Sawi felt like her head exploded when Anda pointed out the truth. How? How did she know that I had an ulterior motive? Oh god, somebody help me!
"Sawi, is that true? Are you aiming for my body too? Is that why you molested me twice? Sawi, how could you.... I trusted you...." Leyvi questioned the cornered Sawi while acting dramatically.
Truthfully, he already sensed that Sawi wanted something from him and was wary of her at first. However, he realized that she had no intention of harming him at all because she had always advised him about safety before he tested any products.
This was the real reason he linked his array communication device with her. He would try to help her if she needed something.
But he didn't expect that Anda would expose Sawi first.
"Darling, I don't think it's wrong if she aimed for your body. I did too!" Nala tried to defend Sawi.
"No no! Leyvi, I'm not going after your body! Trust me!" Sawi panicked and denied it, but she couldn't help feeling weird about the situation. Didn't this kind of situation happen the other way around usually?
"Then why did you approach my husband?" Anda asked. If they were in a private place, she would have already put her in an illusion and made her spill the beans.
"I....I..... can't tell you. I am sorry...." Sawi couldn't answer.
"Alright, alright. Let's end this here. Let's go pay for our items." Leyvi didn't intend to pursue what her motive was. He grabbed Anda's hand and walked toward the cashier.
While Sawi was feeling dejected by the situation, a sound transmission suddenly reached her.
"Sawi, thank you for accompanying me today. I know that you don't mean any harm, so if you feel like talking about it later, you can contact me. By the way, my wife is actually very nice. You don't need to be scared of her if you don't have bad intentions. Hahaha!"
Sawi stared at Leyvi's back as he walked away with the ladies.
"He's really nice....." She murmured. "Maybe he won't mind if I asked to see it."
Not long later, Leyvi and the group finished paying for everything and returned to their hotel.
"Anda, you are too paranoid. Sawi didn't have any bad intentions." Leyvi said.
Anda smiled mischievously. "When did I say she has bad intentions? I only said she had an ulterior motive. An ulterior motive doesn't always equate to bad intention. Hehe."
Leyvi and the other ladies became speechless. You were acting all along?
"Anda, don't tell me you are the one with bad intentions all along? You evil panda mastermind, what do you plan this time? Confess!" Leyvi urged her.
"Hu hu hu~ My sweet darling, it's a secret. This evil panda lady won't tell you~" Anda laughed evilly and denied it by waving her index finger.
Leyvi's expression turned serious. "Lilian, Valenia, Nala. Capture that evil panda lady so that I can interrogate her. If she won't spill out the secret, I will use the cruelest torture method to make her confess!"
"Yes, Lord Husband!" The three ladies complied immediately and restrained the evil panda lady. They stripped her naked, exposing her voluptuous, delicious body.
"Hu hu hu~ my darling Emperor Leyvi, no matter what method you used to torture me, it won't work." The evil panda lady wasn't afraid in the slightest.
"Is that so?" Emperor Leyvi's fingers reached her pink petals and gently caressed them. A few seconds later, the dripping nectars quickly wet his fingers.
"Ahhh.....no....I won't... surrender....ahhh..." The evil panda lady was struggling to stay sane. Her body craved something.
Emperor Leyvi smiled. "In that case, we shall see..."
Two hours later,
"Please... please give it to your slave....I beg you...put it inside.....your slave will confess everything!"
"Very well....you should have done it from the start..... here's your reward.."
"Ahhhh..... finally..."
The spontaneous roleplay between the five of them lasted until morning.
"Eh? She has something on her that has the same scent as my metal bat?" Leyvi didn't expect that at all.
Anda nodded. "So, she must be related to the metal bat somehow."
Leyvi was getting more and more intrigued by the story of the metal bat. After he used every single brain cell he had to put everything together, Leyvi concluded that Sawi was probably the descendant of the blacksmith who created the metal bat.
This was the most likely scenario he could think of. After all, the Forge Quarter was where the metal bat was made.
"That's what I thought too." Anda also came to the same conclusion.
"Sigh, she's probably only wanted to see the metal bat. Why did you scare her? Poor girl." Leyvi shook his head.
Anda smiled mischievously.
Leyvi and the other ladies instantly realized that Anda had prepared an evil plan again. The person with an ulterior motive was Anda all along.
"Why do you guys look at me like I am an evil mastermind?" Anda blinked a few times, acting innocent.
You are! They shouted in their hearts.
"So, what are you going to do to her? I won't agree to anything that will harm her, okay?" Leyvi reminded her. He got along well with Sawi, so he was a bit protective.
"Sob sob. My beloved husband didn't trust me. Am I that cruel in your eyes?" Anda pretended to cry.
"Wipe away those panda tears. Nobody's going to fall for that." Leyvi said.
"Hehe. Don't worry. I'm not trying to harm her in any way. If she rejected in the end, she wouldn't lose anything." Anda clarified.
"Really?" Leyvi pretended to be skeptical.
"Sob sob. My beloved husband didn't trust me anymore!" Anda brought out her panda tears again.
After several comedy skits, Anda explained her plan to them, adding another agenda to the list. Recruiting mercenaries, hunting training, and recruiting Sawi.
"Why don't you use your usual tactic? Whisper some panda spells to make her join the family?" Leyvi raised his eyebrow.
"Her situation is different. Based on her actions with you, she definitely has a big secret she was afraid to tell anyone. We don't want to scare her." Anda replied.
"So you know you are scary. That's good." Leyvi joked.
"Ei..." Anda pulled Leyvi's ear.
A few minutes later, their conversation shifted toward all the stuff they bought yesterday.
"Almost 800000 low-grade spirit stones spent! What did you guys buy? Why do you buy so many things?" Leyvi had been meaning to ask ever since he saw all the items at the cashier.
"Of course, I bought some for the others at home, too. Although they are not proficient in battle, it's better if they have something to protect themselves. We picked equipment that we thought was suitable for them. Hehe." Anda explained.
"Hahaha! Very good! My panda wife is very considerate and generous! The traits that I liked the most!" Leyvi praised.
"Aw... don't praise me too much. I might get horny. It's still morning. We have agendas to complete." Anda said.
"Darling, look at this. Tada! A sexy spirit armor!" Nala showed up in a bikini armor, covering only her boobs and crotch.
Leyvi rolled his eyes. She really bought one like this. The top and bottom pieces were designed to be worn on top of the user's normal outfits, but Nala was obviously going to act like Nala. However, he couldn't deny that Nala looked very tempting in them.
Valenia, refusing to lose to Nala, also showed up in valiant-looking body armor made for a woman. However, what was supposed to look valiant ended up being another sexy piece of armor because she also didn't wear anything else underneath it.
Why are they competing like this? It is still early morning, okay? Stop seducing me.
A few moments later, Lilian also showed up with a plant armor. Her massive boobs were spilling out of the gaps in her plant armor.
Leyvi was speechless. They really found armor that represented themselves.
Leyvi turned his head and stared at Anda.
"Why are you staring at me? Look at your sexy ladies over there." Anda said.
"Where's your panda armor?" Leyvi asked.
"Pfftt!! Hahaha! Hahaha!" Anda held her stomach as she laughed at Leyvi's joke.
After enjoying themselves with a fashion show, they began to discuss their plan to do some hunting training.
"So, which hunting ground is the best for our current level? How many are there, anyway?" Leyvi inquired. All he ever heard was that Warhaven City had the most hunting grounds in its vicinity, not the exact number.
"How many hunting grounds are there near Bara City?" Nala asked first.
"Uhh..."Leyvi wasn't sure. He looked at Valenia, hoping that she knew.
"Six hunting grounds. You have been to Bara Forest and Bara Volcano previously." She replied.
"Oh, that's quite a lot," Leyvi commented. Not to mention, based on his experiences, each area was extensive. He only explored a small area on both hunting grounds.
Nala smiled. "Around Mercenary City, there are 51 hunting grounds in total."
"51? What the heck! That's a lot! No wonder most cultivators here are mercenaries." Leyvi felt shocked. The numbers were way more than he expected. He thought there would only be around 20 hunting grounds.
"Yes. The hunting grounds here are divided into three danger levels. 34 Low-level, 12 intermediate-level, and 5 high-level danger zones." Nala explained.
"So, can we go to the intermediate-level danger zones?" Valenia asked.
"Nope! Only the low levels. We would die if we go to the intermediate-level zone with our current strengths." Nala replied.