Chapter 192

In the neutral territory of Butterfly Valley, deep in the mountains, on the flat surface of a huge, round rock that appears to have been cut in half, a meeting is underway between a wind spirit and a cat demon.

The two groups sat on the left and right sides of the long conference table. The wind spirits were on the left and the cat demons were on the right. The leaders of each group sat at the head of their respective seats.

The Wind Elf Lord, Shuo Ye, has long, dark green hair that reaches past her hips and down to her calves. She has emerald green eyes, arched eyebrows, thin, delicate lips, and a pair of pointed elf ears adorned with golden earrings, from which small diamond-shaped pendants dangle.

She wore a gold chain as a forehead ornament, and her long sideburns, which hung down to her front, were secured with light green hair ties. Around her neck was a white lace choker tied with a gold ribbon.

She wore a matcha green open-necked kimono, revealing a glimpse of snow-white skin at her full chest. Her delicate collarbones and subtly visible deep cleavage were accentuated by a purple sash below her full breasts, which perfectly highlighted her slender waist.

She wore thick-soled wooden clogs under pure white tabi socks. The white tabi socks encased her delicate feet, with her big toe and the rest of her toes separated and held between the dark blue straps of the clogs. The contrast in color made her beautiful feet in tabi socks look even more alluring.

The leader of the cat demons, Alisa Lu, unlike the mature and sophisticated Shuoyue, looks more like a petite young girl, with short, slightly wavy golden hair, several short braids tied at the back of her blonde hair, perfectly sized thick eyebrows, bright golden eyes, and thin cherry lips.

She also wore a golden chain as a head ornament, with an inverted crescent moon in the center. Around her neck was a reddish-brown collar with a golden bell hanging from it.

She wore a light brown combat dress, with black arm sleeves covering her slender arms. Beneath the light brown skirt were pure white thigh-high stockings, with black leg rings tied around her thighs. Her small feet were clad in black collared ankle boots.

But if we were to pinpoint the leader’s most distinctive feature, it would undoubtedly be her skin and animal-girl characteristics. Her light brown skin, brown cat ears on either side, and light brown cat tail under her skirt all added a touch of wild charm to this female cat demon leader.

“Shuoye, your suggestion does sound feasible, but it’s a big deal for the two tribes to unite and to conquer the World Tree. I feel it’s hard to make a decision right now.” Shuoye briefly explained the matter of the alliance to Alisa. After listening, the cat demon leader frowned slightly, considering the pros and cons.

“It’s okay, Alisa, you can take your time to think about it. If you have any questions, you can ask them. That’s what we’re here to talk about today, isn’t it?”

This matter concerns two tribes, and even if the two are friends in private, they cannot agree to it casually. Shuoye understands this.

“Hmm…” Alisa rested her chin on her hand as she pondered, when the guard sitting on the other side suddenly asked in confusion, “What’s that?”

“What’s wrong…” Upon hearing this, Alisa looked up and saw a large number of red dots appearing in the distance and gradually approaching. This caused the cat demon leader’s bright golden pupils to shrink slightly, just like a cat’s pupils.

Seeing his friend’s reaction, Shuo Ye turned around and looked over. The red dot was getting closer, and he could already tell who it was. “How could this be? These are the Fire Spirits?”

“That should be right. It looks like the meeting will have to be adjourned for now.” Alisa pushed her chair back and stood up. Bringing so many people here at this time was clearly not out of goodwill, and how did the other party even know about this?

Shuoye stood up with a sullen face. Like Alyssa, her first thought was how the fire spirit knew about the secret meeting to be held in Butterfly Valley today. Could there be a traitor?

The tribal leaders all stood up, and the other guards naturally followed suit. At this moment, the fire elf players had already arrived in the air above the meeting place.

One, two, three… Shuo Ye silently counted in his mind. The fire elf players who came were divided into fifteen teams, each consisting of five people. That is to say, there were a total of seventy-five people on the other side. If you include the generals leading the teams, there are seventy-six people.

On their side, because of the secret meeting, it was not advisable for too many people to know about it. Both sides only brought three guards, totaling eight people, which was a huge disparity in numbers.

“What brings you fire elves here all of a sudden?” Shuo Ye’s right hand rested on the hilt of her sword, trying to buy time with words. In a real fight, they had almost no chance of winning, so they could only stall for time to see if there was a chance of a turn of events.

However, the fire elves did not give them a chance to stall for time. The fire elf player in the middle, who was probably the captain, raised his right hand, and the other fire elf players immediately raised their knight lances and set up their shields, showing no intention of talking.

Shuo Ye gritted his teeth, realizing he had no choice but to fight. He had no intention of surrendering, and it seemed the other side intended to kill the two tribal leaders and gain ten days of territorial control over their lands, during which time they could arbitrarily adjust taxes.

Alisa, standing beside him, was also ready for battle, and the guards around her drew their weapons, their expressions far less composed than the two leaders.

Just as both sides were poised to strike, a sharp “clang” rang out. The crisp sound was particularly noticeable in the tense atmosphere, and everyone immediately looked in the direction of the sound.

The fire sprite player, who had just raised his hand to signal his team to prepare for an attack, immediately turned around. He wanted to see which fool dared to attack him, not only causing his ears to ring from the vibrations of his helmet but also making him lose face in front of everyone.

“Sorry, I meant to hit the player closest to me, but I accidentally dropped it.” Facing the fire sprite player’s angry glare, I shrugged. If it weren’t for the helmet, that player’s expression would have been quite interesting.

“You bastard…” Hino Futaya felt that the other party showed no remorse whatsoever in either tone or posture; on the contrary, it was full of sarcasm. He couldn’t help but want to step forward and teach this guy a lesson.

However, Hino Futaya’s actions were quickly stopped by a burly middle-aged player. Among the many fire spirit players, he was the only one not wearing a helmet, and his equipment was different from the uniform equipment of the others, so it was obvious that he was not a simple person.

“Who are you people?” Eugene raised his hand and placed it in front of Hino Futaya to calm him down, then looked at the group of people who had suddenly appeared: one man and five women, one of whom was a child.

“Who is that person?” I whispered in Leafa’s ear. The girl’s elven ears were pointed, and her delicate earlobes made me want to put them in my mouth and lick them.

“Eek, too close, Jian.” His warm breath tickled her ear, causing Leafa to tilt her head back slightly.

“Really? I’ll be more careful next time.” I appropriately increased the distance again, allowing the girl with the golden ponytail to return to her original posture.

“I seem to remember this isn’t the first time you’ve done this,” Leafa muttered under her breath, but the girl knew this wasn’t the time to talk about it, so she put it aside for the moment. “He is Eugene, the younger brother of the Fire Elf Lord.”

“If the Fire Elf Lord is a strategist, then his younger brother is a warrior, and one of the strongest players in Alo at that,” Leafa explained solemnly. The Fire Elves had sent out their strongest forces, along with a far greater number of players than they were here, indicating that the Fire Elves were determined to succeed in this attack.

“Sounds impressive, but we have a peerless female general on our side who isn’t afraid of you. So if you’re willing to surrender obediently, we’ll just teach you a lesson since you didn’t attack while we were talking. How about that?”

I glanced at the small groups of fire sprite players, and finally focused my attention on Eugene. After confirming that there were no cute female players, I decided not to hold back.

“Oh? Quite confident. You must be from the wind spirits or cat demons. Since you’re here, let’s take you all out.” Eugene drew his weapon from behind his back and held it in his hand; it was a two-handed sword with a predominantly purple body.

“You were the ones who attacked us first, yet you speak so arrogantly. It seems we really need to teach you a lesson.” Eugene’s posture and demeanor had no effect on me whatsoever; I could only say that the opportunity had been given to me.

“An attack? I see. So you’re the group my brother was talking about. You seem to be quite capable. This makes me even more interested in making a move.” Eugene raised an eyebrow. He remembered that his brother had said he had sent three or four squads to carry out another attack mission, and the target of that attack must be this group in front of him.

“It seems the negotiations have fallen apart.” I turned to the group of girls behind me and said this, only to receive eye rolls from all the girls except for Suigintou. It’s no wonder the negotiations fell apart.

“Then it’s up to you, Asuna.” As expected, girls are the best. I accepted all the eye rolls from the girls, then went to Asuna’s side, patted her shoulder, and said.

“I knew it would turn out like this.” Asuna sighed helplessly, stepped forward and drew the rapier from her waist. “Although Ken isn’t exactly serious, what he said is probably what we mean.”

“I won’t go easy on you just because you’re a girl.” Eugene hadn’t expected the young man to retreat so readily behind the girls. Judging from his composed demeanor just now, he had assumed the young man was confident he could take on him.

“Ken is right about one thing, you’re too arrogant.” Asuna’s orange eyes revealed a stern expression. As someone who had earned the title of “Asuna the Flash,” she had her own pride.

“I suppose I have the right to be arrogant, but as for whether you have the right to say that…” Eugene held his two-handed sword in front of him, ready for battle. “Let me see.”

Asuna didn’t say anything more. With a flap of her light blue fairy wings, she quickly moved forward, and her rapier was charged up and thrust forward. The rapier collided with the two-handed sword, sparks flying.

“Your strength and speed are impressive; you are certainly worthy of being my opponent.” The force emanating from the two-handed sword was enough to spar with him, and coupled with that speed that even he found somewhat astonishing, Eugene felt he needed to get serious.

Unable to land a blow, Asuna ignored Eugene’s words. The long-haired girl with azure blue hair used her rapier to swipe past his two-handed sword, directly avoiding him. This Eugene was clearly a power-type player, and Asuna had no intention of confronting him head-on. The best course of action was to use her speed advantage to defeat him.

“Asuna has made her move, we can’t just stand by and watch.” Liz took out her hammer. The fire elf players seemed to have held back for the time being because Eugene hadn’t given the order, but she didn’t want to wait until the other side made their move, otherwise she would be at a disadvantage.

“That’s right.” Leafa drew her sword. This was originally a matter for the wind elves, and since everyone had come to help, she, a player of her own kind, naturally couldn’t just stand by and watch.

Silica also summoned her battle partner Pina. To Pina’s cry, the girls flapped their fairy wings and launched an attack on the fire fairy player.

“Mercury Lamp, you should go too.” As soon as I finished speaking, Mercury Lamp’s black feathers fell, and the silver-haired loli’s figure disappeared into them, then reappeared not far from the fire spirit player I had just hit.

“You overconfident fools, a mere few dare to attack us.” The cold red eyes of the silver-haired girl not far away made Hino Futaya feel a chill inexplicably. In order to dispel this inexplicable feeling, he made a lot of boastful remarks to bolster his own morale.

“Disrespect for Father will have consequences.” Suigintou’s black wings spread wide as if to blot out the sky, and against the backdrop of her dark wings, the silver-haired girl seemed to be the master of the night.

“What a joke, you think you can beat me, you little girl?” First he was mocked by some guy who appeared out of nowhere, and now a little girl is telling him he has to pay the price. Hino Futaya raised his lance and charged toward Suigintou. His anger was about to explode.

Suigintou continued to look at Hino Futaya with indifference, showing no intention of dodging. She raised her fair little hand, and several black feathers shot out at an extremely fast speed, directly piercing Hino Futaya’s fairy wings.

A sharp pain from behind and a slowing flight speed told Hino Futaya that his wings had been attacked, but apart from seeing a few feathers at first, he couldn’t see when the attack came, let alone dodge it.

“Damn it.” Hino Futaya knew that he didn’t have much time left to fight in the air, so he decided to take down his opponent in one fell swoop and at least gain some victory.

However, just as Hino Futaya was about to push his fairy wings to make the final forward dash, he noticed that the little girl’s front was covered with dense black feathers, all of which pointed directly at him.

Hino Futaya, recalling the incredibly fast attack speed of those feathers—so many of them, even if the damage wasn’t high—estimated he’d be finished. He swallowed hard, wanting to speak, “Then…”

However, Suigintou didn’t give Hino Futaya a chance to speak. She directly manipulated the black feathers to fly towards Hino Futaya. The black feathers instantly pierced through Hino Futaya’s body, penetrating his fiery red armor and piercing into his subcutaneous tissue.

“Ahhh…” Hino Futaya cried out in pain. Suigintou’s attack seemed to be based on the method I used to torture the man in the mage robe before, touching the bottom line of the pain system but not exceeding it.

“Please stop… I surrender… I was wrong… Ahh…” To prevent Hino Futaya from fainting from the pain, Suigintou paused for a moment. As the needle-like pain subsided, Hino Futaya immediately seized the opportunity to admit his mistake, but Suigintou clearly had no intention of letting him off the hook.

After a pause, the player, Hino Futaya, a fire spirit, didn’t even have a chance to log out of the game. Tormented by needle-like pain all over his body, he had already lost the ability to move.

If it weren’t for the feather inserted into his body acting as a levitation device, he would have fallen from the sky long ago. Perhaps for Hino Futaya, falling from the sky and dying would be better than continuing to be tortured.

“I must say, Mercury Lamp truly lives up to her reputation as Ken’s summoned partner.” Liz swung her hammer, striking the knight’s lance that was thrust at her. Then, she unfolded the silver-white hammer, revealing golden patterns, and activated the embedded gravity magic, sending the enemy flying far away.

“Indeed, Ken and Mercury Lamp have always been very compatible.” After Pina unleashed a light blue dragon breath for an area attack, Silica used wind magic to enhance the power of the dragon breath, causing distant enemies to be either burned or forced to scatter.

After exhaling her breath, Pina spun in the air and cried out. Silica immediately understood what she meant: “Of course, I’m a good partner just like Pina.”

“Ugh… seeing you guys like this makes me want a summoner companion too.” Leafa slashed down with her sword, killing a fire spirit player who was being burned by dragon breath.

The three girls and the mother dragon worked together seamlessly. Leafa broke through the enemies on the outside, Liz knocked away the approaching enemies and dealt tons of damage or smashed the incoming fireballs with a single blow, Pina used area attacks to disrupt the enemy’s formation, and Silica provided support from behind or enhanced Pina’s attributes.

After this period of growth, the girls’ strength can be said to have reached the level of Alo powerhouses. With my buffs and support, they can handle more than a dozen teams of fire sprite players with ease, if not effortlessly.

“Aren’t you going to help?” After giving Liz and the others a buff, I landed where Sakuya and his group were. As for Asuna, with her strength, she shouldn’t need my extra support in a one-on-one duel, unless the opponent is a bug in the game.

“Ahem, although I knew you were very strong, I was actually much stronger than I imagined. I was so surprised that I forgot to go up and help you.”

Shuoye had something on her mind that she didn’t say: It seemed like the situation on the battlefield didn’t make much difference whether or not they provided support.

“In that case, it’s a good opportunity to show our future allies our strength.” I looked at Alyssa, who was standing next to Shuo Ye. The wild beauty with short golden hair also showed a surprised expression at the battle, and her beast ears were twitching.

“Hmm…” Alisa seemed to have recovered from the situation on the battlefield. “I think I understand your strength now. Hmm, very strong, really strong.”

Alyssa genuinely felt that this small team was incredibly strong. If she and her three accompanying guards were to fight against more than a dozen teams of fire spirit players, they probably wouldn’t last long before being defeated, let alone gaining a slight advantage.

“So I think we can go up and help out. It just feels a bit awkward to just watch from here.” Alisa seemed eager to try, but rather than feeling embarrassed, she probably wanted to join in and beat up the fire sprite player.

“That’s right, this whole thing started because of us, and it would be really bad to just stand by and do nothing.” Shuoye’s expression was much more serious than Bialisa’s; this was probably just a difference in their personalities.

“It’s up to you. If you want to go, I can give you some buffs.” I casually gave Shuoye and Alyssa a few buffs, and the significant increase in their attributes immediately caught their attention.

“This…” Shuo Ye clenched her slender white hand. She could feel a significant improvement in all aspects of her attributes. Was this the rare support profession?

It’s important to understand that while Alo is a game world where swords and magic coexist, magic plays a more supportive role. The main combat method is using the weapons at hand, with magic serving as an added bonus.

Even the rare dedicated magic players cannot be ranked among the Alo powerhouses because their magic is not very powerful. Pure support roles are even rarer; at least, Shuoye had never heard of them before.

Now she finally understood why this young man named Jian was able to team up with a group of outstanding girls. The buff enhancement effect alone was nearly 50% of the attribute increase, and it could buff multiple people. If other elves knew about this, they would probably all be vying to have him join them, as it could greatly enhance their own top-tier combat power.

“Whew, that feels great, thanks.” Alisa hopped around a couple of times, very satisfied with the feeling of increased power. Then, the wild catgirl summoned her fairy wings, bent her legs in white stockings, and said, “I’m going to help now, I’ll give those fire elves a good beating.”

Seeing his friend excitedly set off, Shuoye thanked me as well and then flew into the air to join Silica and her group. The remaining guards, seeing that their leader had gone into battle, naturally could not stay in place and flew into the air to join the fight as well.

This gave the girls, who already had a slight advantage, even more confidence. It was only a matter of time before they could defeat the fire spirit players. Meanwhile, Asuna also gained the upper hand, and Eugene was gradually suppressed.

“No wonder that man said you were unparalleled in your youth, it’s true.” Eugene didn’t expect that even after activating the special effect of the Demon Sword Guram’s penetrating attack, he still couldn’t gain the upper hand in the battle. At first, his opponent was caught off guard by the Demon Sword’s penetrating armor attack effect.

This allowed him to temporarily turn the tide, but the opponent soon discovered the drawback of the magic sword’s piercing effect: it would not activate unless he was confident of trading blows and dealing more damage than the opponent. So the opponent launched a faster, continuous attack.

Eugene was indeed not confident that he could withstand the damage and launch a counterattack against the opponent’s agile movements. He was also exhausted from the fast attack and had few opportunities to counterattack, and he could not hit the opponent. This made the magic sword’s effect very useless. By now, Eugene had to admit that this battle was the most frustrating battle he had ever experienced.

This title is too embarrassing. What “Peerless Maiden”? It’s all that guy’s fault. This is much worse than “Asuna the Flash”. I have to end this battle quickly and give that guy a good talking-to. At least I can’t let him continue to call her by this weird title.

Thinking of this, Asuna’s attacks became even more fierce, making it increasingly difficult for Eugene to cope. He probably never imagined that the reason he would be defeated so quickly was because someone’s casually mentioned title was too embarrassing.

“This is the final blow.” As Asuna unleashed a barrage of rapier thrusts, Eugene, forced into a defensive posture, revealed more and more openings. This time, however, it was fatal. Without hesitation, Asuna struck him directly with her rapier at his vital points.

Eugene gripped the magic sword tightly in his hands. His health was dwindling, and he knew that continuing would undoubtedly lead to his defeat. So Eugene decided to make one last desperate attempt, deliberately creating a fatal opening for his opponent, and then using the magic sword’s effect to deliver a heavy blow. The best outcome would be mutual destruction, and the worst outcome would be inflicting significant damage on his opponent. Either way, it would be better than what he was doing now.

The silver-white rapier pierced through at incredible speed. Eugene pretended to barely use the tip of the magic sword to block the attack. If he didn’t activate the magic sword’s effect, the rapier would press down on the tip of the magic sword and pierce his chest. Even if he didn’t die, he would at most be left with a sliver of blood.

Therefore, Eugene had no intention of changing his plan. Just as the tip of the magic sword was about to touch the rapier, he activated the magic sword’s effect, piercing it through, and then swung the re-materialized magic sword at the girl.

However, Asuna was mentally prepared for this, or rather, she was always on guard against the demonic sword in the enemy’s hand. Even when she was about to deliver the final blow, she was not careless. She flapped her left elven wing, causing her body to dodge to the left. The purple demonic sword grazed her azure hair by a hair’s breadth.

Then, in order not to affect the rapier’s ability to strike the target, Asuna released the rapier and activated the rapier’s effect that she had not used in this battle.

The silver-white rapier, which should have lost power and slowed down, now had swirling water ripples around it. This was the rapier’s effect: Water Whirl Acceleration, which increased the rapier’s thrusting speed and dealt water-type armor-piercing damage.

The rapier, adorned with spiraling water patterns, pierced Eugene’s chest, completely wiping out his remaining life force. The fire spirit’s general vanished into the air as a speck of light.

“Phew…” This was probably the toughest battle Asuna had faced since arriving in Alo. Despite appearing to be on the defensive, she had expended a great deal of attention and stamina from her continuous rapid attacks and dodges. She breathed a slight sigh of relief after winning.

However, Asuna didn’t completely relax. Liz and the others’ battle wasn’t over yet, and the girl was preparing to go and help them. But before that… Asuna glanced at the only person standing on the flat giant rock and flew over directly.

“Asuna, you’ve worked hard. Do you need to rest for a bit?” The girl with long, azure hair flew down to me and stopped. Her dark blue stockings and white ankle boots were posed in mid-air with her thighs slightly turned inward and her calves spread diagonally to the sides. This was a pose that couldn’t be achieved while standing on the ground.

“Not for now, let’s deal with the enemy first.”

“Then I’ll help you recover.”

“Oh no, that’s not what I came up with.” Asuna, having been outmaneuvered, realized that the topic was off.

“Hmm? So what are you trying to say, Asuna? If it’s about post-war passion…” I made a guess about what Asuna wanted to say.

“It’s not some kind of post-war passion!” Asuna, who knew my personality well, knew what I wanted to say without me even having to finish speaking. “What I want to say is that you are not allowed to call me that weird title anymore.”

“The title… is it ‘Peerless Maiden’? You can rest assured about this, Asuna. I was just saying it casually before. ‘Shining Asuna’ is more suitable for you than ‘Peerless Maiden’.”

“That’s good. I won’t say anything more. I’m going to help Leafa and the others.” To prevent any more strange things from being said, Asuna turned and flew towards Leafa and the others after saying that.

Watching the girl’s retreating figure, I shrugged and gave her a recovery buff, then applied a few attribute enhancement buffs to help Asuna recover.

With Asuna’s addition, the fire spirit player raiding force collapsed even faster. They had already lost more than half of their members in the battle with Silica and her group, and with their general defeated, the force was practically on the verge of collapse.

Meanwhile, Suigintou, who had just sent Hino Futaya to his death and ended his torment of her, also entered Silica and the others’ battlefield. Her black feathers frightened the fire spirit players who wanted to escape, causing them to turn back into the battlefield.

The screams of Hino Futaya that lasted for quite some time left a deep impression on them, so these fire spirit players would rather be killed by swords, hammers, or magic than face those black feathers.

The scene suddenly shifted overwhelmingly, and the girls defeated all the remaining fire sprite players in one fell swoop. After such a battle, one wonders if these fire sprite players regretted participating in this assault.

“Thanks to your support, otherwise our situation would have been unimaginable.” After the battle, everyone returned to the giant semi-circular rock platform, and Sakuya expressed his gratitude to our group.

“Yes, yes, without your help, not only us, but our territory would have been in terrible shape. Thank you so much, meow.” Alisa, the leader of the cat fairies and a friend of Sakuya, also expressed her gratitude.

“No need to be so polite. This is what we want to do and should do. Besides, we’ll need your help later.” Asuna, representing us, spoke with Sakuya and Alisa.

“Help? Is it to conquer the World Tree?” Alisa had learned from the previous meeting that Sakuya and the others wanted to conquer the World Tree, saying that they were cooperating with a team of powerful players. Perhaps they could give it a try. She guessed that the players in front of her were the ones they were talking about.

“Yes, we should be able to challenge the World Tree soon.” Now they are familiar enough with the combat system in Alo and their levels have increased. With the help of the Wind Sprite and the Cat Fairy, they can try to conquer the World Tree and rescue the remaining players trapped in the game.

“No problem, leave it to us. We’ll definitely come to help.” Alisa patted her chest with her slender hand, and the bells on her collar jingled.

“So, Alisa, does that mean you agree to our alliance?” Shuoye raised an eyebrow; Alisa’s implication was clear.

“Hehe, that’s right, how could I refuse your request for cooperation, Shuo Ye?” Alisa tiptoed and gently patted her friend’s shoulder.

“You clearly said at the previous meeting that you needed to think about it.” Shuoye rolled his eyes at Alyssa; the two did seem to have a pretty good relationship.

“Well, it’s because I had a good teammate who gave me a boost.” Alisa turned her gaze back to the players who came to help, lingering on the only male one for a moment, then her golden eyes rolled around.

Standing to the side and behind the girls, I stroked Suigintou’s silky silver hair. Suddenly, I saw the cat fairy woman standing next to Sakuya hop and skip over to me, raising her delicate hand in a greeting, “Hello, little brother.”

“Hello, what can I do for you?” As the cat fairy leader named Alisa approached, her petite size became even more apparent; she seemed to be about the same size as Silica.

“Hey bro, are you interested in joining our cat fairies?” Alisa poked my arm with a slender finger.

“Join your tribe?” The cat fairy tribe is made up of animal-eared girls. Silica’s race is the cat fairy, with fluffy ears and tails.

“Mmm, quite a few girls play with us cat fairies, they’re all catgirls.” Alisa raised and lowered her hands, her fingers pointing downwards in a classic catgirl pose. “Meow…”

“Hmm…it is indeed quite tempting.” I held the mercury lamp in front of me like a doll, and gently touched her head with my chin.

Seeing this, Asuna hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but couldn’t. Wasn’t this cat fairy leader sending cats to the wolves by doing this? Not to mention the cat girls in the tribe, she herself might not be able to protect herself.

On the other side, Silica twitched her cat ears. This cat fairy leader was too brave, in every sense of the word, whether it was striking the classic catgirl pose or inviting her master to join the tribe.

“Hey, Alisa, have you forgotten I exist?” Shuoye walked over, placed her jade-like hand on the hilt of her sword, and gently tapped Alisa’s pert buttocks with the scabbard.

“No, but now we cat fairies are cooperating with them, so we should be on equal footing with you guys, Shuo Ye. I don’t want much, just this young man joining our side is enough.”

Actually, those girls are just as good, but if Alisa had to choose one from the team to win over, she would still choose the only male member of the team.

It wasn’t that she was in heat; rather, the other party’s abilities were simply too tempting. Experiencing the buff in the battle just now, the increase wasn’t just a little bit, but nearly half of her strength.

Moreover, the buff lasted continuously throughout the entire experience, and it seems that the same is true for others. It can be said that this buff support ability greatly enhances the strength of a team, and its strategic practicality is excellent. Therefore, Alisa made this choice.

“Is this my problem? You’re poaching these girls without even asking them.” If it were that easy, Shuoye would have already poached them all.

“Why don’t we all come over?” Alisa suggested, rubbing her pert bottom that had been patted and swaying her light brown cat tail.

Upon hearing what Alisa said, Asuna and the others all focused their attention on me, as if they had entrusted the problem to me, just like when Sakuya invited me before.

“Thank you for the invitation, Alisa. May I call you that?” My response to Alisa’s invitation was naturally the same as when Sakuya invited us.

“No problem, but since you started it this way, it probably means you don’t agree,” Alisa replied with a hint of regret.

“Well, I’m sorry, but we prefer to operate independently in our small teams rather than joining a tribe, so we won’t be joining your tribe, Alisa. It’s fine for us to maintain a cooperative relationship.” As both a representative of the group and an individual, I politely declined Alisa’s invitation.

“That’s a real shame, but you’re welcome to visit our cat fairy territory sometime. I’ll treat you well.” Alisa hadn’t completely given up on trying to win them over; after all, they would be working together to conquer the World Tree in the future, so there would still be opportunities.

“We will.” I nodded, and I would definitely visit the catgirl gathering place in Alo when I have time in the future.

After that, Sakuya and Alisa discussed the aftermath of the fire spirit’s attack. Asuna and I didn’t participate; we just listened from the sidelines. It’s better to let the tribes handle these kinds of tribal issues.

Finally, the two leaders decided to talk to the fire elf leader first. Attacking the meeting of two tribes would definitely come at a price. If the other party was unwilling to pay the corresponding price, then the wind elf and the cat elf might join forces to take over the fire elf’s territory.

Especially now that the Fire Elf’s general and a large part of the main force are waiting for their resurrection, Shuo Ye and Alyssa need to seize this time to gather their troops and quickly negotiate with the Fire Elf leader.

So Sakuya and Alisa thanked us again and left, while Asuna and I chatted for a while longer before logging out of the game. We had fought two unexpected battles today, and it was getting late, so we all logged out to rest.