“No, we have that too.” A thoughtful, complex expression appeared on Najenda’s face. In her mind, a cold, mechanical voice echoed.

[Ding! The "World Guardians" faction has been detected. You have assisted your "fellow traveler" in completing the mission.] [Reward: 100000 "World Guardians Points".] [Note: These points can be used to issue commissions to your "fellow traveler" or to purchase special "goods" from another world.]

"...One hundred thousand?" Lubbock stared at the clear number in his mind, somewhat astonished, and said, "Only one hundred thousand gold coins, and I can hire helpers like them, comparable to gods? This...this is too cheap!"

The tense and oppressive atmosphere on the rooftop had long since dissipated.

After Esdeath personally crushed the "trash" that had brought her such humiliation, her heart, which was on the verge of collapse, miraculously regained the absolute tranquility and pride that belonged to a queen.

She slowly turned around, her sharp, icy blue eyes fixed intently on the man who was looking at her with a troubled expression.

"—I haven't lost yet."

She declared in a queenly tone, full of arrogance and defiance.

"I will not be like those pathetic weaklings you speak of, who choose to give up and choose death because of a small failure."

"I will become stronger!"

"Then, one day, I will challenge you once again! Until I personally defeat you completely!"

"Sigh..." Gu Chuan looked at the woman in front of him, who seemed to have been fully revived and was full of fighting spirit, and sighed helplessly, "So, what exactly do you want to say?"

He really didn't want to have any more unnecessary entanglements with this battle-crazed queen whose thought process was unconventional.

However, Esdeath's next words left him completely stunned.

"—Although, I will not admit defeat."

Esdeath's face revealed a queenly smile, full of domineering, possessiveness, and... a hint of morbid love that even she herself was unaware of.

"But I, indeed, lost to you."

"Therefore, according to the rules of our Northern Lands, everything the defeated shall belong to the victor."

"—In other words, from this moment on, I, Esdeath, along with my life, my soul, and my body, are your private property."

"Until I can, in the next battle, defeat you squarely and completely."

She paused, and a glint of cunning, provocation, and danger flashed in her icy blue eyes.

"Of course, if you feel you can't beat me on the battlefield, I wouldn't mind if you tried some other, more masculine methods to reverse this interesting relationship of domination and subjugation between us, wouldn't you say?"

"!!!!!!"

Gu Chuan was completely taken aback by her declaration, which was filled with inappropriate, inappropriate, and shocking statements.

Almost instinctively, he shut down the chat group that was still "live-streaming" at top speed.

He dared not even imagine what kind of outrageous things those guys in the group, who loved watching the drama unfold, would say after hearing these words.

The atmosphere on the rooftop instantly became incredibly subtle.

Everyone's gaze swept back and forth between Gu Chuan and Esdeath, carrying a hint of ambiguity, a sense of watching the drama unfold, and a desire to see what would happen.

“…Esdeath,” Gu Chuan felt his temples throbbing, “Do you know what you’re saying?”

“Of course I know.” Esdeath’s face revealed a matter-of-fact, victorious smile.

She slowly walked up to Gu Chuan and, in a voice that only the two of them could hear—a voice that came from telepathy, a voice full of provocation and seduction, a cold voice—softly echoed in his mind.

[My room is on the very top floor of the palace, the master bedroom with the best view, facing south.]

[I await, at any time, my master, to come and exercise your sacred power over me.]

173 The Power of the Ruler and the Own of the Queen

Faced with Esdeath's highly provocative and seductive telepathic "invitation," and the ambiguous, gossipy gazes of the surrounding crowd, Gu Chuan felt his temples throbbing even more violently.

He knew that reasoning with this battle-crazed queen, whose thought process was completely different from ordinary people, was pointless.

Any verbal avoidance or refusal will only be taken by her as an "excuse" of the weak.

That being the case...

Gu Chuan's lips slowly curled into a domineering smile, one that was absolute, unyielding, and imbued with the meaning of a ruler.

"—As you wish."

He spoke slowly. His deep, magnetic voice seemed to possess a magical power that could make the hearts of every woman present race.

The next second, under the shocked gazes of everyone who hadn't yet reacted—

He suddenly took a step forward!

Then, in the most primitive, most brutal, and most visually striking way, a standard "princess carry" was used to steadily and horizontally lift the arrogant and domineering Ice Queen, who was just a second ago, into his arms!

"ah--!"

Even Esdeath, a veteran of countless battles and a ruthless killer, was startled by his sudden, domineering act, which was full of male hormones. She let out a short, cute scream filled with girlish panic!

Her usually cold and haughty, queen-like face was uncontrollably flushed with a captivating and alluring blush at this moment.

"—Since my possessions are already so eager to challenge the authority of their master."

Gu Chuan lowered his head, his golden eyes, which gleamed with an aggressive light, looking with amusement at the cute "trophy" in his arms, who was glaring at him with a face full of shame and indignation. A wicked smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

"Then, I, as the master, will naturally have to fulfill your wish properly."

"—We're going to have another, good, big battle."

As he spoke, the invisible wings made of vectors behind him suddenly unfolded!

He held the soft, warm, and alluring body in his arms, soared into the sky, and transformed into a streak of light, flying towards the top floor of the palace, the one with the best view, the queen's bedroom!

All that remained on the rooftop was a group of "spectators" who were completely petrified and bewildered by the wind.

"..."

"..."

After a long, deathly silence.

"Wow...wow..." March 7th was the first to recover from the shocking scene. Her big eyes were filled with curiosity and longing for the unknown. "So...so, sparring between companions can...can be done this way? It feels...it feels so intense..."

"Ahem," Tu Shan Honghong, who was standing to the side, had a rare, unnatural blush creep onto her usually aloof and icy face. "Perhaps... this is their unique way of expressing camaraderie in their world..."

Only Najenda and Nami, these two relatively "mature" women, could discern a deeper, more ambiguous meaning—something "unsuitable for children"—from Gu Chuan's strongly suggestive words and Esdeath's girlish shyness, which, though she tried to conceal it, could not hide.

Nami's pearly teeth, uncontrollably, gently bit her lower lip. A bitter feeling called "jealousy," which she herself was unwilling to admit, spread quietly in her heart like the most bitter lemon juice.

A tiny, ethereal figure, composed of pure spiritual particles and visible only to Gu Chuan, silently followed the departing streak of light and vanished into the night.

That was Pandora, who, too, felt a touch of "concern".

……

Inside the Queen's bedroom.

The moment the door was kicked open from the outside by Gu Chuan in an extremely violent manner—

A truly fierce battle, between "comrades," suddenly erupted without warning!

"—Come on, Gu Chuan!"

Esdeath had already broken free from his oppressive embrace! Her heart, pounding with shame and excitement, had long since cast aside all the girlish emotions she once felt!

Instead, there is the purest, most primal, most fervent, supreme fighting spirit belonging to battle maniacs!

She was going to use her hands, which had been reborn, to challenge once again the powerful man before her, whom she both loved and hated!

She wanted to repay all the "humiliation" she had just suffered, tenfold!

However, this time, Gu Chuan showed no mercy whatsoever.

He wanted to use the most direct, overwhelming, and dominant method to make this arrogant and unruly queen before him completely understand the cruelest and most realistic truth.

Faced with absolute power, all her resistance was futile.

"—Six-Style Shaving!"

Gu Chuan's figure vanished from the spot in an instant!

When he reappeared, he was already behind Esdeath like a ghost!

"—Six-Style Finger Pistol!"

His index and middle fingers, pressed together and gleaming with metallic luster, were like the sharpest, most indestructible spears, whistling through the air, aimed directly at Esdeath's unsuspecting, snow-white nape!

Esdeath's reaction was incredibly fast! Her beast-like combat instincts, honed from countless life-or-death battles, allowed her to sense the deadly threat coming from behind her in an instant!

She suddenly turned around, and countless sharp spikes made of ice, like the strongest armor, instantly condensed and took shape behind her!

However, this time, Gu Chuan's attack was completely different from the past!

On his fingertips, a wisp of barely perceptible, golden primal energy, purified from "gluttony," flowed quietly.

boom--!

That solid ice armor, strong enough to withstand artillery bombardment, was pierced and shattered the moment it touched Gu Chuan's fingertips, just like the most fragile, paper-thin window!

"--What?!"

Esdeath's pupils suddenly contracted to their limit!

Once again, she experienced that feeling of utter powerlessness, where all her defenses were rendered useless in the face of her opponent!

From the very beginning, the battle was one-sided and overwhelming.

Gu Chuan perfectly combined his B-level "Six Styles" physical technique, which had already been enhanced and mastered by the system, with the primal energy from "Gluttony" that could transform all things!

Whether it was the application of tactics or the clash of pure strength, he completely overwhelmed Esdeath in an all-round, dimensional-reducing way!

Esdeath gave it her all.

She brought all her combat skills and experience, which she considered her "strongest," to their fullest potential.

She even became incredibly excited and thrilled during the battle because of her indomitable and intense desire to win!

But, it didn't work.

Under Gu Chuan's relentless, storm-like offensive, filled with absolute "dominance," she was still powerless to resist. Every time she condensed an iceberg strong enough to freeze a city, it would be pierced through by him in an even more unreasonable way, or transferred out of thin air, or simply shattered by stronger force.

She once again experienced that despairing sense of powerlessness, where her body, strength, and will were completely seen through, controlled, and dominated by the other party.

Just like when her once-proud "Mahavagga" was rendered completely ineffective by the other party's casual "I command."

In the end, this fierce battle, which was full of the meaning of "sparring" and "between comrades", lasted for a full hour and finally ended with Esdeath's complete defeat once again.

She was drenched in sweat, her magic and physical strength exhausted to the limit. Finally, she knelt on one knee on the cold palace floor, which was already a mess from the aftermath of their battle, unable to move even a finger.

Gu Chuan stood condescendingly before her, his gaze, filled with the absolute dominance of a victor, silently surveying the beautiful challenger he had utterly defeated.

Their relationship, shaped by this extraordinary "battle" filled with extreme confrontation, has been completely transformed into a new, twisted yet incredibly stable interactive pattern, a blend of master and servant, challenge and conquest.

The Reunion of 174 Sisters

When that fierce "battle," filled with all sorts of intense struggles, finally came to a close, the sky outside the window was once again shrouded in the deep night.

Meanwhile, Pandora, who was actually Momo and came from the planet Deviluke, also felt a bit "concerned". She completely "lost" her way in the palace and caused a small disturbance that was also full of "battle" implications.

In the end, it was Gu Chuan who personally took action to "bring" this troublesome little thing, who practically treated the entire palace as her private playground, back.

When all the "struggles" and "clashes," big and small, had completely ended, time had quietly slipped into the evening of the next day.

Without a doubt, Gu Chuan remains the sole and absolute victor in this long "war" that lasted for a full day and night.

He looked at the silver-haired queen lying on the bed, whose body was exhausted to the limit, but whose icy blue eyes still burned with an indomitable and challenging flame. He couldn't help but silently complain to himself.

...Truly, so poor and weak.

Of course, he also has to admit it.

Esdeath's absolute ice power, derived from the "essence of the devil," is indeed very powerful, and also very... "cool"~.

That kind of experience, which could completely freeze everything, filled with absolute zero, even caused a somewhat improper thought to pop into his mind uncontrollably.

Speaking of which... if there's a chance in the future, could Yukino also come and share this ultimate experience of being the Ice Queen?

However, this thought only flashed through his mind for a moment.

He knew very well that someone like Yukino, with her cold exterior but warm interior and delicate personality, was absolutely incapable of accepting such a brutal approach that was full of "domination" and "conquest."

Shaking his head to dismiss these unhealthy thoughts, Gu Chuan took out his phone and contacted March 7.

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