The Heartbeat of the Cruel Elves

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Yin realized that he had been a little careless, perhaps because he hadn't had any contact with the female dark elf in front of him for several days.

According to the agreement between Myrcella and him, in such occasions without a third party, Li Yin should call her "Master". The title of "Priest Master" was never used in such occasions, except for a few times when Myrcella was promoted and he called her out of joy.

Myrcella kept silent.

This made Li Yin a little nervous. He was not afraid that Myrcella would suddenly make things difficult for him because of the omission in his address just now - in fact, he could accept this situation relatively well, but he was afraid that she would not be in the mood to communicate at all, and would pounce on him directly driven by the burning desire.

He looked at the other person's face, which was tightly wrapped in black strips, leaving only a pair of scarlet eyes exposed. It was impossible to make out the expression of this female dark elf who was dressed like an assassin.

And this is exactly what he fears the most - he has seen with his own eyes the miserable state of Myrcella after being attacked by the "scorching metal", and has heard rumors that she was disfigured. If she were to launch an "offensive" against him with her appearance hidden under the black cloth - although Li Yin knew that judging people by appearance was wrong, he still felt a little "unbearable"...

Moreover, he had always believed that appearance was the only redeeming quality of this brutal slave owner, sinister conspirator, stingy official-crazy man.

Amid his anxiety, the female dark elf took a step forward.

Almost subconsciously, Li Yin immediately took a step back.

With his back against the cold rock wall, Li Yin instantly realized that his situation was not good. He carefully moved to the side a step to avoid being blocked by the female dark elf in front of him.

Surprisingly, the female dark elf did not pay any special attention to his obvious little movements.

She just lowered her head, her scarlet eyes fixed on Li Yin.

He didn't know if it was an illusion. Although he couldn't see her facial expression, Li Yin felt vaguely that there was not a trace of desire in her eyes at this moment, but it was filled with a heavy and depressed feeling.

However, it was only for a moment, and the heavy feeling disappeared, but there seemed to be no trace of lust in Myrcella's scarlet eyes. Instead, they turned into a cold and indifferent look, just as she often showed in front of others.

"The time has come to test your loyalty, slave," Myrcella said coldly.

Li Yin even felt that she was not looking at him at all when she said this - although her eyes were indeed facing him.

"I don't care what method you use."

"If you want to live, let Princess Cassia take this."

After the dark elf female instructor finished speaking, she stretched out her right hand from behind her back and spread out her palm. A small glass bottle, one inch long, appeared in front of Li Yin. In the crystal clear bottle was a faint blue liquid, which was swaying slightly and reflecting a faint luster.

Li Yin's heart skipped a beat.

What was supposed to happen finally happened? Did Myrcella and "them" finally start the next step of their plan?

Of course, according to the logic of the development of things, he should have been prepared for the arrival of this day. The female dark elf took great pains to plot against him, not to force him into bed.

but……

"What is this?" Li Yin decided not to be so anxious and to find out the details first.

"Kiss of the Spider Queen." The dark elf female instructor replied indifferently.

"Kiss of the Spider Queen?" Li Yin thought for a moment. It didn't sound that bad. The Spider Queen was a goddess worshipped by the dark elves. Her kiss was a sacred object, wasn't it?

He swallowed and asked subconsciously: "It sounds like some kind of holy object?"

Maybe the situation wasn't as bad as I thought? They weren't trying to murder Cassia?

"Yes," the dark elf instructor nodded.

A hint of joy appeared on Li Yin's lips.

"This is made from venom extracted from the poison sac of the holy spider used for worship in the goddess' temple, supplemented with the deadly poisons of various underground creatures and precious magical materials, and finally carefully blended under the influence of the special magic bestowed by the goddess."

"Just one drop is enough to kill an adult shark lizard."

“It is indeed a rare sacred object.”

Li Yin's face turned pale, and the smile that had just appeared on his face disappeared.

Shark-lizard beasts are ferocious beasts that roam both the underground world and the above-ground world. They have extremely strong physiques and huge bodies, and are named after their ability to "swim" in the soil like sharks.

If a drop of "Kiss of the Spider Queen" can poison a giant creature like an adult shark lizard, then it can certainly easily poison any "fragile" dark elf.

"Why?" he asked after calming himself down.

The female dark elf hesitated for a moment, then her eyes became indifferent, and her tone was equally empty:

"That's not your concern."

"Perform the mission and live; or refuse the mission and die."

"You just have to make your choice now."

A trace of distress appeared on Li Yin's face. He scratched his head and walked aside.

The dark elf instructor stared at him with a mixture of curiosity and disdain in her eyes.

"What are you hesitating about, slave?" she asked with a hint of sarcasm, "Shouldn't you have been aware of today's scene since the first day you promised me?"

"Or did I overestimate your intelligence?"

Chapter 1: A habitual liar ()

Li Yin didn't answer, but just leaned against the wall and scratched his head again.

Mircella didn't seem to care about his rudeness, and just continued to ask the slave in front of her:

"Or are you worried about your own safety?"

"Are you afraid that we will abandon you after this mission is completed?"

Li Yin turned around and looked at her.

"If that's what you're worried about," Myrcella said, a sneer escaping her lips from beneath the black cloth, "then you don't have to be afraid."

"If you can do this for me, you've thoroughly proven your loyalty."

"And no master would be willing to abandon a servant as loyal and capable as you. I assure you."

Myrcella said this and looked at Rein quietly.

Unexpectedly, Li Yin curled his lips and suddenly sneered at her:

"Am I to understand that you are trying to teach me——"

"Trust a dark elf's oath?"

Under the tightly bound black cloth, Myrcella's facial muscles began to twitch.

How could a lowly and lowly human slave dare to mock her and his master so unabashedly? Who gave him such courage?

With rage burning in her belly, Misaela could hardly hold it back. She was about to rush up and slap this uneducated slave, then kick it to the ground and give it dozens of whips, teaching it a lesson with bloody pain on how to be a qualified slave.

But she finally held back. She clenched her fists and tried to control her muscles, controlling herself from taking a step forward.

Because now, she needs it to complete this task.

So, after a long silence, she replied in an extremely suppressed and calm tone:

"You can choose not to believe it."

"But in reality, believe it or not, you don't have a choice."

Once again, to everyone's surprise, the ignorant slave actually laughed cheerfully.

"I think so," he nodded and continued very naturally and fluently.

"But..." Li Yin put his hands behind his back and paced a few steps on the smooth and flat stone floor. Then he turned his head and looked at the dark elf female instructor. His clear eyes met her somewhat puzzled gaze.

"What I want to say is, Archbishop Myrcella," he said calmly with a slight curl of his lips, "if you are worried about me worrying about this, then you don't have to be afraid at all."

Mircella's scarlet eyes turned around, her gaze was a little dull, and suddenly there was a hint of anger: "What do you mean?"

"I don't mean anything else." Li Yin walked leisurely and quietly until he reached the other side of the room. Then he stopped, leaned against the wall again, and faced Myrcella. "I just don't understand."

"Don't understand?" Myrcella repeated in amazement.

Li Yin nodded: "This is beyond my expectation. I don't understand... why it has developed to this point."

"So," he looked at Myrcella steadily, his eyes clear and unmoving, "from now on, I will ask the questions and you will answer them."

His tone was extremely smooth, natural, and as it should be, like - an order!

"You—" Myrcella was furious.

However, the next second, the human slave opposite her dispelled all her anger with just a few short words.

"Do you have any problem with this, Instructor Myrcella?"

"By the way," he scratched his head non-threateningly and smiled very gently, "I think it's okay for me to use 'you'."

"After all, there is no such thing as 'you guys'."

"You've always been--alone, haven't you?"

Myrcella's pupils trembled and her whole body trembled.

"What do you mean?" she asked automatically, her panicked tone devoid of anger.

"Didn't I make it clear enough?" Li Yin's eyes showed a hint of surprise. "This plan - this plan of instigating Turner to attack me, and then using his death to threaten me, from the very beginning, the mastermind behind it was only you, right?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" The female dark elf suddenly raised her voice.

"Think carefully with your stupid brain, human," she snapped, "If I were alone, how would I dare to—"

She paused for a moment and lowered her voice, "How dare you set your sights on a princess of your family?"

"Slave," Without waiting for Li Yin to answer, her scarlet eyes widened, staring at Li Yin, almost spitting fire, and said, "Is this what you want to say? You are challenging my patience with your stupidity."

However, facing the sudden surge of anger from the female dark elf, as if the priest of Quigo had suddenly inflicted a wave of "hot metal" on her, Li Yin still just smiled lightly.

"And you," he tilted his head slightly, speaking leisurely, looking at the female dark elf who seemed to be about to explode with interest, "you are challenging my intelligence with your stupidity, Archbishop Myrcella."

"What did you say?" Myrcella gnashed her teeth, enunciating each word. Her slender body was slightly bent, like a female leopard about to pounce on its prey.

At the same time, her hand moved to her waist and grasped the top of the whip wrapped around her waist.

Li Yin lowered his eyes and naturally noticed her movements.

"I advise you not to do this." He said calmly, "Force will not help solve the problem you are facing now."

Myrcella's body stiffened for a moment, and then, although she did not relax her posture, she spoke again coldly:

"Tell me the basis for your nonsense, slave."

Li Yin smiled slightly, tilted his head slightly, and did not look at Myrcella again, as if he was really not worried about the threat contained in her posture:

"It's very simple."

"You just said that you are alone and you won't set your sights on the princess of your family."

"I admit that what you said makes a lot of sense. Any dark elf with normal reason would have such a clear understanding."

"But, if... you start from the beginning..." Li Yin turned around and stared at the female dark elf who was on guard at the other end of the room:

"—You have no intention of targeting the princess at all, Archbishop Myrcella?"

"What are you talking about?" Myrcella's eyes widened again, and she looked at the human slave in front of her in disbelief.

"Come to think of it, this matter is still my responsibility." Li Yin lowered his chin slightly, looked at the ground under his feet, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly in self-satisfaction.

"At that time, I subconsciously thought that there was nothing in me, a slave, that was worth a female dark elf to plan and even sacrifice the life of a male dark elf for."

Chapter 2: A habitual liar ()

"You must be plotting for a higher goal. As a slave, there is only one 'higher goal' in all of Nevre that I have a real connection with - that is Princess Cassia."

"Furthermore, just like the normal cognition of most people, and just as you mentioned just now, I think that a commoner dark elf would never dare to plot against a princess of a family. Therefore, there must be a more powerful and solid force behind you, enough to compete with a princess."

"So?" Myrcella stared thoughtfully at the human male in front of her. So far, what it said was exactly what she wanted it to "know".

"The problem lies in the initial 'subconscious belief'," Li Yin chuckled, as if mocking his own past stupidity again, "In fact, it is completely wrong!"

"Since it was wrong from the beginning, all the conclusions derived from it are naturally completely wrong!"

"In fact," he looked at Myrcella steadily, his eyes clear as a god, "your target was not the princess from the beginning, or even me."

"Of course, there is nothing worth plotting against a humble slave, but there is another target, a guy who can be placed on the opposite side of it."

"Your original plan was only aimed at Instructor Turner, right?"

"You..." Under the black cloth-bound face, Misela habitually let out such an angry sound through her clenched teeth, but then she fell into silence. Her pupils slightly shrank, and her eyes kept changing. Li Yin felt that her aura was also shrinking and expanding, and the changes were unpredictable. After a long while, she suddenly stood up and removed her right hand from the whip.

"What changed your stupid head?" she asked calmly.

"It's you." Li Yin smiled.