Chapter 135: Press 1 for a Cat Girl


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    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">In the dim stone chamber, flickering candles cast dancing shadows.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">On the wall, a slender ck silhouette appeared elongated in the feeble candlelight.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Following the light source, a man bound by iron chains stood upright on a wooden stake.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">His head was covered with a brown sack, and his body was covered in bloody wounds.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Suddenly, the sack was untied and removed, tossed aside.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">The man opened his eyes. In the darkness, mixed with a bit of light, he felt momentarily ufortable.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">As his eyes gradually adjusted to the darkness, he widened them.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">His body moved, and the sound of steel colliding entered his ears - his limbs werepletely locked.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Looking up, he saw a dense circle of mysterious figures surrounding him.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">They were all wearing ck hemp-colored cloaks, their faces half-covered, leaving only a pair of eyes staring at him.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"You! Do you know who I am?!"


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">No one around him spoke, but a voice came from the side.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Do you know who I am?"


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Lia sat in a leather chair, one leg crossed over the other.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">She held a sharp carving knife, seemingly bored, carefully filing her nails.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">The man looked closely, and when he saw Lia''s delicate face, he froze.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Lia Kravina.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Now, the Kravina family was quite famous throughout the royal capital, their reputation no less than that of the royal family.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Moreover, in the city of Brayston, the Kravina family could be said to have absolute power.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Even a stray dog passing by on the street would wag its tail and bark twice at Viktor, calling him "Lord".


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">What? You say dogs can''t talk?


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Take it away and stew it!


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">At this moment, he never imagined that while he was eating and singing at the most luxurious restaurant in Brayston, he would suddenly ck out and be kidnapped by the Kravina family.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">The man''s body began to tremble uncontrobly, his lips quivering, his entire body drenched in cold sweat.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Miss Lia... What is this...?"


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"What, never seen a kidnapping before?"


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Lia twirled the carving knife in her hand and stood up.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">With her movement, the mysterious cloaked figures around her also gathered closer.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">The man''s body shook violently, fear seeping into his eyes.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Lia raised the carving knife and pressed it against the man''s throat, lifting his chin.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">With a hint of a smile in her alluring eyes and curiosity in her tone, she said:


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Didn''t you just ask if we knew who you were?"


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"I''m quite interested now. Tell me."


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">The man''s mind went nk, forgetting even to tremble.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Saliva caught in his throat, he didn''t dare to swallow.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Leon, standing beside Lia, said softly:


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Miss, his name is Hanna."


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"He''s the carrier for the Reiser family, transporting goods between the north and south of the empire."


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Lia listened to the report and raised an eyebrow.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Oh? From the Reiser family?"


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"You know the grudge between your family and ours, yet you dare to wander around here?"


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Cold sweat dripped down Hanna''s forehead, allowing the beads to flow down his nose tip, not daring to move an inch.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Miss Lia, I... I just got lost..."


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Lost?"


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Lia suddenly flung the carving knife in her hand, sending it flying towards Hanna, fiercely embedding it into the wooden board behind him.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">He could even feel the collision sound of the knife hitting the wood and the whistling sound it carried.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Hanna''s breathing became heavier; just a hair''s breadth more, and that speeding knife would have slit his throat.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Lia looked at him with a smile and said softly:


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"The Kravina territory is so big, and you just happened to get lost right at my doorstep?"


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Hanna trembled and closed his eyes, not daring to utter another word.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Lia reached out to the side, and Leon beside her, understanding, handed her an rm clock.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">She wound up the clock''s spring and ced it by the man''s ear.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Ding!


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">A crisp sound suddenly burst out.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Followed by the continuous ticking sound, like the death knell of the Grim Reaper.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Where are the goods hidden? Speak up."


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"If you can''t say it before the rm goes off, your head will be relocated."


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">As soon as the clock''s ticking started, Hanna was scared into a howl.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">His features twisted together, his expression pained, as if he would burst into tears the next second.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Cry?"


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">As the voice rang out, one of the cloaked figures stepped forward and pped the man hard across the face.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">p!


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">With a crisp pping sound, the miserable howl that was about to turn into crying abruptly stopped.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Lia stroked the rm clock, smiling as she said:


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Crying counts as time too."


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Ring ring ring——!


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">The rm clock suddenly began to vibrate, metallic sounds echoing continuously throughout the small, dark basement.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Around them, the sound of several cold des being unsheathed rang out clearly.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Hanna widened his eyes, looking at the silver daggers shing in the candlelight, and immediately nodded frantically:


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"I know, I''ll talk! I''ll talk!"


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"That batch of goods, it''s... it''s hidden at Sano Port!"


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Lia smiled, picked up the rm clock, wound it up again, and turned the hand around once more.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Hanna was stunned, looking at Lia with confusion:


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Miss Lia, what are you...?"


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Giving you another round of time."


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Lia smiled with narrowed eyes:


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Just one hiding spot? I don''t believe it."


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Hanna stretched his face, forcing a smile, tears of fear in his eyes.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Really... really just this one, really just this one!"


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">But Lia just smiled, taking out a bottle of red potion from her pocket, waving it constantly in front of the merchant''s eyes.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Do you know what this is?"


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Hanna looked at the red potion in front of him, somewhat dazed.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">The mana potions sold by the Kravina family were famous throughout the empire''s north and south.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">One bottle sold for a thousand Geo, but in the ck market, the price had been inted who knows how many times.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Priceless.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">And the red potion in front of him, with the same packaging, made Hanna confused.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"My family''s new product, two thousand Geo a bottle."


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Want to try it?"


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Seeing Lia''s ambiguous smile, a bad feeling slowly rose in his heart.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Ring ring ring——!


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">The rm clock rang again.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Lia''s smile seemed even more joyful.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Leon."


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">The elf behind her immediately stepped forward, drawing her dagger.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Bloodletting."


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">In the dim room, a cold light shed across the man''s neck.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Apanied by a slightly hot pain.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Blood suddenly gushed out.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">At this moment, Hanna widened his eyes.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Feeling a sense of weakness enveloping his body, apanied by warmth suddenly draining from his body.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">He silently looked at the woman''s smile in front of him.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Feeling that seductive smile full of charm.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Like a devil.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">.......


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">The clear moonlight, filtering through the thin misty clouds, fell upon the cold blue sea surface.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">At the port, dozens of cloaked figures stood in the open space, quietly waiting.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">This was the storage point forced out of Hanna''s mouth.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Many guards were patrolling here, guarding the goods.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Soon, those cloaked figures made their move.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Their actions were extremely swift, like hunting cheetahs, silently killing those patrolling guards.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">They dragged these bodies into the darkness, throwing them into the surging sea.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">The night was their best camouge.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Only when most of the surrounding guards had been cleared did they gather together again.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">The goods ced in the square, like huge boxes, were tightly covered with blue cloth.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Only through the gaps not covered by the fabric below could one see the iron cage-like material underneath.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Quietly sticking close, one could hear the breathing soundsing from inside.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">They nodded to each other.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">One of them put her hand on themunication crystal by her ear, rying messages.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">The clouds were slowly blown away by the wind, and moonlight fell on the huge iron cages.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">All the dark guards hadpletely controlled this ce, and the surrounding guards had been thoroughly cleaned out.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Under the bright night sky at the port, only dozens of mysterious figures wearing cloaks and hoods remained.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Lia slowly walked out from the shadows, followed by Leon, dressed the same as the others.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Everyone bowed their heads respectfully when they saw Lia.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Miss Lia."


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"This is thest hiding spot."


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Lia stood around theserge cages, constantly examining them.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Alright, let me see."


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Hearing the order, they quickly jumped onto the high tform, suddenly lifting that huge curtain, revealing the ''goods'' inside.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">In the iron cages were some living ''people''.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">''People'' with soft ears like cats and dogs, each with different characteristics.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">They were curled up in the iron cages, keeping each other warm.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Their fluffy tails were raised, and their long, pointed animal ears were constantly moving as if trying to discern the surrounding dangers.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Seeming to sense the faint light of seeing daylight again, they raised their heads.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Seeing the crowd observing them, their eyes flowed with obvious fear and panic.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Lia looked at them and sighed:


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Poor ''children''."


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Demi-humans.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">They were simr to humans, but not human.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Looking almost identical to humans, but with very characteristic animal features.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Within the empire, demi-humans were notmon.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">The empire had an extremely strict racial ssification, with humans at the top.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Therefore, demi-humans were not allowed to enter the empire.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">And if demi-humans appeared within the empire''s borders, they would either be expelled from the country.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Or, be disposed of at the captor''s will.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">That''s right, demi-humans were not treated as humans at all.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">In the eyes of most people, they were nothing more than pets with thoughts and the ability to move.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">The Carenthia Empire had no very system.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">As long as they were human, even beggars could not be someone''s private property by selling themselves.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Of course, this was only on the surface.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">The noble lords could naturally ignore this rule.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">As long as they weren''t too arrogant, doing it right in front of the emperor.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Someone would always ''make an exception'' for them.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">So, if some people wanted some freebor that they could dispose of at will, what should they do?


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">They just needed to buy some ''demi-human ves''.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Hiring a human required money, and even paying taxes.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">But demi-humans? They were stronger than humans, with more endurance.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Just give them some food to eat, some water to drink, and they would constantly push themselves to the limit for survival.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">As long as they didn''t starve to death, they would work themselves to death.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Thinking of this, perhaps feeling a bit sorry for these demi-humans, Lia sighed.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Now, you can be free."


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">As she spoke, Leon beside her drew a wooden sword from her waist.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">The wooden sword flickered with a faint green light.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Rich mana constantly surged on it.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Carrying mana, Leon held the wooden sword and shed twice horizontally at the iron cage.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">The huge iron cage bars were cut open, leaving a gaprge enough to escape.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">At the cut surface, green light still flickered.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">But the demi-humans hiding in the iron cage didn''t move.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">They just became more afraid, curling their bodies towards the depths of the iron cage.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Seeing this, Lia threw a nce at those hooded dark guards.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">They understood, lifting their hoods, revealing animal ears of various colors and shapes.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Pointed, drooping, cat ears, dog ears, even long rabbit ears.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">To show that.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">They were the same kind.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Sure enough, after seeing this, the demi-humans in the iron cage slightly rxed their vignce.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">The ears that had been raised due to sensing danger slowly drooped down.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Lia looked at these demi-humans who finally dared to stand up and smiled slightly.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Now, are you willing to believe me?"


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Hmm, I certainly believe you now."


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Suddenly, an abrupt voice rang out, and everyone looked up towards the source of the sound.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">At some point, a man had sat on top of the huge iron cage.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">On his back was a very luxurious great sword, looking extremely extraordinary.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">The man looked down at the crowd below, grinning slightly.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">But that powerful sense of oppression constantly pressed on everyone''s heads.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">Leon sensed danger and shed in front of Lia.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">The man stared at Lia with a smile:


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"I was wondering why every shipment to Brayston would get hijacked."


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"So it turns out that the famous Kravina family has raised a group of demi-humans as dark guards."


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">A sneer followed.


    <span style="vertical-align:baseline">"It''s really been an eye-opener for me."


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