The Consequences Of Being A Tyrant Chapter 18
byJust a step away, driven by the desire almost within reach, they could no longer maintain their composure and cried out, “The Core is the thing on your body.”
Lin Yu nodded but had no intention of moving closer.
The Star Beasts gnashed their teeth in hatred but were forced to continue answering.
“That killing god also has it, a very large piece. That’s why we couldn’t defeat him. What you have must be from him.”
Their words seemed deliberately vague, as if guessing the truth would negatively affect these strange creatures. Lin Yu noted the answers but still showed no sign of advancing.
Another beast continued, “It was originally ours, so you must return it to us.”
Lin Yu smiled faintly. “How should I return it?”
Their ecstatic expressions surfaced in the black shadows. “Let us eat you!”
“Let us eat you!!!”
They were impatient; they could not endure it any longer.
But this damned native! He still hadn’t moved an inch!
A beast let out a furious roar, feeling deceived. “You tricked us! You damned liar, you broke your word! We already answered your questions! You need to take one step forward…”
Their bulging, angry eyes fixed on the short step below, less than one percent of their body length, yet it felt like an insurmountable chasm due to the seal’s confinement.
Lin Yu looked at them and wiggled his index finger.
“Verbal agreements don’t count, you know.”
“Maybe next time, you’ll remember to make me sign a contract.”
He wasn’t an idiot, adhering to the good virtue of honesty in front of a group of alien species.
In the Star Beasts’ eyes, the human’s fair, small face was full of provocation. His dark, clear eyes held a cunning smile. All that innocence and naivety were just a disguise put on by this damned native—he was a super-duper bad liar!
The first thing they would do upon getting out was violently crush his eyes!
The black mist flowed violently, like a ceaseless vortex, threatening to swallow anything that came close.
Lin Yu retreated several steps. He saw no sign of his keeper, only dull, dead blackness, without a hint of blue. The air was filled only with the beasts’ angry, rapid, and noisy curses.
Lin Yu understood. It seemed his keeper wasn’t in there either.
Otherwise, during such a chaotic moment, the other party couldn’t possibly remain completely unresponsive.
Lin Yu left, feeling disappointed.
Just as on his first day here, high above the Palace dome, beyond his sight, a long, lacquer-red tail flashed past. Simultaneously, a pair of cold, gray pupils faintly scanned the restless black abyss.
Like a larger, higher-dimensional shadow cast over them, the Star Beasts instantly fell silent.
They communicated via specific brainwaves: “It’s the killing god!”
“He’s not dead, he’s still alive!”
“That hateful native, he was deceiving us.”
Remembering the blood that had spread into the room that day, the Star Beasts shivered.
Then, someone’s murmur sounded, tinged with madness, “I’m so hungry, so hungry…”
The blood of their own kind had awakened the deep-seated hunger within them.
It was like opening the gates of hell.
They were about to face a more bloody and violent end.
Yanyan withdrew his gaze, restraining himself from observing the little human’s every move.
He tried desperately to calm himself, but his body completely defied his will. His tail twitched uncontrollably, highly agitated, while another, more violent and irritable physiological reaction gradually took over his mind.
It would scare the little human.
His special physiological state prevented him from maintaining his hidden form, so he had to temporarily avoid the little human. He had considered interacting with the little human as usual, but after seeing the little human hide all red objects or stuff them into deep corners, Yanyan abandoned the idea. Not to mention how conflicted and scared the little human had looked just stepping into that room earlier.
Yanyan knew that the scene of the crimson stage had not yet faded from the other party’s nightmares.
He looked at his lacquer-red tail, like a dazzling, scorching flame, but at this moment, Yanyan felt no pride in it whatsoever.
The blue he had always loved was not the color the other party liked, and now his tail had also lost its right to be seen.
The other party definitely wouldn’t like it.
Yanyan watched for a moment, then rested his large head on his tail, covering the red area, and closed his eyes.
He needed to think carefully about how to soothe the little human.
Lin Yu returned to his room, utterly disheartened. He was now more certain of the fact he didn’t want to accept.
His keeper might be sick or injured.
But he knew nothing about it; he couldn’t even find where the person was.
He didn’t like this feeling.
A gentle breeze wafted in through the window. His bed was pressed against the pale wall, a place of security Lin Yu had requested. The white, long-haired carpet covered the floor, pristine like fresh snow in the sunlight. The cabinet next to the bed was neatly filled with his clothes, which the other party had helped him organize.
Everything here was a vessel for their memories.
But now, the other protagonist had disappeared.
Lin Yu looked out at the trees. Beyond that forest was the more advanced human society.
A thoughtful look flashed in his eyes.
Would those strange humans know the answer?
Lin Yu didn’t hesitate much about leaving the warm, comfortable safe zone. Everything he had was given to him by the other party. If he only considered his personal feelings and did nothing despite knowing the other party was in danger, that would be the most shameful thing.
Without much time for preparation or hesitation, Lin Yu quickly packed a small bundle and planned to find his only pet—the white fluffball. Its owner clearly knew a lot of things.
Although the white fluffball couldn’t communicate with its owner, nothing was impossible for a determined person. He could understand both languages, after all.
Lin Yu, who had decided to develop himself into a translator, took one last look at the Palace standing in the sunlight.
He slowly walked into the woods.
On the dome, Yanyan silently opened his eyes. In his sight, the familiar block of color was moving farther and farther away. He remembered that the cartoon snake on the T-shirt the little human was wearing was one he had chosen. He also vividly remembered the wave-like smile on the little human’s face when he received the shirt.
But now, the little human was wearing the clothes he gave him, and leaving him.
Realizing this, Yanyan’s pupils suddenly narrowed into vertical slits, like a long, dark tear ripping through the starry sky, overflowing with terrifying, man-eating desire.
Finally, he descended from the rooftop.
He followed far behind the little human.
Perhaps Jiao Jiao was just going into the woods to find some wild food.
He should tolerate all of the other party’s whims.
But that shouldn’t include leaving.
Lin Yu moved quickly, almost without stopping. As he walked, Yanyan’s expression grew colder. The little human was walking straight to the edge of the forest!
He seemed to have no hesitation or doubt. His goal was so resolute that Yanyan couldn’t help but want to swallow him, stuff him into his belly, so he couldn’t go anywhere.
However, his gaze never left the little human, and he clearly saw the tense and anxious expression on the other party’s face.
Why was he in such a hurry to leave him?
Yanyan replayed the conversation between the little human and those ‘foods,’ and his thoughts finally settled on the word “killing god.”
To those beasts, he certainly qualified as a killing god. Was that why?
Yanyan felt a little wronged, but he truly disliked eating vegetables.
Letting the little human go into that room that day was clearly the biggest mistake.
Yanyan didn’t know what respecting a decision meant, but he was terrified of seeing fear on the other party’s face.
He instinctively rejected and refused such an outcome.
But…
Just as Lin Yu’s foot was about to step past the last tree, his hairs suddenly stood on end, as if he were being watched by a massive and powerful predator. Lin Yu dared not look back, quickening his pace toward the bright, scorching sunlight.
Behind him, where he dared not look, dense branches hung low. The dark shadow, infinitely close to the ground, resembled several prostrate, devout believers. The shadow clustered around the massive creature at the center. Through the layers of green leaves, streams of fresh red blood flowed out of the gaps.
A lacquer-red tail, its severed end blurred and flesh exposed, gently twitched before being submerged in the deeper red.
The power contained in the blood caused the grass to rapidly flourish, then quickly wither away. With the cover gone, the full light of the sky shone down.
It illuminated the distinctly wretched blue figure below.
Yanyan painfully curled up. His blue scales had become dull due to the dissipation of some of his power. He lightly opened his eyes, then quickly closed them, revealing a look of distaste.
It was red everywhere again. He hated red.
The moment Lin Yu stepped out, the surveillance cameras An Qiao had placed early on the forest’s perimeter immediately captured the little human’s figure.
“Beep beep beep!”
The sharp, piercing sound sliced through An Qiao’s mind like a blade. He held his puzzle pieces blankly, momentarily entering a triple state of self-forgetfulness.
Who am I, where am I, what am I doing?
Duan Mingyue clicked his tongue, his brows furrowed. He reached out and took his friend’s Opticomp, turning off the emergency alert sound, and looked at the message.
“Important target detected! Gert Forest perimeter monitor 3 reporting.”
Gert meant “Deity” in their language.
There was only one forest on the entire planet named after this word, and that was the lush woodland outside The Palace.
Duan Mingyue looked at his friend, who seemed to have lost his mind, and asked, confused, “Is your brain still working? Is it filled with straw? How dare you install surveillance cameras there? Have you forgotten the flying devices the King smashed with one tail swipe 23 years ago? If you anger the King, the straw in your head won’t be able to be put back.”
He seriously suspected that the recent sharp noise had finally exposed the straw that had been hidden in his friend’s brain for years.
Why hadn’t he noticed how reckless the other party was before?
Was that a place where one could tamper with things?
That was the King who had lived since the dawn of the land!
An Qiao shook his head, ignoring his friend’s sarcasm. His mind was filled with the image of that delicate, fair little human.
His eyes lit up rapidly, like two brilliant light bulbs.
He grabbed his friend’s hand.
Without waiting for the other party to ask any more soul-searching questions, he dragged him toward the exit.
“I found you a super-duper cute Pet! Hurry up!”