After returning to the tribe, Esdeath told her father everything.
Alei was also quite helpless; who let him have such a trouble-making daughter?
However, Alei was not worried that the Empire would send people over, because the weather and environment here were already harsh.
Furthermore, the tribe built their camp on the plains where Danger Beasts lived in order to hunt them, so even the Empire’s soldiers generally dared not come here.
The Northern Plains were a lawless area.
Although they, as tribal people, belonged to the Empire, in reality, they each went their own way.
“Esdeath, you had better not go to the town in the future.
If you make people too afraid, it won’t be easy to trade with them and buy supplies.”
Esdeath was lost in thought.
Their tribe had many daily necessities that needed to be traded with the town; she needed to consider more than just herself.
“Anyway, there are many towns, not just this one.”
“Doesn’t it take effort to go further away?
If you get wanted, the Public Security Bureau of this county will receive the news, and that would be troublesome.”
In order to make Esdeath stop causing trouble, Alei spoke to her earnestly at great length.
“Alright, alright, I won’t cause trouble anymore.”
Esdeath thought that life was not just about fighting and killing.
Although they were all strong, if they killed all the weak people in the town whenever they were annoyed, there would be no one to supply them with salt, iron, tea, coffee, fabric, and flour, and their quality of life would drop to the extreme.
One day later, Esdeath received the notification that the mission was complete.
It turned out that in just one day, her reputation had grown large enough that the entire town knew about her.
After all, she had assassinated the mayor’s family and assaulted and killed a Security Officer in broad daylight.
Esdeath heard from Ibia, who had gone to inquire, that the town residents were now spreading rumors that she was a Blue-Haired Murder Demon.
Legend had it that the Blue-Haired Murder Demon was the reincarnation of a witch, who at a young age needed to drink human blood and eat human hearts for beauty, and therefore killed everyone she saw, killing to extract blood.
Esdeath was dumbfounded listening to this; what kind of rumors were these?
Was she really that scary?
“System, where is my weapon?”
“The exclusive weapon is bound to the host’s soul and can slowly grow stronger the more battles the host experiences.
The host can decide the appearance of the exclusive weapon; conceive its shape in your mind, and then you can take it out.”
“I see, then I must have a domineering and good-looking weapon.” Esdeath pondered deeply.
“A sword isn’t domineering enough, an axe is too heavy; a blade will do.”
“System, can the weapon’s appearance be changed later?”
“Yes, you can reshape the weapon’s appearance by spending villain points.”
Esdeath conceived of a blood-colored machete: “Let’s call it the blood-drinking mad blade.”
A blood-colored long blade appeared before Esdeath.
She grabbed the long blade and swung it a few times: “Not bad, it feels very handy.”
Esdeath couldn’t wait to carry the blade and wanted to cut something to test it.
Just at this moment, several tribesmen carried back a tribesman with an injured abdomen.
“Chief Alei, we went out hunting today and ran into people from the Chinubi Tribe.
They not only snatched our prey but also used a blade to cut and injure me.”
The tribesmen all had hot tempers, and were immediately filled with righteous indignation; many were shouting about going to get even.
Alei comforted the injured tribesman and had someone bandage him and apply medicine.
A direct war between two tribes was not just talk.
The Chinubi Tribe was a large tribe.
Unlike the Barutesu Tribe, which followed an elite school of thought, the Chinubi Tribe fought everywhere for rapid expansion.
After conquering small tribes, they accepted everyone, and the quality was uneven; now they had nearly a thousand people.
Moreover, the people of the Chinubi Tribe did not like to hunt for themselves; they preferred to rob other tribes of their prey.
Alei still advocated not to rashly declare war now; winter was coming soon, and the priority should be storing food.
“Then what if they snatch our prey again?”
“Everyone, leave one person to keep watch when you go out hunting in the future.”
Although this would waste the hunting time of one extra person, there was no better way at the moment.
Esdeath showed off the newly acquired machete in front of her three followers and chopped down a tree as a demonstration; the cross-section was smooth and flat, causing a burst of exclamation.
Rune exclaimed in admiration and envy: “What a sharp blade.”
Just as Esdeath was playing with her three little followers, the Head Elder’s son, Taku, walked over.
Taku was the son of a Head Elder.
Although he was only eighteen, he was already two meters and three centimeters tall.
Not only was he big, but he also had great strength.
He was considered the fiercest guy in the younger generation.
He had already joined the Hunting Team as a full member and followed the adults to hunt, often catching Level 2 Danger Beasts, and had even participated in the hunting of Level 1 Danger Beasts.
Today was a day off, and Taku had hunted a Level 2 Danger Beast, a Tahama Earth Dragon, all by himself, causing surprise and cheers from the tribesmen.
At this moment, he was carrying the three-meter-tall, seven-meter-long Tahama Earth Dragon and walking towards Esdeath.
What does this guy want to do?
Esdeath thought, could he be trying to show off the Danger Beast he hunted to prove he is strong and provoke her?
Taku placed the Tahama Earth Dragon in front of Esdeath and said: “Esdeath, you are strong and very beautiful.
This is for you; go out with me.”
Ibia and the others couldn’t help but exclaim.
The tribesmen were also attracted by this confession and came over to watch the excitement.
Many young girls in the tribe watched this scene with blushing cheeks.
You know, for them, being confessed to by a powerful warrior with a Danger Beast as prey was the highest-level ritual.
Esdeath didn’t quite know how to handle this.
It was really strange; she had no interest in romance at all and only thought about getting stronger.
However, being confessed to inexplicably made her feel a bit uncomfortable.
In Esdeath’s heart, she should be the one in control, the one to confess to others.
The elders in the tribe looked at this scene with mixed expressions.
In their view, Taku and Esdeath were quite well-matched.
If it were before, Taku certainly wouldn’t have taken a liking to Esdeath, but recently Esdeath had shone brightly in hunting, and she had also hunted a Level 2 Danger Beast with Ibia and the others.
Plus, compared to other girls in the tribe, Esdeath was really beautiful.
What Esdeath didn’t expect was that the system appeared again: “As a villain, how can you tolerate others confessing to you?
Teach the other party a lesson and say to him, ‘You aren’t worthy.’ Completing the task will reward you with the Blood Shadow Movement Technique.
Use it in conjunction with your exclusive weapon; when the weapon injures an enemy, you can briefly increase your speed tenfold.”
Esdeath was slightly stunned.
What counted as teaching him a lesson?
In any case, beating him up should be enough.
Taku was already the strongest youth in the tribe from whom Esdeath could feel pressure; he should be able to fight her.
Thus, in front of everyone, facing Taku’s confession, Esdeath wore a cruel smile and said: “I refuse.”
Before the tribesmen could exclaim, Esdeath added another sentence: “Because to like me, you aren’t worthy!”
Such cruel and mocking words instantly stirred up waves of discussion and exclamation within the tribe.
Taku’s face flushed red; he didn’t expect Esdeath to give him no face like this.
Taku’s father, the Head Elder, was the first to not be able to stand it; he walked over and scolded Esdeath: “Esdeath, how can you be so ignorant of the rules!
Taku is your tribesman, and even more so the strongest young warrior in the tribe.
How can you say that?”
Esdeath said immediately: “Alright, since you say Taku is the strongest young warrior in the tribe, then I, Esdeath, hereby challenge Taku to a duel.
Taku, do you dare to accept!”
The tribesmen never expected that what was just a romantic confession scene would suddenly evolve into a life-or-death battle of blood betting on dignity.
At this point, even Alei felt that Esdeath had gone too far.
The youth was full of energy and vitality; he was already angry because of Esdeath’s words, and now that he was provoked again, how could he endure it?
Taku clenched his fists, stared fixedly at Esdeath, and said: “Fine, I will let you know what a big mistake it is to reject my confession!”