Behind Ning Li was her entire tribe, all relying on her to gain favor in front of 'Seth' to improve the tribe's treatment.
Don't be fooled by Ning Li's petite figure; those slender shoulders carried the weight of the whole tribe.
In contrast, Feixiao came from a war slave background. She had been treated as cannon fodder before even reaching adulthood, so she had no sense of belonging to the tribe. Her only focus was breaking free from her shackles and gaining freedom.
So, it was no surprise that they made completely opposite choices when faced with the decision.
Even though she already knew the answer, Feixiao stubbornly stared at Ning Li as if unwilling to give up, waiting for her to say it out loud.
Ning Li steeled her heart and took the initiative to lean into Seth's embrace.
"Feixiao, I am His Majesty's slave girl, for life! I will only obey His Majesty's commands!"
Feixiao finally got the answer she had long known, one that filled her with utter despair.
Her heart shattered into countless pieces, and her bright eyes lost their sparkle.
"Well said! My little fox! I shall reward you handsomely!"
Seth grabbed the back of Ning Li's head and kissed her forcefully.
Seth sucked hard, as if trying to draw out all the air from Ning Li's lungs.
After a long time, their lips parted, and Ning Li gasped heavily as if she had just been suffocating.
A silvery, transparent thread stretched out slowly before finally snapping.
In a pleased mood, Seth immediately made a promise.
"Ning Li, I permit your tribe to be freed from slave status!"
Ning Li was overjoyed upon hearing this.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!!"
Without even needing Seth's reminder, she knelt down proactively.
"Whew~!!"
After a while, Seth let out a long breath.
Ning Li slowly stood up, rubbing her knees and then her sore cheeks.
Having finished the appetizer, Seth smiled and pushed out a small cart loaded with various bottles, jars, and a few brushes.
Some jars contained dried corpses of bizarre reptiles, others held unnamed plants, and some were filled with unknown powders.
These items looked like props for some kind of evil ritual.
Seth tinkered on the cart for a while and finally produced a small dish of blood-red, semi-solid gel.
Feixiao, who had already become indifferent to everything, suddenly felt a faint ominous premonition in her mind.
"What are you trying to do!?"
Seth picked up the dish, grabbed a brush, walked up to Feixiao, and revealed an extremely sinister smile.
"Heh heh heh! My little fox, you're a bit wild now, so I need to put a 'collar' on you."
As he spoke, Seth held the dish of red gel in front of Feixiao.
"This is a voodoo potion passed down from the Duran era."
Feixiao's face showed a disdainful sneer.
"Want to poison me? No need for such trouble—just chop me to death!"
As she said this, Feixiao nodded toward a weapon rack not far away.
"Poison? You're the little fox I painstakingly cultivated—how could I bear to? To tell you the truth, this potion is for bestowing a blessing..."
Seth said, leaning in close to Feixiao's ear.
"As for what kind of blessing, you'll find out soon..."
Seth's face twisted into a eerie smile.
Feixiao felt a chill run down her spine, and the ominous feeling in her heart intensified.
"Kill me! You dickless trash!"
To provoke Seth, Feixiao even resorted to cursing.
But the more she did so, the more excited Seth became.
Didn't this just prove she was afraid?
So, Seth took the brush dipped in the strange pigment and made the first stroke on Feixiao's smooth, flat abdomen.
Feixiao immediately felt a strange burning sensation at the spot where the brush landed, which quickly seeped inward through her skin.
Before the burning faded, an odd tingling itch emerged, like new flesh growing under a scar.
This strange sensation was unbearable for Feixiao. She began twisting her body forcefully, especially her waist and abdomen, writhing wildly to avoid Seth's brush. It seemed she had trained her core muscles extensively.
Feixiao's movements were so large and fast that Seth couldn't even paint.
Her noncompliance immediately angered Seth.
He clenched his fist tightly and punched her in the abdomen.
"Be still!"
Seth didn't hold back at all. Feixiao's firm, flat abdomen caved in instantly, and when Seth pulled his fist away, a clear fist mark was left on her stomach.
In that instant, Feixiao felt like her organs were being squeezed out. She "wah!" spat out a mouthful of blood, her whole body becoming limp and hanging weakly on the rack.
Seth's punch was terrifyingly powerful. An ordinary person hit by it would likely turn into a puddle of blood foam, but Feixiao only spat blood.
"Becoming a General is great; you've gotten much tougher~"
Seth teased with a strange laugh.
Perhaps influenced by this body, or maybe his inner beastly nature had fully awakened, Seth felt violent impulses surging from the depths of his heart.
He wanted nothing more than to grab a whip right now and lash the female body in front of him, watching her wail and scream—that sound would surely be music to his ears!
"Hmph!"
Though already very weak, Feixiao still lifted her eyelids and shot Seth a disdainful look.
"Good, good, good! I love a tough nut like you!"
Seth laughed instead of getting angry.
He began painting on Feixiao's abdomen again with the dish of eerie pigment.
Feixiao could barely move or resist, so without interference, Seth quickly finished the last stroke.
A bizarre pattern, somewhat like a flattened heart or a female internal organ structure, appeared on Feixiao's abdomen.
After Seth completed the final stroke, the entire pattern glowed faintly with a blood-red hue. Then the pigment dried instantly, branding the pattern onto Feixiao's stomach like a tattoo.
Next, Seth placed his hand on the pattern and gently stroked it.
Feixiao's body shuddered violently. She felt a scorching heat from Seth's palm seeping through her skin into her body. With his movements, a peculiar yet familiar tingling sensation was stirred from deep within her.
This familiar tingling filled Feixiao with fear, yet she couldn't help but feel a sliver of longing in her heart.
Feixiao quickly bit her tongue, trying to dispel this uncontrollable desire with sharp pain, and cursed in a somewhat hoarse voice:
"If you're going to do it, just do it! What are you dawdling for!?"
"What's the rush? Soon you'll be begging me yourself. Let's see how tough your mouth is then!"
Seth's smile turned utterly wicked. He suddenly infused a massive amount of Abundance Power into the strange mark.
After receiving the energy infusion, the mark suddenly glowed with an eerie red light.
Feixiao instantly felt as if a fire had been ignited inside her body.
Burning sensations, tingling... they all surged from deep within her at once.