Lu Mingfei, become the King of Elden!

Chapter 8 Nobody told me it was this big!

Looking at the ape-like face of the demi-human, wrinkled with grief, Lu Mingfei opened his mouth, but for a moment he didn't know what to say to comfort him.

Finally, the boy crouched down, patted Burke on the shoulder, and remained silent.

However, this simple gesture moved the diminutive subhuman Burke to tears.

Trembling hands frantically rummaged through the tattered robe, trying to find something to repay their benefactor.

I searched my entire body and could only find ten mushrooms.

That was the only food he had left to eat when he was driven out of the cave.

Burke, ashamed, held the mushroom in his palm and handed it to the young, faded one.

"I'm sorry, when I was kicked out of the cave, all my important things were taken from me, so this is all I can offer you as a token of my gratitude."

I'm so sorry.

Looking at the mushroom held by Burke's trembling hands, Lu Mingfei suddenly found it somewhat amusing.

"Hey, friend."

He scratched his unkempt, messy hair.

"It makes me feel like I'm here to collect protection money."

He crouched down, took only the smallest mushroom from Burke's hand, and gently pushed the rest back.

“One is enough. Consider it…” Lu Mingfei tilted his head and thought for a moment, “consider it a friend’s fee?”

Burke's cloudy yellow eyes suddenly widened, and his claws trembled even more violently.

"But...but..."

"There's no 'but' about it," Lu Mingfei said, standing up and casually tossing a mushroom into his mouth to chew.

"Hmm, the taste is alright, just a bit astringent."

He made a face.

"Remember to pick the tender ones next time."

In fact, he couldn't taste the flavor at all.

The diminutive demi-human finally couldn't hold back his tears.

He forced back tears and said:
"Wait for me. I need to go back to the cave to get something important. That way I can help you. Although just thinking about them and that cave makes me so scared I can't walk."
But I'll go to help you.

"Oh dear," Lu Mingfei said helplessly, "I don't need your help. In this godforsaken place, having someone willing to chat with me is already a huge help."

But this small, demi-human was unusually stubborn; once he set his mind on something, he was determined to do it. Burke didn't answer; he just trembled, his heart churning with inner turmoil.

Watching Burke's trembling figure, Lu Mingfei sighed:
"The cave on the coast you mentioned, is it the demi-human cave at the northernmost part of the beach, south of here?"

"With your small frame, you'd be nothing but a vegetable if you went back."

He drew the chipped straight sword of the King's Army from his waist.

"Let's go, I'll go with you."

"No, no!" Burke suddenly became agitated, his gray fur standing on end. "They're very fierce! They'll hurt you!"

"What? Turn me into a tree?"

Lu Mingfei grinned, his eyes brightening, a molten gold flowing in his pupils, carrying an undeniable air of authority.

He has never liked to meddle in other people's business.

But at this moment, Burke's trembling figure and the stubbornness flashing in his yellow eyes were just like him many years ago.

Once upon a time, the powerless and weak Lu Mingfei also had moments when he mustered up his courage.

In junior high, a classmate said that he was a child abandoned by his parents at his uncle and aunt's house, and that no one wanted him. Lu Mingfei got into a fight with him, but ended up getting a severe scolding from his aunt.

For the rest of the week, he did chores for that guy, serving everyone their meals before eating at his uncle's house in the evenings, washing the dishes, and listening to their roundabout hints about Lu Mingfei's living expenses.
How stupid.

He was so weak he couldn't even beat a stray dog.
He was so scared that his whole body was trembling.
“Hey,” he kicked a pebble at his feet, his golden eyes burning in their sockets.

"Keep a close eye on me later."

Nobody's there to back me up.

But at least... at least I can be the one to stand up for you. He gave a self-deprecating laugh.
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"Is this the place?"

Lu Mingfei pointed to the gloomy cave entrance and asked Burke beside him.

Meanwhile, Burke huddled trembling beside his new friend, whether out of fear of his original cave companions or because he was still terrified by Lu Mingfei's skill in taking down a demi-human with a single sword strike.

Behind them, the beach was littered with the scattered remains of those ape-like creatures.

The coastal caves were darker and more gloomy than I had imagined.

Moss covered the damp rock face. Lu Mingfei held out his torch, illuminating the white, broken bones on the ground. He didn't know if they belonged to an animal or some unfortunate soul.

"You wait for me here."

Lu Mingfei pointed to Cifu beside him.

Demi-humans like Burke, who are not favored by the Golden Tree, cannot see the blessing.

But Lu Mingfei had observed that this place was relatively safe, and whether he returned alive or "returned dead," Burke would be fine.

Lu Mingfei has confirmed that his resurrection is less a case of being reborn from the dead and more like a time reversal, in which even the damaged items around him are restored.

However, special beings like the Famyazra orcs do not regenerate.

He dared not gamble on whether Burke would travel back in time with him, or whether he would only have one life like the orcs.

The safest approach is to have him wait here.

"But...you don't know the way through the cave."

The short, demi-human was both afraid of his own kind and insisted on leading the way.

“No,” golden eyes gleamed in the darkness, “you wait for me here.”

".good."

After settling Burke in, Lu Mingfei, longsword in hand and torch in hand, ventured deeper into the cave.

He no longer has difficulty dealing with these short and weak demi-humans, as long as he is not ganged up on.

However, if more than four demi-humans attack at the same time, Lu Mingfei cannot guarantee that he will win the battle unscathed, and may even lose his life by accident.

After all, he is still made of flesh and blood; he's just exceptionally resilient.

Since attacking in groups is dangerous, we should defeat them one by one.

Lu Mingfei silently sliced ​​off the head of the demi-human in front of him with a sword, turned around and used a torch to interrupt the other demi-human's roar calling for his companion, and then skillfully finished him off with a sword.

Flowing clouds and flowing water.

The cave was no challenge for him now. He cleared out the demi-humans from the cave as easily as cutting vegetables, only taking a blow from the dark.

Lu Mingfei dealt with the attackers with a buzzing in his head, drank some Red Dew to recover from his injuries, and did not disturb the deepest cave, which was said to be the residence of the demi-human leader.

Looking at the faint campfire in the distance, he replaced his torch with his brass shield.

"Looks like it's a monster that still retains its sanity."

he murmured.

They then entered the cave.

Although there were a few campfires for lighting, the cave was still dark.

A shield-wielding demi-human charged forward with a howl, but was easily beheaded.

"There aren't many."

Lu Mingfei muttered to himself.

The words have not yet fallen.

Pairs of scarlet eyes lit up from the darkness.

Lu Mingfei silently slapped himself in the face, gripped his longsword tightly, and stood ready for battle.

Two enormous figures, each over three meters tall, slowly rose to their feet, resembling wolves or jackals.

"Nobody said there was anything this big."

(End of this chapter)