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After a while, the dwarves slowly stopped.

Two more dwarves fell and turned to ashes, while the remaining four dwarves were all wounded.

The dwarf wearing the red hat was the most imposing.

He glared menacingly at his companion, looking like a wounded lone wolf.

The other three dwarfs all turned their heads away, not daring to meet his gaze.

"If I were that princess, I would definitely give the reward to the strongest warrior."

At this moment, Xu Ming's soft voice rang out again.

The four dwarves' eyes flashed, and the fierce light that had subsided slightly flared up again.

kill!!

This time, without anyone needing to make the first move, they all simultaneously swung their weapons at each other.

Another bloody storm swept through the prison cell...

After an unknown amount of time, the fighting stopped. In the cell, apart from Xu Ming, who was lying leisurely on the wooden table, only the red-hatted dwarf and the blue-hatted dwarf remained.

Almost no part of their bodies was intact; they were covered in deep, bone-revealing wounds. If a normal person had suffered such severe injuries, they would probably have died from blood loss long ago.

As the red and blue dwarfs panted heavily and stared warily at each other, Xu Ming's soft voice echoed in the cell once again.

"Very good, now there are only two of you left. Whoever presents the treasure to Her Highness first will surely win her favor!"

Although the two dwarves, one red and one blue, were too exhausted to stand, upon hearing these words, they seemed to be injected with adrenaline, and their eyes turned fierce again.

'He makes a good point! As long as we kill this brat, Her Highness the Princess will definitely be mine!' *2

Exhausted and severely injured, the red and blue dwarves lunged at their opponent once more.

When the commotion in the cell finally ceased, only one figure remained, stubbornly standing...

Chapter 104 Seven Little Fools

The Red-Haired Dwarf was the ultimate winner.

He stood proudly in the center of the cell, holding up the head of the blue-hatted dwarf, his arrogant expression as if he had conquered the whole world.

"Is your princess Momoko Akanekubo?"

Xu Ming asked with some curiosity.

"You rude fellow! You are not allowed to address Her Highness by her first name!"

The red-hatted dwarf was immediately enraged.

Xu Ming raised an eyebrow. It turned out that this guy not only had a problem with his brain, but was also the ultimate simp.

He actually fantasized about an ordinary girl being his princess.

A mischievous glint suddenly appeared in Xu Ming's mind.

He silently called out to Haruyuki Arita in his heart, and after ensuring his own safety, he said to the red-hatted dwarf with a kind expression:

"Hey, do you even know what your princess likes the most?"

"what do you like?"

As expected of a true sycophant, the red-hatted dwarf was extremely interested in this topic.

"Selfie."

Xu Ming uttered a single word.

"Selfie? What is a selfie?"

The red-hatted dwarf asked with a puzzled look.

A strange expression immediately appeared on Xu Ming's face.

He forced himself to control the muscles in his face, trying to maintain a natural expression as he spoke:

"Taking a selfie is simply using your phone to take a picture of yourself. How about it, do you want to learn?"

As Xu Ming spoke, he gestured with his phone.

The red-hatted dwarf nodded as if he understood, then shook his head.

"Think about it, if you and your princess shared the same hobbies, wouldn't she favor you even more?"

Xu Ming patiently and persuasively explained.

The red-hatted dwarf nodded quickly, looking like he thought, "That makes perfect sense."

"So, do you want to learn how to take selfies now?"

The red-hatted dwarf immediately nodded repeatedly, like a chicken pecking at rice.

Xu Ming handed over his phone.

"You're holding my phone, pointing the camera at yourself..."

Yes, the lens is that round protrusion...

Finally, press the shutter button…

Under his careful guidance, the red-hatted dwarf excitedly pointed the phone camera at himself, flashed what he considered to be his most handsome smile, and then pressed the shutter button.

Click!

The red-hatted dwarf, with a satisfied smile on his face, vanished into the purple-gold lightning.

Ding!Ding!

A soft sound came, and two chess pieces fell to the floor: a 'Royal Guard' and a 'Bishop'.

Thus, Xu Ming only needs one more 'Royal Guard' and 'Chariot' to complete his collection of all the black pieces except for the 'King'.

Xu Ming looked at the 'Bishop' chess piece with pity and muttered to himself:

"With your IQ, you can't outsmart her. I'm just being kind-hearted and sending you to your demise sooner rather than later, so you won't even be a backup option."

Xu Ming, who had read the original work, knew that Akane Kubo Momo was a seemingly cute but actually cold and arrogant little devil.

After becoming 'weird', influenced by negative energy, her inner darkness will continue to amplify, and she may become even more troublesome than in the original work.

Afterwards, Xu Ming summoned Haruyuki Arita from the 'Night Parade of One Hundred Demons'.

"What's wrong, Arita-kun?"

Xu Ming quickly noticed that the little piglet was looking at him strangely, so he asked.

The little piglet shook its head hastily, with a fawning expression, and quickly untied the ropes binding his hands and feet.

"??"

Xu Ming shook his head in confusion and casually picked up the two chess pieces from the ground.

The extra 'Royal Guard' piece was most likely left behind by a black little man who fled here and was killed by the dwarves.

If these seven dwarfs are so ruthless to their own kind, how much more so to outsiders who have wandered into this place?

Afterwards, Xu Ming put the piglet back into the 'Hyakki Yagyō Chō'.

According to the system, the 'weird' contracted creatures recover from injuries faster inside the Night Walker's Manual.

Xu Ming then checked his backpack, put it on, and pushed open the cell door.

Silence reigned outside the door. Several torches hung on the walls on both sides of the corridor, their flames flickering and casting distorted shadows on the walls, as if some monster were hiding in the corner.

On both sides of the corridor are iron gates, and directly opposite is a staircase leading upwards.

Xu Ming's current room is located at the end of the corridor.

It seems that this special cell is a torture chamber that the dwarves use to torment prisoners.

Xu Ming didn't linger and went straight to the stairs.

The dim firelight flickered on and off, and through the cold iron bars, one could vaguely see some incomplete skeletons scattered on the ground. Some rats lay on the bones, gnawing on them without restraint, and even when someone walked by, the rats showed no fear whatsoever.

On the walls of some cells, one or two withered, emaciated figures were chained up. When Xu Ming passed by, they were motionless, and he didn't know whether they were dead or alive.

The air throughout the dungeon reeked of a stench of rotting flesh mixed with excrement.

Xu Ming couldn't help but cover his mouth and nose and quicken his pace.

Only after reaching the top of the stairs and gradually dissipating the stench did Xu Ming lower his hand and begin to breathe heavily.

Only then did Xu Ming realize that the staircase leading to the dungeon was actually located behind the grand staircase in the central courtyard, and before he knew it, he was back on the first floor.

Back in the lobby.

As Xu Ming placed all the acquired chess pieces on the board, the square where the 'King' was placed shone even brighter.

Before long, he will be able to obtain the 'King' and open the so-called door to the 'Fairy Tale'.

Back on the second floor, Xu Ming held his phone and matchbox in one hand and a dark green match head in the other.

This time, he had no intention of sneaking around and swaggered down the second-floor corridor.

This arrogant stride, which showed no regard for family or friends, quickly attracted the attention of a certain 'person'.

Boom boom boom!

A huge teddy bear rushed out from around the corner and strode towards Xu Ming.

Xu Ming calmly placed the match on the ignition strip on the side of the matchbox and struck it hard.

Oh!

With a soft click, a dark green light burst forth from the match head.

Upon seeing the green light, the originally ferocious bear doll immediately turned and ran away, as fast as if it had seen a ghost.

Xu Ming quickly chased after it and threw a match at it.

The moment the green flame touched the bear's back, it was like contact with gasoline; whoosh! The green flame quickly spread across its back.

"Ow!!"

The bear doll let out a panicked howl, and suddenly stretched out its paw, slashing at its own back!

Several large gashes immediately appeared on its back, and cotton splattered out like white blood plasma.