Bringing Back

He found a just-right dog chain from the blacksmith's shop in Farit Village, which was originally prepared for the dog of the head of Farit Village, but at the voice of the supreme commander of the Tiger Head Army, the owner of the blacksmith's shop immediately decided to offer it to the supreme commander of the Tiger Head Army who held the highest official position.

Hanging the dog chain around the demon cub's neck, Li Yan mounted a white warhorse and began to continue his patrol, the demon cub being led by the dog chain and forced to run unceasingly, while Li Yan merely gazed calmly ahead, his thoughts already drifting to his master Flamme.

The sound of the dog chain rang continuously, and the demon cub tumbled to the ground, being dragged along relentlessly by the white warhorse, her clothes rubbed into more than a few pieces, and parts of her body suffering friction wounds.

Li Yan glanced at her expressionlessly, and this was already the best step his sympathetic heart could manage; not only his master, Junior Sister, and Grandmaster hated the Demons, so he could not be merciful to the Demons.

This concerned not only his master and the others, but the entire Earl's territory and the entire Kingdom.

The Demons were the mortal enemies of the human race, and no matter how young a Demon was, an enemy was always an enemy.

"Let this be an exception!"

Gazing at a sight so truly pathetic that even his sympathetic heart trembled, Li Yan had no choice but to pull her up onto the horse, the pulling force of the chain making the demon cub feel as if she were suffocating, but that life-threatening suffocation lasted only a mere few seconds.

Gazing at the expressionless, handsome youth before her, the demon cub wanted to back away in fear, but she who was already seated on the horse could only stretch out her small hand to resist Li Yan.

"Be quiet, and if you make a fuss again, I will throw you down."

Li Yan glared threateningly at the demon cub before him; had her appearance not resembled a human infant and had she not been extremely cute, he would not have let his goodwill overflow.

Seeming as though Li Yan's threat went exceptionally smoothly, the demon cub trembled in her body and obediently stopped moving.

Gazing at the demon cub sitting obediently on the white warhorse, Li Yan set off once more, taking the demon cub away being a momentary impulse of his, as he had heard his master recount the personality of the Demons countless times—arrogant, cunning, and devoid of humanity, unable to understand human emotions yet capable of utilizing human sympathy, using pitiful phrasing to make humans let them go.

On the patrolling path, a few straggling Demons occasionally appeared, some of them grasping battle-sabres, some of them grasping magic staves, and facing these Demons, Li Yan simply swung the Holy Sword, a compressed-air slash launching forth, and the wide-eyed Demon soldiers fell miserably to the ground, their bodies cleaved in two.

The soldiers of the Tiger Head Army swallowed hard one by one; their supreme commander seemed ridiculously strong, and they completely only needed to stand in place and watch.

The demon cub on horseback trembled in her body, sitting on horseback and seeing Li Yan's actions with extreme clarity: he merely raised his hand casually and swung his sword at random, and the elite Demon soldiers were harvested mercilessly like straw.

A large hand suddenly landed on the demon cub's head, and upon being suddenly stroked on the head, the demon cub's trembling body instantly stiffened as the devil's whisper sounded beside her ear.

"If you disobey, your end will be the same as theirs."

Perhaps because Li Yan's tone carried excessive malice, the demon cub lowered her head in silence, not daring to make the slightest small movement.

Li Yan knew with extreme clarity that the Demons could not understand the meaning of human language, but there were some things he could not feel exceptionally untroubled inside if he did not speak them out.

Perhaps only by speaking in advance could his heart feel somewhat better when he killed her later on.

Along the way of patrolling, clearing, and searching, in the span of a single morning, Li Yan completely wiped out more than ten monsters, over thirty low-level monsters, and several squads of Demon lurking soldiers.

The greater part of the territory on the eastern side of the land was entirely patrolled and cleared, and Li Yan officially began his return journey; the Demon squads cleared today alone were enough to raise Li Yan's merit a notch.

On the return journey, Li Yan purchased a pocketful of candies in another small town, and the demon cub obediently staying on the white warhorse also had the honor of eating a few pieces, seeming to like this sweet-tasting thing exceptionally well.

Li Yan did not know whether she truly liked this kind of candy or if she put on a pretense of liking it, but regarding this demon cub, Li Yan had two aspects of consideration: the first aspect was raising her, as the saying went, wolves could be raised into dogs, and Demons might not necessarily be unable to be raised into dogs.

As for the second aspect, the physical structure of Demons would transform into mana and leave forever upon death rather than turning into corpses, and in this aspect of research, Li Yan was also exceptionally interested.

Precisely because the corpses of Demons transformed into mana and scattered away with the wind, the human race also did not need to worry that excessive numbers of dead Demon corpses would cause plagues.

On the return trip to the village, Li Yan came to Alas Village, found the little girl with a dusty face playing with mud on the ground, and shoved a full pocket of candies into her hands.

Gazing at the full, colorful candies, the little girl fearfully held up her clothes, and the candies fell into the large pouch formed by her gathered garments.

"Hm-hm-hm, I certainly won't eat your candies for nothing."

Li Yan turned around proudly, declining the villagers' invitation to stay and eat a meal.

Upon the white warhorse, the demon cub looked on stealthily, lowering her head in fear when Li Yan approached, terrified that Li Yan would find trouble with her and use her for amusement.

Gazing at the demon cub burying her head deep into the white warhorse's fur in order to hide her own existence, Li Yan could only sigh at the other party's foolishness.

Returning to the castle, all the soldiers grasped their weapons and gazed with some apprehension at the demon cub being led by Li Yan, but under Li Yan's majesty, they had no choice but to lower their weapons and return to their posts.

Targeted by numerous weapons, the terrified demon cub hugged the thigh that could protect her life, while Li Yan merely glanced slightly, tugged the chain, and led the demon cub step by step into the castle.