Chapter 213: Purpose

No need to think; by now you should know this was all Princess Mei Mei's doing.

Rod carefully sensed the magic on the crystal box, and this time he truly recognized it.

【Bursting Emerald】?

Though it is only a fifth-tier spell, its power rises with the quality of the magic, not to mention the convenience of casting it as a ranged skill.

Whether intentional or not, this spell is very rare on the market.

When Rod once flipped through some spell notes whose author he did not know, it was mentioned there; he took an immediate liking to it, but unfortunately, he could not find it even within the Magic Control Union.

Outside the array ritual, a flash of magical light flickered.

A cat-fairy dressed in splendid attire appeared via 【Spatial Shift】.

This cat was identical to the figure seen earlier in the cave room.

It was Princess Mei Mei.

She wore a pink puffy princess dress, a magnificent golden crown between her two high-pointing cat ears, and held a fairy wand topped with a five-pointed star in her right hand.

Combined with her pure white fur, just like the Witch Cat, she looked sweet and elegant, a perfect embodiment of the Princess stereotype.

The Witch Cat looked at her, her face full of disbelief.

"Princess Mei Mei, why?"

Duke Andy laughed loudly: "Foolish Witch Cat, the one Princess Mei Mei loves is me; she has come to save me!"

Princess Mei Mei's elegant smile never ceased.

But she ignored both of them, instead pinching the hem of her skirt and bowing lightly to Rod.

"Dragon God Envoy, Princess Mei Mei pays her respects."

Her voice was sweet, still perfectly fitting the cat persona.

Rod waved his hand: "I know you villainous types have a need to confess; speak up, what do you want the dragon body materials for?"

"My lord Rod is indeed an envoy serving the Dragon God; my crude spells truly could not affect you."

"I said it before: I do not serve Naulin; Naulin serves me."

"Hehehe~~ My lord Rod is quite the joker."

The Witch Cat beside him suddenly slammed the ground, striking a puddle nearby, splashing water all over herself.

Her expression had already begun to crumble: "Princess Mei Mei! Why! Are we not sisters! We once stood atop Witch Peak, blowing in the night wind, and swore to be sisters forever!"

Princess Mei Mei turned toward her, her smile fading, her expression turning cold.

"Could you please be quiet while I speak with my honored guest?"

"Wh-what?"

She elegantly extended a white paw, lightly covering her mouth and nose as if disgusted: "Look at yourself now, Witch Cat; in what way do you match me?"

The Witch Cat paused slightly, looking down at her own cat paws.

The white on her fur, stained by the water on the ground, seemed to peel away like paint, turning into a mottled tricolor mess.

"No! No! This is the new color Princess Mei Mei painted on me!"

Princess Mei Mei let out a scoff.

She waved the fairy wand in her hand, leaving a magical slash in the air, and took a light step forward.

"A tricolor, inferior, mongrel fur; a cat-fairy who has atavistically mutated into a deformity; becoming sisters with me, Princess Mei Mei? Hehe~~"

At this moment, Duke Andy laughed loudly again:

"Witch Cat, do you still not understand? Princess Mei Mei and I have privately pledged our lives to each other; her entire journey here is to live and sleep with me!"

Having spoken, he looked expectantly at the one he loved.

But the return was still a mocking laugh.

"Isn't this the soft, useless, tin-tipped Duke Andy? How are you not dead yet?"

"Princess Mei Mei?" he was stunned, "But those few nights, didn't you say you had leaked?"

"I can see the inferiority in your heart, Duke Andy. Your body is huge, yet that part is especially small; for a long time you have only dared to seek out cat-fairies with smaller bodies; that is also the source of your power, hehe. Does my body type suit your appetite?"

Duke Andy's eyes widened, and he remained unresponsive for a long time.

Hearing this conversation, Rod couldn't help but rub his temples.

If it were a human, it would be fine; for some reason, hearing it from a cat-fairy's mouth always feels like it burns the ears.

He kicked the Witch Cat with his foot.

She had been blasted into serious injury and also suffered mental trauma; unable to withstand it, she collapsed onto the puddle on the ground, her face smeared with dirty water.

The white dye smeared again, making her look even more wretched.

"Stunned, aren't you? She doesn't even consider you worth her notice."

Hearing Rod's teasing, she ground her teeth hard, lowering her head to reveal an expression of humiliation.

Splash—

Pudding struggled to push aside the giant stone on his body, covered in blood.

The moment he saw Princess Mei Mei outside the ritual array, his face was complex.

"Princess Mei Mei, is everything you said true?"

Rod was speechless.

Great, another one coming to throw themselves away.

Unexpectedly, Princess Mei Mei over there showed a hint of tenderness: "Pudding, you are the only person I have ever loved."

Pudding was also a man who suddenly awakened; after hearing everything Princess Mei Mei said, he no longer fell into love-struck foolishness.

He slowly drew his long sword from his waist.

He said painfully: "We once pledged our lives to each other, yet you did all this."

Noticing Pudding's movement, Princess Mei Mei's expression turned cold once more: "I intended to give you a chance to ascend to godhood with me, yet just as your loyalty surpasses your love for me, so too does my ideal."

She surged with the magic power within her.

The ritual instantly accelerated, and the Weight of Power's heavy roar immediately pressed down upon everyone's heads.

Seeing the cat-fairies go off-topic again, Rod had to remind them:

"Princess Mei Mei, you haven't said what you need the dragon body materials for! What is this so-called 'ascension to godhood'?"

Princess Mei Mei looked at him again, spreading her arms with full confidence.

"My ascension to godhood is to replace the dragon body materials and become one of the Dragon God's bodies!"

"..."

Although, judging by the cat-fairies' rather abnormal values, Rod could somewhat guess her purpose wouldn't be like that of a regular villain.

But he never expected it to be this abnormal.

He helplessly spread his hands: "What benefit does this bring you? This has nothing to do with ascending to godhood, does it?"

Princess Mei Mei retorted: "My lord Rod, as the Dragon God's envoy, do you not understand the magnificent beauty of the Dragon God's body? Do you not wish to possess a body as towering as the Dragon God's? How is becoming part of the Dragon God not considered ascending to godhood?!!"

Fine.

I get it now.

Under Naulin's influence, the cat-fairies in the 【Cat Fairy Paradise】 dungeon were either her fans or her twisted fans.

"Then, speaking of which, there is no conflict between you and me, is there?"

"There wasn't originally, but unfortunately, you were exempt from the mental influence I cast. Letting you return alive would expose my purpose as the Dragon God."

Having said that, Princess Mei Mei waved the fairy wand in her hand.

A glimmer of magic power instantly flashed above Tally beside Rod and quickly condensed into a shadowy mass.

The next moment, the shadow descended from the sky, completely enveloping her, then vanished swiftly; at the same time, Tally disappeared as well.

"【Shadow Shift】? Why did you shift Tally out? Besides, with your accumulated magic power, you cannot shift her very far."

Rod expressed his confusion.

"Indeed, I cannot shift her very far. This Young Lady only needs five seconds to return here, provided she can still remember this location..."

Ho~ It's that memory-altering spell again?

Princess Mei Mei smiled confidently: "Without your sister as combat power, my lord Rod, what can you do?"

(End of Chapter)