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Chapter 69 Why did you attack me first?

Chapter 69 Why did you attack me first?

The three of them didn't discuss it for long before deciding to leave with the child named Lily.

"We must find that bastard who did these bad things and punish him!"

"Come," Don Quixote said indignantly, then slung his greatsword over his shoulder and strode to Lily. "Let me lead you away from this hellhole!"

But as soon as she reached out her hand, Lily took a few steps back, plopped down on the ground, and trembled all over.

"Waaaaah————"

The right half of the wolf's head pricked up its pointed ears and emitted a low whimper. Its sharp fangs involuntarily protruded. The human's face turned deathly pale with fright, and tears streamed down his face again. "No, don't hit me—"

She stared at Don Quixote's armor and the greatsword on his back, seemingly quite frightened by her earlier actions.

Upon seeing this, Don Quixote's outstretched hand froze in mid-air, and he stood there stunned as if struck by lightning.

"We... are actually being disliked!"

"You almost cleaved her in two with that greatsword just now, how could she not be afraid of you?" Milan sighed, her tone tinged with helplessness. "Besides, your armor is cold and hard, it must be very uncomfortable for you to hold me."

Don Quixote, on the verge of tears, walked to the side and began to meditate facing the wall.

She, a hero, came to save this little girl, but ended up becoming the bad guy who scared her to tears.

What face would future legendary adventurers have left?

"I'll do it." Rod glanced at Milan, knowing that she was too weak to carry a child on a long journey.

"Don't carry her like that, like you'd carry a sack," Alina suddenly said in the consciousness space. "We let it go with that demon last time, but we can't treat a child like that again."

"Oh." Rhodes wanted to refute, but after thinking about it, he felt that she was right.

Although Lily looked frightening, her wounds had mostly healed, unlike Aphrodite's back then.

Aphrodite was weak and disoriented at the time, so he could manipulate her in whatever position he wanted.

But the person in front of us is just a child, and using that method, coupled with the bumpy journey, would probably make them very uncomfortable.

"Let me carry you on my back."

Rhodes thought for a moment, then slowly squatted down and let Lily jump onto his back.

"Waaah—" Lily stopped crying, raised her teary eyes, and cautiously looked at Rhodes' back.

Compared to Don Quixote's cold armor, which still reeked of blood, Rhodes's exquisite leather armor and sturdy back looked more reassuring and reliable.

She hesitated for a while before slowly standing up, supporting herself on the ground. She moved slowly behind Rod, reached out her trembling little hands, and gently wrapped them around his neck.

"Big brother, I want to go home—" she asked tremblingly, clinging to Rhodes' back, "Can I go back? What if I fall asleep like them and never wake up again?"

"It's okay, we'll take you home now and reunite you with your family," Milan comforted her from the side.

"Yes, I miss my mom and dad, and my grandparents and maternal grandparents so much. I—I miss them so much, I miss everyone—"

"Yeah?"

Rod paused in his motion to stand up, remembering what the girl had said when she entrusted him with this task, and subconsciously asked a question.

"But don't you not have a grandmother?"

"----Yeah?"

Upon hearing this question, the child named Lily paused noticeably and her voice suddenly changed.

"Maybe I remembered it wrong, hehe."

Before she finished speaking, Rod felt a cool breeze on the back of his neck.

Her small hands, which were wrapped around Rhodes' neck, instantly transformed into sharp claws covered in gray-black fur, and the gleaming nails slashed fiercely across the back of Rhodes' neck!

The sound of flesh tearing was clear and piercing, and scalding blood gushed out instantly, splattering all over the ground and staining the dim ground with a striking scarlet color.

"Be careful!"

Alina screamed in her mind's eye, but being attacked so close at such a distance, even she couldn't react in time.

"hiss----"

Rhodes reacted extremely quickly. In the instant he felt the pain, he simultaneously swung his shoulder forcefully, throwing Lily off his back and sending her crashing into the rock wall.

Tick-tock, tick-tock—

He staggered back a few steps, clutching the back of his bleeding neck, his fingertips clearly revealing several deep wounds that exposed bone.

The world before his eyes began to darken, and large patches of blood flowed like a stream along his arm, which was plugged with blood, instantly staining most of his green clothes red.

"Why did you attack the Ranger!" Don Quixote roared, immediately drawing his greatsword and standing in front of Rhodes, protecting him and preventing her from launching a sneak attack.

"I didn't expect to be found out so quickly. I was hoping to play with you guys a little longer, big brother."

The girl walked past the two women and smiled at Rhodes behind them. "I'd like you to take me home."

The soft, tearful voice from just moments ago has now become sharp and hoarse, carrying a cunning and smugness that belies its age.

"You—you're not Lily!" Milan instantly realized something, her eyes filled with shock, anger, and lingering fear. "Who are you?"

"Who am I?" Her eyes darted around slightly, revealing a mocking smile. "What a strange question, big sister."

"If I'm not the Lily you're talking about," she said, a childlike smile spreading across her human face, while her right wolf head grinned wide, revealing a mouthful of sharp fangs, "then what am I?"

At this moment, she displayed a striking contrast between human and beastly expressions, a sight that sent chills down one's spine.

"As expected—" Milan broke out in a cold sweat upon seeing this, instantly realizing her grave mistake.

Yes, they had already seen Bill, who had turned into a monster in both appearance and mind, in the village. How could they be sure that the one controlling this body was an innocent little girl, and not a cunning monster?

How could I entrust my back to her?

Even Bill, the shrewd businessman the villagers talked about, had turned into that monstrous figure. How could a child possibly control the body of this monster?

Ultimately, it was their eagerness to save the person that made them careless. In addition, the other party's behavior really did resemble that of an ordinary, pitiful child in distress, which made them completely unguarded when they came into contact with him.

Boo-

As they confronted each other, Rhodes, without a second thought, decisively pulled out a bottle of Dawn Potion, drank half of it down, and poured the other half directly onto his wound.

A surge of powerful energy entered my body, relieving the dizziness caused by excessive blood loss. The itchy wounds began to stop bleeding and scab over. Although my neck was still itchy and painful, the slight feeling of disintegration finally subsided.

"I thought we were going to—" Alina said, still a little shaken, in the consciousness space.

"It's alright." Rhodes stood up and gripped his elven longbow.

"Big brother, you bled so much, yet you stood up so quickly?" She licked the blood off her paws, her eyes filled with bloodthirsty excitement. "You seem to have a very strong will to live."

Looking at the half-human, half-wolf girl before him, Rod, filled with questions, couldn't help but ask, "If that's the case, why did you attack me first?"

"Huh? What?" Lily was stunned, clearly not expecting him to say something like that.

"Hmm—" She tilted her head and looked Rhodes up and down. "Because you seem easier to deal with?"

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