Chapter: Chapter 421
At the border between the great plains and the desert, the power of winter is immense. Normally, most beastmen would obediently hide in their not-so-warm homes during this season, praying for winter to pass quickly.
However, this year’s winter is clearly much livelier than before.
Across a great river, two powerful tribes are in a standoff, with a great battle potentially erupting at any moment.
And in a nameless valley, a hundred and eight thousand miles away from the battlefield, four girls from different tribes are once again awkwardly staring at each other.
Linglong, the little dragon girl, arrived early this time. When Leticia saw her, she was dangling her little feet on a branch of an evergreen tree.
From her snow-white leg exposed to the air, it could be judged that this girl was probably not afraid of the cold.
“Yo, isn’t this Miss Linglong? Are you here to relax today as well?” Leticia, being very forward, waved at Linglong and greeted her loudly.
“I didn’t expect to see the three of you here. What a coincidence.” This time, Linglong was not as nervous as during their last meeting. After returning, she had spent a few days and finally understood one thing: Leticia didn’t seem to have any ill intentions towards her.
If these two exceptionally beautiful girls had wanted to keep her here forever, she probably wouldn’t have had the chance to leave alive last time.
Since they let her go, Linglong could only guess that these two were perhaps not bad people.
“It’s quite boring to stay cooped up at home all the time. It’s quite nice to come out and feel the cold wind to clear your head,” Leticia said with a smile. “Miss Linglong, you’re thinking the same thing, aren’t you?”
Linglong nodded subconsciously. She had indeed come out to calm herself down. How could she possibly calm down when faced with such a matter?
The long-awaited opportunity suddenly appeared, and the crucial breakthrough point was delivered to her as if it were a gift. It was like buying a lottery ticket and winning a grand prize of tens of millions.
Anyone would find it hard to stay calm!
Perhaps wealthy individuals who were already rich could remain calm, but Linglong was just an ordinary person; she was far from being a rich tycoon.
“My mind is very confused right now, very, very confused.” Linglong jumped down from the tree, her face filled with distress, and whispered, “So I wanted to come out to cool my head.”
“If you don’t mind, I could listen to your troubles,” Leticia immediately showed a sympathetic smile and threw a glance at Yinya, saying, “Yinya, you set up the things first. Prepare some hot roasted meat for our good friend Miss Linglong.”
Yes, Leticia was still here for a picnic this time. It was just a bit bizarre to picnic in this weather.
And Miss Bai had a stern expression on her little face ever since she saw Linglong, staring at Linglong expressionlessly.
This oppressive gaze made Linglong a little uncomfortable. She didn’t know why the white-haired girl beside Leticia was looking at her with such an expression.
She only knew that she and this white-haired girl seemed to be incompatible.
After sending Yinya away, Leticia pointed to the large tree not far away and said, “Let’s go talk over there, Miss Linglong of the Bone Wing Tribe.”
“You…” Linglong’s pupils constricted, and her voice involuntarily rose a notch. However, she immediately realized her lapse and forcefully lowered her voice, “How did you know?”
She no longer thought of arguing. The black-haired girl in front of her saying this in such a relaxed tone indicated that the other party was completely certain that she was from the Bone Wing Tribe, and concealment was useless.
“It wasn’t a difficult guess. Your reaction when you saw Yinya was quite strange. Apart from the Bone Wing Tribe, which had a conflict with the Yinya Tribe, I really couldn’t think of any other tribe that would be suspicious.” Leticia shrugged, indicating that she was just guessing. “I couldn’t be sure if you were or not before, but now I am.”
So it was just a guess just now?!
Linglong’s already large and watery golden eyes widened even further. Had she been tricked?
“Actually, you could have continued to argue just now, because I was only guessing at that time.” Leticia was about to reach out and pat Linglong’s shoulder when a sharp gaze came from her side.
With a sideward glance in the direction of the gaze, it was Miss Bai, who was squinting with an unpredictable expression. Leticia immediately obediently put down her hand, indicating that she had no other intentions.
Seeing Leticia’s decisive surrender, Miss Bai nodded with satisfaction and continued to be part of the atmosphere.
“It seems my cultivation is not advanced enough. *Sigh*, I still need to practice more.” Linglong sighed. The black-haired girl beside her looked young, but her actual age was probably that of an old monster.
And she was just a pure beastman who had recently come of age!
“How old are you? You’re not very old, are you?” Coincidentally, Leticia asked about Linglong’s age.
“I’ve only recently come of age. I should be twenty-one this year.” After calculating for a moment, Linglong gave a somewhat vague answer.
The beastman race didn’t pay much attention to the concept of age. When asked for their specific age, these rough fellows could often only give a somewhat vague answer.
However, even if the numbers were vague, the gap with their actual age shouldn’t be too large, especially for young beastmen like Linglong, whose memories were generally better than those of older beastmen.
“Twenty-one years old? Then Linglong, you are truly a genius. Even among our demon race, you would definitely be considered exceptionally talented.” Leticia was genuinely praising Linglong at this moment. At twenty-one, possessing such strength, only a few people in the demon race could surpass her.
This included cheaters like Leticia, who had noble bloodlines and were incredibly powerful.
“Yes, even among humans, you would undoubtedly be a genius who would be specially trained.” Bai Ling also chimed in with her evaluation. Compared to the human race’s super ability system, which had a high lower limit and an unknown upper limit, beastmen belonged to a category of linear growth.
For Linglong to possess such strength at twenty-one, her future could not be described as boundless.
“When this girl reaches her full potential, she probably won’t be much weaker than I was.” Leticia said this in a whisper next to Bai Ling’s ear.
This evaluation was undoubtedly very high.
The former Leticia, if referring to the time before she was defeated by Bai Ling, could almost be described as invincible.
The strength of previous Demon Kings was generally at this level, and the peak combat power of other races was also around this level. This meant that Linglong had the potential to become the pillar of the beastman race’s current generation.
Speaking of which, Leticia suddenly realized that perhaps the heavens felt it was unfair for only humans and demons to have cheaters, and decided to send a couple of cheaters to the beastmen and elves too?
And the Linglong standing in front of her now was the chosen daughter of destiny by the heavens, destined to become a great figure among the beastmen!
Thinking of it this way, possessing such strength at such a young age didn’t seem to be something to be surprised about.
“I think we can build a good relationship with her. In the future, this girl will definitely turn the beastman race upside down, and might even be able to pull those lion-heads from their ruling position,” Leticia continued whispering to Bai Ling.
“What bad idea are you up to now?” Bai Ling felt that Leticia’s behavior was uneasy and was definitely a prelude to causing trouble.
Hearing Bai Ling’s suspicion, Leticia coughed a couple of times, her cheeks flushing slightly with pink. “What do you mean bad idea? I call it making connections with heroes and valiant figures. Is there anything wrong with that?”
“And then you plan to push this recognized hero and valiant figure to the forefront, so she can…” Bai Ling left her words hanging.
Leticia’s expression stiffened. Good heavens, Miss Bai’s mind was becoming more and more shrewd recently.
“Does that hurt you? If we help her, she’ll have to give us some face after she succeeds. You know it’s not a loss, right?” Seeing that her attempt to conceal was failing, Leticia began to entice her with benefits. “Just like how I helped Evangeline before, our relationship with the elves is great now, I’m telling you. As long as the higher-ups of our four races are in agreement, won’t this war not break out?”
“Do you want that kind of war to happen again? If so, I can’t guarantee how many people would die.”
Miss Bai closed her eyes and thought for a moment. She had to admit that Leticia’s current suggestion did align with their current interests. Since they were idle anyway, it wouldn’t hurt to help Linglong.
Moreover, the chieftain of the Steel Spear Tribe was already on Bai Ling’s death list. Bai Ling had to eliminate that guy sooner or later. Now that she could conveniently do Linglong a favor, it seemed like a good deal no matter how she looked at it.
Therefore, Miss Bai extended her hands and placed them on Leticia’s shoulders, “Alright, but I warn you, don’t have any other relationship with her, otherwise, I won’t care about her identity or talent, understand?”
Looking at Miss Bai’s serious red eyes, Leticia’s normally frivolous expression turned serious. She nodded deeply and replied very seriously, “Of course. Actually, I’m not that much of a playboy.”
Although she often said that she wanted to find new girls to snuggle up to, in terms of actual actions, it had been zero times.
With Yin and Evangeline, Leticia was purely in a partnership. With Victoria and Yinya, it was affection for people younger than her. For these few, Leticia’s feelings were exceptionally pure.
“I believe you.”
“You should believe me. Have I ever worried about these things? Have I?” Leticia snorted, “Bai Ling is too weak. Look at Leticia, has she ever worried about Bai Ling going out and cheating on her?”
Never, okay.
“That’s because I’m devoted.”
“Those who are playboys will always claim they are devoted in front of everyone. But those who always mention being fickle might not be that fickle,” Leticia reached out and patted Bai Ling’s face. “I’m going to talk to Linglong. If you want to listen, come and listen.”
“I’m too lazy to listen to your insider talk,” Bai Ling said with her arms crossed and a哼 sound.
Then, she honestly followed Leticia back to Linglong.
A typical case of “saying one thing and meaning another.” It was unexpected that such a personality could be passed from one person to another.
While Leticia and Bai Ling were talking alone, Linglong had been sitting in the same spot, looking up at the lush branches and leaves of the large tree, her eyes vacant as if lost in thought.
Hearing the approaching footsteps, her blurred golden vertical pupils gradually returned to focus. She blinked at the two girls who reappeared before her, unsure of what to say at the moment.
The atmosphere suddenly turned cold.
“Ahem, Miss Linglong, I have a question to ask you. Can you answer me truthfully?” Leticia cleared her throat, breaking the somewhat awkward atmosphere.
Linglong subconsciously nodded. After reacting, her expression became troubled again. She opened her mouth, and finally whispered, “That depends on what your question is, Leticia.”
“My question is very simple. Do you want to accomplish something big?” Leticia pointed to the sky. “For example, to pull a great god down from his divine kingdom.”
“What?!” Linglong almost exclaimed. What did it mean to pull a great god down from his divine kingdom?
“Oh ho, you don’t need to pretend. You’ve already created such an amulet, isn’t your goal to change the great god believed in by the beastmen?” Leticia said with a smile like she saw through everything. “You’re young, but your ambitions are not small at all!”
No, I really don’t have that idea! Linglong wanted to explain. The reason she fabricated a new deity was merely to solidify her position.
Compared to being a foreign species of beastman who had drifted to this place from a foreign land, the identity of a divine maiden favored by a god was obviously more useful, wasn’t it?
To be precise, Linglong was actually a charlatan who deceived people, but she was indeed capable. As for her current ambition, it was simply to bring the surrounding area under her control.
Such a large area, although barren, was enough for her to hide and live. Moreover, she could gather her tribesmen who were scattered throughout the great plains here, making this a haven for them, the pursued.
As for more ambitious goals, like taking revenge on their true enemies, Linglong dared not even think about it.
“Impossible! If we do that, the entire great plains will be our enemy!” Linglong shook her head frantically. She didn’t dare to think that confronting the entire beastman race was a simple matter, no matter how arrogant she was.
