The villain's way to tame the protagonist

The dragons were affected by the Dragon King's hunting desire and the erosion of the abyss. They were not completely out of control, but were just doing meaningless destruction. What they wanted was to fight with the strong and hunt high-quality prey. Therefore, as long as the strongest adventurer in the city left the city as soon as possible, the dragons would follow immediately in most cases.

Adventurers regard mortals as playthings, property, and materials. Because of this, they will not accept a group of mad dogs destroying all their things without reason.

Although it was not out of integrity and kindness, at least in most cases, adventurers did not want the city where they lived a life of luxury to be destroyed, and No. 9 must have understood this.

But she did not lure the dragon away. She started a battle with this dragon in the city, which could turn all the civilians in the city into blood-foaming dragons with just a roar.

The previous shot was fired only after Ming Furo confirmed that there were no living people in the city... or it could be said that Ming Furo herself fired a shot in anger and directly annihilated the dragon, without Ansher taking any action.

Even if she took action in the city, No. 9 could have borrowed more power to kill the dragon in the first place, but she didn't do that.

Completing the mission in favor of Anser is more important to No. 9 than anything else.

So she didn't care about the lives of civilians or the lives of adventurers. She just wanted one result... that Anser wanted.

"But after this, we cannot let the adventurers die in vain."

And what could Anser say about this?

The adventurers deliberately left behind by Number Nine would definitely spread this terrifying power that they had never seen before... No, according to Number Nine's personality, she should have arranged for someone to record it.

Next, he only needed to show a little consideration for the adventurers and he could stay out of it.

If this dragon disaster is used properly, it will be much more effective than a lukewarm attempt to establish a new order in the West.

Since fate is no longer so slow in making its move, Ansel's counterattack should be more fierce.

As long as they can demonstrate overwhelming strength in this disaster and then kill a large number of troublesome adventurers on the battlefield fighting the dragon, there will be no need to spend energy to build a system that can barely stabilize the relationship between the extraordinary people and mortals. The chaos in the West can be temporarily settled, and Anser can focus his energy on more important things.

But the price is... it will prolong the dragon disaster that could have ended as soon as possible, and cause the deaths of many people who should not have died in this disaster.

If it was not from a purely utilitarian point of view, but simply to fight the dragon disaster, Anser could save more people.

I promised Luo that I would never sacrifice everything to defeat fate again.

This is not necessary. If we just want to restore order in the West, we don't have to use such a radical method... I can still wait.

Ansel, who once refused to give fate even the slightest chance to interfere, had not realized that this was the nth time he had said to himself in his heart, I can wait.

He now felt only a sickening hypocrisy.

Mingming still measures life and judges value coldly and ruthlessly, and even when this disaster strikes, he is still considering his own interests. He cannot be compared with Xitana and Ming Furo who truly care about the victims and make high-sounding decisions.

He didn't know how long this feeling of disgust would stay with him. Perhaps he would not be free until he fulfilled his long-cherished wish.

Hydra, standing in the sky, lowered his eyes slightly, and a hint of boredom flashed across his sea-blue pupils. Only those who had been watching him from beginning to end could catch that emotion.

"Number nine."

Anser, who had originally planned to leave and go directly to stop the powerful fifth-order dragon, spoke again:

"I plan to have extraordinary people from all over the empire come to support this dragon disaster. You and Rhine will be responsible for the necessary dispatch and arrangements."

“……”For some reason, Number Nine fell silent and did not answer Anser.

Staring at the dark mask, Anser knew that No. 9 must be considering something completely opposite to his decision.

"This time." Anser's tone was slightly colder, "Don't do anything unnecessary."

Then, his figure disappeared on the shoulder of the deus ex machina, and the Iron Demon turned into a black stream of light. When the dragons started hunting, the real hunter would carry out his slaughter.

Number Nine, sitting in a wheelchair, looked at the black light disappearing into the sky, his ten fingers tapping unconsciously, as if he was thinking about something.

Not far away, Sitana, who was determined to pull her out of the abyss, was also looking at her.

After seeing Marina, Sitana didn't say a single word from beginning to end, which was very unlike her.

But in fact, Hitana has already realized that the current Marina is no longer the Marina she knew. Before rescuing her from the abyss of self-destruction, any words are meaningless.

Hitana threw away all the distracting thoughts in her mind. As long as the dragon disaster was over, she could start the plan to save Marina, so the only thing to do now... was to hunt the dragon!

After taking a last look at her familiar yet unfamiliar sister, she turned and left. From beginning to end... Number Nine never looked at Sitana even once.

"Your Excellency Raven."

Number Nine suddenly laughed: "Regarding the dispatch of the extraordinary people, Mr. Anser did not give this task to you."

A hoarse voice of Crow came from the shadow of the ruins: "I am indeed not good at this kind of thing. It is most appropriate to leave it to you and Rhine. Also, don't get carried away. I said that your self-righteousness will bring trouble to Lord Anser sooner or later."

"He knew it very well, so he gave that order just now."

"Don't do... unnecessary things. Remember that, Number Nine."

After that, Shadow Crow, who had not appeared, did not make any more sounds. It seemed that he had gone to another place for some mission. After a brief silence, No. 9 suddenly chuckled:

"It's unnecessary..."

What is considered as superfluous things?

Mr. Anser, you obviously have clearer considerations in your mind than anyone else, but you have done something unnecessary for you, which has proved what you want.

I should have offered you my sincere wishes and joy, if...

If you had not suffered from it, I would not have considered it superfluous in your eyes.

"Go contact Ms. Rhine, Naylan. Since this is a direct order from Mr. Anser, we should complete it as quickly as possible."

"…I know. Wait, where are you going?"

"Well... go find an ambitious person who is luckier than me, but not as lucky as me."

Number Nine said something inexplicable, and said in a leisurely tone: "She shouldn't mind helping me with a little bit."

Nailan's eyes instantly turned cold: "Are you really planning to do something unnecessary?"

"I'm just doing what I'm supposed to do... I almost forgot that I also need to use the storage in Shadow Swamp."

The wheelchair slowly moved forward, and the mediocre and weak girl walked alone in the ruins filled with corpses and blood.

She used to chase the sun, but now she likes staying in the shadow more and more.

*

Just today, the entire empire was in uproar.

The contemporary Lord Hydra explained where the flames of feasting that were poured from the maze into the Western Kingdom a few days ago came from.

Princess Ivora accidentally obtained a relic from the Zhengtian Dynasty while drifting in the maze, but she was unable to control the power and then fell into complete madness. In a state of mental confusion, she poured endless flames of feasting on the Western Kingdom.

In order to end this disaster, Lord Hydra united all the grand dukes of the empire and the top extraordinary people to enter the maze, and successfully killed the crazy Ivora and saved the Western Kingdom.

But the price was that only a very small number of people survived from the maze. All the grand dukes and the vast majority of top extraordinary people either died in the process of conquering Ivora or got lost in the maze and failed to return.

In fact, the remaining extraordinary people were not particularly concerned about the fact that "Ivora was really dead."

Other extraordinary people would celebrate this incident with joy at any time, but not at this time.

Because they all confirmed that the people above them were dead, just like those extraordinary people who were determined to kill Ivora and envisioned a new order.

The first thing to do is and must be to seize the vacant power in front of them.

The noble families of the Grand Dukes are fighting openly and secretly for the right to inherit the surname, and the loose organization of extraordinary people who have lost their leader is preparing to reshuffle internally... This is how it should be.

Yes, it should have been so, because the death of the Grand Duke and the huge chaos that were expected due to the loss of their leader did not occur.

Because Anser gave them a perfect opportunity to divert the conflict.

At the end of the announcement that shocked the empire, Lord Hydra stated very solemnly that the Western Kingdom was about to prepare to resist the dragon disaster again, and due to the death of the four Western Grand Dukes, the original dragon disaster prevention system would become very chaotic and might not be effective.

Therefore, he hopes that the extraordinary people from all parts of the empire can come to the aid of the Western Country, and he will not treat unfairly any extraordinary person who has made contributions to the empire and its people.

Ansir Hydra, I swear in the name of Hydra that I will not divide up the wealth represented by any dragon in this dragon disaster, nor will I allow any ambitious person to do such a despicable thing.

All spoils after slaying the dragon belong to the dragon slayer, and Ansir Hydra guarantees that no one can get a share of it under any ridiculous name.

This news immediately made all the extraordinary people lose the desire to fight among themselves.

It takes strength and resources to win over allies, it takes strength and resources to defeat opponents, and even to fight for that vacant power, it is all for strength and resources.

Now, who would miss such a great opportunity because of an internal fight that is hard to determine the winner?

If the dragon disaster was truly an irresistible disaster, how could the Western Kingdom still be the territory with the largest number of Grand Dukes? It would have long been like the bitter cold land of the North with only two Grand Dukes left.

Dragon, whether it is alchemy, forging, spellcasting, enslavement, etc., etc. In the realm of the supernatural, it is both a natural strongman that surpasses all living beings, and also a coveted top-grade material.

Every time a dragon disaster occurs, the Western Kingdom suffers severe damage, but all the grand dukes and powerful extraordinary people make a fortune. They would rather let their subjects suffer from the disaster than give up this piece of fat meat.

Within two hours of Anser's announcement, 3,726 extraordinary people poured into the Western Kingdom.

Three days after the dragon disaster officially started, nearly 50% of the extraordinary people in the entire empire poured into the Western Country.

“…It’s much easier than expected.”

Sitting on the dragon's corpse, Ansher hugged Ming Furo in his arms and said with a frown.

"Wouldn't it be a good thing to take it easy?"

She was leaning on Ansher's shoulder with her eyes closed, looking tired. Frequent transformation into a mechanical deity meant that she had to constantly manipulate and sort out the elements held by Hydra. Now, if she maintained the mechanical deity for ten to fifteen minutes, it would cause irreversible damage to Ming Furo's soul, and even if there was an extra second in the future, the burden on her would increase exponentially.

The sermon he gave to himself when he was ten years old made Anser's compatibility with the Abyss unmatched by any other Hydra. In addition, he used sermons on himself several times afterwards. Ming Furo, the Lord of the Abyss, can be said to be the most stressed Lord of the Abyss in history.

In the past five days, a total of seven fifth-level dragons appeared, six of which were killed by Ansher and Ming Furo, and the remaining one was killed by Xitana and other fifth-level extraordinary people. The reputation of [Natural Scourge] became more and more prominent because of the dragon-slaying battle. No one doubted her strength anymore, but the price was that after the battle, Xitana is still lying in bed receiving treatment and is almost unable to be saved.

That fifth-level dragon was much stronger than the dragon driven by the Grand Duke of Dragon Language, and was obviously the best among a certain species of dragon. If it weren't for Xitana risking her life and finally transforming into a demon wolf to tear out its entire spine, perhaps all the extraordinary people who participated in the hunt would have died.

Although after waking up, Xitana happily told Anther that she had a new inspiration, Anther still pressed her on the bed and did not intend to let her participate in this grand hunt that had confused the prey and the hunter.

"Because He will not let this dragon disaster be so easy, that's why I think it's not a good thing."

Although the dragon disaster had been foreshadowed long ago, it happened so soon after he killed all the grand dukes. There must be some hidden meaning behind it.

Ming Fuluo tilted her head slightly, staring at Anser's profile for a long time, and then whispered: "Anser, are you... putting too much pressure on yourself?"

Anser was stunned for a moment, but before he could say anything, the petite woman gently stroked his face, looking worried and distressed.

"You have done your best in everything, whether it is taking care of us or helping others... you have done your best."

"In this situation, if you still have to think about how to fight against fate, can you really bear this kind of pressure? I am very worried about you, Anser, because of you, because of you during this period of time..."

Ming Fuluo hesitated for a moment, and finally sighed:

"You seem to be having a hard time these days, but you won't tell us anything."

After saying this, Ming Furo seemed to be more determined. She turned around, faced Ansel, and looked directly into those sea-blue eyes that seemed no longer clear, but even deeper.

"You said you wanted to learn how to live for yourself with me. Now I'm learning how to move forward with you, but you seem to be entangled by something."

Ming Fuluo recalled the time she had spent with Anser, from the Castle of Strife until now, from when he disguised himself as Faust and leisurely took on odd commissions for the civilians every day, to now when he was depressed and rarely confided in them.

Ming Furo had been in self-doubt for a while. She wondered if Ansel was unwilling to do what they saw as salvation and good deeds, and if her and Xitana's thoughts and wishes coerced him and prevented him from making the choice he really wanted to make.

But this doesn't make sense. Along the way, Ming Furo saw clearly that Ansel was also trying to make changes. The kindness he showed couldn't be just an accommodation to them. But as Ming Furo said, his life was becoming more and more... difficult.

Ming Fuluo could not think of any other possibility except fate.

"I... don't want you to just give up like that, Anser. I don't have that idea."

Ming Furo was very depressed because she clearly felt that Ansel was in trouble, but she didn't know how to help him.

The woman held Anser's hand, clasping their fingers together. She leaned on Anser's shoulder and lowered her eyes as she murmured, "Just, even a little bit, just a little bit, don't let "His" bother you too much, okay?"

Anser felt the soft and delicate touch coming from his palm, and for a moment, he just wanted to... be alone and quiet.

It was not that he was annoyed by Ming Furo's words, nor that he felt Ming Furo was wrong, or rather... it was precisely because he was not annoyed by Ming Furo, and because Ming Furo was right, that he wanted to be alone for a while.

[I don’t need comfort, Luo. I want you to push me, I hope you support me... and continue to fight with Him]

Ansher wanted to say this, but when he saw Ming Furo's extremely haggard face due to the hunting in the past few days, he finally chose to remain silent.

Anser was not worried that Ming Furo would not support him, he just didn't want her to feel any unnecessary guilt. If he said that, Ming Furo... would probably think that she had become a burden, which was not what Anser wanted to see.

They know each other too well, and this understanding becomes a burden, preventing them from saying anything that would cause pain to the other.

"……I will."

So he compromised.

From the time he met Sitana until now, he has compromised enough times, not this time... again, not this time.

Whether it's Sitana who wants to become stronger and contribute to Anther, or Mingfulo who understands Anther and hopes that he will stop putting pressure on himself... they have no intention of kidnapping Anther or forcing Anther to make a decision, they just want to make Anther a better person.

And Anser has shown his willingness to get better so many times.

No one is wrong, it's just... that's the way it is.

Since Ansel had gained the right and opportunity to live a happier life, he was destined to lose something, something that he was unwilling to give up.

In the struggle against fate, if you want to win, you must do whatever it takes and try your best.