The Rescued “Princess” (1)
Shi An quietly shrank back, twisting his head to look at the demon insect. “They shouldn’t be able to see here, right?”
The corners of the demon insect’s mouth twitched. “… Yes.”
Shi An had burned up all the cameras and surveillance lines in the auction house in one go and what was on the screen now should have been the images put in by the remote control.
Mu Heng said very little during the conversation and his manner was cold and courteous.
To sum it up, he knew that Shi An had something that appealed to the dragon, but he also wanted the dragon to understand the consequences. He knew that the dragon had not recovered its strength and the treasure in the auction house had been smuggled away by the mercenaries, so he wanted to make a deal with the dragon to let his friend go. At the same time, he was the one responsible for returning the dragon’s part of the treasure in the Aiwen District.
The screen went black and the video cut off.
Demon insect came over. “My lord, what do you plan to do?”
Black Smoke, lying on the ground trying to catch his breath, also said, “I think it’s not bad. Let the humans trace my lord’s treasure whereabouts while my lord seizes this opportunity to return to the human world. It’s like killing two birds with one stone, perfect.”
It was pretty perfect.
Shi An knew that he was not yet strong enough to compete with the human race and as his skin had just molted, his magic levels also fluctuated.
Plus, that estrus suppressant that they didn’t know when it would wear off. If he went to war now, not only would he not be able to include Mu Heng in his collection, he might not even be able to find his lost treasure again.
So if he still wanted to use his human identity as “Shi An” afterward, it would be best to pretend to agree to Mu Heng’s plan.
Otherwise, he would have to explain how he had escaped from the “dragon” alone.
Shi An’s eyes were downcast, appearing to be in deep thought.
But…
He didn’t believe Mu Heng would put his hopes on the dragon’s benevolence to save him.
On the other side.
Mu Heng ordered, “Contact every influential family and tell them that I’ve personally killed two Chen family’s power figures. They must cooperate with this operation if they don’t want to follow in their footsteps.”
“Distribute the scent suppression devices. Team A will approach the auction house from the south side while Team B lies in an ambush on the west side on my command.”
“Air units to be on standby.”
“Install anti-dragon magic equipment and enter from the underpass.”
Wen Yao had never imagined that the alliance, which had previously fallen apart like sand, would be reorganized quickly. Mu Heng’s presence was like a booster and everything seemed to be under control as long as he was there, out of fear or awe. Under the swift and decisive organization of the other party, everything became orderly and efficient again.
Looking at Mu Heng’s unhesitating actions, she asked, “So, are you preparing to attack?”
Mu Heng’s face was paler than before, but his voice was cold and calm. “Naturally.”
Making a deal with a dragon? How was that possible?
As the only remaining bloodline of Dragon Slayers, no one knew the dragons’ cunning, fickleness, and greed better than he did.
If their earlier speculation was true, then with the dragon’s paranoia about its possession, there was no way it would let Shi An go so easily, so his contact this time was to confirm the dragon’s location and stall for time.
Mu Heng took the new black combat gloves from Wen Yao’s hand and put them on slowly and deliberately.
He raised his eyes and gazed at the auction house not far away, perched on top of the mountain range and his eyes darkened slightly.
Mu Heng had never expected a compromise from the dragon.
–He would take back his people himself.
***
Shi An lay in ruins, looking out at Black Smoke and taking a deep breath. “Do it!”
The demon insect crouched aside and gazed at Shi An, not far away, with a frown. “Do you plan to use this position?”
Shi An: “???”
The demon insect said thoughtfully, “Aren’t the princesses in the fairy tales supposed to lie in a big flowery bed, with both hands folded on the belly, waiting for a knight’s kiss to wake up…”
Shi An: “…”
Under the other party’s increasingly icy death stare, the demon insect’s voice grew smaller until it was finally completely inaudible.
It took two retreating steps back ashenly and said abashedly, “My lord, I was wrong. Take it as I never said it.”
Shi An looked at Black Smoke. “Hurry up.”
Black Smoke said, “Eh! Here they come!”
It floated above Shi An and slowly exhaled a puff of gray smoke at the young man in front of it, followed by Shi An’s eyelids drooping a little and finally falling into a deep, restful sleep.
–But this state of rest was only for the outside world.
Although asleep, Shi An was conscious and could decide when to wake up by regulating his magic powers.
As long as there were no surprises, his plan was foolproof.
It was not the first time that the demon insect had impersonated his dragon form and with the help of Black Smoke, who could cast illusions and suggestions this time, it was much easier to make a scene for his forced escape than last time.
However, as the distance was much closer than last time and Mu Heng’s intuition was very sensitive, Shi An also took the rare step of slitting his wrist and contributing some of his dragon's blood to prevent any mistakes.
As the “princess” who was about to be rescued, Shi An himself only needed to lie in the rubble and pretend to be unconscious.
However, he could not help but clench his fists in anger at the thought that his role was that of a princess.
… You guys just wait!
Shi An lay in the ruins, overcome with boredom while waiting.
Although his eyes were closed, he could feel the ground shaking and hear dust and debris falling all around him. The strong magical fluctuations outside made the whole building tremble. The howling wind raised by the dragon’s wings and the roaring sound mixed with the human’s shouts made it somewhat difficult for Shi An to imagine what was happening outside.
I wonder how much time has gone by.
It seemed only a few minutes, but then at the same time, it seemed like a century had passed.
The world outside fell silent.
Shi An was a little apprehensive and couldn’t help but let his imagination run wild.
Did the demon insect succeed?
So did the faint trick work or not? Although the demon insect said that he had been unconscious every time he was “rescued,” could Mu Heng be fooled like the previous times?
And most importantly–
Why did he choose to lie in the rubble?
Shi An hadn’t transformed himself into a dragon at all this time, so he was only using the strength of an ordinary human body to lie on the rubble.
… It hurts!
My back hurts!
