Cute Bug Overlord Joins the Chat Group!

Hehe.

No matter how cold the weather was, Zerg's body was always warm.

"..."

Talulah fell silent.

Zerg had just said she'd burned it.

And what she'd burned seemed to have been the patrolmen's corpses?

"Talulah, what are you thinking about?"

Alina glanced helplessly at Kiana Kaslana—

And at the person and dog poking their heads out from her collar.

The gentle Elafia girl temporarily gave up on fighting over the tiny child.

"...Nothing."

In the end, the dragon girl shook her head.

Whatever Zerg wanted those corpses for, it had nothing to do with her anymore.

It was just that—

Talulah still found it hard to connect the hunter that had consecutively taken more than a dozen lives with that tiny creature barely peeking out.

But she didn't keep dwelling on it.

As a fighter, she needed to think about how to wrap things up next.

Flames flickered in time with her breathing.

The Infected Patrol had died here, and an investigation team would inevitably come afterward.

To be honest, Talulah had a bad feeling about this.

Based on past experience—

Those greedy hyenas had always come to her little cabin only after ransacking the village.

Yet this time, they had come with a clear target, even claiming they had received a report.

As for who had reported them...

A shadow passed through the dragon girl's eyes.

The flames in her eyes burned ever more fiercely.

"They're all dead?"

At that moment, the elderly Ursus man who had remained inside the house slowly emerged, trembling.

There was no sign of the patrolmen left behind.

Combined with the screams he'd heard earlier, the old man roughly understood what had happened.

"...Talulah, hurry and take Alina away from the village."

Then, as if he had made up his mind—

"Those patrol lords are dead. The people above definitely won't let this go."

The wrinkles on his face seemed to grow even deeper.

Yet he also seemed to feel relieved somehow.

"Grandpa, you..."

Talulah looked doubtfully at the old Ursus farmer who had taken her in.

"The village can no longer shelter you and Alina, Talulah."

With a sigh, the old farmer said this.

"When the people above come to hold someone accountable, I'll take all the blame."

The old man's bent back gradually straightened.

He had already lived long enough.

Perhaps his only hope in life had been to watch Alina grow up and marry into a good family, so he could finally let go.

But now, he might not live to see that day.

Let these old bones do one last thing for Alina and Talulah.

"Grandpa, you don't need to go that far. Alina and I are Infected, which is why the patrolmen came."

The dragon girl said so.

"...Talulah, I want to tell you something."

The old man slowly rolled up his sleeve.

Near his shoulder, black crystals were starkly embedded in his skin.

"..."

Talulah's pupils abruptly contracted.

Grandpa was Infected?

"Father!"

Alina cried out.

When had her father become Infected?

Or had he been infected because of her?

"Alina, Talulah, I don't know when I became Infected either, but it has nothing to do with either of you."

The old man pulled his sleeve back down.

The old woman, meanwhile, clasped her husband's hand.

Since these old bones had already made their preparations, she was willing to bear the consequences alongside him.

"..."

Talulah fell silent.

"You two have no need to do this."

The Abyssal Hunter spoke at that moment.

She was a bounty hunter who traveled the land.

So it was only natural for her to take on a bounty job or two.

"I've already accepted payment from you two. It's time to carry out the bounty job."

Her greatsword stabbed into the ground as the white-haired, red-eyed girl spoke calmly.

Though the payment was only some simple food and hot tea from a farmer's home, Skadi didn't care.

She set her own standards for bounties.

"Talulah, Alina, tell me where those people are stationed."

The Abyssal Hunter looked toward the dragon girl and the Elafia girl.

"Take me with you!"

Kiana Kaslana volunteered eagerly.

Though she seemed to have forgotten something, fighting evil was the sort of thing she absolutely had to join!

She might hesitate when dealing with ordinary people, but when it came to arrogant scum who ran wild, she had to hit them with an iron fist!

Since she'd come to another world, she naturally had to adapt to local customs.

She would try to fit in!

"Zerg wants to go too!"

The Cute Bug Overlord's eyes lit up.

Though she'd lost the Biomass from more than a dozen people, it seemed she could harvest even more Biomass soon!

"You all..."

The dragon girl stared blankly at the group members from the Dimensional Chat Group.

Attacking the patrol was practically the same as challenging the authority of the Ursus Empire. They might even have to face Ursus's military afterward.

Though Ursus was already thoroughly rotten, it was still a terrifying behemoth.

"I'm merely a bounty hunter treated to a meal by farmers, Talulah."

The Abyssal Hunter said calmly.

"The laws of another world can't govern this young lady!"

The white-haired little ball immediately declared herself an outlaw beyond the law.

Yet when she recalled those people's arrogant behavior and words, a faint anger and hatred rose in her heart.

Power was surging up!

A golden cross flickered in and out of view.

"Zerg wants to go!"

The tiny Cute Bug Overlord repeated herself.

More Biomass, more essence!

This time, she definitely couldn't let Talulah burn it all up!

"Gaha!"

The tiny Zergling also voiced its opinion, agreeing that its Overlord was right.

"..."

Talulah closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

Then, when she opened them again—

The flames burning in her eyes seemed almost tangible.

"I only know that those people are stationed somewhere within a general area, but there's an Infected Mine nearby. Perhaps we can go there first."

After the Infected Patrol caught Infected, they would inevitably throw them directly into the Infected Mine.

It was time to free those Infected!

"Alina, stay here and take care of Grandpa and Grandma."

The dragon girl said so.

"...Talulah, then I'll stay here and look after my parents."

After a moment of silence, the Elafia girl finally made up her mind.

What had happened had happened. They could no longer pretend not to see it.

The Infected Patrol had already come to their door. To protect her parents, they truly needed to resolve this completely.

"You, you all..."

The old farmer opened his mouth, wanting to say something.

"Foolish! This could have been settled by sacrificing these old bones alone. Why do this?"

He believed that as long as he took all the blame as an Infected, this matter could be brought to an end.

"Grandpa, I've already made up my mind."

Before this, Talulah had never decided what exactly she was fighting for.

But after hearing Kiana's description, and after this incident—

The dragon girl believed it was time to embark on her own path of struggle.