You Dare Snarl at Me?

"You're awake? How do you feel? Your brain didn't get smashed, did it?"

The gentle voice reached Simba's ears, instantly jolting the still-groggy Simba awake.

"Grr!!"

Simba sprang up in an instant, baring its fangs at Gu Xin and the Demon Beast. Those beast-like tusks clearly revealed its demi-human identity.

But Gu Xin paid no attention to Simba's hostility. He merely frowned slightly.

"Theoretically speaking, a demi-human with such a low degree of humanoid traits isn't qualified to snarl at me."

Gu Xin sighed.

The Demon Beast beside him instantly understood Gu Xin's meaning. With a sweep of its demonic claw, black magic power surged forth and slammed into Simba's legs.

Grr!

Simba let out a pained whimper as both knees crashed heavily to the ground. The magic power of the Demon Beast had shattered the bones in its legs.

It hurt. It hurt terribly.

"You used too much force, Demon Beast. I still need it for card refining."

"My deepest apologies, Master. I will be more careful next time."

The Demon Beast sincerely expressed its apology, its tone and movements as elegant as ever.

"So, are you a little more clear-headed now?"

Gu Xin's tone remained exceptionally friendly as he spoke gently to Simba.

"..."

Simba clenched its teeth tightly, but it no longer dared to bare its fangs.

"Quite the cold one, aren't you? Demi-humans should be able to speak the common language, shouldn't they? Or are you mute?"

Gu Xin tilted his head, looking at Simba with a faint, amused smile.

"But you spoke when you attacked me earlier. So you simply don't want to communicate with me?"

"That really hurts my feelings. I was sincerely trying to have a talk with you."

"In that case, Demon Beast, kill it."

Gu Xin shook his head.

"What do you want to talk about, human?"

Simba finally could not endure any longer. Suppressing the pain in its legs, it spoke to Gu Xin.

It did not want to die. It had only just gained a healthy body. It had only just become normal!

"What is your name? Where are you from?"

Gu Xin asked directly. There were quite a few things about this demi-human that piqued his curiosity.

Otherwise, he would have had the Demon Beast send it to meet the Beast God worshipped by the demi-human races right away.

"My name is Simba. I come from the Frost Wolf Clan."

"Are you sure?"

"I would not dare deceive you."

"The Frost Wolf Clan is one of the major clans of the West Wind Plains, led by wolf demi-humans. Mr. Simba, your race does indeed match up."

Gu Xin rested his chin on his hand, his eyes fixed tightly on the wolf demi-human.

"But could you tell me this? The West Wind Plains lie at the westernmost edge of the continent. Even departing from Yin City of the Great Xia Empire by magic train, the journey takes at least half a month."

"You're a demi-human. How did you get to Yin City? Can you tell me?"

After becoming interested in the demi-human races, Gu Xin had deliberately looked up a great deal of information about them online.

The West Wind Plains lay in the far west of the continent.

The Great Xia Empire, meanwhile, dominated the east. The two were worlds apart. Gu Xin did not believe that a weakling demi-human like Simba could have walked all the way from the West Wind Plains to Yin City.

This was simply impossible.

This was not the peaceful world of Gu Xin's previous life. Out in the wilds of this world, all kinds of monsters and Demon Beasts ran rampant.

Besides, Simba was a demi-human. What would humans do when they encountered a wild demi-human?

Eighty percent of them would capture it and sell it.

"To be honest with you, I came to this city through teleportation magic."

Simba hesitated, but upon noticing Gu Xin's increasingly dangerous gaze, it knew that if it did not provide an answer, its life might be forfeit.

"Teleportation magic?"

Gu Xin froze at the words. A teleportation spell was magic that only a Grand Magus of at least the fifth rank could use. Fifth rank!

A fifth-rank powerhouse was also known as a demigod!

"Yes, but I do not know that lord's identity."

"Why did he send you to Yin City?"

Gu Xin pondered for a moment before asking another question.

He could not understand it. Simba was merely an ordinary demi-human; at least, Gu Xin could not see anything special about it.

"That lord ordered me to cause as much chaos in the city as possible, then do my best to survive. Afterward, he would come find me himself."

Simba replied quietly.

"So you started eating people?" Gu Xin smiled brightly.

A demi-human was still a demi-human. What an idiot. There were many ways to cause chaos, yet this demi-human had chosen the stupidest one.

"...No, I didn't eat anyone."

"Oh? Then those people who died after being attacked weren't killed by you."

"Of course! Respected human powerhouse, I was only just teleported here. That lord must have sent other demi-humans over as well."

Simba's will to survive had completely exploded, because it could feel the human before it growing increasingly hostile toward it.

It was on the verge of collapse.

"Is that so? Then it seems I misunderstood you." Gu Xin raised an eyebrow.

Feeling the hostility fading, Simba was overjoyed.

He believed it. He really believed it!

Sure enough, humans were like this. They were easily swayed by emotion and would not casually kill innocent lives.

"How did those people's organs taste?"

"Absolutely delicious..."

It answered instinctively, but Simba quickly realized what it had said. Its entire body turned cold as it raised its head, meeting Gu Xin's eyes.

He was still smiling, his expression harmless and sunny.

But Simba could not sense any hostility, so it still held onto a sliver of hope.

"Human, you said that as long as I cooperated with you, you would let me go! A powerhouse like you wouldn't go back on your word, right?"

Simba hurriedly said.

"I only said that I might be overcome with kindness." Gu Xin sighed softly.

"And for a stupid, evil, cruel humanoid thing like you, letting you contribute your body to my card-making path could count as doing a good deed."

"Human!! How can you go back on your word like this?!"

Simba was furious and terrified.

"In your next life, don't be a demi-human again. Also, you're really ugly."

In the end, Gu Xin could not help voicing his personal impression of this demi-human.

Simba's eyes widened as it glared venomously at the human. It had just opened its mouth to curse him—

But in the next instant, its vision was filled by a jet-black demonic claw. Demon Beast's devil claw slammed viciously into its forehead.

The demi-human named Simba's life came to an end.

"No matter how humanoid it is, it still isn't human. How pitiful."

Gu Xin looked coldly at Simba's unclosed eyes, without the slightest ripple in his heart.

He had never shown mercy when killing humanoid things.