Chapter 3

You have to know, the area around here is all desert; leaving without taking anything is basically asking for death.

Well, for normal people, it is asking for death.

Momon is not a life form in the true sense, and Eclair has already attained a different kind of immortality, so she doesn't count as a normal person.

And at this moment, Lin Cheng finally understood a bit why, in the original movie, Eclair eventually met the original protagonist team by fainting from hunger.

Because there were 111 puppets led by the Sin Archbishop of Sloth in his system inventory, Lin Cheng was relatively calm. He packed some food and water without haste and quickly followed.

Of course, while leaving, Lin Cheng didn't forget to do something.

Lin Cheng summoned three D-rank puppets, Witch Cultists, and had them rush toward the direction of the explosion.

Lin Cheng could share the puppets’ vision, so he could observe through the puppets what exactly was happening. ===== CHAPTER 7 =====

As for the deployment of the puppets.

Lin Cheng could freely deploy puppets within a radius of one kilometer, so no one would discover the connection between the puppets and himself.

In the future, Lin Cheng could further upgrade the deployment distance using Emotion Points.

The sound of explosions continued.

Lin Cheng, Eclair, and Momon quickly left the town, so they were not affected by the chaos in the town.

"Eclair, Eclair."

"Where are we going next?"

Momon flapped its little wings, flying in mid-air, its expression quite calm.

For Momon, similar things were not the first time they had experienced them; before meeting Lin Cheng, basically every time Eclair settled in a remote, secluded small town for a few years, there would be all kinds of trouble.

In this world, if a town does not have enough power to protect itself, it is just a piece of fat waiting to be slaughtered.

*Fairy Tail* has never been a peaceful world; in corners unseen in the original work, dark things are everywhere.

"Same as before."

Hearing Momon’s question, Eclair said faintly, "Find another town without mages to live in."

While speaking, Eclair took a map out of her bosom, which marked the distribution of towns in the nearby area.

The vast majority of towns had Class Mage guilds stationed in them; only a very small number of particularly impoverished towns did not have Class Mage guilds, and these towns without Class Mage guilds were Eclair’s targets.

"Won't that be a bit far?"

"The nearest impoverished town from here is at least a five-day journey."

Looking at the calm expressions of Eclair and Momon, Lin Cheng’s mouth twitched slightly as he said, "Because it happened so suddenly, I only took a little bit of food just now."

"Even if the three of us ration it, I'm afraid we can only eat for two days."

Lin Cheng calculated the food he was carrying.

Because they left in a hurry, Lin Cheng didn't take much—just some flatbread and some water.

It was not suitable for five consecutive days of high-intensity travel.

However, before Lin Cheng could continue saying anything, his expression changed slightly.

【Ding! D-rank puppet destroyed.】

【Ding! D-rank puppet destroyed.】

【Ding! D-rank puppet destroyed.】

In just an instant, the vision of the three puppets in Lin Cheng’s mind went completely black.

It was clear that they were destroyed at the same instant, and until the puppets were destroyed, Lin Cheng hadn't observed any valuable intelligence; the town was full of cries, it was too chaotic.

And it wasn't just the town that was the problem.

Before Lin Cheng could say anything, a slightly eerie voice came from a hillside not far away.

"There are a few fish that slipped through the net."

"I knew Jackal wouldn't be very thorough in his work."

Under the bright moonlight, what entered his sight was a woman with a seductive figure.

The 'woman' wore something similar to a helmet on her face, revealing only her eyes and mouth.

At this moment, the corners of the woman’s mouth, which were revealed, curled slightly upward, giving a strange and dangerous feeling.

'Damn it.'

Looking at the woman who appeared within his line of sight, Lin Cheng’s expression was somewhat ugly.

Having watched the original work, how could Lin Cheng not recognize who this woman in front of him was?!

There were three most powerful guilds among the dark Class Mage guilds: Oración Seis, Grimoire Heart, and Tartaros.

And this woman in front of him was the leader of the Nine Demon Gates, the strongest combat force in Tartaros, the Enhanced Demon, Kyôka of the Underworld.

This Enhanced Demon was very powerful by design; she could constantly break through her limits, with near-infinite enhancement, becoming stronger every moment, every second.

In fact, before, when no emergency had occurred, Lin Cheng had been thinking about the matter of Emotion Points.

And he already had some ideas for harvesting Emotion Points, but for the sake of caution, Lin Cheng wanted to plan carefully.

As a result, he didn't expect that just as he had some initial ideas, such an unexpected situation would occur.

There was no other way; Lin Cheng could only brace himself.

Almost without any hesitation, Lin Cheng directly summoned the A-rank puppet he had drawn earlier, the Sin Archbishop of Sloth, and all his subordinate puppets in a relatively hidden corner not far away.

Following the script he had initially envisioned, he began to act it out slowly.

Watching Kyôka, who didn't seem to intend to make a move immediately, Lin Cheng’s mind began to race rapidly.

"Fish that slipped through the net?"

Eclair did not know all the intelligence about this strange woman in front of her like Lin Cheng did. After hearing Kyôka’s words, her brows furrowed deeply as she said, "Was the explosion in the town just now caused by you?"

"Sure enough, mages are all trash whose thoughts are swallowed by greed once they possess power."

Saying this, an expression of disgust appeared clearly on Eclair’s face.

"Mages?"

After hearing Eclair’s words, Kyôka laughed softly as if she had heard something funny, saying, "We are not mages, you know."

"Ah, look at your pretty face; we will have a lot to talk about tonight."

"It’s truly something to look forward to."

Looking at Eclair’s beautiful face, a blush quietly appeared on Kyôka’s face. ===== CHAPTER 8 =====