Volume 4 Chapter 145

Volume 4 + Chapter 145: Teasing The Fox Radish

The elven envoy made a request to Xia Yi, hoping to obtain the dragon race’s assistance.

After giving it some thought, Xia Yi ultimately chose to agree.

“Alright, but the support our dragon race can provide will be limited to this one time.”

Hearing this, the elven envoy immediately showed delight. “Princess Xia Yi, your decision is truly wise. The contribution you’ve made for the Anti–Vampire Clan Alliance will never be forgotten by our elven race!”

Wise?

Xia Yi was rendered speechless.

Those abacus beads were practically about to smack her right in the face.

The elven race had gathered their forces at a key checkpoint of the Holy Crimson Empire, preparing to seize it. If successful, it would naturally be a tremendous achievement.

If the Anti–Vampire Clan Alliance were to defeat the Holy Crimson Empire in the future, the checkpoint captured by the elven race would undoubtedly play a crucial role.

With the dragon race going over as support and merely standing by behind the battlefield, it could be said that they would have nothing to do with the actual fighting. When it came time to tally achievements, who would count the dragon race, who had essentially been standing on the sidelines?

However, if something unexpected were to occur—such as the Anti–Vampire Clan Alliance suddenly deploying powerful combatants—then the dragon race would have to enter the battlefield and help the elven race defeat the Vampire Clan, acting as a safety net.

In the end, the credit would still be shared between the elven race and the dragon race.

No matter how one looked at it, the elven race stood to profit without loss.

That said, if they wanted to truly wrestle with the Vampire Clan’s Ancestor God, opening up this checkpoint was indeed necessary. They needed tangible results to draw the other nations’ armies into the fight. Only then would the Anti–Vampire Clan Alliance have a real chance of victory. Otherwise, Xia Yi would never have agreed to this arrangement.

“Today, our dragon warriors fought an intense battle with the Vampire Clan’s airship forces. Their losses are not small—some are even injured and cannot depart immediately,” Xia Yi said.

“Princess Xia Yi, we understand this,” the elven envoy replied. “Our elven race will not launch the assault right away either. For now, we have merely deployed many units to disrupt the Vampire Clan’s attention and conceal our true objective of capturing the checkpoint.”

“I understand. Once our wounded have recovered, we’ll set out as soon as possible and help the elven race take the pass. Dragging this out isn’t a long-term solution,” Xia Yi said.

“On behalf of the elven race, I once again thank you for your decision, Princess Xia Yi. We hope the dragon race’s wounded recover swiftly. As for the details, you may discuss them with me later. I won’t trouble you further for now—I’ll first have the other envoys return to report to our general.”

After bowing, the elven envoy took his leave.

Once the envoy had exited the tent, the little fox spoke up. “My destined rival, I must remind you—this elven race is taking advantage of your dragon race.”

“I know.”

“You know and still agree?” the little fox asked, puzzled. “You should’ve bargained. Why offer help for nothing?”

“You’ve just reminded me of something, Fox Radish.”

Xia Yi turned to the little fox and extended both hands.

“Our dragon race is helping your fox race like this. Shouldn’t your fox race offer some kind of compensation? We can’t provide aid for free!”

“Ah…?!”

The little fox immediately regretted it. She never should have reminded this silver dragon—now she’d turned the tables on her instead.

“I already begged you!”

“Begging? That counts as compensation? I can’t accept that. This is a serious war that concerns the world—it’s not some childish game!”

Xia Yi advanced one step toward the little fox, and the little fox retreated one step.

“So you should provide proper compensation. This is military assistance—it’s not the same as when I lent you money for food. This is a matter of national interests!”

“Y-you… what do you want?!”

“What do I want?”

Xia Yi revealed a wicked grin.

“Fox Radish, you should provide the kind of compensation I want.”

“Y-you wouldn’t be thinking of… my…!”

The little fox clutched her ample chest, growing flustered as a blush spread across her face.

“Heh heh heh, the compensation is—”

Xia Yi deliberately dragged out the words before making her strange demand.

“You turn back into a little fox and go ‘ying ying ying’ in front of me!”

“What?”

“Three times!”

“Three times?!” The little fox’s mentality collapsed.

Back at the Laurel Tree Academy, when she’d wanted to borrow money from Xia Yi for food, she had already sold out her dignity by spinning around in front of her.

At that time, the little fox had sworn that she would definitely make this scheming silver dragon pay.

Who would’ve thought that before she even got her chance for revenge, the other party had already developed a brand-new way to mess with her.

“Damn silver dragon—remember this!!”

Yue Liu cried out tearfully as she transformed into a pink-furred little fox and sprawled atop the sand table.

After all, when you accept help, you’re at someone else’s mercy. The dragon race truly had provided the fox race with immense assistance.

“Ying ying ying!”

“Ying ying ying!”

“Ying ying…”

“You’re still missing one ‘ying’!”

“Ying!”

“Mhm, that’s more like it.”

Xia Yi was thoroughly satisfied. As expected, teasing Fox Radish was just so much fun.

“Alright, since Fox Radish is so good at ‘ying ying,’ I won’t press you about the compensation for now!”

“Despicable silver dragon! You’ll definitely regret what you did today!!” the little fox shouted. “I’ll make you repay it tenfold—no, ninefold!”

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The encampment of the elven army.

This time, the elven race’s expedition against the Holy Crimson Empire could be described as a determined effort. They had dispatched one of the Elven Kingdom’s generals—Kennedy.

At the same time, by order of the Elven King, all matters concerning the Anti–Vampire Clan Alliance were fully entrusted to him, allowing this general to take charge of the overall situation.

As for the elven princess Eve, she was also present within the elven army.

She held little real authority now. Decision-making and command of the elven forces were all in General Kennedy’s hands. In name, she was the royal overseer of the elven army, but in reality, she had been sent by the Elven King to follow Kennedy and learn.

General Kennedy treated the elven princess in a perfunctory manner. He didn’t particularly care about this princess who had achieved little, fully understanding the Elven King’s intentions. He regarded her as merely here to pad her resume, granting her only the basic respect due to elven royalty—nothing more.

At this moment, General Kennedy was holding a meeting with key figures of the army. Eve wasn’t even present, and he hardly paid it any mind.

Eve was currently somewhere within the elven army’s camp, having found a certain succubus whom she had secretly arranged to be there—one who was constantly dreaming up indecent fantasies involving the silver dragon.

“Ella.” Eve entered the room where Ella was staying.

“Hm?”

Ella set aside a stack of manga with age-restricted content and looked up at Eve.

“What is it, Eve? Is there good news?”

“Yes. The envoy our elven race sent has already reported back. The dragon race has agreed to our request. The dragon princess, Xia Yi, is already on her way to us,” Eve said, producing a map. “This is the route. Here—take it.”

Ella’s eyes lit up as she immediately grabbed the map. Looking at it, she broke into a smile.

“Heh heh, little silver dragon… we’ll be meeting again very soon. I’m going to… bully you until you cry!!”