Chapter: Chapter 492
“Oh my god… Letty, your skills are too amazing!”
The next morning, when Leticia presented a completely transformed Yuan to Linglong, Miss Dragon Girl was so startled that she couldn’t even hold her breakfast steady.
If yesterday’s Yuan was a cute and lovable girl next door, today’s Yuan was completely different. With a serious little face, she looked like a princess under the exquisite clothes meticulously crafted by Leticia and the other two.
Divinity, perhaps this is divinity. Linglong pressed her pounding heart and walked up to Yuan. “Little Yuan?”
The blonde girl’s eyes flickered with confusion. Hearing Linglong’s call, she blinked. “Sister?”
With that slightly silly voice, well, it seems to be the Yuan I know. Linglong breathed a sigh of relief.
“I taught Yuan all my aloof attitude skills last night. With this outfit, it shouldn’t be a problem to fool those beastmen with their limited brain capacity.” As she spoke, Leticia took out a beautiful, colorful crystal from her sleeve and gently tapped it.
The big skirt on Yuan suddenly burst into golden flames. The phantom of a giant phoenix vaguely appeared behind Yuan. An ancient and terrifying aura instantly captivated the hearts of the dragon tribesmen.
Thump, thump!
Linglong twisted her stiff neck and looked back. Her two companions had already knelt on the ground with blank stares.
And she herself was already having trouble controlling her trembling legs.
Fortunately, before she could make a fool of herself, Leticia turned off the phoenix special effect. “Is the aura strong enough?”
“It’s too strong.” Linglong wiped a cold sweat. Forget about other bird beastmen; even she, who knew Yuan’s background, almost regarded Yuan as a true deity.
This was no wonder for Linglong, as the aura just now was deliberately created by Leticia, and it was absolutely potent and effective in intimidating ordinary beastmen.
“I’ll be watching from within the divine artifact’s space. By the way, Linglong, put the divine artifact around Yuan’s neck. This way, I can help in case of emergencies.”
“Okay.”
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A few hours later.
On the lush green grassland, the conspicuous Linglong and her party were stopped by another group of bird beastmen.
“Intruders, who are you?” This group of beastmen seemed weaker than the patrol squad Linglong defeated yesterday. The leader, a beastman with a pigeon’s head, looked rather dull.
“We are adventurers from the Southern Territory, here for archaeological exploration in the Northern Territory.” Linglong lied again, but this time her lie had a small improvement from Leticia, and it was just the beginning of a big lie.
“Beastmen from the Southern Territory? Do you take me for a fool? This little girl looks like an adventurer?” The pigeon-beastman pointed his spear at Yuan, who stood there with an aloof expression.
Such a beautiful dress, such a beautiful face, could this be an adventurer?
Linglong and her group of three wore worn-out leather armor, and their faces and hands had many dirty marks. If they said they were adventurers, the pigeon-beastman might still believe them.
But this little blonde girl, her white dress was spotless, her white socks seemed to glow, and her blonde hair was so smooth; she didn’t look like an adventurer who had trekked through the wilderness!
A clever pigeon-beastman would not be fooled by such a lie!
“I said we are adventurers, I didn’t say this young lady is an adventurer.” Linglong put on a wronged expression and pointed at Yuan to explain, “We found her in an abandoned temple, and then she just followed us, and we couldn’t shake her off.
“Later, we found out that she seems to be a bird beastman who wants to find her home. We are kind-hearted and couldn’t bear to leave her in the deep mountains and old forests, so we brought her along.
“Now that you’re here, please take this little one away quickly!”
As she said this, Linglong pushed Yuan towards the pigeon-beastman with a look of disdain.
This little one is a bird beastman? The pigeon-beastman blinked. He couldn’t tell. This little girl didn’t have any wings or feathers to indicate she was a bird beastman. How could he tell?
Moreover, Linglong’s explanation had a big loophole. The pigeon-beastman, with a look of wise anger, rebuked, “You’re lying again. You’ve been traveling in the mountains and forests for so long, how could she still be so clean? Don’t think I don’t know, white clothes and white socks get dirty the easiest!”
Hearing this, Linglong’s expression became even more wronged. She spread her hands, “I also want to know why her clothes don’t get dirty.”
The pigeon-beastman narrowed his eyes. He felt that Linglong might not be lying, but what Linglong said was so unbelievable that it was overloading his brain.
But soon, he didn’t need to think anymore.
As if tired of this boring communication, the blonde girl swept her blood-colored eyes over the beastmen flying in the sky, opened her mouth, and uttered two words devoid of warmth, “Kneel.”
A terrifying pressure instantly descended, knocking the bird beastmen flying in the sky down.
The pigeon-beastman was only stunned for a moment before he found himself kneeling on both knees. A giant phoenix that obscured the sky seemed to have appeared behind the blonde girl, singing loudly.
Faint, illusory cries reached the pigeon-beastman’s ears. He heard the anger of a deity, a dissatisfaction with them, their followers.
This little girl… could she be the incarnation of a deity?
It was rumored that a deity was about to return to the world. Could this little girl before him be the deity returning to the world?
The pigeon-beastman had seen the phoenix statue enshrined in the tribal temple. The enshrined phoenix looked exactly like the phantom great bird behind the blonde girl, as if molded from the same mold!
Coupled with the powerful oppressive feeling emanating from the girl, the pigeon-beastman immediately understood. He had found a deity!
But Yuan didn’t pay attention to them. After pulling these bird beastmen down from the sky, she took a step forward and continued heading north, completely ignoring them.
“My deity, my deity, don’t go!” The pigeon-beastman cried out in despair.
What had he just done? He had doubted the identity of his deity. Such a blasphemous act couldn’t be washed away by killing himself ten times!
And now, his deity was clearly angry!
Hearing the pigeon-beastman’s call, Yuan stopped. Her red eyes, devoid of emotional fluctuations, paused on the pigeon-beastman, and a hint of confusion appeared in her eyes.
“What is that…?” Her stiff words came out of her mouth. She seemed not to understand what the pigeon-beastman meant.
“My deity, you are our deity!” The pigeon-beastman cried and wanted to step forward to hug Yuan’s white silk leg.
A flicker of disgust flashed across Yuan’s face. Before Leticia could give any instructions, she subconsciously summoned her golden flames and struck in front of the pigeon-beastman.
The scorching golden flames terrified the pigeon-beastman to the point of near cardiac arrest. If he had gotten any closer, those golden flames would have appeared on him.
Right, right. A deity would definitely not want to casually interact with mortals like them. I was presumptuous, I made a mistake!
The pigeon-beastman slapped himself twice, then said obsequiously to Yuan, “My deity, please come back with us. Our tribe are all your loyal believers!”
It seems that the current deity seems to have some memory loss. Is it a side effect of just waking up?
The pigeon-beastman didn’t know much about the inside story of the deity’s revival. He could only guess based on his common sense, and now he had found a reason that could explain Yuan’s current state!
Where did Yuan appear?
An abandoned temple?
A beautiful girl appearing in an abandoned temple, how could she be an ordinary person?
She must be someone related to the deity!
Regardless of whether Yuan was a deity or an envoy chosen by a deity, she was definitely an incarnation of a deity. His current humble posture was perfectly fine.
As long as he could bring this suspected deity back to the tribe, he was sure the tribal chief would reward him handsomely!
Yuan stared at the pigeon-beastman for a while before nodding slightly.
“Lead the way.”
“Yes, yes, I’ll lead the way right away.” The pigeon-beastman breathed a long sigh of relief and looked at Linglong and the other two, who still seemed to be unclear about the situation. “You three, come along too!”
He didn’t know why, but he found these three foreign races quite pleasing now. They had been with the deity for so long, even if they had no merit, they had suffered hardship. Bringing them back to the tribe wouldn’t be a big problem.
Having made up his mind, the pigeon-beastman called his subordinates to re-organize and escort Yuan back to the tribe.
His subordinates naturally had no other opinions. They had already been scared out of their wits by that golden phantom bird. How could they dare to say no now?
Since their boss had decided, they would just follow.
Spreading their wings and flying into the air, the pigeon-beastman looked at the group of four still standing on the ground. Just as he was about to ask if they needed him to send some people to carry them, the adventurers flapped the wings on their backs and also took to the sky.
So they are flying compatriots too! The pigeon-beastman rejoiced. Although they looked a bit strange, as long as they could fly, they were compatriots!
Yuan’s performance was even more eye-catching. A pair of flame wings appeared behind her, and with a gentle flap, she flew up.
As expected of a deity, even their way of flying is so special!
No wonder she didn’t have any phoenix characteristics. It turns out she didn’t need wings to fly at all. The pigeon-beastman thought he understood everything.
Led by this completely deluded beastman, the group flew at full speed for about an hour under the midday sun before arriving at a medium-sized tribe located in a hidden mountain valley.
“Please wait a moment, sirs. I will immediately report the arrival of the deity to the tribal chief!” The pigeon-beastman stopped Linglong and the others at the entrance of the tribe and then rushed into the tribe alone.
As he rushed, he also shouted, “Uncle, Uncle! I found the deity!”
It seems this fellow is quite well-connected.
Not long after, a beastman with a huge pigeon head was brought out by the previous pigeon-beastman.
When the Pigeon Chief saw Yuan, who had her flame wings spread, he immediately believed more than half of his nephew’s words. How could a girl with such elegance be an ordinary person?
Moreover, as soon as he saw this girl, he felt an urge to worship her from the depths of his bloodline. Even if this girl wasn’t a deity, she was definitely related to a deity!
However, he wouldn’t behave as embarrassingly as his nephew. He clasped his hands and bowed deeply to Yuan, “May I ask, Miss is…”
Before he could finish speaking, an eagle-headed beastman in a black robe rushed over from the other side. He pushed aside the Pigeon Chief who was blocking him and looked at Yuan with his piercing eagle eyes.
Yuan was angered by his undisguised scrutiny, so she glared back with some displeasure.
Leticia was waiting for this opportunity. She immediately turned Yuan’s disguised aura to its maximum.
This was no small matter. The eagle-headed beastman screamed and fell to the ground. His piercing eagle eyes were constantly shedding bloody tears, and it seemed like they would be lost.
Even more terrifyingly, the substantial fiery bird that appeared behind Yuan, the bird’s blood-red eyes stared at the beastman who dared to look at her rudely. The flames on its body surged, as if it wanted to rush out and burn all these disrespectful beings to death.
The Pigeon Chief quickly knelt on the ground. He now wished he could kill the eagle-headed beastman, but the most important thing now was to appease this little ancestor.
“Miss, please calm your anger. He’s just a lunatic. I’ve wanted to kill him for a long time. I didn’t expect him to offend you.”
“We are loyal believers of our deity! Please spare our lives!”
The Pigeon Chief kept kowtowing until his forehead was broken and bleeding. Only then did the terrifying pressure gradually dissipate.
Yuan didn’t spend time on these beastmen. She stared directly at the center of the tribe, as if something was attracting her there.
“That is the deity’s temple. Miss, are you aiming to…” The Pigeon Chief asked cautiously, for fear that this little ancestor would get angry again about something.
As for the eagle-headed beastman, he had already been dragged away by other beastmen in the tribe. Although the Chief hated this guy to the bone, he couldn’t kill him directly.
After all, in this tribe, the eagle-headed beastman’s status was no less than his. He was the chief, and the eagle-headed beastman was the priest, the representative of the deity.
But this representative seemed to have no foresight. This little lady clearly looked different, so why could he be so rude? The Pigeon Chief cursed inwardly.
