Chapter 232: The Cat Demon Again

Pfft—

The female orc Amy swung a massive crystal cleaver, splitting a forest scorpion-leopard in half with a single blow.

Slash! Blood and entrails splattered through the air.

Amy bathed in it ecstatically, steam rising from her body in waves.

Her movements never ceased; she spun around and kicked a leaping scorpion-leopard away with a single foot.

Then she charged again toward the pack of wild beasts besieging them under the cover of night.

Pfft—

Whoosh—

Crack—

The sounds of the blade slicing through flesh, snapping bones, and blood spraying, along with Amy's laughter, echoed through the deep night.

Rod, Tally, the elf, and the banshee stood aside, watching her slaughter at will.

Lady Kali was utterly disgusted by Amy's fighting style.

"You should teach her. This beast-like way of fighting is far too ugly."

Rod smiled, unconcerned:

"Style matters. We aren't the rigid faction of some academy; wild growth suits us better. Besides, Amy is an orc; this way suits her even more."

"But she deliberately splashed entrails and blood all over herself."

Amy, positioned amidst the scorpion-leopards, now had at least three intestines filled with their contents hanging from her body.

She had even pried off a leopard head and was trying to tie it to her waist with a belt.

Alright.

Rod admitted this was indeed a bit disgusting.

"Amy! What are you doing hanging these things on yourself?"

The female orc heard her master scolding her and giggled foolishly.

"Master! The blood and entrails of enemies are the glory of orcs! This is Amy's glory!"

Rod sighed helplessly: "Listen, put them down quickly."

Amy immediately looked about to cry, but after her eyes rolled around once, she laughed again:

"Amy understands! Master wants my glory, right?! If it's Master's wish, Amy is willing to share!"

With that, she took the intestines off her body and threw them forcefully toward Rod.

"Damn it!"

The scorpion-leopard's large intestine, still full of contents, was several meters long and covered a vast area.

Rod was about to jump aside when Tally, giggling sweetly, came over, hugged him, and vanished into the shadows to dodge.

The elf Lady Kali and the banshee Chris were also startled.

The former elegantly departed her spot with a 【Spatial Shift】, while the latter, being a spirit entity, hadn't even had time to react before the large intestine passed right through her spirit form.

Splat—

The large intestine slapped onto the ground, extremely disgusting.

Rod was so annoyed by Amy he couldn't help but laugh; he could only issue a new command using the Nu Yi Zhou: "No hanging entrails on yourself!"

"Nooo——"

The female orc, while crushing a scorpion-leopard's head with one hand, complained reluctantly in a coquettish tone.

Her facial features were distinct, possessing both the orc's sternness and sense of power, yet retaining feminine softness and gentleness.

The scorpion-leopard's brain matter and blood sprayed onto her, carrying a touch of brutality and strange beauty.

Rod didn't intend to completely crush their orc traditions.

The command only forbade hanging entrails; hanging a few severed limbs or other bits wasn't unacceptable.

"Listen!"

"Okay."

Amy could only reluctantly throw the things off her body.

Lady Kali appeared beside Rod.

Frowning, she said, "The elves have lesson plans for teaching ladies how to fight. I'll write one for you later."

"Do you expect Amy to learn these? I don't think she will."

"You spoil her too much. Not just the orcs, but even those other girls in the forest with past records."

As she spoke, she glanced at Chris, who was standing aside pondering directions.

The banshee first scammed the farm, then swindled the equipment of the land nagas in the Death Desert; she was truly a born swindler.

In the eyes of the serious, rigid, and earnest traditional elves, these were all bad students in urgent need of correction.

"Then, Teacher Lady Kali, what do you mean?"

Rod asked with a smile.

"Like with Little Little Bangde, let me educate them."

"Are you serious?"

"Of course. The forest belongs to nature, and my elves are children of nature; we have the duty to teach the bad students in the Wind Wall Forest."

Lady Kali was indeed someone who loved to play the teacher, and she didn't look like she was joking.

Rod pondered for a moment.

Chris's twelve commands were actually extremely harsh, essentially locking her in the forest so she could do nothing.

This actually didn't quite fit his aesthetic for treating girls; he preferred girls to have independent and distinctive healthy personalities.

"So which students is this elven teacher planning to take?"

Lady Kali caught the words.

She swept a sour-faced glance over everyone present.

"Aside from Little Little Bangde — the beastfolk, the banshee, the succubus, and you, human."

Rod could only laugh helplessly: "Me?"

Tally immediately objected, the first to speak up: "I'm not going! What gives you the right to be a teacher?"

"Indulgence is the prelude to decline. Succubus, you need to learn restraint. And you, human — you think your spell fundamentals are solid? What good is fast mana accumulation? Do you actually understand how spells work, or do you know the basics?"

"Master~~ Listen to what this one's saying! Is that even human language?! I'm a succubus! Learn restraint? What for?"

Rod ignored Tally.

Fair point.

The elf was right — without systematic study, the fundamentals of spellcraft had always been his weak spot.

The Spirit Seed did boost his comprehension and talent, but there was no need to re-derive from scratch what predecessors had already organized neatly.

"Fine. You pick the time."

"What?! Master, no—"

At his words, Tally wailed.

Lady Kali's sour face, meanwhile, showed a flicker of smugness.

She glanced at the succubus and smiled contemptuously.

"Look at her! Master! She's despising me!!"

Tally's fury knew no bounds; she flung herself into her master's arms to tattle.

Rod patted her cute little face, finding it rather funny.

He kissed her by the ear, breathing in the succubus's signature sweet scent, and murmured: "I won't force you. If you're unhappy, you can skip class."

"I heard that. Lesson one of today's restraint training — you two cannot be stuck together every waking moment."

Lady Kali's gaze turned unfriendly.

Tally returned the kiss to her master.

Then she stuck out her tongue at the elf, made a face, and vanished into the shadows with a whoosh.

The small talk ended.

Up ahead, the beastfolk Amy's bloody slaughter had also wrapped up.

They were now in a dense forest.

According to the banshee Chris, they weren't far from the ratfolk's territory.

The reason they'd run into the forest scorpion-leopards' attack was that the sky-sail handled poorly in the dense canopy, so the group had found a clearing to land and decided to continue on foot.

"Hold on a moment."

Lady Kali called everyone to a halt, saying she could use the corpses here to summon a helper that would counter the ratfolk.

Rod had no objection.

The elf used 【Mage Hand】 to gather the corpses, then drew a ritual array around them.

Rod admitted he couldn't make heads or tails of it.

And couldn't be bothered to watch.

So he simply teamed up with Amy to make a belt fitted with hooks, then helped hang the remaining scorpion-leopard heads on it.

The banshee watching from the side kept rolling her eyes.

A short while later.

As mana-light flickered, the flesh-and-blood spell material dissolved into a red mist that seeped into the ritual array.

Then a flash of light — blue mana particles slowly assembled into the silhouette of a standing cat.

Whoosh—

The mist dispersed.

An adorable orange cat-sprite appeared.

(End of chapter)