Elena already finished off that phosphorus poisonous scorpion outside. It’s passed out on top of the mountain and it’ll probably be dried to scorpion jerky in a couple of days… oh right, there was also those scarlet flame tigers guarding the entrance that we also took care of, we even gave them their severance pay and told them to go home and find actual jobs.”

“What… you actually, all of them!?”

Adele couldn’t believe her ears when she heard what Lin Xiao said, in her state, she already forgot that in front of the Demon King, Elena, all demonic beasts were just good little babies that she could willingly trample on.

“H-how dare you drive away all the children that his highness apostle painstakingly gathered… unforgivable!” Adele let out a ferocious expression and her eyes were filled with anger, the purple aura became more intense.

His Highness Apostle?

Elena tugged Lin Xiao’s sleeve from behind and indicated him to stop as to prevent agitating her further. Lin Xiao smiled at her as if everything was under control.

“Adele, don’t get angry, driving his children away was nothing, this is just the beginning.” Lin Xiao was still smiling, but the words he was saying were more triggering, “Please, even if your highness the apostle came himself, we’ll finish him off, let alone those disobedient children.”

“What, you, say that again! You dare insult his highness the apostle!?”

“What apostle, looks like a scaredy-cat to me… he would have came himself if he was actually anything to be afraid of, why else would he send someone like you to block the path? He’s just a coward!”

“Y-y-y-you… you lowly scum, how dare you… his highness the apostle is no coward!”

“Oh? Then tell me, what kind of person is this high highness apostle that you speak of?”

When Elena heard that, she realized what Lin Xiao was planning.

As expected, this guy is such a cunning pervert, being his enemy would be a painful thing, but being his ally was very comforting…

The reason Lin Xiao was purposely agitating Adele was to trap her.

Adele was affected by black magic, covered in wounds, and was gathering demonic beasts and blocking the path, there must be someone behind her. She wasn’t the real threat, she was but a chess piece that was being controlled by someone.

His highness the apostle was the real culprit!

Lin Xiao was of course curious about that guy’s identity, but he didn’t straight-up question her, otherwise it would be counterproductive and make her more vigilant.

Since he couldn’t communicate normally with Adele in her current state, he agitated her to get her to reveal her secrets.

“You, you don’t know anything… his highness the apostle… is the hope of the Enlightened! As long as we follow him, we can be reborn!” Adele’s voice was mad as she opened her arms and embraced the air.

“As expected…” Lin Xiao sighed. It was the answer he expected.

They sent Adele here to block the way to prevent the investigators from helping Gotham Kingdom, if that’s the case, then they must be involved in what’s happening in Gotham Kingdom.

“Since that’s the case… then I can only bring you back and interrogate you.”

Since Adele was going crazy, he couldn’t get any more information out of her, so he could only bring her back and slowly interrogate her.

“You want to catch me? … Hehe, hahaha!”

“Lin Xiao, watch out, she’s going to transform!”

Elena cried out when she hear that crazy laugh, so she immediately reminded Lin Xiao and wanted him to escape the cave to a more spacious area but Lin Xiao just waved his hands at her.

“Don’t worry, did you think I was just chatting with her? … Elena, your aunt, is already my prisoner.”

“Eh?”

“Elena, cover your eyes, it might be a bit blinding… Circle complete… start!”

Along with a chant, the entire cave was covered with a blinding light.

“Judgement Light!”