The Demon Emperor was Saint Emperor

Chapter 263 - 247: The True Culprit

"One million gold coins? Who do you think you’re looking down on? Do you think my master is short of your meager coins? Do you know who my master is? I advise you to scram now with your tail between your legs, or you’ll die without knowing how it happened!"

Before Lynn could speak, Sifrin started shouting noisily, her tone sounding less like a slave and more like a female bully.

Lynn and Natasha, along with Xue’Er, just watched her act arrogantly. Except for Xue’Er, whose intellect didn’t quite support understanding Sifrin’s intention, Natasha and Lynn pretty much guessed at her antics.

"Despicable slave! One million is already very flattering to you! Do you know who Hu Lie is? In this Lie Wang City, even the City Lord has to bow to me. The offer is already quite respectable; if you really don’t sell, Hu Lie will just take it by force!"

As soon as the Tiger Race Beastman finished speaking, more than twenty burly Beastman Race warriors squeezed in from all sides of the street, with half of them exuding an impressive aura, visibly at the Saint Tier level.

Although at this current point in time, ordinary Saint Tiers are nearly ubiquitous and unworthy of the ’Saint’ title, regardless, they are synonymous with High Tier strength. They are considered to have remarkable ability.

"With just this level of power, you dare to act tough in front of my master? Watch me beat you to a pulp!"

Surrounded by a group of burly men, Sifrin showed no fear; instead, she chose to launch a direct attack.

She pulled out a plain-tierless magic staff and swung it, smashing it on the head of a level 500 Beastman Race warrior, instantly cracking his head and bleeding.

Born a Divine Mage, Sifrin loves melee combat but her melee ability is relatively poor, only able to dominate when outclassed. Once she faces an equal opponent unless it’s a situation where she can finish them off while they’re weak, she doesn’t stand a chance.

However, not a single beastman present, including Hu Lie, was a match for Sifrin’s tier, so Lynn witnessed a Divine Mage wielding a weapon, crazily slamming a group of Beastman Race warriors. Compared to her fairly petite figure chasing a gang of muscle-bound brutes, the extreme contrast was quite amusing to watch.

"You... you’ve got the guts, don’t run! I’ll call for the beasts!"

Chased around in circles, clobbered by Sifrin, Hu Lie’s lackeys lay all over the ground. Seeing his formidable bodyguards being so easily beaten by a mere slave, Hu Lie realized he had hit a wall.

Yet he didn’t back down, as he could tell, this slave’s strength was just that, and definitely not a match for the strong ones in his tribe. As long as he returned for reinforcements, he would surely deal with her!

As for how powerful the slave’s master must be? If he were able to think about such brainy issues, he wouldn’t be one of the "Three Fools of the Tiger King."

Meanwhile, watching Hu Lie flee in panic, Lynn and Natasha smiled knowingly at the troublemaking Sifrin, who became embarrassed from their gaze as she boasted with her hands on her hips.

"Go ahead, tell us, what do you want?"

Lynn reached out and tapped the Succubus Collar around Sifrin’s neck, prompting her to confess bluntly.

Seeing Lynn’s hand motion, Sifrin almost thought he was going to poke her chest, but once she noticed he was merely tapping the collar, her courage surged.

"Well, I purposely displayed the Succubus Collar in public to lure that notorious fool among the Beastman royal family. I want him to offend Master Lynn, then use Master Lynn’s influence to finish him off! And then use this as justification to eradicate his entire family!"

Seeing the crowd avoid them following the conflict, Sifrin slowly approached Lynn and Natasha, softly admitting her fault to them.

"I couldn’t tell; our Saintess of Light does have a heart full of compassion and kindness."

Listening to Sifrin’s honest confession, Lynn wasn’t angry. Instead, his perception of Sifrin slightly changed, realizing this husky-like woman possessed some shining qualities. At least she is willing to pretend foolishly to help the suffering beastman slaves, willingly calling herself a slave.

"What can I do? Even my dad has no solution to this chronic problem. He was once the strongest on the Divine Protection Continent, but more than half of the ten Saint Emperors stand on the other side, leaving us rather helpless..."

Sifrin muttered somewhat angrily; even though she is the Light’s savior, faced with such overwhelming adversarial forces, she was powerless to change many things. If it weren’t for now having Lynn as a support, all she could do at most would be to beat or kill the disrespectful Hu Lie towards the Saintess of Light, but that fundamentally wouldn’t solve the problem.

"So I’m not blaming you for being a bully or causing trouble for me. Acts of extreme evil like human trafficking and beast trafficking, since I stumbled upon them, I naturally want to deal with them. You actually don’t need to perform; just proposing for us to rest in this city initially would’ve been enough."

Lynn said, patting Sifrin’s shoulder, casually dismissing her poor acting skills. All she needed to do was bring them to the slave market, and Lynn would naturally take action for the rest.

"Even I didn’t know about this kind of thing. I only knew that both the Giant Dragon Empire and Celestial Destiny Empire have beastman slaves, but they claimed it’s through legal channels. After all, the Beastman Kingdom has suffered continuous natural disasters these years, so I thought there were indeed many involuntary beastmen selling themselves..."