I’m Really Not Trying to Be Chased by the Heroine as the Villainous Playboy! – Chapter 526

Chapter 73: Unexpected Gains

It’s impossible to say I wasn’t worried about Xue Nuo.

But Roy soon realized that his concerns were a bit excessive.

Mina’s all-in attempt at sub-dragonization didn’t turn the tide; not even an ice dragon could block the furious frost.

One ice spike couldn’t pierce through dragon scales, so it retaliated with two, ten, a hundred.

A gust of cold couldn’t freeze dragon blood, so it responded with a freezing tornado.

The bloodline of the Ice Wolf King was pushed to the limit by Xue Nuo, and the absolute zero chill turned everything before her into solid ice.

In the end, even Mina couldn’t believe it; as a wielder of ice power herself, she was the one granted divine might, yet she still couldn’t match Xue Nuo.

The massive dragon body was pierced through by countless ice spikes. The more it struggled, the more it suffered from a rain of arrows, becoming a living target hanging in mid-air. Scarlet dragon blood mixed with broken scales fell like rain, solidifying into crimson crystals in the air, decorating its demise.

The towering manifestation of dragon power was stripped of its ferocity, leaving behind only mad blood tears born of pain and despair.

“How dare you interfere with the will of the king…”

“The blood of the False King must die—one day, one day my brothers and sisters will avenge me—!”

The silver-haired girl remained expressionless, dismissive like an empress indifferent to the anger of mere ants. With a delicate flick of her hand, she issued the final judgment.

More ice spikes surged forth, enveloping the ice dragon’s body in icy blood mist.

In the end, the Frost King’s followers succumbed to the endless blizzard and completely stopped breathing.

Watching this scene, Roy found it hard to stay calm, starting to question who the real cultist was.

Few knew that the “Ice Rose of the Empire” was initially not a title for her beauty, but a term of respect for the merciless duke’s daughter who used cold and ruthless means.

Rumor had it that Xue Nuo once hung hundreds of demon race beings from the border beneath ice spikes to show her respect, striking terror into those labeled as monsters.

Now it was apparent that the rumors were no joke.

However, when the silver-haired girl turned around, the swirling frost stopped with the wind, and the cold glare vanished.

Xue Nuo hurried over and knelt beside Roy to quickly tend to his injuries.

Glancing over the bloodstains on the young boy, her tightly furrowed brows flickered with sympathy.

As she treated him, she murmured apologetically, “I’m sorry, I’m late.”

Her usually icy and ethereal voice sounded a bit hoarse this time.

Roy felt a bit dazed, struggling to connect this fragile expression of the girl before him with the ruthless empress from earlier.

But in the end, the girl’s concern was genuine.

Roy forced out a bitter smile, “You’re not late, if anything, you appeared just in time.”

“Though, teacher, you made quite a commotion. It scared me,” Roy joked. “If you’d kept fighting, I wouldn’t have been killed by the cultists, but first frozen to death by my teacher!”

Though Xue Nuo was trying to avoid affecting him, the icy cold still put quite a strain on his heavily injured body.

Unexpectedly, at Roy’s words, Xue Nuo shivered violently, standing there helplessly for a moment before deeply lowering her head.

“I’m sorry.”

“I just… when I thought they hurt you, I couldn’t help but…”

Xue Nuo bit her lip, cursing herself for being incompetent.

Instead of focusing on eliminating enemies, she should have been paying more attention to protecting Roy.

Moreover, her earlier actions were so exaggerated; she must have frightened him…

“I’m sorry,” Xue Nuo repeatedly murmured under her breath, not knowing how to justify herself or unwilling to explain, just wanting to express her guilt.

Seeing the girl’s gloomy demeanor, Roy could only smile helplessly and rephrased, “I was joking.”

“There’s really no need for you to apologize, Teacher Xue Nuo. Rather, well done, it was quite impressive.”

“Even if I were to die, I wouldn’t let these insane bastards have an easy time.”

“Nonsense. I won’t let you die,” Xue Nuo frowned, lightly scolding him, though her eyes brightened a little.

After that, Xue Nuo hurriedly took Roy to the fortress at the border of the Golden Sands Kingdom.

After several hours of intensive care, Roy successfully escaped the clutches of death.

As long as he wasn’t overly affected by the side effects of using demigod powers, Roy recovered quickly.

By the next day, after taking a blood-boosting potion, Roy utilized his blood healing ability and healed the remaining wounds, astonishing the doctors when he jumped off the bed in the middle of treatment.

However, Xue Nuo insisted he lie down and rest, wanting him to fully recover before leaving. So Roy stayed in the border fortress of the Golden Sands Kingdom.

By the way, regarding the attack by the cultists, Xue Nuo held the Golden Sands Kingdom accountable, leaving everyone in a fluster.

The small noblemen at the border were scolded by Xue Nuo until they couldn’t lift their heads, fortunately experiencing treatment only students of the academy would usually face.

Truth be told, it was a bit unreasonable.

Unexpectedly, after that, the royal family of the Golden Sands Kingdom actually sent a reply from Prince Douglas with apologies, promising to increase efforts to eliminate the cultists and seek justice for Roy.

Certainly, there were political theatrics involved, utilizing the opportunity to take a stand against the cult.

But Roy didn’t care too much.

As long as the cultists had a hard time, he was happy.

Subsequently, the periodic reports of the Annihilation of the Scorching Eye base became Roy’s daily source of joy.

Unfortunately, aside from the Scorching Eye, dealing with other cultists was a bit tricky.

The supposed heavily weakened group, the Cult of the Evil Dragon, still had other ‘kings’, which was undoubtedly a dangerous signal that needed cautious attention.

His personal grudge with All Things Wither deepened further, and he had completely severed ties with the Necromancy Sect.

But Roy hadn’t planned on letting them have an easy time anyway; he was just letting them build up.

The only thing confounding him was the Abyss Dwellers—Roy still couldn’t figure out when he had offended that bunch of scummy fish. He could only conclude that the cultists must be mentally unstable, looking for trouble for the sheer fun of it, silently keeping track of this grudge.

Yet, aside from that, the true objective of the journey had been fully accomplished.

He managed to acquire the final Certificate of Kingship, giving the False King a new chance to develop.

If what the principal said was true, he would soon gain a demigod ally that could match a dragon king.

And the attack by the cultists had also brought him an unexpected gain.

“This is something I found on the cultist’s corpse.”

One morning, Xue Nuo delivered a dragon scale.

Deep blue and icy, like the cold of a thousand years, even though it was a dead object, it still emanated a faint oppressive aura.

Roy instantly reacted, delight flashing across his face.

This was the catalyst that allowed Mina to undergo sub-dragonization!

【Detection of origin extraordinary material!】

【This material has auxiliary effects on true bloodline enhancement; please try to acquire it!】

The power of the cultists didn’t come from thin air.

It was said that the former priest of the Evil Dragon Cult relied on dragon blood for sub-dragonization.

And Mina had relied on this scale.

Most of a dragon’s power is concentrated in its scales, which is why Mina had gained more strength.

The relics of mythical beings were truly irreplaceable resources—every one lost meant one less.

But…

Roy looked at the silver-haired girl sitting at the bedside, “Teacher Xue Nuo, don’t you need this?”