Chapter 7: Foolish
So far, the wisest magical creature that Luo Shuangyue has encountered is You Ji, the Demon Lord who understands patience.
This Demon Lord has lurked in human society for so many years, personally establishing a massive organization and secretly raising a small Demon Lord.
If it weren’t for that time when her underlings were utterly incompetent and messed up her perfect plan, Eastern Extreme City would have likely been completely blown to smithereens by You Lian and her daughter.
However, You Ji’s wisdom ultimately has been used for destruction and creating chaos; her personality and temperament are not much different from ordinary magical creatures.
Building an organization is aimed at the destruction of humanity, and her diligent efforts are also for the same purpose. All she thinks about is how to annihilate humanity, making her a striving individual among magical creatures.
Who knows where her determination, which refuses to give up on humanity, comes from?
And what about this magical creature over here?
She’s actually slacking off!
“This is not a normal magical creature; this is a magical creature that slacks off!” Luo Shuangyue slammed the notebook she held down on the table.
The notebook hit the table with a dull thud, causing Taya and Xia Mo to show thoughtful expressions.
After a long pause, Taya raised her head and curiously asked, “What does slacking off mean?”
You’re actually thinking about this! Luo Shuangyue sighed as she pressed her forehead. This kid is great in every way, but her mind is just a bit too clear.
Compared to Taya, who is completely out of it, Xia Mo quickly understood what Luo Shuangyue meant.
This magical creature is very special; she seems to have broken through some preconceived notions about magical creatures.
For instance, she is not obsessed with world destruction but has built a little house here to live in.
You can’t say that her staying here is also part of world destruction, right?
“I have a rather bold idea.” Luo Shuangyue looked at the two generals in front of her, her eyes flashing with a glimmer of intelligence. “Is it possible that magical creatures in this world aren’t so difficult to communicate with?”
“I want to go and make contact with that soon-to-be-born Demon King!”
Upon hearing Luo Shuangyue’s words, Xia Mo’s first reaction was to stand up and touch Luo Shuangyue’s forehead.
It felt icy, with no warmth at all; this doesn’t feel like a fever. How can she be saying such strange things?
“Are you serious?” Xia Mo stared at Luo Shuangyue.
Currently, the three of them do not have even a single Initial Bloom-level fighting capability. If that Royal-class magical creature doesn’t listen at all, they would be doomed.
“I am serious, but we can’t just go there casually.” Luo Shuangyue nodded; she is indeed very curious about what magical creatures in this world are like.
But she also knows the responsibilities resting on her shoulders. If she risks approaching the magical creatures, Xia Mo and Taya will face danger as well.
If Xia Mo and Taya get hurt because of her, she would feel utterly guilty.
“The magical creature probably still needs half a day’s time to arrive. By then, it should be evening. Xia Mo, what level of recovery can you achieve in half a day’s time?” Sitting on the bed in the unknown creature’s house, Luo Shuangyue casually asked, as if she were the owner of the room.
Unlike Xia Mo, who is reluctant to interact with anything in this room and has to tread carefully, Luo Shuangyue’s acceptance of this place is quite high.
If it wasn’t for the fact that this place no longer has any usage potential, she would probably have happily taken over the property left behind by the unknown magical creature and stayed here for a good few days of rest.
“I can exchange blows with a Royal-class magical creature, but winning would be very difficult.”
Xia Mo spread her hands, undoubtedly speaking the truth at this moment.
If she were to fight desperately, she is confident she could take down the opponent, but given a better option, she wouldn’t choose to fight desperately.
There’s no need for that, not this time.
“Is that so… then what about resting for another couple of days?”
“After two days, I can handle it with one hand.”
“Alright, then the question now is how to avoid it for two days, right?”
According to Luo Shuangyue’s understanding of magical creatures, as soon as they appear, the first thing they do is indiscriminately wreak havoc in their surroundings, destroying everything they see.
And now they have distanced themselves a bit from the creature’s arrival point, so the first wave of its destruction won’t strike them.
After the first wave of devastation is completed, the creature will enter a aimless patrol mode until it encounters another target.
It could be a tall building, a lively creature, or even its own kind—basically, anything that allows it to vent its violent desires.
Given these characteristics, the best way to avoid the magical creature is evidently clear.
“Let’s dig a tunnel.” Luo Shuangyue chose what humanity has currently found to be the best method of dealing with ordinary magical creatures.
As long as they hide in the underground tunnel without being discovered by the magical creature, they will be fine.
A basement several dozen meters deep; aside from those powerful Royal-class magical creatures, no other magical creatures can discover them.
Hiding underground for two days, and once Xia Mo regains her strength, they’ll go and capture that magical creature to scout out the situation!
This plan is simply perfect!
The only issue is how to dig this tunnel.
Xia Mo needs to recover her strength and cannot move, while Luo Shuangyue is currently just a little useless and also cannot dig.
You Lian can’t even materialize into human form right now; she is even less reliable.
So…
“Taya, can you dig?” Luo Shuangyue’s gaze fell on the clear-eyed Dragon Girl.
After explaining her thoughts in detail to Taya, Luo Shuangyue felt a bit embarrassed looking at her.
At this moment, Taya’s help was required, making her feel a little ashamed.
“Dig? I can, I can!” But Taya’s reaction surprised Luo Shuangyue. This girl, who has been wandering in a daze, suddenly burst with immense enthusiasm.
Her golden vertical pupils seemed to radiate light.
To describe it in an impolite way, it was like a dog seeing a piece of meat bone.
“How big? How deep?”
“Uh, about ten meters deep, enough for the three of us to stay for two days.”
“Alright!”
Taya rushed out of the house, her dragon claws emitting a platinum glow, and then she swiftly dove into the ground like an excavator.
Luo Shuangyue only took a few seconds longer to come out, and Taya had already dug a hole over a meter deep.
“Are dragon claws this useful?” Luo Shuangyue looked down at her delicate fingers and tender skin, feeling sincerely amazed.
When it comes to work, human hands are definitely not in the same league as Dragon Girl’s claws.
“Specialization in one’s field, after all. She may not be as good as our hands at finer tasks,” said Xia Mo, who followed, suggesting that Luo Shuangyue needn’t belittle herself; her fingers could do plenty.
As for what exactly those things were, they were surely proper tasks.
It’s not like they would be used as weapons, right?
After digging for a while, Taya suddenly stopped her actions.
“There’s something underground!” She said to Luo Shuangyue.
The hole she had just dug was slanting downwards, pointing directly toward the small house, and then she encountered something strange.
The small house had an underground structure; although it wasn’t very large, it should accommodate the three of them without any issues.
“There’s a basement here?” Luo Shuangyue was intrigued by Taya’s discovery. Basements are generally used to hide things that cannot be seen by others, right?
Perhaps this little house’s basement conceals the dark history of a magical creature, filled with rotten meat and bones?
With this thought in mind, Luo Shuangyue hurried back to the small house and conducted a thorough search, ultimately lifting the wardrobe in the bedroom to find a basement door that had merged with the wall.
This is the advantage of a magical creature’s house; doors like this can nearly perfectly blend with the surrounding walls. Luo Shuangyue used the little needle transformed by You Lian to poke around until she uncovered the void behind the hidden door.
If Xia Mo or Taya were to come, they’d probably have to dismantle the entire house to find this secret door.
The small path behind the hidden door was quite normal; aside from the rather peculiar building materials, the other parts were not much different from an average secret passage.
After walking down for about ten meters, Luo Shuangyue saw an underground room glowing with a faint light.
A soft green light radiated from the walls of the basement, adding an eerie atmosphere to this already small space.
This place could almost be a perfect location for filming a horror movie. Luo Shuangyue pondered as she scanned the surroundings with the green glow.
For ordinary people, the overly dim environment would be discomforting, but it didn’t affect her; her vision was exceptionally good now. As long as there was a hint of light, she could easily see everything in the room.
Not to mention she had a humanoid walking flashlight beside her.
Upon entering the dimly-lit basement, Taya’s eyes immediately emitted golden light—yes, literally glowing.
Those pairs of big eyes shone like flashlights, illuminating everything they pointed toward.
“It looks a bit like a laboratory? What are these over here…?” Luo Shuangyue stepped to the center of the basement, where something seemed to be placed.
Upon approaching, she gasped in cold air.
In a sense, what was on the table indeed consisted of rotting meat and remnants, but they weren’t human; they were magical creatures.
Several quite intact pieces of origin magical power lay quietly in boxes made of black flesh, their magical consciousness now vanished. For other magical creatures, these were merely delectable and nutritious snacks.
“This piece is Royal-class, and these two are Major-class. It seems the magical creature that lived here previously didn’t have a good relationship with the others,” Luo Shuangyue deduced, observing the three pieces of origin magical power—one large and two small.
Acquiring such intact origin magical power is not straightforward.
When magical girls’ magic cannons take down magical creatures, they end up with only shattered magic fragments.
In contrast, obtaining complete origin magical power requires finer methods.
The simplest way should be mutual devouring among magical creatures. If one magical creature completely consumes another’s body, except for its origin magical power, it can obtain such a piece.
But magical creatures rarely have the time for such leisurely pursuits. They don’t care about origin magical power; they’d just bite down and be done with it.
“Yet why would she leave behind these origin magical powers… I don’t get it.” While muttering, Luo Shuangyue shamelessly took possession of the three black crystals in the box.
This place has been abandoned for so long, surely nobody would want the origin magical power left here; this was called resource recycling.
With these three pieces of magical power in hand, she wouldn’t have to worry about meals for the next few days—how great!
“Let’s hide here for the next few days; once Xia Mo recovers, we’ll go deal with that magical creature. How does that sound?”
“I have no objections.” Although Xia Mo wasn’t very fond of this magical creature’s small house, staying inside did give her a slightly secure feeling.
As for Taya, she had even fewer objections.
The child understands that she isn’t very bright, so she’s willing to listen to her companions.
She definitely can’t rush out alone to confront a magical creature, right? If she had that courage, she should be waiting at the spot where the magical creature is about to appear, not running away after seeing it descend.
Now that Luo Shuangyue said this place can avoid the magical creature, naturally, she is inclined to trust her.
…
Flowers dyed black continuously fall to the ground; their time seems to have been pressed by the fast-forward button countless times, transforming into clumps of black, foul-smelling sludge in an incredibly short time.
These sludges inch towards the center where the black erupts, mixing with the black gas continually pouring from the space, forming the shape of a magical creature.
First, a medium-sized black magical power orb, then the mixture of sludge and magical energy attaches itself to the magical power orb, gradually shaping the magical creature’s appearance.
Initially, the magical creature was merely a terrifying being resembling a mud monster, but as time ticked by, its form slowly solidified, and its instability gradually became denser.
The sky brightens little by little, and the stars overhead slowly vanish. The Black Calamity, which has persisted for nearly a day and night, finally approaches its moment of eruption.
The pitch-black creature opened its eyes; its dark, hollow gaze seemed to devour souls like a chasm, scanning the sea of flowers around it, driven by an innate urge for destruction, prompting it to make its first move after birth.
Instinctively summoning the dark aura, it aimed to destroy every living thing it saw.
But… where is the life?
Looking around, it saw only the purple flowers swaying in the wind, and the newly born magical creature felt a sense of confusion arise in its heart.
Is this how it should be?
In its eyes, the purple flowers were not worthy enemies to destroy; they were merely snacks to enjoy during leisure.
What it now needed was a target on which to unleash its destructive desires.
It flew high, soared higher; the magical creature quickly mastered flying as if it had always been capable. Standing in the sky, it used its hollow gaze to survey the sea of flowers.
Purple, all purple…
It felt disappointment—there seemed to be nothing worthy of interest here.
Until an unusual color appeared in its field of vision.
In that endless purple ocean, it saw a jarring spot of black.
Although it didn’t know what that black dot was, the mere fact that it appeared here was enough to pique the curiosity of the newly born magical creature.
There’s a black spot among all this purple; it would be a problem if it didn’t check it out.
Just recently sprouted, its brain slightly turned, and the magical creature concluded that it should fly toward that black dot.
Boom!
A white shockwave appeared beside it, and in the blink of an eye, its speed broke through the sound barrier.
Before long, it arrived before that little black dot.
What a strange thing. The magical creature didn’t know what this represented, only feeling that there was a vague voice inside prompting it that this thing should be a house.
What’s a house?
It gazed at the black little house in front of it, catching the scent of its deceased kind.
This house is made up of its deceased kin.
Not feeling angry about the fate of its unknown kin, the relationships between magical creatures aren’t that good anyway, let alone this magical creature has just arrived in this world, with no understanding of it at all.
When it saw this house, its first thought was that it should eat this house.
The remains of its deceased kin can also be absorbed; leaving them here is a shameful waste of resources.
With this thought, it extended its hand and ripped open the half-open front door of the house, biting down on it.
It’s tough, terribly nutritious, not tasty; it concluded.
But since it came, it might as well eat the entire house.
…
“That guy is eating the house? Wait, she can actually bite into it?” Luo Shuangyue was stunned when she received this news.
With a successful reconnaissance via her agile transformation, You Lian joyfully circled around Luo Shuangyue, nodding earnestly at Luo Shuangyue’s previous words.
Yes, yes, how can she eat it so happily while even I can’t bite it? She’s truly an even better glutton than I am.
Since this house is composed of the flesh and blood of magical creatures, it can be eaten by magical beings. But just because it can be eaten doesn’t mean it tastes good or has nutritional value.
For these things, You Lian would rather eat flowers outside.
Luo Shuangyue shares the same sentiment.
“After all, you two are high-intelligence magical creatures, so it’s normal to be different from a newly born magical creature,” Xia Mo stated, unsure what expression to show at this moment.
A terrifying magical creature was ruthlessly destroying the building above them, yet they were down here without discussing how to deal with the monster, instead talking about how the house tastes?
Isn’t that a bit too abstract?
“So what should we do now? Prepare for a sneak attack?” gripping a purple gem, Xia Mo displayed a resolute expression.
Her magical energy could unleash one or two cannon blasts now; if that magical creature was caught off-guard, it should be able to seriously injure or even kill it.
“Yes, prepare for battle. Actually, look; this passage leading to the basement is very suitable for a sneak attack, isn’t it?” Luo Shuangyue pointed to the narrow, straight basement tunnel that could accommodate just one person at a time.
This is simply a perfect magic cannon firing passage.
While the two were discussing, an unusual noise suddenly echoed from the direction of the passage, as if something outside had been brutally dismantled.
Following that, very light footsteps accompanied by the sound of crunching from chewing began to approach the entrance of the passage.
It looked like the magical creature had discovered this tunnel and was slowly making its way along it.
Xia Mo immediately entered her transformation state, assembling her floating cannons into a handheld cannon, aiming at the tunnel’s exit.
Luo Shuangyue stealthily moved to one side of the exit, pulling out the magic pearl she had long prepared. If Xia Mo didn’t manage to kill the magical creature with her shot, she would immediately use this thing to finish it off.
The two combat-ready girls were in position, and even Taya held her breath; judging by the increasingly restless magical power nearby, she was also likely holding back a big move.
Now, everything was set; they just needed the right moment.
Hungry Magical
Sister, you certainly didn’t expect such a surprise would be in the basement!
The footsteps grew clearer, that sound as if bare feet were stepping on a muddy ground made people feel a chill in their hearts.
‘Is this guy moving too slowly?’ Luo Shuangyue couldn’t help but think to herself.
Every magical creature she had seen before was more manic than the last, so how could this creature leisurely walk up stairs like the one now?
Could it be that the magical creatures from another world are more polite than the ones on the human side?
Thinking this, Luo Shuangyue felt a bit of amusement; how could magical creatures be polite? Her kind of magical creature is an oddity among them.
One shouldn’t project their own circumstances onto other magical creatures.
The sound was almost right next to them; Xia Mo narrowed her eyes, ready to fire the moment the magical creature appeared in her line of sight.
Step…
A black silhouette appeared at the end of the passage. Bathed in the purple glow, its appearance was unmistakable.
“Eh? This is a magical creature?!” Xia Mo’s expression turned a bit dazed as she looked at the black-haired girl standing in the passage without a stitch of clothing.
This wasn’t the monster she was familiar with, but rather a girl who looked only about ten years old.
Her body bore hardly any traits of a magical creature, with her pale hands clutching the dress she had previously seen in the wardrobe, taking bites out of it.
Wait a minute, what am I thinking? This is definitely a magical creature; just look at her eyes—those pitch-black eyes are absolutely not something a human can possess.
In the next moment, Xia Mo cast away the doubt in her heart and prepared to pull the trigger.
Then she saw the magical girl’s gaze lock onto Luo Shuangyue, who was planning to make a sneak attack from the side.
Or rather, the magical girl unilaterally noticed the white pearl in Luo Shuangyue’s hand.
“Give it to me.” The moment the magical girl spotted the white pearl, her attention was completely captivated, forgetting that Xia Mo was lying in wait in the basement.
She opened her mouth and spoke in the language familiar to both Luo Shuangyue and Xia Mo.
“You want it?” Luo Shuangyue blinked.
The magical girl calmly reached out her hand. “Kin, I want that thing.”
Of course, she could distinguish that Luo Shuangyue was her kind, and she had a faint sense that this kind was a higher existence than herself.
However, for some reason, this superior existence now seemed to have lost a lot of power; otherwise, she wouldn’t dare to speak to her kin like this.
“Alright, but you must take good care of it, okay?”
In other words, is there a possibility that Luo Shuangyue originally intended to give this little pearl to this cute magical girl?
Gently placing the already becoming unstable pearl into the magical girl’s hands, Luo Shuangyue made a signal towards the other two girls in the room.
‘The bomb is about to explode, let’s hurry and leave.’
Xia Mo caught Luo Shuangyue’s signal, immediately tossing the large cannon aside with one hand and grabbing Taya, who was confused about proceedings, and swiftly ran out of the basement.
Luo Shuangyue quickly followed and soon arrived on the open ground.
Surveying her surroundings and seeing the ruined magical creature’s house from before, she could only lament that although some magical creatures may look somewhat human, intrinsically, they’re still quite mindless.
“Is that pearl going to deal with that magical creature?” Xia Mo curiously asked, repositioning the cannon towards the basement.
“I hope it can blow her to half death; don’t you think it’s strange to encounter a little girl who can talk down here? It would be a pity to just blow her up.”
After catching sight of the girl and hearing her words, Luo Shuangyue’s goal changed to capturing this magical girl alive, seeking to better understand the condition of magical creatures in this world.
How come the magical creatures on our side are all such hideous monsters, yet here you have cute girls? It’s not reasonable!
“By the way, that child isn’t even wearing clothes.” Luo Shuangyue pondered as she rubbed her body a couple of times.
It’s normal for magical creatures not to wear clothes, yet for a long-form magical creature not to wear clothes makes Luo Shuangyue think it’s a bit inappropriate.
“So?” Xia Mo’s eyes turned dangerous.
You have your eyes on a magical girl of your kind? Planning to make me act as the cowherd?
“Cough, I’m just expressing a sentiment… ah, time’s almost up.” Luo Shuangyue hurriedly changed the topic.
Just as her voice fell, the ground beneath them shook with a loud rumble, a massive amount of soil splattering as white light points flew off into the distance.
Hey, doing this in that confined room down in the basement would surely amplify the explosion severalfold.
“Let’s go see how that little girl is doing now.”
Not needing to search hard, the three soon found the previously little magical girl right at the center of the explosion.
Her body had been explosively severed in half, as her upper body desperately tried to make its way toward her lower half. The white magical energy flickered upon her wounds, obstructing the regeneration of her body.
While her state appeared dire, there was no immediate threat to her life. As long as she ate something, she’d recover.
This exemplifies the advanced nature of magical creatures.
Unfortunately, the other magical creature present would not grant the magical girl that chance.
So you’re badly wounded and need time to recover, huh? Well then, you’ll become my meal now!
“I’m going to eat her!” Luo Shuangyue fiercely lunged forward.
After thirty years in the east and thirty years in the west, it’s my turn to bully you!
Just a moment ago, you took my white pearl, right? Now obediently repay your debt with your body!
Rushing to the side of the magical girl, Luo Shuangyue grabbed her already melting lower half and summoned her other consciousness.
“Time to eat!”
She had previously promised little Butterfly that meal times require little Butterfly to come out. That little one had been fussing inside her heart, and if Luo Shuangyue didn’t let her out, it would not bode well later.
“Don’t eat her to death; she still has her uses.” Before relinquishing control of her body, Luo Shuangyue specially instructed little Butterfly.
Her goal was not to fill her stomach but to disable this magical girl’s ability to resist so she could later do a variety of strange things to the girl.
If that child did not lose her capability to resist, don’t forget she isn’t just any ordinary girl; she is a magical creature, a Royal-class magical creature!
Little Butterfly quickly replied with an understanding, eagerly taking control of the body and biting down.
First, she swiftly gnawed away at the magical girl’s melting lower half, which resembled a chocolate ice cream ball, and then went around to the girl’s back, sinking her teeth into her neck.
The intensity of her grip made the wary Xia Mo flinch.
If it were a normal person here, they would have probably spewed blood and gone to meet the King of Hell.
You may doubt little Butterfly’s fighting power, but don’t doubt her strength when biting down; after all, she knows nothing but food.
As for the destructive desire that magical creatures possessed… she had little of that.
Why aim for such grand objectives? First fill her stomach, then consider everything else.
“How terrifying…” Taya was shocked by this horrifying scene, realizing for the first time that one of the companions alongside her seemed to be a creature she feared the most.
“You don’t need to worry, Taya; Shuangyue doesn’t eat friends.” Seeing the Dragon Girl next to her turn pale with fear, Xia Mo quickly comforted her.
In other words, she only eats those who aren’t friends! This sentence immediately took on a new flavor in Taya’s ears.
If Luo Shuangyue doesn’t eat friends, then if she doesn’t become a friend of Luo Shuangyue, wouldn’t she be at risk of being eaten?
Watching the struggling magical girl whose movements were gradually weakening, with her pupils slowly losing their luster, Taya couldn’t help but swallow hard.
‘Almost done; if she keeps sucking, she really will die.’ Luo Shuangyue hurriedly interrupted little Butterfly’s feast.
This meal left little Butterfly very satisfied. After Luo Shuangyue spoke, she relaxed her grip, and though she expressed a bit of dissatisfaction, she obediently retreated back into Luo Shuangyue’s body.
Regaining control of her body, Luo Shuangyue released her bite, savoring the taste of the magical girl momentarily.
Hmm… rather bland, just similar to ordinary home-cooked food.
However, the magical creature’s magical power was indeed easier to digest than that of magical girls; the power that little Butterfly consumed had almost entirely transformed into her strength.
Now she had finally advanced from being a disabled Royal-class to an injured Royal-class… How does it feel like her rank dropped instead?
Cough, these details aren’t important. The key is that as long as she steadily absorbs energy and regains her health, she can attain Royal-class power, enough to free her from being a burden.
As for the magical girl, who was left half alive and gasping for breath in her embrace, hey, she’s a magical creature; if her origin magical power remains intact, she won’t die. There’s no need to worry about her safety.
