Divine Emperor of Death

Katherine Hilltail's expression shook as she felt herself become free of a slave seal. However, she didn't believe for a single moment that she was truly released. In other words...

"This… is this a test?"

"No." Davis shook his head, "Do you think I will bait you as I did for that dumb poison master? No, you have done nothing wrong for me to mistreat you. Or is there something that I should know about your past?"

"Master…" Katherine Hilltail pleaded as she touched her chest, "I swear I'm a virgin. Although my breasts aren't up to par, I can still please you. I'll be your mount. I'll fly through the skies, cross mountains and rivers for you, so please don't abandon me."

"…"

Davis's expression turned speechless. He recognized that Katherine Hilltail was almost flat as a board but still, did she really think he was testing her right now? Even after he released her from the shackles of a slave seal?

"I swear I won't do anything to you." Davis gestured to the exit, "You can really walk away and start a new life if you want."

"Master, I may be fourteen years old, but I've at least grown enough to be able to tell that I can't survive by myself. If we could, mother wouldn't have taken such a decision."

Katherine Hilltail's copper eyes became moist as she knelt, "I watched my siblings leave one by one until I was the only Rumbling Earthtail Lion left. I hope they've all found a good master who takes care of them, so I only wish the same for me. I can't survive alone, not with my low prowess. Please don't abandon me, master..."

Davis placed his hand on his mouth, understanding her reasoning. So she was afraid of surviving alone and thought that she had better chances with him, causing her to be unable to leave him. However, he couldn't help but want to ask a question that had been irking him.

"Don't tell me you weren't chosen because of your flat chest?"

"…" Katherine Hilltail's cheeks quickly became crimson. Even though her lips quivered in shame, she still opened her mouth to answer.

"As you can see, my brown skin isn't necessarily attractive. My flat chest is also a disadvantage when it comes to attracting a patron's eyes. Even then, someone did reserve me for my flat chest… but, two weeks ago, I received word that they died from those terrifying beasts that descended from the skies."

Davis nodded lightly as he looked at her light-skinned face, having a medium brown skin tone. She was plenty beautiful in his eyes, reminding him of Nadia when she was a Sunset Mountain Wolf, but her facial features didn't match his women's current beauty. If Katherine Hilltail was even a bit more beautiful, then she would've been long purchased regardless of her flat chest because she was still a virgin.

However, unlike him, who thought to treat this lioness better, the others were most likely looking for something else, something that would only bring benefits to them. Her prowess wasn't high, and she could possibly die easily since her blood vitality was lacking. As a slave, she lacked the able-bodiedness that one would require for her price. It was no wonder that only a select few would buy her, especially someone who had a liking for flat chests.

'Very sus… but since that patron's dead, I take it that karma struck that him...'

Davis shook his head before he asked something else.

"You don't have the pride of the lion or the dragon. What's wrong with you?"

"Excuse me, master. I'm not leaving."

Katherine Hilltail quickly exited the cave and moved a hundred meters away before she hovered mid-air. However, a wave of copper light shone on her body before she transformed into a forty-meter tall lion with a long proportional body. Her features were spectacular, reminiscent of an armored lion and the Earth Dragon since she had dragon-like scales on her body.

However, her sixty-meter-long tail fell and lay limp, unable to be even lifted or shaken. It seemed completely useless.

"My pride as a Rumbling Earthtail Lion was crushed…" resounded her dejected voice.

"I see."

Davis saw her limp tail.

That long copper tail had nine segments and seemed like steel weights wrapped around her in a conical shape. Her tail was like a rattlesnake's, but they didn't make such sounds but seemed heavy. However, he knew this magical beast's tail was the strongest in its body. Its power was such that even if the Rumbling Earthtail Lion was at Peak-Level Emperor Beast Stage with no higher prowess, when its tail strikes, it would be as heavy as nine mountains striking together, making it so that strike was one level higher in prowess.

The Rumbling Earthtail Lion was quite slow yet possessed a high defense. What made its offense possible was the nine segments would unleash an explosive power at the same time, causing the tail to strike with immense power that would shatter the mountains and rivers. It was mostly not a threat until someone got hit with that long tail, and yet, Katherine Hilltail had her tail crippled, causing her confidence to be dragged to the mud.

One would think just because the Rumbling Earthtail Lion was the descendant of an Earth Dragon that was they were extremely strong. However, it was not the case when the other parent was nothing but an ordinary earth-attributed armored lion. It was only through the strong seed of the Earth Dragon that the Rumbling Earthtail Lion came to possess a mountain-crushing tail but for Katherine Hilltail to have lost control of it was a huge blow.

"If it was not crippled but back to form, would you be able to make a better decision then?"

"Eh…?"

Katherine Hilltail became confused. However, before she could even say anything, her eyes lost their luster, and her massive body began plunging toward the surface.

*Bang!~*

Her body hit the mountain forest, creating a slight tremor. However, she didn't appear to move, seemingly unconscious. Davis hovered at the location where Katherine Hilltail's nape had been. His hand was reached out, appearing to have knocked her out even through her thick mane and armored skin.

"Nadia, is anyone else here?"

"No one has entered our detectable range, master."

"Good."

Davis descended. Soon enough, a pure white light overflowed the area before it disappeared.

Shortly, Katherine Hilltail regained consciousness.

She quickly shot up and raised her head, around up as she crouched. But then, her pupils dilated as she sensed something strange about her body. Turning to look back, she saw her tail moving. Almost instinctively, she brought it down, the nine segments abruptly shaking at the same time.

*Bang!~*

The copper tail struck the ground, devastating the area as she created an explosive crater. It caused her eyes to turn wide in sheer disbelief, realization hitting her face.

"Ho- How…?"

Her expression quickly turned into panic, her body trembling as she failed to catch Davis's figure in her vision. However, noticing the energy of the flame from the campfire still burning, she hurriedly transformed into a ray of light, turning into her human form as she shot towards the cave.

"Master?"

Arriving inside, she still saw him seated inside, crunching on a piece of succulent meat that softly tore from the edge as he bit and pulled with his teeth. However, he was not the only one who was eating the meat.

There was also a tiny dark winged-wolf on his shoulder, sharing the meat with him. Its razor-sharp white teeth sank and took a bite, licking its lips and whimpered in joy as soon as it finished before taking a bite again.

The whole thing felt surreal to her as she couldn't tell what kind of level this wolf was…

However, just where did it come from? And why, in its presence, did she feel like losing all forms of defenses as though her life no longer belonged to her?