Chapter 55 A Moment of Peace
“Alright, it should be this way, right?”
Walking along the Tentacle Beast path, Candelle looked at her surroundings.
As far as the eye could see, there were light pink tentacles. Unlike the usual artificial objects, these tentacles had clearly merged with their surroundings, seemingly becoming part of the ecosystem.
“You… you really didn’t lie to me, did you?”
Following closely behind Candelle was Silent Leaf, who looked exhausted.
Although her body was still intact, she appeared over a decade older, with fine lines already forming at the corners of her eyes.
Using that terrifying power forcibly had come at a price for her… after all, Silent Leaf didn’t want to live anyway.
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“Haha, are you still doubting me at this point? While we are enemies with Hoffa, I think you… know him very well, don’t you?”
“…”
“According to the master’s guess, Hoffa originally wanted to find us that day to make some sort of deal… He knew he wasn’t a match for Elus, so he wanted to protect himself by surrendering.” Candelle smiled lazily, casually cutting down a few tentacle monsters blocking their path:
“With my and the Eight-tailed Fox’s previous experience, Hoffa must have trusted Elus’s reputation considerably, right? However, he was tricked by Eltak and disappeared without a trace, completely unnoticed.”
“That Eltak guy… how could he possibly defeat Lord Hoffa…”
“I don’t know that. Perhaps it was a sneak attack? Or perhaps he already knew Hoffa’s weakness? Anyway, Castor is full of tricks, even I almost fell for his schemes?”
Candelle gave a cold smile, and on this matter, no one could be more convincing than her.
In fact, back at the demon race’s western border, Candelle was extremely wary of Castor’s infiltration. She even established the Blood Bank, whose primary purpose was to prevent the demon race’s power from being divided by Castor.
However, she never expected to lose to Elus, and lose so decisively. In the end, Milra took the opportunity to rise, leading everything into a chaotic situation.
“Silent Leaf, you must have met Castor as well, right? What kind of person do you think he is?”
“Eh?!”
As if asked the core question, Silent Leaf’s body trembled.
But she shook her head, saying confusedly, “I… I don’t know…”
“Oh?”
“Although he always had a crazy yet calm expression, I… I feel that this expression is also his disguise. Castor… it’s as if he doesn’t belong to this world.”
“Hmm, that’s correct. In fact, there are quite a few among the demon race who fear him.”
“…”
“Now you finally understand how powerful Master Elus is to be able to oppose Castor, right? If she really wanted to kill you and Hoffa, you would have already turned to dust by now.”
Candelle was carrying out her “demon spy” work, and before long, she and Silent Leaf reached the center of the Tentacle Beast path.
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“Captain Elus, Candelle and Silent Leaf have found Hoffa’s remains. He has been beheaded, but at least his head is still intact.”
“Mm, I understand. Thank you, Senior Isumi.”
Elus nodded faintly, and on her desk, she recorded the following:
“Hoffa definitely didn’t die completely. Castor must have intended to use his remains for something. However, my unexpected use of a trump card should have completely disrupted their plans.”
“The enemy’s next focus should be on covering their tracks. We should make Castor hesitant to act rashly, and buy time for our next plan…”
…
The girl’s handwriting was very graceful, and her words conveyed a sense of being a literary girl.
And in fact…
Elus’s current demeanor was exactly like that.
Although yesterday Elus had “tasted” the stewed Little Fox and recovered some of her magic power, the sense of weakness on the black-haired girl had not disappeared.
Therefore, all of Elus’s movements now were very gentle, and her speech was slow and methodical, completely different from her usual self.
Her pitch-black beautiful hair slid down her shoulders, weaving with her calm and steady eyes into a tranquil and natural scroll painting.
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(Wuwu… my wife is so gentle, so cute~!)
Looking at Elus working at her desk, Lonis felt her heart melting with affection.
After all, Lonis loved gentle girls the most. And Elus’s current behavior was hitting all her weak spots, completely evoking a desire to protect her~~
(I really want to hug Elus tightly, I really want to stroke my wife’s little head~~)
As Lonis thought about this, she became a little too carried away, and the final result was…
*Buzz~~*
“Waaah!”
The vibration on her body suddenly activated, and this sent Lonis, who had just ascended to heaven, crashing back down to hell.
After such a long time without being activated by Elus’s little toy, Lonis had almost forgotten that she had such a means!
The vibration that pressed against her skin made Lonis’s cheeks flush even redder. Even bending over with her legs intertwined, she found it difficult to resist the mental attack.
Soon, Lonis could barely hold on and subconsciously let out a gasp:
“Ugh… ah…”
And Elus?
She didn’t even glance at Lonis. She was just confirming the current information with Senior Isumi, and then she murmured, “Senior Isumi, it sounds like I heard some little idiot gasping just now?”
“Mm, I think I heard it too.”
“So, Senior, what do you think of this sound? If you think it’s nice, I’ll turn up the volume switch. If you think it’s unpleasant, I’ll find something to block the speaker.”
“Waaah! (What kind of description is that ‘volume switch’, Elus is too much of a bully!)”
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Lonis regretted it at this moment!
It seemed that although Elus appeared very demure, a black-hearted girl was still a black-hearted girl, and she absolutely could not be underestimated!
But it was working time, and Lonis didn’t dare to interject or resist. She could only look at her wife with teary eyes, hoping she would let her off.
However…
Senior Isumi just smiled faintly and said thus:
“I think… if Elus were to be even more demure, then this sound would be even more pleasant.”
“What?”
“The current sound includes embarrassment within excitement. Although she’s trying hard to hold back, it’s only 75% happiness. However, if Elus were more demure, the sound would be 100% happiness.”
“Hmph, who cares if that little fox is happy or not? How dare she underestimate me, Level 10, activate!!”
“How can you activate Level 10, people will die!”
Before Elus could press that button, Lonis lunged forward desperately.
