Chapter 15: Lizardmen and Strange Beliefs
The lizardmen surged forward, seemingly wanting to rush into the bath and pierce all the girls.
But this startled Lonis awake. She no longer dared to pretend to be dead. Instead, she raised her tail from the bath and said loudly, “Who is peeled, cooked, and eaten! I’m still alive, nothing is wrong.”
“Is it a Divine Envoy?!”
“Ah, it’s a Divine Fox!”
Seeing Lonis suddenly raise her head, these lizardmen immediately prostrated themselves on the ground like Devotees seeing their Master.
Their eyes were filled with tears, and they dropped their weapons. Their devout appearance was enough to shock anyone who saw it.
…
“Divine Envoy… are they talking about Lonis?”
“It seems so…”
Although the girls looked at each other, not knowing what to do, it was a good thing that they didn’t have to draw their swords.
As for Elus, as if discovering something, she suddenly hugged Lonis’s arm.
“That’s right, this is our Divine Fox Envoy! We are the servants of the Divine Fox Envoy, and we are here to bathe with the Envoy.”
“Wh-what…”
“Why aren’t you fast retreating? Are you trying to peek at the Divine Envoy bathing?”
“!!!”
Elus’s words were very effective. After being reprimanded by her, these lizardmen all looked shocked and took a step back.
“Village Chief, we…”
“Let’s, let’s retreat first! A-after all, this is the first time the Divine Envoy has appeared here after 10 years, so any accidents are very normal…”
…
Thus, the lizardmen respectfully retreated.
As for Lonis, although she had some dissatisfaction with Elus—this black-hearted girl clearly treated her as a toy, but now she was taking care of her bathing—the current situation was too bizarre for her to pay attention to such details.
“Elus, wh-what’s going on?”
“Um… If I’m not mistaken, these lizardmen might be C-class or D-class personnel left over from the Apocalypse Independent Kingdom.”
“Wh-what?!”
Elus’s speculation made everyone’s bodies tremble.
“Didn’t Princess Cécile find a lot of documents? It can be seen that in order to defeat the surface human kingdoms, the former Apocalypse Independent Kingdom developed many technologies. If there was a technology that fused human cells with animal cells, it would not be surprising.”
“!”
“So, when the Apocalypse Independent Kingdom was destroyed, these ordinary people survived… Princess Cécile, your Kingdom Ming didn’t invade the depths of the underground back then, did it?”
“Um… it shouldn’t have gone deep, because the miasma underground would affect ordinary people. So even after so many years, we haven’t sent people deep underground and still know very little about the underground world.”
Cécile would regularly cast blessing magic for everyone, lasting for 12 hours. If this period was exceeded, even Lonis would have an uncomfortable reaction in the underground world.
…
“Well, then there’s no mistake. After nearly a thousand years of development, these humans have gradually merged with their mutated cells and have taken on the appearance of lizardmen. They have their own culture and their own beliefs.”
“Is it… something related to foxes?”
Lonis wagged her tail and asked curiously.
“Perhaps, but if we want to find out. We still need to enter these lizardmen’s camp to investigate.”
“Eh?”
“After all, this is closely related to the underground Apocalypse Kingdom. If there’s a chance to figure out what Castor is up to, it’s a great help.”
This was Elus’s plan, but when it was time to implement it, the girls discovered a problem.
Because…
Lonis only washed her stockings and shoes. Her clothes and skirt were not washed at all… They were soaked in the hot spring, wet and dirty.
This resulted in neither Elus nor the other girls having clothes to wear, and they had to walk around in their underwear and shoes.
“Lonis, what are you doing?!”
“Wah, Master, didn’t you tell me to come over? I didn’t have time…”
“Didn’t have time? Half an hour, and you only washed your stockings and shoes?”
“Wuwu…”
“Hmph, did you do anything strange with our stockings? You this fellow…”
“No, absolutely not!!!”
Lonis was so scared that her tail stood up. In fact, although she really wanted to do something with the stockings, she ultimately didn’t act.
She was just lacking motivation and felt overwhelmed by the girls’ clothes, so she was procrastinating.
“Hmph, I’ll settle the score with you later. Now, take this!”
“This…?”
“Sanctuary Warm Jade, one for each person. Don’t lose it. Hmph, you damn little fox!”
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The girls were preparing by the hot spring, and not far outside, the lizardmen were standing nervously.
“Vi-, Village Chief. We, we haven’t angered the Divine Envoy, have we?”
“Yes, they must have angered them. So we must offer the most delicious tribute for the Divine Envoy to enjoy… Unfortunately, my body is no longer what it used to be. Who is willing to come forward voluntarily?”
“Uh!”
The young and well-built lizardmen looked at each other, but none of them dared to step forward.
It wasn’t that they were unwilling to take risks, but they were afraid that their bodies could not withstand it and could not satisfy the Divine Envoy. And if they angered the Divine Envoy then, the consequences would be even more severe.
“Alas…”
The old lizardman sighed. Seeing the timid look of the younger generation, he knew that even if they went up, they probably wouldn’t last more than ten seconds before surrendering out of fear.
After all, a Divine Envoy is not an ordinary person.
That fair body, and increasingly strong stamina, are unmatched by any being.
“Vi-, Village Chief, I… we don’t need to worry. This time the Divine Envoy came, perhaps it wasn’t for tribute…”
“Not for tribute? That’s right… this time the Divine Envoy is wearing clothes.”
Although they were only wearing a little clothing, they were still wearing it.
And since they were wearing clothes, the Divine Envoy might not have come to demand tribute.
So, what was it for?
Was it to issue divine decrees to the villagers?
But no matter what, grand hospitality was necessary, and they had to make the Divine Envoy happy. Only then could the current predicament of the village be resolved.
So…
“You few, quickly go back to the village and bring that sedan chair from the main hall.”
“!”
“Call more people, call your wives and sisters too. Divine Envoys also like girls!”
Under the Village Chief’s command, the lizardmen began to get busy.
