I Will Never Submit to Miss Grim Reaper - Chapter 396

Chapter 396: Momo’s Historical Legacy

“Well then.”

After a brief silence, at the center of the lizardfolk village outside the house, the giant red dragon softened her stern tone towards me slightly and showed a hint of respect.

“Normally, with my over three thousand years of experience, I wouldn’t believe there would be any significant figures in a place like this. Your earlier claim about teleportation magic had obvious flaws, as teleportation magic is already considered advanced magic bordering on forbidden. Unless one is a renowned master of forbidden spells, it’s impossible to use it, let alone accidentally.”

“But it’s quite strange. As a human, you’re proficient in Elvish, you can discuss Fei Luo and that woman’s relationship, you know about Dragonwood, and you’re aware of the existence of barriers in this ‘Land of Exile’…”

Staring at me with those golden eyes, the red dragon seemed to take a deep breath.

“So I’ll choose to believe you this time.”

“Tonight, I’ll fly to Dragonwood and inquire with my clan members to see if there’s any record of your situation. You mentioned earlier that woman is looking for you?”

“Yes,” I affirmed. “Momo and I are also good friends.”

“Sister Diwu, you’re good friends with Lady Momo?!”

Now Nida, the lizardfolk lady, couldn’t contain herself anymore. Her voice rose several decibels.

“To what extent are you friends? Do you meet often? Can you send a message to her? Do you know where Lady Momo is?”

“Well… we…”

I resisted the urge to say “we’re in a romantic relationship” and instead replied seriously, “We’re close friends, to a relatively intimate degree.”

“Relatively intimate friends!”

Nida’s eyes widened, her vertical pupils even dilating further. “Then… Sister Diwu, are you also a forbidden spell mage?”

“No, I’m not. I really only know a little about magic.”

Speaking of which, I turned to the red dragon and said, “Thank you for trusting me. It’s possible that Momo couldn’t sense my presence due to this forbidden magic barrier. I think by now Momo should have greeted the people in Dragonwood, so if you ask them, they should be able to confirm.”

It’s quite ironic, actually. Momo set up the barrier herself back then and ended up trapping herself. I wonder if this is just a coincidence. I am a product of Momo’s forbidden magic, as she called it the world’s top life prohibition spell, created with the body from the ‘Origin of Life’ Elf Tree.

When using teleportation magic, perhaps the rules of the prohibition magic only recognize places that are also ‘forbidden’, which is why I wasn’t sent to the ‘altar’ Momo set up, but ended up here on this forbidden magic island she also created.

Interestingly, this forbidden magic island seems to be undetectable even to Xiao Mo herself. Maybe she didn’t intend to investigate this place when she set it up, which is why the cat bell on my neck is ineffective, and Xiao Mo’s soul teleportation magic doesn’t work either.

Even though Xiao Mo has become a forbidden spell mage in this world and has a vast network, she couldn’t detect my situation after being transported to this place.

However, knowing Xiao Mo’s intelligence, I believe that even if I didn’t send this red dragon back to Dragonwood to inform her, she would soon come to inspect this island.

By the way, I’m increasingly suspecting that ‘Momo’ is indeed the true Miss Grim Reaper. When she killed me initially and turned me into a little girl, she said, “It took me 9999 years of magic power to create this body.”

Momo has a certain ability to control time. According to Fei Luo and them, Momo has an ability to hide in a certain barrier where time passes slower inside than outside. I really suspect she used a similar ability when creating ‘Diwu.’

“Anything related to Lady Fei Luo and that woman is a big deal, and I dare not neglect my responsibility in this matter. But I hope you’re not deceiving me.”

The red dragon turned around and said, “That’s it for your matter. Let me announce the arrangements for the village behind.”

Then, the giant dragon began speaking in a language I couldn’t understand to the kneeling lizards around.

“Lord Tam says that due to reasons like magical storms, in the next… probably a day, Maha Island will face an extreme storm.”

Nida translated beside me, “She hopes that from now on, we stop all current work and immediately start moving important things and food to the basement. We shouldn’t come out during the upcoming time, and we should wait for the storm to pass.”

The red dragon gestured towards several large logs outside and then towards Nida’s house, continuing in the language I couldn’t understand.

“Lord Tam also says that when the storm arrives, reinforce the sturdiest house in your village and leave a few people on top to guard it, because other villages may also encounter unexpected situations. If you see other villages calling for help, decide on rescue based on the situation.”

“By regulations, I can’t interfere with any of your lizard people’s construction and planning, but I can bring you some materials. Tonight’s magical storm is quite dreadful. Don’t all end up dead here, do you hear? That’s what Lord Tam says.”

“Oh!”

Then came the orderly response from the lizards below.

Seeing that the lizards seemed to understand, the red dragon seemed to say something else, glanced at me, spread its wings, and flew into the sky amid a gust of wind.

“I’m returning to Dragonwood now. I should arrive by this time tomorrow, and if things aren’t too complicated, I should be back by the night after tomorrow. Take care of yourself.”

“Alright.”

I stepped forward, “Thank you, Lord Tam.”

The red dragon gave me a strange glance with a complex expression and flew away.

“The last thing Tam said just now was, although you’re all a bunch of idiots, remember, don’t let anyone die tonight, or else everyone will be in trouble.”

The lizard girl beside me watched the red dragon leave and seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. “The dragon’s aura has finally dissipated, phew.”

“She doesn’t seem like the type of super evil dragon.”

I pondered, “Has she done anything particularly disliked by everyone before?”

Why do I feel like this red dragon named Tam is a bit like Nida’s father? Both not bad, just foul-mouthed.

“Yeah, to punish us, she once breathed dragon fire down on us. Although it didn’t kill anyone, burns were inevitable. Many of our warriors still have scorched scales!”

Nida looked around at the lizards who had already begun to act upon the dragon’s words.

“Let’s not dwell on that. Tam just said a magical storm is coming, and it sounds serious. We’d better hurry up and finish building the new houses.”

I was curious. “What’s a magical storm?”

“It’s when elemental forces that float in the atmosphere gather together due to some reasons. Elements that repel each other also attract each other, like a tornado, forming super strong winds and magical forces… Um, I’m not an expert on this, but that’s roughly how it goes.”

Nida pointed to the huge logs brought over by the red dragon not far away. “The arrival of a magical storm will bring extremely harsh weather—typhoons, tsunamis, heavy rain, hail… And even advanced mages find it difficult to use magic in a magical storm, they have to avoid it.”

Seeing the little lizard girl preparing to move the wood, I quickly followed. “I’ll help too!”

“Yeah, later Diwu, you’ll help me reinforce the house.”

Nida didn’t treat me any differently just because I knew Fei Luo and Xiao Mo, and she immediately hoisted a large log with a “phew,” asking me to support the back of the wood.

“After we finish fixing the house, I want to hear your stories about Lady Momo!”

“……”

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