ALL NOVEL chapter 9
9. Well, now she looks less and less human.
Though she accidentally fell into Noah’s trap, Valentina quickly sensed something was off.
Wait a minute, has she been schemed against?
Realizing that she seemed to be unconsciously accepting her new body more and more, the smug expression on Valentina’s face immediately turned into one that couldn’t quite smile.
Recalling how she was about to save someone but was suddenly pulled into this bizarre space by Noah, Valentina couldn’t help but adopt a hostile attitude toward him again.
“…I understand once more why your temple looks so dilapidated today. A wicked god like you, who treats people as toys and disregards human life, could never have a follower. It’s you who’s third-rate, you third-rate deity!”
Valentina’s gaze toward Noah was filled with hostility, as if she were looking at a villainous fiend.
Thinking of the victims still suffering at the hands of those thugs because she hadn’t gone to save them in time, Valentina’s disdain for Noah only deepened.
It’s all his fault! Otherwise, she would have definitely made it in time!
But for Noah, Valentina’s eyes, filled with blame and disgust, only brought him joy. If only she could become even colder, like looking at trash or something—what a pity.
Noah felt nothing but satisfaction at Valentina’s animosity.
And what he did next was, as always, astonishing to Valentina.
“Heh, aren’t you quite the eloquent one? Is your resentment so great just because you couldn’t help others? Then I’ll give you a chance, after all, even if I’m third-rate, I’m still a deity.”
He merely responded to Valentina’s accusations casually, and without waiting for her reply, just as he had unilaterally pulled her into the temple, he unilaterally tossed her back onto the streets of the capital at night.
“Wait! What do you mean by that!?”
Before Valentina could react, she found herself back in her original place, causing her to instinctively lower her outstretched arm in confusion, then clench her fists as she looked at the familiar surroundings.
Damn it! He pulled her into the temple without her consent and then just as casually sent her out! That detestable wicked god! What does he think she is!?
And what good does it do to be back in the same spot now! Who knows if those thugs have already left after all this time!
Just as Valentina felt a surge of dissatisfaction, she suddenly heard those coarse male voices from earlier, faintly echoing from a distance.
This brought a hint of surprise to her somewhat sullen expression.
Could it be that there’s still time? Is that what the wicked god meant by an opportunity?
With no time to think, she had just been taken away by the wicked god for overthinking; who knows what would happen if she overthought again.
Thus, Valentina immediately sprinted toward the source of the voices.
It was in a dark corner where the light barely reached, where four men and one woman were gathered.
When Valentina arrived, she just caught the situation coming to a close.
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But from the disheveled hair and the torn clothes revealing the chest of the woman, and the sinister smiles on the faces of the men, anyone could tell what had just happened.
“Oh my, oh my, who do we have here? It’s the unacknowledged princess.”
“Indeed, it is. Oh, what’s wrong, Princess? You don’t look very happy.”
“Haha, it must be that boring sense of justice acting up!”
Noticing Valentina, the thugs sneered contemptuously and maliciously blocked the retreat of the princess who had barged in.
“…Are they from the ‘Fury Gang’?”
Valentina did not let her anger cloud her judgment. Instead, she furrowed her beautiful brows and cautiously assessed the men before her.
She knew that anyone who dared to do such things was not to be trifled with.
These men were not ordinary thugs but belonged to an underground organization called the ‘Fury Gang.’
Its members had higher combat abilities than ordinary adventurers. Although Valentina was confident in taking on three, four would be a bit tricky.
It wasn’t that the probability of winning would drop from 100% to 70% with four opponents, but rather that her chance of defeat would increase from 0 to 30%.
If she made even one mistake, she might end up being overpowered by these thugs who, for some reason, were not afraid of her at all, just like the woman who seemed to have fainted over there.
“Hmph! It’s too late to beg for mercy now! Let’s hear the princess’s lovely cries, brothers!”
The bald man, who seemed to be the leader, let out a crude laugh and then signaled the other three to attack Valentina.
“…Guh!”
Realizing she didn’t have time to think, Valentina immediately drew the longsword from her waist and stepped forward to meet them.
Of course, although Valentina appeared brave and decisive, she was a bit nervous inside.
After all, she thought she had a 30% chance of losing.
The thugs of the Fury Gang were even more confident, believing their chance of losing was 0.
After all, they had already set up a powerful magic circle around the area that could make women go into heat. It was a very strong magic circle that no human could resist. Not even the princess, the queen, or the saintess could withstand it!
“…Huh?”
However, in less than half a minute, Valentina, who had easily cut down all the so-called strong enemies, let out a bewildered sound.
“How… how is this possible…”
The bleeding leader of the Fury Gang, clutching his side, looked up at the blood-stained princess in disbelief.
This was too strange! How could the princess be so powerful! And she showed no signs of being affected by the magic circle!
Both the victors and the defeated were shocked by the overwhelming outcome.
Valentina was also extremely surprised.
Yes, what was going on?
Could it be that she had become stronger because she had turned into a dragon?
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Was it because the evil god she faced was too strong that she couldn’t realize it immediately?
If that’s the case, it really makes her feel a bit complicated.
Valentina finally realized that she was far stronger than she had imagined, and this power was given to her by that hateful evil god.
The sense of relief from being able to easily win made her happy, but thinking it was because of the evil god, she couldn’t feel truly joyful.
So she could only sigh lightly and decided to deal with the current situation first.
“…So that’s it, quickly tell me your base and I might spare your lives?… Huh? Already dead?”
However, in the brief moment Valentina was sorting out her emotions, the four members of the Fury Group, who seemed to have been attacked by a dragon with full force, were already dead.
The terrifying sword wounds on their bodies looked like they had been torn apart by a dragon’s claw, making the whole scene utterly horrifying.
Given her status and the status of the four, no one would blame her even if they were executed on the spot.
But realizing that she might not be able to find the Fury Group’s base and leader, Valentina could only look at the corpses on the ground and smile bitterly.
Luckily, it was them she killed. If it were the kingdom’s soldiers, she would really be seen as an evil dragon following the evil god.
“…Good, successfully avoided a defeat play. After all, this princess is good in every way, just too straightforward. If you lost to such trash, I would be very troubled.”
Noah, who was watching all this in the temple, also showed a slightly relaxed expression.
In fact, he also thought that Valentina wouldn’t lose even if she went directly.
But because he was still worried, he temporarily pulled Valentina into his temple for emergency training.
After all, he didn’t want the heroine he personally corrupted to be defeated by passersby before slapping the blonde.
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