Chapter 9
Chapter 9: This Beast Cannot Be Allowed to Live!
And it was right at this moment that a prompt suddenly popped up on Li Kainan's system panel.
【Mastering the art of conquest, you deployed the tactic of "Saving the Beauty in Distress" at the most perfectly timed moment, crushing the werewolf with overwhelming force, and greatly advancing the conquest progress of important story character "Little Red Riding Hood" Branny.
Your image of invincible heroism and valor will be deeply etched in her heart, becoming the hero who leaves Branny awestruck for the rest of her life……】
【Defeating the Werewolf—Reward Trait obtained: Child of the Moon (You have received the Moon's favor. You can draw upon lunar energy to enhance your strength, restore your stamina, and heal your injuries……)】
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【Mastering *****, you crushed the werewolf with overwhelming force at ********, greatly advancing the ****** progress.
Your image of invincible heroism and valor ***********, becoming **** Branny **……】
【Defeating the Werewolf—Reward Trait obtained: Child of the Moon (You have received the Moon's favor. You can draw upon lunar energy to enhance your strength, restore your stamina, and heal your injuries……)】
Judging from the system prompt, Branny's story mission appeared to be complete.
All that remained now was for the favorability to be high enough, and she should be able to be directly brought under his command!
Good—at the very least, this time he was guaranteed to recruit a growth-type NPC companion……
Beyond that, he had received a Trait reward.
Child of the Moon?
Li Kainan raised his eyes slightly and looked up at the moon overhead.
A full moon hung in the sky above, scattering a cascade of silver-white lunar radiance.
As the moonlight fell upon him, Li Kainan felt strand after strand of unending power flowing into his body.
The stamina he had expended rushing back in haste was now fully restored.
At the same time, all 5 of his senses grew sharper—the deep, dark forest that had been shrouded in night now looked to Li Kainan's eyes no different from a forest in broad daylight!
A nice find—a night combat buff.
Looks like in future battles, he could bring more troops on night raids against the enemy!
The system had its bugs, but it had never been stingy with rewards—and that put Li Kainan in a very good mood……
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The smile that had surfaced on Li Kainan's face at the nice reward caught the eye of the werewolf, who was sneaking glances at him.
For a brief moment, the werewolf's heart—previously gripped with panic and dread—surged with sudden delight.
Human nobles were like this—as long as one was willing to surrender, they would show mercy, to display their hypocritical benevolence and laughable chivalry. How utterly foolish……
But the werewolf's secret glee didn't last long. Li Kainan turned his gaze back toward it.
The smile had faded from Li Kainan's face, yet the ice-cold killing intent in his eyes hadn't diminished by even a fraction.
The cunning one-armed werewolf saw this and snapped out of its secret glee in an instant.
Fear surged back like a tide, making the one-armed werewolf go weak all over. It immediately begged for mercy:
"I'm willing to offer everything I have in compensation……Given that I haven't yet harmed anyone, mighty, noble, and merciful lord, please spare my life!"
The mission requirement was to "defeat" it, and the reward had already been claimed—Li Kainan could indeed choose not to kill it.
But this werewolf was cunning and unpredictable. If he let it stay anywhere near him, he'd probably have to sleep with one eye open for the rest of his days!
Let it go?
Not a chance!
Faced with the pleading one-armed werewolf, Li Kainan's expression was cold and indifferent.
It hadn't harmed anyone, so it didn't deserve to die?
Li Kainan swept his gaze across the surroundings and noticed the hound that had just been kicked to death by the werewolf for faithfully keeping its post.
His eyes turned cold. He immediately rebuked:
"Dogs are clearly so adorable—why did you kill the dog?"
The werewolf was momentarily stumped, and after blanking out for a moment finally caught up, then quickly swore up and down:
"My lord, it wasn't intentional—it was merely an accident……I'm willing to offer everything I have to compensate you!"
"More than that, I'm even willing to take its place and become your most loyal dog, Master. Please believe me—I'll be far more useful than an ordinary dog!"
As it spoke, the werewolf even imitated a dog sticking out its tongue, and a fawning smile spread across its face.
Ha—this werewolf, while still having strength to spare, wasn't fleeing but surrendering on its own initiative, and was even calling him Master now……
It had to be plotting to feign weakness first, then bide its time and launch a sneak attack once his guard was lowered.
With schemes this venomous and deep-seated—this beast cannot be allowed to live!
"Dogs are indeed adorable—but I don't enjoy keeping dogs."
Li Kainan was completely unmoved. He leaped up, and with an expressionless face swung his sword down.
Moonlight poured down its radiance, rippling across the blade of the magnificent knight's sword in scattering cold gleams.
In an instant, a sky-filling torrent of terrifying killing intent crashed down, making every hair on the werewolf's body stand on end—and for the first time it truly felt the arrival of death!
The fear of death in its heart, the desperate yearning to survive, made the werewolf instinctively lurch backward to dodge, raising its only remaining right arm to block the incoming cold gleam of the blade.
The sharp edge cleaved through flesh and blood, and as the bone was severed it let out a sticky, grinding sound that made every hair on the body stand on end.
The werewolf let out a wretched howl of agony—and its last remaining arm was cleanly severed.
Bolstered by the lunar energy, the werewolf's stats across the board had indeed been substantially enhanced.
Even now, having lost both arms and suffered grievous wounds, it could somehow still scramble on all fours and turn to flee under the threat of death!
Seeing this, Li Kainan let out another cold snort.
Not only refusing to surrender at a time like this, but actually trying to run away……
It was certainly planning to go recuperate somewhere, lay low, and wait for an opportunity to take revenge.
With schemes this venomous and deep-seated—this beast cannot be allowed to live!
Activating the newly obtained "Trait: Child of the Moon," the lunar energy around him began pouring frantically into Li Kainan's body.
The cool, clear lunar energy flowed through his entire being—not only restoring the stamina he had expended, but also bringing a comprehensive boost to the already immensely powerful strength and agility he possessed!
Immediately after, his entire body erupted into explosive motion. Empowered by the lunar energy, he unleashed a force so terrifying it was beyond anything a mortal could possess—without the slightest restraint.
Ferocious, domineering, unstoppable—his aura carried a sky-rending killing intent that caused the very air around him to freeze completely still.
In that moment, the werewolf only felt its body grow lighter, its fleeing speed actually picking up—and hope stirred unbidden in its heart.
Perhaps I can survive this……
No—I can survive this.
I will definitely survive this!
The next moment, there came a dull thud as something hit the ground.
The werewolf's lower half crashed to the earth with a thunderous impact.
Its upper half flew forward for a distance on momentum, then slammed hard into the ground as well—reeking, foul-smelling blood and viscera spreading across the ground.
Even with the werewolf's immense vitality, even drawing power from the moon to recover its injuries—
Li Kainan had already cleaved its body in two with a single sword strike. As long as it was a body of flesh and blood, there was simply no possibility of survival!
The werewolf lying on the ground could do nothing more than twitch and convulse a few final times.
Managing to turn its head for one last glance at its lower half—which had so unfortunately been left behind—the werewolf's eyes filled with despair. Its head drooped, and it breathed no more……
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