Chapter 214: Memory Wish Stone

Rod paused for a moment.

He quickly realized that since entering the 【Cat Spirit Paradise】, he had not made a single move due to his shrunken body being inconvenient and his local strength being slightly weak; Tally had handled everything on his behalf.

So, did the other party think that Rod, as the Dragon God's Envoy, had no combat power?

Come on, you can surely see the accumulation of spiritual energy; I am at least at the early stage of the Sixth Tier.

What? Princess Mei Mei is at the mid-stage of the Sixth Tier? Oh, that explains her confidence.

"I am truly exhausted, my lord. You do not know how loyal your sister is to you. I wanted her to attack you directly, but that part of the memory could not be shaken at all. Just finding the part that could be tampered with took me a full hour."

While Princess Mei Mei was speaking.

The temperature within the ritual formation gradually rose, then emitted waves of steam.

In a short while, all the Cat Spirits except Rod were steamed dizzy by the heat.

Pudding approached, sweating profusely: "Rest assured, my lord. I, Pudding, will guard you to the death."

"You should take care of yourself first."

Rod was now too lazy to choose further.

He looked again at the display:

【Affected by the 【Cat Spirit Paradise】 dungeon rules, shrinking begins. Do you wish to use the 【Open Dungeon Pass】 for exemption?】

He was about to select 'Yes'.

It was not that this dungeon rule had a great impact.

It was just that he was always accustomed to fighting in his original physical state.

Pudding spoke in a low voice: "I can feel that Princess Mei Mei still has lingering feelings for me. Later, I will pretend to agree. Once we leave this ritual formation, I will find an opportunity to attack her."

Rod smiled, then immediately put aside the thought of exempting the dungeon rule.

He had come here with the intention of traveling and relaxing.

The Cat Spirits' style of conduct and the plot progression were similar to fairy tales, so he preferred to maintain the perspective of an observer rather than changing things personally.

Of course, the Jing Shen Xi Fa spell currently held by Princess Mei Mei was an unexpected joy; obtaining it would be best.

"I will never disappoint the expectations of my lord."

After receiving the Dragon God's Envoy's approval, Pudding's confidence increased greatly.

He forced himself to recall every little moment of his past with Princess Mei Mei, and tried hard to forget that she had an affair with Duke Andy and all these evil matters, then stepped forward to express his love to his beloved.

And Princess Mei Mei happened to have something to say on this matter, so the two began a conversation.

As for the lines in this regard being overly cloying and heaven-defying.

Including but not limited to 'He just rubbed against me', 'At that time I resisted with all my might', 'He is no good, you are more comfortable', 'Every night after the act I dug a hole to go find you', 'I am pregnant', 'I still love you'.

And 'I do not mind your past', 'Blood relations are not that important', 'Being a cat and being a bit confused is not so bad', and the like.

Rod was too lazy to listen further.

So he went to find the Witch Cat nearby.

Smiling, he continued to salt her wounds: "Busy talking to your own lover, leaving your good sister lying in a stinking ditch without care, really."

The Witch Cat gave him a hateful look and struggled to climb up on her own.

"I heard you were a student of Bahadur and dropped out. Why?"

She ignored him and tried to cast a spell to do something, but her injuries were severe; a bloody hole had been blown open in her abdomen, and her internal organs and bones were visible.

In this situation, let alone maintaining the focus required for casting a spell, Rod did not doubt at all that she, as a weak-bodied mage, would die right there.

Rod took out a bottle of healing magic potion and waved it in front of her.

"I noticed contract documents in the souls of your two Headless Knights. How about using this potion to exchange for them?"

He had tried the Nu Yi Zhou on the Headless Knights last night, but since the other party was already an enslaved object, it could not take effect.

For him, the collection value of the two sisters, Mimi and Teta, was greater than their practical value.

However, the Wind Wall Forest was ultimately too large; ultimately, many hands were needed.

Pan Ni's 【Necromancer Legion】 of Ghasts had many people, but the negative energy was off the charts; for the healthy growth of the trees, it was best not to enter the forest.

The Witch Cat glanced over and muttered a few words:

"Death is at the door, why are you telling me this?"

"That is not necessarily true."

"Still hoping your sister will come to save you? Do not dream. This place is inherently hidden. Princess Mei Mei deliberately erased her memory of this place, so she certainly will not find it."

Rod sat beside her, glanced at Pudding over there, and saw they were still conversing.

"Do you know what spell that is?"

The Witch Cat coughed violently, then spat out a huge mouthful of blood.

The blood instantly soaked through the small vest on her body.

She was already so debilitated that she was near death.

Rod could only feed her the magic potion.

The effect was quite good; after recovering for over ten seconds, she had the strength to speak again.

"It is not a spell. It is a treasure I stole before leaving the Bahadur Magic Academy, named 【Memory Wish Stone】. It allows the user to operate on the memory layer of others to a certain extent."

Seeing her condition was still terrible, Rod deeply feared she was experiencing a final burst of energy before dying in the next moment.

So he pinched her furry face and forced another bottle of magic potion down her throat.

"What are you doing! Hmm—"

Rod shrugged: "So you knew the function of this treasure, yet you still fell victim to it?"

"What? Fell victim? I gave it to Princess Mei Mei voluntarily. We are like sisters; sharing something like this, what is the problem?"

"... Then, given this situation, what do you think?"

"Of course Princess Mei Mei has another objective— at the last moment she'll definitely come rescue me."

Aren't you thoroughly brainwashed at this point?

Rod couldn't be bothered to dwell on this.

While they spoke, Pudding over there had actually pulled off the Beautiful Cat Scheme, and got Princess Mei Mei to agree to let her out.

Just as the two of them embraced passionately, Pudding, tears in her eyes, drove the sword into her lover's chest.

"Wah-woof."

Rod let out a small gasp.

Then he saw Princess Mei Mei push Pudding away, her face going from shock to fury, and from fury to self-mockery.

The witch-cat beside her saw the scene too and immediately tried to rise and help her sister, but her injuries were too severe, and on top of that she was inside the ritual array, so she couldn't do a thing.

She could only watch helplessly as Princess Mei Mei took out a cone-pin brooch identical to Pudding's, channeled a spell through it, and drove it viciously into her own chest.

Immediately after, Princess Mei Mei rapidly swelled and warped, becoming a spherical monster made of elephant legs, deer legs, insect limbs, cat paws, and human legs.

The cat fairies present at the scene lost themselves at the sight, muttering praises like "beautiful" and "magnificent."

Rod sighed, and at once knew the cat fairies had run out of tricks.

"Exempt from labyrinth rules."

The next instant, he reverted to his normal human form.

The golden sword in his hand swept, and a colossal spiritual greatsword appeared with it.

A single strike sent the ritual's barrier—and the spherical monster made of assorted legs along with it—flying.

(End of chapter)