Chapter 98: Chapter 76: You Don’t Just Want My Body, You Want My Heart Too?

“Heh.”

“An interesting human.”

“I admire your courage and audacity.”

“But if you are unwilling to swear fealty to me and become part of our White Wolf Empire, then you will never obtain the Wolf Riding Skill that we Wolfmen have mastered.”

“Furthermore,”

“on this entire continent,”

“you won’t find another nation or power that has mastered the Wolf Riding Skill.”

Hearing this, Qin Feng shrugged, his expression calm as he said:

“It doesn’t matter.”

“To me, the Wolf Riding Skill,”

“is merely a nice bonus, not a desperate necessity.”

“If I can’t get it, so be it.”

He paused for a moment before continuing,

“I came here today for one purpose and one purpose only. Since you, Queen Fenrir, are unwilling to make a deal, I have no reason to remain.”

“Farewell.”

With that, Qin Feng turned and walked away. At his side, Diablo warily watched the surrounding Wolfman guards, ready for the dangerous warriors to suddenly turn on them.

Fenrir hesitated, wanting to call out to Qin Feng as he left. But in the end, she couldn’t bring herself to speak and could only watch as he and Diablo disappeared down the corridor at the far end of the hall.

Just then, a Wolfman guard stepped forward and asked quietly,

“Your Majesty!”

“This Divine Chosen Lord refuses to swear fealty to us. He could become a huge problem in the future!”

“Should I send someone to dispose of him?”

Fenrir took a deep breath.

“No.”

“Let him go.”

“Once he sees the rise of our White Wolf Empire with his own eyes and learns of the bloodline awakening techniques we now command,”

“he will naturally chase that great Extraordinary Power,”

“and come to follow me of his own accord.”

…

Meanwhile, on the gravel path back, Diablo suddenly stopped. His scarlet pupils glinted ominously in the darkness.

“Lord?”

“What do we do now?”

“Should I go gather all the warriors of the Ratman Tribes? We can coordinate with your other Demon Beast units and form a siege army!”

“Then we can start by taking down the outlying cities these Wolfmen haven’t finished building.”

“And then force them to reveal the secrets of the Wolf Riding Skill?”

Qin Feng said nothing.

Instead, he was lost in thought.

Of course, he wasn’t thinking about how to attack the White Wolf Empire. He was mulling over how to handle Fenrir, the immensely ambitious White Wolf Queen.

’A demonstration of my own strength?’

’That might have some effect, but Fenrir herself possesses Zero-star (Gold) strength. She also has a Legendary Level Extraordinary Profession and is the White Wolf Queen who single-handedly unified all the Wolfman Tribes through her own efforts.’

’She definitely wouldn’t be like some ordinary girl who, after I show off a few awesome combat techniques, would instantly become my little fangirl and start throwing all sorts of benefits my way.’

’Then… a display of military strength?’

’No, that’s no good.’

’The Zoo army is certainly powerful.’

’But their overall numbers are still too small.’

’The White Wolf Empire’s army, in contrast, numbers in the terrifying thousands. Even their newly trained reserve Wolf Cavalry are high-level Soldier Types, at least at the Zero-star (Purple) level.’

’Add to that the combat synergy they’ve developed since childhood…’

’As long as they work in unison and unleash their exclusive Wolf Rider Combination Techniques, they can fight my Desert Giant Wolves buffed with the ’Boiling’ skill to a complete standstill.’

’As for displaying my territory’s abundant resources and advanced technology…’

’Useless.’

’I already tried that a moment ago.’

’Fenrir obviously doesn’t care about that stuff.’

’Which makes sense. She’s already mastered the city-building techniques provided by Long Zhongyi and can construct her own defensive fortifications.’

’She just lacks the more complex Forging Skill that the Blacksmith Master has mastered.’

’So she can’t smelt suitable weapons and armor.’

’However, since that woman can plant spies in the cities of the northern Gulad Empire, it means she can definitely steal the necessary equipment forging techniques from the empire’s blacksmiths.’

’Smelting Black Crystal Ore and other rare ores to forge better, higher-grade weapons and equipment is just a matter of time.’

“Sigh… what a difficult woman…”

’Maybe I should just take Diablo’s suggestion and send troops to take down the White Wolf Empire after all?’

But as soon as the thought surfaced, Qin Feng mentally vetoed it.

’If I really did that…’

’…the ’Merciful Lord’ image I’ve painstakingly cultivated would completely collapse.’

’When that happens, who knows if the Ratman Tribes that have already sworn fealty to me will become disheartened, causing their villages’ Loyalty to plummet, or even leading to rebellion.’

’The bloody act of launching a Strong Attack on the White Wolf Empire without a just cause would, on its own, be enough to make the other Sub-human Tribes in the forest deeply suspicious.’

「At that time.」

’They would surely band together to resist me.’

’And if I then wanted to win over these Sub-human Forces in the forest, my only option would be to launch an all-out assault and fight them to the bloody end.’

“Lord?”

“What do you think?”

Qin Feng snapped back to reality.

“Oh.”

“Absolutely not.”

“The White Wolf Empire is just unwilling to give us the Wolf Riding Skill.”

“There’s no reason to go to war with them over such a trivial matter and needlessly waste the precious lives of innocent Ratmen and Wolfmen.”

“We’re not Evil God Believers, after all…”

At these words, Diablo couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief. He wasn’t actually keen on going to war with the White Wolf Empire, either.

But if Qin Feng had insisted on declaring war on the entire White Wolf Empire for the Wolf Riding Skill, then he, as a Ratman Warrior who had sworn fealty to Qin Feng, would have had no choice but to follow his Lord’s sacred command and raise his blade against those friendly and innocent Wolfmen.

Just then, Qin Feng stopped in his tracks, turning to Diablo with a sharp glint in his eyes.

“Wait!”

“Diablo!”

“Tell me, if I told Fenrir that those Kobolds worship the Gluttony Evil God, what do you think she would do, knowing her style?”

Hearing his Lord’s question, Diablo thought for a moment before answering:

“I think,”

“she would first notify all the Forest Tribes.”

“Then, she would personally lead her Wolf Cavalry army to attack the Ancient City where the Kobolds reside.”

“Because as long as she wins that war, she’ll earn the awe and reverence of every Forest Tribe, paving the way for her to conquer the entire Northern Forest later on.”

“And the other Wolfmen wouldn’t object to this.”

“After all, that bunch is incredibly proud and arrogant. They look down on the Kobolds who’ve been holing up underground for years, considering them nothing more than an uncivilized Barbarian Race.”

“So, they would never lower themselves to request reinforcements from the other Forest Tribes to help them.”

Qin Feng snapped his fingers.

“Exactly.”

“That’s what I was thinking, too.”

“But what Fenrir doesn’t know is that the Kobold leader, just like her, has long since awakened as a Transcendent and possesses terrifying strength that far surpasses her own.”

“Strength capable of easily crushing her great Wolf Cavalry army…”

Before he could finish, Diablo had already guessed his Lord’s plan: to exploit the Wolfmen’s bone-deep arrogance and trick them into a “one-on-one” confrontation with the subterranean Kobold army.

And once their great Wolf Cavalry army reaches the main entrance of that Ancient City, they will find it nearly impossible to retreat due to the dark, narrow, and complex environment underground.

「By then.」

the die would be cast.

Either the Wolfmen would die,

or the Kobolds would be wiped out.

However, with the monstrously powerful Gluttony’s Chosen, King Rado, present, the Wolfman Cavalry would be unable to fight mounted on their Wolf Pack. Being purely physical attackers, they would be cut down as easily as reaping wheat.

Afterward, once the situation spiraled completely out of control, the Lord would swoop in like a god descending upon the battlefield. With an absolutely overwhelming presence, he would plant himself in the center of the fray and pull the Wolf Cavalry, who were being slaughtered and routed by the Gluttony’s Chosen, from the jaws of death.

He would be sure to save Queen Fenrir, who always leads from the front and would have undoubtedly fallen into a desperate struggle.

She would then owe him an enormous debt.

「Afterward.」

when the Lord asks for the secrets to the “Wolf Riding Skill,” these innately arrogant Wolfmen would be unable to refuse without losing face. They would be forced to hand over the core secrets of the Wolf Riding Skill to repay him for saving their lives…

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