Free Web NovelChapter 75: Chapter 75: This Human—!
Trust? Where does trust come from?
Hua saw the shiny light in Jiang Che’s eyes, and couldn’t help but feel irritated.
This human seems a bit different from what she imagined.
Actually, from the very beginning, she hadn’t sensed a trace of spellcasting, nor any signs of Illusion Technique nearby.
She had always thought Ding Ning and the Blood Slaughter Couple were bewitched by some brilliant technique.
But now, she really couldn’t feel even the slightest trace.
This human——!
Hua felt uneasy. Unconsciously, she lowered the frequency at which the acid appeared, listening as the Blood Slaughter Couple, Ning, and that little brat chatted happily beside her.
"Haha, silly dad, after losing contact he must be worried sick!" Tuantuan stood, hands on hips. "Compared to me, he’s the real kid!"
"We’ll see him next time! I’m just afraid he’ll get into danger. I still have so many things I haven’t given him." Ding Ning sounded a bit regretful. Jiang Che only has a few survival skills on him, but all the gifts she wanted to give, she hadn’t managed to yet.
"I’ve already given dad the doll, told him to keep it safe, and the revival item too." Tuantuan laughed out loud. "Dad should learn to grow up now."
"That’s not something a little kid like you ought to say." Blood Slaughter laughed beside them. "Next time the hunting grounds come, I want to go out too. He’s so honest, he’ll definitely get bullied by humans."
"I’m not worried about his safety. The skills are more than enough for him to survive. I just worry he’ll get used by others." Blood Nurse spoke up, sounding concerned.
Hua crouched on the side, listening to their conversation, and started to feel confused.
Inside her real stomach, Jiang Che already had lots of holes on him, all from gastric acid corrosion.
Still, Jiang Che’s eyes were so bright, not a hint of resentment because of his injuries, and that family kept discussing what it’d be like to see him again, what things to prepare for him...
"Hua, I wanted to properly introduce you to him. You’re my best friend." Ding Ning squinted her eyes, unable to hide her smile.
"Hua, I really don’t know if he’ll cut off contact once he returns to the human world. Do you have any good ways to reach him? How do those SSS Lords who plant spies in other Dungeons do it?"
"I’m not trying to control him, I just want to chat once in a while."
...
Ding Ning’s words kept echoing in her ears.
Hua didn’t say a word, and in that moment, truly felt Jiang Che and Ding Ning were family.
She’d broken off contact. Logically, any Illusion Technique or hypnotic spells Jiang Che cast would have faded.
But looking at Ding Ning and the others, she wasn’t so sure anymore.
Her real body is a plant. These bizarre plants, when devouring prey, continually analyze the prey’s pheromones.
Hua is the best among them. During the devouring, every strength, every weakness of the prey, each pheromone was analyzed completely.
A moment ago, she’d already figured out—this human is as ordinary as can be.
Just like Ding Ning and the others kept saying.
The only skills he had were the ones he just got.
This ordinary human actually bewitched the Lord into being his wife?
"Hua, we just parted, and I miss him already." Ding Ning’s voice whispered in her ear. She never once doubted her friend.
"I lied to you. I was just messing with you all earlier." With a thought, Hua brought Jiang Che and Xiong Jie right before her.
Jiang Che and Xiong Jie froze, because their surroundings changed in an instant.
When they reappeared, Jiang Che saw Ding Ning standing right in front of him.
"Ning, I missed you." He burrowed in and hugged her like a child.
Xiong Jie opened his mouth to wail, but then curiously examined his body.
No injuries anywhere, no pain, as if the entire scene of being corroded was just an illusion.
Neither he nor Jiang Che had a single wound anywhere.
So weird...
Xiong Jie inspected his body.
He looked up at Jiang Che, and saw Jiang Che hugging a woman, while a little brat bounced around, muttering, "Daddy hug, Daddy hug——"
This is... where?
Such a warm family!
Did he and Jiang Che really get away?
Just as he was thinking, he saw the Blood Slaughter Couple standing in front of him, "Once we get out, Cheng will be in your hands."
...
A chill crept up Xiong Jie’s spine—he hadn’t gotten out at all!
Cheng? Take care of him?
What were they even talking about!
Xiong Jie didn’t dare ask, only nodded his head, trembling.
"Alright, I’ll give you the stuff and then you can go." Knowing Hua was just messing around, she couldn’t help but laugh and cry.
"Let me introduce you. This is my good friend, Hua."
"Hua, this is my husband, Jiang Che."
Jiang Che watched her pull over a flower—it looked like a Cannibal Flower, about human-sized, totally different from the giant bloom he’d seen moments ago.
"That one earlier was Hua’s true body. This one is just a projection." Sensing the confusion in Jiang Che’s eyes, Ding Ning quickly explained.
Hua looked at Jiang Che, feeling a bit awkward.
Because she’d just confirmed, he really was just an ordinary human. She couldn’t understand why Ning and the others liked him so much, but she was sure this human was very ordinary.
Hearing Ning introduce them to each other, Hua started to panic.
Because Jiang Che and Xiong Jie, covered in corroded holes, was the real version.
The way they looked now, intact, was just an Illusion Technique over their wounds.
"Hello, Ning’s good friend." Jiang Che looked at her, seriously reaching out his hand.
"When I go out to work later, I’ll ask you to look after Ning for me." He didn’t mention the torment he just suffered, or the agony from the body corrosion.
"Hello, I’m Hua." Hua’s thoughts were starting to drift. She cautiously asked, "Just now, you weren’t scared?"
"Nope, Ning told me to come over, so what’s there to be scared of?" Jiang Che waved his hand, as if what just happened hadn’t happened at all.
He didn’t mention the pain, nor the darkness just now.
"Did it hurt?" Hua could see through the Illusion Technique to Jiang Che and Xiong Jie’s real bodies.
Both were badly corroded, and even if the Illusion hid the pain, the suffering they just experienced wouldn’t be forgotten so easily.
"Hua, did you accidentally bite him earlier?" Ding Ning remembered Hua’s teeth.
"No, how could I bite him..." Hua hurriedly waved her hands, but inside she muttered, "Just digested him for a few seconds, that’s all."
"I just didn’t expect, he really is such an ordinary human." Hua said quietly.
The difference between the strong and ordinary, she just needs to taste and digest a bit, then it’s obvious.
One is like leather, the other is like jelly. Such a big difference!
