Chapter 202: Worry and Night

Night.

After having dinner at the temporary hospital, Rod returned to the ranger's cabin and immediately sensed something was wrong.

He detected faint traces of magic around the cabin.

And a familiar scent still lingered in the air.

"Kali? She was here?"

Rod couldn't help but feel surprised; elves rarely came to his side.

But he didn't mind much. If it were someone else, he might have investigated, but the elf had lived in the forest for nearly half a year and helped him many times; Rod still trusted her character.

"Master~ Hurry and come inside~ I'm starving to death~"

Besides, there was a succubus waiting to be fed.

Tally had also worked a full day; besides a hasty meal in the morning, she had taken in no essence or energy since.

She had transformed from a petite night elf into a human woman with long hair reaching her legs, perfectly matching her master's taste: a curvy, mature type.

Rod picked her up and didn't even wait to enter the house.

As for Tally...

She had mastered her master's sensitive spots very well.

The moon remained high overhead.

But after battle, Rod was never easily satisfied; this could only be considered a halftime break.

The two lay on the bed, drenched in sweat.

Tally leaned against his chest, drawing circles lightly.

"Master seems a bit worried," she said.

"Do I?"

"Don't forget I'm a succubus; I can feel it."

Rod couldn't help but smile.

"Then in the future, won't I only be able to give it to you when I'm happy?"

"That's not necessary; Tally likes it either way."

Saying that, she kissed his neck with a "mwah."

Rod laughed, patting his head, his fingers curling her beautiful hair.

"I thought that being on the kingdom's frontier, surrounded by the Death Desert, a no-man's-land nobody wants, the Wind Wall Forest and Shi Ying Town should be far from the vortex of world-shaking events, but it seems we are being dragged into it at every moment."

"Does Master want to stay out of it?"

"Staying out is impossible; I just thought this place was a qualified beginner zone, enough for me to grow until I could solve everything... It's just a sigh that things aren't quite as I wished."

Tally climbed up.

"I want it again."

"As you wish, Young Lady Tally."

"Hmm~~ o(*￣▽￣*)o"

Tally panted softly, glancing sideways and looking down, but her eyes were full of affection.

"Tally doesn't understand; Tally only knows how to make Master happy this way, so leave all your worries to me."

Rod paused for a moment.

Smiling, he said, "If you're this gentle, I might fall in love with you, Tally."

"What? You're only falling in love with me now? Does that mean all the sweet things Master said before were lies!?"

"How could that be? I like Tally the most."

Rod pulled her down along his arm and kissed her lips deeply.

Tally then reverted to her true succubus form, passionately hugging her master's head tightly and gnawing fiercely.

【Tally's obedience to you +3, current obedience: 81】

【Obedience broke through eighty; randomly drawing a shared skill】

【Chou Qu Cheng Gong】

【Shared Skill: Pain Lashing】

【Details: Use a whip composed of spiritual energy to lash an individual. When used on enemies, it inflicts intense pain and poison, and causes them to fall under a vulnerability curse; when used on allies, it grants the following temporary buffs at the cost of moderate pain: physical strength increased by 30%, and the strength and circulation efficiency of spiritual energy or magic each increased by 20%. (Note: Using this skill on allies carries a risk of addiction; willpower is required to make a saving throw.)】

Damn.

A god-tier skill!

Rod's eyes lit up.

He had seen Tally use this skill before, but it was just an ordinary mid-to-close-range technique with nothing special.

It might also be that succubi don't have the habit of training spiritual arts; she always only used shadow spells reinforced by various methods.

When he saw this skill during the extraction just now, Rod had momentarily felt disdain.

Who would have thought, who would have thought, that the full-state 【Pain Lashing】 is such a powerful buff-type skill!

And at this moment...

A gleam of magic flashed inside the wooden cabin.

Rod immediately sensed a spell assaulting his mind.

【Symbol of Sleep】? And 【Paralysis Spell】?

The former was needless to say; his extremely high mental resistance was no joke, and it simply had no effect.

The latter was the same; with his current physical state, he could easily make a saving throw.

Only Tally on his body suffered the consequences.

The power of this 【Sleep Sigil】 is extremely strong—I'm afraid even a seventh-rank expert who let their guard down for a moment would suffer for it.

Rod's expression turned strange.

The instant the ritual activated, he had already spread out his perception.

Yet a familiar figure within the range of his perception made him abandon the thought of counterattacking.

It was the elf Lady Kali.

She was staggering, seemingly unable to even walk steadily.

Not only that, the magic within her body was in disarray, and there wasn't a trace of killing intent.

An ambush?

Honestly, Rod didn't think it was very likely.

Having spent half a year with Lady Kali, he knew she was a person who valued loyalty and friendship—cold on the outside, warm on the inside.

They had just gone through a life-and-death battle together, and now she was going to launch a night raid?

Although he was unwilling to believe it, if she truly intended to harm them, he could only strike.

But before that, he still needed to probe and confirm.

So Rod did not react for the time being.

He pretended to have fainted and waited quietly.

Not long after.

With a click, 【Unlock】 opened the cabin's door lock.

In the reflection of the moonlight, a perfect figure appeared.

Rod felt Lady Kali stumbling over to the bedside, mumbling something, but he couldn't make it out for the moment.

Then she used 【Mage Hand】 to toss Tally onto a sofa nearby.

Then, Rod felt her lips already nearly brushing against his face.

A fragrance, sweet and cloying, sprayed into his nostrils—very enticing.

And at that moment, he also heard clearly what she was saying:

"It's not working."

Not working?

What's not working?

Before Rod could think it through, he heard the rustling sound of clothes being taken off.

(⊙_⊙)?

No!

Wait!

What are you doing?!

"Hmph—"

An extremely husky, drawn-out low hum emerged from Lady Kali's throat.

Then she leaned down.

But she didn't fully make contact; instead, like a calligraphy brush, with the motion of her body, she used Rod's chest as paper, drawing circles back and forth.

He could still feel her breath spraying onto his face.

"It's all the potion's fault. Not working."

"Human. Human Rod Rod pervert Rod public dog Rod"

Rod: ￣へ￣

Although you've been cursing me the whole time, could you please not get so worked up?

See you in the group later

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(End of this chapter)