"Gulp, gulp, gulp—"
Another bottle of Ice Spring Water went down, and Chen Yu felt his stomach had turned into a water balloon.
【Ding】
【Cave Reminder: Insufficient Elemental Affinity for Learning】
Still not enough?!
Chen Yu's eyes widened like lightbulbs.
Where was his crit?
He flipped through his personal page.
【Elemental Affinity +1】
【Elemental Affinity +1】
【Elemental Affinity +1】
……
He hadn't tanned himself, had he?
Why so unlucky, not even seeing a +2?
This was killing him!
Unable to drink anymore, Chen Yu stopped and pointed his finger at the Mole Mage.
The Mole Mage froze.
Here it comes!
The light of slavery was about to pierce its soul, and fear made its legs tremble.
No!
It wanted to be a warrior.
Even as its consciousness was about to vanish, it wanted to remember—
It was a rare genius among the mole people, one in ten thousand years.
It was a mage!
Its small, mung bean-like eyes were wide open, filled with intense fearlessness.
"Devil!"
"Demon!"
"I will curse you with the most venomous words in the world."
The bound Mole Mage's eyes were filled with despair. It knew that soon it would be enslaved by this foreigner who was heading towards darkness, embracing the devil.
Its personality would be wiped out, and its future would end here.
Come on!
It was a fearless warrior.
"You can go."
Chen Yu whispered softly, and also had Black Bean untie the ropes made of clothes.
Huh?
The Mole Mage was instantly confused.
It raised its hand to pat its ears, then dug into them forcefully.
Go?
The foreigner was going to let it go?
"I... I can go?"
The Mole Mage blinked continuously.
The surprise came too fast, like a tornado. It had already prepared itself to die valiantly, and now it was being let go?
Say no more.
Kiss the ground.
With a thud, the Mole Mage knelt down.
Bang, bang, bang.
It kowtowed three times.
"Holy Lord, I will praise you and sing your praises with the most beautiful words in the world!"
Kneeling on the ground, the Mole Mage's face was filled with piety. "The elemental spirits will bless you, your kindness will be favored by the elemental spirits, and you will surely become a great mage in the future."
Not bad.
This change of face was faster than the weather in June.
Chen Yu looked at it and whispered.
"As long as you don't curse me."
The Mole Mage shook its head in panic.
"I will pray for you my whole life."
"You can leave now," Chen Yu said, taking out 500g of roasted meat and throwing it into its hand. "Before that, take this meat with you. Consider it your provisions for the road. Take a bite in front of me."
Devil!!!
The Mole Mage's heart suddenly grew cold.
So, it wasn't going to enslave it, but rather give it poisoned roasted meat.
Did he want it to die so badly?
Provisions?
That was a lie.
If it were truly for provisions, why insist on having it take a bite here?
Its nose twitched slightly.
It smelled so good.
Was this the foreigner's method of disguising poison?
Gulp.
The enticing aroma of roasted meat made the Mole Mage involuntarily swallow.
It had never tasted such fragrant roasted meat in its life.
"What are you waiting for, eat!"
Chen Yu urged. The Mole Mage's gaze shifted, and it looked up at the sky, its eyes filled with longing for home.
Goodbye, Mom, tonight my soul returns home... read here.
How I wish I could eat your coarse bran mixed rice one more time!
Chomp.
It took a bite.
"This!"
The Mole Mage, who had been looking resolute as if it were going to its death, had a drastic change in expression. It stared with wide eyes, then looked ecstatic.
Too—
Too delicious!
Even if there was rat poison in this meat, it accepted it.
Chomp.
Chomp.
Chomp!
After a few bites, the Mole Mage finished the entire piece of meat and then licked its hand with its tongue.
"Is there more? Can you give me another piece? Poison me more thoroughly, kill me!!!" The Mole Mage's eyes were full of expectation.
"Doesn't it taste delicious?" Chen Yu chuckled.
The Mole Mage nodded like a pecking chick.
He swore,
He had never eaten such delicious roasted meat in his life.
"Trade something for it," Chen Yu said, reaching out his hand with a smile. "Basic resources, elemental fragments, including food raw materials, I accept anything."
Take it out.
Don't hide it anymore.
If you can resist the temptation of Ice Spring Water, I don't believe you can resist the temptation of roasted meat.
Take out all your savings!!
(▼皿▼#)
Chen Yu felt a greedy devil roaring in his heart.
He wanted to squeeze the Mole Mage dry.
The Mole Mage showed an embarrassed expression.
"I... I really have nothing left."
Chen Yu's face immediately darkened.
Looking at the Mole Mage's demeanor, it seemed it truly had nothing left.
Was that it?
A cunning rabbit has three burrows; why aren't you, a mouse, smart enough to hide your resources in multiple places?
This was a foolish mole.
Black Bean's single trip had wiped out its entire nest.
"Scram!"
Chen Yu lost interest in him when he couldn't extract any resources.
Unexpectedly, the Mole Mage knelt before Chen Yu with a thud.
"Please, big brother, take me in. I am willing to be your loyal servant forever. I am willing to follow you everywhere. I am willing to..."
Screech!
The tip of the sword hovered before the Mole Mage's neck.
"Get lost!"
A chilling whisper came from Chen Yu's mouth.
The howling Mole Mage immediately shrunk its neck and moved back two steps. It scurried to the shimmering circle, staring at Chen Yu, who was sitting among the mole corpses.
He wasn't going to take it in.
Looking at this underground space, this was once its kingdom.
It was destroyed.
Its mole warriors were behind that foreigner who controlled the delicious roasted meat, and he still wouldn't take it in.
The Mole Mage raised a finger at Chen Yu.
"Hey, you little rat spirit."
Chen Yu shook his head and smiled. The Mole Mage had already disappeared into the white light.
"Black Bean, next time you see it, beat it soundly," Chen Yu said with a low chuckle. "This little rat is quite agile."
"Do you want me to catch it?"
"Can you?"
"That's a must!"
Black Bean patted its chest, making a thumping sound.
"Forget it, let it run." Chen Yu didn't take it to heart. He stretched lazily. "Let it grow a bit. Next time I see it, I'll skin it again."
"What if we don't meet it?" Black Bean blinked.
"If we don't meet it, then we don't," Chen Yu said with a smile. "It's already quite miserable, its savings were taken by us, and it was bullied like that. It just raised a finger, like a threat. If we meet it..."
Chen Yu's hands instantly turned into eagle claws, his fingers tensed.
"I'll even strip its underwear!"
Black Bean, crouching beside him, couldn't help but shiver.
Black-hearted slave owner, so scary.
Not even leaving underwear, it was going to be returned to its primitive state naked.
"Are there no more resources in this cave?" Chen Yu's expression returned to normal. He didn't care about the Mole Mage at all.
He had already earned enough from the Mole Mage.
If there was any loss, it was one portion of exquisite roasted meat.
He thought that the Mole Mage might possess spatial items like Ilya, and he could use roasted meat to lure it into trading its treasures.
So Chen Yu just robbed it!
Who would have thought...
"There are absolutely no resources left," Black Bean said, patting its chest with a thud. "You can rest assured about the space I explore. If I miss any resources, I'm not worthy of being a resource... combat spirit pet!"
"Just pretend."
Chen Yu didn't want to expose Black Bean's little thoughts.
With a bang, he kicked out of the camp.
The mole corpses couldn't be piled outside forever. Corpses had a shelf life. If left for too long, the meat would rot and affect the taste, which Chen Yu couldn't accept.
Speaking of which, this little courtyard was actually quite nice.
Although the courtyard was small now, it was a good place to store mole corpses.
Watching the moles being transported into the camp.
Chen Yu couldn't help but feel a surge of happiness.
How much meat was this!
With his greed crit, wouldn't it fill a warehouse?
"Big brother, I suddenly thought of something," Black Bean said, tilting its head and blinking as it dragged the mole corpses. "If we kept it, wouldn't it be able to keep moving moles for us? You could kill them one by one, and it would become our long-term meat ticket?"
Chen Yu: "..."
Chen Yu, carrying the mole corpses, suddenly stopped and looked at Black Bean.
"Can you catch it back now?"
Black Bean sniffed, then nodded vigorously.
"The scent is still there, so yes!"
"Then bring it back to me!" Chen Yu's eyes showed a devilish grin, and his eyes sparkled with greed. "Bring it back!!!"