The villain's way to tame the protagonist

The etheric gun condensed out of thin air was loaded instantly.

Ming Fuluo put the muzzle of the gun against Rhine's forehead: "Meow for me."

"……Meow."

"Hmph." Ming Fuluo sneered, "I can see your ambition, do you think Anser can't see it? Be honest, house cat."

She floated back to Ansel's shoulder, not even bothering to look at Rhine.

By the time Anser left the office, Hitana still hadn't figured out what was going on.

*

On the way back, Mr. Anser and his two Miss Qishou were chatting.

"So, what's going on with that Rhine?"

Xitana looked suspicious and said, "Dwarf, you don't seem like the kind of person who would suddenly become arrogant for no reason."

"Can't you see? Its attitude towards Qi Shou is not normal at all. Either its brain is broken, or... it also wants to be Qi Shou, so it vaguely regards itself as equal to us."

At this point, Ming Fuluo looked at Anser with dissatisfaction: "You obviously have dozens of ways to beat that house cat, why do you have to let me do it?"

"Because it shows that you understand me."

"...Glib tongue."

“Eh…eh?!”

Xitana was shocked: "That cat wants to be the chief?!"

"Under the current circumstances, it is only natural for it to have such ambitions."

Ming Fuluo said nonchalantly: "Although Anser is still the strongest on paper, in this chaotic situation, there is never too much power. Anser must speed up the absorption of Qi Shou, and the cat probably values ​​this. And Anser's attitude towards it before is probably too good... otherwise it would not be so arrogant."

"...So in the end, it is still possible that it is oppressing Lina? It wants to achieve results quickly and win credit?" Xitana was immediately angry.

"That was of course Marina's own choice."

Anser smiled and comforted Xitana: "She can't keep up with the work efficiency of others, so others will do her work because no one wants to waste time. And if the work is done by others, then there is no point in staying, so Marina will keep squeezing herself."

"It's just that I didn't expect...she would be so strong."

He said the same words he had said not long ago.

"Uh, this... Anser, don't, don't hate Lina and think that she thinks she is something. She is actually..."

"How could I hate her? This is a good thing, Sitana."

Young Hydra said with emotion: "I thought that she was of such a nature that she could use all the resources she could without hesitation. Because Marina's ultimate goal is to help me, then only by maintaining her body well can she help me better, so she shouldn't have abused her body like this, right?"

"...It seems to be the case." Sitana nodded, not quite understanding.

“That’s why I said this is a good thing—it means that in Marina’s eyes, helping me is not everything in her life. If that were the case, she wouldn’t have to worry about anything else. As long as it helps me, she can just do it.

"But she still cares about and defends her dignity, which is very important."

"You should thank me, puppy." Ming Fuluo raised her chin slightly and gently rubbed Anser's cheek with her little feet wrapped in black pantyhose. "If it weren't for me, Anser wouldn't care so much now."

"First, I'm not a puppy! Second...Anser is a good man, how could he not care!"

"..." Ming Fuluo looked at Anser in surprise, "What kind of weird personality did you create in front of her?"

"Bad guy." Anser shrugged.

"Then why does she like to stick to you so much?"

"Then why do you like rubbing my face so much?"

"I do not have."

Ming Fuluo moved her feet away expressionlessly.

Hitana was thinking about what Ansel said and didn't pay much attention to this little interaction.

Dignity...it is indeed dignity.

The girl had an indescribable sadness in her heart.

Lina has already made her decision...

Should I also think of a way to take one step further?

In this chaotic empire, anywhere could be my hunting ground, and given my current state...

Miss Wolf clenched her fists lightly, as if she had already decided where she was going.

Chapter 6: "All Nations Come to Pay Homage" (K)

The Hydra Manor in the Hydra Territory is actually far less luxurious than the manor in the imperial capital.

It all started because the slightly willful Lady Anelsa felt that the original Hydra Manor was too big and too spacious, so Flamel made some minor modifications to the ancestral house.

And now, even though Anelisa and Flamel are not here, the manor does not seem empty. Instead, it is unusually... lively.

Boom boom boom boom——

On the open lawn, the roar of gunfire was heard continuously. Ming Fuluo, who was sitting under a parasol and reading a book, looked up at the tall figure who was running towards her under the bombardment of dozens of floating cannons, and frowned slightly.

"This is really... an irrational spirit."

The scholar murmured, raising her arms forward as the excited roars drew closer.

The ferocious wolf beast with wolf ears and tail, and a height of two meters and two meters, laughed and rushed out of the endless explosion bombardment. She leaped into the sky, and the red and black cyclone condensed on the tip of her fist was like a wolf head with its head raised and roaring. As Shitana's punch fell, it crushed Ming Furo below with unparalleled momentum to crush everything.

However, endless iron-gray particles instantly formed nine shield walls above Ming Furo. After the seemingly invincible red and black death light shattered six layers of barriers, it had no more strength to continue and disappeared without a trace.

Hitana fell to the ground, her forehead hit by a floating turret, and the muzzle blasted out a blazing white light that spread over hundreds of meters. Hitana, whose entire head was covered by the white light, even raised her hand to scratch her face, and just used her head to withstand the overloaded bombardment of the turret and moved forward.

"You definitely have more tricks than this."

With her head still in the blazing laser, Xitana said unhappily, "Didn't the last blow create a bottomless abyss on the ground?"

"That was only possible with Anser's help and blessing."

Ming Fuluo pushed up the sea-blue glasses on her nose and looked up at Xitana:

"You don't really mean that Anser can just sit there and push the joystick and that's it? Without the power of Hydra, the strength of the Deus Ex Machina wouldn't be that great."

"Whether it's the huge amount of ether required or the abyss that even I, as the head of the abyss, cannot easily reach, Anser's help is necessary... Besides, it's just a sparring match. Are you sure you want to go that far?"

"This kind of sparring is useless to me... I'm so annoyed! What are you still doing?"

With an impatient look on her face, Xitana raised her hand and crushed the floating cannon that was pressing against her head, threw it aside, and slammed her hands heavily on the round coffee table: "Shorty... ahem! Ming Furo!"

Miss Ming Fuluo, holding her chin with one hand, uttered a nonchalant nasal sound: "Hmm?"

Xitana's body gradually shrank back to its normal state, and her furry wolf ears and tail also retracted. She coughed lightly and said awkwardly:

"You are Anser's sworn brother, right?"

"Ah."

"So you must also want Anser to become more powerful, right?"

"Ah."

"That would make me even more powerful, right?"

"..."

After a brief silence, the petite Ms. Mingfuluo rubbed her temples.

"Why do you think I can help you become stronger?" She slammed the book shut and looked at Hitana expressionlessly.

"What are you thinking, you self-righteous woman!" Xitana was also annoyed by her sour face - although Ming Fuluo had this expression most of the time, it was still an unpleasant sour face in Xitana's eyes, "I want to ask you, what do you think -"

The familiar smell coming from not far away made Xitana interrupt her words. She turned around in surprise and found that Anser was walking towards her with a young man.

"Anser!"

The girl waved excitedly at Ansher and was about to run towards him, but she stopped because of the young man behind Ansher as soon as she took a step.

...the will to fight.

Xitana's wild dark red eyes dilated slightly, and her expression was slightly incredible.

The power of the Wind Head swept over the young man, conveying a hint of hostility and a strong desire to fight.

"You actually took the initiative to practice with Xi'er, Luo."

Anser walked over here and looked at Ming Fuluo's back, chuckled and said, "I thought you would stay in the library all this time. The collection of books in Hydra County is far more than that in the imperial capital."

Hearing this, Xitana was stunned again. She turned to look at Ming Fuluo, her face full of confusion: "Didn't you say that it was Anser who asked you to practice with me?"

"..."

Miss Ming Furo seemed not to hear Xitana's question. She turned to look at Anser who suddenly came to find them. A hint of dissatisfaction and resentment appeared between her delicate brows. If there was not a stranger behind Anser, the words "dead kid" would probably have come out of her mouth.

"I want to ask you something else."

She narrowed her eyes slightly. "Why did you come to us instead of continuing with your work? And you brought this person with you..."

The petite scholar sneered, "Young and promising warlock, sir."

Sitana tilted her head, somewhat confused.

Facing Mingfuluo's unhappy gaze and Xitana's confused look, Anser brought the young man to the two girls. He tilted his head slightly and glanced at the young warlock behind him: "Give a brief introduction of yourself, Jellal."

The young warlock first performed an impeccable noble salute, then raised his chin slightly and said confidently: "Good morning, my two masters. I am Gerald Xingyin, a fourth-level arcane warlock, and currently the chief warlock of Lord Anser."

His self-introduction was brief and clear - name, strength, status, and that was all.

Such a straightforward and concise introduction clearly reveals his overwhelming confidence.

Xitana took small steps towards Ming Fuluo, gently bumped into her, and whispered, "What is a mystic sorcerer?"

"There are so many branches of sorcery that even the sorcerers themselves cannot recognize them all. Just learning some weird spells can call it a new branch."

It seemed more like Ming Fuluo was examining the "Chief Warlock" than answering Xitana's question.

"But the arcane sorcerer is the most orthodox sorcerer. He is mainstream, classical, and traditional...ha."

Miss Ming Furo, who inherited her grandfather's rebellious ideals and was considered a heretic in the entire warlock world, sneered with contempt and disdain.

"Anser." She stopped looking at Jellal and turned to look at Anser, "I didn't know you had this... 'Chief Warlock'."

The woman raised her chin slightly: "Where did you put me?"

Her words made Gerard raise his eyebrows slightly. This warlock who had reached the fourth level at a young age and was already on the verge of reaching the fifth level seemed to have something to say, but Anser had already said with a smile:

"Why do you have to compete with Gerald for a position?"

The implication is that Ming Furo and Gerard are not on the same level.

"I'm not fighting, I'm asking for it."

Ming Fuluo put the book on the coffee table and said expressionlessly, "Will you give it to me?"

She didn't even look at Gerard, she just stared at Anser. The smart Miss Ming Furo certainly had other ideas, but it didn't stop her from being a little childish, which made her look very cute.

Jellal was obviously losing his temper, but the young Hydra smiled even more happily:

"Okay, okay...Jellal, what do you think?"

Mr. Warlock, who was finally able to express his opinion, looked at the head of the Abyss, who was famous throughout the empire. Although the other party was not looking at him, he did not show any dissatisfaction, but said politely:

"Of course, I can't be a match for Miss Zeger's deus ex machina power, but if it's just a duel between warlocks..."

He lowered his head slightly, but his burning ambition was evident in his words: "I should still have the ability to compete with Miss Zeger."

"puff--"

Xitana, who accidentally let out a small sound, immediately covered her mouth. After meeting Anser's half-smile, she coughed lightly with embarrassment: "Well, I just, um... thought of something happy."

Ming Fuluo held her forehead and sighed: "Ansel, you really..."

"Don't worry, it's not you this time."

Anser said this, patted Gerard on the shoulder, and gave the young man an encouraging look:

"Jellal, your opponent is not Aro."

He pointed at Xitana who was rubbing her face and said with a smile:

"If you can survive ten rounds under Xi'er, you are my Demon Chief."