Chapter 334 : Vanishing in the Darkness
Listening to Candel's cries (moans), Lonis blushed somewhat.
However, she still carefully walked into the pillar area as Elucia instructed, then reached out and pressed the off switch.
Then, at that instant...
"Damn it, die!!!!"
"Eh?"
"Die die die die die!!!!!!"
The exhausted Candel didn't collapse but instead seemed to mistake Lonis for a female beastman and attacked directly.
"Wuu ah?"
Candel's strength was undoubtedly enormous—she could throw even Elucia to the throne hall, let alone the powerless Lonis.
The white-stockinged little maid was immediately pinned to the ground by Candel. The little loli pressed her advantage and rode on her stomach, then...
"Big breasts are supreme, right?"
"Eh?"
"I'll show you big breasts, I'll show you for tricking me into coming here, go die!!!!!"
Saying this, Candel swung her little "powder fists," striking hard at Lonis's chest!
"Wuu ah?"
And our Lonis, when had she ever suffered such an attack?
Usually when Elucia bullied her, her chest was at most used as a pillow by that scheming girl. Now she felt as if her chest was being attacked by two maces, seemingly already flattened.
But Candel still wasn't satisfied... Because under her pounding, those white slimes not only weren't defeated but seemed even more bouncy!
No matter how much force Candel used, those breasts would always bounce back with the same sensation. This feeling made Candel truly realize...
She had lost.
Although flat chests saved fabric, big breasts obviously felt better and could provide bounce and cushioning.
So the subsequent pounding, rather than venting, was more like Candel had become immersed in that irresistible pounding sensation and didn't want to stop.
But just then...
"Candel, stop!"
"Eh?"
As soon as Candel heard this voice, her body was lifted up.
Then she looked up to see the angry face of sister Sethilu, the expressionless Master Elucia, and collapsed on the ground, life unknown...
"Eh, it-it's Lonis?!"
"Who else would it be?"
"Ah, ahh! Sorry... I thought it was the Eight-Tailed Fox!!"
What had happened?
From Candel's account, the girls understood what had occurred... It turned out that when Candel was carrying out her mission, she encountered the Eight-Tailed Fox.
Their task was to find a path to the Cold Abyss and clear as many dangers as possible along the way. Whoever completed the task first would be considered the winner.
Although Candel didn't care about the ownership of the Cold Abyss Temple, she desperately wanted to compete for first place to earn her sister's praise. So when she saw the Eight-Tailed Fox, she instinctively treated her as a rival to be wary of, keeping her distance.
But she didn't expect the Eight-Tailed Fox to say:
"Candel, let's cooperate."
"Cooperate?"
"Mm, our goals don't conflict anyway, right? I can let you get first place, but you just need to leave the Cold Abyss Temple to me."
The Eight-Tailed Fox blinked and her tail swayed seductively.
"This kind of thing... if Master Elucia finds out, we'll both be punished."
"It's fine, it's fine. Master Elucia would love for us to help each other and be united in friendship."
"Is that so?"
"Mm, I found some good things ahead, but I can't get them alone, so..."
Like this, Candel was tricked by the Eight-Tailed Fox to the center of the pillars, and then the beastmen appeared.
Even though she didn't understand what was happening at first, after hearing the female beastmen say "big breasts are the best," Candel understood she had been deceived... So she went mad trying to get revenge on the Eight-Tailed Fox, but due to her confused state, she mistook Lonis for her target.
......
"Lonis... s-sorry! (Hmph, if Master Elucia wasn't watching from the side, I wouldn't bother apologizing to you, useless little fox. You're just like the Eight-Tailed Fox, and your breasts aren't small either!)"
"It's okay. After all, Candel didn't do it on purpose."
Lonis rubbed her chest and stood up.
Although being groped was embarrassing, since she was a boy, she shouldn't hold it against Candel.
What needed attention now was... what Candel had said before.
"Candel, you said you were... ambushed by the Eight-Tailed Fox?"
"Mm, what else? How could I possibly come to this kind of place to be tortured on my own? I'm the top, I don't want these weird little toys!"
"Then this means the Eight-Tailed Fox is competing maliciously?"
Just as Lonis finished speaking, she realized things weren't that simple.
Because if she engaged in such malicious competition, once Elucia found out, the Eight-Tailed Fox would definitely be disqualified... So she must have ulterior motives for doing this.
In that case...
"Senior Elucia, Miss Lonis, although it's not appropriate to say this, is it possible that Miss Eight-Tailed Fox has betrayed us?"
"Betrayed?!"
"After all, Miss Eight-Tailed Fox also said she was once the Research Director of the Apocalypse Independent Kingdom, so she might know some hidden passages in the Exile District. If she could secretly infiltrate the center of the Cold Abyss without anyone noticing..."
What Sethilu said was indeed the worst possibility.
If the Eight-Tailed Fox had been planning some conspiracy all along, now was the perfect opportunity to execute it!
However...
"Hah, maybe? After all, unlike this stupid fox, real foxes are very cunning."
Elucia just smiled slightly, showing no worry: "But no matter what she does, it's impossible to exceed my control."
"Elucia..."
"Let's continue forward. I'm also curious to see how far she'll go."
......
334.5: Interlude
"Damn... have these bastards forgotten even me?"
Withered Leaf rubbed her forehead, her heart ice-cold.
As an Exotic Decay Lord of the Apocalypse Independent Kingdom, she had previously known many strong ones from the Independent Kingdom and sparred with them.
Although they couldn't be called friends, Withered Leaf had followed in their footsteps all along, growing stronger through fighting them.
But now...
Everyone had completely gone mad.
Even when Withered Leaf called out her own name or Hofa's orders, they still paid no heed and launched attacks at her.
The slower madmen were manageable—she could just run away. But some existences were extremely terrifying. They had almost completely lost human form, becoming monsters that crawled on all fours.
This way, Withered Leaf couldn't escape and could only use her own power to kill them one by one.
"Since you've followed me here, I can only let you die."
Although Withered Leaf's battles went smoothly and she suffered no wounds when facing the monsters... this scene still made her feel an indescribable sadness.
Deep to the bone, impossible to dispel.
"Will Lord Hofa and I become like this someday? If even we can't tell each other apart and kill each other..."
The green-haired girl's footsteps moved forward,
And her figure gradually disappeared into the darkness.