"No, no matter what Lord Cao Ye is like, he will always be Tsubakihime's 'hero.'"
"Always Tsubakihime's 'hero,' huh? Fine, then I'll be Tsubakihime's one and only 'hero.'"
Seeing Tsubakihime's incredibly serious expression, Cao Ye immediately smiled and said those words.
Those very words directly stirred Tsubakihime's budding feelings. For a moment, she was at a loss. Like the lecherous fox she was, little scenes had already begun playing out in her mind.
"Her one and only 'hero'..."
At that moment, Tsubakihime's gaze was somewhat hazy. She had clearly been moved.
"Ah—!!!"
However, Shala, wrapped in Black Mud, let out a roar.
That sound made the corners of Cao Ye's mouth curl upward slightly.
When Black Mud fused into an ordinary monster's body and touched its magic stone, the monster would instantly collapse. Yet Shala had not collapsed. Instead, she had roared.
Moreover, Cao Ye could feel his Black Mud being absorbed by her bit by bit.
That meant his guess had been correct. Black Mud could touch the 'soul,' and the souls of all monsters belonged to the 'Dungeon.'
Anyone else who tried to touch them would be 'rejected,' and that rejection took the form of controlling the monsters to self-destruct.
These Xenos, however, were like loopholes in the system. They were not controlled by the Dungeon. That was precisely why they were attacked by monsters and possessed a sense of self and intelligence.
Boom—
In an instant, a terrifying surge of magic power erupted, and the iron cage imprisoning Shala shattered.
A moment later, everything fell silent. A purple figure with a human body and a snake tail appeared there, cloaked in black magic power.
The Xenos' Fury!
Cao Ye smiled brightly as he looked at the half-serpent figure before him.
His guess had been right. Why had