Suddenly, this native scrutinized her impolitely from head to toe, finally pausing at Lin Mo's most insecure spot. That insulting gaze! That furrowed brow, as if he wanted to write "pity" all over his face!

Damn it!

This was unbearable!

So rude!

"What are you looking at!" An invisible force seized Bai Tui's neck with one hand, lifting him up.

The more Lin Mo thought about it, the angrier she became. She had almost forgotten about her inferiority regarding that area, but this hateful fellow had reawakened those unpleasant memories.

"Ugh—" Mysteriously grabbed by the neck, Bai Tui immediately sobered up. This person before him was no simpleton. Although he didn't understand what she was saying, it was definitely not in line with the goodwill he had imagined.

I'm going to die! I'm going to die!

A mage's physical strength is generally average, just like a regular human's touch. At least, that's how Lin Mo felt.

"Stop! Release our King! Honorable mage! We can give you gold coins! Give you magical ore! Just release our King!"

An old man with an even whiter beard than Bai Tui ran over, his eyes wide, completely out of character for his age. After all, at this age, squinting eyes were more stylish.

Amazement, he couldn't figure out how it was done! What kind of magic was this? Why couldn't he sense any elemental aura?!

"Dimples! Dimples!"

Bai Tui's face turned red as he frantically clawed at his neck, blood staining his hands, but he still couldn't find what was binding him. There was nothing there! But there was a force acting on his neck.

"Hurry! You useless things! Protect our King!"

Never mind! He had to protect his disciple!

"Yes!"

The sound of armor clattering echoed as Lin Mo was surrounded by a group of burly men. Hmm, something felt off.

And they were burly men holding spears!

Even more wrong!

This was the spear as a weapon! Not the dirty kind!

Face the wall!

Lin Mo was annoyed at being interrupted from her thoughts, and this guy was babbling on and on, saying who knew what. And she was surrounded by a bunch of people.

Seemed a bit anxious, but it seemed like she had grabbed the right person; this guy seemed to be the leader.

"Kaka, what did he say?"

If she didn't understand, she'd ask Kaka!

"Uh, Empress, Kaka doesn't know either, but Kaka will know soon!"

Kaka's little antennae wiggled twice, boom! A muffled sound like a watermelon bursting open.

"A—" The yell was interrupted before it could even start.

Five heads exploded in a row.

"Empress! Kaka knows now. He basically wants you to release their king, and they will give us rewards. These soldiers don't seem to know what that thing called magic stone is for, but it seems very valuable."

"..."

Kaka... was that a bit too violent? Sigh, the fault of the father if the son is not taught properly. It's her problem.

Kaka was also doing this for her own desire for knowledge. A desire for knowledge equals learning, and she should be learning at her age, so a desire for knowledge is correct, so Kaka is also correct!

That's right!

Thinking of this, Lin Mo breathed a sigh of relief. It's good that her崽崽 hadn't grown crooked.

"Is something wrong, Empress?"

"Kaka can't be so violent in the future, okay? You can't just kill people!"

"..." Empress, who do you think Kaka learned from!

The atmosphere around them clearly shifted. The soldiers holding spears had widened their eyes, wanting to run, but their colleagues behind them, who didn't know what was happening, blocked their retreat.

They didn't dare move or make a sound. After all, of those five, the first was purely unlucky, while the others were chosen as soon as they spoke.

It was like children being told "one, two, three, don't move." But it had only been a few minutes. In normal times, this was just a drizzle of training, but now they were already drenched in sweat.

"What are you doing! Attack! Kill this woman! Dimples!"

His eyes bulging, his face contorted, Bai Tui opened his mouth wide and roared with his last strength.

"Only I can save your families! Think of your children! If I die! Your families!"

Lin Mo stood still, copying the language of this region from Kaka. It felt a bit strange; many of the pronunciations were a bit tongue-twisting.

But they should be pretty cute.

Hearing Bai Tui's words and thinking of their families, as well as the seemingly weak girl in front of them, they gritted their teeth.

"What are you afraid of! Mages have their limits too! She's just one person! What are we afraid of! I've already called for reinforcements! This is our King; we are the heroes who will help the King ascend the throne! Our families will be rewarded!"

A squad leader said passionately, lifting his spear and charging forward.

With a leader, the rest were easy to handle.

A whole crowd of people—

Laughing to death, they couldn't even scratch the Aegis.

"Woo-hoo! Today is another day of learning, so great." Satisfied, she patted her chest, opened her eyes, and Lin Mo was immediately startled.

"Pfft, what are you doing? Hehehehehe—"

On the Aegis, densely packed faces were severely deformed from compression. She couldn't stop laughing.

Kaka immediately pushed these people away, and they fell to the side.

Seeing those people charge up again.

Lin Mo pulled Bai Tui in front of her, "Listen, tell your people to stop, or I'll, your head, twist off." Having just switched to this world's language, Lin Mo was still a bit unfamiliar with it.

It was a little cute, but Bai Tui didn't have time to appreciate it.

"Impossible! My soldiers are the most courageous warriors of the Empire! We will not retreat! You're afraid!" Bai Tui asserted. After all, in his understanding, only when one felt their own weakness would they choose to solve the problem peacefully.

"..." What he was babbling on about was so fast, Lin Mo couldn't understand a thing.

"You say you want to die? Fine."

"I—"

Crack—

Crunchy.

"Oh! I killed your leader. Now am I your leader?" She made an exaggerated victory gesture.

She casually threw Bai Tui on the ground.

With her hands on her hips, she struck a pose as if she were the boss, the victor, and they should all come and worship her. But apart from Lin Mo, the other soldiers were stunned in place, completely confused about what was happening.

Kaka: "..." Is this what you meant by "don't kill people casually?" Wow! I learned a new knowledge point today.

"Old man, come here!"

She crooked her finger, and the old man walked over. At this time, he no longer had the passion he had just had. He lowered his eyes, seeming to be no longer afraid of death.

"You're the second-in-command? The state preceptor, right?"

"..."

The old man didn't answer. Lin Mo wasn't angry either, and continued to speak on her own.

"How much do you think your country is worth? Or, how many gold coins can buy it?"

"..."

Seeing that the old man didn't speak, Lin Mo casually picked up a soldier and looked at the old man, who was keeping his head down and silent, with a smile.

"Priceless! My country is priceless in my heart!"

"Is that so? Then I also have a priceless treasure. How about I exchange it for this country? Look at this."

She casually threw out a glass bead, which landed at the old man's feet. That's right, it was the most ordinary kind.

Covered in dust, stained and even muddy. Half of the ball was buried in the soil.

"..." You're asking me what I think? Are you kidding me! Isn't this just a glass ball? Priceless? Priceless my foot! I'm old, but I'm not stupid! You can't insult me like this!

The old man was silent. You're planning to force me with force! Fine! I will not yield!

"Hmm... you don't think it's a priceless treasure?" Lin Mo chuckled, "Then... how about this?"

She beckoned, and the roach崽崽, which had already landed from the Leviathan崽崽, ran over in neat rows, plowing the ground, and jumped out of the ground with a bang.

Brandishing their scythes.

Drooling, their fierce gazes fixed on all the soldiers present, surrounding them three times over.

That day, humanity remembered again being...

"How's that? Is it enough now? Or do I need to raise the price?"

"..."

With a thud, the roach崽崽 stepped forward in unison, the ground groaning in a muffled voice.

Lin Mo smiled even more brightly.

She gently stroked Kaka in her arms, not even looking at the old man. From the memories of those five soldiers, she could tell that the old man in front of her might not be afraid of death himself, but he loved these soldiers in front of him very much. They were all children he had watched grow up.

Lin Mo didn't have any malicious intentions towards this old man. At least not yet.

"How is it? Do you understand what I mean?"

Otherwise... otherwise, I should just give in. Anyway, no one knows what I just said in my heart! That's right! Not embarrassing!

I'm doing this for the country!

Extending his hands, he carefully picked up the glass bead, wiped it carefully on his clothes, and carefully put it away.

The old man raised his head, controlling himself so that the tears in the corners of his eyes wouldn't fall, took a deep breath, and immediately knelt down on both knees, "Your subject, Roman Hawke, greets Her Majesty the Empress!"

The soldiers holding weapons were already dumbfounded. What was going on? There had been so many changes in this moment. Which side was he on now? Who was his boss?

But the old state preceptor had already knelt down, so kneeling down was the same for him.

Bai Tui: ... (Interesting souls are suspected of violating account regulations~)

"Oh, you're more sensible than I thought. I thought I'd have to kill you for a while before you'd agree."

"Your Majesty, you jest. Your subject has always been your loyal subject, and these are all your subjects too. Isn't that right, everyone!"

Silence.

The old man: (.;ﾟ;:益:;ﾟ;.)

What are you doing! Cooperate! This crazy woman wants to kill you all. What are you doing? Cheer!

Roach崽崽: "Roar!" (╬￣皿￣)凸

"Oh! Oh! Empress! Empress!"

"Long live Her Majesty! Oh!"

One by one, they suddenly became excited, as if someone was forcing them from behind. (￣w￣)

Lin Mo also cooperated, pretending not to know anything, and waved in response.

At this moment, the soldiers shouted even louder, and Lin Mo even faintly heard sobbing?

Are the崽崽 that scary?(´･w･`)?

How could that be? It's just that these people's psychological endurance is too poor. o((＞w＜))o

"Empress, don't you think you should let your眷属 return first? These soldiers seem to have some psychological problems..." They've all been scared into PTSD by your raising your hand...

"Is that so? Okay, then."

With a thought, the崽崽 returned to the ground.

The happy Lin Mo ran quickly to Bai Tui's mount, her eyes shining. This was a snow wolf, woo-hoo! So smooth! She took a sniff. Ew, so stinky!

Her face fell, looking even a little aggrieved.

"Empress, Kaka knows, you don't have to keep looking at Kaka."

Hawke (the old man) didn't dare to approach. The relationship between this master and servant seemed very good, but this new Empress seemed a little too playful. He wondered if his choice was the right one.

Perhaps this Empress could guarantee that the Bai Xue Kingdom wouldn't be invaded by a great empire, but it seemed that this Empress would cause the Bai Xue Kingdom more damage than the great empire.

In the dark, he just had that feeling.

However, now it seemed that he could only pray, pray that this Empress was an Empress who loved her people.

However, being able to have so many眷属, she should be a very diligent Empress, otherwise, she wouldn't have so many subordinates.

However, what race is the Empress? There's no abyss aura, nor demon aura, but he hasn't heard of such a race on the continent, has he? Could she really be human?

Hawke had many questions in his head, but seeing the Empress playing so happily, he shouldn't disturb her. It wasn't that he was afraid or cowardly, it was respect for the Empress!

"What are you doing! Are you still afraid of me!? Now the whole country is mine! Not to mention you, little doggy! Come with me to take a bath! Quickly!" (눈_눈)

Lin Mo pinched the Snow Wolf King's throat and pressed him belly up on the ground.

He was quite obedient, clearly knowing who the boss was now. Even though he wasn't very familiar with Lin Mo, he still braced himself and showed his belly.

Stinky? Where am I stinky! Damn it! Fastidious human! I'm a Snow Wolf royal!

"Long Ye!"

"Empress."

"Bodyguard, you should know how to drive this thing, right? Drag it away, wash it clean, and bring it back! The Eyeball崽崽 said there's a river going in the northeast direction."

"Yes."

This time, Lin Mo only brought one human, Long Ye, and he wasn't even human anymore. After all, he was a creature that had been modified many times, unlike those who were just modified by parasites. Long Ye was dragged into the mother nest and modified by Kaka.

This was the position of the Empress's bodyguard.

"┗|｀o′|┛嗷~~" (I'm not going! I'm not going!)

What's wrong! What are you looking at me for! I'm not going even if you look at me! I won't take a bath even if I die!

Wait! What's going on? Is this human? How did he get so big?? Crap! Killing dogs! No, killing wolves!!

"Awoo—"

Don't! Don't grab the back of my neck!

Okay, okay, I'll go! Damn it! I want to win favor! And then suppress you severely in front of the Empress! Suppress you!

Ouch ouch ouch! Be gentle!