0002 Are you a pervert too?
0002 Are you a pervert too?
Although Li Ai was obsessed with making monster girl games because of a certain hobby, she never lost her rationality because of it.
He was fully aware of how dangerous Miss Mira was.
There's no reason for them to be thinking about using the height difference of the stone blocks to look inside the enemy's skirt armor under the current circumstances.
Li Ai still can't find the reason, but she knows that if she lets her desires grow, she will only die faster.
Close your eyes to calm yourself down, use the amplified senses to carefully consider your situation.
"Most of the monster girls in the storyline will no longer pose a threat to you after you increase your intimacy level with them and will even become your allies to fight for you... Miss Comila is the final boss, she's simply unconquerable."
Miss Mira, who had been looking down, turned her gaze back and began to survey the area around Shudre City.
Perhaps it was because she was no longer being watched, but Li Ai felt her breathing became a little easier.
But after only a moment, once she was sure there were no hunters lurking to provide support, her gaze fell on Li Ai again.
The tip of the gleaming black dragon claw was brought to its mouth.
Miss Mira blew a soft breath, and a bright little ball of fire ignited at the tip of her fingertip.
She lowered her arm, pointing down at the humans wearing pajamas.
It seems to have determined that the opponent is too weak to be killed without the need for dragon breath or sharp claws.
Li Ai, whose face was illuminated by the flames, felt death approaching.
"No communication, no emotional fluctuation, and after confirming there were no reinforcements or ambushes, she simply eliminated them. Truly Miss Mira's style..."
Seeing the black dragon monster girl, who perfectly fit her own character, Li Ai felt a sense of relief amidst her fear of death.
"Wait, settings... settings!"
Thinking about this, Li Ai realized that she was the one who understood the monster girl setting the most.
If used properly, it might even be possible to escape the crisis, even when facing Miss Mira.
"There's still a chance! Stay calm! Try to sound composed..."
Li Ai quickly adjusted her emotions, but the suffocating fear simply wouldn't go away.
He tried to clear his throat, but no sound came out.
At this moment, the suppressed desire surged up from the bottom of my heart once again.
Li Ai noticed that the muscles that had been stiff from fear immediately relaxed.
"We're going to die anyway, let's give it our all!"
My gaze fell once again on the gaps in the black scale armor.
After suppressing her fear with desire, Li Ai, who had been pressed tightly against the wall, stood up straight.
He put one hand in his pajama pocket, tilted his head back, and gave a confident smile.
"Hello, Miss Mirapolias."
When she was being watched and called by name, Miss Mira frowned slightly, and her expression finally showed a subtle change.
Taboos are called taboos because humans believe that simply knowing of their existence is extremely dangerous, so they conceal information about them.
Being able to get here and accurately pronounce one's real name—these two points alone indicate that one is no ordinary person.
The flame ball at the tip of the dragon claw shrank, and Miss Mira gave Li Ai a chance to continue speaking.
"I'll just call you Miss Mira. You're probably wondering why you've ended up like this, aren't you?"
Black dragons are beings that transcend ecology, so there shouldn't be anything in this world that would puzzle them.
However, the monster girl setting was entirely based on Li Ai's personal preference. He himself hadn't thought about the reasons, so the other party was even less likely to know.
"Uh...uh..."
Miss Mira let out two low moans, her throat dry.
Then it raised its dragon claw, pinched the dragon horn on its head, and like a child breaking a doll, it violently shook it left and right twice, with an amplitude far exceeding what a human could withstand.
As her head slowly returned to its normal position, a deep female voice, completely different from her girlish appearance, rang out: "Who are you?"
"My name is Qin Aide Laogong, you can just call me Laogong."
"Laogong...are you staring at my abdomen, looking for an old wound to puncture?"
Li Ai immediately looked up at the breastplate made of black scales: "No, no, I am a traveler from another world. I have no hostility towards you. I just happened to come here because I am very interested in this world."
"You also enjoy traveling to other worlds... Hmm, different worlds are indeed full of fun."
Miss Mira expressed her approval of the shared hobby.
Just as Li Ai felt she had closed the distance between them, the flames on her claws lit up again.
"Wait! Don't you want to know why you turned into a monster girl? That is, why you're in your current state?"
I'll figure it out myself.
Seeing that there was no room for maneuver, Li Ai had no choice but to resort to a last resort.
"It was Miraruz who did this!"
boom!
The flashes of fire on the claws transformed into raging flames that shot upwards.
A strong wind swept through the city of Shudre, and dark clouds swirled in the sky, forming a huge vortex centered on the plaza.
Miss Mira clenched her two rows of sharp teeth, and her tattered wings spread outwards.
The area on its chest, covered in black scales, softened due to the rapid increase in temperature and turned orange-yellow.
The heat emanating from the room was unbearable for Li Ai, so she quickly retreated away.
Miss Mira let out a pleasant groan, and a wisp of black smoke escaped from her mouth.
"It really was her... Yes, who else in this world would like to take on a near-human form besides her? I should have known, Miraruz, you really are... Ragon."
"I am here!"
Li Ai quickly raised her hand.
There's no point in running away on two legs against an evil dragon that can burn the human world to ashes in a few days.
The flames emanating from the breastplate were too blinding at that moment, obscuring the crucial details.
In order to maintain the state of using desire to resist fear, Li Ai focused her attention on the skirt armor again.
"How would you call such a creature with twisted tastes in your world?"
"We usually call it a pervert."
"Pervert... What a nice nickname, Miraruz, you really are a pervert."
Seeing Miss Mira currently indulging in some kind of pleasant mood, Li Ai's tense nerves finally had a chance to relax.
"You managed to fool her; that was really difficult."
Li Ai mentioned the Ancestral Dragon Miraruz not just because the other party was called the Ancestor of All Dragons and might actually have the ability to anthropomorphize monsters.
Instead, even in a world without monster girls, the Ancestral Dragon would transform into a girl in white and issue commissions with extremely high rewards, inviting top hunters to meet him at the ancient tower ruins.
Therefore, it is known as the number one honey trap in the Monster Hunter world.
"Thank you, Laugon."
After Miss Mira finished speaking, she thrust her claws forward, and the fireball, which had grown several times larger with her fluctuating emotions, was once again aimed at Li Ai.
"After all that effort, all we got was a more complete cremation..."
Li Ai was unwilling, but the known settings and information had already been used to the fullest extent.
"If I die, Miraruz will get what he wants!"
Miss Mira's eyes twitched slightly.
Why do you say that?
"What kind of person from another world would be sent to Shudre City? It must be some kind of conspiracy, and the only one who would dare to do this to you is her!"
Miss Mira looked up at the center of the cloud vortex and then began to ponder.
"Wrong. There was a spatial gap here all along, but I killed all the beings that came from other worlds."
Li Ai immediately understood that Miss Mira indeed enjoyed traveling to other worlds.
But if external life forms were to reach the city of Shudre through that gap, that would be a different story.
"However, what she said later makes some sense. This kind of shady plan is indeed her style. But someone as weak as you, even if you are part of a conspiracy, would not be a key element."
"I..."
Li Ai was speechless.
"goodbye."
"I can go to the ancient tower ruins and gather intelligence on Miraruz for you!"
Li Ai's shouts echoed across the square.
"I never imagined that I would one day recognize the value of human life."
Miss Mira opened her mouth, revealing two rows of dragon teeth, and blew out the flames from her claws with a smile.
Having confirmed that she wouldn't die for the time being, Li Ai seemed to have lost all her strength and collapsed to the ground.
At this point, the front of the pajamas had been baked dry and stiff by the high temperature, while the back was soaked with sweat.
"If there's any deception or concealment, you'll die; but if you can bring back useful information..."
Miss Mira paused abruptly as she finished speaking.
You will still kill me.
Li Ai added to what he wanted to say.
"I'm really not good at making false promises."
Miss Mira also realized the problem; she was going to be killed either way.
This otherworldly human named "Laogong" certainly wouldn't go to great lengths to gather information.
After all, if you try too hard, you'll still die if the First Emperor notices.
After a moment's thought, Miss Mira sat down on the stone stool and lifted the skirt armor made of black scales.
The sharp keratin at the claw tip retracted and disappeared, and with a hand resembling a human's, it began to pry open the large scales on it.
Click~ Click~...
With each crisp cracking sound, Li Ai's heart skipped a beat.
"You're staring at this place because you're interested in these scales, just like those humans who risked their lives to explore this place."
Li Ai was taken aback upon hearing this.
Hunters are able to fight powerful monsters because of two things: their superior physical strength and the weapons and armor they wear, which are crafted from monster materials and have various enhancement effects.
One piece of information about the Black Dragon is that people often disregard the Hunter's Guild's ban on Shudre City and risk their lives to enter it in search of treasure.
Whether the treasure was found or not is unclear, but according to the records, some people who were lucky enough to survive did manage to bring back the scales left behind by the black dragon.
After confirming that the scales possessed extraordinary properties far exceeding those of other monster materials, they attempted to use them to forge top-tier armor.
Those who wear this armor will find their inner desires uncontrollable, until they become mentally and behaviorally deranged and fall into madness.
"No wonder my desire was still growing fiercely even though I was almost dead just now. It turns out I was influenced by her."
Li Ai believed that adding detached scales to armor could drive the wearer mad.
If the black dragon's true form were to appear at close range, the fact that I, a mere mortal, did not suffer a mental breakdown due to the impact shows that my willpower is already quite strong.
"If you can't admit that what you care about is the scales, then you have to admit that it's caused by indulging in desires..."
Li Ai could confirm that in Miss Mira's eyes, he was no different from mosquitoes, flies, and maggots in the eyes of humans.
The other party won't mind you staring at a certain spot; instead, they'll use the aroused desire to suppress their fear. If they notice this, it will easily arouse suspicion.
"Yes, Miss Mira, I really want these scales."
"Is this enough?"
Miss Mira was very generous about it.
Looking at the exposed upper thighs revealed by the shortened skirt armor, Li Ai said somewhat absentmindedly, "Let's get a bit of a breastplate too."
The sound of breaking apart rang out again.
"Laogong's" greed for scales seems to align with that of humans who risk their lives to find treasure, which suits Miss Mira's tastes perfectly.
Whoosh~
A pile of black scales was thrown onto the ground below the stone pier.
After Miss Mira stood up, the scales that had been broken off had already regenerated and recovered.
"So fast, damn..."
Li Ai sighed inwardly, but did not show any disappointment on her face.
His gaze drifted down helplessly, fixing on the black scales.
The desire was immediately aroused but then greatly diminished, and intense fear resurfaced.
Li Ai tried to change her greed and rekindle her desires, but to little avail.
Black dragon scales, as monster materials, are undoubtedly top-tier in both rarity and strength.
The problem is that even among hunters, only a very small number can withstand its negative effects.
Furthermore, let alone forbidden materials, even illegally poached Velocidrome hides will be thoroughly investigated by the Hunter's Guild.
This thing is a huge problem for Li Ai right now, and he has absolutely no intention of taking it for himself.
"Laogong, don't you want to possess these scales of mine?"
Miss Mira noticed that although Li Ai's expression showed greed, the burning desire in his eyes had disappeared, which made her suspicious.
"These scales of mine... Yes, these scales are from Miss Mira's body. She just peeled them off for me herself, and they might still be warm from her touch."
Having found a new point of entry for her desires, Li Ai's gaze towards the scales became fervent once more.
"You've given me so much, I haven't had time to process it all."
Seeing that Li Ai had performed as expected, Miss Mira, dispelling her doubts, jumped off the stone pier.
"Once you pass the final fiery ordeal, you can set off."
She stretched out her finger and rubbed it against the black-scaled breastplate, and a small flame ignited on the tip of her outstretched, sharp claw.
"Blazing Torture...what is that?"
From the monster girl concept to the original Black Dragon information, Li Ai didn't recall anything like this.
"When humans are near death, they will try anything to survive, and their words will be full of lies and deception. I couldn't tell before, until..."
Miss Mira bent down, grabbed Li Ai by the collar of her pajamas with one hand, and lifted her up.
"Until I discovered that in this form, abilities can be controlled more precisely. As long as they are used appropriately, humans will not die too quickly, thus making it possible for them to expose their true nature and reveal their true feelings."
After hearing the introduction, Li Ai turned pale.
"It's over, it's all over..."
Li Ai could not have foreseen that the monster girl setting she created here, while giving her hope for survival, would also lead her to her death.
The theme of the Monster Hunter world is ecology and survival.
As a taboo figure, Miss Mira, though long transcending the natural order, would inevitably study how to utilize a completely new form if it appeared to her.
As for dealing with humans, this fiery torture is the result of her research.
"Don't be so afraid. I won't kill you, provided that there was no deception in all your previous actions."
Li Ai, who was being lifted up, could just see a patch of snow-white on her breastplate.
But at this point, it's pointless to try to distract yourself from your fear with desire.
"Miss Mira... I'm not like those hunters, I can't handle it."
Li Ai was both pleading for mercy and stating the facts.
He doesn't have the robust physique of a top-tier hunter; even in his black dragon monster girl form, he simply can't withstand the strain.
"I know you can't hold on for long, so I'll only use the bare minimum of my abilities to ask one question."
Miss Mira's fingertip, still glowing with a flame, touched the blue button on the bear pajamas.
The upper part of her pajamas was instantly burned through, leaving a round dent.
His chest, covered in puncture scars, was revealed.
Logically speaking, even a retired elderly hunter who has hunted for half his life should not have such severe and evenly distributed wounds.
However, Miss Mira didn't care and still pressed the flame at her fingertips against Li Ai's chest.
When the flames came into contact with the skin, they did not spread and burn; instead, they converged into a bright yellow spot.
"Aaaaaah!"
A bloodcurdling scream immediately echoed across the square.
The black dragon's influence on her mind, combined with the excruciating burning pain, acted on her body and mind, causing Li Ai's will to collapse.
In this state, even the deepest-buried human nature will be exposed; there are no secrets left to hide.
"Have you been lying to me...?"
"Hehe...hehe..."
Before she could finish speaking, she saw Li Ai, who had been lifted up, laughing happily, and Miss Mira's expression froze.
Fear and cowardice, anger and resentment, the resolute determination to die, the courage to face sacrifice, the resentment of being unable to avenge oneself, insults and blasphemy...
When Miss Mira unleashed her fiery torture, she witnessed all sorts of human nature being exposed, and even powerful hunters were not immune.
But I've never seen anyone show happiness or joy.
"Are there really humans who would find pleasure in being scorched by my flames...?"
Touched by some emotion, Miss Mira's index finger trembled slightly, and then her fingertip pierced deeper.
"Ah! Haha!...Hehe!"
A strange smile flashed across his face, contorted with pain, before he continued to wail.
Miss Mira realized that the other person was about to give up, so she wanted to finish asking the questions as soon as possible.
But as the words were about to come out, and considering whether the other person was being honest, she suddenly had a question she wanted to explore even more.
"Qin Aide Laogong, are you a pervert too?"
"Uh...hehe...yes!"
Between alternating expressions of pain and joy, Li Ai gave an affirmative answer.
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