Chapter 386: Volume 1 Chapter 386 Evil Dragon x Slave x Witch (6)

The words fell.

As the blonde girl turned to leave, the ground beneath her feet suddenly trembled and shook.

Like an earthquake, violent shaking caused several buildings to collapse and crash to the ground; the formerly bustling Shangjie was now in utter chaos.

A deafening roar came from afar, exuding terrifying intimidation.

Throughout the street, ordinary people fleeing for their lives were stunned by that sound, collapsing unconscious on the ground.

Jiang Zhi covered her stinging ears, her steps staggered a few times, and a chill spread from the soles of her feet to the crown of her head.

She instantly drew a talisman, turning it into a barrier that blocked wave after wave of pressure.

It was a dragon's roar——

The blonde girl stood inside her barrier, otherwise she would have fainted like the ordinary people.

"Honk~"

Alarm bells rang throughout Zhucheng, signaling danger.

Jiang Zhi unfurled her cloak, intending to leave the city to check the Evil Dragon's seal.

"Where are you going?" the blonde girl asked upon seeing this.

Jiang Zhi had no time to explain, she grabbed the Half-beast and sat on the cloak that had transformed into a flying device.

The cloak flew at high speed out of Zhucheng, arriving in the grayish Chendi.

"Is the villain trying to lift the seal early?"

777: "The villain was provoked."

Jiang Zhi exclaimed: "What provocation?"

777 couldn't detect it: "I don't know either."

Only by reaching the seal's location could one find out.

Just as Jiang Zhi was about to speed up, she saw the Half-beast beside her raising a blade, stabbing toward the edge of the cloak.

Following the direction of his thrust, she saw the blonde girl clutching a corner of the cloak.

Jiang Zhi froze for a moment, stopped Xiaohei's attempt to stab the girl, then pulled her aboard.

"Why are you following us?"

The blonde girl, arrogant and self-absorbed, sat on the cloak, still tidying her wind-blown blonde hair, gave Xiaohei a glare, and reluctantly answered.

"I noticed you acting suspiciously, so I followed."

Jiang Zhi guessed something and asked 777: "Is she the female lead of this world?"

777 hesitated a few seconds, then spoke with difficulty: "No, he is the male lead."

Jiang Zhi: "?"

777 didn't know how to explain: "It's complicated; I've sent you his introduction, Host."

The current king of the Zhucheng Wangong Kelinuosi palace is the twenty-third, bedridden with a lingering illness, not expected to live much longer; the queen married him over twenty years ago and bore only one child, the male lead.

The nobles eyed the throne hungrily; of the twelve great elders, eight had pledged allegiance to the power-hungry duke.

The ambitious duke could not allow the male lead to inherit the throne, so the queen falsely claimed she had given birth to a daughter.

For over twenty years, the deep‑scheming male lead has lived like walking on thin ice, acting cautiously, playing the role of a princess.

At present, the male lead has already eliminated the rebels led by the duke, becoming the sovereign who controls Zhucheng.

Then why does he still wear women's clothing?

Because he is a master of cross‑dressing: outside the palace he acts as an aloof, tsundere princess with a simple mind; inside the palace he is a cold, ruthless, deep‑scheming emperor.

A severe case of split personality.

In this world, the male lead is unimportant; after the villain breaks the seal, the world is directly destroyed, leaving the male lead with no later role.

Jiang Zhi looked at the blonde girl sitting beside her, her feelings especially complicated.

The girl's features are a pure Western beauty, absolutely gorgeous and pristine like a flawless full moon; her noble attire outlines her splendid figure, and there is that exaggerated bust——

Her bust is even larger than hers.

Who could endure that!

"What are you looking at me for?" the male lead, named Gu He, the princess named Gu He, noticed Jiang Zhi staring directly at his eyes, frowned slightly, and turned up his cherry‑small mouth arrogantly.

Jiang Zhi barely managed to shift her gaze.

She took a deep breath and said, "I think you're beautiful."

Gu He sneered, another woman fallen for his looks.

"Look again and I'll gouge out your eyes!"

Jiang Zhi: ……

At that moment, the Half-beast Xiaohei suddenly raised his blade and stabbed again at him.

Gu He dodged sideways, his pupils constricted, and angrily shouted, "You're asking for death!"

As he spoke, he tried to seize the dagger from the Half-beast's hand, but Xiaohei acted swiftly, gripping his neck and preparing to fling him from the cloak.

"Wait!" Jiang Zhi hurriedly separated them.

She didn't understand why Xiaohei harbored such deep hostility toward the male lead.

Could it be because the male lead wears noble clothing?

Your Majesty King Gu He nearly died, clutching his severely oxygen‑starved chest, he began to gasp violently.

Xiaohei stopped his expressionless motion, but the dagger in his hand remained unsheathed.

As if waiting for the next opportunity.

"Xiaohei, obey!" Jiang Zhi took the dagger from his hand and said, "You cannot kill this person."

A few strands of ink-black hair were lifted by the wind; Xiaohei stiffly raised his forehead, the handsome face beneath the hood appeared, and at the corners of his eyes several dark green scales grew, giving off an icy feel.

Jiang Zhi, however, saw a hint of doubt on his face.

She was full of surprise, leaned in and examined him closely, asking, "You want to know why?"

Xiaohei lowered his gaze, as if everything just now had been her illusion.

Gu He said coldly, "Sell him to me! I'll pay ten thousand gold coins!"

Jiang Zhi gasped at the words: "Ten thousand gold coins?"

Originally, buying all the Half-beasts in the underground cell cost only two thousand gold coins.

She raised her hand and waved it off: "Never mind, I'm not selling."

Gu He thought she found the amount too low, then said, "Fifty thousand gold coins!"

Jiang Zhi still shook her head and refused.

Gu He, angry and embarrassed, said: "Zhucheng explicitly forbids buying and selling Half-beast slaves; if discovered, you and this Half-beast will be punished."

Moreover, for just a Half-beast slave, fifty thousand gold coins could buy you many more top-tier slaves.

The Half-beast Xiaohei's slender jawline tightened; the skin scales hidden beneath his white uniform rose, he lowered his brow, revealing no expression.

The smile vanished from Jiang Zhi's lips; her voice calm: "If you say that again, I'll throw you down."

Gu He pressed his lips tight and fell silent.

Jiang Zhi turned back, reached into her sleeve to grasp Xiaohei's hand, and said with a beaming smile: "I like Xiaohei the most—I won't give you to anyone."

Xiaohei's long-dormant dark eyes flickered with a glimmer of light.

The master's palm held warmth, unlike his icy, bone-chilling touch.

Deep in memory.

The father who could transform into a monster beast and the human mother loved each other; shortly after marriage, the mother's fine looks attracted a noble, and to protect her, the father revealed his monster-beast identity.

Turning into a monster beast was already extremely rare; the nobles sent more than ten high-ranking envoys, who, after capturing him, branded him with a slave mark, had the nobles trample and torture him, and even used his blood to concoct a potion capable of inducing monster-beast transformation.

After the father's death, his mother, who had given birth to him in the Pinminku, died not long after.

Half-beasts possess half human blood and half monster-beast blood; in the slave quarters they are like a plague, everyone avoids them.

The two words "monster" have been branded into his bones since the moment he was born.