Charm Points Maxed: My Enemies Became My Underlings - Chapter 8
Chapter 8: The Enemy Attacks
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
‘She’s still trying to trick me into becoming her disciple!’
Lei Yuan showed his emotions on his face without any warning, which made Lotti mock him. “What’s wrong? Are you that easy to disappoint? How do you plan to surpass me with that kind of attitude? If that’s the case, you should just quit now!”
Lei Yuan was speechless. ‘When did I say I was disappointed? Can this woman stop adding unjustified speculations to my actions?!’
“So, what are you trying to say?” Lei Yuan did not answer her straightaway and scoffed instead. “At first, you said you could teach me a shortcut, but now you’re saying you’re just giving me the simplest method. Do you think I’m a gullible idiot?”
At the end of the day, she just wanted to become his master.
“You have nothing about you that’s worth me lying to you,” Lotti said disdainfully. “I might want you as my disciple, but I wouldn’t do something so despicable.”
She would not have been able to get her ambassador position if she had done such detestable things.
“And the fact is, you’re still so weak that I could laugh. Are you saying that I can’t?”
Lei Yuan was speechless. He had a feeling that this loli had a communication problem. Could it be that they were from different generations?
Lei Yuan was close to losing his patience and fighting her again. However, he quickly restrained his impulse. After all, she did not come here with him to quarrel.
“Alright, back to the main topic. Tell me how I can do it. You said that you can only provide me with a few simple methods, so tell me what they are.”
Lotti did not continue to argue and reminded him, “Actually, the main difference between you and the divine weapon is in terms of martial strength. If you are stronger than the divine weapon in other aspects, it will also obey you.”
Lei Yuan could roughly understand what she meant. It was like saying that he was currently a jack-of-all-trades and master of none, which was why the artifact was not listening to him.
But how could things be that simple? After all, it was a divine weapon. Other than its martial strength, it might not be inferior in other aspects as well!
“So, which aspect should I improve on?” Lei Yuan pondered. “You’ve said so much, but all I hear are empty words. If you don’t actually understand it, then don’t force yourself.”
Lotti was a little annoyed by this. It was not that she did not understand!
“I’ll make sure you become thoroughly convinced!” Lotti refused to believe that she could not even guide a “disciple”!
Lei Yuan had no reason to refuse free guidance, so he followed her instructions.
…
The two of them practiced in the courtyard, and time passed quickly.
When Ofia heard about what had happened in the hall, she quickly rushed over. However, when she saw the scene of Lei Yuan and Lotti practicing together, she felt a little upset.
‘Why? Lei Yuan is now a knight of the country, but he’s already training with the emissaries of other countries? What is this supposed to mean?’
Clenching her fists, Ofia walked into the courtyard and interrupted the two.
“Ambassador Lotti, you have spent a long time with my knight today. There are still some private matters between him and I that need to be dealt with, so I hope you can leave now.”
Naturally, Lotti did not take the dismissal seriously.
“Your Majesty, I am teaching him how to cultivate, which is a serious matter. Do you mean to say that even you, Your Majesty, wish to interfere?”
Even though she knew they were only training, Ofia still felt uncomfortable about it.
“This knight is my fiancé. Is there a problem with me coming to look for him?” She confronted Lotti directly, “I’m here to teach my fiancé cultivation. Could you please leave, Ambassador Lotti?”
“Teach him? With the likes of you?” Lotti smiled contemptuously.
If it were not for the fact that Ofia was the Queen of the country Lotti was standing in, Lotti would have chosen to speak with her own strength instead. Ofia might not even be as strong as her!
“Yes, because I am the Queen of this country!” Ofia warned, “I think you wouldn’t want to affect the peace between our two countries over such a small matter. Right, Ambassador Lotti?”
Lotti cackled. “Since you said that it’s a small matter, Your Majesty, why bother with me? There shouldn’t be any problem with me teaching your knight some cultivation, right?”
“You…!”
The two women were clearly at odds. After Lei Yuan completed this round of cultivation, he found himself stuck between them.
“Ambassador Lotti, as the Queen, I order you to leave at once!”
“I’m sorry, Your Majesty. My mission has not been completed yet, so I have to stay.”
Lei Yuan did not even want to bother with them. ‘What’s there to argue about?’
When he thought of this, he figured that it was better to think of something more useful instead.
Just then, the system finally spoke up, “Host, if you cultivate according to my methods, you will definitely become stronger than this mage.
“The methods used by the people in this world are too rudimentary. They can’t even see it with their own eyes.”
“You should have said so earlier!” Lei Yuan snapped.
If he had known earlier, he would not even have needed to get tangled up with Lotti and could have just enjoyed his own time alone.
However, it was not bad to get some secret techniques from Lotti.
Lei Yuan had already started the next stage of cultivation on his own while the two women continued to argue.
But suddenly, a guard ran toward them with a panicked expression.
“Your Majesty, something bad has happened!”
Ofia immediately realized what was happening and did not continue to argue with Lotti. “What’s wrong? You seem flustered.”
“The enemy is outside the city. They want us to hand over the dragon, or else they’ll attack.”
‘What?’
The situation was happening so suddenly that Lei Yuan had no choice but to stop his cultivation.
Ofia had naturally forgotten her argument with Lotti. State affairs were more important.
The three of them quickly rushed to the city gates.
Lei Yuan had a vague feeling that this matter was related to him. After all, he was the one who subdued the evil dragon.
After reaching the city gates, Lei Yuan realized that the situation was even more tragic than he had expected.
It seemed that communication was bound to fail from the start; the enemy had already begun to attack.
Not only did the other party bring a massive army with them, they also brought two more evil dragons and four cerberi.
‘What kind of strange species are they?’ Lei Yuan thought that there would be a fierce battle next.
At this moment, the soldiers of the Aifell Empire had already been beaten back and did not have any more strength to fight back.
Ofia exclaimed in disbelief, “How did this happen? Those evil dragons are too terrifying! It has been so many days since the last attack, and we still haven’t found a way to deal with them?”
The guard explained, “Your Majesty, most of our soldiers have yet to recover from the last battle and cannot be deployed at the moment. The enemy has caught us off guard, and we are no match for them at all.”
Ofia was speechless. She clenched her fists and suddenly felt powerless.
As the Queen of this country, she was actually helpless.
A strong army was the foundation of any military strategy. If the soldiers were not capable, even if they had a good strategy, it would not yield them any results in ensuring the safety of their country.
Where could she find powerful soldiers at this time?
“Your Majesty,” the guard said tentatively, “since the enemy’s goal in attacking us is to retrieve the evil dragon, why don’t we just return the dragon to them? Then, this war will be over.”
As he spoke, he turned his gaze to Lei Yuan.
At that moment, the other soldiers also expressed their opinions, “That’s right, Your Majesty. Return the evil dragon and this war will end! Why increase the casualties for one dragon?”
“The evil dragon isn’t a creature of our country. Why bother raising it? It won’t help us anyway.”
‘But how could a country attack another country just because of one ordinary evil dragon? There must be something going on with this dragon,’ Ofia guessed.
