The villain's way to tame the protagonist

"It just so happens that I also have something very important to do, how about..."

The wolf grinned, its sharp canine teeth glowing coldly in the moonlight.

"Try to cooperate?"

Chapter 7: Wrong Path, Rift (K)

The qualifiers were ranked based on points, and the final sixteen people competed in the ring.

After a long period of warm-up and hype, a large number of outsiders once again poured into the Castle of Dispute. Judging from the momentum, this year's Dispute Qualifying Tournament has obviously reached an unprecedented level of popularity.

Of course, anyone with a discerning eye can clearly see how much of this enthusiasm comes from Faust, who is still staying in the Castle of Strife for unknown reasons.

Many people even began to suspect that this seemingly decent Faust was a gimmick deliberately created by the Grand Duke of Green Gold, who only cared about making money. Anyway, all kinds of odds were extremely hot now, such as whether someone would challenge Faust, whether Faust would agree, how many minutes the fight would last... There were even odds on whether Faust would fight with the Grand Duke of Green Gold.

In addition, there is another hot bet that has nothing to do with Faust.

That's about the evil wolf Fenrir who suddenly appeared in the West.

The invitation that Faust made to her that day was premised on Fenrir being the "last man standing on the ring." In other words, Fenrir, who always stirs up trouble and likes to play house with mortals, must rush into the battlefield as a non-contestant and sweep away all opponents before he is qualified to learn from Faust.

This clichéd script of finally meeting the king after overcoming all obstacles does make many people feel that it was deliberately arranged by Duke Qingjin behind the scenes.

But no matter whether it is true or not, there is no way that the Strife Castle can be peaceful today.

"It's so lively..."

Hitana squatted on a tall building and looked down at the crowded arena not far away.

When she had nothing to do, she liked to ask Ansel to tell her stories or find some picture books to read. She had originally thought of striking a cool pose on the roof of a tall building, letting her coat flutter in the wind. When the two players on the ring came on stage, she would loudly interrupt their entrance, and in the astonished eyes of everyone, she would "whoosh" jump onto the ring, then knock the contestant away with two punches, and say grimly, "Next one."

Although the way of entering has been conceived in great detail, Hitana now seems to have lost the desire to show off. She now supports her face with one hand on her thigh and rests the other hand straight on her leg, like a gangster doing nothing on the street.

"Actually, many extraordinary people came yesterday, but not even one of them took care of the riot in the downtown area."

In the dark red eyes that reflected countless figures, there was no resentment or hatred as in the past.

The girl who used to always complain to the people around her, questioning "Why don't you help them", "Why do you just stand there and watch", "You are a bad guy too", has realized that it is unrealistic to pin her hopes on most extraordinary people.

Even the revolutionary army, which claimed to liberate civilians and overthrow the empire, was doing things that she could not tolerate in any way.

That's why she felt even more that her existence was necessary and her path was correct.

Someone has to rescue those who are the most powerless. If no one goes, then she will go.

"But there's really no point in counting on them."

Xitana shook her head, with a bit of contempt in her eyes: "It's a decent act for you to not stand by and watch the show."

The cheers from the arena suddenly became extremely loud, and it looked like the contestants were about to enter.

At this time, Hitana was still tilting her head and thinking about things in the lower city.

The Revolutionary Army... The Revolutionary Army. What on earth do they want to do?

The awareness of even risking one's own life is not false. It can be seen from the fact that although Bone Knife has tried his best to escape from the Castle of Strife, he still wants to lurk back and do his last bit of effort for his companions that among that group of guys... there are also real warriors.

Xitana always used to think that those guys who talked big and said things like "this is necessary" simply didn't make it their turn yet. When these people themselves become the necessary price, they will definitely reveal their extremely ugly faces.

Although this is true in most cases, it does exist and there are indeed those who... would consider themselves as a price without hesitation.

Just like I'm not normal at all.

Others must be hurt to get things done, and one group of people must be killed so that another group of people can survive... How can this be justified! Why does everyone have to act so mature and say such things?

To this day, Xitana still cannot accept the logic and ideas that annoy her, but not being able to accept it does not mean that she cannot understand it.

There aren't so many reasons, it's really just... I just have to.

She had reached this point and was feeling distressed about having to do this.

The girl asked herself, what would she do if she had to make the choice?

The choice that the Wolf Emperor originally made in the future was to personally kill his only relative who had committed a heinous crime.

If it were me now, could I make the same decision as I did then?

Can I be so determined that I can even kill Lina?

No, no, no, no... No, no, at least, at least now I will not fall into that kind of situation no matter what.

Xitana slapped her face hard to drive the terrible thought out of her mind.

"That me has nothing left, but now I have Anser!"

The face and voice of the person she loved appeared in Hitana's mind. Whenever she thought of Anser, she would be full of strength at any time.

I don't know how to make a choice, I don't know how to change the status quo... It doesn't matter! I can't do it, but Anser can definitely do it, and he will do it better than anyone else!

Even if... even if Anser also has moments when he is powerless, even if it is always difficult for him to fight against the fate, but if there is me, Lina, and... well, if the dwarf is included, and more people in the future, Anser will definitely become a guy who can even defeat fate and is more heroic than a hero!

"Dispute Trials, first round of the ring battle, now, start, start, start—"

The host's loud voice came from not far away, interrupting Xitana's thoughts.

"Oh, is it about to begin?"

The girl slowly stood up and stretched her muscles leisurely. Her beautiful figure was covered by the handsome coat, but the surging power in her body could not be concealed by clothes.

"Hmm~" She half closed her eyes and let out a lazy and casual moan from her nose, "Let's put these messy things aside for now. Anser is still waiting for me."

After revealing her girlish appearance to her beloved for a moment, when Xitana Lansmalos opened her eyes, she was like a mad beast about to feast on a meal.

Remove distracting thoughts and return to the most original essence.

The anxious beast king, who had been trapped in the solid pass for a long time, was looking forward to a hearty fight and the possibility of further progress.

"start!"

boom!

The violent sonic boom even drowned out the shouts and cheers of the audience. Most people in the audience looked towards the source of the sound, but only saw a wave of air caused by the sound barrier.

Then, the hunter descended from the sky.

At the moment when the contestants from both sides came on the field and the referee just announced the start of the game, the tall wolf girl stood in the middle of the field which she had easily crushed amid the roar, her disguised face full of arrogance.

"hurry up."

She raised her chin slightly, but didn't even look at the contestants on her left and right: "Only one person can stand on this stage. Are you going to go down by yourselves? Do you want me to help you?"

The audience was silent for a few seconds, and then broke into thunderous cheers.

"Hahaha! Great! Beat him up! Evil Wolf, I bet you'll win!"

"There's a reason why Faust chose this guy. He has quite a personality!"

The contestants also came back to their senses, and one of them showed a disdainful expression: "You are Fenrir... the guy named by Faust?"

He looked Xitana up and down, and sneered even more disdainfully: "Stop being funny, figure out your own identity, now is not the time for you to go on stage."

Of course, there is a reason why this adventurer friend is so confident, because in the trading scenario, he will fight hard all the way to the semi-finals as an unknown dark horse, and after madly slaughtering a large amount of safe gambling money, he will finally reap the gold coins of the solitaire gamblers, and finally exit in the semi-finals with regret.

In other words, he would never lose before the semi-finals.

Thinking that he has the support of Grand Duke Lapis Lazuli, the adventurer is not panicked at all. If this guy dares to mess up and disrupt the plan, the Grand Duke Lapis Lazuli who sits at the top will definitely punish him. By then, no matter you are an evil wolf or a mad dog, you will have to lie down obediently.

"It's still not too late to go down now, don't--"

At this moment, his brain stopped working.

Even though he is extraordinary, he still has biological instincts that completely control his body.

——At the moment when the huge red-black demon wolf transformed into a physical entity from behind the girl and descended in an instant, the adventurer had already crashed.

Absolutely pure wildness and cruelty, absolutely burning greed and hunger... When the adventurer saw this demon wolf for the first time, the incomparably pure aura of "beast" it exuded destroyed the adventurer's mind.

This was no longer a battle, but a ruthless predation.

When the adventurer's pupils trembled for a moment, the ferocious claws of the monster had already blocked his vision.

The last thing the adventurer thought of in the last second before he regained consciousness was that Fenrir was also an actor.

Her role is more important than mine, is she going to take over everyone?

boom!

All the audience heard was a simple muffled sound.

Two third-level extraordinary people who stood out from the crowd of extraordinary people and had among the best comprehensive qualities were grabbed by the wolf shadow behind Fenrir like two chickens, and then hammered into the ground, leaving them with only a few breaths.

When Xitana let go of the two unknown guys, the eagerness in her heart suddenly cooled down a lot.

How boring.

I wanted to warm up before playing against Anser, but this is the level I got.

She ignored the enthusiastic cheers that rang out again in the arena, and showed an impatient expression on her face: "Come on, I don't mind you wasting my time, but I do mind you... being so weak that it's laughable."

No one responded to her, and it was hard to tell whether they were speculating whether this was part of the script or if they simply didn't have the courage to go on stage.

This made Hitana even more irritated. She wanted to engage in a battle intense enough to forget the confusion and worries in her heart, but when the beast in her heart raised its head and roared, she couldn't find a suitable prey, which made her extremely angry.

Wait, the right...opponent.

The wolf, who had a look of disgust just now, suddenly slowly revealed an eager smile.

I almost forgot what I had agreed to with those idiot revolutionaries.

"finally come."

At the same time, at the highest point of the stands, Duke Qingjin, who had been pretending to be very interested, finally became interested.

He was still arguing fiercely with other Grand Dukes in the Imperial Capital about the selection of the Regent. As a perfect businessman, Grand Duke Qingjin, as Anser expected, strongly advocated the use of the damaged areas after the Blood Dust and Heaven and Earth War as the test points for the Regent. This was naturally unanimously agreed by the four Grand Dukes of the West, and also unanimously opposed by the three Grand Dukes of East Port.

The two grand dukes of the southern border had ambiguous attitudes, as if "whatever Hydragon says is the truth."

So at first glance, it seems that the West has a huge advantage of four to three, but since the West is not united at all, but is actually divided, its level of unity is totally incomparable to that of Donggang, and the situation is in a stalemate.

And because it was Grand Duke Qingjin who made the suggestion, the Western Country still has a chance to win over the other two grand dukes. The parties are arguing over interests and no decision has been made yet.

But even so, Grand Duke Qingjin still took the time to watch the selection competition very seriously.

Fenrir, Faust...

In fact, some of the characteristics exposed during this period have already had quite clear directions.

Fenrir is an upright demon with extremely high combat power but a foolish mind, while the mysterious Faust has a mortal servant who is extremely skilled in various matters. At the same time, he can also take out some incredible and strange creations that are out of the mainstream from the alchemy workshop.

As long as someone is interested and investigates carefully, they can match these people with a certain important person and the people around him one by one.

To be honest, this thought also occurred to Grand Duke Qingjin - what if, what if this Faust was Hydra in disguise?

Or...Faust is Hydra?

But the emergence of all these mysteries is just too... coincidental.

It was such a coincidence that it seemed as if someone had deliberately made them associate Faust and Hydra.

Grand Duke Qingjin believed that if Hydra really wanted to hide his identity, it would be impossible for him to reveal so many flaws. The information obtained from Deathstroke also proved that Faust was a fake.

In any case, we will definitely be able to see some clues from today's battle.

No matter whether it is Faust's background or the background of this evil wolf, as a fifth-level transcendent being and an existence at the top of the world, could it be that Grand Duke Qingjin cannot see through anything at all?

Killing a third-level monster instantly with the third-level level... You really look a bit like that immortal beast. Haha, since you were deliberately shaped in that direction, don't disappoint people in terms of strength. Facing a fourth-level extraordinary person... what should you do?

Just as Grand Duke Qingjin was preparing to let his fourth-level extraordinary people enter the arena to fight against Xitana, a gaze from the arena below made him pause when he raised his hand.

"Hey, you, Grand Duke Qingjin, right?" The girl with her arms crossed over her chest grinned, "After thinking about it, it turns out that you are the most suitable."

"Come."

The demon wolf behind her hooked its claws and said, "Fight with me."

The arena was dead silent.

There is indeed a handicap of "Faust invites Grand Duke Lapis Lazuli to fight", but no matter how imaginative the bookmakers and gamblers are, they cannot come up with the handicap of "Fenrir provokes Grand Duke Lapis Lazuli".

Duke Qingjin was also stunned, and burst into laughter after a few seconds.

I see. This is exactly what Miss Wild Beast is like. It seems the person behind the scenes is quite attentive. Didn't he think about how it would end after I took action? Let Faust come to the rescue?

If you like acting so much, it would be bad if I exposed you. Wouldn't it be good to have one more person who thinks in the wrong direction?

Therefore, the Grand Duke who was provoked by the third-level transcendent not only had no intention of pursuing the matter, he didn't even want to fight.