I am the Executioner Dragon, but a cute mod

The figure was hidden in the shade of a tree, with its back to Lilith. It was about two meters tall, slender, and dressed in a loose white robe with disheveled hair.

Lilith squinted at him. The spot where they had just been was clearly empty, so why was there suddenly a person there? Besides, this forest didn't seem like a place where people usually lived. This guy who suddenly appeared was strange in every way.

However, Lilith didn't care much. She didn't feel any threat from the guy in front of her, so she simply walked towards him.

As they approached, they said:

"Hey, do you live around here? I think I'm lost. Can you help me get out of here?"

These words went unanswered; the tall, thin figure stood motionless in the shadows, his back always to Lilith.

Lilith wondered if it was just her imagination, but the closer she got to the figure, the lower the temperature seemed to be. But it was broad daylight, so was this really normal?

Click.

With a crisp sound, Lilith accidentally broke a branch. The sound itself wouldn't have attracted attention, but the tall figure in front of her, who had always had his back to Lilith, was drawn to it and suddenly turned his head.

With a blue face and fangs, raised brow bones, and dark blue eyes, his expression was a mixture of anger and pity, and his whole being exuded a deathly, chilling aura.

Upon seeing this person's face, Lilith's vision blurred, she took a half step back, and blurted out:

"So ugly..."

However, Lilith quickly realized that her words were somewhat impolite, and with an apologetic expression, said:

"Sorry, I spoke too quickly... I didn't mean to. Actually, you're not ugly, just a bit unique? You shouldn't mind, right?"

As she spoke, Lilith smiled and tried to get away with it by being cute.

Perhaps Lilith's apology had an effect, because the guy didn't pursue Lilith's words. He just stared at Lilith for a long while before uttering a voice that didn't sound human:

"Let's go, let's go together."

Upon hearing this, Lilith was filled with question marks:

"Let's go together? Where are you going? Are you taking me away from the forest?"

But the figure did not answer Lilith, nor did it give Lilith time to think. It started walking forward on its own. Its walking posture was strange, as if all the bones in its body had been removed. It was more like floating than "walking".

Lilith was a little confused about what this guy was up to, guessing that "he probably knew I was lost and was leading me out of the forest." Although this guess was not solid, Lilith had no choice but to follow him in order to leave the forest.

Along the way, Lilith would occasionally strike up a conversation with the figure, but each time she asked a question, the figure would ignore her. After a few times, Lilith stopped trying to embarrass herself.

As the sun began to set behind the mountains, Lilith noticed something strange: the tall figure in front of her seemed to be deliberately avoiding the sunlight, as if afraid of being directly exposed to it.

Is he sick?

Lilith didn't pay much attention until the sun completely disappeared into the forest, when a sound suddenly came from the woods.

Lilith looked in the direction of the sound and saw tall figures standing in the darkness. Some had blue faces, some had red faces, some were muscular, some were thin, some had horns on their foreheads, and some had katanas at their waists.

These guys followed Lilith as soon as they appeared, saying and doing nothing, like puppets.

Lilith couldn't sit still any longer. She rushed up to the tall figure who had led the way and demanded:

"Where are you taking me? And who are these guys?"

There was still no response. The tall figure merely glanced at Lilith before walking past her and continuing to lead the way, while the other figures stood behind Lilith, urging her on:

"Let's go together, let's go together."

"Okay, okay, I'll leave, alright?"

Lilith was somewhat helpless, completely baffled as to why the people in this world were like this. However, having seen so many strange creatures in the previous world, she simply thought these people were a unique feature of this world and didn't think much of it.

It was around midnight. The long journey had left Lilith somewhat tired. She yawned and rubbed her eyes.

"Hey, how much longer until we get there? Aren't you tired after walking for so long?"

There was still no response, which Lilith was already used to. However, after Lilith asked the question, a shrill laugh suddenly came from the tall figures around her.

The figure leading the way stopped, turned around and looked at Lilith, revealing a set of fangs like those of a wild beast. Lilith sensed something was wrong, looked around, and realized that she had unknowingly been surrounded by a large group of tall figures.

They all stared at Lilith, their eyes like those of someone looking at prey.

"What's going on? You...aren't human?" Lilith exclaimed, only to be met with a burst of mocking laughter.

Zheng

Taking advantage of Lilith's shock, the tall red demon behind her took two steps forward, drew his katana from his waist, and swung it down without hesitation.

Clang!

Just when all the demons thought Lilith was about to become food, the katana that was about to strike Lilith made a crisp sound and then broke into two pieces.

This scene left the ghosts somewhat bewildered, especially the blue ghost who had initially discovered Lilith, whose mind was buzzing.

When he first met Lilith, he sensed that she had no magical power and was someone he could kill easily.

However, the subtle threat emanating from Lilith kept him on his guard, and he did not attack her immediately. To be on the safe side, he chose to wander around the forest with Lilith, gather all his kind, and then deal with Lilith.

But the Blue Oni didn't expect that Lilith, who had no magical power, could withstand the attack of their strongest Red Oni without showing any external injury.

He then realized that he had messed with the wrong person...

"So you're ghosts. No wonder you look so ugly. I always thought that was a characteristic of this world."

Lilith spoke helplessly, casually crushing the last demon besides the blue demon. At first, she foolishly used brute force to kill the demons, but brute force had no effect on them. She then realized that these demons were made of negative energy.

Negative energy naturally fears positive energy, so Lilith mobilized the positive energy within her body and attacked the ghosts again, causing them to immediately turn to ashes and dissipate.

"So, answer all my questions obediently, or I'll kill you."

Lilith clapped her hands, startling the Green Demon into abandoning his charade and nodding hastily...

Chapter 57: The Heian Period

After scaring the blue demon out of her wits, Lilith began asking questions, and it took her a while to figure out what kind of world this was.

This era was a golden age for humanity, with aristocratic elegance, bustling capitals, and a flourishing of traditional Chinese culture. Poetry, clothing, Yin-Yang philosophy, and court culture reached their peak. The population was dense, towns were numerous, etiquette was complex, and human life was vibrant.

This era was also a golden age for monsters. Nobles fought each other constantly, plotted and assassinated each other, and were consumed by love, hate and obsession. The common people suffered greatly, with famine, war and disease rampant everywhere. Superstition was prevalent, and everyone felt fear, unease, resentment and sorrow. Countless people died in war, plague, abandoned babies and violent deaths, and their souls never rested.

These negative emotions such as fear, hatred, despair, resentment, and anxiety are curses. When a large number of curses are accumulated, entangled, and condensed, they will materialize and become monsters.

This was the second year of Changde, also known as the Heian period in later generations.

Upon learning this, Lilith was momentarily stunned. Only after confirming several times did she realize that she had traveled back to the feudal era.

"So, in other words, there are no personal terminals, no internet, and none of the delicacies of later generations here?"

Realizing this, Lilith's face immediately fell, and she was completely distraught. As someone who had enjoyed the conveniences of the information age, she didn't think there was anything wonderful about the feudal era.

With backward thinking and technology, in feudal times, unless you were a nobleman, let alone having enough to eat, even surviving was a problem.

However, now that she's in this world, Lilith is too lazy to back out. She'll just make the best of it and take it one step at a time.

After all, Lilith lived a long time; it wouldn't be a problem for her to live from the feudal era to the steam age and the information age...

"One last question, tell me where people live."

Lilith addressed the blue demon, who, upon hearing "one last question," secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Eager to rid himself of this scourge, Lilith, he quickly replied:

"Keep walking east, and after you cross a mountain, there will be a small village there..."

As he spoke, the blue demon looked cautiously at Lilith and whispered:

"Now that you've finished asking your questions, may I leave?"

The Blue Demon had expected a positive answer from Lilith, but Lilith simply shook her head and began to mobilize the positive energy within her body:

"How could that be? You're the embodiment of negativity. You don't look like a good person at all. Rather than letting you go, we should kill you."

"You lied to me...?"

Upon hearing Lilith's words, the Blue Demon was startled. Regaining his senses, his狰狞 (zhengning, meaning ferocious or hideous) face began to contort, and he shouted sharply:

"You lied to me?! You lied to me?! You lied to me?!"

The blue demon's voice was shrill, as if it had suffered a great injustice. Lilith simply covered her ears, her face full of disgust.

"Why are you speaking so loudly? I didn't promise to let you leave. I only said that if you answer the questions, I wouldn't kill you immediately."

"you you……!"

The blue demon trembled with rage, his chest heaving violently. Just as he was about to explode, he suddenly pointed behind Lilith, his face filled with astonishment:

"Wow! Great Tengu!"

"Where is where?"

Lilith turned her head to look, only to find nothing behind her. Looking up at the sky, there wasn't even a bird, let alone a Great Tengu.

As hurried footsteps sounded, Lilith realized she had been tricked. She turned around, looked at the Blue Demon who was running away, and her eye twitched.

Instead of playing along with this guy, he directly mobilized the positive energy within his body, instantly arriving in front of the Blue Demon and delivering the final blow.

Even in death, the blue demon believed he had successfully escaped, and was unaware that he had been reduced to ashes and vanished under Lilith's attack.

After defeating the Blue Oni, Lilith didn't stay where she was. Instead, following the Blue Oni's instructions, she headed east to find a village...

At first, Lilith suspected that the Blue Oni was lying to her because of the Great Tengu incident, until she walked out of the forest, climbed to the top of the mountain, and under the cover of night, saw a small village on the riverbank at the foot of the mountain, with several cultivated rice paddies outside the village.

"There really is someone here. It was worth the long journey."

Lilith's eyes lit up, and she quickly headed towards the village at the foot of the mountain. Along the way, she encountered a few low-level monsters with no intelligence. Lilith had already mastered the art of exorcising monsters with positive energy, so the low-level monsters dared not approach and ran away as fast as they could.

Lilith descended the mountain without incident and walked along the country path outside the village. By the moonlight, she glanced at the rice paddies and saw that the rice was growing in a disastrous way.

This rice, far inferior to hybrid rice, can barely feed a family in a year. Want any surplus? Forget about it. Besides, 50% of this rice has to be handed over to the government after it matures.

The golden age was only for royalty and nobility; the lives of ordinary people were only slightly more stable, but not much better.

Upon entering the village, it was already late, and the villagers had gone to bed early, leaving the village completely dark.

Having finally found a place where people lived, Lilith didn't want to wait until dawn, so she randomly picked a simple hut made of wood and thatch and knocked on the door.

dong dong dong.

"Hey, is anyone home?"

Lily called out and waited for a while, but no one responded. So she knocked on the door again and called out a few more times, but the person inside seemed to be fast asleep and refused to answer.

Seeing that she couldn't wake this family, Lilith didn't continue to bother them. Instead, she went to another household and continued knocking and calling out.

Unbeknownst to them, every household that was visited was awakened by the sound. However, Lilith's unfamiliar yet clear voice made everyone think that the person outside the door was a terrifying female monster.