Chapter 206: Chole is out for blood?
Chloe didn't even pay much attention to him because he had failed in his previous life when he tried to sabotage Ling Xue because of how he overestimated himself, as Chloe and Ling Xue together had taken him down.
Thankfully, no lives were lost due to Ling Xue's quick wit, as when her own people turned against them unexpectedly—but not all of them—she quickly came to the conclusion that it was the doing of Mark. Without giving him any chance, she decisively dealt with him while others were holding the traitors off, who were under his control, which they later learned from him.
Especially after Ling Xue had injured him badly, he lost control over his puppets. That was also the reason the situation was resolved without much bloodshed.
However, if he hadn't lost control over his puppets, the situation wouldn't have resolved that easily, as they would have had to seriously injure others to deal with him.
Chloe gave the credit to Ling Xue for her decisiveness, as if she hadn't found out it was him behind all this in time and acted quickly, they would have been in serious trouble.
And what happened to him after getting captured was definitely deserved, now that she thought of it. However, at that time, it only made her a little terrified of Ling Xue as she nonchalantly cut both of his arms off and left him outside.
She could only imagine what fate he would have suffered after that. She was sure he was dead, as after that, he wasn't found.
And the people who were under his control couldn't remember anything that had happened to them, which Ling Xue accepted. But Chloe had seen that for quite a bit of time, they were under Ling Xue, as one wrong move and their fate wouldn't be good.
Chloe didn't know whether what Ling Xue had done to him at the time was correct or not. However, a few months later, when one of the girls who was in her group broke down in front of them at their camp, where she was also present, the girl showed multiple scars on her body while crying. While she didn't remember anything, everyone could guess what had happened to her.
After seeing her, a few days later, one after another, a few other girls who had fallen under his control, seeing the courage of the first girl, showed what had happened. This made Chloe angry, as her thoughts of Ling Xue being hard on him quickly went away, and she even regretted not making him suffer more.
After those days, for a few weeks, Ling Xue had been very cold, and all of them could tell she was regretting her decision to let him go like that. While there was a one-in-a-million chance that scum could survive, that possibility was enough to make her fume for weeks over how she hadn't been able to kill him herself.
Chloe had seen everything and been with Ling Xue for months and knew that, however, her personality was, at the end of the day, she was a good leader who cared about her people.
But this time, seeing his face, Chloe was not going to let him go. She had already sensed his ill intentions toward her, which was enough for her to go after his life. That was a skill she had learned inside a Rune from an ancient tablet. She didn't know how she still had this skill even after her transmigration, but she wasn't complaining.
There was no rank to this skill; however, it was one of her best skills ever. This had saved her many times.
She was thinking about how she would deal with him while having a small smile on her face, which made her look even cuter, but the aura around her had become many times more dangerous, as her killing intent was pouring out of her small body without any care.
Ling Xue had heard what the Little Devil had just said to her. While she understood she had tried to trick her, it still didn't change the fact that she hadn't done anything wrong to her until now. She wouldn't have been much irritated if she had just asked for more compensation, as she would have even liked her more for being a more selfish person.
But calling her a cow in front of everyone was something she wasn't going to take as disrespect from this little girl. She considered herself beautiful, and she knew she was beautiful—no one had to tell her that—and she was proud of that. However, calling her fat when she was clearly perfectly fine was stretching it too far, even when she had only tried to trick her. And if Chloe had fallen for it, it was her own stupidity.
But after realizing the odds were against her, and she was even willing to give her compensation for it, she was fuming over being disrespected in front of her future members.
'I have to teach this little shit I am not an easy target.'
She was going to talk back to her, and after thinking for a second, she was even more confident, that if this little girl really had any intention of actually killing them, they wouldn't still be alive. So, if they really fought while Chloe had to make sure no one died, she was sure she was going to whoop the ass of this little devil.
'Let me teach you a lesson, you dwarf.'
"Lit—"
Just when she was about to continue, the aura around Chloe completely changed. Now, before, she could feel they were in the presence of a predator. However, now, she could feel it deep in her bones: one wrong move and they were dead.
Including her, the other six close to her were now shaking. Looking at the little pink-haired girl who was smiling while looking in a certain direction, looking even cuter, the aura around her made them want to piss their pants. Six of them even dropped to their knees in a few seconds.
And now they realized how big of a trouble they were actually in. Chloe, who had been with them for the past two days, now looked like a joke to them. Now they knew they had provoked a monster they shouldn't have provoked.
Previously, they were scared but hadn't taken her that seriously, as she was also one of their classmates, not some thug who had power in his hands. Her behavior had also been good while working together, as she had made sure many times that no one got hurt.
But everything felt like a false dream to them. The cute little girl they had known was nowhere to be found, and the only thing they could feel right now was that they were in the presence of a real predator who could devour them at any minute.
They even doubted if she had ever used her full strength before, and the answer was clear in their heads: she clearly hadn't. She must have been just playing around with them, acting like a shy little girl.
Their hearts had no will to resist her now, as whatever she would say, they accepted it. They didn't care if the vice president was there or not, as after feeling this, nothing more needed to be said.
Ling Xue was shaking while gritting her teeth. She was trying her best not to drop to her knees. The sweat was trickling down her face due to fear, and being closest to her made it even harder for her. Now she had no intention of resisting Chloe anymore, but she still didn't want to drop to her knees. She knew if that happened, she would really cry afterward.
'I-I don't think I can hold out much longer.'
Now the feeling of fear experienced while being closer to the little girl made her realize how naïve she had been earlier. This had never been a negotiation from the start, and her thoughts of being a leader were only a delusion in front of a monster like this.
'We were always in the palm of her hands.'
The reality now sank in for her as she realized how her current situation actually was. Unknown to herself, tears started to leak from her beautiful eyes as she realized her fate was no longer in her hands, and provoking this monster was one of the biggest mistakes of her life.
The strength in her legs went away completely, and she didn't even try to resist. Now her body started to fall.
Chloe, who had lost herself in emotion, realized what she had done as she quickly stopped her killing intent, which she had developed after killing thousands of monsters and a few people. She was very sensitive when it came to killing humans and didn't do it unless it was absolutely necessary.
Turning her face around, she looked at the vice president, Ling Xue. Now, seeing her crying and falling to her knees, she felt quite bad inside.
'Shit, Chloe, what have you done?'
Chapter Explore:
She quickly moved a step closer to her and caught her body with her small arms, stopping her from falling. While she would have liked to teach her a lesson, humiliating her to such a degree was not Chloe's intention. She only wanted to teach her a lesson that gave her satisfaction.
However, seeing her falling to her knees while crying made her heart tighten, as she had never intended to do something like this to her.