Chapter 383: Volume 1, Chapter 383: Evil Dragon x Slave x Witch (3)

She pulled three or four bags of seeds from her magic pocket and handed them over, saying, "These are seeds; plant them on the ground and they'll quickly grow to maturity."

She then poured out book after book from her pocket.

"Inside these books you can learn how to plant, and—" she pointed to a stack of books beside her and said, "You are half‑beasts; you should be able to learn spellcraft. These books are introductory spellcraft, very simple—study them all."

The half‑beasts stared dumbfounded, listening blankly to her words.

Still, the bold and meticulous rabbit‑headed half‑beast spoke up, asking, "Master, do you want us to live here?"

Jiang Zhi nodded: "Yes."

The half‑beasts looked at each other, then excitedly and joyfully embraced one another.

Tears streaming down his face, the bat‑man trembled as he said, "Thank you, master! Thank you, master!!"

Jiang Zhi snorted and said, "I'm helping you only because you're pitiful; don't get too excited too soon—whether you survive depends on your luck."

Having said that, she reminded them, "Don't leave the barrier! Stay here properly."

After saying that, she lifted her foot and left.

The half‑beasts remaining within the barrier carefully picked up the seed bags on the ground and moved the books.

Jiang Zhi used magic to translate all the books into text that monsters could read.

This is not a dark, lightless underground cell; they no longer have to suffer the abuse and torment of their slave masters.

Many half‑beasts remain mired in doubt and fear.

Only after tasting the clear, sweet water from the stream did they belatedly react.

…

【Main quest, world salvation progress: 1%】

Jiang Zhi, who had just left, still thought she had misheard.

It was merely providing those half‑beasts a place to live and survive, which again increased the progress.

"Then if I rescue all the slaves in the Pinminku, is this mission completed?"

777 thought of the villain and said anxiously, "There's still the villain."

A basin of cold water doused the fire in her heart.

Yes.

And there's an evil dragon that could destroy the world at any moment!

She released the last monster talisman.

A half‑beast with dark green scales covering his body appeared before her, his messy black hair sticking up and resting on his shoulders; the heavy iron chain linked to his neck fell into her palm.

Jiang Zhi crouched, holding a wooden staff against his jaw and gently lifting it.

Her fingertips glowed with warm white light, gradually wrapping around his body; his wounds healed, his tangled black hair was washed clean and fell to his waist, his whole body purified. She also gave him a new set of clothes—a white butler uniform.

His twisted, fractured ankle recovered; he stood on the ground, head lowered, his long hair sliding down the side of his face, covering his somewhat dark complexion.

"Lift your head."

The half‑beast reacted slowly, his neck rising mechanically; he was handsome, his features as if finely carved by God, flawless. His obsidian‑deep phoenix eyes drooped slightly, devoid of any human emotion, exuding the inorganic feel of a cold‑blooded beast.

She finally understood what the slave master meant by "disobedient."

The half‑beast before her possessed none of the seven emotions and six desires, being no different from a machine; thus any training had no effect on him.

The slave master used sorcery to engrave several masters' commands into his body.

Therefore, when she issued a command, he would respond.

But his response was slow, stiff, and rigid.

Jiang Zhi felt a bit embarrassed.

If he cannot willingly become the vessel for the evil dragon, then no matter how high the compatibility, it would be useless.

Forget it.

Take it step by step.

Jiang Zhi approached him, lowering her head to closely examine the scales on his skin, studying them.

"What exactly are these scales… fish scales?"

777 said curiously, "They look like snake scales to me."

Jiang Zhi took out a detector and aimed it at his scales for a scan.

After a few seconds.

The detector displayed several question‑mark symbols.

She thought the detector was broken and swapped in a new one.

The result was the same.

"What kind of monster is he, exactly?"

Jiang Zhi asked in surprise.

The detector couldn't determine his species; it must be a monster type not yet recorded in the device.

The monsters with long scales are only a few kinds—not fish, snakes, lizards… and so on.

What name should we give him?

Jiang Zhi thought for a while, then after holding it in said, "Just call him Xiaohei."

777 almost laughed out loud: "Pfft."

Jiang Zhi is hopeless at naming; she couldn't think of a good name either.

"Follow me, Xiaohei~"

The half‑beast received the command and followed behind her.

There is still one month until the Evil Dragon breaks the seal.

Jiang Zhi needs to figure out how to make this Half-beast like her.

She walked to his side, reached out and grabbed his hand, feeling ice-cold, as if she had touched a block of ice.

"Hold hands!"

The Half-beast's expression didn't change in the slightest, allowing her to hold his hand.

Jiang Zhi then opened her arms and embraced his body.

"Hug~"

The Half-beast was like a statue, devoid of emotion.

Jiang Zhi gave up.

"Really a robot."

She should still hurry to increase the progress of the main quest—saving the world.

By enhancing her hearing, she listened to the movements around her.

Amid the noisy howls and roars of monsters, she heard a faint distress signal.

Jiang Zhi, transformed into a superhero, turned her cloak into a flying carpet, took Xiaohei aboard, and flew through the thick dust to the rescue site.

A noble lay sprawled in an open-air carriage, surrounded by a protective barrier, eating grapes brought by a sexy maid slave, and happily gazing into the distance.

Not far from the carriage, three slaves with dog leashes around their necks were being chased by a first-level earth-attribute monster.

They took pleasure in this perverse, inhumane manner.

Most nobles are like that; they enjoy a sense of superiority, often looking down on people with their noses, and no one dares to offend a noble.

Two envoys stood beside the carriage; Jiang Zhi, using her right-eye gold-thread glasses, detected that their spell power was at an intermediate level.

Such a level is sufficient to deal with first- and second-level monsters at the edge of Chendi.

The ground.

The female slaves ran the slowest, their strength inferior to the males, their bodies swaying, their eyes filled only with the will to survive,

She must stay alive, for her brother is waiting for her to return.

But her footing was unsteady; stepping on fine sand, she stumbled and fell to the ground.

The slave running ahead, seeing this, without hesitation turned back to her side, supporting her as they continued forward.

Their speed was far inferior to that of the monster.

The female slave, seeing this, cried out: "Let go! Let go! You'll die too!"

One of the slaves, his face bruised and swollen from beatings, gave a foolish grin and said: "Anyway we won't survive; we might as well all die together."

Seeing that they were about to be crushed by the monster, the noble let out an excited laugh, his eyes fixed on the scene.

But as a gust of wind blew, Jiang Zhi, flying over on her cloak, cast a spell and directly killed that monster.

Suddenly, an unexpected change occurred.

The three slaves, seeing the wizard descend from the sky, sat slumped on the ground, their faces showing only the exhilaration of having survived a disaster.