Chapter 579: Softening and News from the Bone Dragon Megan

After using the 【Spatial Tree Walk】 to return to the Emerald Tree at the edge of the Windwall Forest.

Rod found that the sky had already begun to lighten.

The little fairy Tami had built something on the ever-strengthening branches of the Emerald Tree that was no different from a bird's nest, calling it her house.

At this moment, she could even be seen curled up asleep in the bird's nest, a smile still on her face.

Rod had no heart to disturb her.

After all, the image of her last time grabbing a branch and stabbing it into his eyeball was still vivid in his mind.

The little thing's reaction when startled was quite terrifying.

He first returned to the ranger's cabin.

He dressed Vanessa in suitable clothes and pants.

Of course, they were not his clothes.

The girls had actually stayed the night at his place.

Since they were staying the night, it was naturally inevitable that clothes would be ruined; a certain ranger official was particularly accustomed to letting girls cause trouble while wearing clothes.

Therefore, this ranger's cabin had been fitted with a wardrobe, specifically to store the clothes of each girl.

Vanessa was about 1.6 meters tall, shorter than the canine person Sharon, but her build was larger.

Sharon's style was mostly slim-fitting; after putting on clothes, especially the chest area, it was too tight.

There was no way.

He could only take out the top left behind previously by the land naga Eve.

As for underwear and panties, being too private, here she would just go without them.

After changing.

Rod carried her to the zombie Selena's new laboratory.

The previous experimental hut was temporarily modified from a similar ranger's cabin, which was somewhat unsuitable.

After receiving Rod's permission, she successfully found a suitable cave and built a new dwelling located underground.

It was just dawn at this moment.

Rod descended into the cave and saw that the lights in the experimental hut were already on.

Walking closer to look.

He found that Selena, with her feet suspended in the air, was already sitting on a stool operating magical equipment.

"So early."

Rod greeted her casually.

Although Selena didn't even turn her head to care about him.

Crossing the laboratory to the bedroom on the other side, he threw Vanessa onto Selena's bed.

Through the clothes, he couldn't help but grab a few more times.

Turning his head, he saw the tightly closed opposite door in Selena's room.

That was the room of the mind flayer Hart.

Upon opening it, he found she was lying on her side with her back turned, sleeping.

"Hey!"

Rod shouted at her.

Hart was startled into a shiver and slowly lifted her octopus head.

Those eyes, which seemed to carry endless malice, looked at Rod; they held defiance, but mostly fear.

"My master, what is it?"

"Didn't I wake you?"

"No."

"That's good, you continue sleeping; it's not time for work yet."

Ignoring the resentment in those octopus eyes, Rod went over and grabbed another handful through the clothes.

Soft and squishy.

Really just like an octopus soft-bodied creature.

But that was all; he laughed heartily, closed the door for her, and went back to the laboratory side.

He didn't care that Selena was collecting liquid from the filtering bubbles.

He grabbed her, took the stool, and placed the hard and cold zombie on his lap.

"Going to work so early?"

Selena didn't turn her head and wiped the liquid overflowing onto the table with a blank expression.

"Yes, someone said that due to the huge increase in reconstruction expenses for Coral Bay, the production target for magic rings has been doubled; Master, do you think I still have time to rest?"

"Hahaha—haven't I brought you an assistant? She's a professor from Bahadur Magic Academy, high-level eighth tier, you know."

"Congratulations, Master, for bringing another woman into the forest."

Rod thrust his hand inside her top.

Feeling around wildly.

It wouldn't go that far, and besides, Pan Ni was simple-minded, proactive in personality, loved to act spoiled, and had some playability.

Selena wasn't quite like that.

Rod suddenly had an idea: "Say, if I roast you with fire, will you become a bit softer?"

"Zombies have very low fire resistance; heating won't soften you, but will instead make you charred and brittle; I don't want to die."

She glanced backward.

Though her expression was blank, her displeasure was evident.

"Then is there a spell to soften flesh and blood?"

"Softening Form, but its power is greater; it can cause the target to go limp and melt."

"Good! That's the one. Besides crafting the magic ring, your task starting today includes one more: researching Softening Form."

Crack—

Selena crushed the beaker in her hand.

What does that mean?

You want to research a spell that lets you successfully get on top of me?

Are you sick, or am I sick?

Rod sensed she was getting angry.

He laughed heartily, threw all the experimental materials and supplies seized from Bahadur at her,

and then made a quick getaway.

Vanessa's enslavement command had already been issued early; no big problem.

On this trip, he also happened to check on the Mind Flayer Hart's condition.

This thing's mental barrier is useful, yes, but the Mind Flayer itself is highly dangerous, so it still needs occasional observation.

Leaving the cave.

Rod, carrying the dragon body materials, headed straight for the Sha Liu District.

He summoned the Dragon Soul girl, Nao Lin.

She was still in a white dress.

Dragon horns on her head, a thick dragon tail beneath her skirt, black dragon scales on both cheeks.

But she lacked her usual excitement whenever she saw Rod.

Instead, she rubbed her small hands with a tense and worried expression.

Rod was infected by her emotions.

He approached slowly, patted her small head in mid-air, and asked softly:

"What's wrong?"

Nao Lin raised her eyes, like a little girl who had done something wrong:

"Recently I sensed that a cosmic creature has arrived on the continent. It is very tempting, and it shares the same aura as my resentment fire. Moreover, it is constantly releasing resentment fire to corrode."

Oh?

Possessing the same aura as Nao Lin.

Rod actually knew who that was.

The Bone Dragon Megan he met in the Horror Arena had the same resentment fire on her.

They had conducted an essence exchange for a while, but contact had been lost three months ago.

Has the Bone Dragon Megan come to the real dimension?

Rod had already guessed this to some extent from the Eye of Terror meat she traded over.

But

"Tempting"? What kind of adjective is that?

Nao Lin raised her head.

Her expression was slightly extreme and confused, flushed with excitement.

"R-Rod, I want to eat her, very, very much. Wanting to eat her every day so much I can't sleep—is that normal? It's just like wanting to eat Rod—!"

After saying that last sentence,

she suddenly came to her senses and waved her hands frantically.

Explaining like a child who had accidentally spoken the truth:

"N-No! No... I don't want to eat... Rod! That last sentence wasn't!"

"I believe you."

Rod didn't mind.

Smiling, he continued to pat her head.

How could he not know the true worth of those four words: Cursed Resentment Demon Dragon?

Memory loss made the current Nao Lin look like a child.

But resentment, bloodlust, and the habit of collecting dead people's heads—without needing to say it, one could clearly understand Nao Lin's true nature.

Hearing those words,

Nao Lin finally showed a smile, her cheeks flushed red.

"Rod... you must wait for Nao Lin to restore her body. At that time, I will definitely make you comfortable in bed!"

(End of this chapter)